March 16, 2002	Saturday	Muharram 1, 1423

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Team assesses outbreak of skin disease LARKANA, March 15: A team of doctors led by Dr Mohammed Arif Munir, director, Malaria Control Programme (MCP), ministry of health, Islamabad, on Friday visited Taluka headquarters hospital, Warah, to assess...		10 Zakat bodies suspended LAKKI MARWAT, March 15: The chairman of the district Zakat and Ushr suspended 10 local Zakat committees following public complaints....
Water crisis: famine feared in Sindh SANGHAR, March 15: A famine-like situation looms large over Sindh due to the persisting drought and acute shortage of irrigation water....		PHC seeks medical report of ex-MNA PESHAWAR, March 15: The Peshawar High Court on Friday sought medical report of a former MNA, Haji Mohammad Kabir, from the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology, Islamabad, in connection with his...
Day of action against dams observed HARIPUR, March 15: The experience of constructing big dams in Pakistan has not been very encouraging as such projects have displaced and rendered unemployed thousands of people, and destroyed the demography...		37 PPP activists jailed SUKKUR, March 15: Thirty-seven activists of the Pakistan People’s Party including the information secretary, PPP Sukkur, Nasrullah Baloch, have been sent to Sukkur Central Jail after registration of an FIR against...
Ulema’s entry into D.I. Khan banned DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 15: The district government has banned the entry of 54 Ulema/zakirs into the limits of Dera Ismail Khan under section 144 Cr.PC with immediate effect....		Absconding official arrested DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 15: The FIA D. I. Khan has arrested an executive engineer, who has been avoiding arrest by the accountability court since last year....
Herdsman shot dead DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 15: A herdsman was gunned down in Looni village on Thursday by six persons from the South Waziristan Agency (SWA), who drove away his 22 cows and oxen....		Suicide SHIKARPUR, March 15: A young man, Saddaruddin, 18, son of Haji Badaruddin Buriro, committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in Khaman village the other day. The cause of suicide...
Special SC bench to hear judges’ case demanded ISLAMABAD, March 15: Akram Sheikh, a former president of Supreme Court Bar Association, said on Friday that a special bench of Supreme Court consisting of more than nine judges should be...		Steps taken to tighten security in Muharram ISLAMABAD, March 15: The government has taken all necessary additional precautionary measures to ensure law and order during Muharrum starting from Saturday....
Structural reforms to be completed by June: IMF told ISLAMABAD, March 15: The government has assured the International Monetary Fund that the structural reforms, specially those relating to the banking sector, CBR and KESC, will be completed by June this...		Pressure to extradite Omar may increase WASHINGTON, March 15: The indictment here of the main accused in the Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder case, Sheikh Omar Saeed, is expected to increase pressure on Pakistan to extradite him...
President calls for promoting tolerance ISLAMABAD, March 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon the nation to promote tolerance, brotherhood and unity in Muharram to make Pakistan a prosperous and Islamic welfare state, while declaring...		Media taking on Indian propaganda, says minister QUETTA, March 15: The Federal Minister for Information and Media Development, Nisar Memon on Friday refuted the impression that Pakistani electronic media has failed to counter Indian propaganda and said despite...
Two killed as customs men fire at bus NOWSHERA, March 15: Two persons were killed and three other received injuries, when officials of a Customs mobile squad allegedly fired at a public transport bus near Azakhel here on G.T.Road...		CED imposed on line rent ISLAMABAD, March 15: The federal government has imposed central excise duty (CED) on telephone line rent for the first time....
Qasim group joins PML-QA ISLAMABAD March 15: The little PML (Qasim) on Friday announced merger with pro-Musharraf PML(QA), thereby disappointing all other factions, under the leadership of Mian Mohammad Azhar....		Hashish, opium worth Rs515m seized GUJRANWALA, March 15: The CIA on Friday arrested two drug traffickers and seized a huge quantity of hashish and opium worth Rs515 million from their possession at Noha Singh, Tetley....
Reforms by mid-April to prevent legal delays LAHORE, March 15: A number of legal reforms will be introduced by mid-April to prevent the notorious legal delays and provide for speedy justice, Acting President and Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz...		Educational apartheid reigns supreme MULTAN, March 15: The current system of education is an extension of the colonial era policy of imparting different education to haves and have-nots....
Toll tax contract cancelled MIANWALI, March 15: The Mianwali district coordination officer has cancelled the toll tax collection contract and sealed all octroi posts....		‘Canal closure to hit south Punjab’ MULTAN, March 15: The government decision of closing canals in the Punjab to provide water to Sindh will ruin the standing crop in southern Punjab....
SHO among three sacked SIALKOT, March 15: Sialkot SSP Muhammad Tahir on Friday dismissed from service SHO Pasrur Saddar police station Sub-Inspector Ghulam Sarwar Gondal, Sub-Inspector Imdad Husain and ASI Tahir Mahmood....		Woman, infant perish on road GUJRANWALA, March 15: A woman and her infant were killed when a motorbike hit them in Cantonment on Friday....
Mosque funds embezzlement alleged GUJRAT, March 15: Residents of Islampura, Lalamusa, have threatened to protest against the indifferent attitude of Saddar police for not registering a case against office bearers of a mosque....		Woman raped SIALKOT, March 15: A married woman was kidnapped and raped by an influential vagabond of the Pasrur tehsil’s suburban area....
Peace vital to poverty alleviation in region ISLAMABAD March 15: In the interest of peace and welfare of 350 million people of the region, who live below the poverty line, India and Pakistan must withdraw their troops from...		Equal rights for women demanded ISLAMABAD, March 15: The vice-chancellor of Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Dr Najma Najam, has regretted that women constitute 51 per cent of the country’s population but are still not treated...
Tarbela-affected people still await resettlement ISLAMABAD, March 15: The federal government has not been able to resettle many of the people who were displaced by Tarbela Dam project 26 years ago....		Three PR men held for stealing confiscated items at dryport RAWALPINDI, March 15: Three employees of the Pakistan Railways’ Chaklala Dry Port have been arrested by the railway police for stealing confiscated goods from the dry port and selling them in...
Khateeb’s arrest ordered in sodomy case ISLAMABAD, March 15: Additional District and Sessions Judge Rawalpindi, Shehzad Pervez Abbassi ordered the arrest of a khateeb of a local mosque, accused of abusing a 12- year old boy....		‘Libraries play key role in nation-building’ RAWALPINDI, March 15: Books and libraries have great importance in nation-building and put countries on the path to progress, Norwegian embassy counsellor Alfe Arney Ramslien said....
Court summons DHO for harassing doctor ISLAMABAD, March 15: The judge of Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, Justice Ali Nawaz Chohan, has summoned a district health official of Islamabad, Dr Zafar Lodhi, for harassing a doctor while...		Govt ignoring consumer concerns, say speakers ISLAMABAD, March 15: The participants at a discussion on Friday came down heavily on the government’s insensitiveness to the concerns of the consumers, particularly, while increasing prices of public utilities and...
Jinnah, Taunsa barrages need urgent repairs LAHORE, March 15: The Jinnah and Taunsa barrages in the Punjab have developed serious problems and require repairs costing an estimated Rs34 billion on priority basis....		‘No need for technocrats seats in NA’ LAHORE, March 15: PML(QA) Information Secretary Abida Husain says there is no need for the technocrats’ seats in the National Assembly and the government would do well by abolishing the proposed...
Pakistan a ‘mixed’ state: Javed LAHORE, March 15: Justice Dr Javed Iqbal (retired) has said that lack of philosophical spirit has led to the decline of the Islamic civilization....		ARD leaders to meet on 22nd LAHORE, March 15: A meeting of the ARD leaders has been called for March 22 to discuss matters concerning the March 23 meeting the alliance will hold in the Mochi Gate...
No work on district govt uplift projects LAHORE, March 15: The district government has not only failed to start work on any of its development projects so far but has also to pay around Rs130 million for hundreds...		‘Homoeopathy accessible to all’ LAHORE, March 15: Prof Khalida Samar, wife of nuclear scientist Samar Mubarakmand, stressed the need on Friday of increasing the production of homoeopathic doctors to meet the demand for healthcare services....
Artistes to discuss code of conduct today LAHORE, March 15: City artistes will meet on Saturday (today) under the chairmanship of provincial cultural secretary Kamran Lashari to devise a code of conduct for commercial theatre....		TDCP suspends car rally supervisor LAHORE, March 15: The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab has suspended its tourism officer who was supposed to oversee Wednesday’s antique car rally arrangements at Hazoori Bagh....