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....