May 18, 2002	Saturday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 5, 1423

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Officials in quandary about hijackers’ release ISLAMABAD, May 17: Release or not to release is the question which is bothering the officials dealing with the matter of four Palestinians convicted on the charge of hijacking a PanAm...		Kabul govt wants to try Pakistani Jihadis ISLAMABAD, May 17: Negotiations between the Pakistan and Afghan  governments are deadlocked over the future of about 590 Pakistani Jihadis lavishing in detention centres in Afghanistan, official sources said on Friday....
Petroleum price hike criticized ISLAMABAD, May 17: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the 17.02 per cent increase in the price of diesel and the 4.63 per cent rise in the price of petrol and...		Power project’s inquiry demanded MUZAFFARABAD, May 17: People’s Party AJK Information Secretary Khwaja Farooq Ahmed on Thursday demanded constitution of a commission headed by a Supreme Court or High Court judge to probe into the...
2 die in rocket attacks QUETTA, May 17: Several rockets landed and exploded in Kohlu township, on Friday some 500kms from here, seriously injuring two Marri tribesmen, officials sources said....		A telling pattern of terror in India ISLAMABAD, May 17: The killing of 34 people in held Kashmir just hours after the arrival of US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca in New Delhi on Tuesday, fits in...
Hamdani’s mother to receive award WASHINGTON, May 17: Salman Hamdani had left his house in Queens as usual on the morning of Sept 11 to catch a commuter train to Manhattan, where he worked as a...		178 teachers sacked QUETTA, May 17: The Balochistan government on Friday terminated the services of 178 activists of Government Teachers’ Association (GTA) for observing illegal strike for the last five weeks....
Mutilated body found KARACHI, May 17: The lower part of the body of a man was found in a garbage dump in Bismillah Colony, Mominabad, on Friday night, police said....		Autopsy reveals bullets fired from 5 feet: Basra’s death VEHARI, May 17: The autopsy report of Riaz Basra and his three accomplices who were killed in an ‘encounter’ with police on May 14, revealed that they were fired upon from...
Two lawyers shot dead in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, May 17: Two lawyers were shot dead while three guards were injured in Raisanwala village, some 75km away from here, on Friday morning....		Ginners seek one million bale TCP bail out MULTAN, May 17: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to order the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to procure 1 million bales of cotton....
Girl, brother axed to death CHINIOT, May 17: A girl and her brother were axed to death on Thursday by their brother and his five accomplices at Chak 237-JB. Sanaullah suspected that Razia had relations with...		SSP man gets death for triple murder GUJRANWALA, May 17: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1, Gujranwala, on Friday handed down death sentence on three counts and fined Rs1.5 million to a convict and the banned SSP activist in...
Govt urged to arrest POL prices GUJRAT, May 17: The government should evolve a comprehensive strategy to fix the prices of petroleum products to help exporters meet their targets....		Beautification drive in Haripur soon HARIPUR, May 17: Though faced with enormous pressure from certain quarters, the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) is committed to clear the city of the menace of encroachments, and as a part...
Steps to promote education urged SWABI, May 17: Over one million people all over the globe do not have access to education, resulting in the deterioration of various societies, specially in the developing countries....		Ecnec decision on Thal canal resented BADIN, May 17: The chairman, Sindh Taraqqi Passand Party (STPP), and the president, Ponam (Sindh chapter), Dr Qadir Magsi strongly protested against granting approval by the ECNEC for the construction of...
Protest march LARKANA, May 17: Voicing anger over the acute shortage of irrigation water in Warah sub-division, the activists of various parties held a long march from Warah to Wagan town on Thursday....		Private schools fail to hold exams MIRPURKHAS, May 17: Despite completion of the academic year on March 30, the annual examinations still remain to be held in many private schools of the district....
One dies, 20 faint in Dadu heatwave DADU, May 17: One person died and 20 people fell unconscious in different parts of Dadu District as the mercury rose to 47 degrees Celsius on Friday....		‘Poisonous’ water claims six lives NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 17: Six persons died and scores of others fell sick, apparently after consuming water drawn from a particular tap, in village Malik of Moro on Thursday....
Consumers bewail Pesco’s apathy KOHAT, May 17: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) has failed to address the problem of consistent breakdowns which sometime exceed the duration of eight hours daily for the last several...		Two killed SUKKUR, May 17: Two persons were shot dead by their rival tribesmen in Khanwahan town, near Halani, late Thursday. The victims were returning home after attending a religious ceremony when they...
Pims-US firm row over repair of machines ISLAMABAD, May 17: The patients are being made to suffer from a dispute between the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences and a US firm over the repairs of two machines....		Construction of 9 schools delayed: Inadequate funds, slow work ISLAMABAD, May 17: Establishment of nine primary and secondary schools at a cost of Rs216 million in various sectors of the capital has been delayed due to inadequate allocation of funds...
Chinese women’s team visits APWA school ISLAMABAD, May 17: A four-member delegation of All China Women’s Federation along with members of Ministry of Women Development visited APWA High School on Friday....		Dist govt opposes autonomy to two city colleges RAWALPINDI, May 17: The district government will ask Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (Rtd) Khalid Maqbool not to grant autonomy to the city’s two main educational institutions....
Preparations for Eid Milad under way RAWALPINDI, May 17: Patchwork on roads and repair of street- lights along the routes of Eid-i-Milad-un-Nabi processions would be completed by 10 Rabiul Awal, said Tehsil Municipal Officer (TMO) Col (Rtd)...		3 Pindi areas to get supply from Khanpur Dam soon RAWALPINDI, May 17: Water supply from Khanpur Dam project will soon be extended to Khayaban-i-Sir Syed, Pirwadhai and Satellite Town after a survey of pipelines in these areas, a Wasa press...
Privatization of distribution coys ‘suicidal’ LAHORE, May 17: Former chief justice of Pakistan and Electric Power Forum president Nasim Hasan Shah has described the government decision to privatize Wapda’s power distribution companies as suicidal and called...		‘Pakistan ready to meet any eventuality’ LAHORE, May 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool hopes no extreme option will be exercized to settle differences between Pakistan and India, saying Pakistan was nevertheless ready to meet any eventuality....
Excise Dept recovers Rs3.7bn in 10 months LAHORE, May 17: The Excise and Taxation Department has collected Rs3.7 billion — or 81 per cent of the target of Rs4.5 billion for the fiscal 2001-02 — in the first...		MMA to attend APC LAHORE, May 17: All the constituent parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will participate in the All Parties Conference being convened by Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Sunday....
Doctors’ stipend raised LAHORE, May 17: The Punjab government on Friday increased the monthly stipend for FCPS Part-II doctors from Rs4,000 to Rs6,200....		Feast of Pentecost tomorrow LAHORE, May 17: The Feast of Pentecost will be celebrated by the Christians world over on Sunday....