January 30, 2002	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 15, 1422

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ANP offers support to govt policies KOHAT, Jan 29: Begum Nasim Wali Khan, provincial president of the Awami National Party (ANP), has said her party will form an election alliance with the like-minded parties and make announcement...		5 kidnapped in Waziristan Agency WANA, Jan 29: Five Afghan people, including a wealthy trader, were kidnapped at gunpoint at the Satta area in the South Waziristan Agency here on Sunday night....
Skin disease spreads to more villages DADU, Jan 29: Thousands of people belonging to at least 40 villages of Johi Taluka have been infected with a skin disease, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, but no teams of the health department...		Four killed in tribal clash near Kashmor SUKKUR, Jan 29: Four people including a woman and a boy were killed in an armed clash between the Bugti and Mazari tribes near Kashmor on Tuesday....
Councillors demand removal of Nazims NAWABSHAH, Jan 29: The councillors of the union council-8, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel, have slammed the mischievous attitude of the Nazim, UC-8, Arshad Awan, and Naib Nazim, Mohammad Khalid....		Mirpurkhas water reservoirs go dry MIRPURKHAS, Jan 29: The water reservoirs of Public Health Engineering Department in the district have gone empty and scarcity of drinking water has been developed even in the villages....
PPP demands poll under interim govt NOWSHERA, Jan 29: The Pakistan People’s Party deputy secretary-general Raza Rabbani has alleged that the present government was bringing too many changes to the constitution to keep Benazir Bhutto out of...		Kidnapping for ransom on the rise KOHAT, Jan 29: Gunmen kidnapped a businessman on Hangu road on Monday in the ninth strike in the city during the last 20 days....
Minority leader cremated SHIKARPUR, Jan 29: Sudham Chand Chawla, the slain president of Hindu Panchayat, was cremated in Jacobabad on Tuesday....		Hattar Road to be completed by July HARIPUR, Jan 29: Improvement of Haripur-Hattar-Taxila Road project will be completed by July this year while a bridge being constructed in Dohrian is expected to be completed by next month....
Crackdown on student bodies on the cards DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 29: Intelligence agencies have initiated investigations against religious student organizations in the district....		90 arrested in Hangu HANGU, Jan 29: The district police took into custody 90 alleged outlaws, and recovered weapons and narcotics from their possession on Tuesday....
Two held with smuggled cloth DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 29: Customs officials seized a huge quantity of smuggled cloth and arrested two people at the Ramak checkpost here on Tuesday....		Free eye camp organized SANGHAR, Jan 29: A three-day free eye camp has been organized by an NGO with the help of the Pakistan Medical Association at the Sanghar Civil Hospital....
Tharis demand tube-wells MITHI, Jan 29: The people of Thar have demanded the government and the international donor agencies to have tube-wells installed in various villages of Tharparkar District, whose 1.2 million populace has...		Seven arrested in murder case KHAIRPUR, Jan 29: The Ahmedpur police have booked seven persons for the murder of Asghar Lohar, son of Noor Mohammad Lohar, here on Tuesday....
Smuggling hampers tea production MANSEHRA, Jan 29: The government is spending millions of rupees on the promotion of tea production in the country. But unaccounted for business of the smuggled tea across the country is...		Federating units likely to get more autonomy: Constitutional package being finalized ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The thrust of the constitutional package to be announced by President Pervez Musharraf most probably in his speech on March 23 will be on granting more autonomy to...
PAC orders probe into import of gas valves ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday noted with concern financial irregularities worth millions of rupees in the accounts of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources...		3 inquiries against Asif still pending, LHC told ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday informed the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, that still there were three inquiries pending against Asif Ali Zardari who is presently in...
Provinces, AJK and Fata sign accords: Methods to transfer education funds okayed ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 : The provinces, Fata/Fana and the AJK have signed agreements with the federal education ministry to confirm the finalization of new procedures for utilization and transfer of...		Meeting on reunification of PML to be held on Feb 6 ISLAMABAD Jan 29: The meeting on reunification of various factions of the PML, earlier scheduled for Jan 29 in Islamabad and then postponed, would now be held on Feb 6, in...
Provinces can impose levy on tobacco movement: SC ISLAMABAD, Jan 29:The Supreme Court of Pakistan has held that a provincial legislature is competent to levy a reasonable cess on the movement of items like Tobacco and it would not...		Teenager injured in Indian firing MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: The Line of Control remained relatively calm on Tuesday, except for some brief exchanges of fire in which a teenager was injured in the southern Bagh district of...
Appointments of AJK judges notified MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: The AJK Law Department notified on Tuesday the appointment of Sardar Mohammad Nawaz Khan and Ghulam Mustafa Mughal as judges of the High Court in accordance with the...		Kuwaiti leaders apprised of LoC tension KUWAIT CITY, Jan 29: The growing ties between India and Israel aims at destroying Pakistan, the only Islamic nuclear power....
PIA withdraws two-piece baggage rule TORONTO, Jan 29: Passengers intending to travel from Pakistan to Toronto by PIA flights are upset with airline’s withdrawal of two-piece baggage rule, it was learnt here on Tuesday....		Pakistan to assist BD industry DHAKA, Jan 29: Pakistan will help with the industrialisation of Bangladesh, including in the textile and fertiliser sectors of the former East Pakistan, a visiting Pakistani minister said Tuesday....
Dist govt to appoint 10,000 teachers FAISALABAD, Jan 29: The Punjab government has decided to lift ban on appointments in the education department and recruit over 10,000 teachers, it was learnt....		Dist council concerned at delay in funds release GUJRANWALA, Jan 29: The district council expressed concern over inordinate delay in release of funds for uplift projects and other office expenditures....
Private labs ‘infecting’ patients GUJRAT, Jan 29: At least 25 private pathological laboratories in the district are allegedly charging high only to provide inauthentic reports to the people....		Committees to assess candidates for polls FAISALABAD, Jan 29: All the political parties have set up their informal cells and committees for interviewing and recommending interested candidates for the general elections scheduled to be held in October...
PR seeks possession of sold land VEHARI, Jan 29: The railway authorities have directed 23 plot holders to vacate them within 15 days, failing which they will be evicted and the buildings constructed on the plots will...		Arrest warrants for corrupt officials FAISALABAD, Jan 29: An Anti-Corruption Court issued on Tuesday warrants for the arrest of over 35 government employees, including policemen, for their involvement in corruption cases....
ADB to grant $350m for reforms MULTAN, Jan 29: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is all eye for the joint role of the provincial and district governments under the development plan in the country....		Three injured in Indian firing: Cattle killed in landmine blasts SIALKOT, Jan 29: Three persons, including a woman, were injured in firing by Indian security forces on border village Sahanti in the Bajwat sector of the Sialkot working boundary on Tuesday....
Govt aims at better education OKARA, Jan 29: The Punjab government is taking special interest in improving the standard of education in the district....		Dwellers offered more relaxations: Proprietary rights MULTAN, Jan 29: The provincial government has relaxed a number of conditions for the dwellers in the kutcha abadis in the district for their ownership rights under the supervision of the...
US helping Pakistan in social sector ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The United States is extending support to Pakistan in education, health, poverty alleviation, and creating job opportunities in the country, US ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin said on...		Local govt polls in Capital by August ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Local government will be established in the federal capital by August this year, a meeting held here at National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) decided on Tuesday....
Court issues notice to TMO, Punjab AG ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Tuesday issued notices to the tehsil municipal officer (TMO) and Punjab advocate-general on the petition of milkmen, who were seeking more...		Surprise visit ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Wapda chairman, Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan, on Tuesday made surprise visits to various Wapda offices of Islamabad....
TV artist among 4 offloaded from UK flights ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Immigration authorities at Islamabad airport on Tuesday offloaded a film and television artist and three other persons for trying to board UK-bound flights on fake documents, sources said....		Criminal gang active in Pims ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The spacious lawns of Pakistan institute of medical sciences (Pims) have become the hub of criminal activities, as attendants of patients are being deprived of their hard-earned belongings...
PTI wants release of political detainees ISLAMABAD Jan 29: Pakistan Tehrik Insaaf (PTI) has demanded of the government to release all the political detainees, including Qazi Hussain Ahmed to create an atmosphere of national integrity necessary in...		Murderer gets death sentence ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The additional district and sessions judge, Safdar Hussain Malik, on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a local businessman for killing a police official....
‘Pindi to be made model IT dist’ RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Rawalpindi will be developed into a model information technology district by the federal government, officials said here on Tuesday....		Sherpao summoned in New City scam LAHORE, Jan 29: In the re-probed reference on the Islamabad New City scam, a housing project conceived during the PPP government in 1996, an accountability court on Tuesday summoned Aftab Ahmed...
President to be briefed on new police system today: Enforcement from Feb 15 LAHORE, Jan 29: The Punjab police have made all arrangements to implement the new police system in the province and a briefing in this regard will be given to President Musharraf...		Eight districts place orders for drug procurement LAHORE, Jan 29: Eight districts have so far managed to complete the process of placing orders for medicines procurement....