February 22, 2002	Friday	Zilhaj 9, 1422

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Court sets aside detention order: Drive against banned outfits MULTAN, Feb 21: Justice Fakharun Nisa Khokhar of the Multan bench of Lahore High Court has set aside the detention orders of a person passed by the provincial home department labelling...		Work resumes on M-3 after three years FAISALABAD, Feb 21: The work on Pindi Bhattian-Faisalabad Motorway (M-3) project resumed after three years on Thursday....
Councillor shot dead by police SIALKOT, Feb 21: A councillor was shot dead and his wife injured reportedly by the Muradpur police in Miyani Pathanaan Di village in the jurisdiction of the Head Marala police here...		Five of a family slain MULTAN, Feb 21: Five members of a family, including two women, were murdered in Chak 110/12-L, some 140km from here in Chichawatni, Sahiwal district, on Thursday morning....
Seven killed, as many hurt on road VEHARI, Feb 21: Five car riders were killed on Thursday in an accident on the Vehari-Burewala Road near Pakhi Morr stop, some 10 kilometres from here....		Housewife gang-raped before murder SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 21: Initial post-mortem report revealed the woman, who was slaughtered along with her two minor sons on Wednesday by unidentified assailants, was also gang-raped....
Paikhel irrigation scheme approved MIANWALI, Feb 21: The Punjab governor has okayed the Paikhel lift irrigation scheme to be completed at a cost of Rs533.33 million....		Probe into Bangalwala clash begins MULTAN, Feb 21: On the direction of the Punjab governor, a high-level probe into the police-public clash in Bangalwala was started here on Thursday....
Rs148.18m for facilities at girls’ schools ATTOCK, Feb 21: Local district Nazim Major Tahir Sadiq (retired) has sanctioned an amount of Rs148.18 million for the provision of potable water, toilets and boundary walls in 232 girls’ primary...		Woman hurt in Indian firing SIALKOT, Feb 21: An old woman was injured by Indian shelling in Chaprar sector of the working boundary on Thursday evening....
Murder attempt case against 4 ATTOCK, Feb 21: The Pindigheb police on Thursday claimed to have registered a murder attempt case against four people....		29 colleges not fully recognized by PMDC ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Of the 50 medical and dental colleges in the country, seven in the public sector and 22 in the private sector are provisionally recognized by the Pakistan Medical...
Police reforms being introduced: Mengal QUETTA, Feb 21: Police reforms are being introduced in Balochistan to improve the performance of the force, Governor Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk said here Thursday....		Deweaponization drive resisted in Afghanistan QUETTA, Feb 21: One person was killed and another was injured seriously when fighting erupted between local people and forces of the Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai in Weesh town in...
4 Kashmiri DPs injured in clash with police MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 21: At least four Kashmiri refugees were injured when police resorted to firing and pelting stones during a clash on Thursday, witnesses said....		Patwari, brother convicted QUETTA, Feb 21: Accountability Court No 2, Quetta, awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment, and fined Rs11 million to a former patwari Shah Nawaz on Wednesday for corruption....