April 13, 2002	Saturday	Muharram 29, 1423

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Officials warned of axe on failure to attend meeting FAISALABAD, April 12: All the government and local bodies officials have reportedly been asked to attend Sunday’s public meeting of President Gen Pervez Musharraf otherwise they would face “legal action”....		Nazim stopped from receiving governor: ‘No funds for referendum’ MULTAN, April 12: District Nazim Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has alleged that the working of his office is being obstructed since he expressed his inability to allocate funds for the public...
Century-old railway station renovated GUJRANWALA, April 12: The renovation of the century-old local main railway station has been completed here on Friday....		Court issues stay order: Wagon stand construction GUJRANWALA, April 12: A civil judge on Friday issued stay order against the construction of a wagon stand in front of the municipal library in Gakkhar town....
Hepatitis-B vaccination campaign launched SIALKOT, April 12: The health department on Friday launched Hepatitis-B vaccination campaign in the district....		Fresh delimitations worry PPP leaders GUJRAT, April 12: The fresh delimitation to national and provincial constituencies in the district has become a worry for the local PPP leaders....
Better service structure for doctors pledged MULTAN, April 12: Punjab governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) has pledged to provide a better service structure to doctors serving in the public sector....		PO arrested after ‘encounter’ TOBA TEK SINGH, April 12: A proclaimed offender was arrested on Friday after an hour encounter with alleged dacoits from a forest near Chak 741-GB, Pirmahal....
Three Rangers killed as train hits van SHEIKHUPURA, April 12: Three Rangers were killed and as many sustained serious injuries on Friday as a train hit a van near Jay Singh, Narang Mandi, some 76 kilometres from here....		Governor visits Khanewal MULTAN, April 12: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) on Friday ordered carrying out of the analysis of material used in the under-construction library project at Khanewal, says an official release....
ADB asks Pakistan to increase prices of many utilities ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that Pakistan will have to take politically unpopular and difficult decisions, including increase in prices of various utilities, to improve the...		SC not in a hurry to hear case against referendum ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Supreme Court has no immediate plans of hearing the petitions challenging the assumption of office of the president by Gen Pervez Musharraf, and then holding referendum to...
US paper criticizes referendum WASHINGTON, April 12: One of America’s leading newspapers on Friday criticized Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to hold a referendum, and said Washington should tell the General that he was wrong if...		President’s intervention to set up dry port sought MUZAFFARABAD, April 12: National Kashmir Committee Chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf to direct the authorities concerned in the AJK Council and the Central Board...
Musharraf urges women to make country developed QUETTA, April 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said womenfolk were not only 50 per cent of the country’s population but were more dedicated, motivated, honest and hardworking....		Plea against referendum dismissed ISLAMABAD, April 12: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the holding of referendum by General Pervez Musharraf for extending his tenure as the president of...
PML-J, PML-N decide to reunify ISLAMABAD, April 12: In a new move, PML (J) and PML (N) have decided to reunify, with the possibility of PML (F) also joining them....		Decision on expatriates’ right to vote soon: CEC ISLAMABAD, April 12: The decision regarding the right of overseas Pakistanis to cast their votes will be taken soon in consultation with the Foreign Office, keeping in view the requirements of...
Lawyers hold rally against referendum QUETTA, April 12: The Balochistan Bar Association took out a procession on Friday to protest against President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to hold referendum and his planned Quetta visit in connection...		PML launches drive against referendum SWABI, April 12: Pakistan Muslim League Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq said on Thursday that his party will scuttle President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s campaign to get himself elected for five years through an unconstitutional...
Rs260m will be spent on education MIRPURKHAS, April 12: Zila Nazim Mirpurkhas Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah Jilani has said that textbooks for class 1 to 5 worth Rs10 million will be distributed among the students free of...		JI, others reject pro-US policy MINGORA, April 12: The leaders of the religious parties have rejected the idea of presidential referendum....
JUI chief criticizes military rule DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 12: Speaking at a big gathering at Zafarabad Colony, Jamiat Ulem-i-Islam (JUI) Amir Maulana Fazlur Rehman has flayed the proposed presidential referendum, and termed it an unconstitutional...		Govt asked to shelve Thal canal project SUKKUR, April 12: Lt Gen (r) Naseer Akhter has urged the political parties to participate in the presidential referendum so that after it political activities could begin and general election could...
Installation of power meters opposed LANDI KOTAL, April 12: Despite the Wapda’s claim that it has reached an agreement for the installation of power meters in the tribal areas, the elders of the Zakhakhel tribe in...		Doctors’ private practice Paramedics unhappy over share in income PESHAWAR, April 12: Unjust distribution of amount generated through the institutional-based practice (IBP) has become a bone of contention among its shareholders, sources at city’s hospitals told Dawn.   The distribution...
Taluka Council calls off protest SHIKARPUR, April 12: A member of the taluka council Shikarpur called off their token hunger strike on Friday after five days when the Taluka Naib Nazim, Syed Aijaz Ali Shah, informed...		Musharraf addresses meeting in Sanghar today SANGHAR, April 12: All arrangements have been completed for the public address of President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Stadium ground here on Saturday....
Poisonous sweet: another victim dies KHAIRPUR, April 12: Another victim of poisonous sweet, Nisar Hussain, died here on Thursday night in the Nawabshah hospital....		Two villagers shot dead LARKANA, April 12: Two villagers, Nisar Ali Magsi and Ali Magsi, were shot dead near Qubo Saeed Khan....
98 drugs in short supply ISLAMABAD, April 12: As many as 98 medicines including essential as well as life-saving drugs have been in short supply since the imposition of 15 per cent General Sales Tax (GST)...		500 tons infected chillies released RAWALPINDI, April 12: Another 500 tons of imported chillies have been released by the Customs authorities despite Crop Disease Research Institute’s (CDRI) confirmation that the consignment is infected with fungi....
Attachment of property ordered ISLAMABAD, April 12: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Younas on Friday issued warrants of attachment of property against five former employees of the defunct Bank of Commerce and Credit...		Increase in PR’s rental charges resented RAWALPINDI, April 12: Pakistan Railways’ (PR) retired employees have expressed resentment over the eight-fold increase in rental charges for the PR commercial property leased out to them, saying that the unprecedented...
Rare books, documents given to Archives ISLAMABAD, April 12: Prof Manzoorul Haq’s collection of invaluable books was handed over to the national archives of Pakistan in an impressive ceremony, here on Friday....		New dept set up for security of diplomats ISLAMABAD, April 12: The district administration has set up a new department with the aim of providing increased security to the diplomats....
‘UC offices to be used for drive’ LAHORE, April 12: District Nazim Amer Mahmood announced on Friday that all union council offices in the city district were being converted into campaign offices for the president....		Sharifs’ appeal against tax rule rejected LAHORE, April 12: The Lahore High Court dismissed on Friday another Sharif family member’s petition challenging a rule differentiating between the shares of public and private companies for purposes of tax...
Mushshak allowed for civil flying LAHORE, April 12: The Civil Aviation Authority has granted certificate of airworthiness to the Mushshak aircraft for civil flying in the country. The certified Mushshak aircraft will be called AP-PAC....		Five trains to be launched LAHORE, April 12: Farid Express, the new train that will run between Lahore and Karachi, is being inaugurated here on Monday....
PML-N terms referendum vote for dictatorship LAHORE, April 12: Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, the Pakistan Muslim League acting president, said on Friday a vote in favour of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in the referendum would be tantamount to...		It’s against Constitution, says JAC LAHORE, April 12: The Joint Action Committee for People’s Right on Friday opposed the presidential referendum scheduled for April 30, terming it as unconstitutional....
LHC to hear Faraz’s copyright appeal LAHORE, April 12: The Lahore High Court on Friday admitted for hearing poet Ahmad Faraz’s appeal in a copyright case and issued notice to the respondent for May 6....		6 arrested with 240kg charas, 1kg heroin LAHORE, April 12: Sadar division police on Friday claimed to have busted a six-member gang of drug traffickers, including a woman, and recovered 240 kilograms of hashish and one kilogram of...
Two killed, 20 injured as wagon overturns MULTAN, April 12: Two persons were killed and 20 others received injuries on Friday in a road accident near Kot Addu, some 80 kilometres from here....		Cash, bonds looted from savings centre GUJRAT, April 12: Three dacoits looted cash and prize bonds worth Rs1.5 million from the National Savings Centre, Lalamusa branch, on Friday morning....
Tremors felt in Islamabad, other cities ISALMABAD, April 12: An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded by the seismological network of the Pakistan Meteorological Department on Friday....		Schoolgirl dies ABBOTTABAD,  April 12: A nine-year old girl was killed and her brother was injured when a Rawalpindi-bound Hiace van hit them at a curve near Salhad Government School, when they were...
Two die in accidents DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 12: Two persons died on Friday in different road accidents on Chashma and Multan roads....		CJ urged to take note of attack on drug court LAHORE, April 12: The Pakistan Chemists Retailers Association has condemned the attack on Lahore drug court by some lawyers....