March 13, 2002	Wednesday	Zilhaj 28, 1422

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Gadoon estate to get 12MW power SWABI, March 12: The NWFP governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, said on Tuesday that the 12MW power produced by the Pehur Hydro-Power Project would be given to the Gadoon Amazai Industrial...		7,000 skin disease cases registered in Dadu DADU, March 12: The secretary for health, Sindh, Khalid Latif Chaudhry, said here on Tuesday that 7,000 cases of skin disease Leishmaniasis were registered at different hospitals of the district....
Killings of Muslims in India condemned KHAIRPUR, Mar 12: The District Council of Khairpur has opposed the construction of greater Thal canal and termed it against Sindh....		Rally against Thal canal project held LARKANA, March 12: A large number of activists of the Sindh National Front (SNF) staged a protest rally on Tuesday against the greater Thal canal project....
Oil-tankers body chief warns of strike MARDAN, March 12: The president of Oil Tankers Association, Sindh, Sartaj Khan, has accused the police of depriving him of his vehicle and warned of a country-wide strike if his vehicle...		Madaris asked to expel foreign students MARDAN, March 12: District Nazim Haji Raza Khan has asked the administrators of Madaris in the district to expel foreign students, particularly Afghan refugees, before March 31, otherwise, stern action will...
Four killed as wagon, coaster collide SHIKARPUR, March 12: Four persons were killed and 11 were injured, eight of them seriously, in an accident near Sultankot on Tuesday....		Ban on paddy cultivation to be enforced MIRPURKHAS, March 12: According to a handout issued on Tuesday, the district coordination officer, Mirpurkhas, directed the EDO, Revenue, to strictly implement the ban on the cultivation of paddy crops....
Two dacoits arrested in Jacobabad SUKKUR, March 12: Two dacoits, M. Siddiq Chandio and Nizamuddin Maher, were arrested in Jacobabad city after an exchange of fire between the police and dacoits on Monday....		Centre sets up seven ATCs in Frontier PESHAWAR, March 12: The federal government has established seven anti-terrorism courts in the NWFP....
Concern at economic deterioration voiced QUETTA, March 12: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Balochistan, will hold a public meeting here on March 23, in connection with the restoration of democracy in the country....		EC planning to set up 50,000 polling stations ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Chief Election Commission said here on Tuesday the Election Commission was planning to establish 50,000 polling stations throughout the country to facilitate the voters to cast their...
Urgency stressed for building new water reservoirs ISLAMABAD, March 12: The urgency of building new reservoirs expeditiously for resolving the water crisis in the country was emphasized by the Ministry for Water and Power here at a briefing...		QAU produced no PhD since 1975 : Administrative sciences ISLAMABAD, March 12: The department of administrative sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), has failed to produce a single Ph.D since its inception in 1975, mainly due to red-tapism and paucity of funds....
40 trawlers seized in Balochistan QUETTA, March 12: The Balochistan Coastal Develop-ment Authority (BCDA) has seized 40 Karachi-based trawlers, found using prohibited nets for fishing, along the Makran coast....		Norwegian team briefed on NRB activities ISLAMABAD, March 12: A Norwegian mission led by Mr Olav Kjorvan, state secretary for international development, called on National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) Chairman Syed Tanwir Husain Naqvi here on Tuesday....
Stranded DPs won’t get refuge, says minister ISLAMABAD, March 12: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has said that 10,000 Afghans stranded in Chaman will not be allowed to seek refuge in the country....		Qesco asked to expedite work on projects QUETTA, March 12: Wapda Chairman Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan has directed the officials of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) to speed up the pace of work on the under-construction transmission...
SC to interpret NWFP law about land acquisition ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Supreme Court (SC) will interpret the NWFP’s law governing urban land acquisition, for striking a balance between the parties to avoid injustice to the land owners....		Sikandar admitted to hospital MUZAFFARABAD, March 12: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan was admitted to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi from his home district of Kotli...
Irsa to discuss water crisis in Sindh today ISLAMABAD, March 12: The chairman of Indus River System Authority, Noor Mohammad Baloch, has been called by the Sindh government at a special meeting of the provincial cabinet to be held...		Munir sworn in as acting CJ ISLAMABAD, March 12: Justice Munir A. Sheikh, the senior judge of the Supreme Court, was sworn in as the Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan....
Politicians urge Mary to move UN against HR violations ISLAMABAD March 12: Dele-gations of the country’s six leading political parties held a meeting with the visiting chief of the United Nations High Commiss-ioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, on her...		Govt up in arms against sectarian strife Dera Ghazi Khan, March 12: The government is up in arms against those who have been killing people in the name of religion....
Water crisis: call for Scarp revival JHANG, March 12: Revival of Scarp tubewells is the only solution to the ever-increasing problem of irrigation water shortage....		CCP investigating without equipment LAHORE, March 12: The recently created investigation wing of the Capital City Police (CCP) has been working without modern facilities required for “effective and successful” crime detection, say officials....
Contractors resent delay in payment SHEIKHUPURA, March 12: A number of highways and building department’s contractors on Monday protested against the local district government for delay in payments....		Transfer cancelled on LHC order MULTAN, March 12: The Punjab health department has cancelled the transfer orders of a clerk-cum-cashier of the office of district officer (health), Multan, on the directive of the Lahore High Court....
Attendants attack doctor, wardboy RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 12: A doctor and a wardbody of the Sheikh Zayed Hospital were attacked and beaten up by angry relatives of an injured man who succumbed to his...		KACP chief’s house looted LAHORE, March 12: Robbers took away cash, jewellery and valuables worth Rs800,000 from the Gulberg residence of Kashmir Action Committee Pakistan president Dr Muzaffar Shah on Tuesday morning....
PTA advice on PCO charges LAHORE, March 12: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has advised people not to pay more than Rs4 per unit at pay card public call offices for local, national and international calls....		Over 700 CDA houses under illegal occupation ISLAMABAD, March 12: Over 700 houses of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) have been occupied illegally, a source told Dawn on Tuesday....
China be included in Saarc: Qayyum: Robinson briefed on Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, March 12: Chairman of the National Kashmir Committee Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan said China should be included in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) to balance the association aimed...		Woman’s body found RAWALPINDI, March 12: A mother of two has been found murdered at her husband’s house in Gangmandi. Police said the murder of Humaira Bibi — married to Khizr Hussain in 1996 — was discovered when the victim’s brother, Ijaz Hussain, went to her in-laws’ on March 2....
PPP flays ban on journalists’ entry into court ISLAMABAD, Mar 12: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has termed the military regime’s banning the entry of journalists into the accountability court in Attock as sheer “perversion of justice”....		Shortages unsatisfactory under any sharing scheme LAHORE, March 12: While the continuing haggling over an authentic interpretation of the Water Accord between Sindh and the Punjab — the principal claimants to the national water resources — threatens...
Centre opposes Punjab tax on liquor export LAHORE, March 12: The federal government has opposed the Punjab view that it can tax export of its liquor to other provinces....		PPP not to join hands with Jamaat LAHORE, March 12: The PPP leadership on Tuesday ridiculed Qazi Husain Ahmad’s conditional cooperation offer, saying the party of Ms Benazir Bhutto was not even thinking of joining hands with the...
ANP says ‘no’ to religious parties LAHORE, March 12: The Awami National Party (ANP) will not join hands with religious parties in the next general election which, what the party says, will be a contest between progressive,...		JI strategy to woo other parties LAHORE, March 12: A Jamaat-i-Islami’s central executive committee meeting concluded here on Tuesday with the decision to remove ‘misunderstandings’ with all political parties and desist from showing any reaction that could...
Antique cars paraded ahead of rally LAHORE, March 12: The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab organized an antique car ‘rally’ in the city on Tuesday....		‘Benazir can steer country out of crises’ LAHORE, March 12: PPP acting secretary-general Raza Rabbani says Ms Benazir Bhutto alone is in a position to steer the country out of the present crises....