April 11, 2002	Thursday	Muharram 27, 1423

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Roads blocked to protest killing by police FAISALABAD, April 10: Hundreds of residents of Chak Jhumra blocked roads of the area for traffic on Wednesday to protest against the killing of the father of a councillor by a...		‘US using rulers against religious parties’ SIALKOT, April 10: Anti-Islamic forces particularly the US are employing every tactics to enslave the Muslims around the world....
Seven die, 18 hurt on road VEHARI, April 10: Seven people, including a woman, were killed while 18 others sustained injuries on road in different parts of the Punjab on Tuesday night....		Call to fix phutti price at Rs900 per 40kg MULTAN, April 10: National Assembly former speaker Syed Fakhar Imam has urged the government to fix minimum price of phutti at Rs900 per 40 kilograms for the cotton season 2002-2003....
Prisoners, cops injured in clash GUJRANWALA, April 10: At least half a dozen policemen and prisoners were injured in a clash in district courts here on Wednesday....		Health dept record gutted KASUR, April 10: The documents in the EDO (health) office were reduced to ashes late Tuesday....
Boy drowns in drain FAISALABAD, April 10: A minor boy drowned in an open drain in Kanak Basti of Ghulam Muhammadabad on Tuesday night....		11 wheat procurement centres SIALKOT, April 10: The Punjab Food Department has set up 11 wheat procurement centres in Sialkot and Narowal districts....
Students crab over mate’s murder MULTAN, April 10: The students of the Government Williat Husain College on Wednesday took to streets, protesting over the murder of their mate....		Middle East diplomacy not dead, says Sattar ISLAMABAD, April 10: Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar said on Monday Pakistan is doing its best to draw the world attention towards the escalating Israeli military aggression in the Palestinian territories and...
PPP can attract larger crowds, claims Asif ATTOCK, April 10: PPP’s jailed leader Asif Ali Zardari has claimed that the Pakistan People’s Party is a major, popular, national, political party and could attract much larger crowd if the...		MQM, govt close to strike deal ISLAMABAD April 10: The Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) is close to strike a deal with the military government over its outright support to the referendum which would elect Gen Pervez Musharraf...
Pakistan won’t be cowed down by Indian blackmail: minister ISLAMABAD, April 10: Reiterating unequivocal adherence to the principled stand on Kashmir, Pakistan has said it would not submit to Indian blackmail and military coercion, and urged the international community to...		Pakistan may seek Canada’s help in IT TORONTO, April 10: Pakistan intends to seek Canada’s cooperation in the filed of information technology (IT), said visiting Federal Minister for Science and Technology Atta-ur-Rahman here on Tuesday night....
Afghanistan needs financial system, says ADB report ISLAMABAD, April 10: Afghanistan has one of the highest infant, child, and maternal mortality rates, and one of the lowest literacy and life expectancy rates in the world, says a latest...		GDA fails to reach consensus on referendum ISLAMABAD, April 10: The Grand Democratic Alliance on Tuesday failed to arrive at a consensus on its stand on referendum and decided to meet again on April 15 at Lahore for...
Ticketing: Rs4.8m collected in March GUJRANWALA, April 10: The traffic police claimed to have issued around 27,654 tickets to vehicle owners and collected Rs4.8 million for violation of traffic rules during March....		Rotary to buy refugees daily items QUETTA April 10: The Rotary International (RI) will spend the funds, collected from all over the world, to purchase various items for the Afghan refugees living in Shalman Camp, NWFP, and...
BSO demands college in Hub HUB, April 10: The activists of the Baloch Students Organization (Manzoor) held a rally here on Wednesday to protest against the local administration and the provincial governments for ignoring their repeated...		Two Jinnah scholars repay scholarship KARACHI, April 10: Two Jinnah scholars John Coelho and Tauseef Kazi, who had received a scholarship from the Quaid-i-Azam Aligarh Education Trust for studies in the United States, have completed their...
Clarification sought on PAC’s powers PESHAWAR, April 10: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday asked the provincial government to clarify whether the public accounts committee has the powers to penalize a government servant....		China offers $70m for new bridges MANSEHRA, April 10: China will extend a $70 million aid to for construction of new bridges and improvement and widening of the famous Silk route, the Karakortam Highway (KKH) and an...
Nazim can’t order detention: PHC PESHAWAR, April 10: Accepting 11 identical writ petitions, the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ruled that the district Nazim had no legal authority to issue detention orders of a person under...		Three ‘terrorists’ held DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 10: Kulachi police have recovered explosives from three unidentified terrorists travelling on Maddi-Kulachi road on a motorbike Tuesday evening....
Poppy over 1,800 kanal destroyed BAJAUR, April 10: The political administration of Bajaur Agency destroyed standing poppy crop over 1,800 kanal in the inaccessible areas of Salarzai and Nawagai subdivisions of the agency....		Construction of Lowari tunnel urged CHITRAL, April 10: Tanzim-i-Tahaffuz Huqooq Chitral Convener Maulana  Abdul Akbar Chitrali has said that his organization has chalked out activities to press the government to commence work on the Lowari tunnel....
Errors, omissions in voters’ lists detected SUKKUR, April 10: Errors and omissions on a large-scale have been found in the fresh voters’ lists of national and provincial assemblies’ constituencies of Sukkur, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and other towns....		Sindh PPP rejects referendum SHIKARPUR, April 10: Sardar Wahid Bux Khan Bhayo, member of PPP, Sindh council, and Sindh PPP senior vice president Agha Sirajuddin Khan Durrani have rejected the presidential referendum and called it...
Operation theatres established DADU, April 10: Four operation theatres have been set up at medical, surgical, orthopaedic, gynaecological and emergency casualty wards of the Civil Hospital, Dadu....		Teachers’ protest against EDO MIRPURKHAS, April 10: Several primary teachers staged a protest on Wednesday against the attitude of the EDO (health), Dr Illahi Bux Soomro....
SEA wants acceptance of demands SUKKUR, April 10: A large number of teachers, lecturers and professors, under the banner of Sindh Employees Alliance, staged a sit-in at the Sukkur bypass and blocked the highway for one...		Transporters resent shifting of bus stand SUKKUR, April 10: A large number of transporters blocked the Indus Highway near Jacobabad on Wednesday to protest against the shifting of the bus terminal....
Four bandits arrested SUKKUR, April 10: The Sukkur police arrested four bandits and recovered TT pistols, dagger and a government rifle from their possession on Tuesday night....		DC member resigns in protest LARKANA, April 10: Aijaz Leghari, a member of district council, Larkana, on Wednesday resigned from the membership of the council in protest against the remarks made by President General Parvez Musharraf...
Police asked to improve law, order situation NAWABSHAH, April 10: The additional inspector general of police, Sukkur, Syed Nayyar Hasnain Hyder, presided over a meeting of senior police officials of Nawabshah district here on Wednesday....		People’s Party disputes Musharraf’s claims LAHORE, April 10: The Pakistan People’s Party has refuted President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s assertions against its chairperson Benazir Bhutto at a public meeting held here on Tuesday to launch his referendum...
Referendum Order challenged LAHORE, April 10: The Lahore High Court was asked on Wednesday to suspend the operation of the Chief Executive’s Referendum Order and restrain him from holding public meetings at public expense....		PML-N ‘regrets’ President’s language LAHORE, April 10: Pakistan Muslim League leaders on Wednesday regretted the language used by President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his speech on Tuesday for the heads of two major political parties...
‘Polluting’ industries treating waste: EPD LAHORE, April 10: Seven of the eight industries accused of discharging their effluent into canals and water courses have installed their own water treatment plants, the Environmental Protection Department submitted before...		Show-cause notices to doctors LAHORE, April 10: The Punjab Health Department has issued show-cause notices to different doctors, including PMA president Yasmin Rashid, for indulging in the acts of subversion and indiscipline by observing a...
Withdrawal of tax on vehicles proposed LAHORE, April 10: The Central Board of Revenue proposes to withdraw the withholding tax on cars and other vehicles having 1,000cc or larger engines for the people whose annual income is...		No active resistance, says MMA LAHORE, April 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has no plans to put up “active resistance” against the army government for it sees little chances of its success in the changed world scenario...
Bar to prosecute Nazim, his deputy LAHORE, April 10: The Lahore High Court Bar Association resolved on Wednesday to initiate criminal proceedings against the Lahore district Nazim and his deputy “for squandering billions of rupees from the...		Pindi, Gujar Khan, Kahuta to get more KPP funds RAWALPINDI, April 10: Rawalpindi, Gujar Khan and Kahuta Tehsils will be getting a bigger share in any future grant received by the district during the current financial year....
Tehsil Nazim declared administrative head RAWALPINDI, April 10: The Tehsil Nazim has been declared as the administrative head of the whole Tehsil, according to the new rules of business released by the Punjab Local Government and...		Lawyer files $10m suit against foreign airlines ISLAMABAD, April 10: The civil judge, Islamabad, Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah Tuesday issued notice to Emirates Airlines for damages suit of $10 million, filed by a local lawyer and directed the...
Russian embassy staffer dies of burns ISLAMABAD, April 10: A woman staff member of Russian embassy died under mysterious circumstances after sustaining 95 per cent burn injuries here on Tuesday, police and doctors said....		57 housing ministry officials sacked ISLAMABAD, April 10: Ministry of Housing and Works has removed 57 officials of Pak PWD, Estate Office and National Construction from service on charges of corruption, inefficiency and misappropriation of funds....
Nawaz group’s moot today SWABI April 10: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) is holding a workers convention here on Thusday, to chalk out a strategy against the referendum....		Chemists protest against GST KOHAT, April 10: The chemists and druggists association,   Kohat, observed a token strike on Wednesday and held a public meeting at the Company Bagh to protest against the 15 per...