May 17, 2002	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 4, 1423

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Increase in POL prices widely condemned FAISALABAD, May 16: All strata of people, including politicians, traders and transporters, have termed the increase in prices of petroleum products inimical to the national economy....		War on terrorism to continue: Maqbool MULTAN, May 16: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Thursday terrorists had no religion and deserved no mercy....
‘Globalization can avert clash of civilizations’ LAHORE, May 16: Globalization can avert the clash of civilizations and unite the world on the basis of the development in science and technology....		Wheat procurement behind target TOBA TEK SINGH, May 16: The food department could purchase only 20,835 metric tones of the targeted 50,000 metric tones of wheat from the district....
Proceedings of inquiry tribunal suspended FAISALABAD, May 16: The one-man tribunal constituted by the Punjab governor to probe into circumstances leading to police violence against media men did not initiate its proceedings on Wednesday after some...		ASI arrested for detaining a man GUJRANWALA, May 16: The district and sessions judge on Thursday got arrested an assistant sub-inspector and suspended from service an SHO for keeping a man in illegal confinement....
Villagers’ plea to UN observers SIALKOT, May 16: The residents of villages along the working boundary have urged the Sialkot-based UN observers to take measures for the early rehabilitation of farmers affected by Indian shelling....		‘Abducted’ girl marries tribesman MULTAN, May 16: Kidnap story of a college girl from Dera Ghazi Khan took a new turn on Thursday when the young lady and her alleged kidnapper appeared before the Multan...
Police accused of releasing dacoit GUJRAT, May 16: Lalamusa City police set free a bandit who was caught and handed over by residents of Karimpura locality, Dawn learnt here on Thursday....		Thirst carries off four labourers BAHAWALPUR, May 16: Four young labourers were carried off for want of drinking water in the sparsely populated area of the Cholistan desert near here....
Two POs killed in ‘encounter’ MIAN CHANNU, May 16: Two proclaimed offenders on Thursday were killed while as many managed to escape after an encounter with police at Chak 119/15-L, Agowana....		Riaz Basra buried in Sargodha SARGODHA, May 16: Riaz Basra, the chief of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, killed in a police encounter along with his accomplices, was laid to rest on Thursday morning under tight security in his native...
Three fugitives arrested SAHIWAL, May 16: Shah Kot police on Thursday claimed arresting three fugitives who were got released by their accomplices from the Harappa police custody on April 25....		Outlaws have a field day FAISALABAD, May 16: Unidentified outlaws made off with cash, ornaments, valuables worth thousands of rupees and also took away three cars in eight strikes in and around the city during the...
Exam centres GUJRANWALA, May 16: A team of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Gujranwala, raided some 15 FA/FSc examination centres in Daska, Sambrial, Sialkot, Pasrur, Zafarwal, Shakargarh and Narowal on Thursday....		PML(QA) condemns Indian designs ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan Muslim League (QA) president Mian Mohammad Azhar has warned New Delhi that if a war was imposed on us India will find 140 million people of Pakistan...
Swiss firm brought no investment: AG: SGS can’t approach ICSID ISLAMABAD, May 16: Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan on Thursday stated before the Supreme Court that SGS, whose contract for providing “services” as pre-shipment inspection company had not brought any kind...		SSGC handling case callously: SC: Sacked employees ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the Sui Southern Gas Company was handling the issue of educated persons inducted in the company callously....
NA contacts parties for expansion ISLAMABAD, May 16: The recently-formed six-party pro-Musharraf National Alliance has started approaching splinter groups, regional parties, and religious groups asking them to join the alliance....		Mengal for trade teams exchange with Russia QUETTA, May 16: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has underlined the need for exchanging delegations for close cooperation between private sectors of Russia and Pakistan and to explore possibilities for increasing...
Shaukat leaves for Iran today ISLAMABAD, May 16: Minister for Finance Shaukat Aziz will leave for Tehran on Friday (today) to take part in a two-day conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan....		Five states to discuss sharing of weather data ISLAMABAD, May 16: A consultative meeting between five countries of the region, including India, China and Pakistan, is being held in Katmandu from May 19 to 21, to explore the possibility...
India will attack AJK, fears Qazi PESHAWAR, May 16: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has apprehended that India is planning to attack Pakistan for capturing some strategic positions in Azad Kashmir.....		Swabi district govt allocates Rs113m under KPP SWABI, May 16: The district government has allocated Rs113.7 million for different projects under Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP), official sources told Dawn here on Thursday....
2 Sikh students kidnapped LANDI KOTAL, May 16: Two Sikh school students were kidnapped from Kalanga village in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency on Thursday....		Dispensaries for Waziristan urged WANA, May 16: The residents and Maliks of South Waziristan Agency have demanded of the government to start construction work on the civil dispensaries allocated to the agency in the ADP...
Haji Ayub’s plea for passport dismissed PESHAWAR, May 16: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday dismissed an application of an alleged drug trafficker, Haji Ayub Afridi, praying the court for issuance of a...		Archaeology Dept offices unlikely to be shifted soon LAHORE, May 16: Status-quo ante seems to be the fate of the move to transfer archaeological artifacts and books from Karachi to Lahore. The shifting of only the establishment attached to...
Wapda receivables up by Rs10.74bn in 9 months LAHORE, May, 16: Wapda’s receivables have gone up to Rs 54.626 billion — Rs34.201 billion from public sector and Rs20.425 billion from private sector — during the first nine months of...		Junior doctors to be paid for their work LAHORE, May 16: The provincial health department has declared that only those clinicians who actually perform surgeries (at autonomous teaching hospitals) will be paid for operations....
Taj Co revival plan to be discussed LAHORE, May 16: A scheme has been proposed for the revival and rehabilitation of the defunct Taj Company and to recover the loss to the affected people by an association....		Plea against Zakat Fund ‘embezzlement’ allowed LAHORE, May 16: The Lahore High Court allowed a lawyer on Thursday to move a writ petition agitating his grievance that over Rs942 million were misappropriated from the Zakat Fund in...
PTB claims more books released than last year LAHORE, May 16: The Punjab Textbook Board chairperson has claimed that the board has so far released 3.8 million more textbooks as compared to the corresponding period last year....		Govt hospitals need Rs228m to improve services RAWALPINDI, May 16: The three autonomous hospitals here require Rs228 million to improve their services and gear up for the institution-based practice, which would start shortly....
Ministry seeks over Rs994m for uplift of schools, colleges ISLAMABAD, May 16: The education ministry has asked for a budgetary allocation of Rs994.6 million for the year 2002-03, exclusively meant for development of schools, colleges and universities in Rawalpindi and...		Referendum massively doctored: survey ISLAMABAD, May 16: The national co-ordinator of Pattan Development Foundation, Sarwar Bari, called into question the validity of the government claim of holding free and fair referendum on April 30 which,...
Industrial exhibition extended till June 9 RAWALPINDI, May 16: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has extended the closing date of the third industrial exhibition till June 9....		Man gets death sentence RAWALPINDI, May 16: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Manzoor Ahmad Mirza on Thursday sentenced a man to death on 11 counts of murder....
NHA to set up maintenance fund for highways development ISLAMABAD, May 16: A ‘Road Maintenance Fund’ will be set up for the development of the highway sector, the National Highway Authority (NHA) chairman, Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed, said on Thursday....		Man dies of Congo fever QUETTA, May 16: A shepherd died of an extremely contagious haemorrhagic fever here, a hospital spokesman said Thursday....
Fuel price hike criticized ISLAMABAD, May 16: Former deputy chairman of Planning Commission and Pakistan Muslim League Chief Coordinator Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday termed 17 per cent hike in fuel prices a referendum tax imposed...		Dacoits arrested QUETTA, May 16: Six dacoits were arrested following an exchange of fire in Usta Mohammad area of Nasirabad, police said....
Kidnapped boy found murdered LAHORE, May 16: The amputated body of a five-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from Atif Park, Shalamar, a couple of days ago, was found from Gujjarpura on Thursday....		Tollinton ejection LAHORE, May 16: The Lahore Development Authority completed on Thursday the vacation of Tollinton Market on The Mall following disposal of stay applications by the Lahore High Court....