March 27, 2002	Wednesday	Muharram 12, 1423

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28 people injured in train accident TOBA TEK SINGH, March 26: Some 28 passengers sustained minor injuries when a train had a scratch with a sugar cane laden trolley at a the Toba-Shorkot Cantonment level-crossing on Sunday...		Rs30m for dualizing bypasses SAHIWAL, March 26: The Punjab governor has approved a grant of Rs30 million for dualizing Sahiwal and Chichawatni bypasses along the GT Road....
Fake licensee exonerated: Pesticide scam GUJRANWALA, March 26: A fake pesticide licence holder, whose academic credentials were misused by pesticide dealers for obtaining licences, was exonerated by police inquiry board while pesticide company proprietor was held...		LHC Bar to take up HR violations in Valley LAHORE, March 26: The Lahore High Court Bar Association will take up the misuse of a new anti-terrorism law in Indian-held Kashmir with the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Amnesty International...
Jhang city police pay no heed to IG’s order JHANG, March 26: A man whose valuables were stolen by two people is awaiting redressal of his grievances despite the Punjab IGP orders....		Man shot dead over old score OKARA, March 26: A man was shot dead while two others sustained injuries when rivals resorted to firing to settle a family dispute in Bongi Bhosan village on Sunday evening....
4 grievously hurt in Indian shelling SIALKOT, March 26: Four Pakistani villagers, including an old woman, sustained serious injuries in the fresh spell of Indian mortar shelling on the villages in Bajwat and Charwa sectors on Tuesday....		Oil depots to be shifted LAHORE, March 26: Oil depots of major oil companies will be shifted from Faisalabad city to outskirts under a phased programme for ensuring public safety and pollution free environment....
GST on drugs resented VEHARI, March 26: Local social and welfare organizations have expressed their concern over the imposition of 15 per cent general sales tax on medicines, including life saving drug....		Bank fraud accused escapes abroad JHANG, March 26: A bank cashier, accused of bungling Rs2 million, has reportedly escaped abroad....
New CCRI director MULTAN, March 26: Mr Islam Gill has taken over as the director of Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI), Multan, on Tuesday....		JKLF leader refutes Indian allegation MUZAFFARABAD, March 26: An AJK-based leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has refuted the Indian allegation that he has given $100,000 to any person for Mr Yasin Malik, the...
Shortage of water hits electricity generation PESHAWAR, March 26: Water shortage has seriously affected power generation at the Tarbela Dam Project (TDP), which is producing half of its total capacity, according to official sources....		Japan may offer increased amount of grants: envoy ISLAMABAD, March 26: Japan is considering offering only increased amount of grants to Pakistan instead of hard loans to help the country to come out of its big debt trap....
Four sailors disappear in US WASHINGTON, March 26: The US Department of Justice launched an investigation into the disappearance of four Pakistani sailors erroneously issued temporary visas by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), judicial authorities...		Pakistani held for plotting bombing NEW YORK, March 26: United States immigration officials have arrested, and are seeking to deport a young Pakistani immigrant who, they say, plotted last spring to blow up power plants and...
Induction of China planes into PAF today ISLAMABAD, March 26: The operational induction of three squadron of Chinese F7 PG fighter aircraft will take place in Quetta on Wednesday which will also have the operational retirement of F6...		Islamabad slams arrest of APHC leader ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan has condemned the arrest of APHC leader Yaseen Malik by Indian authorities on trumped up charges....
3 Pakistanis killed in Greece ATHENS, March 26: Three Pakistanis were killed and another was injured in a road accident here on Tuesday....		Sales tax boosts sale of smuggled drugs BAJAUR, March 26: The imposition of 15 per cent general sales tax (GST) on medicines by the federal government has boosted the sale of the medicines being smuggled from India in...
Ashura observed amid tight security MANSEHRA, March 26: Yaum-i-Ashur was observed in Mansehra on Monday with due reverence and religious sanctity to commemorate the supreme sacrifice rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions at...		Referendum opposed HARIPUR, March 26: Azmat-i-Islam Movement (AIM) Presi-dent Zaheer-ul-Islam Abbasi has said that since the three services’ chiefs have already been inducted into the National Security Council, there is no need to...
Work on road project resumes after protest LANDI KOTAL, March 26: Work on Zakha Khel Road project was resumed in the Bazaar area here on Tuesday....		Man killed, crops damaged in rain LAKKI MARWAT, March 26: A young man was killed and crops were badly damaged when heavy rain and hailstorm hit the suburban villages of the district on Tuesday....
GST on medicines slammed MARDAN, March 26: Residents of Mardan have criticized the government for imposing General Sales Tax on medicines, and termed it illegal, unethical and injustice with the poor....		NA, PA seats for Islamabad, Rawalpindi enhanced ISLAMABAD, March 26: Under the delimitation of Constituencies one more National Assembly (NA) seat has been added to the federal capital, while Rawalpindi NA seats have been enhanced from five to...
Court turns down ex-minister’s bail petition ISLAMABAD, March 26: Two judicial magistrates of Islamabad Mumtaz Hussain and Abdul Qayyum for the second time rejected the bail petition moved before the two courts separately by a former provincial...		Benazir flays sacking of sugar mill workers ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condemned sacking of 153 workers of a sugar mill in Nawabshah, Sindh, without any prior notice....
PML-N rejects fresh delimitation of constituencies ISLAMABAD, March 26: Pakistan Muslim League (N) has rejected the fresh delimitation of constituencies for the forthcoming general elections in the country, alleging this is one of the most devastating part...		Vigilance bodies to enforce ban on doctors’ private practice RAWALPINDI, March 26: The health department will constitute vigilance committees to enforce ban on private practice of government doctors and check other irregularities in the hospitals, official sources said on Tuesday....
Court issues notice to Zeba on child custody plea ISLAMABAD, March 26: The district and sessions judge, Sheikh Farooq Ahmed, on Tuesday issued notice to film and TV artist Zeba Bakhtiar to appear in his court on April 6....		Museum unable to display its ‘treasure’ LAHORE, March 26: The coins displayed in the Lahore museum are mere replicas as the original ones are kept locked in its stores for fear of theft....
Six people killed in three accidents LAHORE, March 26: Six people were killed and eight were injured in different accidents on Tuesday....		Ulema, people thanked for peace LAHORE, March 27: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Tuesday thanked people and ulema for showing unity and extending cooperation to maintain law and order on the occasion of Ashura, hoping they...
PBC restores 400 lawyers’ licences LAHORE, March 26: The Punjab Bar Council restored the licences of about 400 lawyers and judicial officers on Tuesday, PBC vice-chairman Ramazan Chaudhry said....		Conflicting govt claims referred to AG LAHORE, March 26: The Lahore High Court referred on Tuesday the conflicting claims of two federal government departments to the attorney-general for resolution within two months....
Family judge from UK LAHORE, March 26: Dame Elizabeth Butler Sloss, president of the family division of the British Court of Appeals, met Lahore High Court Chief Justice Falak Sher in his chamber on Tuesday....		Day to day hearing in Ittefaq case from April 22 LAHORE, March 26: A division bench of the Lahore High Court decided on Tuesday to hear the defunct Ittefaq Group assets’ distribution case from day to day with effect from April...
Mustafa Sadiq grieved LAHORE, March 26: The wife of Mustafa Sadiq, chief editor of daily Wafaq and a former president of the APNS, died after protracted illness here on Tuesday....		President to watch squash today LAHORE, March 26: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will arrive here on Wednesday to witness the final match of the Pakistan Open Squash Championship....