May 3, 2002	Friday	Safar 19, 1423

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Villager hurt in landmine blast SIALKOT, May 2: A villager received critical wounds on Thursday in a landmine blast at Jabo Chak of the Sialkot working boundary’s Shakargarh-Narowal sector....		Land acquired for Sialkot airport SIALKOT, May 2: The possession of the entire land for the construction of international airport in the district has been given to Sialkot International Airport Limited (SIAL)....
Appropriation of doctors’ share alleged GUJRAT, May 2: The head of the radiology department of the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital has complained to the district Nazim against medical superintendent for appropriating his share from medical funds,...		Lawyer shot dead over money GUJRAT, May 2: Unidentified assailants on Thursday shot dead a woman lawyer of the Lahore High Court and injured her husband seriously over a money dispute in Muhallah Shah Hussain....
Woman killed on suspicion SHEIKHUPURA, May 2: A woman was shot dead on Thursday by her brother on suspicion at Tibbi Hamboh village....		PCGA delegation to call on Dawood MULTAN, May 2: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) will send a delegation to Islamabad to meet the Commerce Minister to discuss the cotton purchase issue by the Trading Corporation of...
Case against kidnappers of Christian girl SAHIWAL, May 2: The Fateh Sher police on the orders of the Punjab governor on Thursday registered a case against kidnappers of the Christian girl after four weeks....		TC employees resume strike: Protest against Naib Nazim GUJRANWALA, May 2: City tehsil council employees resumed their token strike on Thursday against manhandling of a storekeeper by the city tehsil Naib Nazim and his men....
Rs10m Zakat distributed in Okara OKARA, May 2: At least Rs10 million have been distributed among the deserving people through 981 Zakat Committees in the district....		Govt to facilitate farmers BAHAWALNAGAR, May 2: The government will make every possible effort to facilitate farmers during the wheat procurement....
Ex-MPA Javed Kharal dies TOBA TEK SINGH, May 2: Former MPA Javed Ahmad Kharal, the younger brother of former federal information minister Khalid Ahmad Kharal, died on Thursday after a protracted illness....		Newsman grieved VEHARI, May 2: The mother of APP correspondent and Vehari Press Club president, Rao Shahadat Ali Khan, died here on Thursday after protected illness....
Japan Bank team reviews irrigation project TOBA TEK SINGH, May 2: A two-member delegation of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation reviewed on Thursday development in irrigation sector for which the bank had provided financial assistant to...		EC invites suggestions for transparent polls ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Election Commission on Thursday invited the political parties to send written suggestions for “holding of transparent elections.”...
‘Govt has accepted economic failure’ ISLAMABAD, May 2: “The assessment of the PPP that the military regime failed in its economic programme was endorsed by the international finance community and the regime’s confession of its failure...		Ponam opposes role of army in politics QUETTA, May 2: Chairman Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, has said that all the component parties of the three main political alliances have agreed not to compromise with the...
13 vehicles meant for Afghanistan seized ISLAMABAD, May 2: The customs authorities have seized 13 luxury vehicles imported under Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) at Chaman checkpost....		People have rejected govt policies: JUI QUETTA, May 2: The chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said on Thursday that people had rejected President Gen Musharraf’s policies by boycotting the unconstitutional and illegal referendum conducted by...
Two injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, May 2: Two girls were injured in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Thursday, police said....		Steps against illicit POL trade ordered ISLAMABAD, May 2: Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Usman Aminuddin on Thursday ordered stringent measures for stamping out illegal sale and smuggling of petroleum products....
Kashmiris’ struggle being impaired, says Sultan MUZAFFARABAD, May 2: Leader of the opposition in AJK Legislative Assembly, Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry, on Thursday alleged that the National Kashmir Committee Chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has shattered the...		Jiang felicitates Musharraf BEIJING, May 2: Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Thursday congratulated his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf on winning five more years in power, as the foreign ministry voiced support for the general,...
Partial strike in Sukkur; 40 held SUKKUR, May 2: A partial strike was observed here on Thursday on the call of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement as over 40 activists of the party were arrested to foil the...		26 houses gutted, 150 rendered homeless MITHI, May 2: At least twenty-six houses were gutted in the Barach village, 28 kilometres from here, on Wednesday, when fire broke out....
Water not released into canals of upper Sindh SUKKUR, May 2: The irrigation officials, who were supposed to release water into the canals originating from Guddu and Sukkur barrages on May 1, have not released water in the canals...		Omar Shaikh shifted to Hyderabad prison HYDERABAD, May 2: The alleged mastermind in the kidnapping- cum-murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl, Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, and his three co-accused were shifted to the Hyderabad central jail...
Two women take shelter at police station LARKANA, May 2: Two married women took shelter at the women police station, Larkana, on Thursday....		Breach occurs in watercourse SANGHAR, May 2: A 30-feet wide breach occurred in the Samarjo Shakh of Khipro irri-gation sub-division on Wednesday....
Three arrested, weapons seized DADU, May 2: At least three criminals were arrested by Mehar police in a raid at Mehar-Khairpur Nathan Shah bypass near Mehar town on Thursday....		Cop injured in clash KHAIRPUR, May 2: A police constable was injured in a clash between the Gopang tribesmen and the police when the latter tried to arrest an accused in Mumtaz Colony here on...
Education system in NWFP to be revamped PESHAWAR, May 2: On the one hand 2,642 teachers have become surplus in the boys primary schools, on the other a shortfall of 1,358 teachers has been recorded in the primary...		Referendum not held in N. Areas GILGIT, May 2: No referendum was held in the five districts of Northern Areas in connection with the presidential referendum as the region was not a constitutional part of the country....
Health care system being improved: governor PESHAWAR, May 2: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said large scale restructuring of the government departments has been launched and it has a unique example of creating district...		Over 12,000 women voted in Landi Kotal tehsil LANDI KOTAL, May 2: Out of a total of 139,377 registered voters in the Khyber Agency, 83,695 people cast votes in the presidential referendum in Jamrud and Bara tehsils on Tuesday....
Pensioners demand dues WANA, May 2: More than 1,500 pensioners in the South Waziristan Agency have been facing a lot of difficulties as they have not received any financial assistance from the Benevolent Fund...		High Court reserves verdict in habeas corpus petition PESHAWAR, May 2: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in a habeas corpus petition filed by a former additional secretary of physical planning and...
Witness murdered KALAYA, May 2: A witness, who deposed before a tribal jirga in a murder case in the Kandow area of Orakzai Agency, was killed by the accused after the jirga concluded....		10 criminals arrested in tribal areas JAMRUD, May 2: Political administration of Jamrud Khyber Agency has arrested 10 criminals, including car lifters and robbers, in a campaign against anti-social elements in tribal areas during the last one...
Record vote cast in Kohat KOHAT, May 2: In Kohat division and the adjoining tribal areas, the turnout in the presidential referendum was calculated to be slightly above 50 per cent of the total registered votes,...		10 additional judges given one-month extension LAHORE, May 2: Ten additional judges of the Lahore High Court appointed for one year on April 30, 2001, were on Thursday afternoon given extension for one month, after which they...
Drug inspectors asked to shift cases to dist boards LAHORE, May 2: Notifying members of the recently-constituted district quality control boards, the provincial quality control board has directed drug inspectors to shift all the cases lying pending with the PQCB...		Data Sahib’s 958th Urs begins LAHORE, May 2: The 958th annual Urs of Hazrat Abul Hasan Ali bin Usman Hajveri, popularly known as Data Ganj Bakhsh, started on Thursday....
Seminar on ‘referendum, democracy’ LAHORE, May 2: Punjab law minister Rana Ejaz on Thursday criticized the politicians who he said challenged the Referendum Order in the Supreme Court but later refused to accept its verdict...		Man commits suicide LAHORE, May 2: A father of five allegedly committed suicide in Iqbal Town on Thursday....
NAB arrests 3 revenue officials for corruption LAHORE, May 2: The Punjab NAB arrested on Thursday three officials of the revenue department from Bahawalpur on corruption charges....		Subhani bailed out LAHORE, May 2: A special appellate division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday granted bail to former provincial minister Khush Akhtar Subhani on medical ground against surety bonds of...
Wrongdoings in PCBL LAHORE, May 2: Serious irregularities have been found in the recruitment of employees for the Punjab Cooperative Liquidation Board (PCBL)....		Police manhandle participants: Demonstration against discriminatory laws ISLAMABAD, May 2: The participants of a peaceful demonstration, held against discriminatory laws and the death sentence handed down to a rape victim, were manhandled by the capital police on Thursday....
ADB fails to get Punjab’s commitment: Early completion of Leh project RAWALPINDI, May 2: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been unable to get any firm commitment from the Punjab government about the start of work on Leh project at full pace,...		Pakistan to help rebuild Afghan telecom sector ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) and other telecoms organizations working under the control of science ministry will help Afghanistan rebuild its telecommunications infrastructure....