March 24, 2002	Sunday	Muharram 9, 1423

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Teenager released from illegal detention THATTA, March 23: At the concluding session of a three-day workshop on justice towards juveniles, the district and sessions judge, Thatta, Rashid Ali Mirza, released a 16-year-old boy, Ali Mohammed Chandio,...		50 booked near Larkana LARKANA, March 23: Cases against at least 50 people were registered with the Mirokhan police for taking out a procession without permission and raising objectionable slogans against rival sect....
PPP opposes referendum DADU, March 23: The president, PPP (Sindh), Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, demanded lifting of ban on political activities to clear the way for free and fair elections in the country....		Rally staged against Thal canal project DADU, March 23: A large number of workers of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) of Sehwan Taluka took out a protest rally against the construction of the greater Thal canal in Sehwan...
21 injured in accident SUKKUR, March 23: Twenty-one passengers were wounded when a Karachi bound bus overturned near Thari on Friday....		Mill workers continue hunger strike NAWABSHAH, March 23: Workers of the Habib Sugar Mills Ltd, Nawabshah, who were sacked by the mills’ management, continued their token hunger strike opposite the Nawabshah Press Club for their reinstatement...
Two killed in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, March 23: In exchange of fire between bandits and the villagers on Friday night Dad Mohammad, son of Ali Bux Brohi, resident of New Amrote village, died on the spot....		SDO accused of selling water MIRPURKHAS, March 23: The growers continued demonstration and protest sit-ins at different talukas of the district against the acute shortage of water and non supply of water into their waterway....
3 children injured in landmine blast SIALKOT, March 23: Three children were seriously injured on Saturday in a landmine blast in Shehrug village of the Sialkot working boundary’s Bajragarhi sector....		127 ARD workers released LAHORE, March 23: Police late on Saturday night released 127 ARD workers but kept 15 others in detention....
JUI rejects proforma: Registration of seminaries TOBA TEK SINGH, March 23: Management committees of all the seminaries will be directed not to get themselves registered under the government’s present registration programme....		Taxila 600 years older than earlier believed LAHORE, March 23: Recent excavations at Taxila have pushed back the history of the ancient settlement by another six centuries to the neolithic age....
Girl set to fire after rape SIALKOT, March 23: A girl was set to fire on Saturday by an influential man after rape in Ghulshan Colony, Daska city....		Security heightened in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, March 23: The district government and police authorities heightened security to ward off any untoward incident on the occasion of Ashura Muharram....
Ridge sowing in cotton areas urged MULTAN, March 23: The government has been urged to encourage ridge sowing in cotton areas to combat the water crisis looming large for the coming kharif season....		Uch, Khairpur Tamewali ‘sensitive’ BAHAWALPUR, March 23: Khairpur Tamewali and Uch Sharif have been declared sensitive on the occasion of Ashura Muharram....
Two killed in car crash SAHIWAL, March 23: Two persons were killed while three others suffered grievous wounds in a road accident here on Saturday....		PML-Q to support referendum TOBA TEK SINGH, March 23: The PML-Q will support the proposed referendum for the sake of restoration of democracy in the country....
Drug pushers chop off youth’s ear, thumbs GUJRANWALA, March 23: An ear and thumbs of a youth were chopped off by drug pushers for stopping them from selling narcotics in the Civil Lines area on Saturday....		Arrests condemned GUJRANWALA, March 23: People’s Party divisional president Chaudhry Imtiaz Safdar Warriach, and leaders Chaudhry Shah Nawaz Cheema, Chaudhry Zahid Pervez and office-bearers strongly criticized the government for arresting the ARD leaders...
PML urges CEC to check promotion of favourites by govt ISLAMABAD, March 23: A Pakistan Muslim League spokesman on Saturday asked Chief Election Commissioner Irshad Hasan Khan to rise to the occasion and check pre-poll rigging being committed by the Musharraf...		Attempt to hold public meeting foiled: 23 arrested QUETTA, March 23: The administration did not allow the Balochistan All Parties Conference (APC) and the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy to hold a public meeting on Saturday to oppose the...
Copper project handed over to Chinese firm SAINDAK, March 23: By exploiting reserves in Balochistan, Pakistan will be one of the major copper producers within five or six years, Federal Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Usman Aminuddin said...		Pakistan Day celebrated ISLAMABAD, March 23: Unlike previous years Pakistan Day was celebrated on Saturday with sobriety and simplicity but with the resolve to make the country stronger and prosperous....
President gives away civil, military awards ISLAMABAD, March 23: The following is the list of civil and military awards given away by President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the investiture ceremony held at the ‘Aiwan-i-Sadr’ on Saturday:...		Sales tax on medicines flayed ISLAMABAD, March 23: Leaders Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League, PML (Quaid-i-Azam), Jamaat-i-Islami and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf have strongly criticised imposition of 15 per cent general sales tax on medicines and described...
‘Pakistan has highest TB cases in region’ ISLAMABAD, March 23: Pakistan has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis in the World Health Organisation’s Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) with 44 per cent of the region’s TB patients living here....		Miscreants not to be spared: NWFP IGP DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 23: In case of any unpleasant situation, the person responsible for law and order would not be spared at any cost, irrespective of his rank and designation....
PML(QA) flays graduation condition ISLAMABAD March 23: Pakistan Muslim League (QA)’s Secretary General Gohar Ayub Khan has advised President Pervez Musharraf to consult those people who were capable of securing for him votes if he...		Ceremony held at Pakistan embassy WASHINGTON, March 23: Pakistan Day was observed by the unfurling of the national flag at a simple ceremony held on the lawns of the country’s embassy here on Saturday morning....
138 posts of high school teachers lying vacant CHITRAL, March 23: Around 138 posts of the high school teachers are lying vacant, while 26 high schools are being run without headmasters in Chitral District....		10pc vote condition to hit smaller parties PESHAWAR, March 23: The condition of securing 10 per cent votes by a political party, for filling reserved seats for women and technocrats in the National Assembly through proportional representation, has...
PML, JUI leaders’ bail applications dismissed PESHAWAR, March 23: The Peshawar High Court here on Friday dismissed bail applications of former MNA of Pakistan Muslim League(N), Haji Kabir Khan, and central leader of Jamiat Ulema-i- Islam(F), Haji...		Internet facility demanded SWABI, March 23: People in Swabi have accused the PTCL of denying the Internet facility to them, despite the frequent requests....
Swat being denuded of forests PESHAWAR, March 23: Hidden among giant crouching hills in the Swat valley, there is a flourishing hotel that was once the summer palace of the former ruler of the area. To cope...		Entry of Afghan DPs into Kohat banned KOHAT, March 23: The local administration has banned the entry of all the Afghan refugees into the city limits as part of strict security measures to ensure peace on the 9th...
Ehtesab drive to be extended to Fata areas BAJAUR, March 23: The government has decided to extend the accountability drive in Fata areas and initiate inquiries against the former MNAs, senators and bureaucrats so that any attempt to influence...		Graduation condition flayed PESHAWAR, March 23: The provincial council of the Pakistan People’s Party, NWFP, in its meeting held here on Wednesday, criticized the condition of graduation for the candidates of general elections and demanded...
Statements recorded in case against Sherpao PESHAWAR, March 23: An accountability court here on Friday recorded evidence of three prosecution witnesses in a reference against former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao about illegal allotment of a plot...		Poppy grown in Waziristan area WANA, March 23: Shamankhel tribesmen of South Waziristan Agency have cultivated poppy over a sizable area in Tangi Badinzai in Ladha subdivision to protest against the lack of civic amenities in their...