April 21, 2002	Sunday	Safar 7, 1423

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Inspector, 4 dacoits shot dead in encounter SHEIKHUPURA, April 20: A traffic police inspector and four dacoits were killed in a two-hour long encounter near Bahuman railway station, some 18km from here, on Saturday....		JI, TJP men go into hiding FAISALABAD, April 20: The entire leadership of the Jamaat-i-Islami and banned Tehrik-i-Jafria Pakistan (TJP) and members of all their wings have gone into hiding to avoid arrest on the government directive...
MCCI demands daily spot rates of cotton MULTAN, April 20: The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has urged the government to allow announcement of daily spot rates of cotton by the Multan Cotton Association (MCA)....		Qureshi praised for ‘principled’ stand MULTAN, April 20: The Seraiki Qaumi Movement was all praise for the Multan district Nazim for his ‘principled’ stand on funding the referendum rallies and urged him to also raise voice...
Malaria plagues Faisalabad FAISALABAD, April 20: Cases of malaria are on the rise throughout the district, especially in kutcha abadis, due to the negligence of the tehsil municipal administration....		Indian attempts to fence foiled SIALKOT, April 20: The Chenab Rangers foiled two more major Indian attempts to fence Jammu and Saamba sectors of the Sialkot working boundary early on Saturday morning....
BISE employees continue strike GUJRANWALA, April 20: Employees of the Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education continued on Saturday their pen-down strike against non-payment of salaries according to the enhanced pay scales....		‘Ex-servicemen should canvass people’ TOBA TEK SINGH, April 20: The retired armed forces’ officials should canvass people to vote in favour of president in the referendum....
ASI among several hurt in skirmish TOBA TEK SINGH, April 20: An ASI, a constable, several other people, including teachers, were injured on Saturday in a clash between police and the demonstrators at Arrouti, some 50 km...		Foundation stone laid SAHIWAL, April 20: A medical trust of a group of companies on Friday laid the foundation stone of a hospital in Qadirabad, GT Road, some 18km from Okara and Sahiwal....
Suspension of Abassin stop resented SADIQABAD, April 20: The suspension of Abassin Express stop at Sadiqabad has added to the difficulties of locals and commuters of its adjoining cities and towns....		Fair retrial of female convict urged KOHAT, April 20: Human rights organisations and social and political circles have demanded a fair retrial of the Zina case in which a woman has been awarded death punishment through stoning...
Construction of ‘Babri Masjid’ in full swing DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 20: Construction of a mosque, named after Babri Masjid, is in full swing; and a simple and old but very excited landlord, is financing the construction of...		No headway made in triple murder case HARIPUR, April 20: Police have failed to arrest the three principal accused involved in a triple murder, which was occurred in the court premises the other day....
Rs4 million okayed for Abbottabad development ABBOTTABAD, April 20: The Abbottabad District Council on Saturday okayed Rs4 million schemes during a session of the council here, and also approved three resolutions — withdrawal of agriculture tax from...		Protest against student’s kidnapping LANDI KOTAL, April 20: Teachers of many private schools took out a procession here on Saturday, to protest the authorities’ failure to recover an abducted student....
Work on Kohat tunnel reviewed KOHAT, April 20: Federal Minister for Communications Javed Ashraf Qazi expressed satisfaction over the quality and speed of work on the Kohat Tunnel during a visit here on Saturday....		Land to be given to peasants: Moin SUKKUR, April 20: Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haiderhas said that the distribution of land to the landless haris of Sindh would begin soon and the statistics...
Registration of FIR against jail chief ordered LARKANA, April 20: The Sindh High Court, circuit bench, Larkana, on Friday asked the SHO of Waleed police station to register an FIR against eight accused persons, including the jail superintendent...		11 Nazims back referendum SANGHAR, April 20: The Nazims of 11 talukas and union councils of Sanghar district have announced their support for the presidential referendum....
‘Development schemes helping end unemployment’ THATTA, April 20: Federal minister for information and broadcasting Nisar Ahmed Memon has said that half a million unemployed population in Sindh is being benefited in earning its bread through 5,000...		SNF sees no room for referendum SHIKARPUR, April 20: Sindh National Front (SNF) chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said that there was no provision in the constitution for holding the referendum to elect a president, as...
109 villages lack basic amenities LARKANA, April 20: A survey of union council, Rasheed Wagan, was conducted by a team of the Sindh Welfare Trust (SWT) which unveiled that almost entire population of the union council...		Pakistan to join OIC body on terrorism ISLAMABAD, April 20: Pakistan is most likely to be one of the 13 members of the Organization of Islamic Conference Ministerial Committee on Terrorism....
US directive to make missions’ job difficult WASHINGTON, April 20: The directive by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service prohibiting disclosure of the names of post-Sept 11 detainees by states may make the task of keeping track of...		Armed forces will deter aggression, says Aziz KALLAR SYEDAN, April 20: The Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza, on Saturday said that Pakistan’s armed forces were fully prepared and capable enough to thwart any aggression...
JI to launch drive against referendum RAWALPINDI, April 20: Jamaat-i-Islami is set to kick off its anti-referendum campaign with its ‘Pakistan’s security caravan’, that will arrive here from Lahore on Sunday....		Girls school to be built at Qila Saifullah QUETTA, April 20: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has said President Gen Pervez Musharraf has not only provided a solid foundation to the national economy, but has also strengthened the national...
‘Osama not in AJK’ MUZAFFARABAD, April 20: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday rejected the report as baseless that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was hiding anywhere in their area....		Convict surfaces QUETTA, April 20: A former provincial finance minister, Syed Ehsan Shah, who was convicted in absentia by an accountability court some time back, arrived in Turbat on Friday....
‘NAB cannot check corruption in army’ ISLAMABAD, April 20: The National Accountability Bureau has neither the capability nor the mandate to investigate corruption in the armed forces, said NAB Chairman Lt-Gen Muneer Hafeez on Saturday....		Promotion rules changed for AJK assembly employees MUZAFFARABAD, April 20: Some certain amendments in the rules for promotion and posting of the AJK Legislative Assembly secretariat employees have been made by Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid with a view...
Benazir plans to return this year LOS ANGELES, April 20: Pakistan’s former premier Benazir Bhutto, who went into exile after she was dismissed during her second term in 1996 amid corruption allegations, said she plans to return...		‘Kashmiris to boycott polls’ MIRPUR, April 20: AJK President Major-General (retd) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan has said that the people of occupied Jammu Kashmir will boycott the New Delhi-sponsored mock elections to the state “legislature”....
HC staffer badly beaten: medical report ISLAMABAD, April 20: The staffer of Pakistan’s High Commission, who was picked up by the Indian intelligence operatives, was subjected to severe thrashing, according to a medical report by the New...		Full powers given to Nazimeen: Musharraf DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday said that the local government is a genuine system, which enables the people to strive for rapid socioeconomic uplift, as...
VCOAS visits units of armoured formation KARACHI, April 20: The Vice Chief of Army Staff, Gen Muhammad Yousaf Khan, has expressed satisfaction over the preparedness of army and advised the commanders to further sharpen their capabilities to...		No elimination of exemptions on pension ISLAMABAD, April 20: The Central Board of Revenue has said that there was no proposal under consideration to eliminate exemptions on pension and commutation of pension, cost of living allowance received...