January 25, 2002	Friday	Ziqa’ad 10, 1422

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Dispute over park land aggravates TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 24: The ownership dispute of the Teku Park aggravated with the appearance of the Faisalabad Railway police to occupy the park....		Rs600m fraud in health dept hushed up MULTAN, Jan 24: A Rs600 million embezzlement committed in 1995-96 has been swept under the carpet by some senior officials in the Finance and Health Departments, a senior Health Department official...
DCO gets hospital MS of choice GUJRAT, Jan 24: The district coordination officer has appointed ABS Hospital’s additional principal medical officer ((APMO) Dr Aslam Butt as the medical superintendent of the DHQ Hospital, it was learnt....		Mob burns bus over boy’s death GUJRANWALA, Jan 24: An angry group of villagers set a commuter bus to fire which crushed a minor boy in Wahando on Thursday....
Corruption in education dept SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 24: Corruption in the local education department is going without pause despite several warnings by the in charge of army monitoring cell....		Kidnapped child found dead JHANG, Jan 24: The mutilated body of a nine year old, kidnapped for ransom on Jan 1, from Mohalla Chandanwala, Jhang Sadar was found on Wednesday evening....
Poisonous liquor claims two lives MULTAN, Jan 24: Two people died after drinking poisonous liquor here on Thursday in Ansar Colony....		City council session adjourned after rumpus GUJRANWALA, Jan 24: The tehsil city council session was adjourned for an indefinite period after an exchange of hot words between opposition and treasury groups on various points here on Thursday....
Zakat fund not paid for six months VEHARI, Jan 24: A large number of mustehqeen in the district have not been getting zakat fund for the last six month....		Six die, 38 hurt on road SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 24: Six people were killed while 38 others sustained injuries in different road accidents in and around the city on Thursday....
FBI, Pakistani agencies forge long-term understanding ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pakistan’s intelligence and investigating agencies, including Intelligence Bureau and FIA, have reached a long-term understanding on broad range of issues to...		Arab leaders support de-escalation efforts ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: King Abdullah-II has said that Jordan supports initiatives aimed at peaceful and negotiated settlement of disputes between Pakistan and India, including that of Kashmir....
SC to hear plea against allotment of prized land ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The supreme court has decided to hear the petition filed by Punjab government, challenging the allotment of prized land worth Rs1.5 billion to an “informant”....		Fund for poverty reduction enhanced: Shaukat ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that the government has made significant allocations to poverty reducing sectors, where expenditures will rise from Rs119 billion, 3.4 per cent...
Tribal chief urges protection for people QUETTA, Jan 24: Nawab Mohammed Aslam Raisani, chief of Sarawan tribes, has sought protection of life, honour and property of all by the government, or, they should be allowed to take...		Azhar hopeful about PML unification ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) President Mian Mohammad Azhar on Thursday expressed confidence that the party would emerge the strongest political unit in the October elections....
Cold weather hampers food delivery in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The executive director of the World Food Programme, Catherine Bertini, will arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a five-day trip to review WFP operations aimed at assisting the...		US interested in rural development: Natsios ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The opening of AID mission in Pakistan indicates the United States’ long-term commitment to the Pakistani people, said US AID administrator Andrew Natsios....
Two Chinese trade teams to visit Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Two high-powered Chinese trade delegations are coming to Pakistan in March to finalise plans for setting up a special industrial zone for “Chinese Silk Park” and textile sector...		Lakki Marwat councilors threaten hunger strike LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 24: Members of two union councils of Lakki Marwat district have threatened to observe hunger strike to press for the acceptance of their demands....
Power failure blamed on theft HANGU, Jan 24: Superintending engineer of Peshawar Electricity Corporation (Pesco), Khyber circle, Mohammad Ashraf Zahid Rana, has said the utility is resorting to loadshedding due to a high level of power...		Smuggling begins from Khost: Non-custom-paid vehicles KOHAT, Jan 24: Afghan commanders have reopened the border of Afghanistan’s Khost province with North Waziristan, which is infamous for the smuggling of non-custom paid vehicles, Dawn learnt reliably on Wednesday....
Afghans refused entry TORKHAM, Jan 24: Pakistan immigration staff at Torkham checkpost have refused entry to Afghans despite having legal documents....		Lowari Top Road opens for traffic CHITRAL, Jan 24: The Lowari Top road connecting Chitral with the rest of the country has been opened for all kinds of traffic....
Water shortage hits Ghiljoo KALAYA, Jan 24: The residents of Ghiljoo area of the Orakzai Agency are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to the persisting dry spell....		Recruitment in police dept kicks off controversy SWABI, Jan 24: The appointment of 60 constables in Swabi has kicked of a controversy, with the District Nazim accusing the police of committing irregularities in the process....
16 militants arrested BAJAUR, Jan 24: A leader and 15 activists of a banned religious party were arrested at Chengai village on Thursday....		3,100 apply for 76 posts of constables NAWABSHAH, JAN 24: More than 3,100 candidates have submitted their applications with the office of SP, Nawabshah, for recruitment against 76 seats of police constables....
Inflated power bills worry Larkana businessmen LARKANA, Jan 24: The traders’ community, reacting over the inflated electricity bills being sent to rice millers, flour mills, and ice factories by Wapda, have appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to...		Rs20m for roofless schools soon LARKANA, Jan 24: To enhance and cement coordination between the departments separately governed by province and district governments monthly monitoring meetings amongst the provincial and district government officials would be instituted...
3 held for threatening Nazim NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 24: Three people were arrested by the DSP, Kandiaro, for threatening, abusing, and trying to beat the Nazim, union council Mahabat Dero, Abdul Ghaffar Dehraj, on Thursday....		Woman injured by bandits MIRPURKHAS, Jan 24: A woman was injured by four bandits in village Pithoro, taluka Pithoro, on Thursday....
Devotees flock island shrine THATTA, Jan 24: Hundreds of devotees mainly belonging to fishermen community have been since Tuesday thronging the shrine of a saint, Ibrahim Shah Wari Waro, in an Arabian Sea island to...		Sikandar sees no change in Kashmir policy LAHORE, Jan 24: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat sees no flexibility of approach on Pakistan stand on the Kashmir dispute despite “tremendous pressure”....
Musharraf should head unified PML: Wasti LAHORE, Jan 24: Pakistan Muslim League (Qasim) President Syed Kabir Ali Wasti proposed on Thursday that President Gen Pervez Musharraf should head the unified Pakistan Muslim League as he alone was...		Arrested PO killed in encounter LAHORE, Jan 24: Police killed a proclaimed offender, arrested some days ago, in an ‘encounter’ at Mohlanwal on Thursday....
Wapda arrears recovery in five months LAHORE, Jan 24: The Water and Power Development Authority has decided to bill the arrears resulting from the implementation of its new power tariffs in five monthly instalments....		FPSC reply sought on age limit LAHORE, Jan 24: The Lahore High Court on Thursday called for a report and comments from the Federal Public Service Commission on a petition challenging the age reduction notification issued by...
Selected for lectureship in Islamiyat LAHORE, Jan 24: The Punjab Public Service Commission on Thursday recommended 30 candidates for appointment to the posts of lecturer in Islamiyat....		The Login inventory of the Lahore Fort LAHORE, Jan 24: Much has been written on Lahore Fort and its grandeur since the days of Emperor Akbar. But the book by Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry, the secretary-administrator of the Punjab...
Auditor fired for Rs90m fraud in AG Office LAHORE, Jan 24: The Punjab accountant general fired a senior auditor on Thursday for his alleged role in a Rs90.69 million fraud and referred his case to the Federal Investigation Agency...		Uplift schemes through social welfare bodies LAHORE, Jan 24: Uplift schemes will soon be taken up through new social welfare organizations in the registered kutcha abadis in the Punjab....
Dist govt, RCB told to pay 1pc of budget to civil defence RAWALPINDI, Jan 24: The local governments and the cantonment board have been asked to pay one per cent of their budgets to Civil Defence Organization in view of the heightened tension...		Supreme Court dismisses milkmen’s petition: Shifting of cattle-pens case ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of the milkmen of Rawalpindi, clearing the last hurdle in the way of Rawalpindi administration to shift over 100,000 cattle...
Autonomy demanded for provinces QUETTA, Jan 24: The Balochistan National Congress (BNC) on Thursday demanded that the four units of the federation should be given the status of autonomous states and the country should be...		One dies, 14 hurt in accident MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 24: A man died and 14 others were critically injured when an overloaded passenger jeep skidded off the narrow hilly road in Muzaffarabad district on Wednesday, police said on...
Gen Franks due in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Commander in Chief for the US Central Command, General Tommy Franks, is expected to arrive in Islamabad within the next 36 hours to hold meetings with Pakistani military...		Cattle-pen owners vow to resist eviction RAWALPINDI, Jan 24: The cattle-pen owners have vowed to resist municipal administration’s drive to oust buffaloes from Rawalpindi....
Robber gets five-year RI ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: Judicial Magistrate Islamabad Jehangir Mir on Thursday awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment to a man who had committed a robbery at the residence of local lawyer Munir...		KPP funds to be used for school buildings repair RAWALPINDI, Jan 24: Buildings for the shelterless schools constructed from the Khushhal Pakistan Programme fund throughout the Rawalpindi district....