April 10, 2002	Wednesday	Muharram 26, 1423

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9,000 shelterless primary schools in Sindh MIRPURKHAS, April 9: Anwar Ahmed Zai, additional secretary education, has urged teachers to improve education standard and prepare intelligent students for the development of the country....		UNHCR stops DPs registration PESHAWAR, April 9: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday stopped registration of Afghan refugees at the voluntary repatriation centre in Takhta Baig, Khyber Agency, for an indefinite period...
Traders fleecing growers SANGHAR, April 9: Wheat traders are fleecing the growers due to the newly enforced wheat procurement policy of the government....		Kotal tunnel near completion PESHAWAR, April 9: A number of mega projects in the communication sector are being taken in hand in near future whereas two big projects, including the Kotal Tunnel and the Khairabad...
Detention of innocent foreigners criticized KOHAT, April 9: A number of financially well-off people here have expressed their willingness to bear travel expenses of a 14-year-old Macedonian boy, who is undergoing a three-year jail term under...		Larkana dist bar rejects referendum LARKANA, April 9: The general body of the District Bar Association (DBA), Larkana, on Tuesday rejected the proposed referendum....
Nazim’s house becomes hub of political activities DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 9: The residence of district Nazim has become a hub of political activities in the area as the district Nazim holds meetings at his house in support...		Coal-fired power plant to be set up in Thar MITHI, April 9: The federal minister for petroleum and natural resources, Usman Aminuddin, performed the ground-breaking ceremony of sinking of the exploratory shaft, near Thare-o-Tar village, in Thar coal field, on...
Villagers receive bills without water supply MANSEHRA, April 9: The residents of Malikpur and Malikpur Jaba villages in lower Pakhal, who don’t have water connections in their homes, have been served notices for recovery, through army, of Rs10,000...		Three arrested for land fraud KHAIRPUR, April 9: Three accused were arrested after the Assistant Mukhtiarkar, Khairpur, Anwar Ali Panhwar, lodged an FIR with the A-section police against 15 persons here on Monday for a fraud...
Musharraf may run into problems, warns US expert WASHINGTON, April 9: One of America’s foremost experts on South Asia has warned that Gen Pervez Musharraf may run into the same problems as Gen Ziaul Haq and Gen Yahya Khan...		Saarc calls for steps against corruption ISLAMABAD, April 9: The third meeting of the finance and planning ministers of Saarc ended here on Tuesday after adopting a “Plan of Action” that seeks removing corruption, promoting good governance,...
SCO slammed for ‘forcibly’ occupying health DG office MUZAFFARABAD, April 9: Dozens of doctors, paramedical staff and other officials of the health department held a demonstration here on Tuesday to condemn the ‘forcible occupation’ by the army’s Special Communications...		Norway to lend $30m to Pakistan in swap ISLAMABAD, April 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Peterson discussed the situation in Afghanistan and the prospects of Pakistan-India dialogue here on Tuesday....
BNM terms referendum violation of constitution HUB, April 9: The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) has rejected the decision of holding referendum to elect Gen Pervez Musharraf President for five years and termed it unjust and unconstitutional....		Nazim accused of sabotaging devolution of power plan QUETTA, April 9: The Nazim and councillors of Zarghoon town have demanded that Quetta district city government should implement the devolution of power plan, and transfer powers to the town and...
SC moved against referendum ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench Bar Association, through its secretary, has approached the Supreme Court to declare that holding of referendum by President Gen Pervez Musharraf was...		Arrangements for President’s meeting made QUETTA, April 9: All the arrangements have been finalized on Tuesday for the 12th April’s public meeting of President Pervez Musharraf....
50pc decline in use of postal service TOBA TEK SINGH, April 9: Though there is almost 50 per cent decline in the use of postal service provided by the government as compared to the previous years, the staff...		Dental surgeons observe hunger strike: House job allowance MULTAN, April 9: Dental house surgeons of the Nisthar Hospital observed a hunger strike here on Tuesday to protest against non-payment of house job allowance....
21 students arrested over rumpus FAISALABAD, April 9: At least 21 students of the Punjab Medical College were arrested from the college premises on Tuesday for firing during a scuffle....		7-year RI, Rs20m fine for health official LAHORE, April 9: An accountability court on Tuesday convicted an accountant of the Bahawalpur District Health Office of fraud....
Teachers boycott classes OKARA, April 9: Hundreds of teachers in the district on Tuesday went on two-hour boycott on Teachers’ Joint Action Committee’s call over delay in salaries....		Youth shot at by neighbour, dies SHEIKHUPURA, April 9: A youth, shot at and injured by neighbour the other day, expired at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, on Tuesday....
Rs29m for school buildings, facilities GUJRAT, April 9: The federal and provincial higher authorities have approved a grant of Rs29 million for the construction of new school buildings and provision of necessities there, it is learnt...		Girl killed for refusing to marry KASUR, April 9: Refusal to a marriage proposal claimed a life in a village near Mustafabad on Tuesday....
SHO sacked GUJRANWALA, April 9: The Gujranwala range DIG dismissed on Tuesday an inspector and suspended from service another on charges of corruption and inefficiency....		Man murdered BAHAWALNAGAR, April 9: A man was shot dead allegedly by two persons over a quarrel in Chak 183/7-R here on Monday night....
Sugar mill, workers talks end in failure NAWABSHAH, April 9: Another meeting between sacked workers of Habib Sugar Mills, Nawabshah, and the mill management under the chairmanship of district Naib Nazim Khalid Hussain Channa ended without any agreement....		Armed Afghans held near border BAJAUR, April 9: The three armed Afghans arrested by the Bajaur levies near the Ghaani Pass along the Pakistan-Afghan border on Friday were shifted to the Peshawar central jail by the...
Sukkur civil hospital SUKKUR, April 9: The Sukkur Civil Hospital will soon be turned into a model hospital with medical facilities which are available in Hyderabad and Karachi....		Boy killed in Indian firing MUZAFFARABAD, April 9: A teenage boy was killed in Kotli district on Tuesday as Indian troops resorted to machine gun fire from across the Line of Control....
Five killed in road accident MIRPUR, April 9: Five persons were killed on Tuesday, in a head-on collision between an over-speeding bus and a car near Chitterpari, 8 kilometre from here....		Boy killed FAISALABAD, April 9: A boy was shot dead by dacoits in Shahbazpur here on Monday night....
CDA rejects list of defunct AMT: Accommodation to employees ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Capital Development Authority has rejected a list of employees prepared by the defunct army monitoring team (AMT) for allotment of official accommodation, sources told Dawn on Tuesday....		‘Public-private sector ties to shape future govts’ ISLAMABAD, April 9: The future paradigm of governments will be based on healthy and harmonious partnership between public and private sectors, the labour minister, Owais Ahmad Ghani, said here on Tuesday....
Drive against polio in Pindi from 16th RAWALPINDI, April 9: Three-day polio vaccination campaign will be launched from April 16 to vaccinate 5,60,780 children below the age of five years in Rawalpindi district. Vitamin A supplement will also...		Defence team leaves for Turkey RAWALPINDI, April 9: An eight-member delegation, led by Defence Secretary Lt-Gen (Rtd) Hamid Nawaz Khan, left for Turkey on Tuesday to attend the 11th Pakistan-Turkey Military Consultative Group (MCG) meeting being...
Commuters face hardships due to Lahore rally RAWALPINDI, April 9: About 110 public transport vehicles were rounded up by the city administration to take people to Lahore to make General Musharraf’s first public meeting a success, at the...		Courts to function from nine to four ISLAMABAD, April 9: In the wake of government’s decision to move the clocks forward by an hour, the district administration with the consent of judicial officers has fixed a new time...
Impersonator gets bail ISLAMABAD, April 9: A local court released on bail an accused who had been arrested in January last on charges of impersonating the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) chairman....		More unwilling participants than enthusiasts LAHORE, April 9: Most of participants in the public meeting addressed by President Musharraf at the Minar-i-Pakistan on Tuesday appeared to have been brought there forcibly in one way or the...
Will PR ever be able to retrieve encroached land? LAHORE, April 9: Encroachments on the railway land have virtually deprived the organization of undertaking any expansion plan, especially in Lahore....		Evacuee Trust property rent to be raised LAHORE, April 9: The Evacuee Trust Property Board would evict its tenants and lessees refusing to pay reasonable rent and for the its properties, the ETPB chief, Lt-Gen Inayatullah Khan Niazi...
PPP endorses ARD’s boycott decision LAHORE, April 9: The Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday endorsed the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy’s decision to “actively boycott” the referendum called by President Gen Pervez Musharraf to seek a...		Highlights of meeting LAHORE, April 9: Elaborate arrangements had been made for the president’s public meeting at the Minar-i-Pakistan, with main stress on security and creating a buffer zone between the stage and the...
Govt planning houses for the poor LAHORE, April 9: Federal Minister for Housing and Works Abbas Sarfraz Khan has said that the government is planning to provide housing facilities to the poor....		Musharraf visits Iqbal’s mausoleum, Data Sahib LAHORE, April 9: President Gen Pervez Musharraf visited the mausoleum of poet-philosopher Allama Iqbal on Tuesday soon after arrival in the provincial capital from Islamabad....
Second day of commuters’ ordeal LAHORE, April 9: The district government kept the Lahorites without public transport for the second successive day on Tuesday by retaining custody of thousands of vehicles to transport the people to...		No hepatitis vaccine in hospital LAHORE, April 9: The Hepatitis-B vaccine is not yet available in city hospitals even after its inclusion in the regular EPI programme....