February 8, 2002	Friday	Ziqa’ad 24, 1422

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Emphasis on peaceful struggle hailed: APHC team briefs Kashmir body ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: All Parties Hurriyet Conference on Thursday commended the step taken by President Gen Pervez Musharraf of emphasizing the peaceful aspect of the movement....		Afghan govt fails to satisfy German MPs on prisoners ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: A four-member delegation of human rights committee of German parliament on Wednesday said Taliban and Al Qaida prisoners in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay should be treated according to...
Brahimi pleads for expanded force UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7: United Nations special envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi on Wednesday asked the security council to urgently consider expanding the current UN-mandated international force from Kabul to rest...		Lahore graveyards searched LAHORE, Feb 7: Intense confusion continued here over the fate of the kidnapped US journalist....
Three die as avalanche blocks Salang Pass ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: United Nations on Thursday said more than 100 people, whose vehicles were stuck in the Salang tunnel near Kabul as a result of an avalanche, were rescued and...		Two remanded in police custody ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Judicial Magistrate Malik Abdul Qayum remanded two accused, allegedly involved in the abduction of the American journalist Daniel Pearl, to the I-9 police for three days on Thursday....
British MPs slam HR abuses in Kashmir LONDON, Feb 7: British parliamentarians have expressed their concern over continuing human rights abuses in held Kashmir and promised to plead Kashmir cause till its solution in line with the struggle...		3 Afghan civilians die in US strike, says report ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Three Afghan civilians were killed by a missile fired by remote control from a pilotless CIA aircraft in the southeast of the country, a Pakistan-based news agency said...
Italy concerned over tension ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Mrs Margreta Boniver on Thursday called on her Pakistani counterpart Abdul Sattar and expressed her country’s concern at the tensions between Pakistan...		Ord on CEC’s perks creates confusion ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The government on Thursday withdrew the ordinance which it had issued in the morning increasing the salary and privileges of the chief election commissioner....
CPNE to boycott pressure groups KARACHI, Feb 7: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has decided to boycott those political and non-political organizations which resort to any form of terrorism against any newspaper or magazine....		Varsity NOC withdrawn QUETTA, Feb 7: The Balochistan University has withdrawn no objection certificate issued to Alkhair University, Quetta, the BU registrar announced on Thursday....
Drugs seized QUETTA, Feb 7: Frontier Corps Balochistan seized 76kg of morphine and 3kg of heroin in operations near the Pakistan-Afghan border, said an FC press release on Thursday....		Multan college awaits PEC accreditation MULTAN, Feb 7: The Bahauddin Zakaria University’s constituent engineering and technology college will soon be accredited by the Pakistan Engineering Council....
Supplier disinterest could delay procurement: Medicines for public hospitals MULTAN, Feb 7: The process for procurement of medicines and other consumables for the state-run health facilities in the Punjab is again likely to hit snags on account of the disinterest...		PPP, PML & JI to support lawyers FAISALABAD, Feb 7: The PPP, the PML and the Jamaat-i-Islami announced on Thursday to support the lawyers agitating against the promulgation of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002....
Delay in shifting of cattle pens MULTAN, Feb 7: The shifting of cattle pens to the colonies on the outskirts of the district has been postponed four times due to lethargy by the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA)...		PPP leader, his father arrested GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: PPP city president Chaudhry Khalid Humayun and his father Chaudhry Muhammad Ishaq were arrested and sent to jail on Thursday when the district and sessions judge rejected their...
One killed, 24 hurt in accident VEHARI, Feb 7: A man was killed while 24 others sustained injuries in an accident on the Multan-Bahawalnagar Road here on Wednesday night....		Seven killed, 10 injured on road BAHAWALPUR, Feb 7: Seven people were killed while 10 others sustained injuries, six of them serious, when a commuter wagon rammed into a tree on Thursday night....
Nazim’s election declared void GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: The election of union council No 62 Nazim and Naib Nazim was declared void on Thursday....		Heavy rain in Sialkot SIALKOT, Feb 7: The Sialkot district received first heavy rain of the winter early on Thursday morning....
Minor boy Kidnapped for ransom GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: A minor boy was kidnapped for ransom by three people on Thursday....		Snowfall, rain break long dry spell in NWFP, Fata PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Many parts of the NWFP and the Federally-Administrated Tribal Areas on Thursday received heavy snowfall and rain, breaking the prolonged dry spell....
Traders assured of stern action against criminals: Kidnappings for ransom KOHAT, Feb 7: The district Nazim and the police authorities have assured the business community that the government would exploit all resources and take stern action against the criminals hiding in...		Two drug smugglers sentenced to death ATTOCK, Feb 7: Additional District and Session Judge, Mirza Rafi-uz-Zaman has awarded capital punishment to two drug smugglers....
Man dies as customs squad fire at car NOWSHERA, Feb 7: A man was killed and three others wounded when customs mobile squad opened fire on a fast moving car at Kund in Khairabad bordering Punjab. Collector of Customs,...		Teacher escapes unhurt in attack MARDAN, Feb 7: An assistant professor of College No. 2, Mardan, escaped unhurt when a student of third year allegedly fired on him over an issue of fine on Wednesday....
Three dacoits, one villager killed PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Police have claimed to have killed three robbers in an encounter on Wednesday night....		22 injured as traders resist installation of power meters BAJAUR, Feb 7: Twelve members of law-enforcement agencies and 10 traders were injured during a clash on Thursday after the traders tried to stop Wapda men from installing power meters in...
ANP blasts govt policies SWABI, Feb 7: Central President of Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan has criticized the government condition of graduation for candidates willing to contest national and provincial assemblies elections, and urged...		Charges against ex-minster framed SHIKARPUR, Feb 7: In pursuance of the order of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, the New Faujdari police, Shikarpur, have submitted the challan in the case against ex-Sindh minister...
46 Wapda sub-engineers demoted to metre readers LARKANA, Feb 7: The central authorities of Wapda have demoted 46 sub-engineers of BPS-16 and BPS-11 to the post of meter reader (BPS-5)....		Nazim opens training centre NAWABSHAH, Feb 7: Nawabshah District Nazim Nawabshah Faryal Talpur inaugurated Job Skills Training Centre, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), here on Wednesday....
Jobs demanded for local people HYDERABAD, Feb 7: A large number of people from Jamshoro colony, Wapda colony and other areas staged a protest demonstration and token hunger strike in Jamshoro against the non-employment of local...		Nazim wants re-interview for police recruitment THATTA, Feb 7: Thatta District Nazim Syed Shafqat Hussain Shirazi through a letter to Sindh IG police has expressed dissatisfaction over the selection of candidates for the posts of 230 police...
Armed men kidnap girl DADU, Feb 7: A girl was kidnapped over a matrimonial dispute by seven armed men in the Bughia Mohalla of Khairpur Nathan Shah town on Thursday....		Three arrested for looting Nazim’s house SANGHAR, Feb 7: Three armed robbers were arrested after looting the house of Sanghar taluka Naib Nazim on Thursday....
No shifting of LMC offices LARKANA, Feb 7: After long deliberations between the LMC employees union and the LMC management, the Taluka Nazim, Larkana, has reversed his earlier decision of shifting the Larkana Municipal Corporation offices...		More cases of skin disease reported LARKANA, Feb 7: A survey team of the World Health Organization has found at least 200 more cases of skin disease Leishmaniasis in Faridabad and Ghaibidero on Wednesday....
Punjab lawyers to boycott courts today LAHORE, Feb 7: Over 33,000 lawyers all over Punjab will boycott courts on Friday (today) in protest against the promulgation of the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002....		India, Pakistan should wage war on poverty LAHORE, Feb 7: The Labour Party Pakistan has urged India and Pakistan to withdraw their forces from the borders in order to avert any major catastrophe in the region....
GST recovery falls short of target in Lahore LAHORE, Feb 7: The sales tax recovery by the Lahore Collectorate of Sales Tax and Central Excise during the first half of the current financial year (July-Dec) fell 11.5 percent short...		LHC rejects ‘minister’s statistics’ LAHORE, Feb 7: A spokesman for the Lahore High Court on Thursday regretted the totally misleading statement attributed to the Punjab law minister, Dr Khalid Ranjha, regarding disposal of cases by...
PU student ‘sexually harassed’ by teachers LAHORE, Feb 7: Two teachers of the Punjab University Mass Communication Department have allegedly sexually harassed a girl student of the MA mass communication replica evening programme....		Drug firms to replace damaged stocks: July 23 floods in Leh drain ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Multinational and local pharmaceutical companies have agreed to replace the stocks of drugs destroyed during the July 23 flash-floods in Rawalpindi....
Cantt divided into three zones: Shifting of cattle-pens RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has divided the cantonment into three zones as part of its plan to shift cattle outside its limits, sources told Dawn....		Dist admn told not to accept defaulter’s donation: City beautification RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Opposition in the district council asked the district administration not to take donation from a business concern that owes it, almost Rs40.45 million, for city’s beautification....
ADB to help curb child labour ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help the government implement the National Policy and Plan of Action to Eliminate Child Labour....		PTA may cut tariff under CPP regime ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is reviewing the Calling Pay Party (CPP) regime to reduce tariff and provide relief to the general public....