January 29, 2002	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 14, 1422

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WB seeks effective review of SAP funds PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The World Bank wants the NWFP to establish an effective process for reviewing the accounts of the schemes being funded under the Social Action Programme with an aim...		PADC to work out action plan on Feb 3 PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Pakistan Afghan Defence Council (PADC) plans to organize a grand convention of religio-political groups and seminary students in Lahore on Feb 3 to mobilize support against the government...
Extension of voters’ list verification demanded LARKANA, Jan 28: The Larkana district council in a unanimously passed resolution on Monday demanded of the government to extend the date of verification of voters list at least by one...		Police violating narcotics law PESHAWAR, Jan 28: In disregard for the statutory regulatory order issued by the federal government, the local police have been investigating narcotics cases under the Control of Narcotics Substance Act (CNSA),...
Minority leader shot dead SUKKUR, Jan 28: The president of Hindu Panchayat, Jacobabad, Sadham Chand Chawla, was shot dead by unidentified persons in Jacobabad on Monday....		Need for qualified TU leaders stressed KOHAT, Jan 28: Challenges like globalization and open market demand that members of trade unions should be better qualified and conscious of quality control to boost exports and to achieve production...
Many won’t be able to contest election MARDAN, Jan 28: Majority of political leaders in the NWFP cannot contest general election after the condition that only graduates would be allowed to take part in provincial and national assemblies...		Three of a family shot dead HARIPUR, Jan 28: Three members of a family were shot dead in Makhan Colony here on Sunday....
Govt urged to review decision on subsidy PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao group) on Monday asked the government to review its decision about the withdrawal of subsidy on gas and electricity for domestic consumers....		Protest demo against Lasmo held HYDERABAD, Jan 28: The unemployed youth of Bhit Jabal village namely Tahni, Kot Baroch, Kai and Naing, Dadu district, staged a protest demonstration under the banner of “Bhit Jabal Village Action...
‘Every third citizen backs bandits’ SANGHAR, Jan 28: The district police officer told the session of Sanghar District Council held here the other day that each third resident of the district was supporting bandits....		Provincial autonomy demanded THATTA, Jan 28: The Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA) has demanded the provincial autonomy within the federal framework....
Salary not paid to 40 teachers SWABI, Jan 28: About 40 women teachers of various primary schools have not received their salaries of December, as their service books have gone missing, official sources told Dawn....		Minor girl killed SHIKARPUR, Jan 28: A minor girl, Shazia, 8, daughter of Sher Gul Shaikh, died when a truck ran over her near Khanpur....
Irshad appointed CEC for backing army rule: PBC ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan Bar Council, the apex body of the legal practitioners, on Monday said that appointment of Justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan as Chief Election Commissioner was “an insult...		Musharraf urges students to excel in technology ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday emphasized the need for developing a society where merit was the only recognition....
GBNA demands representation in AJK Assembly ISLAMABAD Jan 28: The people of Gilgit and Baltistan must be consulted before any decision about the future of Kashmir as they were the integral part of the AJK....		Hizb slams govt for ‘siding’ with US PESHAWAR, Jan 28: The Hizbut Tahrir has said the interior ministries of the Muslim countries have turned into “symbols of suppression and fear and their working as tools of the rulers...
Rs1.25bn to be spent on road network GILGIT, Jan 28: The Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) will undertake the construction work on 190-km-long road network in the remote Diamer district, 200kms south of Gilgit, sources told Dawn....		PPP won’t strike secret deal: Benazir’s return CHARSADDA, Jan 28: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) General- Secretary Raza Rabbani has said that his party would never strike a secret deal with the military rulers for the return of Benazir...
Fishermen petition accepted HUB, Jan 28: The Balochistan High Court has accepted the petition of the fishermen of Sonmiani and Damb and fixed Feb 9 for its hearing....		Drug seized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 28: Yarik police recovered 4,000 grams of Hashish from a passenger on Sunday morning at the Chunda police checkpoint....
PO killed in ‘encounter’ PESHAWAR, Jan 28: Police killed a proclaimed offender in an “encounter” near Gul Shen Abad Colony on Monday....		SC disposes of Qazi’s petition ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Supreme Court was informed by the NWFP Advocate-General on Monday that Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad, who was detained under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, had...
Another lot of smuggled cars enters Punjab MULTAN, Jan 28: Smuggling of vehicles has once again picked up to the Punjab through the semi-tribal Dera Ghazi Khan district allegedly under the patronage of influential people of the area....		Ad hoc lecturers demand reinstatement FAISALABAD, Jan 28: The Punjab Ad hoc Lecturers Association has urged the governor to order reinstatement of all ad hoc lecturers from the date of termination of their service....
‘Experts to refine crop marketing’ FAISALABAD, Jan 28: The agriculture experts and research scholars should make efforts to market crops so as to obliterate financial worries of the farmers....		PML-N bid to mobilize workers JHANG, Jan 28: The government will not be allowed to make the country a colony of the United States or a Pakistan of Kamal Atta Turk as being promised by General...
Strategy for improved health cover framed SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 28: An effective strategy has been chalked out to provide modern health facilities in hospitals and dispensaries of the district council....		3,256 kutcha abadis given proprietary SARGODHA, Jan 28: The Punjab government has transferred proprietary rights to around 3,256 units of kutcha abadis out of a total of 4,500 in the district....
Cop injured by robbers FAISALABAD, Jan 28: A constable late Monday sustained serious injuries when a gang of highwaymen and a police team exchanged firing on the Canal Road....		Rs0.96m looted from bank branch RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 28: Five armed bandits looted Rs0.96 million in cash from the MCB’s Shahi Road branch here on Monday....
Dacoits take away cash, gold VEHARI, Jan 28: Dacoits late Sunday made off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth Rs60,000 from a trader’s house in Mujahid Colony, Burewala....		Municipality, Fesco fail to resolve bills issue FAISALABAD, Jan 28: The power supply to the Tehsil Municipal Administration offices and streetlights remained suspended for the third successive day on Monday as authorities concerned failed to resolve the tussle...
Bandit shot dead in encounter SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 28: A bandit was shot dead while three others escaped in a shootout with a local police team here on Sunday night....		NWP for de-escalation of tension through talks ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The National Workers Party (NWP) has condemned the war hysteria created in the sub-continent by obscurantist forces and rulers of India and Pakistan, and demanded promotion of peace,...
India should not expect more concessions, says Moin RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Federal Interior Minister Lt-Gen (Rtd) Moinuddin Haider said the Indian government should not expect more concessions from Pakistan....		Students urged to work for new development paradigm ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal on Monday asked students to work for fulfilment of a new development paradigm with a political, ethical and spiritual vision where human rights,...
CMKP deplores action against peasants ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP) here on Monday condemned district administration’s action against the peasants of Charsadda and registration of cases against the party’s general-secretary, Afzal Khamosh,...		DCCs to okay schemes RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: About 1,239 development schemes are being undertaken in Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal and Jehlum districts under Khushhal Pakistan Programme during the current fiscal year....
Draft on youth policy in three months ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The final draft on youth policy will be completed within next three months, Yousaf Kamal, the secretary, ministry of minorities, culture and youth, said here on Monday at...		‘CDA, Wasa responsible for water shortage’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) on Monday held both the capital development authority (CDA) and water and sanitation agency (Wasa) responsible for water shortage in Islamabad....
IFC team to see Wapda authorities LAHORE, Jan 28: A team of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) — a subsidiary of the World Bank and consultant for privatization of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) — will...		Dawn staffer grieved LAHORE, Jan 28: Poet and writer Zahina Tahir died here on Monday of a protracted lung disease at the age of 57. She was the mother of DawnAssistant Editor Murtaza Razvi....
Courts dispose of 953,670 cases in two years LAHORE, Jan 28: The Lahore High Court and its subordinate courts in Punjab disposed of 953,670 cases during the past two years leaving a backlog of 1,067,526....		Arab world leaders assure support to Pakistan LAHORE, Jan 28: Egypt, Jordan and Syria have expressed a unanimity of views with Pakistan and assured full support against possible Indian aggression, Dr Tahirul Qadri, the Pakistan Awami Tehrik chairman,...
89 reserved seats added to medical colleges LAHORE, Jan 28: The Punjab government has allocated 89 more reserved seats in the seven medical colleges in the province....		Rs5m sought for Cantt brothers’ release LAHORE, Jan 28: Police failed to find any clue to two minor brothers on Monday who were kidnapped by six dacoits from their house in Cantonment late Sunday night....
Punjab villages the most unhygienic LAHORE, Jan 28: Sanitation situation is the worst in the Punjab villages where 71 percent of the households lack a toilet....		Notice issued to SSP in contempt case LAHORE, JAN 28: Mr Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court issued a notice to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Lahore, on Monday to appear on Tuesday in the...