April 3, 2002	Wednesday	Muharram 19,1423

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Supporters of Fata reforms assured of protection PESHAWAR, April 2: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said supporters of Fata reforms would be given full protection, urging the political authorities to responsibly discharge their duties in this...		75 children admitted to hospitals in Badin: Contaminated water BADIN, April 2: At least a 100 patients, mostly children, were admitted to various hospitals in the town during the last 24 hours. They were suffering from various diseases caused by...
120 held in drive against criminals LARKANA, April 2: In a drive against criminals, the Larkana police arrested 120 absconders and recovered 24 unlicensed weapons....		90 TNSM activists detained, PHC told PESHAWAR, April 2: The NWFP government on Tuesday conceded before the Peshawar High Court that 90 activists of a banned organisation, Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM)  were airlifted from Afghanistan and have...
ANP sees no room for referendum PESHAWAR, April 2: The Awami National Party (ANP) has objected to the proposed referendum, saying that it will be contrary to the procedure laid down in the Constitution for the election...		Delimitation of Lakki Marwat criticized LAKKI MARWAT, April 2: Political circles have criticised the new delimitations of provincial assembly in Lakki Marwat but have lauded the creating National Assembly seat comprised for Lakki Marwat district....
Tribesmen warn govt of movement BAJAUR, April 2: The tribesmen of Bajaur Agency have threatened to start a civil disobedience movement against the proposed political and administrative reforms in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....		Growers stage sit-in against water shortage KHAIRPUR, April 2: The tail-end growers of Ali Nawaz Canal staged a protest sit-in outside the office of the taluka Nazim on Monday against acute water shortage....
Two breaches in Rain minor NAWABSHAH, April 2: Two breaches developed in the Rain minor of Dad division here on Tuesday....		Procurement of wheat begins SHIKARPUR, April 2: The Government of Sindh has started wheat procurement through the food department in Shikarpur district....
82 outlaws arrested, arms seized PESHAWAR, April 2: The Peshawar police have arrested 82 outlaws, including seven proclaimed offenders, and seized a large quantity of narcotics and arms during the last 24 hours....		Removal of wagon stand creates controversy DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 2: Conflict between the Cantonment administration and the tehsil administration over setting up of a separate stand for flying coaches in the municipal limits has put the...
Reinstatement demanded NAWABSHAH, April 2: The founder of the All Pakistan Clerk Association, Hidayat Yar Bukhari, has said Gen Musharaf’s government has done injustice to the 2.2 million clerks of the country....		Selected Madaris may be given university status ISLAMABAD, April 2: The government has decided to grant university status to selected religious schools enabling them to conduct examinations and award postgraduate degrees, recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC),...
Khokhar not eligible for SC post, says counsel ISLAMABAD, April 2: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that Justice Fakeer Khokhar, apart from being junior to 12 judges of Lahore High Court, was not qualified to become an...		PML terms referendum proposal unconstitutional ISLAMABAD, April 2: Senior vice-president of Pakistan Muslim League Akram Zaki said on Tuesday that the proposal to hold referendum to elect Gen Pervez Musharraf as president was extra-constitutional and thus...
Govt asked to send foreign forces back ISLAMABAD, April 2: A peace conference organized by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has asked the government to review its policies in order to ensure the sovereignty of Pakistan without...		BNP vows to mobilize people QUETTA, April 2: Former Balochistan chief minister and leader of Balochistan National Party, Sardar Akhtar Mengal, on Tuesday strongly opposed the proposed referendum for extending Gen Pervez Musharraf’s rule as president...
Only people can decide: spokesman ISLAMABAD, April 2: The people of Pakistan alone have the right to accept or reject the referendum, said an official spokesman here on Tuesday....		Indian editors due on April 5 NEW DELHI, April 2: A delegation of editors of different newspapers from various parts of India will leave for Pakistan on April 5, to attend a seminar in Karachi on “The...
Engineering varsities given Rs1.1 billion ISLAMABAD, April 2: The government on Monday disbursed Rs1.1 billion endowment fund to eight public sector engineering and technology universities....		Ex-official held for corruption QUETTA, April 2: A former additional chief secretary of planning and development, Maj (retd) Nadir Ali, was rearrested on Tuesday in a new reference filed against him in an accountability court...
NBP accused of money-laundering PARIS, April 2: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), and the president of its French subsidiary Ullah Mashkoor, have been notified by French judicial authorities that they are being placed under...		Pakistani shot dead in US NEW YORK, April 2: A Pakistani gas station attendant, Syed Iftikhar Hussein Gilani, was shot dead by a masked gunman on Sunday night in Bronx area....
Toxic wine incident: two sellers arrested SIALKOT, April 2: The district police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two homoeopaths from a factory in Khakherki (Gujranwala) for selling toxic wine which claimed 25 lives on March 28....		BISEs’ employees call off strike GUJRANWALA, April 2: The Punjab Education Boards Employees Federation on Tuesday called off its protest strike till April 8 on the appeal of boards’ chairmen....
Four die, 26 hurt on road SAHIWAL, April 2: Four people were killed while 26 others sustained injuries in different road accidents here on Monday night....		SDO, three others suspended: Electrocution of lineman SAHIWAL, April 2: Water and Power Development Authority chairman Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan on Tuesday suspended from service a Mepco SDO, two line superintendents and a lineman over negligence which resulted...
Faisalabad borstal complete FAISALABAD, April 2: The second borstal in the Punjab has been completed and juvenile from various prisons of the province will be shifted there in a few days....		New telephone exchange TOBA TEK SINGH, April 2: A new telephone exchange will be installed in Chak 349-GB....
Two shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, April 2: Two persons were gunned down by their rivals over a land dispute in Basra Colony, GT Road on Tuesday....		UK-based farm experts in Daska SIALKOT, April 2: A three-member delegation of UK-based farm scientists on Tuesday visited various farm machinery manufacturing units in Daska tehsil....
Traders slate lack of civic amenities RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 2: The representatives of the local Anjuman-i-Tajran grumbled over absence of basic civic amenities in the district....		Funds for bridge over Chenab GUJRAT, April 2: The Punjab governor has approved Rs50 million for the construction of a bridge over Chenab near Shahbazpur, Jalalpur Jattan....
Life-saving drugs’ list finalized ISLAMABAD, April 2: The government has finalized a list of life-saving drugs for exemption from 15 per cent general sales tax, health director-general Rear Admiral Muhammad Aslam told Dawn on Tuesday....		Court withdraws ex parte decision on land dispute ISLAMABAD, April 2: Civil Judge Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah on Monday set aside an earlier ex parte decision of the court that had favoured a construction company against the principal of...
Over 340,000 voters in capital ISLAMABAD, April 2: The number of voters in the federal capital has gone up to 340,500, an assistant election commissioner told Dawn on Tuesday....		Anti-begging drive fails to deliver ISLAMABAD, April 2: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration in a special drive has sent hundreds of beggars to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, ICT sources have told this scribe....
Rapist gets nine years RI ISLAMABAD, April 2: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Younas on Tuesday awarded nine years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and 30 lashes to a teenaged boy for raping a 13-year-old girl...		Leadership qualities from traders urged ISLAMABAD, April 2: Young entrepreneurs need to develop leadership qualities so that they could emerge as the successful business leaders....
Plight of prisoners on death row LAHORE, April 2: Out of 5,400 prisoners on the death row in Pakistan, 4,8230 — or 90 per cent — are rotting in dark and dingy cells in the Punjab alone,...		‘Recognize Palestinian state’ LAHORE, April 2: The Lahore High Court Bar Association on Tuesday asked Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories and the Pakistan government to immediately recognize the ‘independent Palestinian state.’...
Maqbool justifies FBI presence in raids LAHORE, April 2: The recent operation against suspected members of Al-Qaeda was based on a credible information from intelligence agencies and the Punjab police....		Dawn staffer’s son dies in accident LAHORE, April 2: Dawn’s special political correspondent Ashraf Mumtaz’s elder son Muhammad Sami Aleem, 16, was killed after a car hit his motorcycle on Katcha Ferozepur Road here on Tuesday....
Manual developed for schoolteachers: Examination reforms LAHORE, April 2: The Directorate of Staff Development has developed an instructions manual to acquaint schoolteachers with the internal assessment system proposed for Class-I to Class-XII and the examination system reforms...		Plea against detention dismissed LAHORE, April 2: The Lahore High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition against the detention of a former air force employee when a law officer informed it that he had been...
Ministry of interior unaware of ‘Nawaz deal’ LAHORE, April 2: The interior ministry declared on Tuesday its ignorance about any deal between the government and former premier Nawaz Sharif and his family or the surrender of properties by...		Four departments claim accounts reconciliation LAHORE, April 2: Four provincial departments claim to have updated their accounts and reconciled cent per cent with the office of the Accountant General, Punjab....