February 17, 2002	Sunday	Zilhaj 4, 1422

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Sindh fails to control sectarian killings: Moin presides over meeting LAHORE, Feb 16: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said on Saturday that Sindh had not yet been able to control sectarian killings....		Sindh to organize Basant festivals LAHORE, Feb 16: Sindh Governor Muhammad Mian Somroo has said that Sindh will follow the Punjab in organizing basant festivals next year....
Fresh wheat procurement target being worked out MULTAN, Feb 16: The government was reviewing the official wheat procurement target of 2.5 million tons for the rabi crop 2001-2 to ensure better dividends to the growers, Punjab Governor Lt-Gen...		Case against DG lands, cantonments LAHORE, Feb 16: The National Accountability Bureau filed on Saturday a reference against Lands and Cantonments Director-General Abdul Naeem Khan for misuse of office and amassing illegal assets....
24-hour Basant festival begins LAHORE, Feb 16: The 24-hour Basant festival began on Saturday evening with the city reverberating with shouts of “bo kata,” music and fire crackers blasts....		Law against cigarette sale to children likely MANSEHRA, Feb 16: The government intends to bring in a new law to be called Smokers Health Ordinance to ban the sale of cigarettes to under-age people and advertisements of tobacco...
District council demands girls college for Haripur HARIPUR, Feb 16: Members of the Haripur district council have called upon the provincial government to set up a girls college in the city....		Batkhela to get two colleges soon PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The people of Batkhela in Malakand will get two degree colleges for boys and girls till July this year for which paper work has been completed and site...
Abbottabad UCs assured of equal treatment ABBOTTABAD, Feb 16: District Naib Nazim Barrister Javed Abbasi said on Friday that all the union councils of the district are being treated equally....		Chitral to have farm services centre PESHAWAR, Feb 16: A Farm Services Centre is being established at district Chitral with a view to boosting the agriculture sector development based on community (farmers’) participation in the decision-making and...
Four killed in Bajaur BAJAUR, Feb 16: Four people, including two of the same family, were killed and another was injured in different incidents in the tribal agency here on Friday....		Eye care plan to be backed: governor PESHAWAR, Feb 16: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the provincial government is extending all-out support to a district comprehensive eye care programme in order to eliminate blindness from...
Police accused of protecting outlaws SWABI, Feb 16: The residents of Gandaf on Friday formed a 40-member committee, which will meet the NWFP governor to apprise him of the drug mafia and other criminal gangs operating...		Four in run for Nazim’s post ABBOTTABAD, Feb 16: Four candidates filed their nomination papers for the seat of Nazim of Nawnsher Union Council Nazim, which fell vacant after the election of Mustafa Jadoon as District Nazim....
Inter-provincial talks on water proposed HYDERABAD, Feb 16: The Sindh Minister for irrigation and power, Syed Ali Mir Shah, has proposed inter-provincial dialogue among growers, intellectuals and newsmen to find out the facts about available water...		Rally held for jobs at Lasmo DADU, Feb 16: A large number of citizens and political and social activists staged a demonstration in front of Bhan Saeedabad press club on Saturday to protest against Lasmo for not...
Caretaker govt demanded SUKKUR, Feb 16: Jamaat-i-Islami deputy chief Liaqat Baloch has demanded the announcement of elections schedule, formation of a caretaker government to conduct the elections, and resignation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf...		Machines installed to meet water shortage MIRPURKHAS, Feb 16: The growers and landlords have installed pumping machines for lifting water due to the continuous acute shortage of water in the district....
Man killed in police ‘encounter’ KHAIRPUR, Feb 16: One person was killed here on Saturday in a police encounter....		Junejo’s mother passes away MIRPURKHAS, Feb 16: The mother of former prime minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, Ms Karrimat, passed away on Saturday at Din Mohammad Junejo village, near Sindhri, after protracted illness....
Eight arrested LARKANA, Feb 16: The Larkana police have arrested eight person, including five highway robbers, and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession....		Experts call for viable economic policy MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 16: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday underlined the need for formulating a comprehensive economic policy to face the global economic challenges....
114 more employees arrested in Quetta QUETTA, Feb 16: The city police arrested 114 more protesting government employees for violating section 144 here on Saturday....		JASP vows to resist government policies ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Jamaat Ahl-i-Sunnat Pakistan (JASP) rejected on Saturday the efforts to turn the country into a secular state, interference in religious institutions, joint electorate system and class-based educational system,...
Health depts to provide family planning services ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The federal health ministry and provincial health departments have decided to accept the responsibility of providing the people with family planning services through their outlets....