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Imran Khan to contest polls from Mianwali MIANWALI, March 31: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan says he will contest the next elections from Mianwali....		Govt urged to focus on farmers: Poverty alleviation MULTAN, March 31: An organized ‘monopolistic cartel’ of capitalists has been manipulating the market of agricultural produces to maximize its profits. “The government has to break the cartel to increase the...
Imambargah caretaker, son laid to rest BAHAWALPUR, March 31: Imambargah Bhatianwala Caretaker Arif Husain Bhatti and his son Ali Muntaza Mechoi, shot dead by two motorcyclists on Saturday night, were laid to rest in the plot of...		Loans for cooperative ginning MULTAN, March 31: Punjab Agriculture Minister Khursheed Zaman Qureshi has hinted at to advance loans to growers for cooperative ginning....
Murders shock traders’community SARGODHA, March 31: Traders in the local fruit and vegetable market received shock when they found fruit seller Muhammad Sharif Kamboh strangled in a godown a couple of days back....		Inquiry against Mianwali dist Nazim completed MIANWALI, March 31: A special team, appointed by the Punjab governor, has completed its inquiry against District Nazim Humair Hayat Rokhri....
Delimitation keeps parties’ fortunes adrift TOBA TEK SINGH, March 31: With delimitation to national and provincial constituencies in the district, various changes pertaining to the candidates of independent groups and political parties are on the cards....		PO arrested after encounter GUJRANWALA, March 31: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested a proclaimed offender after an encounter in Wahando while his two accomplices escaped....
Uniform for teachers made mandatory SIALKOT, March 31: The Narowal district government has made uniform mandatory for the teachers of its schools....		Inflated power bills DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 31: Scores of residents in tehsil Taunsa Sharif have complained receiving inflated electricity bills....
PPP to resist referendum move GUJRAT, March 31: Fresh delimitations is the beginning of the pre-poll rigging by the government, says former federal minister and PPP secretary general Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar....		Extortionists kidnap brothers OKARA, March 31: A gang of proclaimed offenders on Sunday set ablaze valuables in a landlord’s house, killed cattle and took away three brothers....
Tax collection declines by Rs5 billion in March: Impact of Sept 11 attacks ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) is facing a shortfall of around Rs5 billion, as revenue collection amounted to Rs31 billion during March this year against Rs36.6 billion...		Mengal urges tribal chiefs to help settle disputes QUETTA, March 31: Balochistan Governor Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal has started consulting tribal chieftains and Ulema to help resolve disputes among different tribes of the province....
Judges need to be devoted, impartial, conference told PESHAWAR, March 31: Speakers at the first judicial conference observed that judges at all levels are required to be equipped with devotion, missionary spirit, and above all, impartiality to address the...		ADBP disburses Rs18,301.8m loans during July-Feb ISLAMABAD March 31: The ADBP has disbursed Rs18,301.802 million loans among 329,083 borrowers from July 2001, to February 2002, against Rs17,204.685 million distributed during the corresponding period in the last fiscal....
Imran to contest polls from Mianwali ISLAMABAD, March 31: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan announced on Sunday that he would contest the forthcoming general election from Mianwali....		AJK judicial system being reformed MIRPUR, March 31: In order to ensure the provision of quick and easy justice to the people, the judicial system is being reformed in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the near...
Religious leaders’ meeting tomorrow ISLAMABAD March 31: The Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), a conglomeration of six leading religo-political parties, will hold a meeting of the parties’ chiefs here on Tuesday to discuss the latest political developments,...		WB, Pakistan to discuss $100 million loan today ISLAMABAD, March 31: The World Bank (WB) and top official of the ministry of food will negotiate a 100-million-dollar loan for irrigation and agricultural development in Pakistan on Monday....
PTCL earmarks Rs15m for schools ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) has earmarked Rs15 million to upgrade and modernize Telecom Foundation schools....		Arms seized QUETTA, March 31: The Frontier Corps (FC) has seized a large number of arms and ammunition— missile, bombs and anti-tank mines— from Jamal Dini area, close to the Pak-Afghan border, some...
Small growers facing problems in sale of wheat NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 31: Small wheat growers are in trouble as no temporary wheat procurement centre has been established in the district like previous practice of several years....		All Fata reforms to be implemented: governor BAJAUR, March 31: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that FATA reforms are in the form of a compact package covering at least five aspects of the tribal system...
Withdrawal of GST on drugs demanded DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 31: Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCDA) Dera Ismail Khan has termed the announcement made by the government about the withdrawal of General Sales Tax (GST) on...		Altaf demands cancellation of factory’s sale SUKKUR, March 31: The chief of the Mutahidda Quami Movement, Altaf Hussain, demanded of the government to cancel the sale of Pak-Saudi Fertilizer to the Fauji Fertilizer Corporation....
Minister wants Sindh’s consent: Greater Thal canal project THATTA, March 31: The Sindh minister for irrigation Syed Ali Mir Shah has said that the greater Thal canal was being excavated with a capacity of 9,000 cusecs of water which...		Students protest against corruption LANDI KOTAL, March 31: The students of government degree college at Landi Kotal in Khyber Agency blocked the main Landi Kotal-Peshawar road for all kinds of traffic near the Charwazgai area...
Fast unto death: 4 more admitted to hospital NAWABSHAH, March 31: Four more sacked workers of the Habib Sugar Mills, who were observing fast unto death, were admitted to the Peoples Medical College Hospital here on Sunday....		Doctors accept new system CHITRAL, March 31: The institution-based practice is working well in the district headquarters hospital and the public is satisfied with the system, Medical Superintendent Dr Nazir Ahmed has told Dawn....
Mismanagement mars musical function ISLAMABAD, March 31: The maiden musical function of the “Rawal Festival 2002”, a grand cultural and industrial exhibition that started on Saturday in a fiasco, progressed with mismanagement and caused head...		16 held, arms seized KOHAT, March 31: In an operation launched against anti-social elements the Kohat police arrested one proclaimed offender and 15 other criminals from different parts of...
SC bar condemns Indian, Israeli policies ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Supreme Court (SC) Bar Association’s “Peace Conference” has condemned the Indian and Israeli policy of crushing the freedom movements in Kashmir and Palestine in the garb of...		Nawaz will return soon, says Zaki ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) senior vice president, Akram Zaki, has said the party president and former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, will soon return to take part in...
All drugs be exempted from GST: chemists ISLAMABAD, March 31: Every medicine registered under the 1976 Drug Act is a life-saving one, therefore, no drug should be subjected to General Sales Tax (GST), Islamabad Chemists and Druggists Association...		Involvement of FBI in state affairs flayed ISLAMABAD, March 31: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has criticized the inclusion of FBI personnel in the teams that conducted raids in Faisalabad and Lahore in pursuit of suspected Al Qaeda activists....
PPP rejects Musharraf’s plans ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has rejected the proposed referendum as well as President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s holding the office of chief of the army staff (COAS) after...		PTCL extends quarter-rate facility ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has extended the quarter rate facility for another three months from March 31 to June 30....
Police act silent on ‘thana’ working LAHORE, March 31: The proposed police law gives powers of a secretary to the IGP and is silent on improving the working at police station level, concentrating only on the betterment...		Breakdowns of power in Lahore LAHORE, March 31: Repeated power disruptions and almost no water supply was a ‘holiday gift’ for people in most of city localities on Sunday....
‘Shahbaz not returning’ LAHORE, March 31: An official spokesman said on Sunday that there was no possibility of former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif returning to Pakistan or taking part in the elections....		8 robberies LAHORE, March 31: Robbers struck eight times on Sunday and made off with cash, gold jewellery and three motorcycles worth over Rs3 million in different parts of the city....
‘Musharraf has no plan to transfer power’ LAHORE, March 31: The announcement of referendum proposal by Gen Pervez Musharraf shows that he has no intentions to transfer power to the elected representatives....		Over 100,000 cases of traffic violations await disposal LAHORE, March 31: More than 100,000 cases of traffic violations registered under the previous system still await their disposal by courts....
HRCP elections LAHORE, March 31: Mr Afrasiab Khattak and Ms Hina Jilani were re-elected chairperson and secretary general of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) here on Sunday....		‘Referendum plan violation of SC judgment’ LAHORE, March 31: The Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday rejected Gen Pervez Musharraf’s plan to hold a referendum to have himself elected president as “a deviation from the parliamentary structure of...