February 21, 2002	Thursday	Zilhaj 8, 1422

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Federal govt bypasses Frontier authorities: Excavation at Chargul site MARDAN, Feb 20: The federal government directorate of archaeology started excavating Chargul site, 18 kilometres from here, in the last week of the current month....		Doctors resent decision to ban private practice PESHAWAR, Feb 20: In the absence of an effective organization of doctors, the medical community in Frontier is finding it hard to cope with the situation emanating from the government’s decision...
Old couple burnt alive PESHAWAR, Feb 20: An old gypsy couple were burnt alive on Wednesday while sleeping in their tent under a bridge on Ring Road....		Illegal tree cutting continues in Mardan MARDAN, Feb 20: Cutting of old trees in the Mardan district continues unabated despite warnings of strict action by the government against the timber mafia....
Musharraf urged to resign PESHAWAR, Feb 20: Speakers at a seminar on Wednesday urged the rulers to hand over power to an interim government, which should hold free and fair elections, and step down in...		Canadian NGO to establish trauma centres NOWSHERA, Feb 20: A Canadian non-governmental organization has decided, in principle, to set up three trauma centres at the refugee camps to treat Afghans who suffered from mental illnesses due to...
PHC acquits man of murder charge PESHAWAR, Feb 20: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday acquitted a person who was sentenced to 25 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a trial court for killing his wife....		NWFP centenary celebrations PESHAWAR, Feb 20: A week-long programme, chalked out for the centenary celebrations of the NWFP in Swat District, will start from March....
LB polls to be held in Fata this year: EC BAJAUR, Feb 20: The election commission has chalked out a plan to carry out delimitation of constituencies for holding the local government elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) during...		20,000 more DPs waiting for entry into Chaman ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Increasing incidents of banditry and intimidating local commanders in Afghanistan have started a fresh wave of refugees seeking shelter in Pakistan whose number has gone up to 20,000...
NAB arrests DIG, two others: Illegal registration of vehicles GILGIT, Feb 20: A special team of NAB has arrested a DIG Raja Muzaffar Hussain, vehicle registration clerk Ali Raza and an SI Daulat Ali of police headquarters’ vehicle fitness department,...		PBC says changes in ATA will undermine judiciary ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The human rights committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has said that recent amendments to the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1977, reflect the contempt of the military government towards...
11 more Pakistani pilgrims die ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Eleven more Pakistanis who had gone to to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj died of old age and heart attacks in the holy cities of Makkah and Madina....		US team brushes aside security concern ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Travel advisory issued to the United States nationals visiting Pakistan is more of an issue of perception rather than a reality, observed members of a US delegation....
PML to launch mass-contact campaign ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The PML leadership has decided to launch a mass-contact drive in the country for reorganizing the party and assessing its following for the next election....		Mujahideen deny Indian claim of surrender MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 20: Two Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, fighting the Indian forces in the occupied Kashmir, on Wednesday denied outright that any of their cadres had surrendered to the Indian authorities....
Fund for Indian shelling victims released MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 20: The AJK Board of Revenue has released Rs18.5 million to the deputy commissioners of five districts....		Balochistan’s ex-minister missing QUETTA, Feb 20: A former provincial minister and adviser to the chief minister of Balochistan, Abadan Faridon Abadan, was missing for the last four days, family sources confirmed on Wednesday night....
PFUJ opposes formation of press council ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, on Tuesday said that ministry of information and media development was constituting press council to safeguard vested interests and to gage the voice...		ANF seizes 208kg morphine QUETTA, Feb 20: The anti-narcotics force (ANF) has seized 208kg morphine in the Shabian Nullah area, 88km north of Dalbandin in the Chagai district, on Wednesday....
Woman, her two sons slaughtered SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 20: A woman and her two sons were slaughtered early Wednesday morning by unidentified assailants in Bhutto Colony near Morr Joyanwala on the Lahore Road, some eight kilometres from...		Two POs killed SAHIWAL, Feb 20: Police killed two proclaimed offenders in an encounter in Basti Kodan near Kamir Town on Wednesday evening....
DHQ Hospital staff vocal against admn, police GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: Scores of low-paid employees at the local Divisional Headquarters Hospital on Wednesday protested against police for involving a wardboy in the motorbike theft....		‘Auqaf fails to look after Khwaja Farid’s shrine’ MULTAN, Feb 20: The Khawaja Farid Foundation has expressed concern over what it called the dilapidated condition of the shrine of the saint and poet in Mithan Kot....
TMA closing only library in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Feb 20: The Tehsil Municipal Administration has decided to close down the only library in the city....		Sacrificial animals being exported to Lahore, Karachi MULTAN, Feb 20: Sacrificial animals are being shifted to Lahore and Karachi as their sale in Multan failed to benefit traders....
Suspect escapes from lockup ATTOCK, Feb 20: A suspect involved in dacoity, attempted murder and other cases escaped from the lockup of the Saddar police station on Wednesday....		30 schools without teachers in Sadiqabad SADIQABAD, Feb 20: At least 30 schools in Ahmadpur Lamma Centre are without 60 teachers due to the retirement of the old ones and ban on recruitment....
Graves to be levelled to widen road SIALKOT, Feb 20: The district government decided on Wednesday to demolish dozens of centuries-old mausoleums in Imam Sahib graveyard to implement the city development programme of the previous regime....		Officials warned to complete schemes GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: All ongoing development schemes should be completed by the end of current financial year otherwise the officials concerned will be taken to task....
Rs100m for educational institutions in Toba dist TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 20: Special funds of Rs100 million have been provided for the uplift of educational institutions in the district....		Zardari’s remand extended in BMW reference ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Accountability Court No: III on Wednesday extended the remand of Asif Ali Zardari for another eight days and directed the prosecution to produce the accused on March...
12 mosques demolished in Capital ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Some 12 unauthorised mosques were demolished in different sectors of the federal capital on Wednesday....		RCB rectifies property tax structure RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has straightened its property tax structure by removing irregularities amounting to millions of rupees committed by the previous management of the civic body,...
Basic amenities demanded for Kutcha Abadis ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Khalid Ahmed Chaudhry, the organizer of Qaumi Jamhoori Party Northern Punjab, has said that residents of Kutcha Abadis should also be provided basic amenities of life after being...		FDE to train 2,600 teachers this year ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) will train 2,600 teachers this year under a programme to enhance the teaching standards in the federally administrated schools and colleges....
Pakistan may lose overseas job opportunities ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Pakistan is likely to lose thousands of overseas employment opportunities for Pakistani medical staff such as consultants, paramedics and nurses in countries like the US due to poor...		New LHC bar president for restoration of Constitution ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Chaudhry Mohammad Ikram, the newly-elected president of the Lahore High Court’s Bar Association, has said that restoration of the constitution of 1973 in its original form tops his...
Aged man dies on road KASUR, Feb 20: An aged man was knocked to death by a tractor-trolley near Chak 32, Changa Manga on Wednesday....		MSc Stats results MULTAN, Feb 20: The Bahauddin Zakariya University declared the results of MSc statistics, Part-I, first annual examinations, 2001, on Wednesday....
Rs1.5m animals recovered from cattle-lifters OKARA, Feb 20: CIA police on Wednesday claim to have arrested three gangs of cattle-lifters and recovered 51 animals worth Rs1.5 million and six motorcycles from their possession....		APC, ARD to resist amendments LAHORE, Feb 20: The parties which had participated in the Dec 27 all-party conference are scheduled to meet here on March 1 to discuss, inter alia, President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s plan...
Move against LHC judge withdrawn LAHORE, Feb 20: Assistant Advocate-General Salma Malik and 50 other lawyers on Wednesday withdrew a resolution moved by them for a reference by the LHC Bar Association against Justice Khwaja Muhammad...		ARD asks for international election observers LAHORE, Feb 20: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy has asked the United States, the European Union and the Commonwealth to immediately depute observers to monitor “pre-polls rigging” by the army...
Indian scholar for protecting the links LAHORE, Feb 20: It is normal to avoid travelling to a country engaged in a war or at a risk of war. Travelling to a country that might get involved in...		Punjab govt to assist investors LAHORE, Feb 20: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Wednesday that there wasa wide scope for foreign investment in Pakistan and the provincial government would fully assist investors in exploring...
Widow to get pension benefits of husband LAHORE, Feb 20: Punjab Ombudsman Justice Sajjad Ahmad Sipra (retired) has directed the education department to issue a notification of the retirement of a deceased school headmaster and give family pension...		Selected for lecturership LAHORE, Feb 20: The Punjab Public Service Commission on Wednesday recommended 114 women and 55 men for appointment as lecturers in English and physics, respectively....
Girl commits suicide LAHORE, Feb 20: A girl reportedly committed suicide over a petty issue inside Bhati Gate here on Wednesday....		‘Healthcare, education out of common man’s reach’ LAHORE, Feb 20: Healthcare and education facilities have gone out of the reach of common man since the government has left both these sectors at the mercy of the private sector....