February 14, 2002	Thursday	Zilhaj 1, 1422

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Dist govt role in mosque affairs proposed PESHAWAR, Feb 13: The NWFP government has suggested to the federal government to give control of mosques to district governments and those of madaris to the provinces, sources in Auqaf department...		Ponam opposes changes in Constitution PESHAWAR, Feb 13: Leaders of Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) on Wednesday rejected outright President Musharraf’s government reforms, urging him to hand over power to the Supreme Court judges who had...
Fazl shifted to hospital DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 13: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of has own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, was shifted from the Chashma Rest House to the Lady Readings Hospital, Peshawar, on...		Snow leopard attracts crowd CHITRAL, Feb 13: The snow-leopard of the Tushi game sanctuary, situated at a distance of 5km on the Garam Chashma Road, has attracted hundreds of people from the city and the...
Senior SQM leader joins JUI SWABI, Feb 13: Former member of provincial assembly and Swabi Qaumi Mahaz Senior Vice-President Abdul Majid Khan announced on Tuesday that he had quit the Mahaz and joined the Jamiat Ulema...		Governor warns against poppy cultivation TIMERGARA, Feb 13: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Tuesday warned the people of Upper Dir District of strict action if they do not destroy the poppy crop voluntarily....
Railway defaulter arrested DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 13: Bhakkar Railway Police arrested a defaulter who had been running an out-station railway agency for years without making any payment to the department....		Acute water shortage in Haripur HARIPUR, Feb 13: The residents of various localities of Haripur are facing acute shortage of potable water as the underground water table has reduced to a considerable extent due to the...
70 health centres lack constant care ATTOCK, Feb 13: The Divisional Headquarters and five tehsil headquarters hospitals are among the 70 health institutions without medicines and emergency facilities ever since the introduction of the devolution plan....		Tax evasion by Industrialists unearthed GUJRAT, Feb 13: The local sales tax collectorate has detected a massive tax evasion at Packages, pottery, furniture and fan units from July 2001 to Jan 2002, it is learnt here...
‘Govt College to be given university status’ SARGODHA, Feb 13: The establishment of a university in the district is the need of the hour to yield better results in education....		ACE official ‘harassing’ doctor, wife MULTAN, Feb 13: An assistant director of the Multan Anti-Corruption Establishment has been harassing a surgeon of Lodhran district headquarters hospital and his wife for the last two months and forcing...
One killed, five hurt as pick-up overturns VEHARI, Feb 13: One person was killed and five others received wounds in an accident on Wednesday on the Burewala-Arifwal Road....		Case against oil thieves SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 13: The Shahkot police on Tuesday claimed to have registered cases against some thieves for stealing oil from the Pak Arab Oil Refinery....
TCP asked to start Cotton purchase BAHAWALPUR, Feb 13: The government has directed the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to immediately initiate the process of purchasing cotton from ginners....		Expatriate shot dead by dacoits GUJRANWALA, Feb 13: An expatriate was shot dead and his brother injured by dacoits during an abortive dacoity bid in Asghar Colony, Aroop, here on Wednesday....
Cold grips Vehari VEHARI, Feb 13: People of all ages have been suffering from cold and cough and other diseases due to persistent dry spell, a survey conducted by this correspondent revealed here on...		Rs4.5m prize bonds looted SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 13: Eight unidentified robbers on Wednesday looted prize bonds worth Rs4.5 million on the GT Road near Kala Shah Kaku, some 39 kilometres from here....
Council wants Mirpurkhas be declared calamity hit MIRPURKHAS, Feb 13: Mirpurkhas district council has demanded of the Sindh government to declare Mirpurkhas district A calamity hit area....		Workers hold rally for rights HYDERABAD, Feb 13: A large number of workers under the banner of All Pakistan Trade Unions Organization (APTUO) took out a rally from Hyder Chowk to the press club to protest...
Nazims boycott council session DADU, Feb 13: The councillors and Nazims belonging to the Awam Dost Panel boycotted the session of the Dadu district council on Tuesday....		Police at odds with excise department LARKANA, Feb 13: A row has developed between the local police and excise department over the snap checking of vehicles by the excise police in the area....
Councillors stage demo against Nazims SANGHAR, Feb 13: Several dozens people including councillors of union council 4 and 5, Tando Adam, took out a protest rally against Nazims of these UCs in Tando Adam....		Six bandits arrested NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 13: Six dacoits were arrested and in a police encounter in village Shero Dahri on Wednesday in which a constable was injured....
Peasants demand Hari court HYDERABAD, Feb 13: The activists of the Sindhi Hari Tehrik observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Wednesday....		Police reforms reviewed SUKKUR, Feb 13: A meeting of the DPOs and SPs, investigation, Sukkur region, was held here on Wednesday to review the recently implemented police reforms....
Six injured in clash among councillors DADU, Feb 13: Six councillors were injured in a clash between two groups of councillors in union council-III of Kotri over an old enmity at Deh Sono Lohar on Wednesday....		Edhi seeks help for 3m starving Afghan women, children QUETTA, Feb 13: Renowned social worker Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi has said over three million shelterless Afghan women and children are facing starvation in Afghanistan....
Remittances rise to $982m in six months ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: The government is expecting $2 billion foreign remittances during 2001-02, by the overseas Pakistanis, owing to fast improving economic environment....		Rs217,725 recovery from Chaudhry Shujaat ordered: Misuse of vehicle ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: Ad-hoc Public Account Committee (PAC) meeting presided over by HU Beg asked the Principle Accounting Officer (PAO) to recover Rs217,725 from former interior minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, for...
NAB to seek public opinion: Anti-corruption strategy ISLAMABAD, Feb 13: A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will shortly visit all the four provincial headquarters and major urban centres to finalize the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, an official...