February 1, 2002	Friday	Ziqa’ad 17, 1422

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WHO team to assess skin disease outbreak LARKANA, Jan 31: A two-member team of the World Health Organization arrived here on Thursday to undertake the survey regarding the outbreak of skin disease commonly known as Leishmanisis in the...		Politicians want check on donors influence PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Speakers at a seminar urged the Third World countries to resist and reject dictations from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, if they wanted...
ADP boycotts dist council session DADU, Jan 31: The members of the district council, Dadu, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel boycotted the district council session and held a demonstration in front of the district council...		Corruption in cops recruitment denied LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 31: The Lakki Marwat district and Bannu Range police officials have rejected the allegations levelled against them by various union councils’ Nazims that they took bribes in the...
Chinese team inspects site for $200m power plant THATTA, Jan 31: A six-member team of experts and consultants of a Chinese company, headed by M/s Ching Wong and Cheeliwok, visited the proposed site for installation of a $200million power...		HRCP trying to get volunteers released PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has stepped up efforts for the release of Pakistani volunteers, living in detention in various private prisons in northern Afghanistan....
Jirga offers help in hunt for Al Qaeda men WANA, Jan 31: Mahsud tribesmen of Shawal and adjacent areas decided at a Jirga on Thursday that they will hand over any suspected members of Taliban and Al Qaeda who might cross over to the...		Govt to buy 400,000 tons of wheat KHAIRPUR, Jan 31: The government has announced agriculture policy, according to which four hundred thousand ton wheat will be purchased in Sindh through the procurement centres....
Booked for selling spurious fertilizers MIRPURKHAS, Jan 31: A fertilizer dealer was booked by the Kunri police for selling spurious fertilizers on Thursday....		Schools remain closed in protest against teacher’s killing SHIKARPUR, Jan 31: The primary, middle, high schools and madaris remained closed in Shikarpur District on Thursday to protest against the killing of primary teacher, Nazeer Ahmed Buriro....
Two die in road accident BAJAUR, Jan 31: Two persons were killed and 12 others received injuries when a pick-up vehicle of a marriage procession plunged into a roadside ravine here on Wednesday....		Two held with 300kg hashish NOWSHERA, Jan 31: Nowshera police seized a huge cache of drugs from a fake ambulance and arrested two smugglers near Surya Khel on GT road here on Thursday....
Sikandar warns against neglect in uplift projects MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 31: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Wednesday warned against “personal likes and dislikes” in the development schemes being launched under the Rural Development Programme....		Relatives to contest for non-graduate politicians GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: The requirement for a university degree has made ineligible about two dozen former members of assemblies from Gujranwala, including two federal ministers....
600 posts of teachers lying vacant VEHARI, Jan 31: At least 600 posts of teachers in several primary and middle schools are lying vacant in the district....		PPP asks govt to lift ban on political activities FAISALABAD, Jan 31: The Pakistan People’s Party has urged the government to lift ban on political activities so that parties can start their campaign for the next general elections....
IFC offers loans to private sector: $30m accord signed with Lasmo ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has decided to offer $30 million to the Lasmo Oil Pakistan Limited to develop Bhit Natural Gas Field in the Kirthar block in...		AJK govt asked to pay mark-up from Zakat: Cooperatives debtors in affected areas MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 31: The AJK Cooperatives Department has asked the government to pay the outstanding mark-up against debtors in the Indian firing affected areas from Zakat profit fund so that the...
Pakistan ready for dialogue at Munich: FO ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Although no meeting as yet is scheduled between Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar and the Indian government representative at Munich, Germany, the Foreign Office spokesman reaffirmed here on Thursday...		Indian hand seen in US newsman’s kidnapping ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Director-General ISPR Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi said here on Thursday that investigations conducted so far in the mysterious disappearance of American journalist Daniel Pearl strongly indicated “Indian linkage” to...
UN draft on Afghan women’s role soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is expected to adopt a formal statement soon on the important role the Afghan women should play in...		AJK cabinet body okays uplift plans MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 31: The AJK cabinet development committee on Thursday approved Rs3.130 billion development schemes in communications, hydel power, education, information technology, rural development and planning sectors....
Surplus staff of NATCO to be absorbed in NLC GILGIT, Jan 31: More than 200 surplus workers and over 100 trucks of the Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO) will be absorbed in the National Logistic Cell (NLC), sources told Dawn...		Steps being taken to ensure DPs safety ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The UNHCR, in collaboration with the commissioner for Afghan refugees, has started inquiry into safety of the camps after five persons, including three children, died in fires which...
Two held with 16kg charas HUB, Jan 31: The Hub police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two drug smugglers and seized a huge quantity of narcotics in Allahabad Town....		Drive against encroachments SARGODHA, Jan 31: A campaign to remove encroachments and illegal occupants from the state land will soon be launched in the district....
No Zakat funds for medicines TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 31: There are no more free medicines from the zakat funds for indoor patients in the District Headquarters Hospital....		TMA meeting adjourned amid rowdyism FAISALABAD, Jan 31: The meeting of the city tehsil municipal administration was adjourned on Thursday amid scuffles and rowdyism....
Two die, 20 hurt on road KASUR, Jan 31: Two persons were killed while 20 others sustained injuries in two road accidents in and around the city on Thursday....		Priest booked for violating loudspeaker ban FAISALABAD, Jan 31: The local police booked a priest on the charge of violating ban on loudspeaker here on Thursday....
Villager killed in Indian firing SIALKOT, Jan 31: A villager was martyred and two others sustained serious injuries in firing by Indian troops on bordering villages in the Sialkot working boundary’s Shakargarh and Bajwat sectors on...		BZU declares MA history results MULTAN, Jan 31: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Thursday declared the results of MA history, Part-I, first annual examinations, 2001....
SI found dead in his room SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 31: A sub-inspector of the B-Division police was found dead on Thursday in his room in mysterious circumstances....		Death for two killers GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: An additional district and sessions judge awarded death sentence to two convicts with a fine of Rs200,000 collectively in a murder case here on Thursday....
Boy found strangled SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 31: A 12-year-old boy was found strangled while his cousin was found unconscious in the fields in Kot Khudo, Mandiala Virkan, some eight kilometres from here, on Thursday....		Bureaucracy comes under fire in Dist Council session RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Rumpus marred the sixth session of Rawalpindi District Council here on Thursday, as a large number of councillors, throughout the meeting, continued to protest over the indifference of...
CDA razes mosque in G-6/3 park ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday demolished a mosque that was reportedly constructed in the premises of a park at sector G-6/3, official sources told Dawn....		Trader deprived of car by impostors ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Four armed imposters in police uniform deprived an exporter of his car near the Islamabad airport....
Decision on Fata representation hailed ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The former federal minister, Lt-Gen Jamal Said Mian, welcomed President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s efforts in “showing the people of the Tribal Areas the path to progress, prosperity and...		Rs1.16bn allocated for officers accommodation ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government has allocated Rs1.164 billion for hiring private houses for the government servants and maintenance of officials residences throughout the country in the current fiscal year,...
Gambia keen to import medicines ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Gambian government has evinced interest in importing pharmaceutical products from Pakistan and setting up a pharma plant in Banjul with the help of Pakistani investors....		PAT women convention on 10th ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) women’s wing will organize a national women convention in the Capital on February 10 as part of the party’s mass mobilization campaign....
Three killed in twin cities RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Three persons were killed in separate incidents in the twin-cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday, police said....		Hearing of references against Asif today RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: The local accountability courts will resume the hearing of BMW and Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) corruption references against Asif Zardari, the spouse of the former prime minister, Benazir...
Nadra rejects applications bearing photos with caps ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) has rejected applications for computerized national identity cards which have photographs of the applicants in a cap or turban....		Replace ’73 Constitution with new one: Pagara LAHORE, Jan 31: PML (Functional) President Pir Pagara laid the foundation of a new controversy on Thursday when he called for a new constitution to replace the 1973’s which, he alleged,...
2.6m acres state land to be given to landless LAHORE, Jan 31: About 2.6 million acres of state land will be distributed among landless farmers, it is learnt....		Wendy on law, order LAHORE, Jan 31: US Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin met the Punjab chief secretary, the home secretary and the IGP to reportedly discuss important issues regarding the law and order including...
Rs10m given to each dist govt for education LAHORE, Jan 31: The Punjab government has transferred Rs10 million to each district government for the execution of development projects in education sector....		Iranian envoy calls for Islamic bloc LAHORE, Jan 31: Lahore Iranian Cultural Centre Director-General Aqae Muhammad Saeed Moezudden urged on Thursday the need for the creation of an Islamic bloc to exchange common Muslim culture and traditions....