April 22, 2002	Monday	Safar 8, 1423

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Closure of Chashma, Taunsa canals urged HYDERABAD, April 21: A public meeting, held here on Sunday by the Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party to mark its founding day, has demanded that the Chashma-Jehlum and Taunsa-Panjnad canals should be...		Reforms to bring silent revolution: NWFP governor CHARSADDA, April 21: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the reforms process initiated by the government will bring about a silent revolution in the country....
Police accused of torturing tribesmen DADU, April 21: Naing Sharif police, at the behest of Lasmo officials, have raided the houses of Mari tribesmen in the area and arrested ten persons....		Five cops, 2 others hurt in grenade attack HARIPUR, April 21: Seven people, including five policemen and a young girl, were injured when a cousin of former federal minister Gohar Ayub Khan hurled hand-grenades at them, here in the...
Woman dies in operation theatre NAUSHARO FEROZE, April 21: A woman died in an operation theatre prior to her operation at the Civil Hospital Naushahro Feroze on Saturday....		People urged to vote for president SWABI, April 21: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Abbas Sarfaraz Khan has said that after the referendum Gen Musharraf will become a constitutionally-elected president of the country as...
Protesters block highway SUKKUR, April 21: The citizens of Mirpur Mathelo blocked the National Highway on Sunday for eight hours following the killing of three people, including two women, at the hands of dacoits...		Zahir Shah’s return gears up repatriation BAJAUR, April 21: With the return of former monarch of Afghanistan King Zahir Shah to his homeland after spending about 30 years in exile in Italy, the voluntary repatriation of Afghan...
PPP plans mass contact campaign BADIN, April 21: An urgent meeting of the PPP, Badin District, was held at the Mandhra House on Sunday in which it was decided to launch a mass contact campaign against...		Flour mill workers launch protest drive HANGU, April 21: Around 700 workers of Hangu district, who have been rendered jobless owing to the closure of flour mills in the province for the last two years, have erected...
Medicines’ prices may be deregulated ISLAMABAD, April 21: If the government allows pharmaceutical companies to sell medicines at any price they like, and that tariff on the import of pharmaceutical raw material could be reduced from...		Tribal chief refuses to accept official jirga QUETTA, April 21: Chief of Sarawan and Raisani tribe, Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has said that official tribal jirga headed by Khan of Kalat constituted by the provincial government for resolving...
Kashmiris Observe Iqbal’s death anniversary MIRPUR, April 21: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control observed the death anniversary of Allama Mohammad Iqbal on Sunday with a renewed pledge to continue acting upon the...		Druggists to boycott referendum DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 21: The Pakistan Chemists and Druggists Association (PCDA), D.I. Khan, has announced that it would boycott the presidential referendum on April 30....
Nasrullah terms Asif a hostage ISLAMABAD, April 21: ARD chief Nawabzada Nasarullah Khan has expressed his resentment over the way Asif Ali Zardari is being victimized....		No let-up in sale of stolen vehicles HUB, April 21: On average, six motorbikes and three four-wheelers hijacked or stolen in Karachi are taken into Balochistan daily, it was learnt here on Saturday....
Nawaz to return before polls, says PML leader ISLAMABAD, April 21: Pakistan Muslim League leader Siddiqul Farooq said on Sunday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return to the country prior to the general elections and would address...		Gang-rape of Kashmiri girl condemned ISLAMABAD, April 21: Pakistan has condemned in the strongest terms the gang-rape of a Kashmiri Muslim girl by personnel of India’s Border Security Force (BSF)....
42 prisoners released DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 21: About 42 prisoners were released from the district jail here on Saturday evening. The prisoners were involved in petty crimes....		PPP says referendum highly controversial ISLAMABAD, April 21: Pakistan People‘s Party has asked the government to clarify remarks made by President General Pervez Musharraf in an interview with Indus Valley on Saturday....
PTBB fails to market books FAISALABAD, April 21: The Punjab Textbook Board (PTBB) has failed to market essential course books in time even after 21 days of the new academic session....		Work on M-4 to start soon FAISALABAD, April 21: President Pervez Musharraf has approved the project of Motorway-4 linking Faisalabad with Multan and work on the project will start soon....
Polling arrangements finalized OKARA, April 21: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finalized the polling arrangements for referendum on April 30....		50 more protesters arrested: Crackdown on ‘dacoits’ GUJRANWALA, April 21: At least 50 more people of Chianwali village were arrested on Sunday by police in a crackdown on them on the charge of blocking the GT Road at...
Five hurt in Indian shelling SIALKOT, April 21: Five villagers, including a woman, sustained grievous injuries on Saturday night when Indian security forces shelled Jarwaal village in Charwa sector, Sialkot working boundary....		Police attack on lensmen condemned LAHORE, April 21: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the police baton-charge upon a group of press photographers at Rawalpindi on Sunday....
Iqbal’s death anniversary observed SIALKOT, April 21: Death anniversary of Allama Iqbal was observed with solemnity here on Sunday....		Rally against police: 36 villagers booked TOBA TEK SINGH, April 21: Arrouti police on Sunday registered a case against three dozen villagers for staging a rally against them....
Gang involved in dacoities, robberies smashed GUJRANWALA, April 21: Civil Lines police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a four-member gang of outlaws who looted the house of an account officer at Commissioner Colony a few days...		NAB yet to frame charges in CE Sectt scam ISLAMABAD, April 21: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is yet to frame corruption charges against those involved in the construction of the Chief Executive Secretariat....
Cable-operators flayed for showing Indian movies ISLAMABAD, April 21: The G-9 Markaz Traders’ association has condemned the relay of Indian movies at the local cable network....		Parties fail to pay taxes for displaying banners RAWALPINDI, April 21: Various political groups and individuals, who have put up banners in support of the presidential referendum, have not paid municipal taxes for displaying these banners, sources said....
Teachers’ presence in rallies made compulsory ISLAMABAD, April 21: The government has made it compulsory for teachers and school staff to attend the referendum rallies of President Gen Pervez Musharraf....		Industrial waste management system to be set up: minister ISLAMABAD, April 21: The minister for environment and rural development, Shahida Jamil, has said the government will set up a waste management system for disposing of industrial waste....
Saadi’s works induce courage, humanity ISLAMABAD, April 21: Sheikh Saadi’s poetical works have guided the nation of the world in every phase of humanity in general said Prof Dr Reza Mostaiavi Sabzewari, Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of...		Referendum to undermine parliament: Qazi LAHORE, April 21: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad said on Sunday Gen Pervez Musharraf wanted to establish an authoritarian government in the country....
ARD’s advice to govt employees LAHORE, April 21: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has asked government employees to refrain from becoming part of the ‘unconstitutional and illegal’ referendum....		Hottest day in Lahore LAHORE, April 21: Lahorites experienced the hottest day of the summer on Sunday with the mercury soaring to 43 degrees C from Saturday’s 42.3 degrees C....
Blocking of highways ‘not allowed’ LAHORE, April 21: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Sunday that the government did not object to the holding of public meetings at open places but it would not allow anyone to...		Iqbal’s death anniversary observed LAHORE, April 21: The 64th death anniversary of poet-philosopher Allama Muhammad Iqbal was observed here on Sunday....
Earth Day today LAHORE, April 21: The International Earth Day is being observed on Monday with the theme “protect our home in whatever manner we can”....		Portents of rising political temperature LAHORE, April 21: Gen Pervez Musharraf, it’s a foregone conclusion, will win through the April 30 referendum, public endorsement of his policies and then, according to his assertion, get a right...