March 29, 2002	Friday	Muharram 14, 1423

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SHC upholds lower court verdict: Honour killing SUKKUR, March 28: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, upheld the decision of the session judge, Shikarpur, who had awarded life imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine to a convict of double murder...		UC Nazims demand development fund DADU, March 28: A large number of the Nazims of different union councils of Dadu district, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel (ADP), staged a demonstration outside the local press club...
BISE official accused of corruption KHAIRPUR, March 28: Ghulam Rasool Buriro, head master of the Government Naz Pilot Secondary School, Khairpur, and member of Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Sukkur, alleged that the acting chairman...		26 booked for corruption NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 28: Twenty-six former and present officials of different government departments have been booked on corruption charges by local anti-corruption police....
Compulsory education programme launched LARKANA, March 28: A programme of compulsory primary education was launched in 20 selected talukas of Sindh on Thursday....		Farmer wants protection from landlords BADIN, March 28: A farmer of Deh Malki, Badin taluka, Mitho Shah, has alleged that landlords Mohammad Hassan, Loung and Khuda Bux Parhiar have threatened to eject him from his land....
‘Police official delaying arrest of murderers’ SHIKARPUR, March 28: The relatives of Shakeel Ahmed Junejo, who was murdered two weeks ago, have alleged that the investigation officer of Gaheja police was using delaying tactics in arresting the...		Provincial body to devise fiscal devolution formula ISLAMABAD, March 28: The provincial finance commission would devise a transparent and equitable formula for fiscal transfers to the local governments, National Reconstruction Bureau Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Tanvir Naqvi said here...
KSE surprises investment bosses in New York NEW YORK, March 28: Is the Pakistani stock market harbinger of early spring? Over the last three months — January to March 2002 — the Pakistan stock market (Karachi Stock Exchange)...		Body to ensure transparency soon: Compensation to Indian firing victims MUZAFFARABAD, March 28: The AJK Legislative Assembly on Thursday decided to constitute a committee to look into the matters related to the provision of compensation to those people, who have been...
Govt to ensure just distribution of water ISLAMABAD, March 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the government will ensure equitable distribution of water among the provinces....		US needs not chase Al Qaeda men: FM ISLAMABAD, March 28: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Thursday that there had been no need for the US forces to cross from Afghanistan into the Pakistan territory to chase those...
GST on drugs being reviewed, says President ISLAMABAD, March 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the government is reviewing the decision of imposing 15 per cent General Sales Tax on drugs....		Four boys kidnapped, tortured for 20 hours GUJRAT, March 28: A brother of former PML MNA Syed Manzoor Husain Shah and district Naib Nazim Syed Noorul Hasan Shah kidnapped four boys from Lalamusa and severely tortured them....
Municipality at losing end: Illegal land allotment VEHARI, March 28: The local Municipal Committee has been suffering huge financial losses eversince the Vehari deputy commissioner allotted its 15.50-kanal tract on the Vehari Sherqi Colony illegally to one Siraj...		Residential plots for homeless SARGODHA, March 28: The Punjab government will provide residential plots to over 100,000 homeless and grant proprietary to the landless tenants....
Funds for women, minorities demanded GUJRANWALA, March 28: The district council has demanded funds for the welfare of women and minorities....		Teenager hurt in Indian shelling SIALKOT, March 28: A teenager was grievously injured in Indian shelling on Tara Joyiaan village, Charwa sector of Sialkot working boundary on Thursday....
Six held with 34 bottles of wine KASUR, March 28: Six men were arrested with 34 bottles of wine, Chunian police claimed on Thursday....		Cane grower killed on road OKARA, March 28: A cane grower was killed by a tractor-trolley in front of Baba Farid sugar mills, Okara-Faisalabad Road, on Thursday....
‘School, college teachers be treated alike’ MULTAN, March 28: The government should remove discrimination between the primary school and college teachers regarding salaries and grades....		PO shot dead in encounter SIALKOT, March 28: A proclaimed offender was shot dead while two police constables sustained injuries in an encounter in Mohalla Islamabad, Daska late Thursday....
Cutting of power supply to tribal areas begins PESHAWAR, March 28: The Water and Power Development Authority has started disconnecting electricity supply to the Frontier Regions (FRs), forming part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), due to accumulation...		Dist environment bodies set up in NWFP PESHAWAR, March 28: The provincial government has established environment protection committees in all districts that would work under the supervision of Nazims, NWFP Environment Minister Abbas Khan said on Wednesday....
Sherpao’s appeal admitted for hearing PESHAWAR, March 28: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday admitted to full hearing an appeal of former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, challenging the imposition...		Kidnapped brothers not yet recovered MINGORA, March 28: The police have failed to recover two kidnapped brothers despite the arrest of the two main accused in the case and District Nazim Dr Mehboobur Rehman on Thursday threatened...
Schools get defective furniture LAKKI MARWAT, March 28: The district education authorities have stopped the distribution of furniture made of a very low quality and termite-hit wood to government schools, sources told Dawn here on...		Growers want purchase of entire tobacco crop SWABI, March 28: The NWFP Anjuman Kashtkaran (AK) threaten on Thursday that if the tobacco growers are victimized by the purchasing companies, they will give a call for cultivation of poppy....
Chemists demand withdrawal of GST DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 28: The Chemists and Druggists Association (CDA), NWFP, has rejected the general sales tax imposed on medicines, and threatened to stage protests if the levy is not...		Forest official held on graft charge NOWSHERA, March 28: The anti-corruption police here on Wednesday arrested an official of the forest department for receiving graft and recovered from his possession marked currency notes....
Educational boards’ performance reviewed PESHAWAR, March 28: The performance of educational boards of the NWFP was reviewed here at a meeting on Thursday, with Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah in the chair....		One killed in operation against criminals KHYBER AGENCY, March 28: A man was killed and three others, including two Khasadars, were injured in two different operations against criminals by the political administration in Bara tehsil of Khyber...
Sales tax on medicines challenged LAHORE, March 28: The imposition of general sales tax at the rate of 15 per cent on medicines was challenged before the Lahore High Court on Thursday....		Farmers seek clear wheat procurement policy LAHORE, March 28: As wheat crop hits the market in a week’s time, the growers demand a clear procurement policy to save themselves from the losses of last two years resulting...
40 SPs, DSPs face axe LAHORE, March 28: About 40 SPs and DSPs are either going to be dismissed from service or compulsorily retired on charges of ‘corruption and inefficiency’ after formal approval by the Punjab...		LHC to rule on wheat quota for mills LAHORE, March 28: The Lahore High Court will decide the legality of the ban on allocation of wheat quotas to flour mills set up after Dec 12, 2000....
EC asked to consult parties on delimitation LAHORE, March 28: Expressing its reservations regarding the procedure adopted for delimitation of constituencies, the Lahore coordination committee of the Pakistan People’s Party demanded on Thursday that the Election Commission should...		Grant for ‘financially unviable’ tehsils LAHORE, March 28: Special grant will be given to all the financially unviable tehsils in the province to enable them carry out development activities and run their business....
Referendum campaign continues LAHORE, March 28: While there is no official acknowledgement of the referendum move, President Gen Pervez Musharraf is continuing his campaign, holding meetings with political leaders and seeking their support....		Nargis alleges torture by ex-policeman LAHORE, March 28: Stage and film actress Nargis was beaten black and blue allegedly by dismissed police inspector Abid Boxer on Wednesday night....
Drive against GST on drugs launched: Decision challenged in LHC ISLAMABAD, March 28: The civil society, consumer rights groups and druggists on Thursday launched a countrywide campaign against levying of 15 per cent general sales tax (GST) on medicines and challenged...		Kabul proposes gas pipeline LAHORE, March 28: An Afghan official on Thursday proposed laying a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India....
Commission rejects draft policy on women ISLAMABAD, March 28: The National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) has rejected the draft of policy on women prepared by the Ministry of Women Development....		Diplomats urged to project country’s image ISLAMABAD, March 28: Federal Information Minister Nisar Memon said Pakistan’s image needed to be handled by the press councillors and press attaches posted abroad with utmost care, ensuring support for country’s...
Private practice likely to be institutionalized ISLAMABAD, March 28: The federal government is working on a proposal to implement a national policy to institutionalize private practice of specialist doctors in the entire country....		Pakistan sends relief goods to Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, March 28: Pakistan dispatched Thursday a C-130 load of emergency relief goods to Kabul for the victims of devastating earthquake which killed and wounded thousands of people in Northern Afghanistan....
Abandoned road project creating problems ISLAMABAD, March 28: An unfinished road project in Margalla Hills is posing problems for the local people....		JI to observe protest day RAWALPINDI, March 28: The Jamaat-i-Islami is observing protest day on Friday throughout the country against the government policies, especially the continuing price-hike, unemployment and increasing poverty....
Jica projects linked to LG system success RAWALPINDI, March 28: The future projects of Japan International Cooperation Agency in Pakistan will be linked with the success of local government system, the Jica resident representative Masataka Nakahara said on...		Arrest warrant issued against Zeba, family ISLAMABAD, March 28: Civil Judge Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah has issued arrest warrants against TV and fil artist Zeba Bakhtyar, her father and former attorney-general Yahiya Bakhtyar, and mother Eva Bakhtyar,...