February 4, 2002	Monday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1422

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Embezzlement uncovered in Kohat hospital KOHAT, Feb 3: A monitoring team of the district council after unearthing an embezzlement of Rs1.2 million worth of medicines and other items in the store of the Liaquat Memorial Hospital...		Gadoon Estate Committee restored SWABI, Feb 3: Upholding the directive of the provincial minister for industries, the district Nazim Sher Zaman Sher has restored the defunct Gadoon Estate Committee which would study and allow machinery...
Bar slams changes in ATA SUKKUR, Feb 3: A meeting of members of the District Bar Association was held the other day to discuss the ordinance regarding abolishing Anti-Terrorism Courts and reconstituting it in such a...		Municipal offices being shifted LARKANA, Feb 3: The offices of the Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) are being shifted to the suburban area of Larkana city to facilitate a particular business community, it was reliably learnt...
Kidnapped men freed by tribesmen HANGU, Feb 3: A tribal lashkar in an operation in the Khadizai area of the Orakzai Agency recovered two kidnapped people and razed the houses of the kidnappers....		Jobs lost due to water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Feb 3: Agricultural produce and business activities in Mirpurkhas District have been adversely affected due to the drought-like situation in the district....
Two villages lay claim to mountain SWABI, Feb 3: The timely intervention of district coordination officer and superintendent of police have avoided an armed clash between two villages over their claim to a mountain, said a police...		Cabinet likely to okay drafts on press bodies ABBOTTABAD, Feb 3: Principal Information Officer Ashfaq Gondal has said that two proposed drafts on the formation of “Press Council” and promulgation of “Press and Publication Ordinance” are going to be...
Farm owner kidnapped near Thatta THATTA, Feb 3: Six bandits reportedly led by notorious outlaw Ali Khoso kidnapped a fruit farm owner Ghulam Qadir from his farm near Jherruck on Saturday....		Four kidnapped SUKKUR, Feb 3: Three persons of Bugti tribe and another of Jakhrani tribe were kidnapped on Saturday night near Kandhkot and Jhatpat in an on-going tribal feud between the two tribes...
HRCP releases report on triple murder case HYDERABAD, Feb 3: A three-member fact-finding team of the HRCP on Saturday released the report about the triple murder case of Mirza Lodo Goth and Daro, Mirpurkhas, on the pretext of...		Uplift schemes approved CHARSADDA, Feb 3: A meeting of the Charsadda District Development Committee on Saturday approved 103 development schemes in education, public health, roads and sanitation sectors....
Reconstruction of bridge demanded SWABI, Feb 3: Residents of two union councils of Yar Hussain threatened on Sunday to stage a hunger-strike if construction of the collapsed bridge of Yar Hussain did not start within...		Board to select Govt Holdings chief soon ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: President General Pervez Musharraf is likely to constitute an independent board for the selection of chairman Government Holdings Ltd - a $1.5 billion worth of public limited company....
Punjab’s objection puts barrage in doldrums QUETTA, Feb 3: The Government of Punjab has reportedly objected to the proposed construction of a barrage, controlled by the Government of Balochistan, on River Indus at Mithan Kot....		Rational policy on water demanded MIRPURKHAS, Feb 3: Former Federal Minister for Agriculture, Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has said the country was being pushed to an agriculture disaster in the coming months, as the mismanagement and...
Jamali grilled for meeting Nawaz Sharif ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Pakistan Muslim League (QA) on Sunday accepted the explanation of its vice-president Mir Zafarullah Jamali about his recent meeting with the former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, in...		Mission tightens outpass rules SHARJAH, Feb 3: The Pakistani Consulate General in Dubai has tightened rules regarding outpasses (temporary travel documents) used to deport Pakistanis who have either illegally entered the country, lost their passports,...
WTO deals hit economies of poor states MULTAN, Feb 3: A number of NGOs have formed a coalition in the Punjab to disseminate awareness about world trade organization (WTO) agreements and their adverse implications in a third world...		Five shot dead by three assailants GUJRAT, Feb 3: Five people were gunned down on Sunday by their three rivals over a dispute of adda possession in Kotla Arab Ali Khan, some 25 kilometres from here....
Excellence awards for skilled workers FAISALABAD, Feb 3: The Punjab government has reportedly decided to give “Excellency awards” to skilled workers having good experience and services in various fields....		Killer’s mother, accomplice held SAHIWAL, Feb 3: The Grain Market police claimed to have arrested the mother of the youth who shot dead a trader and injured his brother on Dec 31....
Six Gojra TMA officials embezzle Rs0.2m TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 3: Five officials and a contractor of the Gojra Tehsil Municipal Administration have been found guilty of embezzling Rs200,000 through a fake bill....		Over 200 teachers denied salaries GUJRANWALA, Feb 3: Over 200 ad hoc lady teachers have not been paid their salaries for the last two months....
Two POs killed in ‘encounter’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 3: Two proclaimed offenders were killed on Sunday night in an alleged encounter at south of Dajal town, some 90 kilometres from here....