February 12, 2002	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 28, 1422

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Arsenic found in subsoil water MULTAN, Feb 11: The Public Health Engineering Department’s (PHED) drinking water quality survey found arsenic level dangerously high in the sub-soil water in four residential areas of the city....		Courage, thy name is life MULTAN, Feb 11: Born without arms, Shama Riffat (38), is a symbol of matchless courage and resolve as she does everything from daily household chores to as delicate a work as...
Phutti prices drop to Rs550 per 40kg MULTAN, Feb 11: Prices of phutti (seed cotton) have dropped to Rs550 per 40 kg in various parts of the cotton belt of the Punjab owing to the sluggish market and...		Two shot dead by POs over enmity SIALKOT, Feb 11: Two persons were shot dead on Monday by two notorious proclaimed offenders over an old enmity in Jharaanwal village (Satrah) of Daska tehsil....
Police nab five for Rs2m dacoity TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 11: City police claim to have arrested five dacoits who had looted Rs2 million from a Saddar Bazaar currency exchange shop on Nov 3, 2001....		Six dacoits Strike as many times VEHARI, Feb 11: Six dacoits on Sunday night made off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees in as many strikes in and around Mailsi....
Rs70m tax evasion alleged CHAKWAL, Feb 10: The Income Tax department has issued notices to two brothers accused of avoiding more than Rs70 million in taxes by concealing their income and assets....		Rs13.85m for 6 road projects FAISALABAD, Feb 11: The project of construction of link roads in rural areas and restoration of the existing roads will start shortly with an expenditure of Rs13.85 million under the Khushal...
3 hashish smugglers nabbed ATTOCK, Feb 11: The Attock kurd police on Monday claimed to have nabbed three inter-provincial smugglers with eight kilograms of hashish in different raids....		Hundreds of Pakistanis still in US prisons: Fallout of Sept 11 attacks NEW YORK, Feb 11: Arguments and mud-slinging marred a meeting of Pakistanis gathered at the Pakistan Consulate in New York on Sunday to devise a strategy to help expatriates detained by...
Defaulting owners of 47 mines to be issued notices QUETTA, Feb 11: The Balochistan government has decided to issue notices to the owners of 47 mines of coal and other minerals for failing to pay its dues for many years....		Judge rejects objection to seniority ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, a judge of the Supreme Court whose seniority has been challenged by Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has defended his position, arguing that the length...
Azhar to remain chief of PML-QA ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Pakistan Muslim League (QA) has rejected as absurd the four names proposed for heading the unified PML, and said unification or no unification Mian Azhar will not be...		Musharraf urges people to protect forests ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has urged all citizens to join hands to protect and manage forests in Pakistan on a sustainable basis....
PBC calls for boycott of ATCs ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The Pakistan Bar Council, apex body of legal practitioners, called upon the lawyers throughout the country on Monday not to appear before Anti-Terrorism Courts, in which army officers...		Team soon to leave for China to finalize accord: Gwadar port ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: A five-member team of the Ministry of Communications, led by director-general of ports and shipping, will shortly leave for China to finalize an agreement for the construction of...
Maqbool’s 18th death anniversary observed MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 11: Pro-independence Kashmiri organizations on Monday held rallies, public meetings and seminars across Azad Kashmir to mark the 18th death anniversary Maqbool Butt with a pledge to carry on...		Protesting clerks held in Quetta QUETTA, Feb 11: Police arrested 75 protesting clerks who wanted to stage a sit-in in front of the Governor House in support of their demands, here on Monday....
Indian claim denied ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: An ISPR spokesman on Monday termed “false and concocted” the Indian allegation that an unmanned Pakistani spy drone intruded into Indian airspace....		Jalozai DPs camp to be closed today ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The makeshift Jalozai refugee camp will formally be closed on Tuesday (today) in the presence of UNHCR Deputy Repre_sentative to Pakistan Eva Demant and the commissioner for Afghan...
9 found in wrongful confinement LARKANA, Feb 11: A raiding team of Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Monday discovered nine persons kept in illegal confinement at Wagan police station....		Illegal ammunition seized, 27 arrested KOHAT, Feb 11: In a grand operation the Kohat police recovered huge quantity of ammunition and explosives from a house in the outskirts of the city and arrested one person on...
Inquiry ordered into fraud THATTA, Feb 11: On detection of misappropriation of around Rs800,000 in Education Works department, Thatta, by the Anti-Corruption Establishment following its recent raid on the office of district officer, Education Works...		NAPP for modern Islamic welfare state: Khatak MARDAN, Feb 11: Central leader of National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP), Ajmal Khatak, has said his party’s struggle for a free democratic and modern Islamic welfare federal Pakistan will continue....
Kidnap victim returns home SANGHAR, Feb 11: A kidnapped landlord Lalchand reached home here on Sunday after 77 days’ captivity....		Man killed, seven injured in dacoits’ firing SUKKUR, Feb 11: A passenger was killed and seven others were injured when highwaymen attacked a convoy of buses escorted by police near Karampur, district Jacobabad, on Sunday night....
Detainees booked on Nazim’s intervention HANGU, Feb 11: Police registered cases against eight detaines when the district Nazim and his deputy paid a surprise visit to the Hangu police station on Sunday....		Traders observe strike in Mardan MARDAN, Feb 11: A complete shutter-down was observed by the traders community at Hoti Bazaar following the brutal killing of a prominent trader here on Monday....
PML ready to enter into alliance MARDAN, Feb 11: Central leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Raja Zafrul Haq, has said that PML would be prepared to collaborate with any party in order to rid the...		MQM for joint struggle KHAIRPUR, Feb 11: Mutahidda Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has said that Benazir Bhutto was twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan but she could not deliver the goods....
PLF deputy Director sacked NOWSHERA, Feb 11: The deputy director of vigilance in Pakistan Locomotive Factory, Risalpur, Safdar Nawaz, was dismissed form service over complaints lodged by the PLF employees....		22 selected for police constable posts BADIN, Feb 11: Only 22 out of hundreds of candidates were declared successful in written tests and viva voce for 39 posts of police constables in Badin district....
Proposal sent to Ecnec for D-12 sector development ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The Capital Development Authority has sent a proposal for the development of D-12 sector to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) for final approval, a senior...		Minister calls for pooling OIC resources ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: There was dire need to organize and develop scientific and technological research and pool resources of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states for using science and technology...
200 women lecturers denied raise RAWALPINDI, Feb 11: About 200 contractual lecturers of eight women colleges in the city have not been given raise in their salaries as recently announced by President Gen Pervez Musharraf....		UN urged to hold tripartite talks on Kashmir RAWALPINDI, Feb 11: About 200 Kashmiris staged a demonstration in front of the United Nations Military Observer Group for India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) here on Monday on the occasion of Maqbool...
Nishan-i-Imtiaz awarded to Turkish naval chief ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Acting President Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed on Monday awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) to Admiral Bulent Alpakaya, the commander of the Turkish Naval Forces....		PPP condemns Israeli attacks on Arafat HQs ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned the Israeli attack on the headquarters of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat....
Birth anniversary of Faiz today ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: For the first time in the history of Pakistan the birth anniversary of Pakistan’s world renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, is being celebrated officially on January 12....		Local govt polls in NAs next year: Nashad ISLAMABAD, Feb 11: The deputy chief executive, Northern Areas, Fida Mohammad Nashad, said that devolution plan in Northern Areas would start from 2003....
Abida sees hung parliament LAHORE, Feb 11: PML (Quaid-i-Azam) leader Begum Abida Husain sees a hung parliament after the October polls....		‘PPP Nazimeen can be asked to resign’ LAHORE, Feb 11: To seek safe return of Ms Benazir Bhutto to the country, the PPP has decided to utilize its influence in local councils....
Fraud case referred to NAB LAHORE, Feb 11: The Health Department has referred to the National Accountability Bureau 21 cases of embezzlement, involving more than Rs30 million, the Punjab Ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee was informed on...		Pressure horns to be banned from March 15 LAHORE, Feb 11: The Punjab Transport Authority has decided to impose a ban from March 15 on the use of multi-stage horns, commonly known as pressure horns....
Uniforms scam: NAB arrests PR director LAHORE, Feb 11: The NAB on Monday arrested and got on remand a deputy director, Umer Haq, another accomplice in railways’ uniform supply fraud....		Appellate bench dismisses Faisal’s plea LAHORE, Feb 11: A special appellate division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday dismissed a petition claimed to be filed on behalf of former minister Faisal Saleh Hayat seeking...
Govt warned over mly ties with US LAHORE, Feb 11: The acquisition and cross-servicing agreement signed between Pakistan and America on Feb 9 is a “reward for Pakistan in the aftermath of its betrayal of the Muslims of...		PTCL mulling measures to redress complaints LAHORE, Feb 11: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) may shortly install distribution point (DP) on the premises of its customers to end the complaint of misuse of telephone line....
Quaid-i-Azam was averse to authoritarian rule LAHORE, Feb 11: The Quaid-i-Azam was averse to any kind of authoritarian or theocratic rule, speakers at a Lahore High Court Bar Association seminar said on Monday....		Properties of co-ops being auctioned LAHORE, Feb 11: The Punjab Privatization Board has started auction of the commercial and residential attached properties in different districts of the province to pay back the stuck up amounts to...