March 5, 2002	Tuesday	Zilhaj 20, 1422

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Machine-readable passports planned ISLAMABAD, March 4: The government has embarked on a Rs2.8 billion project to introduce machine readable passports (MRPs) to protect the integrity of the travel documents in line with international security...		FPSC to hold exams for promotion to BS-19 ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Federal Public Service Commission has notified new rules for promotional examination for BS-19....
CEC’s actions can’t be challenged: Law amended ISLAMABAD, March 4: The President on Monday amended Local Government Elections Order, providing that no action of the chief election commissioner, taken in good faith, could be called in question in...		1,627 anti-polio teams formed MUZAFFARABAD, March 4: Dozens of people from all walks of life organized a walk here on Monday in favour of the polio vaccination campaign which starts on Tuesday....
Feasibility for copper project ready QUETTA, March 4: An Australian company has completed the feasibility of another copper project in Chaghai district of Balochistan, which would start production within the next three years....		Islamabad doesn’t want conflict: envoy BEIJING, March 4: Pakistan Ambassador to China Riaz H. Khokhar has said India should learn from China’s experience in dealing with its neighbours on the basis of mutual respect and sovereignty....
People’s Liberation Army team due tomorrow ISLAMABAD, March 4: A high-level delegation of the People’s Liberation Army led by General Xiong Guangkai deputy chief of General Staff will be visiting Pakistan from March 6 to 13....		241kg heroin, rockets seized QUETTA, March 4: Frontier Corps has seized huge quantity of heroin, arms and ammunition from the border town of Chaman and an area close to Pakistan-Afghan border in Chagai district on...
Moderate quake hits again ISLAMABAD, March 4: A moderate intensity earthquake hit Pakistan early on Monday, less than a day after powerful tremors originating in Afghanistan rocked the country and other parts of Central and...		‘Pakistan-China IT ventures chances bright’ BEIJING, March 4: Pakistan and China have bright prospects to undertake joint venture for the development of IT industry, said a senior official of China Centre of Information Industry Development (CCID)....
Councillors threaten to launch protest campaign HARIPUR, March 4: Criticizing the attitude of the district Nazim towards urban areas, the elected representatives belonging to three union councils of the city have decided to launch a protest movement...		Withdrawal of Thal canal project demanded: Women councillors form alliance LARKANA, March 4: The women councillors of the district, Talukas and union councils of Larkana, in a resolution against the greater Thal canal, terming it a project against the interests of...
Strike observed in Badin BADIN, March 4: A complete strike was observed in Badin on Monday to protest against the picking up of a fish contractor, Ashiq Ali Khwaja, allegedly by members of a ‘law...		Protest rally against short supply of water HARIPUR, March 4: A large number of people took out a protest rally in village Tofkian, some 23 kilometres from here, against what they termed hurdles being created in an irrigation...
Quake leaves three dead, many injured in Bajaur BAJAUR, March 4: Three people died and many others received injuries when their houses collapsed in different areas of the Bajaur Agency on Sunday evening when a strong earthquake jolted most...		SHO accused of nabbing innocent man DADU, March 4: The residents of village Manjhi Qambrani of Johi taluka, have alleged a team of Johi taluka police led by SHO, inspector Akbar Panhwar, tortured women and arrested an...
DIG, SSP transferred KOHAT, March 4: The deputy inspector general and senior superintendent of Kohat police have been transferred while the station house officer of Jangle Khel police station has been suspended on the...		2 villagers kidnapped SHIKARPUR, March 4: Four armed men kidnapped two villagers, Hussain Bux Bandhani and Amanullalh Bandhani, from the Jehan Khan bus stand on Monday....
UN urged to stop massacre in India SUKKUR, March 4: Tehrik Istaqlal President Rehmat Khan Verdag has strongly condemned the carnage of Muslims by Hindu fanatics in several parts of India....		Electrocuted KHAIRPUR, March 4: A boy Allah Waryo Sial, 14, was electrocuted with 11000kv high tension wire lying in wheat crop near Nawari city, Sobhodero taluka, on Sunday night. He die on...
PAF offered road for using it as airstrip KOHAT, March 4: The National Highway Authority has offered the southern access road of the Rs7 billion Kohat Tunnel Project to the Pakistan Air Force to use it as airstrip for...		Transporters strike against imposition of toll tax GUJRANWALA, March 4: Transporters on Monday blocked roads for hours in protest against the imposition of toll tax by the Gujranwala Sadar tehsil council....
PPP to field candidates for all seats FAISALABAD, March 4: The Pakistan People’s Party will field its own candidates for all national and provincial assembly seats in the general elections....		Sugar mills management exploiting growers TOBA TEK SINGH, March 4: The Kamalia Tehsil Municipal Council expressed on Monday concern over the exploitation of cultivators by the management of a sugar mills....
Man shot dead by rivals GUJRANWALA, March 4: A man was shot dead by his rivals over a money dispute in Gondana Goraya village here on Monday....		PO gunned down in revenge GUJRANWALA, March 4: An alleged proclaimed offender was gunned down by his rivals in Garjakh on Monday night....
Assurance to ginners RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 4: The government will purchase one million bales of ginned cotton through the Trading Corporation of Pakistan....		Rocket fired in jubilation burns cotton worth Rs10m RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 4: Cotton worth over Rs10 million lying in a ginning mills compound was burnt on Monday. The fire was still raging at the time of filing this...
Double shifts in govt hospital OPDs RAWALPINDI, March 4: The provincial health department has decided to start double shifts in the out-patient departments (OPDs) of public hospitals for optimum utilization of available resources to facilitate patients....		CEC pledges to remain neutral during polls ISLAMABAD, March 4: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (Rtd) Irshad Hasan Khan has said the Election Commission would act with neutrality, objectivity, impartiality and independence at every stage of the electoral process....
Increase in gas tariff criticized ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (RCCI) has criticized the government’s decision to increase gas tariff for various slabs of domestic consumers....		Minister calls on UAE ruler ISLAMABAD, March 4: The Kashmir affairs minister, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, as special emissary to the president of Pakistan, has called on Sheikh Maktoom Bin Rashid Al-Maktoom, vice- president and prime minister...
Anti-polio drive starts today RAWALPINDI, March 4: A three-day polio vaccination campaign is being launched throughout the country from Tuesday as part of the National Immunization Days (NIDs) campaign....		Judges take oath amid lawyers’ boycott LAHORE, March 4: Five new additional judges of the Lahore High Court took oath on Monday at a ceremony boycotted by the LHC bar association....
Practice by PEOs, deputy deans, MSs banned: New health dept order LAHORE, March 4: The health department has formally banned principal executive officers/deans, deputy deans and medical superintendents of autonomous medical colleges and attached hospitals to do private practice in and outside...		Azhar for dams to solve water crisis LAHORE, March 4: PML (Quaid-i-Azam) President Mian Muhammad Azhar has expressed concern over the serious water crisis in the country and called for the construction of big and small dams for...
Sea change in Pagara’s thinking LAHORE, March 4: Functional Muslim League President Pir Pagara’s willingness to form an electoral alliance with the PML(N) has deeper implications than a mere cooperation between the two erstwhile adversaries....		Military farm tenants on hunger strike since Feb 11 LAHORE, March 4: Scores of tenants of military farms have been daily observing hunger strike since Feb 11 in Okara but the government has not yet taken note of their plea....
‘Arrest POs before Muharram’ LAHORE, March 4: The Punjab police have been directed to make efforts to arrest all the absconders involved in sectarian cases before Muharram....		Summons for Sherpao issued again LAHORE, March 4: An accountability court on Monday again issued summons for PPP leader and former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao in the newcity reference....
PML-QA told to review protest LAHORE, March 4: Protest meetings proposed to be held by Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) in front of the Pakistan People’s Party offices in the Punjab will fuel provincial hatred, former president...		Cattle shows LAHORE, March 4: The Punjab Livestock Department will organize cattle shows in Lahore, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura and Sahiwal in connection with the celebrations of Jashn-i-Baharan, says a handout....
Chattha to contact PML factions LAHORE, March 4: Hamid Nasir Chattha says he will contact all factions of the PML, including the one led by Mian Azhar, in an attempt to unify them....		ADSJs LAHORE, March 4: The Lahore High Court has placed the services of the following additional district and sessions judges at the disposal of the federal government for appointment as judges of...