February 3, 2002	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 19, 1422

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Lawyers reject ordinance: Army officers on ATCs MULTAN, Feb 2: Six members of the Punjab Bar Council (PBC), belonging to Multan, have rejected the Anti-Terrorism Ordinance (amended) 2002, saying it will paralyse the judicial system of the country....		Adulteration on the rise MULTAN, Feb 2: Negligence by local bodies and Health department officials in south Punjab has led to the under utilization of the Public Analyst Department (PAD), Multan region....
Rs170m for Multan development MULTAN, Feb 2: The Multan district government will spend Rs 170 million on various development schemes in the city during the on-going fiscal year....		Posts of 22 DSP (legal) vacant in Punjab FAISALABAD, Feb 2: Working of the police department’s legal branch has been hampered by the absence DSPs (legal) have been lying vacant in 22 Punjab districts for the last many years....
Anti-car lifting squad caught taking bribe GUJRANWALA, Feb 2: A dozen members of an anti-car lifting squad of Lahore was caught red-handed taking bribe from vehicle owners near Chand Da Qila By-pass in a raid by the...		Govt urged to prepare for WTO challenges FAISALABAD, Feb 2: Agriculture scientists and economists have urged the government to reduce tariffs and duties under the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) to enable the farm sector meet World Trade Organization...
Three girls recovered after four years JHANG, Feb 2: Three minor girls, abducted around four years ago from Multan, were recovered from Bhawana Town here, Jhang SSP Dr Tariq Masood Yasin said on Saturday....		Woman shot dead KASUR, Feb 2: Five unidentified dacoits looted a house and shot dead a woman on resistance on Saturday at Ilahabad....
School controversy JHANG, Feb 2: The Social Welfare Society, Rodu Sultan, has urged the Eduction Department officials not to make the higher secondary school project controversial....		Filling of 1,000 FC vacancies ordered PESHAWAR, Feb 2: NWFP Governor Syed Itkikhar Hussain Shah has directed immediate implementation on the development projects for Fata, with priority being given to construction of roads in inaccessible areas....
Sherpao indicted for illegal appointments PESHAWAR, Feb 2: An accountability court here on Saturday indicted former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao on charges of giving approval for illegal appointments in education department during his tenure...		NA forces killed 400 Malakand men: witness TIMERGARA, Feb 2: About 400 ordinary combatants from Malakand Division were killed by the Northern Alliance forces when they laid down their weapons after the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif. This was disclosed...
Embezzling of stadium funds being investigated ABBOTTABAD, Feb 2: District Nazim, Col (retd) Mustafa Jadoon, has said that District Headquarters Hospital, Abbottabad, will be run to full capacity and a few departments of Women & Children Hospital...		Situation in Paktia still uncertain MIRANSHAH, Feb 2: As the situation getting tenser all the time in the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktia, hundreds of people have started to migrate to safer places to escape the...
Traders protest against thefts MANSEHRA, Feb 2: The traffic remained suspended on the Kashmir Road here for about two hours, as the traders blocked it in protest against the growing incidents of theft in...		‘500 POs in Darra Adam Khel’ KOHAT, Feb 2: There are at least 500 proclaimed offenders wanted by the district police in Kohat frontier region of Darra Adam Khel, 7km from the city, says a police report....
Four sisters kidnapped BAJAUR, Feb 2: Four daughters of a tribal chieftain were kidnapped from their house in the Sramina area, 20km of here....		WHO team terms skin disease epidemic LARKANA, Feb 2: A two-member team of the World Health Organization (WHO) in its primary evolution of the outbreak of a skin disease leishmanisis has termed it epidemic in Dadu and...
Police reforms may reduce problems SUKKUR, Feb 2: The additional AIGP of Sukkur region, Nayyar Husnain, has hoped that after the separation of watch and ward, investigation and prosecution, the police will show a better performance...		PPP observes black day SUKKUR, Feb 2: The Pakistan People’s Party, Sukkur, observed a black day here on Friday....
NAPP demands voting age at 18 years SHIKARPUR, Feb 2: The president of National Awami Party of Pakistan (NAPP), Sindh, Mohammad Ameen Khattak, has said that the country was passing through hard times due to war threat by...		Drug sale on the rise in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Feb 2: Drugs are being sold openly throughout Nawabshah in connivance with the excise and police of the district....
Demo against kidnapping HYDERABAD, Feb 2: A group of newspaper hawkers of Jamshoro staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad Press Club here on Saturday against the kidnapping of a young son of a...		Tribal conflict leads to law and order crisis SUKKUR, Feb 2: Some 150 kilometre area, from Kashmor to Rajanpur and from Kashmor to Sui, on the Indus Highway has become unsafe and 80 percent traffic on the route has...
Imposition of taxes by local bodies termed illegal DADU, Feb 2: The collection of service tax and entry tax, imposed by the Taluka Nazim on the National Highway and Indus Highways in the different districts of Sindh, is illegal....		Violation of workers rights deplored HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The Fundamental Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed grave concern over the violation of the basic rights of the workers of the Zeal Pak Cement Factory (ZPCF), Hyderabad....
Five feared dead as trolley falls into river HYDERABAD, Feb 2: Five persons were feared dead as a tractor trolley fell in the River Indus near the Jamshoro bridge after it was hit by a coaster on Saturday....		Eight houses gutted BADIN, Feb 2: At least eight houses were reduced to ashes when fire broke in the Haji Abdul Rehman Chandio village 5km from here on Saturday....
DPO holds meeting SHIKARPUR, Feb 2: The police have started functioning under the new police system, introduced by the present government....		Villager shot dead SUKKUR, Feb 2: A 20-year-old man was shot dead in village Abdul Fateh in the Thul police station jurisdiction on Thursday over the pretext of Karo Kari....
Balochistan to set up new reserve force QUETTA, Feb 2: The provincial government has decided to set up a new force, Balochistan Reserve Force, for maintenance of law and order in Balochistan....		Wapda asks Nepra to increase tariff ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The Wapda has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to provide an unspecified increase in power tariff that could meet its Rs32 billion deficit....
Population dept to go to provinces ISLAMABAD Feb 2: The federal population welfare department along with the staff will be handed over to the respective provinces with effect from April this year....		Electronic media regulatory body soon, says official ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood said on Saturday that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) would come into existence in a couple of days....
WFP providing food to 200,000 Afghan DPs ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The visiting Executive Director of World Food Programme Ms Catherine Bertini called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here Saturday....		Demo held against toll tax HUB, Feb 2: A large number of transporters and school children staged a demonstration on Saturday against the raise of toll tax being received at the main RCD Highway here....
WB mission briefed on achievements of PAC QUETTA, Feb 2: World Bank mission on Saturday here was briefed on achievements of the Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC)....		Over 37,000 forced to leave homes in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 2: More than 37,000 people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir have left their homes for safer areas due to the increasing tension between India and Pakistan since December, district...
Old man injured in Indian firing MIRPUR, Feb 2: Indian army resorted to unprovoked firing on Saturday on villages along the Line of Control in Samani sector in Bhimber district of Azad Kashmir, and the Pakistan army...		Poonch sector: 114 Indian soldiers killed in two months CHIRI KOT (Forward LoC), Feb 2: Around 114 Indian soldiers have been killed in retaliatory fire by the Pakistani troops in Poonch sector across the Line of Control over the last...
JI wants more contacts with PML-N ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The Jamaat-i-Islami has called upon the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz group) to increase political contacts between the two parties....		‘Low literacy rate major cause of mortality’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Almost 35,000 women die during pregnancy every year due to unavailability of proper medical facilities in most of the country....
Over Rs205m education projects approved ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: The government has approved 14 projects relating to the education sector reforms at a cost of Rs205.738 million, an official source told Dawn....		Turkey wants role in Afghanistan rebuilding ISLAMABAD Feb 2: Turkish Ambassador Ali Vural Oktem has said his country wants to work with Pakistan in the process of reconstruction of Afghanistan and promotion of ties in communications and...
Stage set to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Ministry of Kashmir Affairs has finalized various programmes to observe Kashmir Solidarity Day on February 5 in a befitting manner with a theme of “Kashmir: Justice Without Discrimination”....		Kashmir Day to observed ‘officially’ LAHORE, Feb 2: The Kashmir Day is being observed with full vigour at official level to give an impression to the world that despite a ban on certain jihadi outfits Pakistan...
Governor sent summary for downsizing LAHORE, Feb 2: A committee headed by the additional chief secretary is learnt to have sent for approval a summary to the Punjab governor proposing downsizing of the provincial government....		Pagara blamed for PML split, decline LAHORE, Feb 2: The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) on Saturday blamed the PML (Functional) leader Pir Pagara for the fall of Junejo government, the Ghous Ali Shah government in Sindh and...
Asma flays govt for Qazi’s arrest LAHORE, Feb 2: A former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), Ms Asma Jehangir, has criticized the government for arresting Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed....		Govt spends Rs26.9m on youth hostels ISLAMABAD, Feb 2: Ministry of Tourism and Youth Affairs, out of its eight planned youth hostels, has completed four in different cities of the country....