March 19, 2002	Tuesday	Muharram 4, 1423

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Call to launch joint struggle: Greater Thal canal project HYDERABAD, March 18: The leaders of several political parties, growers and technocrats have lashed out at Punjab and Wapda for withholding water supply to Sindh and opposed the construction of greater...		Affected villagers assured of early compensation: Regi Lalma Town Project PESHAWAR, March 18: The director-general of the city municipal development department (CMDD), Malik Saad, has said the affected people of the Regi Lalma village will be paid all outstanding dues as...
Legharis abolish Karo-kari SUKKUR, March 18: Killings under Karo-kari, a century-old tribal custom prevailing in Sindh, has been abolished by Sardar Nadir Akmal Leghari of the Leghari tribe with immediate effect....		Centre fails to file comments on detention of Al Qaeda men PESHAWAR, March 18: Despite repeated notices by the Peshawar High Court, the federal government has failed to file comments in reply to two separate petitions challenging the detention of alleged Al...
Unauthorized medical stores sealed in Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, March 18: Health authorities conducted raids on different unauthorized medical stores in various villages on Monday....		200 mill workers arrested SUKKUR, March 18: At least 200 workers of the Pak-Saudi Fertilizer Factory including the chairman, CBA, Pak-Saudi Employees Union, Amin Soomro, were booked under various charges by the Daharki police on...
Smuggler’s appeal dismissed PESHAWAR, March 18: Dismissing the appeal of an alleged smuggler Haji Shomal, the customs appellate bench of the Peshawar High Court on Monday upheld forfeiture of his property worth millions of...		Employees observe hunger strike LARKANA, March 18: The activists of the Sindh Employees Alliance here on Monday observed a token hunger strike in the Jinnahbagh to press for the acceptance of their demands....
13 injured as coach plunges into ditch BADIN, March 18: Some 13 people were injured seriously when a passenger coach fell into a ditch here on Monday....		JI accuses govt of pre-poll rigging ABBOTTABAD, March 18: Jamaat-i-Islami Secretary-General Syed Munawar Hassan has said the government has started “pre-election rigging.”...
Plea for hearing by full bench dismissed: SC to take up merits of SCBA’s petition today ISLAMABAD, March 18: A special bench of Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for hearing by full bench of the petitions challenging the elevation...		Extra security for US installations ISLAMABAD, March 18: The government has directed the provincial police chiefs to take extra security measures around the US installations, foreign missions, consulates and the five-star hotels in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi,...
Financial power plan finalized ISLAMABAD, March 18: The National Reconstruction Bureau on Monday finalized the decentralization of financial power plan for the distribution of funds among the district governments and tehsil councils from the next...		Irregularities detected in Wapda’s purchase of meters LAHORE, March 18: Irregularities by the Water and Power Development Authority in purchase of electricity meters during the last three years have resulted in an overpayment by consumers of more than...
US agencies involved in attack probe ISLAMABAD, March 18: American investigating agencies have been attached to Pakistani law enforcing agencies to probe the church attack in the high-security diplomatic enclave....		Checkposts on GT road abolished PESHAWAR, March 18: A joint Jirga of customs authorities, police officers and transporters representatives was informed on Monday that three customs officials had been arrested, and a 13-member mobile squad had...
Hazara leader killed QUETTA, March 18: Three masked-men gunned down a prominent leader of the Hazara community in coal mines town of Much, some 80 kilometres from here on Sunday night, police said....		Terrorism to be stamped out: Nisar ISLAMABAD, March 18: Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Monday that the government was committed to stamping out terrorism and it will share information on Sunday’s church attack with people....
Lawyers take to streets for HC bench FAISALABAD, March 18: Scores of lawyers on Monday took to streets to press their demand of setting up a bench of High Court in Faisalabad....		Soil scientists asked for thorough strategy FAISALABAD, March 18: Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Khair Muhammad Junejo urged soil scientists on Monday to evolve a comprehensive strategy to boost farm production and suggest...
Five stabbed in Kasur KASUR, March 18: Five people were stabbed and killed in separate areas here on Monday....		Fakhr for wheat procurement policy MULTAN, March 18: Fakhr Imam, the former speaker of the National Assembly, has urged the government to announce wheat procurement policy....
10 mobile teams to check power theft GUJRANWALA, March 18: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), city circle, on Monday formed 10 mobile teams comprising SDOs to launch a drive against power thieves....		Nazim allows chamber, DCO orders demolition Dera Ghazi Khan, March 18: The district coordination officer ordered on Monday to demolish the under-construction chamber of an advocate who got the permission for its construction from the district Nazim....
Three POs escape SHEIKHUPURA, March 18: Three proclaimed offenders escaped from a moving police van after breaking its wooden flour here on Monday evening....		VTIs trained 5,753 in four years MULTAN, March 18: As many as 5,753 students have been trained in 16 vocational training institutes (VTIs) in Punjab during four year....
Rickshaw driver shot dead FAISALABAD, March 18: A rickshaw driver was gunned down by an unidentified assailant on the Faisalabad-Jhang Road here on Sunday night....		BZU declares MA Pakistan studies results MULTAN, March 18: The Bahauddin Zakariya University declared the results of MA Pakistan studies, part-I, first annual examination, 2001, on Monday....
Theft in electric goods, shoe shops TOBA TEK SINGH, March 18: Cash and prize bonds worth hundreds of thousands of rupees were stolen from an electric goods shop and a Bata shoe shop on Sunday night....		Two die, three hurt on road SIALKOT, March 18: Two people were killed, while three others, including a woman, sustained serious injuries in an accident between a bus and a wagon near Dameer bus stop on the...
Law being reviewed to foster NGOs, CSOs role ISLAMABAD, March 18: Existing laws are being reviewed to effectively regulate the network of NGOs and provide enabling environment to enhance indigenous philanthropy in the country....		Internet facility for 800 cities, towns by June ISLAMABAD, March 18: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) plans to connect about 800 cities and towns of the country with internet facility by June 2002....
British Council to support distance learning: Synnott ISLAMABAD, March 18: British High Commissioner Hillary Synnott has said that in the next two to three years, the British Council will reconfigure its libraries to support distance learning....		Court orders attachment of ex-banker’s property ISLAMABAD, March 18: The additional district and sessions judge, Islamabad, Choudhry Mohammad Younas, has issued order for attachment of property of an ex-banker....
25,000 teachers to be trained in IT by year end: Atta ISLAMABAD, March 18: As many as 25,000 science school teachers would be trained in IT by the end of the current year, said Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Attaur...		Asif’s detention termed a blackmailing tactic ISLAMABAD, March 18: The president, Asif Ali Zardari Rehai (release) committee, Mubeen Ahmad Phalphoto on Monday condemned the continued incarceration of the PPP leader and termed it a tactic to blackmail...
Body formed to probe exam papers’ leakage RAWALPINDI, March 18: The committee has been constituted to investigate leakage of primary standard examination question papers....		Saudi military team visits POF RAWALPINDI, March 18: A Saudi military delegation visited the Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) and Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Wah on Monday....
Police asked to update seminaries information LAHORE, March 18: The Punjab police have been directed to scientifically update its data about religious seminaries in the province through a district-wise survey of these schools....		‘A stable Pakistan can secure Indian Muslims’ LAHORE, March 18: Federal Minister and Tehrik-i-Takmeel-i-Pakistan president Mahmud Ali has said that India dare not commit atrocities in Kashmir and upon its Muslims minority in other parts of the country,...
University status for veterinary college LAHORE, March 18: Governor Khalid Maqbool has approved in principle grant of university status to the College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore....		ARD leaders discuss rally arrangements LAHORE, March 18: Office-bearers of the Lahore organization of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy discussed measures to bring the largest number of people possible to the March 23 public meeting...
Property tax collection by E&T Dept to rise by 80pc LAHORE, March 18: The Excise and Taxation Department has divided property in provincial metropolis into five categories for the purpose of assessment of property tax....		Plea against extradition dismissed by LHC LAHORE, March 18: The Lahore High Court dismissed on Monday a habeas corpus petition filed in 1996 for recovery of a convicted smuggler surrendered to the United States....
Courts, police have lost confidence of masses LAHORE, March 18: The main reason behind the deteriorated law and order was that courts and police had lost confidence of the masses, former governor Shahid Hamid said....		President to discuss law, order with governors LAHORE, March 18: President General Pervez Musharraf has called a meeting of the provincial governors to discuss the law and order situation in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on a...
LHC Bar to hold moot LAHORE, March 18: The Lahore High Court Bar Association will convene a lawyers’ convention to consider launching a campaign for revival of democracy under the 1973 Constitution....		Tanners resent tax proposal LAHORE, March 18: The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) has opposed a proposal to impose duty on export of finished goods as unwise....
Wheat crop prospects uncertain LAHORE, March 18: The future of the wheat crop hangs in the balance amid a host of hostile factors — rising temperatures, diminished water supplies and no rain forecast....		HRSP condemns attack LAHORE, March 18: The Human Rights Society of Pakistan has strongly condemned a grenade attack on a church in Islamabad which killed five people and caused injuries to others during the...