May 25, 2002	Saturday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 12,1423

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Ex-SRTC employees get first payment HYDERABAD, May 24: An amount of over Rs140 million was distributed among 1,559 ex-employees of the Sindh Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) by the EDO revenue, Mr Shakeel Naqvi, here on Friday....		Innocent man braves six years in custody: Many others waiting to be freed PESHAWAR, May 24: A resident of Sanghar district in Sindh was released from a lock-up in Jamrud on Friday after having remained in custody for about six years under the Frontier...
Tribesmen offer to fight alongside troops DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 24: The ex-chief minister of the NWFP Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur has called upon all segments of society to shun their petty differences and stand united in...		WB wants Tarbela Dam victims rehabilitated MANSEHRA, May 24: The NWFP government on the intervention of the World  Bank has acquired 112 kanals in Oghi for distribution among the people displaced by the Tarbela Dam project, it is reliably learnt....
Growers slam unfair distribution of water MIRPURKHAS, May 24: Growers of Samaro sub-division have appealed the authorities concerned to take steps to stop discriminatory water distribution by XEN, Mithrao....		Girl’s body found, buried KOHAT, May 24: The decomposed body of an unidentified girl was found and buried at the municipal committee graveyard here on Friday....
Solar lights installed at Gilgit park GILGIT, May 24: The army engineering corps has installed solar lights in the city park.This is the third largest plant in the country, which has an illuminating capacity of 1,588 watts...		Doctors boycott work in protest HYDERABAD, May 24: Except for providing emergency cover to the patients in all the government and private sector hospitals, the doctors and paramedical staff boycotted work here on Friday on the...
Dist council demands remission of ADBP loans MITHI, May 24: The District Council, Tharparkar, has demanded that Thar be declared calamity-hit area and grant the growers the remission of ADBP loans....		Martyred soldier laid to rest SUKKUR, May 24: Remains of an army Jawan, Sher Muhammad Kosh, who was martyred during mortar shelling by Indian troops at Sialkot sector, were laid to rest in his native village,...
15 Afghan families go home MARDAN, May 24: At least 15 families, mostly Pakhtoons, returned to Afghanistan within a week and the total number of returnees reached to 100 in the past two months....		Man, wife shot dead GILGIT, May 24: A man and his wife were gunned down by unidentified assailants in the Tangeer tehsil, 250km of here, on Wednesday....
Jihadi activists’list prepared THATTA, May 24: Thatta police have initiated an inquiry against some 84 activists of Jihadi groups following recommendation by agencies on the basis of their record of activities....		Kidnapped trader untraced CHARSADDA, May 24: Charsadda police failed to recover the businessman of Ghafoor market, Zahid Ali, who had been kidnapped at gunpoint by some unidentified kidnappers near Sardayab on Wednesday on his...
Mengal opens first polytechnic institute QUETTA, May 24: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has said that keeping in view the increasing interest of women in higher education, the government has decided to launch post-graduate classes in...		Two Ulema made SAB ad hoc judges ISLAMABAD, May 24: The president on Friday appointed two Ulema as ad hoc members of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court, removing Maulana Taqi Usmani from the panel of...
Minister, AG differ over law officers appointments ISLAMABAD, May 24: A dispute has cropped up between Law Minister Khalid Ranjha and Attorney-General Makhdoom Ali Khan over the appointment of 17 law officers in the country....		MJC rejects autonomy offer MUZAFFARABAD, May 24: The Muttahida Jihad Council, an alliance of 15 Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, has said that the armed struggle in Kashmir is not aimed at getting autonomy or any economic...
PPP alleges Benazir denied right to defence ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has urged the Commonwealth to take note and examine the conduct of the trial on May 17 in which what it called the...		SNF chief urges govt to give up disputed projects ISLAMABAD, May 24: Chairman Sindh National Front Mumtaz Bhutto has called upon the government to give up disputed projects like Greater Thal Canal, and the controversial plan of local government to...
Public sector, civil depts put on alert ISLAMABAD, May 24: The government has put on alert all the public sector companies and civil institutions covering health, oil and gas, water and power, food, communications and railways to thwart...		Transporters’ strike hits life in Lasbela HUB, May 24: Activities were badly affected at the units of Lasbela Industrial Estate Development Authority as the transporters of Sindh and Balochistan blocked the RCD Highway for more than 10...
US concerned at shifting of troops NEW YORK, May 24: The US officials on Friday expressed deep concern over Pakistan’s decision to shift troops from its border with Afghanistan where they were engaged in the hunt for...		Four die as mercury soars to 50°C KHAIRPUR, May 24: Four people died and 90 others fell unconscious as temprature rose to 50 degrees Celsius in Khairpur, Nawabshah and Naushahro Feroze districts on Friday....
British HC calls on MP secy ISLAMABAD, May 24: British High Commissioner in Islamabad Nick Cannon called on the Millat Party Secretary-General, Mohammad Ali Durrani, at the MP’s office here on Friday....		Six POs, girl killed in encounter SIALKOT, May 24: Six proclaimed offenders and a girl were killed late Thursday night in a six-hour long encounter in neighbouring Wandaal village, Kotli Loharan....
Parties reject army role in future LAHORE, May 24: Representatives of various political parties and civil society organizations have reached a consensus on a minimum 18-point agenda on future democratic process in the country with a pledge...		Eid-i-Milad to be observed today FAISALABAD, May 24: Eid Miladun Nabi will be celebrated with religious fervour throughout the country on Saturday (today)....
Four of a family die in road accident GUJRANWALA, May 24: Four people, including two brothers and their cousin, were killed while three others sustained injuries on Friday in a road mishap on the GT Road near Ghakkhar town....		Rs650 million sought for streamlining Madaris ISLAMABAD, May 24: The education ministry has asked for an allocation of Rs650 million in the federal budget for the year 2002-03 exclusively to streamline the working of Deeni Madaris....
CDA asks citizens to conserve water ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has asked the citizens to conserve water, saying that the water level in reservoirs is falling to dangerously low levels due to paucity...		Margalla fires: ERC demands Rs1m for copter service ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Emergency Relief Cell (ERC) of the cabinet has demanded over Rs1 million from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for providing helicopter service to extinguish fire on Margalla...
32 people freed from brick kiln owner’s captivity ISLAMABAD, May 24: A bailiff of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench on Friday recovered 32 bonded labourers from a brick kiln in the vicinity of the federal capital....		Mountain conservation moot from July 1 ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), in collaboration with Adventure Foundation Pakistan, will arrange National Children Mountain Conservation Meeting (NCMCM), 2002 from July 1 to 10....
Special seat members to get share in budget: Kiani RAWALPINDI, May 24: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani on Friday said the district council members elected to special seats would be provided share in the next year’s development budget....		Govt should talk to Benazir, Nawaz: PPP LAHORE, May 24: The Pakistan People’s Party said on Friday if the military regime was interested in forging national unity and prepare the nation to face the situation on the eastern...
Management service creation approved LAHORE, May 24: Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) approved on Friday the creation of Punjab Management Service to replace the former Punjab Local Council Service and redesignation of the posts of...		Teachers’ training in summer vacation LAHORE, May 24: Around 20,000 teachers of secondary schools will be imparted training in the subjects of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology during the summer vacation under the Science Education Project....
Air raid sirens to be tested today LAHORE, May 24: The Civil Defence Organization will test its 60 sirens in the provincial metropolis twice on Saturday morning, Civil Defence Officer Liaqat Ali Bhatti said on Friday....		JUI to hold APC LAHORE, May 24: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam will hold an all-party conference here on Tuesday to build up pressure on the government for the restoration of religious clauses in the election form....