March 15, 2002	Friday	Zilhaj 30, 1422

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‘Benazir, Nawaz should not be allowed to contest polls’ FAISALABAD, March 14: It will be a setback for sovereignty of the country in case ‘disgruntled and corrupt politicians’ sitting abroad are allowed to contest the general elections....		Polio eradication target unlikely to be achieved MULTAN, March 14: Pakistan will not able to fulfil its international commitment again to completely eradicate polio because a P1 case of the disease has been reported from Rajanpur....
Nishtar Ghat bridge over river Indus approved: Maqbool MULTAN, March 14: The construction of Nishtar Ghat bridge over river Indus and dual carriageway from Taranda Muhammad Pannah to Bahawalpur and from Multan to Muzaffargarh has been approved....		Rivalry claims three lives FAISALABAD, March 14: Three people were shot dead while four others received bullet wounds on Wednesday night when armed men attacked the house of a villager in Chak 45-JB....
Two killed as car skids off road SHEIKHUPURA, March 14: Two persons were killed while another sustained injuries when they met with an accident on the motorway near Gujiana, some 30km from here, on Thursday....		Khar weds for eighth time MULTAN, March 14: Former Punjab governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar, 67, contracted his eighth marriage here on Thursday....
Govt set to clamp down on terrorists BAHAWALPUR, March 14: The government is tightening the noose against terrorists in and outside the country....		Police ‘kidnap’ two complainants MULTAN, March 14: The Shujaabad police on Wednesday kidnapped the two brothers from the local SSP office when they came there to complain against the police torture....
Journalists visit Bajwat sector GUJRANWALA, March 14: A delegation of journalists on Thursday visited the Bajwat sector, Sialkot working boundary, and met the army jawans....		Rs200,000 given to UC 123 SARGODHA, March 14: People should create harmony and brotherhood among their ranks to thwart evil designs of the enemies of the country....
Parents abandon eighth child OKARA, March 14: A man donated his eighth child to the local welfare hospital on Thursday. Information gleaned by this correspondent revealed the child was born at the Okara DHQ Hospital two days back....		ANP reiterates demand for provincial autonomy QUETTA, March 14: Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali has said that until full provincial autonomy is not given to the provinces no federating unit can be satisfied....
SC to take up judges’ elevation case on 18th ISLAMABAD, March 14: A five-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmad, will take up on Monday all the constitutional petitions challenging the elevation of three judges of...		Politicians assured of fair elections ISLAMABAD, March 14: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Irshad Hasan Khan on Thursday observed that the Election Commission of Pakistan was preparing the electoral rolls strictly in accordance with the provisions of...
ADB to provide $70m for six uplift projects ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $710 million to Pakistan to undertake six development projects during 2002....		PBC to move SC against ban on political activities ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) have decided to move the Supreme Court to get the ban on political activities lifted....
APNEC, PFUJ reject proposed Press laws KARACHI, March 14: All Pakistan Newspaper Empl-oyees Confederation (APNEC) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and all their affiliated unions and units have rejected the proposed setting...		Parties vow to protect consumer rights ISLAMABAD, March 14: A number of political parties on Thursday pledged to accord priority to consumer rights protection in their election manifestoes....
PTCL asked to ensure staff’s proper training ISLAMABAD, March 14: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Shehzada has called upon the PTCL to utilize all available resources to provide optimum telecommunication connectivity to the people as part of objective...		FBI questioning Pakistani in Kandahar, says ICRC ISLAMABAD, March 14: Azmat Ullah Beg, father of Al Qaeda’s suspected activist, Moazzam Beg, has reportedly been informed by some representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross that the...
JKLF wants Kashmiri body to oversee polls WASHINGTON, March 14: The head of the Srinagar-based Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Yasin Malik, has called for the creation of a Kashmiri election commission to oversee elections in the territory...		Provinces told to stop publications of banned outfits ISLAMABAD March 14: The federal government has directed the provincial home secretaries to stop the publications of all the banned militant organizations which continued to appear in the market despite freezing...
Protest rallies against Thal canal held: Eight PPP activists injured in Sukkur SUKKUR, March 14: Eight workers of the Pakistan Peoples Party were injured when police resorted to tear-gas, baton charge, and aerial firing against the protesters on Thursday....		Death sentence awarded LARKANA, March 14: The court of the fifth additional sessions judge, Larkana, awarded death sentence to an accused and life imprisonment to nine others in two separate judgments on Thursday....
Man killed in tribal clash SHIKARPUR, March 14: In a deadly clash between two rival groups of the Junejo tribe one young man was killed while four others received injuries at Mirzapur village, Garhi Yasin Taluka,...		GIRL shot dead over Karo-kari DADU, March 14: A young girl, Abida Parveen, 18, daughter of Ghulam Mohammad Bhurgari, was shot dead by her cousin, Abdul Latif Bhurgari, on the pretext of Karo-Kari in Baloch colony...
Four model schools are non-functional LARKANA, March 14: A hundred-member inter-provincial delegation of community model girls schools arrived here on Thursday to the study the effectiveness of the community model school system....		NRSP holds protest MIRPURKHAS, March 14: At least a hundred people including women and children belonging to community organizations of various villages under the aegis of the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Mirpurkhas District,...
‘Research on journalism needed’ KHAIRPUR, March 14: The district Nazim, Khairpur, Ms Nafeesa Shah said that Sindhi journalists were playing an important role in the development of the province and creating awareness among the people....		Landi Kotal hit by power shutdowns LANDI KOTAL, March 14: While the Wapda claims to have provided 1,941,124 new power connections during the last two years, it has miserably failed to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply to residents...
12 Orakzai Agency Maliks arrested KOHAT, March 14: The Kohat police and the political authorities of the Orakzai Agency in a joint operation on Thursday arrested 12 Maliks on the charge of instigating people to stop...		Veterinary hospitals face shortage of funds HARIPUR, March 14: Veter-inary hospitals in Haripur district lack staff and funds to extend treatment facilities to millions of cattle head....
Demand for Lowari tunnel reiterated CHITRAL, March 14: Tanzeem-i-Tahaffuz Huqooq-i-Chitral (TTH), a non-political organization, has launched a campaign throughout the district to demand the early construction of Lowari tunnel....		Schoolgirls sit in the open PESHAWAR, March 14: Some 450 students of Government High School for Girls at Mitha Khel in Karak have been receiving education in a three-room dilapidated building for the last many years...
Steps taken to ensure security in Muharram HANGU, March 14: District Nazim Pir Haider Ali Shah has, under Section 144 CrPC, banned the assembly of five or more persons, aerial firing, use of crackers, delivery of emotional and objectionable speeches...		Funds released MARDAN, March 14: The district Nazim of Mardan, Haji Raza Khan, said on Wednesday the government had sanctioned funds for completion of Malakand-Dargai dual carriage way....
Amendments to PC-1s sought LAHORE, March 14: The planning and development board chairman is learnt to have asked the information technology department secretary to amend the PC-1s of its seven projects which were objected to...		Musharraf can be tried for high treason: Sajjad LAHORE, March 14: Former chief justice of Pakistan Syed Sajjad Ali Shah has said that Gen Pervez Musharraf can be tried for high treason for suspending the Constitution as Jamaat-i-Islami amir...
A poor record of respecting heritage LAHORE, March 14: The Sikh period marble pavilion at Hazoori Bagh was the latest, not the first victim of state-sponsored vandalism. Once again the Punjab government was involved....		Govt reply sought on Ittefaq family plea LAHORE, March 14: The Lahore High Court on Thursday gave the interior ministry two weeks to reply to an estranged Ittefaq Group family allegation that its properties were taken over by...
PHF’s closure being considered LAHORE, March 14: The Punjab government is considering to wind up the Punjab Health Foundation for failing to perform its required functions....		Contaminated red chillies flood markets RAWALPINDI, March 14: Imported red chillies contaminated with various fungi have reportedly flooded the local markets, sources told Dawn on Thursday....
Benazir flays doctors’ killing ISLAMABAD, March 14: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto, has criticized the present government over its failure to maintain law and order situation in the country....		Strong bar vital to independent judiciary: Riaz RAWALPINDI, March 14: Acting President and Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed said system of administration of justice could be strengthened if bench and bar speak with one voice...
PPP activists’ arrest termed state terrorism ISLAMABAD, March 14: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday condemned the arrest of over 450 party workers and leaders in Sindh and termed it as a blatant manifestation of state terrorism....		Ulema assure of cooperation ISLAMABAD, March 14: Ulema of two main sects have given an affidavit to the special branch of the capital police regarding their cooperation during Muharram, sources told Dawn on Thursday....
Absent doctors issued notices QUETTA, March 14: Balochi-stan Health Department has issued notices to 78 medical officers for remaining absent from their duties since long, and asked them to report health secretary within 15 days...		Internet users want service resumed LAKKI MARWAT, March 14: Thousands of internet users in the Lakki district of the NWFP have been without IT facility for the last two days....
Indian firing SIALKOT, March 14: The Indian security forces on Thursday continued intensified firing on Pakistani villages in Sialkot working boundary’s Chhumb Joriyaan, Bajwat, Charwa, Sucheetgarh, Harpal, Jammu, Akhnoor and Shakargarh-Narowal sectors....		Plan for aviation security ISLAMABAD, March 14: The government is devising a national aviation security plan of action, which includes regular, mandatory, systematic and harmonised audits to enable evaluation of aviation security....