February 6, 2002	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 22, 1422

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NWFP flour mills to seek legal relief: Competition with Punjab PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Pushed out of market by heavily protected competitors in Punjab, the Frontier flour mills have decided to seek legal relief from the Supreme Court in an attempt to...		PPP opposes inclusion of army officials in ATCs SHIKARPUR, Feb 5: A central leader of PPP, Aftab Shaban Mirani, has opposed the inclusion of army officials in Anti-Terrorism Courts saying that such courts could not prove beneficial to provide...
PPP to boycott polls if Benazir not allowed to return KOHAT, Feb 5: The former federal law minister and acting Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Syed Raza Rabbani, said here on Tuesday his party would boycott the polls in October...		Religious parties form alliance in D.I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 5: Various political parties have started homework for the general elections to be held this year....
Councillors press for indents, claim labour leaders DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 5: Specific political figures of the area are using the sugarcane indents as a tool to influence the voters in rural areas and are increasing pressure on...		Survey on skin disease continues LARKANA, Feb 5: A team of doctors that is conducting survey on the outbreak of a skin disease leishmanisis in Larkana district visited village Joonani Bangla near Warah on Monday....
Inquiry into stealing of wood ordered SUKKUR, Feb 5: An inquiry was ordered by the chief conservator, Hyderabad region, Ghulam Mustufa Shaikh, against the staff of the Forest Department, Ghotki, for stealing wood....		Uplift schemes completion on time ordered HARIPUR, Feb 5: The Works & Services Department has decided to blacklist all those contractors, who have suspended works on various development schemes in the district without any rhyme or reason....
Man killed in ‘encounter’ with police NAWABSHAH, Feb 5: A man was killed and another was seriously injured in an ‘encounter’ with police near the Sukhio Sher village, Jam Saheb, the other day....		Five booked for damaging Nazim’s car SANGHAR, Feb 5: The local police have registered an FIR against five persons for attacking the car of the Nazim of Union Council-II, Sanghar, Abid Farooq, and threatening him of dire...
Two boys kidnapped BAJAUR, Feb 5: A criminal gang has kidnapped two minor boys from Barang area of the Bajaur Agency and asked the relatives to pay Rs400,000 as ransom....		Enrolment of voters begins in Bajaur BAJAUR, Feb 5: The Election Commission has kicked off its plan to hold local bodies elections in the tribal belt, including Bajaur Agency, by demarcating the union councils in seven tehsils....
Solidarity Day: Kashmiris assured of full support HARIPUR, Feb 5: Like other parts of country, the Kashmir Solidarity Day was observed here on Tuesday to express support and solidarity with the Kashmiri brethren in their struggle to achieve...		Held Jihadis may be tried for terrorism ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The federal government will finalise on Wednesday a strategy to deal with about 2,000 Jihadi elements arrested four weeks ago, an official sources told Dawn....
Pakistan moves into EU foreign policy spotlight BRUSSELS, Feb 5: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar’s quick tour of key European Union capitals this week has confirmed Pakistan’s move from backstage to spotlight on Europe’s foreign policy stage....		Reforms won Islamabad credibility: US official ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Pakistan has established international