May 4, 2002	Saturday	Safar 20, 1423

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Confrontation between tehsil, dist Nazimeen escalates TOBA TEK SINGH, May 3: Differences between district Nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq and Gojra tehsil Nazim Chaudhry Khalid Javed Warraich aggravated on Friday over the issue of naming a road in...		Transporters protest against toll GUJRANWALA, May 3: Public transport vehicle owners, including Transport Society Gujranwala crew, took out a protest procession here on Friday against extortion on the GT Road in Ghakkhar and Wazirabad....
Growers for reopening of procurement centres SADIQABAD, May 3: Closure of wheat procurement centres by the food department has created problems for the poor farmers as they have to carry their produce to far off centres to...		Man kills Pregnant wife in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 3: A man allegedly slaughtered his pregnant wife over a minor dispute in the tribal areas on Friday....
Three held with 60kg charas, 1.5kg opium SIALKOT, May 3: The district Nazim with the help of villagers caught three drug traffickers and recovered 60kg charas and 1.5kg opium from their possession here on Friday....		Accident victim denied treatment JHANG, May 3: The local union of journalists has condemned negligence of the doctors and staff at the District Headquarters Hospital for denying treatment to a journalist brought to the emergency...
Court employees selling judgment GUJRAT, May 3: Some court employees are allegedly minting money by selling text of a judgment in which nine convicts, including Gujrat tehsil Nazim, were handed down death sentence, Dawn learnt....		500 wheelchairs distributed SIALKOT, May 3: At least 500 wheelchairs worth Rs12 million were distributed on Friday among the destitute and the disabled of Daska, Sialkot and Pasrur tehsils....
Two POs arrested SAHIWAL, May 3: CIA police on Friday claimed they had arrested two of six proclaimed offenders escaped from the private cell of an ASI in M-Block, Farid Town....		Dark, filthy roads in Okara OKARA, May 3: Almost 80 per cent street lights in the main localities of the district have been out of order for quite sometime due to negligence of the tehsil council...
New lock-up demanded for Jhang tehsil JHANG, May 3: Several office bearers of the Anjuman Kashtkaran and Kissan Board demanded on Friday the construction of a new lock-up at the Jhang tehsil offices....		Arrest warrants for tehsil, dist Nazimeen DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 3: Tehsil Taunsa Sharif civil judge on Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil and district Nazimeen for blocking road during cotton crisis during...
Govt schools for special children face problems MULTAN, May 3: Shortage of trained teachers, alleged embezzlement of development funds and lack of transportation in five Punjab government special education institutes in the district have marred the functioning of...		102 missing children reunited LARKANA, May 3: At least 102 missing children were reunited with their parents within two months due to the efforts of the Khidmat-I masoom, Larkana....
Two canals of Guddu, Sukkur opened SUKKUR, May 3: The irrigation authorities opened two canals of the Guddu Barrage and one canal of the Sukkur Barrage on Friday. However, the authorities decided against opening of three other...		Water theft cases against growers lodged KHAIRPUR, May 3: Three separate cases of water theft and illegal cutting down of trees were lodged against as many as 57 growers at Kot Diji, Faiz Ganj, and Thari Mirwah...
PPP demands interim govt SUKKUR, May 3: Yasmeen Shah, President PPP Jacobabad, has demanded that President Gen Pervez Musharraf should step down and said that an interim setup should be constituted to hold free and...		Water shortage hits cotton, chili crops MIRPURKHAS, May 3: Cotton and chili sowing are being adversely affected due to the persisting acute shortage of water in the district....
Govt employees stage sit-in THATTA, May 3: Government employees protested on Friday against the non-payment of the expenses incurred at 123 polling stations during the referendum....		Armyman, dacoit killed in encounter MUZAFFARABAD, May 3: An army soldier and an alleged dacoit were killed and another soldier was critically injured reportedly in an encounter in Bhimbher district on Thursday, an FIR lodged by...
Benazir hails boycott of referendum ISLAMABAD, May 3: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that the five percent turnout on April 30 exposed the farce of referendum and the...		PFUJ, Apnec vow to fight for press freedom ISLAMABAD, May 3: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation have reaffirmed their resolve to continue struggle for the freedom of the press and freedom of...
Upper Sindh plunges into darkness SUKKUR, May 3: Massive power breakdown covering area from Guddu to Naushahro Feroze and parts of Punjab occurred due to a fault in Guddu Thermal Power Station on Friday night....		Natco to sack 200 employees GILGIT, May 3: The Northern Areas Transport Corporation (Natco) has decided to lay off at least 200 employees in grades from 1 to 16 within weeks, according to the employees whose...
Nawaz lauds role of press ISLAMABAD, May 3 : The former premier and president of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Sharif has paid tributes to the national press for remaining steadfast in their adherence to truth and...		Police torture newsman MURREE, May 3: A newsman was shifted to the Tehsil headquarters hospital after being severely beaten up by police on Friday....
Report on press freedom showed political bias: govt spokesman ISLAMABAD, May 3: A spokesman for the government said on Thursday the contents of a report titled ‘Pakistan: state of media and press freedom report 2001-2002’, appearing in Dawn on May...		Interrogation of tribal men begins: Search for Al Qaeda, Taliban fighters WANA, May 3: Search operation for the Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters has been shifted to Fata — a semi-autonomous region of Pakistan —, and the political administration of South Waziristan...
Govt to address genuine concerns of politicians KOHAT, May 3: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said the government will consider the genuine concerns of politicians, regarding the delimitation of constituencies, and restore the original boundaries...		Wapda fails to utilize generation capacity LAHORE, May 3: Wapda’s failure to utilize its installed power generation capacity during 2000-2001 resulted in a loss of Rs54.87 billion at current purchase prices....
Four shot dead in clan feud BAJAUR, May 3: Four people were killed and two others wounded here on Friday over a tribal feud....		Press freedom day observed ABBOTTABAD, May 3: Speakers at a seminar on World Press Freedom Day strongly reacted over the negative tactics used by the different government agencies to harass the journalists, and said the...
Foreign investors want taxes reduced ISLAMABAD, May 3: Foreign investors have promised to invest in Pakistan but urged the government to ensure business friendly environment, including reduction in taxes....		Bank accused of violating scheme MARDAN, May 3: Customers of the Prudential Investment Bank Limited, Mardan, have accused the officials of the bank of refusing both deposits and interest on them for the last 16 months....
JUI demands expulsion of US troops from Fata PESHAWAR, May 3: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazal) has demanded of the government to expel the American marines, which according to the JUI are conducting raids on seminaries in tribal villages along...		Extremists inflicting loss on cable operators PESHAWAR, May 3: Cutting of cable wires by the religious fanatics has become a big source of losses and embarrassment both for cable operators and their clients across the NWFP, some...
PPP’s show-cause notice NOWSHERA, May 3: The Pakistan People’s Party, Nowshera district, has issued a show-cause notice to former provincial minister Mian Jamal Shah Kakakhel over violating the party discipline....		Mardan dist govt to set up 2 girls colleges MARDAN, May 3: The district government of Mardan will establish two girls colleges, one each in Mardan and Takhtbhai tehsils, with the assistance of Frontier Education Foundation and the provincial education...
PTCL can’t arbitrarily raise line rent: LHC LAHORE, May 3: Telephone line rent cannot be raised at will and without justification, Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari of the Lahore High Court observed on Friday while reserving his order on...		HRCP condemns Islamabad baton charge LAHORE, May 3: The Human Right Commission of Pakistan condemned on Friday the baton charge of activists protesting against discriminatory laws against women in Islamabad on Thursday....
Local Govt Commission formed LAHORE, May 3: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool constituted on Friday a local government commission under the provincial local government minister to further enhance relations between the district governments and the province....		Maid shot at; valuables worth Rs7m looted LAHORE, May 3: Robbers shot at and wounded a housemaid and made off with cash, gold ornaments, valuables, a car and three motorcycles worth over Rs7 million on Friday....
AG orders detailed audit of two district offices LAHORE, May 3: The Punjab accountant general has ordered detailed audit of the district accounts offices of Muzaffargarh and Mandi Bahauddin on receiving a consistently large number of public complaints (against...		Promotion cases of teachers LAHORE, May 3: The director public instruction (Secondary Education) has directed the SST teachers appointed in 1980 or earlier to immediately contact the district education officer concerned for completion of their...
Life-saving drugs in short supply RAWALPINDI, May 3: The stocks of life-saving drugs (LSDs) are running low in the emergency wards of city hospitals while many of these drugs are also unavailable in the market, sources...		PSMA seeks sugar export to Kabul against rupees ISLAMABAD, May 3: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has urged the government to allow the export of sugar to Afghanistan in Pakistani rupees....
Steps being taken to promote IT ISLAMABAD, May 3: The government has put in place various enablers to promote information technology, said Federal Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Attaur Rehman....		CRCP for enacting law on freedom of information ISLAMABAD, May 3: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) on Friday deplored the dismal state of press freedom in the country and asked the government to enact law on freedom...
Majida flays thrashing of HR activists ISLAMABAD, May 3: The chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women, Justice (Rtd) Majida Rizvi, has expressed shock over police violence against human right activists in the capital on Thursday....		Gorbachev, Yelstin made mistakes: Russian envoy ISLAMABAD, May 3: Bilateral relations between Russia and Pakistan are going to improve steadily in the coming months ahead. This was confidently stated by the Russian ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Eduard...