May 14, 2002	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 1, 1423

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Rs198 million overspent on Parliament Lodges: report ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Capital Development Authority has overspent Rs198.884 million on the construction of Parliament Lodges, an audit report revealed....		IT reforms to retain investors’ confidence ISLAMABAD, May 13: The reforms introduced by the government in IT sector would help retain investors’ confidence, the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Attaur Rehman said....
Removal of quacks ordered RAWALPINDI, May 13: The district government has ordered the removal of quack dentists sitting on footpaths outside the District Headquarters Hospital....		Govt ‘indifferent’ to teachers’ prolems RAWALPINDI, May 13: The government has failed to respond to the Punjab schoolteachers’ boycott of classes which continued for the fourth consecutive day on Monday....
The romance of rugs ISLAMABAD, May 13: ‘Carpets, any one?’ People come across pairs of Pakhtun boys carrying carpets on their shoulders inviting passers-by to buy one....		Contaminated water supplied to consumers: report RAWALPINDI, May 13: A large part of the city is experiencing water shortage and those who are enjoying this luxury are being supplied water contaminated with drug resistant bacteria, official record...
Security steps fail to check rising crime RAWALPINDI, May 13: Regardless of strict security measures adopted by the police and district administration, incidence of crime increased in April, statistics showed....		People face hardship due to flaws in bail procedure ISLAMABAD, May 13: The existing procedure of bail is not only creating problems for the people, specially those who are implicated in false cases, but also encouraging corruption and tout culture...
Afghan national, Saudi wife get one-year imprisonment ISLAMABAD, May 13: The judicial magistrate, Sayed Muzaffar Ali Shah, on Monday awarded one year imprisonment to an Afghan national and his Saudi wife for illegally entering Pakistan....		PTDC unlikely to meet revenue targets ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) is unlikely to meet its revenue targets set for the current year....
Musharraf wants timely completion of project: National drainage programme ISLAMABAD, May 13: President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has directed the ministries of finance and food & agriculture to accelerate work on the Rs18 billion National Drainage Programme to be completed by...		Qayum briefs president on meeting with Benazir ISLAMABAD May 13: Veteran Kashmiri politician and chairman President’s Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayum Khan is said to have met PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto in Dubai during his recent visit to...
Plan to amend AJK constitution opposed ISLAMABAD, May 13: The parliamentary party of ruling AJK Muslim Conference on Monday unanimously decided not to allow any attempt of changing the state’s parliamentary system into presidential system through proposed...		Three parties mull alliance QUETTA, May 13: Balochistan National Party (Awami group) is negotiating with PML-QA and Balochistan National Movement for making an electoral alliance in the province....
Move to replace Azhar brushed aside ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) Central Working Committee (CWC) on Monday brushed aside the move to replace its chief Mian Mohammed Azhar with a consensus candidate for a...		‘No change in UK visa policy’ KARACHI, May 13: The Head of Mission at British Deputy High Commission, Roger Syecks, has said there has been no change in business, investment and visa policy of his country after...
EC to hear objections on delimitation from 20th ISLAMABAD, May 13: The Election Commission on Monday said it would start deciding objections against the delimitation of constituencies from May 20....		Diplomats visit N. Areas GILGIT, May 13: A group of nine diplomats belonging to the Western countries concluded their week-long tour to the tourist spots of the Northern Areas on Monday amid tight security, informed...
Karzai felicitates Musharraf ISLAMABAD, May 13: Interim Afghan Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai has felicitated President Gen Pervez Musharraf on his success in the referendum, an official announcement said....		RTA fails to check overloading GUJRANWALA, May 13: The Punjab governor’s directive to check overloading and overcharging has become a rolling stone between secretariats of the governor and Regional Transport Authority (RTA) for the last two...
Serial killer, rapist arrested FAISALABAD, May 13: Police claimed arresting a serial killer involved in rape-cum-murder cases of eight women, mostly prostitutes, here on Monday....		‘Undeserving people getting Zakat’ TOBA TEK SINGH, May 13: Undeserving people were being given financial assistance from Zakat and ushr department’s fund for permanent rehabilitation of jobless people....
5,000 constables to be recruited OKARA, May 13: Under new police reforms, at least 5,000 constables will be recruited in the province....		Teachers lodge plaints with LHC, CEC against ROs FAISALABAD, May 13: Teachers on Monday lodged formal complaints with the Lahore High Court and the chief election commissioner levelling charges against judicial-cum-returning officers for their failure in arranging proper arrangements...
NPP meeting today GUJRANWALA, May 13: A meeting of the National People’s Party, Punjab, will be held here on May 17....		LHC orders reinstatement of 15 TMA employees MULTAN, May 13: The Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, has ordered to reinstate 15 employees of the Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil municipal administration declaring their termination orders, issued by the Punjab...
Boy killed FAISALABAD, May 13: A boy was killed in a road accident here in Chak 367-GB, Tarkhani, on Sunday....		WB chief briefed on development plan: Areas bordering Afghanistan PESHAWAR, May 13: The NWFP government has chalked out a short-term development strategy and long-term plan with financial outlay of 35 billion rupees for rapid socio-economic development of the areas bordering...
Army to start patrolling in Waziristan shortly PESHAWAR, May 13: Army troops would step in for the first time in the inaccessible areas of the North and South Waziristan agencies in a couple of days with dual objective...		Shortage of vets, drugs hit livestock in Chitral CHITRAL, May 13: The livestock and dairy development is the most neglected and backward department in the district in spite of its merger with the agriculture department under the devolution of...
Two injured in clash over water dispute LANDI KOTAL, May 13: Two people were injured in a firing incident at Shiekhwal village here....		Poppy crop destroyed LANDI KOTAL, May 13: Standing poppy crop over 1,100 kanal was destroyed by the political authorities of the Khyber Agency in the remote Tirah valley....
12 held in D. I. Khan KOHAT, May 13: In a crackdown against the sectarianism, the authorities here on Sunday arrested 12 leaders belonging to different groups under MPO and sent them to Dera Ismail Khan central...		Khushhali funds to ‘lapse’ in June LAHORE, May 13: The federal government has sounded a warning to the districts that funds transferred to them under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme during the current fiscal would lapse if not...
Punjab govt decides to fill vacancies LAHORE, May 13: The Punjab government decided on Monday to fill vacancies in various departments that have existed for several years....		Archaeology Dept head offices shifting ‘delayed’ LAHORE, May 13: The shifting of the archaeology department’s head offices to Lahore seems to have been “delayed” if not stopped as no record or personnel of its planning and development...
Another boy kidnapped LAHORE, May 13: A 16-year-old boy was kidnapped from his house at Farooq Ganj in Misri Shah on Monday....		Autonomous hospitals to get special grant LAHORE, May 13: The Punjab government is releasing special grant for purchasing medicines and necessary equipment for autonomous hospitals besides providing facilities in doctors and nursing hostels and renovating hospitals buildings....
River flows rising LAHORE, May 13: The rising temperature and have resulted in increasing flow in rivers with Indus at Tarbela having 60,500 cusecs and Jhelum at Mangla touching 57,500 cusecs on Monday....		Tubewell installed at Allama Iqbal Colony RAWALPINDI, May 13: The water crises in Allama Iqbal Colony came to end on Monday after the formal inauguration of a tubewell installed by the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB)....
Desilting of nullahs starts RAWALPINDI, May 13: Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has started desilting Nullahs and their tributaries in the city ahead of monsoon season to prevent flooding....		Journalist’s brother missing ISLAMABAD, May 13: Younger brother of a local journalist has been missing for the last 17 days from G-9 Markaz....