February 5, 2002	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 21, 1422

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Three more traders kidnapped KOHAT, Feb 4: Three more traders were kidnapped by unidentified men during the last 24 hours with their two vehicles they were travelling in from Kohat to Peshawar. This raises the...		Withdrawal of amendment to ATA urged SUKKUR, Feb 4: A meeting of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, Sukkur, held here on Monday unanimously demanded of the government to withdraw the amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)....
Indent system for sugarcane supply to be discouraged DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 4: District Nazim, district coordinating officer, tehsil Nazim and representatives of four sugar mills have held talks to discuss and solve grievances of the sugarcane growers....		Traffic jam leads to arrest of six dacoits NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 4: Six dacoits were arrested for looting the Mehran Tracking petrol pump on the National Highway, near Moro, Naushahro Feroze District, on late Sunday night....
Pilot project for birth registration launched SWABI, Feb 4: A pilot project has been launched in 56 union councils as part of a new strategy to educate the people about the importance of birth registration....		Disputed sign board helps youths get jobs THATTA, Feb 4: A sign board inscribed with “Jinnah’s Jherruck” erected on the National Highway helped about two dozen unemployed youths to get soldier’s job at their doorstep a few days...
Shopkeepers booked for unhygienic conditions LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 4: Health officials conducted surprise raids on different hotels, poultry vendors, tea merchants and confectioneries on Monday, collected samples and booked many for failing to maintain hygienic conditions....		Kashmir struggle backed PESHAWAR, Feb 4: Swat District Nazim Dr Mehboob-ur-Rehman has said that the people of Malakand Division fully support the people of occupied Kashmir in their just struggle for freedom from Indian...
Second marriage claims Nazim’s life DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 4: Second marriage claimed the life of a union council Nazim in Dera Ismail Khan.  ...		Police prevent growers from staging demo MIRPURKHAS, Feb 4: Over two hundred growers of tail-end of Mirpur Shakh, who wanted to stage protest demonstration against the acute shortage of irrigation water, were stopped by the police from...
Changes in ATA challenged in SC ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Pakistan Muslim League and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Monday filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the changes in the anti-terrorism law under which the anti-terrorism court would...		Attack on newspaper distributors condemned KARACHI, Feb 4: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has condemned the attack by as-yet-unidentified political groups on distributors and copies of the daily Jang in several areas of Karachi, in the...
Chinese firm assesses Saindak complex QUETTA, Feb 4: Top management of the Metallurgical Construction Company of China has visited the Saindak Complex and made initial assessments before taking over the copper and gold plant next month....		Turkish team due today ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: A five-member delegation from Turkey, led by Defence Minister Sabahettin Cakmakoglu will visit Pakistan from Tuesday to Feb 8, defence ministry said on Monday....
Hashim Qadeer a proclaimed offender MULTAN, Feb 4: One of the prime suspects in the Daniel Pearl kidnap case, Syed Hashim Qadeer Shah, has been declared a proclaimed offender in a dacoity incident....		Programme to eradicate TB from Sialkot SIALKOT, Feb 4: The Punjab health department launched on Monday a ‘directly observed treatment of short course (DOTS) programme in collaboration with local business community for the eradication of TB from...
Women councillors’ complaint against male colleagues VEHARI, Feb 4: Women councillors have complained of non-cooperation from their male colleagues besides ignoring them in various sub-committees formed from time to time to run the council affairs....		Elite Force officer shot dead JHANG, Feb 4: The Elite Force in charge was shot dead by two unidentified motorcyclists near the TB Hospital here on Monday evening....
64 PTCL employees sacked GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) notified on Monday sacking of 64 employees on charges of corruption and irregularities....		Two ‘POs’ killed in encounter SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 4: Two alleged proclaimed offenders were killed in an encounter with police near Bhago Dyail, Narang Mandi, on Monday....
Educational Qualification for polls to be reduced FAISALABAD, Feb 4: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) has reportedly decided to lower the educational qualification for contesting elections to the national and provincial assemblies to intermediate and secondary level respectively....		Kutcha abadi dwellers for waiver of NoC TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 4: Federation of Kutcha Abadis Punjab president Haji Zafar Iqbal Jatala has demanded of the president and the governor to withdraw the condition of obtaining an NOC...
Man killed by father, brother SAHIWAL, Feb 4: A man set his eldest son ablaze over a domestic issue in the People’s Colony on Monday....		Killer gets death GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: An additional district and sessions judge awarded death sentence with a fine of Rs100,000 to one Ashfaq in a murder case here on Monday....
Two killed, 13 injured in collision GUJRAT, Feb 4: Two car-riders were killed while 13 passengers of a wagon were injured in an accident on the GT Road near Kathala on Monday....		Jobless man murders mother-in-law GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: A jobless man killed his mother-in-law in Qila Dedar Singh on Monday....
Four children die in roof collapse MULTAN, Feb 4: Four members of a family were killed while two others were injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Dewan Bagh Colony on Nawabpur Road on Sunday....		Government to offer 10 schools for adoption ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The government intends to offer 10 more schools, out of the total 451 schools and colleges of the Islamabad Capital Territory, for adoption by private partners, under its...
‘Pakistan to continue support to Kashmiris’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Pakistan will continue its moral, diplomatic and political support to the Kashmiris till they succeed in their just struggle, the minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Abbas...		Omar urges world to help resolve Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The international community should exert pressure on India to end human rights violations in the occupied Kashmir, the national organizer of the Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP), Omar Asghar...
Pindi to be made model city: Kiani RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: Time has come to develop Rawalpindi into a model city, the district Nazim, Raja Tariq Kiani, said on Monday....		Free treatment of livestock ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The livestock and dairy department of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration would hold free weekly medical camps for the treatment and vaccination of livestock at Chak Holai,...
None except parliament can amend Constitution: PML-N ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Terming the electoral reforms as against the spirit of the Constitution, Pakistan Muslim League (N) has said no institution except an elected parliament has the right to amend...		Govt has firm belief in democracy: spokesman ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: An official spokesman said on Monday the government needed no foreign or domestic prompting, as its commitment to hold free, fair and impartial elections by October this year...
Dist Council opposes graduation condition RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: A majority of district council members, in a session on Monday, opposed a resolution demanding reviewing of educational criteria for candidates contesting general elections....		Prepare for Basant, come what may LAHORE, Feb 4: The people of Lahore have quietly started preparing for the Basant festival later on Feb 16-17 despite the uncertain economic conditions and the tensions on our borders with...
DHQ hospitals need six specialist doctors each, says Kasi LAHORE, Feb 4: Federal Health Minister Dr Abdul Malik Kasi has said that beds available at tehsil and district headquarters hospitals are not properly utilized while the tertiary care hospitals are...		Rise in kidnappings for ransom alarming LAHORE, Feb 4: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has expressed concern over the increase in the kidnapping for ransom cases in the province....
Second food street opens in Old Anarkali LAHORE, Feb 4: The second Food Street set up in the Old Anarkali area was inaugurated here on Monday night....		FIA ordered to investigate mint master, deputy LAHORE, Feb 4: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court has directed the Federal Investigation Agency to hold an inquiry against the mint master and the deputy mint master...
Kashmir Day programmes in Punjab LAHORE, Feb 4: The Kashmir Day will be observed on Tuesday to express solidarity with the people of occupied Kashmir and to lend moral and political support to their struggle for...		GC degree in fisheries proposed LAHORE, Feb 4: The Fisheries Department has proposed affiliation of its Fisheries Research and Training Institute, Manawan, to the Government College, Lahore, and launch a degree programme in fisheries and aquaculture....
JI chief’s remand extended LAHORE, Feb 4: A special court comprising judge Maqbool Ahmad Bajwa extended on Monday the remand of Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad till Feb 9....		Revival of pension committee ordered LAHORE, Feb 4: The Punjab accountant general has decided to reactivate the Pension Cases Disposal Committee to expedite disposal of the pension cases of government employees....