March 9, 2002	Saturday	Zilhaj 24, 1422

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Nazimeen group to field joint candidates: General election SWABI, March 8: The Independent Swabi Group (ISG) of Nazimeen, which emerged victorious in the district Nazim election in August last, has decided to field joint candidates in the forthcoming general...		Skin disease spreads to urban areas DADU, March 8: A skin disease, leishmaniasis, which earlier spread in the hilly areas of Dadu district, has now hit some localities of Johi, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu towns and their...
Rs1 billion Fata uplift package prepared PESHAWAR, March 8: One billion rupees special development package (SDP) for Fata has been prepared, containing a number of development schemes in communication, power and irrigation sectors, for the inaccessible areas...		Benazir to return on right time: PPP NAWABSHAH, March 8: The acting chairperson of the Pakis-tan People’s Party (PPP) Mak-hdoom Amin Faheem has said that the role of army should be according to the constitution of 1973....
Governor calls for promotion of research PESHAWAR, March 8: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has called for the promotion of research on more strong footings to ensure better health care to the patients, and said:...		Consulates in Kandahar, Mazar soon PESHAWAR, March 8: Pakistan has decided to open consulates in Mazar-i-Sharif and Kandahar to promote trade ties with Afghanistan. The two consulates were closed following the fall of Taliban government....
Wapda workers dismissed SUKKUR, March 8: The chairman, Wapda, Lt Gen Zulfiqar Ali on Friday dismissed from service the SDO, Wapda, Ghotki Ashfaq Bhatti, and line superintendent, Nazir Ahmed, and suspended the XEN, Wapda,...		Canal termed project of disintegration MIRPURKHAS, March 8: Former federal minister Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has termed the Thal Flood Water Canal Project a ‘project of national disintegration’ being imposed upon the people of Sindh by...
Two women killed in accident DADU, March 8: Two women were killed and five other members of a family were seriously injured in an accident on the Indus Highway, near Manjhand town, on Thursday night....		Tax on chickens demanded TIMERGARA, March 8: Poultry farmers of Dir District, in a joint press statement, have demanded of the government to levy tax on chicken supplied from Punjab....
Amendments to Hudood, family laws demanded QUETTA, March 8: The provincial minister for women’s development and information technology, Roshan Khurshid Buracha, has urged all NGOs and civil societies to cooperate with the government in giving women their...		JUI supports religious parties electoral alliance: US interfering in internal affairs: Fazl ISLAMABAD March 8: The detained JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has given a go-ahead to his party to strengthen the newly-formed alliance of religio-political parties “Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal” (United Action Conference) to...
DAGs to be appointed ISLAMABAD, March 8: The government has decided to fill all the vacancies of deputy attorney-generals (DAG) and standing counsels for the federation....		Rice cultivation may be banned QUETTA, March 8: The Balochistan government was decided to ban the cultivation of rice in Nasirabad district, the only canal irrigated area of the province, in view of possible reduction in...
China helps Railways in coach manufacturing ISLAMABAD, March 8: Federal Communications and Railways Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that China is providing technical assistance for manufacturing passenger coaches and locomotives....		Students hold rally MUZAFFARABAD, March 8: Activists of Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) held a rally here on Friday to protest the attack on their two colleagues by a students’ organization and demanded that the...
Weapons seized from mosque QUETTA, March 8: Police have recovered arms and ammunition from a mosque in Saraghargai area of the provincial capital, on Thursday night, official sources said....		41 criminals arrested, 64 arms recovered PESHAWAR, March 8: Forty-one outlaws were arrested and a huge quantity of weapons seized in a police operation in Badhber area on Friday....
EU approves euro 57.5m for Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, March 8: The European Commission (EC) has approved an initial euro 57.5 million package designated for assisting in the stabilization process of Afghanistan and its new interim administration....		Management of BF lacks transparency LAHORE, March 8: The Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund is ‘saving’ millions of rupees every month by doling out meagre grants to the employees contributing to it....
‘Devolution gave honest leadership’ SARGODHA, March 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government has brought revolution in the country by introducing devolution plan which brought forth honest and responsible leadership....		Fraud case against four PHED men SAHIWAL, March 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Friday registered a case against Public Health Engineering Department executive engineer Raja Nasrullah Khan, SDO Irshad Ahmad, overseer Abdul Jabbar and contractor Muhammad Zafar...
Researchers asked to help farmers SHEIKHUPURA, March 8: Punjab Minister for Agriculture Khurshid Zaman Qureshi said on Friday that researchers should suggest and recommend farmers ways to increase produce....		Retired banker shot dead: Sectarian terrorism feared MULTAN, March 8: A retired bank officer was shot dead in what seemed to be a sectarian terrorism in New Ghulghast Colony here on Friday....
Fakhr wants govt to buy 5m tons of wheat MULTAN, March 8: Former National Assembly speaker Fakhr Imam has urged the government to set wheat procurement target for the current Rabi season at five million tons....		Harassment of incest victim alleged TOBA TEK SINGH, March 8: Some district council members on Friday condemned the reported harassment of a girl allegedly raped by her stepfather....
Man killed GUJRANWALA, March 8: A man was shot dead allegedly by his former brothers-in-law in Pir Kot village, Ghakkhar Town, on Friday....		Wasa cuts 100 illegal connections FAISALABAD, March 8: The Water and Sanitation Agency has disconnected over 100 illegal connections of water supply and drainage....
Six accident victims not identified KASUR, March 8: Of the 10 dead who perished in an accident on Pattoki Road on Friday, four were identified as Muhammad Shafi (Kasur), Maqsood Ahmad (Bahadarpura), Bashiran Bibi (Khudian) and...		Rs510m Khanpur water supply project launched RAWALPINDI, March 8: The Corps Commander, Rawalpindi, Lt-Gen Syed Arif Hassan, performed ground-breaking ceremony of the Khanpur Dam Water Supply Project, Phase-II, here on Friday....
Minister’s help sought for sugar transaction ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has again sought the commerce minister’s help to speed up procurement of 200,000 tons of sugar for the Trading Corporation of Pakistan...		Need for world standard IT education stressed ISLAMABAD, March 8: Islam did not stop people from acquiring modern education rather stressed on the Muslims to make efforts to attain such knowledge, the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy...
NGOs arrange gala to mark Women’s Day ISLAMABAD, Mar 8: More than 20 women rights and human rights organizations of Rawalpindi-Islamabad arranged a day-long gala in collaboration with Pakistan National Council of the Arts to mark the International...		Complaint lodged against president’s security guard: Misbehaving with girl students ISLAMABAD, March 8: A complaint was lodged on Thursday against a member of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s security staff at the Secretariat police station for misbehaving with girl students of Quaid-i-Azam...
RIUJ polls today ISLAMABAD, March 8: The journalists of the twin cities will go to polls on Saturday to elect the office-bearers of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ)....		Pakistan, China discuss defence, security matters RAWALPINDI, March 8: A high level delegation of People’s Liberation Army (PLA), headed by Gen Xiong Guangkai, the deputy chief of General Staff, held a meeting on Sino-Pak defence and security-related...
Elected ISLAMABAD, March 8: Former Punjab chief minister Mian Afzal Hayat was elected as president of Aitchison College Old Boys Association central executive committee for the term 2002-2005, says a press release....		Anti-polio drive fails to reach all children LAHORE, March 8: The three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign has failed to cover all children in the Punjab....
Women’s struggle for rights lauded LAHORE, March 8: Women-related issues along with the remembrance of sacrifices made in the country by feminist activists during a relentless struggle for women’s rights were highlighted at the meetings organized...		Anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat condemned LAHORE, March 8: The Kashmir Action Committee, Pakistan (KACP) has condemned anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat province of India where, it said, about 1,000 innocent Muslims have been killed and most of...
Rejection of admission forms shocks students LAHORE, March 8: Students of the Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, staged a demonstration on Friday to protest against the rejection of their intermediate examination admission forms by the Board of...		Irshad ‘not eligible’ for EC appointment LAHORE, March 8: The Lahore High Court heard detailed but inconclusive arguments on Friday against the appointment of former chief justice Irshad Hasan Khan as chief election commissioner....