April 29, 2002	Monday	Safar 15, 1423

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Ballot papers exceed voters in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, April 28: A record number of ballot papers (5,123,000) have been supplied for the referendum against 3,154,716 people of 18 years and above, it is learnt....		Commuters’ ordeal continues SIALKOT, April 28: Impounding of public transport vehicles continued throughout the province on Sunday for referendum duty....
Incentive to UC Nazimeen TOBA TEK SINGH, April 28: To make the referendum a success on April 30, the district Nazim has announced an incentive to Nazimeen of union councils....		85 villages without electricity for 3 months SIALKOT, April 28: The supply of electricity to 85 villages in the Sialkot working boundary’s Bajwat sector has been suspended for the last three months....
People bear the brunt of Wapda-TC row SADIQABAD, April 28: Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) high-ups on Sunday got disconnected power supply to all the local tehsil council’s offices following a row....		Presiding staff told to check voters’ eligibility ISLAMABAD, April 28: Referendum staff have been instructed to allow only those people carrying original documents, as have been mentioned in the Referendum Order, to cast their votes, the chief election...
Balochistan alliances’ strike on 30th QUETTA, April 28: Leaders of three main political alliances — the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) — announced here on Sunday...		2 Pakistanis die in Riyadh accident RIYADH, April 28: Eight men were killed when a taxi hit a camel and then rammed into an oncoming truck on the road between the Red Sea city of Jeddah and...
Some army officials cast votes ISLAMABAD, April 28: Some officials of the armed forces and their families have cast their votes ahead of the referendum, Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate officials confirmed to Dawn here on Sunday....		Two ANF men among four killed in encounter QUETTA, April 28: Four people, including two soldiers, were killed in a gunfight between anti-narcotics force and drug traffickers in mountainous western border region, officials said on Sunday....
US help sought to extradite ‘looters’ NEW YORK, April 28: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt-Gen Munir Hafiz said on Saturday that Pakistan had sought help from the US authorities to extradite several Pakistanis living in the...		Three killed in truck-pickup collision QUETTA, April 28: Three persons, including two women, were killed and seven others injured in the head-on collision between a pick-up and truck near Mach, some 75km from here, on Quetta-Sukkur...
Osama not in Peshawar: spokesman ISLAMABAD, April 28: The NWFP government has denied the report that Osama bin Laden and his colleagues are hiding in Peshawar....		Pakistani plane lands in emergency TEHRAN, April 28: A Pakistani plane carrying 400 passengers made an emergency landing safely at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Sunday after an engine developed some technical fault over Kerman province, central...
Tribal elders flay presence of US troops BAJAUR, April 28: The tribal elders and leaders of the different religio-political parties here on Saturday criticized the government for the reported US special forces led operation in South Waziristan Agency,...		Over 50 PPP leaders, activists arrested THATTA, April 28: Over 50 leaders and activists of the Pakistan People’s Party were arrested by the Thatta police on Sunday....
Growers protest against irrigation officials SUKKUR, April 28: Hundreds of residents of Kandhra, Tarai and Veenjho villages staged a protest demonstration on Sunday against the irrigation department and shortage of water particularly in Shakh No 130....		Poultry industry near collapse ABBOTTABAD, April 28: The poultry industry in Hazara division after passing through its hardest time ever is on the verge of collapse as poultry farmers are selling broilers at lowest ever...
SNF terms water crisis engineered KHAIRPUR, April 28: Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Bhutto has said that the government functionaries were claiming that water shortage in Sindh was natural but there was no water shortage in...		Uplift plans for 37 union councils approved HARIPUR, April 28: Tehsil council Haripur has approved development schemes amounting to Rs150.6 million for all the 37 union councils here on Saturday....
Referendum supported BADIN, April 28: Mir Ghous Bux Talpur, the general manager, Pir M. Sadiq Pir of Lowari Sharif, at a press conference on Sunday announced his support to the presidential referendum saying...		SNGPL puts residents’ safety at risk KOHAT, April 28: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited has again started laying PVC pipes for supplying gas to the KDA Township, located on the top of a mountain, despite clear...
SRSP allocates Rs4m for social development HANGU, April 28: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) is a social developmental programme for the relief of the suffering people, Farooq Shah the in charge of the SRSP informed our...		Jamrao Canal to be completed MIRPURKHAS, April 28: The Sindh government has approved the scheme to complete remaining nine kilometres of twin Jamrao Canal with an estimated cost of Rs500 million, it was learnt through reliable...
60 huts gutted DADU, April 28: At least 60 huts were gutted and 10 people injured when fire broke out in the Sadiq Machhi village, some 25 kms from Mehar town, on Saturday night....		‘Gomal dam to create jobs’ SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, April 28: The Gomal Zam dam project will irrigate hundreds of thousands of kanals in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Kulachi, Wapda Water Member Ahmed Khan Bhatti said on Saturday....
Foreign policy praised CHARSADDA, April 28: District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan said on Sunday that due to the successful foreign policy of the government, Pakistan enjoys a respectable status....		PTDC to offer tour packages to expats ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) will provide special tour packages to overseas Pakistanis....
Lumberdars, ex-armymen appointed polling assistants ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Election Commission has appointed Lumberdars and retired army personnel as polling assistants in Islamabad, sources told Dawn on Sunday....		New treatment for malaria recommended ISLAMABAD, April 28: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the government to introduce a new medicine for malaria treatment, saying that the conventional medicines are no more effective against...
Drug exporters seek duty Drawback facility ISLAMABAD, April 28: Exporters of medicines have asked the government to allow them to claim duty drawback on exports of all drugs....		Islamia College launches scholarships ISLAMABAD, April 28: Islamabad chapter of the senior Alumni association of Islamia College Peshawar launched on Saturday a welfare fund for scholarships and awards to deserving students of their Alma Mater....
Rawa holds rally RAWALPINDI, April 28: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) held a rally on Murree Road here on Sunday....		Qadeer asks philanthropists to help ailing humanity ISLAMABAD, April 28: Special advisor to the chief executive on strategic programmes, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, exhorted philanthropists to donate generously in schemes aimed at serving humanity....
Commuters left at mercy of cabs, rickshaws LAHORE, April 28: Commuters across the Punjab have been facing enormous problems since Friday when police began impounding all intra and inter-city public transport vehicles for referendum....		‘Opposition to referendum not justified’ LAHORE, April 28: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Sunday the referendum would be held in a peaceful manner and those trying to create any disturbance on the occasion would not be...
‘Benazir, Nawaz have joined hands with Vajpayee’ LAHORE, April 28: Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have joined hands with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to sabotage the process for restoration of democracy in the country....		Move to make APC formal alliance LAHORE, April 28: ARD Secretary-General Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, who is also secretary-general of the NWFP organization of the PML(N), proposed on Sunday that the APC should be converted into a formal...
Museum probe not complete LAHORE, April 28: Ten months have gone by but probe into theft of manuscripts from the Lahore Museum has not yet been completed....		Minimum wages for industrial workers LAHORE, April 28: The Punjab government notified on Sunday minimum wages of the industrial workers of various categories in the province on the recommendations of the Minimum Wages Board....