May 10, 2002	Friday	Safar 26, 1423

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Police reluctant to lay hand on Gorchani chiefs: Kidnapping of college girl DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 9: The district police have yet to recover a girl from the clutches of Gorchani Sardars even after four days of her kidnap....		Dozens held in Punjab: Suicide bombing FAISALABAD, May 9: Dozens of members of extremist groups were rounded up across the Punjab in the backdrop of a suicide bombing in Karachi that left 15 dead, including 11 French...
Teachers to observe strike tomorrow FAISALABAD, May 9: Teachers and the other staff of the local colleges will observe a complete strike on Saturday to press the government for the release of Prof Mehmood Anwar....		SSP leader arrested under 16 MPO SIALKOT, May 9: Maulana Ehsanul Haq Farooqi, a banned Sipah-i-Sahaba leader and the Jamia Masjid Farooqi prayer leader, was arrested for delivering a speech against Gen Pervez Musharraf in Wadala Sindhian...
Gepco explains power suspension GUJRANWALA, May 9: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) clarified that power supply from Ranpura feeder, Sialkot, remained suspended on May 7 from 6am to 3pm for the maintenance of the...		Acquitted man shot dead by rivals JHANG, May 9: A man, recently acquitted of murder by a court, was shot dead by some assailants in Millat Colony, here on Wednesday....
Six faint in Vehari VEHARI, May 9: Six people fell unconscious on Thursday as the town witnessed another hot day with mercury shot up to 46 degrees Celsius....		Nazim attacks Wasa team, councillors GUJRANWALA, May 9: A union council Nazim and his men on Thursday attacked a Wasa inquiry team and some fellow councillors who had complained against him for misuse of funds....
Food inspector suspended for gunny bags’ appropriation SAHIWAL, May 9: Food Department’s Multan deputy director on Thursday suspended from service a food inspector of wheat purchase centre, Chak No 53/12-L, on the charge of misappropriation of 8,125 gunny...		Shutters down against parking fee MULTAN, May 9: Traders of the cantonment area observed a complete strike on Thursday against the imposition of parking fee....
Three die as bus hits car FAISALABAD, May 9: Three people were killed while two others sustained injuries when a bus crashed into a car on the Service Road here on Wednesday night....		Ways to ‘combat flood’ in Multan MULTAN, May 9: Although provinces are falling out on water distribution owing to acute water shortage, the Multan district has started looking ways to combat flood during the coming monsoon....
Blast seen blowing up tourism industry ISLAMABAD, May 9: The implications of Karachi’s suicide bombing on the country’s tourism were discussed at a meeting of Ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee here on Thursday, which noted that already there...		Musharraf, Hariri discuss Mideast, S.Asia crises ISLAMABAD, May 9: President Pervez Musharraf and Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who met here on Thursday, expressed their total understanding and unanimity of views on matters concerning the Middle East...
Wapda clarifies report LAHORE, May 9: Wapda has clarified a news report (May 6) in which the six sacked geologists, who were employed on the feasibility study of the Basha Dam project, alleged that...		Staff shortage hits Ehtesab in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, May 9: Shortage of staff and absence of cooperation among various government departments is hampering the process of investigation in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ehtesab Bureau, a spokesman for...
Infiltration being checked at Afghan border: minister ISLAMABAD, May 9: United States Ambassador Wendy J. Chamberlin, along with a two-member delegation, called on Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas and State and Frontier Region Minister Abbas Sarfaraz Khan, here...		Blast a proof of govt’s weakness, says ARD QUETTA, May 9: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Balochistan, has strongly condemned the killing of French and Pakistani citizens in a bomb blast in Karachi and termed it a...
157 more govt employees sacked QUETTA, May 9: The number of government employees sacked so far has reached over 400, with a fresh termination of service of another 157 workers on Thursday....		Security tightened in Balochistan QUETTA, May 9: The Balochistan government has tightened security in Quetta and other parts of the province following suicide bombing in Karachi which left over a dozen people dead....
Japan opens social body in Gilgit GILGIT, May 9: Since its inception in 1989, the Grassroots Assistance (GRA) scheme has funded a total of $8.3 million to 172 projects throughout the country of which 24 projects are...		Hizb terms revolt news baseless MUZAFFARABAD, May 9: The Hizbul Mujahideen has described as baseless an Indian news agency’s Thursday report that claimed a revolt had occurred in the group’s folds in Azad Jammu and Kashmir,...
Traders call off strike HUB, May 9: Traders of Hub called off their shutter-down strike on Thursday after a meeting with former Balochistan Minister Jam Ali Akbar....		US commando operation put off DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 9: The widespread anger against the American forces among various tribal factions in South Waziristan Agency has made the US/Pakistan authorities to postpone their operation against Al-Qaeda...
24 activists of religious parties arrested DADU, May 9: The police in crackdown against the activists of religious parties in Dadu district arrested 24 activists of different parties on Thursday....		10 die in US missile attack in Kunar BAJAUR, May 9: Ten people among the 31 injured, who were wounded in a cruise missile attack by American forces on a village in the Kunar province of Afghanistan on Tuesday,...
Inquiry against former MS, other initiated DADU, May 9: The anti-corruption police establishment initiated investigation against former medical superintendent and storekeeper of the Mehar Taluka Hospital....		Enforcement of compulsory education laws urged DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 9: District coordinator of Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child, Aamir Hameed Mughal advocate, has called upon the government to enforce the compulsory...
Man, woman killed over Karo-kari NAWABSHAH, May 9: A man and a woman were killed on the pretext of Karo-kari in Deh 59 Nusrat, near Mohammad Ali Narejo village, Bandhi, on Wednesday....		4 held in Hamidi murder case NAWABSHAH, May 9: THe police have arrested 4 persons wanted in the murder of Shoaib Hamidi, the former vice president of the Awami League, West Pakistan....
Donation to affected families SUKKUR, May 9: The chairperson of the Maher Welfare Society, Karachi, Naheed Maher, along with other social workers visited the Civil Hospital, Sukkur, and met the victims of Sukkur incident in...		School wall destroyed in explosion CHITRAL, May 9: A bomb exploded beside the main gate of a local public school late Tuesday night, blowing up one of its walls and partially damaging the gate....
3 shops gutted DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 9: Three shops were reduced to ashes as fire broke out at the main Commissionary Bazaar here on Wednesday evening. However, the fire was put out by...		Nazims want non-party election MANSEHRA, May 9: The alliance of district Nazims of Hazara have asked the government to hold the October general election on non-party basis and give constitutional cover to the local bodies....
PML factions meet at Kingri House today LAHORE, May 9: Heads of three factions of the PML are due to meet at a lunch at Kingri House, Karachi, the residence of Functional Muslim League chief Pir Pagara, on...		PMA demands action against convicted health secy LAHORE, May 9: The Pakistan Medical Association, Punjab, demanded issuance of a show cause notice under the Removal from Service Ordinance, 2000, on the Health Department secretary in view of his...
DCO orders probe into theft of record LAHORE, May 9: District coordination officer Tariq Shafi Chak directed the Lahore market committee chairman Talat Ahmad on Thursday to immediately start investigating the disappearance of the committee’s record for the...		Four more to join GNA LAHORE, May 9: Four more parties will soon join the six-party Grand National Alliance and as many more to follow suit, claims Pakistan Awami Tehrik chairman Dr Tahirul Qadri....
Wapda chief ‘not being elevated’ LAHORE, May 9: The Wapda on Thursday denied that Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan (retired) had been approached with a suggestion that he should be made the minister for water and power....		Freedom of Information Ord LAHORE, May 9: The federal government has finalized the Freedom of Information Ordinance which will be taken up at the next cabinet meeting for its approval....
Hottest day in Lahore LAHORE, May 9: Thursday was the hottest day of the current summer so ar as maximum temperature rose to 44.7 degrees C....		CDA ignores Ecnec for hike in charges: D-12 development cost ISLAMABAD, May 9: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has bypassed proper approval channels to charge additional development cost from the allottees of sector D-12, although it has a gross profitability of...
Two education dept officials punished RAWALPINDI, May 9: Two district education officials have been punished for leaking question papers of middle standard examinations in 1997....		Teachers to boycott classes from today RAWALPINDI, May 9: The local chapter of the Punjab Teachers Union has supported the Muttahida Mahaz-i-Asatiza’s call for boycotting classes from Friday, and decided that no teacher in the Rawalpindi district...
Margalla Hills again catch fire ISLAMABAD, May 9: A large area of Margalla Hills on Thursday again caught fire after a few days....		UNDP to provide $40m for environment projects ISLAMABAD, May 9: United Nations Development Programme will provide $40 million to the ministry of environment for different projects to preserve country’s environment....
Karachi blast condemned ISLAMABAD, May 9: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Rawalpindi on Thursday condemned the loss of life in terrorist attacks in different cities of...		Book fair concludes LAHORE, May 9: The three-day book fair and computer exhibition organized by the Islami Jamiat Tulaba under the banner of Tulaba Taqreebat Committee at Punjab University’s New Campus concluded on Thursday....