January 31, 2002	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 16, 1422

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NAB to get legal cover in reform package ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The NAB will get a legal cover in the package of reforms expected to be unveiled before the forthcoming general elections....		Three EPZs to be set up in Balochistan HUB, Jan 30: The Balochistan government has decided to set up three export processing zones (EPZs) with the help of the federal government by the end of this year....
Dues recovery from four ex-ministers, 6 secretaries ordered ISLAMABAD Jan 30: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday directed the ministry of labour manpower and overseas Pakistanis to immediately recover Rs1.085 million from four former ministers and...		Preparation of electoral rolls begins from Feb 7 KARACHI, Jan 30: The second phase of preparation and verification of electoral rolls will begin from Feb I to 7....
KPP second phase begins in N. Areas GILGIT, Jan 30: Work on the second phase, involving Rs210 million, of the KPP has begun in all the five districts of the Northern Areas (NAs)....		Plan to appoint armymen as ATC members flayed ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The Supreme Court Bar Association has condemned the government plan of appointing military officers as members of the Anti-Terrorism Courts, cautioning that lawyers community would strongly oppose the...
Navid Qamar acquitted RAWALPINDI, Jan 30: An accountability court acquitted Navid Qamar, former finance minister and chairman of the Privatization Commission, of all the charges here on Wednesday....		GCC to send envoy to ease tension KUWAIT CITY, Jan 30: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) would soon send its special envoy to India to try to defuse the tension between Pakistan and India, Dawn learnt through reliable...
AJK judges sworn in MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 30: Newly-appointed judges of the AJK High Court, Justice Sardar Mohammad Nawaz Khan and Justice Ghulam Mustafa Mughal, were administered oath by Chief Justice Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani here...		PIA revives two-piece baggage rule TORONTO, Jan 30: Pakistan International Airlines has revived its two-piece baggage rule on Pakistan-Canada sector, airline sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
Cut in tax target may be allowed ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The government is likely to allow the Central Board of Revenue to further revise downward its revenue collection target by Rs10 billion due to continued effects of Sept...		AJK varsity to have English language lab MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 30: The federal education ministry will set up an English language laboratory in the AJK University at a cost of one million rupees, Azad Jammu and Kashmir ...
UK, US nationals warned against travelling to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: The United Kingdom and the United States have warned their citizens to evaluate carefully the implications for their security and safety before deciding to travel to Pakistan....		Laghari family owes Rs1.05m to revenue dept DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 30: The family of former President of Pakistan and Millat Party chief Farooq Khan Laghari owes an amount of Rs1.05 million to the revenue department....
10-member carjackers’ gang arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 30: A local police team claimed to have arrested a gang of carjackers headed by a former jail police official....		Wasa initiates seven new projects FAISALABAD, Jan 30: The Water and Sanitation Agency has started seven new projects of water supply and drainage in various parts of the city....
NAB official accused of roughshod behaviour MULTAN, Jan 30: A senior health department official has accused a National Accountability Bureau official of highhandedness....		RHCs, BHUs on for better days FAISALABAD, Jan 30: The Punjab government is taking measures to improve the facilities at the rural health centres and basic health units....
Out of sight, not mind RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 30: The glorious and mysterious Islamgarh Fort will soon be a remnant in pages if the archaeologists fail to rescue it....		Ginners critical of TCP ‘inaction’ MULTAN, Jan 30: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has criticized the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) for destabilizing the cotton market....
Four of a family die as car rams into truck FAISALABAD, Jan 30: Four family members were killed and another suffered serious injuries in an accident on the Faisalabad-Samundri Road, some 30 kilometres from here on Tuesday night....		Robber killed in ‘encounter’ KASUR, Jan 30: A robber was killed while his three accomplices were arrested on Wednesday after a brief encounter near Jaja Kalan, Sarai Mughal....
70,000 phones LAHORE, Jan 30: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has decided to install around 70,000 new telephone connections till June, 2002, in Gujranwala region....		Authorities asked to solve college problems MITHI, Jan 30: The shortage of teaching staff, dilapidated class rooms, laboratories and hostel buildings, no compound wall and lack of other facilities are badly affecting the studies of the students,...
Anti-dacoit drive launched in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Jan 30: The district police, Khairpur, launched a drive against dacoits in the Saadh Forest on Wednesday....		PR asked to provide details about Sukkur Express SUKKUR, Jan 30: The Pakistan Railways (PR), Sukkur, have been directed by the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, for providing the details of facilities provided by the PR for the up...
Chowkidari system to be introduced LARKANA, Jan 30: In order to strengthen the people-police participation Shahdadkot and Mirokhan talukas have decided to introduce a Chowkidari system where a police officer would look after 20 villages....		Jail officials held responsible: Probe body report on excesses HYDERABAD, Jan 30: A fact finding team of journalists, constituted by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Special Task Force (STF), has held the central jail administration responsible for lawlessness, sale...
LEA officer beats office superintendent SANGHAR, Jan 30: The office superintendent of the executive district officer was beaten up by an officer of a law enforcement agency (LEA) here on Wednesday....		Mithi UC demands rescheduling of taxes MITHI, Jan 30: The members of the Mithi union council have demanded of the minister and secretary for local government to revise the schedule of the unjustified and high taxes....
Tribal clash claims three lives SUKKUR, Jan 30: Three people were killed and four others were injured in an armed clash between the Chachar and Sabzoi tribes in the Shaloo Chachar village, near Kandhkot, on Wednesday....		Board to recruit teachers appointed HYDERABAD, Jan 30: A teachers recruitment board, headed by a retired judge of the Sindh High Court and comprising eminent educationists, is being appointed to recruit teachers up to grade-10....
70 houses on railway land demolished HARIPUR, Jan 30: As many as 70 houses, illegally constructed on railway land alongside the track, were demolished by railway authorities, in village Kholian Kalawan, some 5km from here on Wednesday....		UC Nazims stage walkout from district council CHARSADDA, Jan 30: Nazimeen, for the first time in Charsadda, staged a walkout from the district council....
Nadra hopeful of issuing computerized NICs in time CHITRAL, Jan  30: The National Database and Registration Authority, Chitral office, will achieve the target by June 30 as the work is in full swing and the offices are not closed...		TB prevalence among DPs alarming: doctors PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Estimates show that every tenth Afghan living in refugees camps in the suburbs of the city is suffering from tuberculosis, Dawn has learnt from doctors....
Power supply remains suspended for 19 hours SWABI, Jan 30: A 19-hour long power breakdown resulted in loss to the Peshawar Electric Supply Company and crippled life, especially the business activities, here on Tuesday....		Pakistan, India must pull back forces: ANP BANNU, Jan 30: Provincial chief of Awami National Party (ANP) Begum Nasim Wali Kahn has said that the ongoing tension between Pakistan and India would burden the economies of both countries....
15 development projects launched HARIPUR, Jan 30: Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP), Haripur Chapter, has launched 15 development projects at a cost of Rs5.2 million in two union councils of district Haripur....		Grenade explodes at cops’ house LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 30: Terror swept across village Nali Chak, after a hand grenade, thrown at the residence of police officials, exploded with a big bang....
New political alliance likely PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Many political parties and some religious parties are in close contact with the National Awami Party Pakistan and are expected to enter into a new political alliance for...		Liquor, arms seized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 30: Cantonment police carried out raids in various parts of the town on Tuesday and recovered liquor and illegal arms....
25 held in Bajaur BAJAUR, Jan 30: Political authorities arrested 25 volunteers of a banned organization on Tuesday....		Kidnapping cases on the rise in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 30: Kidnap for ransom incidents are fast increasing in the Punjab, a crime previously related to Sindh....
Six shops gutted PESHAWAR, Jan 30: Unidentified miscreants set ablaze six shops, full of smuggled goods, in the Inayat Killey locality of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday night....		Bail granted PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The Peshawar High Court, Abbottabad circuit bench, allowed bail to two members of a banned outfit....
Jobless Afghans resume poppy cultivation PESHAWAR, Jan 30: The fresh wave of war that left large number of civilians dead and rendered many more homeless in Afghanistan has also contributed to reemergence of the poppy scourge...		Six tiny PML factions agree to unite LAHORE, Jan 30: Six tiny groups of the Pakistan Muslim League agreed in principle on Wednesday on their unification, slamming the doors for the major factions headed by Mian Azhar and...
FWO bags Rs4bn road project LAHORE, Jan 30: The Punjab government on Wednesday accorded Rs4 billion Lahore-Faisalabad Expressway contract to the Frontier Works Organization (FWO)....		Azam Tariq’s detention extended LAHORE, Jan 30: The Review Board of the Lahore High Court has extended the detention of Maulana Azam Tariq, chief of a banned sectarian organization, till March 31....