March 8, 2002	Friday	Zilhaj 23, 1422

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US can help end India, Pakistan confrontation LAHORE, March 7: Other countries, including the United States, can help end confrontation between Pakistan and India, US Ambassador Wendy Chamberlin said on Thursday. She was speaking at a meeting of the English Speaking Union....		Excavation reveals Shalamar’s water channels LAHORE, March 7: The archaeological excavations at the Shalamar Gardens have failed to establish that the monument’s lawns were originally further sub-divided into four quadrants and that there had been no...
17 wheat purchase centres closed SIALKOT, March 7: Seventeen wheat procurement centres of the Food Department in the district have been closed down on the order of the district coordination officer without assigning any reason....		ASI, head constable sent to jail GUJRANWALA, March 7: Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanaullah Khan Niazi sent on Thursday an ASI and a head constable to jail for giving a fake statement in the court....
2.3m acres for landless farmers: Maqbool SAHIWAL, March 7: The government will allot 2.3 million acres of land to 100,000 landless farmers and give proprietary rights to 90,000 residents of kutcha abadis in the province....		DBA move for high court bench in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, March 7: The local District Bar Association will launch a protest campaign from March 11 to pressurize the government for setting up a high court bench in Faisalabad....
Govt plans to increase sunflower cultivation SHEIKHUPURA, March 7: The agriculture department has chalked out an action plan for bringing maximum area under sunflower cultivation to meet the domestic need of edible oil....		119 BHUs without doctors VEHARI, March 7: There is not a single doctor working in 119 basic health units (BHUs) of the district....
Two killed by robbers SIALKOT, March 7: Two people were killed and another seriously injured in a dacoity incident in a filling station in Kotli Noshera village late on Wednesday night....		Welfare school fails to achieve objective MULTAN, March 7: Unfair admission rules have led to the underutilization of the Workers’ Welfare School which was set up to provide free of cost education to workers’ children....
Kashmir Liberation Cell to be reorganized MUZAFFARABAD, March 7: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Wednesday constituted a five-member committee to suggest measures for reorganization of the Kashmir Liberation Cell (KLC) to make it an...		PAF to get 4 Indonesian transport aircraft ISLAMABAD, March 7: Pakistan Air Force would add four CASA CN235-220 light transport and surveillance aircraft to its inventory during 2002, Dawn learnt from reliable sources....
Judges’ elevation to SC challenged ISLAMABAD, March 7: Pakistan Bar Council on Thursday challenged the elevation of three judges of Lahore High Court to Supreme Court, stating those were made in violation of the principle of...		Amnesty for those leaving banned groups announced ISLAMABAD, March 7: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Thursday announced general amnesty for those activists of banned religious or political groups who tender written undertaking not to continue with the group...
CEC’s powers given to EC members ISLAMABAD, March 7: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Irshad Hasan Khan has delegated powers and functions of the CEC to members of the Election Commission in the areas covered by high courts...		4,700 DPs cross into Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, March 7: Some 4,700 Afghan refugees crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan on Thursday, the largest movement so far since the launching of a repatriation programme a week ago....
Irregularities found in varsity accounts QUETTA, March 7: The Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee on Thursday took serious notice of massive irregularities and misappropriation in the accounts of the Balochistan University and directed that the cases...		Indian troops continue firing MUZAFFARABAD, March 7: The Indian troops targeted the two sectors in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, the second consecutive day, with small and big arms, but no fresh casualties were...
Zubaida meets WB chief WASHINGTON, March 7: Education Minister Zubaida Jalal on Wednesday briefed World Bank President James Wolfensohn about reforms undertaken as part of the president’s national reconstruction plan aimed at producing a qualified...		Mly ties with China discussed ISLAMABAD, March 7: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday told visiting Chinese general, Xiong Guangkai, he hoped to enhance cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries, media reported....