February 9, 2002	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 25, 1422

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Afghan DPs to be shifted to Haripur camps HARIPUR, Feb 8: The local administration has decided to shift all the refugees residing in different parts of Haripur to refugee camps situated at the outer fringes of the district, a...		Skin disease spreads to Khairpur district NAWABSHAH, Feb 8: The skin disease leishmaniasis, which earlier attacked Dadu and Larkana districts, has now spread to Khairpur district as its six patients from village Bhango Behan, taluka Faiz Ganj,...
Four killed in road accidents KOHAT, Feb 8: Three employees of Brinks security agency were killed and five others were seriously injured when their vehicle collided with a Karachi-bound coach on the Indus Highway near Shakardarra,...		Closed health centres offered to NGOs LARKANA, Feb 8: Larkana district government is ready to hand over the non-functional and closed health centres to NGOs if they want to run them....
Emergency declared in Swat after heavy snowfall MINGORA, Feb 8: The Swat valley is in the grip of severe cold, and two-day’s snowfall has created problems for the people....		Plan for Benazir’s return okayed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 8: Pakistan People’s Party Central Executive Committee has approved the programme for the return of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who is expected to end her self-exile...
PPP rejects polls sans Benazir NAUSHAHARO FEROZE, Feb 8: Sindh PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuro has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party will not accept the national and provincial assembly elections without Benazir....		Rs250,000 given for medicines DADU, Feb 8: The health department, Dadu, has provided Rs250,000 from Zakat fund for purchasing the medicines of a skin disease cutaneous leishmaniasis to be provided in the villages of Johi,...
ANP wants Ehtesaab of religious leaders HARIPUR, Feb 8: ANP President Asfandyar Wali Khan has supported government’s stand on Kashmir issue, and has said that Pakistan was not in a position of affording full scale war with...		Shopkeepers protest against power meters BAJAUR, Feb 8: Tribesmen observed strike on the second consecutive day against the installation of electricity meters in various  parts of Bajaur Agency on Friday. The  political authorities arrested eight shopkeepers...
Bank dacoity bid foiled MARDAN, Feb 8: An official of the Bank of Khyber (BoK) foiled an attempt by bandits to loot cash from bank here on Friday....		Hunger strike observed in Diplo MITHI, Feb 8: The residents of the Diplo town observed a shutter down and token hunger strike on Friday to protest against the shabby condition of Diplo-Mithi road, and the faulty...
Zakat distribution MIRPURKHAS, Feb 8: About Rs470 million was being distributed from Zakat fund under rehabilitation package in Sindh while Rs18.8 million would be disbursed among the deserving people in Mirpurkhas district....		Protest against recruitment of non-locals held SUKKUR, Feb 8: Several organizations, including JSQM, MQM, PML (F) and Samaji Sangat, started their hunger strike on Thursday against the recruitment of non-locals by the Mari Gas Company....
No nation-state to rebuild in Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Feb 8: “Why are you letting them in,” screamed an Afghan refugee. Her burqa hid her age but not her anger: “The Americans are not good. They are hurting our...		LB polls in AJK to be delayed: Law for devolution not ready MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 8: Holding of the local bodies elections in Azad Kashmir in April, as announced by the government, has become impossible for want of the legislation for implementation of the...
Contagious disfiguring skin disease found ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: A disfiguring contagious skin disease, known as Lieshmaniasis, has affected thousands of people in Sindh and the NWFP for which no cure is available in Pakistan, says World...		Govt won’t allow the corrupt return to power: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Spokesman of the president and director-general ISPR, Major-General Rashid Qureshi here on Friday said that the government remains determined not to allow corrupt politicians to return to power....
‘Afghan girls offered as brides for 100kg flour’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Girls as young as 10 are being offered for marriage in exchange for bags of flour in a desperate struggle for survival in parts of Herat and Farah...		Drought-hit people to get Rs102m QUETTA, Feb 8: Balochistan government has earmarked over Rs102 million from Zakat fund for drought-affected people in the province under the rehabilitation package for drought-stricken areas....
Accord on refugees repatriation likely ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to sign an agreement to pave way for the voluntary repatriation of...		UN chief urged to help resolve Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The National Kashmir Committee (NKC) has called upon UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to exercise the powers invested in him by Articles 99, Chapter VX of the UN...
Model Madressah to be set up in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 8: Like in other provinces of Pakistan the federal government would establish a model Madressah (religious school) in Azad Kashmir, AJK minister for Zakat and Ushr Sahibzada Hafiz Hamid...		Medical kits to be airdropped in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The World Health Organization has planned to airdrop urgent medical supplies in Ghor province in Afghanistan, that has been cut off by heavy snowfalls....
Relaunch of Saindak project welcomed ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Usman Aminuddin on Friday said the relaunching of Saindak Copper Project by Metallurgical Corporation of China in the first week of March would...		Clarification ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Apropos of a news item that appeared in Dawn on Thursday headlined “NRB envisages 26 provinces, repeal of 13th Amendment” the National Reconstruction Bureau said in a clarification...
Malaysian minister to visit Quetta QUETTA, Feb 8: The Malaysian minister for youth and sports and patron of the United Malaya National Organization Dato Hishamauddin Tun Hussein with a 18-member delegation will visit Quetta and Chaman...		ASI shot dead, cop injured by dacoits GUJRAT, Feb 8: A local police ASI was shot dead while a constable sustained injuries when dacoits opened firing on them during a bid in the Subhan Restaurant near Julliani, GT...
Needy without zakat for seven months VEHARI, Feb 8: Zakat committees have not distributed funds among the needy and deserving people for the last seven months in the Vehari district....		ASI summoned for violating court orders GUJRANWALA, Feb 8: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday issued show-cause notice to the police official who arrested an accused despite his interim bail by the court....
Lawyers’ boycott in Punjab FAISALABAD, Feb 8: On the call of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, lawyers boycotted the courts and observed a complete strike across the province in protest against the promulgation of...		Dacoits take away Rs1m from bank BAHAWALPUR, Feb 8: Three unidentified dacoits on Friday morning looted Rs1 million from the MCB’s Khairpur Tamewali branch....
Four die on road SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 8: Four people, including a woman, were killed while 12 others were injured in different road accidents here on Thursday....		Philanthropists urged to donate for defence SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 8: The industrialists and philanthropists should deposit generous donations with the district defence fund for the construction of bunkers to guard against war....
Two villagers injured in Indian firing SIALKOT, Feb 8: Another two Pakistani villagers were injured in firing by Indian security forces on border village Deewanpura of the working boundary’s Bajwat sector here on Friday night....		Raja Sarwar Shaheed’s wife expires GUJJAR KHAN, Feb 8: The wife of Raja Sarwar Shaheed (Nishan-i-Haider) expired in her native village Sangoori three days back, Dawn learnt on Friday....
Trailer with Rs2m cotton bales gutted KHANEWAL, Feb 8: Cotton bales worth Rs2 million reduced to ashes along with a trailer on which they were loaded near Niazi Chowk here late on Thursday night....		Armymen in ATCs: lawyers boycott courts ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The bar associations of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi boycotted the civil courts on Friday to protest the government decision of inducting army officials into anti-terrorism...
Rs3bn VSAT, endowment projects okayed ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The government has approved two major projects worth Rs3 billion relating to creation of endowment fund for engineering universities and a satellite programme to bring far-flung villages into...		ATMs to be installed at various places ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The e-Government Project Directorate (EGPD) is planning to install auto-teller machines (ATMs) at various prominent places in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, official sources said here...
India urged to issue visa to peace activists ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The Movement for Peace and Welfare has urged the Indian ambassador to issue visas to the participants of a peace rally called “Peshawar to Kolkota”....		Iran never backed terrorists: envoy LAHORE, Feb 8: Iranian Cultural Centre director-general Aqae Muhammad Saeed Moezudden said here on Friday that his country never supported terrorist acts because it itself faced terrorism....
Reconstructing Shah Jahan’s Shalamar LAHORE, Feb 8: Trenches have been dug in some parts of the Shalamar Bagh to determine the Mughal period layout of its various gardens, the original flora and details of the...		Health secy, SSP tender apology LAHORE, Feb 8: Punjab health secretary Hasan Wasim Afzal and Lahore SSP Aftab Cheema on Friday tendered unqualified apologies in a contempt of court case....
Lawyers Boycott courts LAHORE, Feb 8: Lawyers throughout the Punjab boycotted court proceedings in response to the call of the Pakistan Bar Council, the Punjab Bar Council, the Supreme Court Bar Association, the Lahore...		PPP to start picking candidates from 26th LAHORE, Feb 8: The Punjab PPP will start selection of its candidates for the National and Punjab assemblies for the forthcoming general elections from Feb 26....
PML-QA mass contact campaign LAHORE, Feb 8: PML-QA office-bearers and former MPs have started a mass contact drive in the provincial metropolis to inform people about the party’s policy on various national issues....		Justice Munir to take oath as acting CJ LAHORE, Feb 8: Justice Munir A. Sheikh of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, will be administered oath as the acting chief justice of Pakistan at the court’s Lahore Registry on Saturday....