March 6, 2002	Wednesday	Zilhaj 21, 1422

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Security in border areas to be tightened QUETTA, March 5: The Balochistan government has decided to enhance security in the border areas, including Chaman, to uphold the rule of law in the province....		Lawyers urged to help enforce rule of law MUZAFFARABAD, March 5: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Tuesday said true respect of freedom demanded establishment of the rule of law in letter and spirit....
Tractor production to be enhanced ISLAMABAD, March 5: Romania has agreed to increase existing production capacity of tractors manufactured in Pakistan....		No unusual immunity for CEC, says AG ISLAMABAD, March 5: Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan on Tuesday said that the Chief Election Commissioner has not been given “unusual immunity from legal action”....
1.1m tons of wheat may go waste HUB, March 5: About 1.1 million tons of wheat worth Rs40 million may go to waste due to alleged negligence of the local food department....		PBC to discuss ATCs on 9th ISLAMABAD, March 5: Pakistan Bar Council has invited the representatives of major lawyers’ bodies to decide what course of action to take against the inclusion military officers in anti- terrorism courts....
Part of building demolished by DAM staff MUZAFFARABAD, March 5: The anti-encroachment staff of the Development Authority Muzaffarabad demolished a portion of an under construction building on Monday, causing a loss of more than Rs100,000 to the owner....		Missile fired from Orakzai defused KOHAT, March, 5: The Peshawar bomb disposal squad dismantled a missile fired by unidentified terrorists at a house from the adjacent tribal area of Orakzai Agency on Tuesday....
Nisar sworn in as information minister ISLAMABAD, March 5: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon said on Tuesday that Pakistan and the well being of the people would be his priorities....		Communal riots slammed ISLAMABAD, March 5: The International Human Rights Observer (HIRO) has condemned the communal riots in India....
President to inaugurate bank ISLAMABAD, March 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate here on March 11 the establishment of another Micro Finance Bank to offer small loans to the needy....		Discrepancies in NICs alleged SKARDU, March 5: The people have criticized the Nadra authorities for declaring the Northern Areas people as “refugees of Jammu and Kashmir” in the computerized national identity cards....
Congo fever in AJK under control, says minister MUZAFFARABAD, March 5: AJK government on Monday described the situation “satisfying and under control” with regard to the suspected cases of the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir....		Big powers held responsible for Afghan crises PESHAWAR, March 5: Speakers at a seminar have held the  former Soviet Union, United States and their local ‘henchmen’  responsible for the massive killings of Afghans and the organised destruction of...
Centre evolving new strategy: Restructuring of anti-corruption agencies PESHAWAR, March 5: The federal government is evolving a new anti-corruption strategy to bring major restructuring to anti-corruption agencies...		Demonstration against Hesco officials held KHAIRPUR, March 5: Scores of citizens of Hallani, the border town of Khairpur district, staged a demonstration against Hesco officials here on Tuesday....
65 missing children recovered in February LARKANA, March 5: Of the 71 children who went missing in Larkana District during the month of February, 65 have been reunited with their families, while only six remain untraced....		Nadra to issue ID cards through post offices SWABI, March 5: The National Database and Registration Authority has stopped issuing computerized national identity cards through its 25 designated representatives in the district and now the people would get their...
Erring officials warned of action LAKKI MARWAT, March 5: A team comprising officials of district administration raided the offices of Works and Sanitation Department and inspected the attendance record of staff....		Judicious distribution of water assured MIRPURKHAS, March 5: The Sindh secretary, Irrigation and Power, Mir M. Parhiyar, has asked growers and landlords to present the cases of water mismanagement at the Nara canal....
71 outlaws arrested; arms seized LAKKI MARWAT, March 5: In a crackdown on outlaws, the Lakki Marwat police have nabbed more than five dozen proclaimed offenders, seized six stolen/snatched vehicles and recovered huge quantity of illicit...		PPP holds rally against Thal canal project DADU, March 5: A large number of workers of the Pakistan People’s Party took out a protest rally here on Tuesday against the construction of the greater Thal canal project....
Women Mela organized MINGORA, March 5: A mela for women was organized here at a hotel on Tuesday in connection with the NWFP’s hundred-year celebrations, wherein the womenfolk participated from across the Swat district....		Ex-minister’s son-in-law among two shot dead HARIPUR, March 5: Two people, including the son-in-law of a former provincial minister, were shot dead by unidentified people in Mohallah Baboo here on Monday....
Salesman hurt in attack KOHAT, March 5: Bandits looted Rs90,000 from two salesmen of a cigarette manufacturing company and wounded one of the salesmen in the Chakerkot town here on Tuesday....		KPP, SAP funds may lapse DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 5: Funds allocated under the Khushhal Pakistan (KPP) and Social Action programmes (SAP) in the Dera district might lapse as only four months of the current financial...
Murder case against tehsil Naib Nazim SARGODHA, March 5: A gang rape case in which tehsil Naib Nazim was involved took a dramatic turn after the death of accused Public Health Engineering sub-engineer Muhammad Ayub and the...		New jail to be set up in Multan MULTAN, March 5: A new central jail will be set up on Matital Road with a cost of about Rs100 million....
Operation against POs, fugitives FAISALABAD, March 5: An operation will be launched against proclaimed offenders and court absconders within a couple of days to maintain peace during Muharram....		Police clueless about Pearl ‘kidnapper’ TOBA TEK SINGH, March 5: The police have no clue yet to Daniel Pearl kidnap-and-murder case suspect Amjad Ali Farooqi....
Robbers Shoot constable GUJRAT, March 5: Three robbers killed a head-constable and injured a constable in the area of Shaheen Chowki on Tuesday evening....		Rice-laden trailer driven away SHEIKHUPURA, March 5: A trailer laden with 350 bags of rice was driven away by a gang of highwaymen near Fathuwala on Jaranwala Road, some 40-km away from here, early Tuesday....
Opposition critical of Vehari Nazim VEHARI, March 5: Opposition members of the district council protested on Tuesday against the attitude of Nazim’s group....		Indian bid to fence Akhnoor sector foiled SIALKOT, March 5: The Chenab Rangers foiled another Indian attempt to fence Sialkot working boundary’s Akhnoor sector on Tuesday morning....
Primary education made compulsory: President promulgates ordinance ISLAMABAD, March 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday promulgated an ordinance, making primary education compulsory in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)....		Drug use becomes rampant at QAU ISLAMABAD, March 5: A nexus between some unscrupulous students and drug-peddlers is freely providing narcotics and liquor to the students of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), particularly those living in hostels, a Dawn...
Doctors’ working to be monitored RAWALPINDI, March 5: The health department has devised a monitoring system to check professional malpractice at the rural health centres (RHCs), basic health units (BHUs) and government dispensaries, official sources told...		Anti-polio drive kicks off in Capital ISLAMABAD, March 5: A three-day polio immunization campaign kicked off in Islamabad on Tuesday to administer polio drops to children below five years of age....
Tehsil assembly members boycott session RAWALPINDI, March 5: The Rawalpindi Tehsil Assembly members on Tuesday unanimously boycotted the assembly session against the alleged non-cooperative attitude of the Tehsil municipal officer (TMO) and warned to present en...		Safdar Hussain made special ATC judge ISLAMABAD, March 5: The Federal Government has appointed Additional District and Sessions Judge, Islamabad, Safdar Hussain Malik as the judge of the Special Anti-Terrorist Court, Rawalpindi....
Raise in salaries of president, judges flayed ISLAMABAD, March 5: Central leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Ahsan Iqbal has said that the big raise in salaries and, perks and privileges of the president, judges and federal ministers...		Efforts on to enhance farm loan allocation LAHORE, March 5: Governor Kahlid Maqbool said on Tuesday efforts were being made to get the farm loan allocation enhanced from Rs6 billion to Rs20 billion....
Peace guards to assist police on Ashura LAHORE, March 5: Volunteer peace guards will be deployed along the routes of Zuljinah processions to assist police for maintaining peace on Ashura....		Gang involved in bank frauds busted LAHORE, March 5: A gang involved in defrauding banks and financial institutions has been busted by the FIA....
LHC suspends sentences of SSP, health secretary LAHORE, March 5: A division bench of the Lahore High Court confirmed on Tuesday its interim orders suspending the sentences awarded to the provincial health secretary and the Lahore SSP (operations)...		SC to hear plea against full bench verdict LAHORE, March 5: The Supreme Court admitted in its original jurisdiction on Monday a direct petition challenging a 1998 judgment passed by a three-member bench of the court in a criminal...
‘Nawaz wants political parties to get united’ LAHORE, March 5: PML-N president Nawaz Sharif wants all political parties to get united to prevent the government from taking unconstitutional steps....		Teachers plan protest drive LAHORE, March 5: The Mutahida Mahaz-i-Asataza Pakistan will launch a country-wide campaign to protest against excesses and injustices to teachers....