February 10, 2002	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 26, 1422

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Further action against jihadis ‘unlikely’ LAHORE, Feb 9: National Kashmir Committee chairman Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan believes that no further action will be taken against any jihadi organization....		Killers of ASI shot dead in ‘encounter’ GUJRAT, Feb 9: Two nominated killers of an ASI were shot dead in what police claimed in an encounter near Jorra Jalalpur early Saturday morning....
PR officer held by NAB for fraud LAHORE, Feb 9: The Punjab NAB on Saturday arrested the deputy director finance and training, Pakistan Railways Training Centre, Walton Lahore, on corruption charges....		University Senates seen as unnecessary LAHORE, Feb 9: The Governor’s Committee on Better Governance and Management of Universi-ties has recommended that all university bodies be restructured to make them ‘manageable.’...
New PIA reservation system in six months LAHORE, Feb 9: The PIA will introduce a new reservation system within next three to six months to redress public complaints....		Two PU teachers suspended LAHORE, Feb 9: The Punjab University on Saturday suspended an assistant professor and a leacturer of the Mass Communic-ation Department on charges of molesting a female student....
China hails efforts to de-escalate tension LAHORE, Feb 9: Chinese Foreign Office spokesman Sun Yuxi appreciated on Saturday the efforts being made by Pakistan to de-escalate tensions on its eastern borders....		Health dept retains division-level posts MULTAN, Feb 9: The Punjab Health Department has retained a number of division-level posts rather than abolishing them after the introduction of district governments system....
Lahore trader deprived of Rs1 million SIALKOT, Feb 9: Two unidentified motorcyclists deprived a Lahore trader of Rs1 million in cash at gunpoint in Mubarakpura on Saturday....		Villager dies in Indian firing SIALKOT, Feb 9: A villager was martyred on Saturday night in firing by Indian troops on bordering Dera village in the Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat sector....
CJ calls for better bench-bar ties MARDAN, Feb 9: The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, Mr Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, said here on Saturday cheap justice could be ensured to all and sundry provided the...		Textbooks for Afghan schools being printed in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Feb 9: The new Afghan textbooks are being printed in Peshawar and will be distributed among 1.5 million schoolchildren before the Afghan academic year next month, Afghan Education minister Prof...
Latest gadgets to be installed in Kohat Tunnel KOHAT, Feb 9: The National Highway Authority has asked the Japanese construction firm, Taisei, working on the Rs seven billion Kohat Tunnel project, to replace the emergency systems proposed in the...		Five officials fined for poaching THATTA, Feb 9: A wildlife team rounded up six poachers including a high-ranking provincial bureaucrat and four officials of his department, two of them section officers, while hunting in protective sanctuary...
Oil Special derails NAWABSHAH, Feb 9: The railway traffic remained suspended between Tando Adam and the upcountry, following the derailment of Oil Special between Daur and Bandhi railway stations on the Nawabshah-Rohri railway section...		FC to be deployed at Balochistan border LARKANA, Feb 9: The Frontier Constabulary (FC) will be deployed on the Sindh-Balochistan border to check criminal activities....
Four die of cold KHAIRPUR, Feb 9: Four persons including two minor children died and vegetable and fruit crops were affected as severe cold waves hit upper Sindh particularly Kutcha area of Khairpur district during...		Police fail to trace decoits SANGHAR, Feb 9: The police and villagers failed to trace the dacoits who had attacked three villages on Thursday night on the Jhol-Tando Adam road....
Cellular firm starts service in Sukkur SUKKUR, Feb 9: Mobilink started its service in Sukkur on Friday....		Terrorist attacks on Western targets feared ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The kidnapping of a US journalist has fuelled fears that extremists were gearing in revenge for terrorist attacks on the Western targets in Pakistan after the Taliban were...
Musharraf to meet US industrialists ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: President Pervez Musharraf may meet American textile tycoons during his forthcoming visit to the United States this month....		Abdullah wants division of Kashmir JAMMU, Feb 9: The chief minister of occupied Kashmir took issue with Indian prime minister, arguing that formally splitting Kashmir with Pakistan was the only viable solution to the bloody dispute...
Contractor granted bail by SC ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The supreme court has granted bail to a businessman, arrested by the NAB authorities on charges of depriving the national exchequer of huge amounts in connivance with the...		Referendum urged ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: India should let the Kashmiris dictate their own future through a referendum overseen by the United Nations, a step the country can learn from Indonesia’s experience, Angkatan Belia...
Passports issuance delayed GILGIT, Feb 9: The passport office in Gilgit has stopped issuing passports to the applicants as the interior ministry has not issued fresh no objection certificate in this regard to the...		Annan urged to intervene in Kashmir dispute MUZAFARABAD, Feb 9: AJK prime minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Saturday expressed regret over the United Nations secretary-general’s statement regarding its role in the settlement of the longstanding Kashmir dispute....
Saudi firm favoured in award of contract LAHORE, Feb 9: On the pressure from the Islamic Development Bank, the Wapda authorities have agreed to divert a Rs360 million contract for 500 KV transmission towers to a Saudi firm...		Report on census expenses sought QUETTA, Feb 9: Balochistan Ombudsman Malik Sikander Khan directed the local government department to prepare a comprehensive summary regarding outstanding amount of Census campaign of 1998, said a press release of...
Elevation of judges challenged ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The recent elevation of judges to the Supreme Court was challenged on Saturday through a petition in the apex court with a prayer to examine at least two...		WFP to use ’copters in Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Feb 9: The World Food Programme has decided to launch a three-month rapid assessment helicopter mission to evaluate food needs in snow-affected, mountainous and difficult-to-access areas of Afghanistan....
Motamar to hold international conference ISLAMABAD Feb 9: Motamar Al-Alam Al-Islami (World Muslim Conference) is planning to hold an international conference in Islamabad in the next three months in an effort to “explain the Islamic world’s...		Afghan leader lauds Pakistan’s support QUETTA, Feb 9: Governor of Kandahar Gul Agha has lauded Pakistan for hosting over three million Afghan refugees on its soil and helping to destroy terrorist network in Afghanistan....
New phase opened in ties: Afghan FM KABUL, Feb 9: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed their relations will be based on “mutual respect and non-interference”, Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday....		IT parks in dists planned QUETTA, Feb 9: The government will set up Information Technology Parks in every district of the province, said Balochistan minister for information and social welfare Ms Roshan Khurshid Bharucha during her...
Gift of lions for Kabul zoo QUETTA, Feb 9: Lioness Leila and her partner Palawan don’t know it yet, but they may soon leave the private sector and take up public residence in Kabul zoo....		Musharraf’s US visit welcomed BEIJING, Feb 9: China hopes that relations between Pakistan and the United States will help establish peace and stability in South Asia, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan....