April 6, 2002	Saturday	Muharram 22, 1423

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Child’s death sparks protest against doctors DADU, April 5: A large number of people belonging to various social welfare organizations and NGOs held a demonstration before the local press club on Friday to protest against criminal negligence...		Ex-MNA to pay Rs200m under plea bargain PESHAWAR, April 5: The National Accountability Bureau chairman has accepted bargain plea of an absconding former member of National Assembly, Haji Naseemur Rehman....
Swat district facing population explosion MINGORA, April 5: The unplanned and increasing population is not only marring the beauty of the Swat district, but also creating some serious communication problems for the people....		Power outages adding to people’s woes KOHAT, April 5: Frequent interruptions in power supply to city and rural areas for the last six months have not only made the life of Wapda consumers miserable, but is also...
Delimitations opposed KOHAT, April 5: Syed Mahtabul Hassan, Nazim of Ustarzai Union Council, has rejected the delimitations of provincial assembly constituencies and demanded its review by the Election Commission....		5 remanded in police custody MANSEHRA, April 5: The senior civil judge has remanded five of the 21 activists of Harkatul Mujahideen arrested here on Wednesday in police custody for two days. The remaining activists were...
Water crisis persists in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, April 5: The water situation is not likely to improve despite increase in water level at the Nara Canal as Irrigation officials were strictly implementing rotation programme because of acute...		Hunger strike continues NAWABSHAH, April 5: The sacked workers of the Habib Sugar Mills, Nawabshah, continued their fast unto death in front of the press club here on Friday....
EC appoints judges for Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, April 5: The Election Commission has appointed three judges for hearing objections and disposing of appeals filed by the residents of Lakki Marwat district against the fresh voters lists....		PML rally flays Israeli atrocities DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 5: Pakistan Muslim League took out a procession against Israeli atrocities and in solidarity with Palestinians....
Asghar hails Musharraf’s policies ABBOTTABAD, April 5: Senior politician Asghar Khan on Friday suggested disqualification of all those politicians who had covertly taken money from the secret agencies....		PAC takes notice of undue favour ISLAMABAD, April 5: The Ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee (APAC) was told on Friday that disciplinary action had been taken against 1,800 officials - some of whom were dismissed, others suspended or...
Judges appointed on merit: SC told ISLAMABAD, April 5: Counsel for the federation, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, on Friday stated before the Supreme Court bench hearing petitions challenging appointments of Lahore High Court’s junior judges to the apex...		Musharraf misinterpreting Constitution: PPP LARKANA, April 5: The central executive committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has condemned President Pervez Musharraf for what it termed misinterpretation of the Constitution regarding the referendum and ultravires...
‘Budget for drugs to be increased’ MUZAFFARABAD, April 5: AJK Minister for Health, Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan, on Friday said the government would increase the budget for the purchase of medicines to provide better health care facilities...		Shujaat for early disposal of cases ISLAMABAD, April 5: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, a senior PML-Q leader, has demanded of the Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to complete inquiry in his case, by hearing him in person,...
Rain adds to Quetta’s misery QUETTA, April 5: The city of Quetta gives a muddy look - following a heavy downpour which started on Thursday evening and continued until Friday morning....		Life expectancy in Pakistan below S. Asian average: report ISLAMABAD, April 5: The social indicators appended to the State of the World’s Children, 2002, report, released on Thursday, paint a dismal picture of Pakistan’s progress over the last 30 years...
50 tents gutted, 3 injured in fire QUETTA, April 5: Three Afghan refugees received burn injuries when a fire broke out in Dara refugee camp in Boghara area some 25km south-east of border town Chaman, official sources confirmed...		Importance of awareness for development highlighted GILGIT, April 5: Communication and public awareness are the key to sustainable development and both public and private sectors can make a difference by working closely with the formal and non-formal...
Edhi foundation to expand network MUZAFFARABAD, April 5: Edhi International Foundation is contemplating extending its network to the whole of Azad Kashmir, a spokesman for the charity has said....		Drugs shortage at govt health facilities persists MULTAN, April 5: Acute shortage of medicines persists in state-run health facilities in the Punjab because no ‘meaningful’ procurement can be made by the end of the ninth month of 2001-2002...
Model police station in Gujranwala Cantt GUJRANWALA, April 5: The first model police station of the Cantonment was inaugurated by Corps Commander Lt-Gen Faiz Jilani on the GT Road here on Friday....		‘Dist council tenure be enhanced to five years’ MIANWALI, April 5: The local district council in its meeting unanimously passed a resolution urging the government to enhance its tenure from three to five years....
Petition dismissed LAHORE, April 5: The Lahore High Court dismissed on Friday a writ petition against a government decision requiring candidates seeking election to parliament and the provincial assemblies to be graduates....		Govt depts’ record goes cyber SIALKOT, April 5: The local district government is working on a comprehensive cyber project to establish an e-government through information technology, district Nazim Mian Naeem Javed told newsmen on Friday....
Rs10m fraud case against 14 PHED officials MULTAN, April 5: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Friday registered Rs10 million corruption case against 14 officials of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED)....		Dacoit shot dead by his accomplice SHEIKHUPURA, April 5: A dacoit was killed with a bullet fired by his accomplice on resistance during a dacoity bid late Thursday night at Phianwali village near Safdrabad, some 55 km...
Three die, one hurt on road VEHARI, April 5: Three people were killed and another sustained serious injuries in an accident on the Lodhran-Multan Road here late Thursday night....		6,000 digital lines operative MULTAN, April 5: A new digital telephone exchange of 6,000 lines has started functioning in the central exchange here on Thursday, a press release stated....
Rallies held in support of Palestinians ISLAMABAD, April 5: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Rawalpindi-Islamabad chapter brought out a protest rally in the twin cities after Juma prayers to show solidarity with their Palestinian brethren and condemned the Israeli...		Fire breaks out at airport RAWALPINDI, April 5: Fire broke out in the domestic lounge of Islamabad International Airport on Friday, the airport authorities said. However, nobody was hurt in the incident....
NGOs demand repeal of Hudood Ord ISLAMABAD, April 5: The civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of Islamabad-Rawalpindi on Friday demanded of the government to immediately repeal Hudood Ordinance and laws in conflict with the spirit of...		Court acquits woman ISLAMABAD, April 5: District and Sessions Judge Farooq Sheikh acquitted on Friday a woman, who was allegedly married to a person without having been divorced by her first husband. Mst Bilqees...
Car, bike robberies up by 200pc LAHORE, April 5: The incidence of car and motorcycle snatching at gunpoint in the city has increased by about 200 per cent during the first quarter (Jan-March) of 2002 as compared...		Measles cases on the rise THATTA, April 5: The outbreak of measles in some parts of coastal belt of Thatta district for the last 15 days has shocked the villagers living in far flung areas....
Malang crushed to death DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 5: A Malang was crushed to death by a passenger bus on Dera-Multan road on Thursday....		Strike observed in D. I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 5: A complete shutter-down strike was observed here on Thursday by the chemists and druggists of the city to protest against the imposition of general sales tax...
‘FC guarding 2,100km borders’ QUETTA, April 5: The DIG of Frontier Corps, Brig Tassaduq Hussain Shah, said on Friday that the batch of pro-Taliban fighters caught by the Pishin Scouts some weeks ago at Chaman...		DPs return continues GENEVA, April 5: More than 184,000 Afghan refugees have gone home under an assisted return programme launched on March 1 by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees....
One killed, 3 injured in clash HYDERABAD, April 5: A man was killed and three were injured in an armed clash between two groups in Nasim Naggar within the jurisdiction of Qasimabad police station on Friday....		Man dies in accident MUZAFFARABAD, April 5: A man died and two were wounded in a road accident in the Bagh district on Thursday....
Website QUETTA, April 5: The first site on Quetta was launched by a private organization here on Friday....		PMA slams doctors’ killing GUJRANWALA, April 5: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has expressed concern over extrajudicial killings of doctors in Karachi....
Drug inspector escapes arrest FAISALABAD, April 5: A local drug inspector escaped when an Anti-Corruption Establishment team raided his office to arrest him on corruption charges here no Friday....		Religious group man arrested LAHORE, April 5: An important member of a religious group was arrested from Bastami Road on Friday night....
Plea against acquisition of land dismissed LAHORE, April 5: A division bench of the Lahore High Court dismissed on Friday an intra-court appeal against acquisition of land for a housing society near the city’s new airport....		PML to resist referendum LAHORE, April 5: PML-N leaders, including its central vice-president Yasin Wattoo and Punjab branch chief Zulfiqar Khosa, criticizing government policies, have pledged to resist the proposed referendum....
Major parties reject referendum LAHORE, April 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s announcement to hold a referendum in the first week of next month to ascertain public support for his reforms agenda and his continuity in...		Bagh-i-Jinnah won’t be given to PHA: minister LAHORE, April 5: There is no need to transfer the management of the Bagh-i-Jinnah to the Parks and Horticulture Authority as it is being used for education purposes....