May 24, 2002	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 11,1423

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Troops being recalled from Sierra Leone, says Memon SIALKOT, May 23: Pakistan was calling back its troops sent for UN peace mission in Sierra Leone in the wake of aggressive statements of war by the Indian leadership....		Committee for pending pension cases DERA GHAZI KHAN May 23: A two-member disposal committee on pension cases held a meeting with departments concerned of four districts of former Dera Ghazi Khan division to get a report...
Greater Thal Canal project on schedule LAHORE, May 23: Work on various components of the Greater Thal Canal, one of Wapda’s Vision 2025 projects, is on schedule or ahead, Engr Mumtaz Husain Sheikh, the project director has...		No more annual exams in schools TOBA TEK SINGH, May 23: There will be no more annual examination for class 1 to 8 in government and private schools in the Punjab....
Three die of heatstroke VEHARI, May 23: A schoolgirl and a woman died of heatstroke while five labourers fell unconscious in different parts of the district....		Dead terrorist not Mayo: family VEHARI, May 23: The family of Liaquat Mayo, who was killed along with Riaz Basra in an ‘encounter’ with police on May 14, refused on Thursday to receive the body, claiming...
‘Deadly cotton virus strains emerging’ FAISALABAD, May 23: A committee of agricultural scientists has been constituted for preparing plans to control new strains of lethal leaf curl virus attack on cotton crop....		Shopkeepers suffer for absence of bypass OKARA, May 23: Traffic jumbles and pollution due to absence of bypass on the four-kilometre portion of the GT Road have become a permanent nuisance to shopkeepers....
Booked GUJRANWALA, May 23: On the directive of the high court, a former SHO and a constable were booked by Wahando police for detaining a man illegally and torturing him....		Trespassing: action against SHO, SI, ASI ordered BAHAWALNAGAR, May 23: District and Sessions Judge Mian Akram Baito has ordered the local SP to take stern action against SHO Yousaf alias Pehlwan, SI Ghulam Mustafa, ASI Niaz and constable...
Robbers ring leader held GUJRAT, May 23: Lalamusa police claimed to have arrested in Sahnawal the ring leader of a gang involved in several inter-provincial bank robberies....		Arrested GUJRAT, May 23: The CIA head Azam Baloch claimed the police had arrested two pushers Riaz Khan and Ashfaq Khan with 4,900 bottles of liquor. ...
NHA directed to float new, open tenders for M-I ISLAMABAD, May 23: Expressing displeasure over selective tendering, President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the National Highway Authority (NHA) to float open tenders for the contract of the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway project...		Diplomats’ immediate promotions sought ISLAMABAD, May 23: As eight BS-22 officers of the foreign service are to retire this year, the ministry of foreign affairs has sought immediate promotion of its 15 officers to BS-21...
Fishermen reject AG’s mediation over levy HUB, May 23: The fishermen of Lasbela on Thursday rejected mediation by the provincial advocate-general in their dispute with Balochistan Coastal Development Authority over the fees for catch imposed by the...		Qazi demands full-time COAS ISLAMABAD, May 23: Chief of Jamaat-i-Islami, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, said on Thursday that talks with the government are only possible if President Gen Pervez Musharraf appoints a full-time chief of army...
Bush asked to take extra war-preventing measures WASHINGTON, May 23: A leading South Asian specialist has warned here that in the absence of “very concentrated, very high-level” efforts by the Bush administration, there was a high probability of...		Kashmiris resent closure of UK visa section MUZAFFARABAD, May 23: Thousands of intending visitors from Azad Kashmir, hit by the closure of the visa section in the UK High Commission, feel annoyed over the decision of the British...
Five more die in Indian firing ISLAMABAD, May 23: Five more civilians including a woman were killed and 16 others injured as the Indian army continued “unprovoked and indiscriminate” firing across the Line of Control and working...		Farmers asked to utilize resources judiciously GILGIT, May 23: The Northern Areas force commander, Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmed Khan, at a consultative meeting with the community representatives of Danyore and Sultanabad on Thursday, called upon the people of...
JWP welcomes boycott of APC QUETTA, May 23: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Senior Vice-President Khudai Noor said on Wednesday that all the parties of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and those that attended the...		10 additional LHC judges likely to be confirmed ISLAMABAD, May 23: Ten additional judges of the Lahore High Court, whose tenure was extended for one month by the President, are likely to be confirmed as permanent judges....
Border tension: world leaders call for active US involvement NEW YORK, May 23: As the Indian and Pakistani troops stand eye to eye ball at the borders, intense diplomatic activity has begun to persuade both countries to pull back before...		Traders oppose new taxes MANSEHRA, May 23: Hundreds of traders, shopkeepers and transporters marched on the city roads on Wednesday to register their protest and reached the Tehsil Municipal Administration secretariat to file their objections...
19 injured in accident LANDIKOTAL, May 23: Nineteen people were injured when a bus carrying Afghan refugees back to their country overturned near the Torkham border....		PPP leader criticizes govt policies DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 23: PPP divisional president Hafeezullah Khan Alizai has said that the policies of the present government were not in the interests of the country....
Falcons facing extinction, say conservators PESHAWAR, May 23: Falcon’s population is on the verge of extinction due to its unabated smuggling from Pakistan and Central Asian states to the Middle East, falconers and wildlife conservators have...		Notification for college awaited HARIPUR, May 23: With the intermediate academic year two months away, the fate of the new degree college for girls here hangs in the balance as the district government is yet to make...
3 wounded in gas cylinder explosion HARIPUR, May 23: Three people were injured, one of them critically, when a gas cylinder exploded in village Pind Hasharm Khan some 13km from here on Wednesday evening....		Unity against war threats urged SWABI, May 23: District and Tehsil Nazims of Swabi on Thursday urged leaders of political parties and Ulema to shun their differences and create unity in their ranks to counter the Indian aggressive posture...
Two PTCL officials suspended DADU, May 23: Following an enquiry, two divisional engineers of the PTCL were suspended by its chairman on charges of misappropriation of funds on Thursday....		Action against black sheep soon: IGP LARKANA, May 23: “We are actively engaged in finalizing strategies to launch two massive anti-dacoits operation in the interior of Sindh,” said Syed Kamal Shah, the Inspector General of Police, Sindh,...
Benazir calls party leaders for meeting in London THATTA, May 23: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has summoned some 37 leaders of the party for a meeting on June 6 at London to discuss the prevailing situation and...		Three hurt in clash KHAIRPUR, May 23: Three persons were injured in a clash between Panhyar and Dahar tribesmen in the limits of Sorah police station, Nara taluka, here on Wednesday....
Inquiry against ex-SHO shifted to Dadu police MIRPURKHAS, May 23: The Dadu investigation police have started inquiry into the cases against former Samaro SHO Shahid Hussain Bajwa and his opponent Jiskani clansmen following the transfer of the inquiry...		Zakat fund for poor patients SUKKUR, May 23: Ghotki District Co-ordination Officer Israr Ahmed announced that a sum of Rs650,000 from the Zakat fund had been released for poor patients so that they could get adequate...
Power breakdown hits lower Sindh MIRPURKHAS, May 23: A seven-hour long power breakdown paralysed life in lower Sindh on Thursday....		Woman killed over Karo-kari SUKKUR, May 23: A woman, Zarina, mother of six children, was gunned down on the pretext of Karo-kari in Phool Bagh, Jaccobabad, on Thursday....
Body found NAWABSHAH, May 23: The body of a 40-year-old unidentified man was found by the Pubjo police near Sun Mori, Rohri Canal, on Thursday.—Correspondent...		DPO ordered to shift Kalani to hospital HYDERABAD, May 23: The STA Court Judge, Hyderabad, Parkash Lal M. Ambwani, on Thursday directed the District Police Officer (DPO), Hyderabad, to provide escort to the superintendent, Nara Jail, in order...
Ex-generals rule out full-scale war LAHORE, May 23: Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg thinks that there is no possibility of a war between Pakistan and India on the international borders as its consequences will...		Demand for power tariff revision ‘unjustified’ LAHORE, May 23: The Water and Power Development Authority’s demand for tariff increase is “not justified at all” the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan has told the National Electric...
Eid Milad to be celebrated tomorrow LAHORE, May 23: Eid Miladun Nabi, the birthday of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) will be celebrated on Saturday with traditional religious fervour....		Merger of departments proposed LAHORE, May 23: Departments like the excise and taxation, and public health and engineering have been recommended to be merged in some other departments for rightsizing the provincial government in view...
Punjab hopes to get Rs10bn from PSDP LAHORE, May 23: Punjab hopes to secure close to Rs10 billion from the Rs146 billion public sector development programme (PSDP) for the next fiscal year of 2002-03 to implement mega development...		Petition against referendum admitted LAHORE, May 23: The Lahore High Court admitted on Thursday a writ petition challenging the April 30 referendum and issued notice to the attorney-general for an unspecified date....
No legal provision for election pleas LAHORE, May 23: Local council election petitions and the tribunals hearing them have no legal sanction behind them, a lawyer submitted before the Lahore High Court on Thursday....		Contingency plan for Capital prepared: Border tension ISLAMABAD, May 23: A master contingency plan for the federal capital has been prepared to meet any emergency situation in view of the heightened tension between India and Pakistan, a source...
Setting up of Higher Education Commission proposed ISLAMABAD May 23: The Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has proposed setting up of Higher Education Commission in place of the University Grants Commission (UGC)....		Allied Bank looted in Dhoke Saidan RAWALPINDI, May 23: Four unidentified robbers stormed into the Allied Bank’s branch in Dhoke Saidan on Thursday and made off with Rs490,000, police said....