February 2, 2002	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 18, 1422

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ANP criticizes role of religious leaders DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 1: ANP provincial president Begum Nasim Wali has said that religious leaders are responsible for the destruction in Afghanistan and the division of Pakistani nation on sectarian...		Ombudsman declares order illegal: Selection of PMC professor as external NAWABSHAH, Feb 1: The Provincial Ombudsman, Sindh, Mr Haziqul Khairi has termed the appointment of Prof Khair-un-Nisa as an external in the MBBS final Gynaecology viva-voce at Peoples Medical College (PMC),...
Bar terms changes in ATA unlawful PESHAWAR, Feb 1: Condemning the inclusion of army officers in anti-terrorism courts, the Peshawar High Court Bar Association here on Friday declared the amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act “illegal” and “unconstitutional”....		Nazim finds six employees absent: Dadu Civil Hospital DADU, Feb 1: On public complaints Dadu District Nazim Malik Asad Sikandar paid a surprise visit to the Civil Hospital here on Friday....
Armed men burn houses, steal cattle, wheat SUKKUR, Feb 1: Unknown armed men set on fire at least 10 houses, stole wheat and valuables, and rustled cattle heads in Suleman Dahar village, near Daharki, on Friday....		Re-opening of closed schools demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 1: The members of Naushahro Feroze district council have demanded the re-opening of closed schools in the district and due share in Khushhal Pakistan Programme-III schemes for the...
Opening of farm services centres ordered HARIPUR, Feb 1: District Nazim Dr Raja Amer Zaman has directed the agriculture department to immediately set up farm services centres, at Ghazi and Khanpur....		Municipal workers demand salary KHAIRPUR, Feb 1: Scores of municipal employees including sanitation staff of Pir Jo Goth, taluka Kingri, continued their protest on second consecutive day on Friday against non-payment of their salaries....
Jirga resolves dispute BAJAUR, Feb 1: A tribal jirga amicably resolved an old feud over the ownership of a property at the Barad Shagai area of Salarzai subdivision here on Thursday....		Boy crushed to death MIRPURKHAS, Feb 1: A teenaged boy was crushed to death in an accident at Umerkot Chhor Road, near the slaughter house, on Thursday....
Man kills wife DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 1: A man, Abdul Ghaffar, son of Faraz, of Rori village, gunned down his wife, Nasim Bibi, on Thursday and fled....		Tale of a veiled country PESHAWAR, Feb 1: How do people view Afghanistan? Some dub it as a land of the insolent and ignorant; others call it a home to warriors who can be hired, not...
Compensation distributed MANSEHRA, Feb 1: The Pakistan Tobacco Company director Alain Sacsher has said that the PTC has always taken into consideration the problems faced by the tobacco growers....		IMF calls for efforts to improve CBR performance ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over Rs12 billion revenue shortfalls, recorded during the first seven months of the 2001-2002 financial year....
FPSC concerned at falling education standard ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has recommended standard English teaching at college and university level as examiners in different CSS papers complain deteriorating English proficiency level....		New ATCs termed setback for democracy ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Government’s new ordere to include army officers as judges in special Anti-Terrorism Courts was criticized by many leaders and experts here on Friday....
No progress made in US reporter’s case: police ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Police said on Friday they were no closer to finding kidnapped US reporter Daniel Pearl whose captors have threatened to kill him unless the United States releases Pakistani...		Kidnapping suspect had links with India: FM BERLIN, Feb 1: Pakistan Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Friday that mobile phone records showed the chief suspect in the kidnapping of US reporter Daniel Pearl had been in contact...
Five killed in a bid to rescue fighter cock NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 1: Five youths belonging to two families lost their lives while trying to save a fighter cock and each other at the Quasim Kahi village, Bihria Taluka, Naushahro...		Majida Rizvi made NCSW permanent chief PESHAWAR, Feb 1: The government has decided to appoint a former female judge of the Sindh High Court, Justice Majida Rizvi as the permanent chairperson of the National Commission on the...
Bus terminal inaugurated GILGIT, Feb 1: Northern Areas Force Commander Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmed inaugurated the newly-set up bus terminal at Jutial here on Friday....		WFP to provide $26.45 million under new programme ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The World Food Programme (WFP) will provide $26.45 million to Pakistan over a period of two years as part of its new country programme....
Rs11m overpayment by DHOs yet to be recovered MULTAN, Feb 1: The Punjab Health Department has yet to recover Rs11 million pointed out by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as overpayment by the District Health Officers (DHOs) in the...		35 schools to start English medium classes LAHORE, Feb 1: The district Nazim has approved 35 city schools for starting English medium classes in addition to Urdu medium from the next academic session....
Construction of Muzaffargarh bypass okayed MULTAN, Feb 1: Governor Khalid Maqbool on Friday announced the implementation of a comprehensive project of sanitation for Muzaffargarh and Kot Addu and construction of Muzaffargarh bypass....		APC steering body announced LAHORE, Feb 1: ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has accused the government of deviating from its past practice by not announcing a complete strike on Feb 5 for expressing solidarity with...
Youth shot dead by SHO SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 1: A local police station SHO on Friday shot dead a youth, whom he recognized as a culprit wanted in several cases, near petrol pump, some 36km from here....		Contempt: health secy, SSP appear before LHC LAHORE, Feb 1: Health Department secretary, Hasan Waseem Afzal, appeared before Mr Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court on Friday on a contempt of court notice and was...
Punjabi, Urdu declamation contests LAHORE, Feb 1: The Fatima Jinnah Medical College and the Government College for Women, Wahdat Road, on Friday lifted the trophies of inter-collegiate Punjabi and Urdu declamation contests, respectively....		Rundown Drainage channel in Daska SIALKOT, Feb 1: The main sewerage drainage channel, constructed a few months ago with an expenditure of millions of rupees on the outskirts of Daska tehsil, is in a dilapidated condition....
Court record set ablaze OKARA, Feb 1: Unidentified outlaws on Thursday night set ablaze the judicial record of a civil judge at the district courts complex....		Registration of mosques begins SIALKOT, Feb 1: The registration of mosques and madaris has been started in Sialkot and Narowal districts....
Drain desilted on mohtasib’s directives LAHORE, Feb 1: The Ghausia Colony drain has been desilted and heaps of garbage removed from M Block of Gulberg III, on directives from the Punjab ombdusman....		Court accepts bail plea LAHORE, Feb 1: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has accepted the bail application of an accused in a narcotics case on the ground that the sub-inspector who had...
Qazi’s hospital room declared sub-jail LAHORE, Feb 1: A private hospital room where Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad is detained has been declared as sub-jail....		Two injured in Indian firing SIALKOT, Feb 1: Two persons were injured in firing by Indian security forces in Kuchhiman village in the Bajwat sector of the working boundry on Friday....
Opposition stages walk-out from District Council RAWALPINDI, Feb 1: About 30 to 40 opposition members of the district assembly staged a walk-out from the session on Friday, saying that they were not being given the respect they...		OIC teams to participate in Comstech assembly ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Delegations from 57 OIC member states are expected to participate in the 10th general assembly of Comstech, the inter-ministerial committee on science and technological (S&T) cooperation, to be...
Kasi promises no more hike in drug prices ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Health minister Dr Abdul Malik Kasi on Friday held out an assurance that the government would never give a free hand to the pharmaceutical companies to increase the...		Indian N-facilities most vulnerable: report ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: India’s nuclear facilities are most vulnerable in South Asia in terms of acquisition of nuclear material by terrorists, a study carried out by a Pakistani think- tank showed....
Court extends Asif’s remand in BMW case ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: An accountability court on Friday again extended the remand of former PPP senator Asif Ali Zardari to another eight days in the BMW reference and adjourned the hearing...		Kosovo peace contingent: extention in 34 officers tenure sought ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: After facing charges of favouritism, the commander of Pakistan police contingent, serving in Kosovo under the UN peacekeeping force, has recommended the interior ministry to extend the posting...
90 per cent cattle-owners shifted RAWALPINDI, Feb 1: About 90 per cent of the local cattle- owners on Friday shifted their buffaloes outside the city while the remaining 10 per cent were on their way out,...		Pakistan-Japan ties’ golden jubilee from April 2 ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: Japanese Embassy here on Friday chalked out an extensive programme to celebrate the golden jubilee of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Japan. The celebrations will start from April...
PPP opposes induction of armymen into ATCs ISLAMABAD, Feb 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has opposed the appointment of army officers as judges and termed it as worse than establishment of military courts....		Heroin seized, woman held RAWALPINDI, Feb 1: The Pir Wadhai police arrested a woman drug pusher and seized 500 grams of heroin from her possession, here on Friday....
‘Do away with university syndicates, senates’ LAHORE, Feb 1: The Task Force on the Improvement of Higher Education has recommended replacement of universities’ syndicates and senates with strong and independent governing boards to ensure accountability for institutional...		PR eyes freight bonanza LAHORE, Feb 1: Heads of various Pakistan Railway sections are meeting here on Saturday to review preparations for handling the freight traffic related to Afghanistan reconstruction operations, expected to start by...
HRCP against inducting armymen into courts LAHORE, Feb 1: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan criticized the government decision on Friday to include army officers in anti-terrorism courts, saying this violated the established principles of justice in...		Police kill alleged robber LAHORE, Feb 1: The police shot dead an alleged robber in an “encounter” at Iqbal Town on Friday....