May 8, 2002	Wednesday	Safar 24, 1423

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Prison demolished in PHC order’s violation KOHAT, May 7: The municipal authorities have demolished the 120-year-old jail building to construct a shopping plaza despite clear status quo orders of the Peshawar High Court following a suit filed...		40 suspects detained, 25 interrogated: Kidnapping of Prof Leghari HYDERABAD, May 7: Hyderabad District Police have detained over 40 people and interrogated 25 other influential people, including a DSP, a caretaker of Bhitshah Rest House, landlords, former officials and other...
Action against doctors demanded SUKKUR, May 7: The Zila Naib Nazim, Iqbal Dawood, expressed his concern over the inhuman attitude of the doctors of the Civil Hospital, Larkana, who did not provide medical aid to...		Employees oppose leasing out of power stations MINGORA, May 7: The employees of Small Hydle Development Organization (Shydo), NWFP, have threatened to close down the 12 power stations and launch a movement against the government’s decision to give them on lease to private parties....
Pakistan-Afghan border sealed WANA, May 7: The political administration of South Waziristan Agency has sealed the Pakistan-Afghan border in the tribal area to check any illegal crossing of the border and smuggling of foreign...		LEA officer, others booked SANGHAR, May 7: An officer of a law enforcement agency (LEA) and his accomplices were booked by Tando Adam police for allegedly assaulting and occupying the houses of the complainant on...
Robbers kill two sisters THATTA, May 7: Two sisters were killed by some unidentified robbers in Sonara Gali here on Tuesday morning....		Protest against shortage of potable water SANGHAR, May 7: A large number of women protested against the non-availability of drinking water in Sanghar town for the last one month....
SI suspended over death in custody HANGU, May 7: A sub-inspector of police, Saeed Khan, has been suspended by the deputy inspector-general after death of a citizen in police custody at Hangu police station....		Pen-down strike LARKANA, May 7: Protesting against the absorption of Village Workers’ Project in the Health Department, the employees observed a token three-hour pen-down strike here on Tuesday....
Infectious diseases on the rise in Dadu DADU, May 7: The slum areas of district Dadu are abound with various diseases such as measles, whooping cough, malaria, diarrhoea, bronchitis, tuberculosis and skin ailments....		Pakistan steps up efforts to reactivate gas pipeline project ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan has invited Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov and Afghan interim authority Chairman Hamid Karzai to visit Islamabad during the last week of May to re-activate $2 billion Turkmenistan...
Alliance members accused of escaping accountability ISLAMABAD, May 7: Former interior minister Naseerullah Babar has said that keeping in view the track record of its members, the National Alliance and its patrons are the proverbial Ali Baba...		Pakistani couple held in software piracy scam LOS ANGELES, May 7: Over 24 Bar area residents, including a Pakistani couple, were arrested last month on suspicion of pirating $20 million in Microsoft softwares, local newspapers reported....
FO urged to bring home bodies of six Pakistanis ISLAMABAD, May 7: Relatives of the six Pakistanis killed in Macedonia for their alleged links with Al Qaeda have asked the foreign office to bring the bodies to the country for...		PTI chief calls for probe into rigging allegations ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has declared that he will not join any party or alliance which has in its ranks corrupt people, hence his party has kept...
Employees threaten self-immolation QUETTA, May 7: The leaders of the striking government employees have threatened to commit self-immolation in front of the Governor House and other important places if 40 per cent special allowance...		Two Afghan nationals hanged QUETTA, May 7: Two Afghan nationals were hanged in Central Jail, Much, on Tuesday morning for murdering three people, including the founder of Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), 15...
Anti-terrorist policies hit 600,000 US Muslims SAN FRANCISCO, May 7: Almost 600,000 American Muslims have been negatively impacted by the US government’s policies since the terrorist attacks of Sept 11, says a report, prepared by a leading...		Driver of Jamia Millia college burried MUZAFFARABAD, May 7: A large number of people here attended the funeral prayers for the driver, who was killed on Monday along with the principle and peon of Jamia Millia Polytechnic...
PML-N opposes role of army in governance ISLAMABAD, May 7: Pakistan Muslim League (N) Secretary-General Saranjam Khan has said that as the army generals have not played any role in the creation of Pakistan, they can not be...		Ex-AL leader shot dead NAWABSHAH, May 7: Shoaib Hamidi, 70, former vice president of the Awami League, West Pakistan, was murdered by six armed persons in Deh 40, Nusrat, near Ali Murad Shahani village, Jam...
Probe ordered into education dept accounts’ irregularities QUETTA, May 7: The ad hoc public accounts committee (PAC) has found gross irregularities in the accounts of the education department, and has directed the authorities concerned to conduct an inquiry...		PAC expresses concern over pilferage of Zakat fund ISLAMABAD, May 7: The Ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday expressed concern over the embezzlement of Zakat fund through misuse of authority by the Northern Areas Zakat Council during year...
Canal breach destroys standing crops TOBA TEK SINGH, May 7: A breach occurred on Monday night in Bhangoo Rajbah of Jhang branch canal due to the negligence of irrigation department staff....		Sialkot, Narowal hit by power suspension SIALKOT, May 7: Scores of residents in Sialkot and Narowal districts on Tuesday took to streets to complain against prolonged electricity and water supply suspension....
SI named in bank robbery BAHAWALPUR, May 7: Jam Abdul Ghaffar, Musafirkhana police SI (presently under suspension in a corruption case), is also one of the suspects in the Rs 700,000 bank robbery at NBP Kotla...		Case registered after 13 days: Rs9.7m tobacco coy robbery GUJRAT, May 7: The Lalamusa Saddar police, on the orders of DSP headquarters on Tuesday, registered a dacoity case against Pakistan Tobacco Company, Jhelum, employees after 13 days of the incident,...
Multan leads wheat procurement drive MULTAN, May 7: The food department has so far achieved 33 per cent of its wheat procurement target in six districts of former Multan division after procuring 289,000 tons of the...		Disconnection threatened to check power theft DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 7: Electricity feeders of the localities concerned will be shut down, if the influential people continued taking power theft as their privilege....
Polluted water spreads dysentery VEHARI, May 7: Scores of residents in Chak 9-11/WB and union council No 1 have been drinking contaminated water for the last week due to the negligence of local tehsil municipal...		Middle Exams result KASUR, May 7: The result of middle standard examination, 2002, was declared here on Tuesday....
Dist council slams cattle killing MIANWALI, May 7: The district council has condemned killing of 20 cattle who consumed contaminated water released from Pak-American Fertilizer Factory, Iskandarabad, a couple of days back....		Two buses, truck looted JHANG, May 7: Dacoits looted a truck and passengers of two buses near Rajabad, some 35 kilometres from here, early on Tuesday....
Vendor shot dead OKARA, May 7: A fruit vendor was shot dead by bandits when he resisted their bid near Benazir level crossing on Monday night....		Convict hanged SHEIKHUPURA, May 7: A convict was hanged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore, on Tuesday morning....
Two injured dacoits dead SADIQABAD, May 7: Dacoit Abdul Waheed’s two accomplices, who sustained injuries in police encounter the other day, died here on Tuesday....		Provinces get Rs3.5bn for education reforms ISLAMABAD, May 7: The federal government on Tuesday released Rs3.5 billion supplementary grant to the provinces for the implementation of Education Sector Reforms (ESR), a source told Dawn....
Atta unhappy over slow pace of vaccines production ISLAMABAD, May 7: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Attaur Rehman on Tuesday expressed concern over slow pace of EPI vaccacines production, including oral polio, measles and tetanus toadied....		Over 2,000 teachers to be appointed in Pindi dist RAWALPINDI, May 7: As many as 2,053 vacancies of teachers in the Rawalpindi district will be filled during this fiscal, sources told Dawn here on Tuesday....
‘Literacy a must to flourish democracy’ ISLAMABAD, May 7: Democratic institutions can not flourish in a society where half of the adult population is illiterate and most of the voters cannot even read a newspaper....		2 Pims nurses sacked for negligence: Youth in coma ISLAMABAD, May 7: The administration of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has dismissed two nurses for showing dereliction of duty which resulted in sending a youth into coma....
Old woman crushed to death ISLAMABAD, May 7: An old woman was killed on Tuesday when a speeding van hit her at the Secretariat Chowk....		Reference filed in Rs200m PR scam LAHORE, May 7: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday filed reference against six railway employees and a contractor in the uniform supply fraud worth Rs 200 million....
‘Army, ISI dividing political parties’ LAHORE, May 7: It is the army and the ISI that have been dividing political parties and creating new factions among them, alleges Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam amir Maulana Fazlur Rahman....		Physics, maths books for class X not published LAHORE, May 7: The Punjab Textbook Board has not published physics and mathematics textbooks for Class-X as students admitted to Class-IX will only study biology and chemistry this year....
Union opposed to power cos’ privatization LAHORE, May 7: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union advised the government on Tuesday to desist from privatizing Wapda’s power distribution companies. Privatization, they said, would result in an increase...		Unprecedented LAC terms LAHORE, May 7: The Lahore Arts Council is doling out funds and facilities to two private drama companies, sources said here on Tuesday....
New set-up approved for C&W department LAHORE, May 7: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) approved on Tuesday a new administrative set up for the Communications and Works Department, permitting the establishment of a directorate of private...		Book fair inaugurated LAHORE, May 7: The three-day annual book fair and computer exhibition began at the Punjab University main corridor on Tuesday....