March 14, 2002	Thursday	Zilhaj 29, 1422

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28 schools to be set up in Larkana dist LARKANA, March 13: At least 28 community-supported schools will be established in Larkana District, it was decided in a meeting presided over by the district coordination officer (DCO) on Wednesday....		Four Sundranis killed as Lundkanis attack two villages SUKKUR, March 13: Four Sundrani Bugti tribesmen were killed and two women were injured when at least a hundred Lundkani Bugti tribesmen attacked two of their villages, Nawab Din and Madad...
SHC team raids police station, finds 6 illegally detained men LARKANA, March 13: A team of the Sindh High Court, circuit bench, Larkana, on Wednesday raided the Gaji Khuhawar police station where it found six people being illegally detained....		Protest rally against water shortage held BADIN, March 13: More than six hundred growers and villagers of Imam Wah staged a sit-in at the Imam Wah bridge and blocked the Badin-Karachi Highway on Wednesday to protest against...
Transfer of Dehs opposed NAWABSHAH, March 13: Members of the Nawabshah Awami Ittehad have strongly condemned what they call the undemocratic attitude of the ruling Awam Dost Panel on the issue of transfer of Dehs...		Five senior doctors transferred MIRPURKHAS, March 13: On the directives of the Sindh governor the secretary health has transferred five senior doctors, including three lady doctors, to Tharparkar....
People hold demo against Hesco official KHAIRPUR, March 13: Numerous consumers took out a procession against the SDO, Hesco, Mehrabpur, in Halani, and observed token hunger strike on Wednesday....		Eight teachers suspended DADU, March 13: Eight teachers of the government middle and primary schools of Kolachi were suspended by the EDO, Education, Dadu, on Wednesday....
Anti-corruption strategy discussed HYDERABAD, March 13: A four-member team of the National Accountability Bureau at a workshop held at the Shahbaz Hall here on Wednesday discussed the national anti-corruption strategy with the stakeholders....		Man commits suicide in Sanghar SANGHAR, March 13: A man, Azeem, 25, son of Mohammad Hayat Nizaman, committed suicide by taking pesticides when his father refused to buy a rickshaw for him....
ARD calls for caretaker govt to ensure fair elections ISLAMABAD, March 13: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Wednesday demanded that a caretaker government should be formed to ensure fair, free and impartial polls, alleging that the introduction...		Press laws by April, assures minister ISLAMABAD, March 13: Federal Minister for Informa-tion and Media Development Nisar Memon has asked the Press to give priority to national interests while reporting things in newspapers and try to project...
Votes to be counted at polling stations: CEC ISLAMABAD, March 13: The chief election commissioner (CEC), justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan, said on Wednesday that votes in the forthcoming general election would be counted at the polling stations immediately...		440kg gunpowder seized near Paktia MIRANSHAH, March 13: The authorities seized 440kg of gunpowder on Wednesday near Afghanistan’s Paktia province where US-led forces are fighting Taliban and Al Qaeda militants....
Decision of compulsory retirement upheld ISLAMABAD, March 13: The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld decision of compulsory retirement of Rahat Nasim Malik, ex-regional commissioner income tax, and observed that criminal proceedings against him would also...		Embassy staff slam Indian harassment ISLAMABAD, March 13: The staffers of the Pakistan Embassy in New Delhi have condemned torture on them and their five-hour illegal detention by Indian intelligence agencies....
Unesco to help govt launch HR education ISLAMABAD, March 13: Unesco will support Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, in its efforts to plan and launch a National Plan of Action on Human Rights Education, said Ms Ingeborg...		NGO opens 1,300 girl schools QUETTA, March 13: A US-based NGO, Academy for Educational Development (AED), has opened 1300 girl schools in Balochistan and around 100,000 students have been enrolled in these educational institutions....
Currency dealer deprived of $80,000 QUETTA, March 13: Uniden-tified dacoits deprived a local currency dealer of $80,000 on Wednesday at Bukhari Centre in Qandahri Bazaar....		West shift termed move on wrong premise ISLAMABAD, March 13: International Crisis Management Group (ICG) in a paper “Pakistan: The Danger of Conventional Wisdom,” released to the press on Wednesday has concluded that the shift of West towards...
Nation will reject ‘engineered results’: PPP holds workers’ convention FAISALABAD, March 13: The government should refrain from installing a puppet government as the nation will not accept ‘engineered results’....		9 teachers, two clerks sacked VEHARI, March 13: Nine teachers at various primary schools and two clerks were suspended by the EDO (education) on Wednesday for prolonged absence from duty....
Education week from April 1 SIALKOT, March 13: The district government, in collaboration with the Unicef, will observe an education week from April 1 under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) programme....		Rs50 million for Gujrat sewerage system GUJRAT, March 13: The Punjab government has approved Rs50 million for laying a new sewerage system in Gujrat....
Four policemen arrested after bail rejection GUJRANWALA, March 13: Four police officials, including an ASI, were arrested on Wednesday when a court rejected their bail applications....		Naib Nazim’s pre-arrest bail plea dismissed SARGODHA, March 13: District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Abdul Rasheed dismissed on Wednesday the pre-arrest bail application of Sahiwal Tehsil Council Naib Nazim Haji Allah Dad Hargan in a rape case....
Governor seeks report on tenders SAHIWAL, March 13: The Punjab governor has taken a serious note of pooling of tenders at the local tehsil council. Aggrieved contractors in a fax message to the governor had complained that the tehsil council floated 33 construction projects of Rs6.6 million....		20 PADC members booked MULTAN, March 13: The district police on Wednesday registered a case under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO-16) against 20 members of the Pakistan-Afghan Defence Council (PADC) for using abusive language against...
Woman, two kids drown as car falls into canal VEHARI, March 13: A woman and her two children were drowned on Tuesday night as their car fell into a canal near Thingi....		Maliks, staff face action for false CNIC verification KHAAR, March 13: Political administration of the Bajaur Agency has initiated action against its clerical staff and Maliks of the agency for wrongly verifying Afghan refugees as Pakistani nationals....
Increase in PA seats may burden NWFP govt PESHAWAR, March 13: Increase in the NWFP Assembly’s seats coupled with government’s decision to give representation to Fata in the provincial assembly would add to the financial woes of the future...		Two awarded death sentence ABBOTTABAD, March 13: Additional District and Sessions Judge, Abbottabad, Zafar Iqbal, awarded death sentence to two accused in a murder case registered with the Havelian police in 1999....
Ban on crossing border flayed PESHAWAR, March 13: The FATA leader of National Awami Party Pakistan, Abdullah Jan Safi, has condemned the ban on the movement of tribesmen across the western border and demanded immediate freedom...		Minister apprised of educational problems PESHAWAR, March 13: A delegation of elders comprising representatives of Aslahi Jirga, members of union council and social workers called on the NWFP Minister for Information and Education, Syed Imtiaz Hussain...
Six midwives’ appointment cancelled BAJAUR, March 13: The NWFP health department has cancelled the appointments of midwives in the Bajaur Agency and constituted a committee to probe into the irregularities committed in the process, officials...		Car rally organizers vandalize monument LAHORE, March 13: Maharaja Ranjeet Singh’s exquisite marble pavilion at Hazoori Bagh was vandalized on Wednesday by sponsors of an antique car rally....
Ratify human rights conventions: Mary Robinson urges Pakistan LAHORE, March 13: UN Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson urged Pakistan on Wednesday to ratify the international conventions on human rights it has already signed....		Antique car rally begins LAHORE, March 13: The antique car rally from Lahore to Rawalpindi started from here on Wednesday morning....
Gen Qureshi ‘obstructing’ democracy restoration LAHORE, March 13: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) senior vice-president Ijazul Haq on Wednesday accused Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi, the Inter-Services Public Relations director general, of creating problems for the restoration of democracy....		SCBA to seek full court hearing: Elevation of judges LAHORE, March 13: The Supreme Court Bar Association would seek a full court hearing of its petition against the elevation of junior Lahore High Court judges to the Supreme Court, its...
‘Benazir to lead PPP poll campaign’ LAHORE, March 13: Ms Benazir Bhutto will come back when the election schedule is announced or is about to be announced, says PPP acting secretary-general Raza Rabbani....		Two-stroke engines need to be banned LAHORE, March 13: Vehicles with two-stroke engines will have to be banned in five or six years to control growing air pollution....
New rules for allocation of houses okayed ISLAMABAD, March 13: The government, in order to make the accommodation allocation and assessment procedure transparent, has approved a set of new rules, sources said on Wednesday....		Life-saving drugs in short supply RAWALPINDI, March 13: Several life-saving drugs are in short supply at drug stores and wholesale market of the twin cities, a survey conducted by Dawn revealed on Wednesday....
Ulema’s entry into Capital banned ISLAMABAD, March 13: The Islamabad administration has banned over a dozen Ulema belonging to different schools of thought from entering into the capital....		Court summons PTV chief, playwright RAWALPINDI, March 13: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench on Wednesday summoned the PTV managing-director and a playwright in person on March 19 to explain the alleged contemptuous dialogue in a...
Proposal to regulate IT institutes rejected ISLAMABAD, March 13: Minister for Science and Technology Dr Attaur Rehman’s move to regulate and standardize the mushroom growth of different IT institutes was rejected by the law ministry....		Lost Tourists performed LAHORE, March 13: The Natural Theatre Company, Britain’s award-winning street theatre, visiting Lahore on Rafi Peer Theatre’s invitation enthralled passers-by on...
Swabi man becomes rich overnight SWABI, March 13: A poverty-stricken person has become overnight rich after winning a Rs3.6 million BMW car in the Red and White lucky draw shown on PTV on Sunday night....		ANP team to meet CEC today PESHAWAR, March 13: A three-member delegation of the Awami National Party would call on Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hassan Khan at his office on Thursday....