April 7, 2002	Sunday	Muharram 23, 1423

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Tornado-hit village wears new look SARGODHA, April 6: The Misran village, hit by tornado last year, has assumed a new look with rebuilding and development at a cost of Rs8 million....		Farmers rally against water shortage on April 13 TOBA TEK SINGH, April 6: Farmers of over 50 villages of Khikha and Chuttiana will stage a protest rally against the irrigation water shortage at the district headquarters on April 13....
Emphasis on quality education for women MULTAN, April 6: The women should be imparted quality education to bring them on par with men in country’s progress....		Six more houses damaged in Indian firing SIALKOT, April 6: Six more houses were badly damaged on Saturday in Indian shelling on villages in Chhumb Joriyaan, Saamba and Charwa sectors of the Sialkot working boundary....
Teachers without salaries for three months OKARA, April 6: Hundreds of teachers in the district have not been given salaries for the last three months....		Rickshaw owners’ rally against police GUJRANWALA, April 6: Motorcycle rickshaw owners took out a protest rally against the traffic police here on Saturday....
Kidnapped industrialist recovered FAISALABAD, April 6: City police claimed on Saturday to have recovered a local industrialist, kidnapped for ransom a week ago....		Killers of five surrender before police LEIAH, April 6: The killers of five members of a family who were axed to death at Chak 280/TDA on Tuesday night gave themselves up to police on Saturday through a...
Cyclist killed on road VEHARI, April 6: A cyclist was killed while another sustained injuries on Saturday when a wagon knocked them down on the Vehari-Burewala Road....		Defaulter held FAISALABAD, April 6: An industrialist was arrested on Saturday on charge of default....
Low-paid workers’ problems to be solved: Dir Nazim TIMERGARA, April 6: Nazim Lower Dir Dr Mohammad Yaqoob Khan said the other day that the district government was not oblivious to the problems and difficulties being faced by the employees...		Returning DPs suffering from psychological ailments PESHAWAR, April 6: Most of the Afghan refugees returning to their homeland are suffering from psychological ailments, which they contracted owing to their prolonged stay outside their country, said Azizuddin Himmat,...
US Pakistanis see no Kashmir solution MANSEHRA, April 6: Ashraf Abbassi, Treasurer of the Pakistan American Congress (PAC) in the USA, has said there are no chance of resolution of the Kashmir issue, as India is a...		Three women killed HARIPUR, April 6: Three women were killed on Friday, in different incidents in remote areas of Haripur District....
Kidnapped doctor returns home PESHAWAR, April 6: One of the kidnapped doctors, Rahim Bangash, assistant professor of anatomy,  Khyber Medical College, return home, remaining in captivity of kidnappers for ten days....		Police fail to arrest killers MINGORA, April 6: The police have failed to arrest the accused charged in the murder case of one Rasool Khan Son of Arsala Khan, a resident of Islampur, after a week...
PML-N to hold moot in Swabi SWABI, April 6: The PML(N) would held a convention in District Swabi on Thursday, and all the arrangements for it had been completed, said league leaders here on Friday at a...		Payment of salaries to labourers demanded KHAIRPUR, April 6: A large number of activists of the Mutahidda Mazdoor Federation staged a sit-in here on Saturday against the non-payment of salaries of more than 100 ad hoc employees...
Sacked workers refuse to accept package NAWABSHAH, April 6: A meeting between the representatives of sacked workers of the Habib Sugar Mills, (HSM) Nawabshah, and the mill management held here on Saturday remained inconclusive....		Referendum rejected SUKKUR, April 6: The women’s wing of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, on Saturday rejected the presidential referendum terming it unconstitutional....
Two killed, 24 injured as bus falls into ditch DADU, April 6: Two persons were killed and 24 injured when a passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch on the Indus Highway some eight kilometres away from Mehar Town...		Man killed, two hurt in clash MIRPURKHAS, April 6: A man was shot dead and two sustained bullet injuries in a clash between two groups of starters at the new bus terminal few kilometres away from here...
Girl kidnapped NAUSHAHARO FEROZE, April 6: A 16-year-old girl, Suhni, was kidnapped by two persons at gunpoint from Moro on Saturday morning....		AJK wants return of land occupied by FWO MUZAFFARABAD, April 6: The AJK government has again sought the intervention of the federal government to get the possession of land which was given to the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) temporarily...
Hub residents complain of power shutdowns HUB, April 6: Residents of Hub on Thursday complained that the town has been experiencing frequent and unannounced shutdowns for the last 10 days....		Red Crescent Society elects managing body MUZAFFARABAD, April 6: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Azad Kashmir chapter, has elected 12 members of its managing body for a two-year term....
Removal from Service Ord amended ISLAMABAD, April 6: The president has promulgated the Removal from Service (Special Powers) Amendment Ordinance-2002....		PNWC trainees briefed PESHAWAR, April 6: A group of trainee officers of the Pakistan Navy War College, Lahore, was briefed about the planning and development strategy of the NWFP, including formulation of the ADP,...
Petition filed in SC to restrain Musharraf: Referendum, constitutional amendments ISLAMABAD April 6: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Saturday filed his second application in the Supreme Court for issuance of an urgent restraining order against President Gen Pervez Musharraf for...		Musharraf seeks Nazims’ support ISLAMABAD, April 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday told country’s District Nazims and Naib Nazims that he wanted to establish harmonious, stable and true democratic system in the country....
NRB wants police officers to head LEAs ISLAMABAD, April 6: The National Reconstruction Bureau has proposed the appointment of police officers as heads of all the “federal law enforcement agencies,” a move, which if implemented through the Police...		PML(QA) unhappy over delimitations ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Pakistan Muslim League (QA) feels that it has been hit in the back by the government in the process of delimitation of constituencies but has decided not...
Mass contact drive planned ISLAMABAD, April 6: President Pervez Musharraf will soon launch a mass contact campaign as a follow-up to his Friday’s televised address to take his case for referendum to the public directly,...		President’s stand endorsed ISLAMABAD, April 6: In appreciation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s policies to empower the people at the grassroots level, revival of economy, elimination of terrorism, alleviation of poverty, and political reforms,...
Referendum decision backed ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Pakistan Muslim League(QA) under Mian Azhar on Saturday announced support for the success of referendum for what its leadership termed interest of democracy in the country....		Referendum to violate SC verdict: experts ISLAMABAD, April 6: Mohammad Ikram Chaudhary, President High Court Bar Association, Rawalpindi, has described the referendum plan unveiled by President Musharraf in his address to the nation as “ultra vires to...