March 2, 2002	Saturday	Zilhaj 17, 1422

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Construction of water reservoirs urged PESHAWAR, March 1: A two-day national conference on “Natural Resource Management” held here on Thursday asked the government to increase the existing yield of per unit area to cope with the...		Poppy over 2,000 acres destroyed BAJAUR, March 1: The political authorities have destroyed poppy crop grown over thousands of acres in the  far-flung mountainous area of Gabri along the Pakistan-Afghan border....
PTCL man held on corruption charges MANSEHRA, March 1: The Federal Investigation Agency arrested an official of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited on corruption charges on Thursday, official sources said....		Case registered against UC Nazim MANSEHRA, March 1: The Mansehra city police registered a case against Maj (retd) Syed Turab Shah, Nazim of the Pairan union council, and two others for ransacking the house of a...
Karak hospital without essential equipment PESHAWAR, March 1: The District Headquarters Hospital, Karak, functioning in two separate buildings, is without necessary facilities and most of its wards and sections nonoperational since its opening one year back....		President vows to reform police force PESHAWAR, March 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Friday, the government will take every step to ensure improvement in the police force, and make it public-friendly....
Asif seeks orders for shifting to Karachi ISLAMABAD, March 1: Asif Zardari filed a petition in the Supreme Court on Friday, seeking a direction that he should be shifted to Karachi....		EC to review electoral boundaries ISLAMABAD, March 1: Chief Election Commissioner, Irshad Hasan Khan, has convened a meeting of the Election Commission on Monday to consider electoral boundaries....
Policeman shot dead MUZAFFARABAD, March 1: A police constable was shot dead in the southern Mirpur district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Friday by one of the two outlaws whose vehicle he had...		Big powers urged to bail out poor countries NEW YORK, March 1: Calling for the creation of “new structures of global strategic stability “ through cooperation among major powers, Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Maleeha Lodhi, said on...
48 Pakistanis held in Turkey ANKARA, March 1: Police in the Turkish western province of Izmir on Friday arrested a group of 56 illegal immigrants en route for Greece, the Tur-kish news agency Anatolie reported....		EB chief prosecutor resigns MUZAFFARABAD, March 1: The chief prosecutor of the AJK Ehtesab Bureau, Chaudhry Mohammad Ibrahim Zia, resigned on Friday from his office citing a personal reason....
Afghans influx drops to 1,000 per day ISLAMABAD, March 1: Influx of the Afghan refugees into Pakistan has dropped to 1,000 per day from 5,000 a day, before Afghanistan’s interim government took power, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP)...		Radio station at Gwadar soon QUETTA March 1: A radio station would be set up at Gwadar very soon with Radio Pakistan’s own resources, Federal Secretary for Information Anwar Mehmood said on Thursday night....
Ginners flay millers, TCP for cotton price MULTAN, March 1: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has criticized the role of both the Trading Corporation of Pakistan and millers for keeping cotton prices artificially depress in the domestic market....		Rs1.8m taken away from NBP branch GUJRAT, March 1: Dacoits on Friday made off with Rs1.8 million in cash from the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Ghalla Mandi Branch, Lalamusa....
School in a mess after roof collapse OKARA, March 1: There is an absolute chaos at the local Government Islamia High School after the collapse of verandah roof on Feb 13 when some students sustained minor injuries....		Officer transferred for irregularities ATTOCK, March 1: The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra, higher-ups have removed Mirage Rebuild Factory’s civilian gazetted officer for irregularities and appointed him welfare officer, it is learnt on Friday....
Two killed, four hurt in accident KASUR, March 1: Two persons were killed and four others injured when a bus collided with a tonga near Pattoki here on Friday....		Staff suspended for assisting candidates GUJRANWALA, March 1: The local deputy district officer (education) on Friday suspended all the invigilators on the charge of helping students copy in mathematics paper at the elementary examination centre, Naushera...
Bank violating ban on welfare fund GUJRAT, March 1: The National Bank Of Pakistan (NBP), Bhimber Road Branch, has been charging the waived immigration welfare fund (IWF) from passport seekers while accepting challan forms, it is learnt...		Radio music school LAHORE, March 1: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation has decided to start radio music school for the promotion and preservation of classical music heritage with the collaboration of the Central Production Unit...
Asif seeks leave to make phone calls to parents ISLAMABAD, March 1: The former PPP senator, Asif Zardari has moved an application before an accountability court seeking permission to call his parents, in Karachi from his hospital room at Pakistan...		All hospitals put on high alert: Kasi: ‘Congo fever’ outbreak ISLAMABAD, March 1: All federal and provincial hospitals have been put on high alert after the outbreak of ‘Congo fever’, the federal health minister, Dr Abdul Malik Kasi, said....
Major reshuffle in Customs dept RAWALPINDI, March 1: As many as 82 officials of Customs, Sales Tax & Central Excise have been transferred on the orders of Central Board of Revenue, an official source said on...		LHC directs govt to explain reasons: Arrest of Al Qaeda-suspect ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Rawalpindi bench of Lahore High Court has once again directed the deputy advocate-general of Punjab to explain the reasons behind the arrest of Al Qaeda-suspect Moazzam Beg...
CPC demo demands case against armyman ISLAMABAD, March 1: Various NGOs activists under the banner of Citizens Peace Committee here on Friday staged a demonstration demanding registration of murder case against a serving army official for killing...		Naqibullah sent to Adiyala Jail ISLAMABAD, March 1: The former NWFP minister, Naqibullah who is allegedly involved in several cases of car-lifting and re-selling the vehicles after tempering their registration and chassis numbers, was sent to...
APC also defers decision to contest elections LAHORE, March 1: The steering committee of the all-party conference, comprising leaders from some parties in the ARD and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml of religious parties, concluded its one-day meeting here on...		‘Encourage soft oils import to save millions’ LAHORE, March 1: Pakistan can save millions of dollars by encouraging import of soft oils instead of importing oilseeds for local extraction to support solvent extraction units, say importers and ghee...