February 28, 2002	Thursday	Zilhaj 15, 1422

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20 activists of SSP arrested: Pindi killings FAISALABAD, Feb 27: As many as 20 activists of the Sipah Sahaba Pakistan were rounded up on Wednesday by Faisalabad range police following Rawalpindi killings....		Five sentenced to death on 13 counts: Marriage party massacre GUJRANWALA, Feb 27: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2, Gujranwala, on Wednesday sentenced five men to death on 13 counts each for killing 12 people over old enmity....
Expenditure beyond allocation confirmed MULTAN, Feb 27: The on-going exercise to reconcile the accounts has so far confirmed Rs220 million expenditure by the Health Department under the head of commodities and services during the financial...		Two escape from police custody TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 27: Two murder accused escaped from police custody on Wednesday at Kamalia from outside the court of additional district and sessions judge....
Abducted boy found dead SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 27: An eight-year-old boy who was kidnapped on Feb 16 was found murdered on Wednesday....		Water shortage hits Rabi crops VEHARI, Feb 27: The local wheat growers have been facing water shortage due to the unavailability of canal water, rapid depletion of underground water table and commercial power tariff on tubewells...
No water in Cholistan SADIQABAD, Feb 27: Drinking and irrigation water has become a rare commodity in Cholistan for the last three months....		Five die as bus plunges into ditch SARGODHA, Feb 27: Five people, including two women, were killed while seven others were injured in a road accident near Bhera, some 60km from here, on Tuesday evening....
Advocate’s brother kidnapped SAHIWAL, Feb 27: Seven car riders on Wednesday kidnapped the brother of a local advocate from the eastern gate of district courts....		Five minors hurt amid celebration SIALKOT, Feb 27: Five minors sustained injuries on Wednesday when a guest at a marriage ceremony shot in the air to celebrate in Kotli Murlan village (Motra), tehsil Daska....
Pakistan has one of the highest opiate addiction rates: UN ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Pakistan has one of the highest opiate addiction rates in the world and the smugglers are increasingly using the country for trafficking drugs after the launch of the...		Investigators must be diligent, says CJ: Speedy disposal of cases ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Chief Justice on Wednesday observed that expeditious disposal of cases was only possible if the prosecution felt its responsibility and completed the investigation diligently and responsibly....
No evidence found about Al Qaeda’s nuclear weapons: NYT report NEW YORK, Feb 27: An analysis of suspected radioactive substances seized in Afghanistan has found nothing to prove that Osama bin Laden reached his decade-long goal of acquiring nuclear materials for...		PAC orders recovery of over-spent money ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman H.U. Beg has ordered the recovery of Rs3 million from a contractor on account of extra expenditure due to usage of...
POF exports hit by armed forces needs WAH CANT, Feb 27: Indian massive deployment at Pakistan’s borders has seriously hampered Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) Wah exports as the complex has devoted all its production capabilities in meeting the...		President to open 2nd Saarc moot on March 7 ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the second three-day Saarc Information Ministers’ Conference here on March 7....
WWF sets up fabric weaving centre HUNZA, Feb 27: The Worldwide Fund (WWF) has recently set up a fabric weaving centre in Khanaabad, Lower Hunza, in collaboration with the Karakoru Handicraft Development Programme (KHDP)....		UNHCR plans return of 400,000 refugees PESHAWAR, Feb 27: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is set to start voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees on Friday....
PM should be from smaller provinces, says Gilani KOHAT, Feb 27: Pakistan Muslim League (Q) member and former PPP federal minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani has proposed that future prime minister should be from the smaller provinces other than...		Funds demanded for Abbottabad uplift schemes ABBOTTABAD, Feb 27: Members of the district council Abbottabad have demanded of the provincial government to immediately release funds for the development schemes in the district....
Crime ratio in Fata remains low PESHAWAR, Feb 27: Contrary to general expectations, crime ratio in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas remains much better than the urban areas of the province since the start of the new...		DCO orders completion of schemes on time HARIPUR, Feb 27: District Coordination Officer Capt (retd) Jehanzeb Khan has urged the government departments of the district to utilize the available resources to solve the problems of the people....
Hospitals in Swabi lack facilities SWABI, Feb 27: All the hospitals and Basic Health Units of the district lack adequate health facilities and most of the equipment for diagnosis purpose are out of order, causing hardships...		35 drug pedlars arrested MIRPURKHAS, Feb 27: At least 35 narcotic pedlars were rounded up in a crackdown by the police here on Tuesday night....
21 growers booked for stealing water KHAIRPUR, Feb 27: The Faiz Ganj police have booked 21 growers in two separate cases of water theft....		New bus terminal LARKANA, Feb 27: The Zila Nazim, Larkana, Khursheed Ahmad Junejo, and the transporters of Larkana district have agreed in principle to take joint efforts to provide facilities to the transporters at...
Cultivation of paddy crops BADIN, Feb 27: The Board of Revenue (land utilization), Government of Sindh, has imposed a ban on the cultivation of paddy crops during the current year in the areas of the...		National commission urged to draft changes LAHORE, Feb 27: Former foreign and finance minister Sartaj Aziz has urged the government to set up a national commission to prepare a draft of amendments to the Constitution which should...
GDA resolves against polls boycott LAHORE, Feb 27: The Grand Democratic Alliance, a coalition of smaller parties, decided here on Wednesday to contest the October elections “under protest” and to persuade other parties not to boycott...		Special court releases Qazi Husain on bail LAHORE, Feb 27: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmed was released on Wednesday following the acceptance of his bail application by Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Mahmood Maqbul Bajwa....
Co-op ‘desirability’ ruled injusticiable LAHORE, Feb 27: The court has no power to declare a cooperative society ‘desirable’ or ‘undesirable’ under the P