April 28, 2002	Sunday	Safar 14, 1423

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Police impound vehicles for referendum duty VEHARI, April 27: Commuters faced problems as most of the public transport vehicles were impound by the administration for ‘referendum duty’....		Referendum arrangements behind clock FAISALABAD, April 27: The Election Commission of Pakistan, returning officers and other agencies concerned have so far failed to follow clock in making arrangements for referendum....
ARD activists not allowed to leave Sargodha SARGODHA, April 27: A caravan of Pakistan People’s Party and PML(N) was restrained by Sargodha police from proceeding to Lahore to attend the ARD rally on Saturday....		‘Nation under obligation to elect Musharraf’ SHEIKHUPURA, April 27: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that the nation was under an obligation to elect Gen Pervez Musharraf in the forthcoming referendum....
PML-N councillor arrested SAHIWAL, April 27: Noorshah police on Saturday arrested a PML-N councillor allegedly involved in an attempt to murder case of his opponents during the elections....		Lawyers seek PBC action against DBA leaders OKARA, April 27: Local lawyers supporting the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League have asked the Punjab Bar Council to take disciplinary action against District Bar Association president Rana...
Villager shot dead over property issue FAISALABAD, April 27: A villager was shot dead on Saturday by armed men over a property dispute at Chak 84-JB....		UN observers to monitor referendum SIALKOT, April 27: The Sialkot-based permanent UN observers will monitor the presidential referendum here on April 30....
No harvesting in border villages for ninth day SIALKOT, April 27: Harvesting of seasonal crops remained suspended on Saturday for the ninth consecutive day in border areas due to Indian shelling....		Girl hurt in Indian firing SIALKOT, April 27: A teenaged girl sustained serious injuries on Saturday in shelling by Indian troops on Bajwat village of the Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat sector. Sources said bullets hit Farzana...
Transporters demand removal of toll plaza MANSEHRA, April 27: The representatives of the Hazara Transporters Association have warned that if the ‘illegal’ toll palaza set up by the National Highway Authority on the Karakorum Hghway (KKH) in...		13 BHUs in Chitral have no doctors CHITRAL, April 27: About 13 basic health units (BHUs) out of 21 set up in the hilly Chitral district are without doctors showing district and provincial governments’ neglect towards the public...
Govt urged to review Gomal Zam dam project PESHAWAR, April 27: The federal government and Wapda have been advised not to execute the multi-million dollar Gomal Zam Dam Project (GZDP) without carrying out environmental impact assessment and its effects...		Preparations for referendum completed HARIPUR, April 27: The Election Commission has finalized preparations for holding the referendum on April 30....
PML to boycott referendum TERMARGARA, April 27: The Pakistan Muslim League (N), Dir district, has termed the referendum undemocratic and unconstitutional....		Malakand dist council backs referendum PESHAWAR, April 27: The district council Malakand in its session on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution supporting the president Gen Pervez Musharraf’s agenda of reforms and extended full support to him...
Thar Coal project to be launched on May 10 BEIJING, April 27: China and Pakistan have agreed to jointly launch work on the Thar Coal project on May 10....		US Muslims review post-Sept situation WASHINGTON, April 27: An important exercise began in Washington on Friday to gauge the full impact of the Sept 11 attacks on the American Muslim community....
EC advised UNITED NATIONS, April 27: Pakistan lost the other day elections to a United Nations body, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf....		Hesco issues detection bills in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, April 27: Detection bills had been issued to hundreds of consumers of Hesco, Mirpurkhas city sub-division, it was alleged by some consumers on Saturday....
Drains construction at Moenjodaro proposed LARKANA, April 27: Experts at the international workshop on Moenjodaro have proposed construction of drains to avoid damages to the relics of Moenjodaro from rains....		Anti-referendum meetings held BADIN, April 27: The president of the PPP, district Badin, Dr Sikandar Ali Mandhro, claimed that at least 75 per cent of voters in Badin District would not go to cast...
Three killed, 13 injured over Karo-kari SUKKUR, April 27: A man and a woman were killed in Jacobabad over the pretext of Karo-kari while another man was killed 13 injured in two separate...		Councillor, four PPP activists arrested THATTA, April 27: Police arrested two PPP local leaders, Dr Qadir Bux, Haji Mohsin Sheedi, two party activists, Anwar Baghal, Urs Parheri, and a councillor, Dr Imtiaz Ahmed, for staging a...
2 kidnapped SUKKUR, April 27: Two engineers of irrigation department were kidnapped by a group of armed kidnappers near Kashmor on Saturday night....		Provinces asked to work together TURBAT, April 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, reiterating his pledge to remove the sense of deprivation among the backward areas of the country, said that all the four provinces...
Computer teachers to be appointed in schools ISLAMABAD, April 27: The federal government will provide at least one qualified computer teacher (with BCS as minimum qualification) to every public sector secondary and higher secondary school of the country....		Verdict disappoints religious parties PESHAWAR, April 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), an alliance of religious parties, was taken aback over the Supreme Court verdict, legalising the holding of referendum in the country, scheduled for April...
Two bankers held on fraud charge ISLAMABAD, April 27: The two bankers allegedly involved in a multi-million-rupee fraud and extradited from the UAE were arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities, NAB sources said here on Saturday....		Quetta lawyers continue protest QUETTA, April 27: The lawyers community continued its boycott of the courts on the second consecutive day on Saturday to protest against the arrest of lawyers, and four lawyers offered their...
Afghan DPs conclude discussion on Jirga QUETTA, April 27: The two-member mission of the Special Independent Commission (SIC), for convening the Loya Jirga in Afghanistan, has completed their consultation with the Afghan displaced persons living in the...		APNS team visits LoC MUZAFFARABAD, April 27: A high-level APNS team led by its President Hameed Haroon visited the front line posts of Pakistan army on Saturday on the Line of Control at Chakoti Sector....
PPP says NALC is an autocratic body GILGIT, April 27: The PPP Northern Areas, in its executive body meeting held here on Saturday, called the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) an autocratic body as it was under the...		Awam Dost Nazimeen asked to perform protocol duty MIRPURKHAS, April 27: Pakistan People’s Party has stressed upon Awam Dost Nazimeen to perform only protocal duties during the referendum campaign....
Hottest day in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, April 27: Dozens of people, including women and children, fainted due to scorching heat in Nawabshah and surrounding areas as temperature rose to record 48.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday....		Teacher, student hurt in attack KARACHI, April 27: A teacher and a student of a seminary were wounded late Saturday night in an attack in Block-15 of the Gulistan-i-Jauhar....