March 7, 2002	Thursday	Zilhaj 22, 1422

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Six houses damaged by Indian firing SIALKOT, March 6: Two goats were killed while six houses badly damaged by Indian shelling on Pakistani border villages in Chhumb Joriyaan sector on Wednesday....		A victim of red-tapism SADIQABAD, March 6: Mir Syed Zahid Husain, a close companion of the Quaid-i-Azam and a prominent figure of the city, had proposed an idea to set up a library in the...
12 held for using unfair means GUJRANWALA, March 6: Twelve candidates were caught on Wednesday while using unfair means in the secondary school certificate examinations of the Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education...		Man injured, three shops burnt in cylinder blast GUJRANWALA, March 6: A man was injured and three shops reduced to ashes when a gas cylinder exploded in Ghumanwala village on Tuesday night....
Evacuee property cases LAHORE, March 6: The Lahore High Court asked a federal law officer on Wednesday to find out whether the evacuee trust properties law was being amended to provide for the right...		Sacked teachers threaten protest FAISALABAD, March 6: The Punjab Ad hoc Lecturers Association has demanded the governor to reinstate all teachers, otherwise they will launch a protest movement against the government....
18 file papers for four safety commission seats TOBA TEK SINGH, March 6: Eighteen district council members filed on Wednesday nomination papers for the four seats of the public safety commission with returning officer District and Sessions Judge Muhammad...		‘TCP should intensify purchase drive’ BAHAWALPUR, March 6: The Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed dissatisfaction over the purchase drive of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP)....
31 get bail: police deployed at theatres LAHORE, March 6: Plainc lothesmen were deployed on Wednesday at theatres in the city and other parts of the Punjab to prevent organizers from arranging dances....		Man commits suicide after killing wife, two children SARGODHA, March 6: A man committed suicide after killing his wife and two children in Chak 130-SB, some 35 kilometres from here, on Tuesday night....
Man tries to kill newborn daughter SIALKOT, March 6: A man allegedly tried to kill his newly born daughter before throwing the ‘body’ near the Haider Park graveyard in Narowal city....		Art show at British Council LAHORE, March 6: Iqbal Geoffrey, known as an unorthodox artist and a Bohemian, is exhibiting his work at the British Council....
PR revenue increases LAHORE, March 6: The Pakistan Railways revenue during the first two quarters of the current financial year was over Rs6.287 billion, about Rs203.9 million more than the target....		‘Buying wheat below fixed price be made offence’ MULTAN, March 6: The Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) has demanded that the procurement of wheat below the official support price be declared a criminal offence....
Motorway, tunnel projects reviewed: Communication minister briefs cabinet ISLAMABAD, March 6: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday reviewed and discussed the progress on the ongoing communication projects including Islamabad-Peshawar and Pindi Bhatian-Faisalabad motorways and Lowari Tunnel....		Musharraf wants to stay in power after elections TOKYO, March 6: President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that he would stay in power after parliamentary elections in October to consolidate his structural reform plans, a press report said....
Case against ISI’s political role pending since ’97 ISLAMABAD, March 6: Five chief justices of the supreme court have retired, two of them unceremoniously, since a human rights case, questioning the ISI’s role in national politics was instituted in...		JUI leader released QUETTA, March 6: Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri was released on Wednesday from the district jail Quetta after 52 days’ detention....
3 PTCL officials convicted QUETTA, March 6: The Accountability Court No.II, headed by Special Judge Mohammad Nadir Khan, acquitted Pakistan Telecommuni-cation Corporation Deputy General Manager Mohammad Ismail Magsi and two other officials in a corruption...		Pakistan, Kazakhstan to cooperate in S&T ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistan and Kazakhstan have initiated a scientific cooperation programme of training and research to benefit from each other’s expertise in science and technology....
Education minister in US to discuss aid WASHINGTON, March 6: Federal Education Minister Zubeida Jalal is in Washington for a round of talks with administration officials on United States aid programmes for Pakistan’s education sector....		Pakistan, UK discuss steps to strengthen defence ties LONDON, March 6: Pakistan-UK Defence Cooperation Forum’s fourth two-day meeting which concluded here on Wednesday laid a good foundation for forging defence co-operation between the two countries in days ahead....
Policy for women’s uplift to be announced ISLAMABAD, March 6: Draft national policy for development and empowerment of women, expected to be announced on the eve of International Women’s Day, would help address gender inequities in all areas...		Conference, workshop planned for Mountains Year CHITRAL, March 6: The federal ministry of tourism is planning to hold a four-day world conference here in July to celebrate the International Year of Mountains, which is expected to draw...
Rally staged against killing of Muslims MANSEHRA, March 6: The Jamaat-i-Islami, Mansehra, on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration against the killing of Muslims by the extremist Hindus in the communal riots in India....		Newspapers publishing baseless news to face ban RAWALPINDI, March 6: The government has decided to take action against the newspapers, printers and publishers involved in publishing ‘provocative and baseless’ news items against the president, official sources said on...
Bahraini team visits defence industries ISLAMABAD, March 6: A seven-member defence delegation of Bahrain, headed by Brig-Gen Shaikh bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa, under secretary for administration, visited the Defence Export Promotion Organization, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) and...		Two brigadiers promoted RAWALPINDI, March 6: Two Brigadiers have been promoted to the rank of Major Generals with effect from the assumption of their new appointments....
Audit helped recover Rs8.3bn embezzled money: AGP ISLAMABAD, Mar 6: Auditor General of Pakistan Manzur Hussain said on Wednesday that Rs8.346 billion were recovered from various ministries and departments pointed out by the Audit Department in its reports....		WB threatens to withdraw grant: Govt asked to drop Hingol dam plan PESHAWAR, March 6: As the stand-off between the federal government and the World Bank continues over the construction of Hingol Dam in Balochistan, the donor agency has decided to back out...
Implementation of two power projects ordered PESHAWAR, March 6: The NWFP government has decided to implement Malakand-3 and Pehur Hydle power projects having a generation capacity of 81mw and 12mw, respectively, and has given a go-ahead signal to...		NWFP industries facing problems PESHAWAR, March 6: Apart from locational disadvantage, high cost of working capital coupled with some other reasons, are apparently responsible for rendering vast majority of the NWFP- based industrial units to...
New electoral alliance formed KOHAT, March 6: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F will field joint candidates in the forthcoming elections at the provincial level....		39 uplift schemes for Haripur okayed HARIPUR, March 6: The district development committee (DDC) has approved 39 new development schemes under Khushhal Pakistan Programme (phase-III) and social action programme (SAP). The total cost of these schemes, to...
‘Institution-based practice by doctors to benefit CBR’ PESHAWAR, March 6: The institution-based private practice of the public sector doctors is expected to raise substantial amount of funds for the government hospitals and their subordinate staff, besides helping the...		Kutcha wheat Procurement centres abolished LARKANA, March 6: The Sindh government abolished all kutcha wheat procurement centres throughout the province on Wednesday....
Students asked to follow message of Shah Latif SUKKUR, March 6: Acting Zila Nazim Iqbal Dawood has said that poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai is about love, tolerance, strength and bravery....		Water shortage destroys crops MIRPURKHAS, March 6: A number of distributaries of the Mithrao canal had been lying dry for last one and half month due to the rotation programme....
Action taken against invigilators KHAIRPUR, March 6: District Nazim Ms Nafeesa Shah on Wednesday visited various examination centres where matric examinations were being held....		Thal canal project opposed DADU, March 6: A large number of growers, activists of political parties and workers of NGOs held a rally on Wednesday against the construction of the greater Thal canal....
Dist officers to issue NOCs to new mosques LAHORE, March 6: The District Officers (Enterprise and Investment Promotion) have been authorized to issue no-objection certificates for new mosques and seminaries under the devolution plan pending the promulgation of a...		Plan to grant autonomy to more schools, colleges LAHORE, March 6: The government intended to grant autonomy to more schools and colleges, particularly in the mofussil areas, to improve the standard of education in the Punjab, Governor Khalid Maqbool...
Devolution: 70pc laws of depts not amended LAHORE, March 6: Only around 30 per cent of laws of different departments have so far been amended under the devolution plan launched on March 14 last year, hampering government functioning....		‘Computerization of new rolls on schedule’ LAHORE, March 6: The National Database Registration Authority is expected to complete computerization of electoral rolls within the stipulated time and hand them over to the Election Commission on April 2,...
Writ on the wall LAHORE, March 6: “Happy birthday, Toto. Sorry Toto, it was my fault” This is one of the many messages splashed across the outer walls of a girls’ college on Jail Road....		Skin bank to be set up at DHQ hospital RAWALPINDI, March 6: A skin bank will be set up at the proposed Institute of Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit of the Rawalpindi district headquarters hospital, said Prof of Surgery Dr...
Rs300m approved for water quality improvement: Atta ISLAMABAD, March 6: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Dr Attaur Rehman said the government had approved projects worth Rs300 million to solve the issues of water scarcity and quality in...		Another ‘Congo Fever’ patient dies RAWALPINDI, March 6: Another Congo-Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever suspect died at the Fauji Foundation Hospital here on Wednesday, hospital sources said....
PPP concerned over power sharing formula ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistan People’s Party has expressed concern over the power sharing formula on the basis of 1998 census. “It is a matter of concern that the 1998 census is...		Man commits suicide after killing two cousins RAWALPINDI, March 6: A 50-year-old man, Ghulam Hussain committed suicide after killing his two cousins over a match-making dispute in Chak Jalal Deen on Wednesday, police said....