April 5, 2002	Friday	Muharram 21, 1423

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Govt’s reply to plea evasive, says counsel: SC hears arguments on judges’ appointments ISLAMABAD, April 4: Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmed on Thursday observed that if his predecessors had accepted the arguments in the Asad Ali case that rule of seniority should be applied...		Rs4bn allocated for irrigation loans QUETTA, April 4: Federal Food and Agriculture Minister Khair Mohammed Junejo on Thursday urged the farmers to adopt trickle irrigation system for their fruit orchards as water reservoirs were drying up....
SC reinstates Wapda worker ISLAMABAD, April 4: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of a Wapda official whose job was terminated on the direction of an army captain....		Balochistan govt to launch scholarships QUETTA, April 4: Balochistan government on Wednesday announced a scholarship policy for meritorious poor students and an endowment fund of Rs250 million will be created in the Balochistan Education Foundation for...
DPs’ repatriation to resume ISLAMABAD, April 4: The voluntary repatriation of Afghan displaced persons (DPs) is likely to be resumed in two weeks after signing of tripartite agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan and the UNHCR....		Referendum may tarnish credibility of polls: AJKPP MUZAFFARABAD, April 4: Speakers at a function here on Thursday termed the referendum to be held by the military government a farce and called upon Gen Pervez Musharraf to desist from...
JWP sees plot to induct armymen into gasfield QUETTA, April 4: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) on Thursday denied reports regarding firing of rockets on Sui and Loti gasfields in Dera Bugti district....		PML(QA) criticizes foreign policy ISLAMABAD, April 4: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) has expressed its dissatisfaction over the country’s foreign policy and appealed to the government to frame an effective and strong policy integrating it with...
Calender exhibition begins QUETTA, April 4: The Balochistan minister for information and information technology, Roshan Khurshid Bharuha, inaugurated a three-day “Japanese Calendars Exhibition” at the newly established Pak-Japan Culture Centre (PJCC) here on Thursday....		2.3m acres for 100,000 farmers VEHARI, April 4: The government will allot 2.3 million acres to around 100,000 landless farmers and grant proprietary rights to 90,000 residents of kutcha abadis in the province,...
6 houses damaged by Indian firing SIALKOT, April 4: Six more houses were badly damaged by Indian shelling on villages in Sialkot working boundary’s Charwa sector on Thursday....		PMA to observe strike on 8th MULTAN, April 4: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) will observe a countrywide strike on April 8 against the government’s indifference towards doctors’ genuine demands....
62.7pc pass middle standard exams GUJRANWALA, April 4: A total of 9,569 candidates passed the middle standard annual examination 2002, showing a pass percentage of 62.74....		One building, too many trades CHINIOT, April 4: The local old tehsil building has become a centre for too many trade with time, it is observed....
Water released in Ravi damages crops SAHIWAL, April 4: Water released by the irrigation authorities for Sindh in the river Ravi has started eroding land and damaging standing crops of wheat and fodder (Barseen)....		Woman dies in bus crash KASUR, April 4: An elderly woman was killed while three others sustained injuries in a bus crash near Kelon village, Kasur-Deepalpur Road on Thursday....
Procurement of wheat from 15th GUJRANWALA, April 4: The procurement of wheat in the district will start from April 15....		Stabbed to death MULTAN, April 4: A shopkeeper was stabbed to death in Mumtazabad Colony here on Wednesday night....
Labour unions threaten boycott of referendum FAISALABAD, April 4: Over a dozen labour organizations have threatened to boycott the proposed referendum regarding Gen Pervez Musharraf’s presidency unless a comprehensive labour policy was announced by May 1....		20 schools without headmasters MULTAN, April 4: At least 20 high schools in various parts of the district have been functioning without headmasters for the last two years....
Integrated approach for uplift of Fata adopted: governor PESHAWAR, April 4: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said here on Thursday the government had adopted integrated and coordinated approach towards development planning for the tribal areas, and added that...		Chemists stage demo against GST on drugs PESHAWAR, April 4: Chemists and druggists on Thursday held a protest demonstration against the imposition of general sale tax on medicines, asking the government to withdraw the newly imposed levy and...
Services of Bhutto remembered PESHAWAR, April 4: “Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto brought political consciousness in the oppressed people and enabled them to wage struggle for rights. The country at this critical juncture needs political vision...		‘Poverty, ignorance hamper TB control’ CHITRAL, April 4: District TB Control Officer Dr Noorul Islam has said that the government efforts to control TB would not be useful unless they were supported by the public and the...
People term clock-change futile PESHAWAR, April 4: As all the government machinery and public and private organizations are bracing themselves for the clock change which is to take effect on the midnight between April 6...		Two cops, outlaw killed in encounter HANGU, April 4: Two policemen and an outlaw were killed and two others injured in a gunbattle that lasted for more than two hours here on Thursday....
Two injured as Nazim, others try to enter school NOWSHERA, April 4: Two persons received injuries during a clash between Nazim of a union council, his friends and the watchmen of a school here on Wednesday....		Governor asks officials to stop flow of contaminated water SUKKUR, April 4: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has directed the chief secretary of the province to take measures to stop the flow of saline and contaminated water from Punjab, which was...
Musharraf urged to follow Constitution, hold talks with Benazir: Z.A. Bhutto’s death anniversary observed LARKANA, April 4: Saying “no” to the proposed referendum, the senior vice chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, has advised President Gen Pervez Musharraf to hold talks with...		Woman assaulted SUKKUR, April 4: An influential landlord of Daharki, Mir Khan Maher, allegedly raped a young woman, Q, 22, in front of her family members, in the hutments of labourers situated some...
Consensus must on Thal canal SHIKARPUR, April 4: Decisions like the construction of the greater Thal canal should be taken in accordance with the wishes and needs of the people of the four provinces so that...		Fishermen’s rally THATTA, April 04: Hundreds of fishermen took out a big procession in coastal town Jati to protest against the growing trend of Sea piracy and staged a sit-in in front of...
Farmers demand water BADIN, April 4: A complete strike was observed in Nindo town of Badin district on Wednesday against non-supply of irrigation water to Ali Wah canal for three months....		PPP (SB) to form leftist alliance LARKANA, April 4: The chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party (SB), Ghinwa Bhutto, announced here on Thursday to form an alliance of the left-wing parties....
Summary sought on new pay scales for BISEs staff LAHORE, April 4: The governor has ordered the education department to submit a summary on the issue of granting new pay scales to employees of all the eight boards of intermediate...		Investigators not recruited for police stations LAHORE, April 4: The Punjab police have established investigation cells in all police stations in the Punjab without waiting for the direct recruitment of half of the investigators, Dawn learnt here...
3,000 Sikhs likely to attend Besakhi LAHORE, April 4: The Evacuee Trust Board has completed all arrangements to receive some 3,000 Sikhs likely to reach here from India on Monday to participate in the Besakhi festival this...		SCBA to check Bar response to govt plan LAHORE, April 4: A convention of lawyers’ representatives will be held in Lahore on April 20 to formulate the Bar’s response to the government’s referendum plan and work out an action...
Traffic cop among four killed in accidents LAHORE, April 4: Four people, including a traffic sergeant, were killed and as many injured in two accidents in the city on Thursday....		No link with Al-Qaeda: Al-Jazeera LAHORE, April 4: An Al-Jazeera TV spokesman said on Thursday that the channel had no link with any Al-Qaeda man arrested from Lahore on Wednesday....
Referendum campaign LAHORE, April 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will begin his referendum campaign by addressing a public meeting to be organized by the district government at the Minar-i-Pakistan here on April 9....		256 life-saving medicines exempted from GST ISLAMABAD, April 4: The government on Thursday approved a list of 256 life-saving drugs exempted from the 15 per cent general sales tax (GST)....
Notices issued to ministries of finance, health: 15pc GST on drugs issue ISLAMABAD, April 4: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Thursday issued notices to the health ministry and Central Board of Revenue (CBR) on a constitutional petition filed by a consumer...		NHA, CCC embezzled over Rs7bn: PAC ISLAMABAD April 4: The ad hoc public accounts committee has taken strong exception to irregularities and mismanagement committed by the National Highway Authority (NHA) and Civic Centre Company (CCC)....
Alleged Iranian terrorists sent to Adiala Jail ISLAMABAD, April 4: Judicial Magistrate Jehangir Mir on Thursday sent two alleged Iranian terrorists as well as wife and two children of one of them to Adiala jail....		Man, son injured OKARA, April 4: A man and his son were shot at and injured by rivals here on Thursday....
4 kidnappers arrested in Khyber Agency KHYBER AGENCY, April 4: Political authorities in Bara arrested four kidnappers during a joint operation initiated against the outlaws in the Khyber Agency....		Imran booked on charges of violating section 144 ISLAMABAD, April 4: Islamabad police booked on Thursday Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and seven other members of his party on charges of violating section 144 in the capital, police said....
Asif condemns workers sacking ISLAMABAD, April 4: Former federal minister Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the sacking of as many as 150 employees of a sugar mills located in his home constituency in Nawabshah....		Three killed RAWALPINDI, April 4: Three persons were killed in separate incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, police and hospital authorities said on Thursday....