May 29, 2002	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 16,1423

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Illegal excavations continue as officials look other way MARDAN, May 28: Mardan division, which has more than 700 archaeological sites of various periods, is facing a number of problems of illegal excavation, ruthless use of coin detectors and climatic...		49 new services, items to be taxed in Haripur tehsil HARIPUR, May 28: The Tehsil Municipal Administration Haripur is contemplating to bring as many as 49 new services and items in the tax net, official sources told Dawn here the other...
PTB to look into tobacco growers’ complaints SWABI, May 28: Considering the importance of tobacco as a cash crop in the Swabi area, the NWFP minister for food and agriculture, Ubaid Ullah Jan, said the officials of the...		Water scarcity hits Haripur HARIPUR, May 28: Owing to the prolonged dry season, about 33 water supply schemes have dried up in different parts of the Haripur district, official sources at the local Public Health...
Girl dies of lightning KOHAT, May 28: A minor girl was killed after struck by lightning in college town as thunderstorm and heavy rain hit large parts of Hangu and Kohat districts on Monday evening....		Three Afghans arrested WANA, May 28: Three Afghans belonging to the Northern Alliance were arrested at the scouts checkpoint in the Angoor Adda area near the Pakistan-Afghan border in the South Waziristan Agency on...
Politicians urged to forge unity PESHAWAR, May 28: Veteran Muslim Leaguer and former State Minister, Mohammad Younis Elahi has said key political figures of the country should positively respond to the call of President Musharraf which...		Smuggling bid foiled KOHAT, May 28: The Kohat police foiled an attempt to smuggle 145kg of charas into Punjab from Gurguro Gandao, 70km south-east from here and arrested two persons who had safely passed...
Police kill three in ‘encounter’ ABBOTTABAD, May 28: Three persons were killed and arms were recovered in a police operation in Havelian here on Tuesday....		Genocide of Muslims in India flayed ISLAMABAD, May 28: The Pakistan Muslim League has condemned New Delhi for unabated genocide of Muslims in occupied Kashmir and Gujarat by the state-backed Hindu terrorist outfits and called upon the...
EU envoys welcome president’s speech BRUSSELS, May 28: Senior European Union diplomats on Monday welcomed President Pervez Musharraf’s pledge that no infiltration was taking place across the Line of Control in Kashmir and urged both Pakistan...		Measures to strengthen LB system assured PESHAWAR, May 28: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the government would ensure the working of the local government system in accordance with the spirit envisaged at the...
Pakistan accused of ignoring right abuse LONDON, May 28: Pakistan has failed to protect minority sects and women and prisoners still face torture and even death, Amnesty International said in its annual report released on Tuesday....		Afghan DPs arrested BAJAUR, May 28: A 24-member delegation of Afghan refugees, proceeding to Jalalabad from the Bajaur tribal agency to participate in the election of members to the traditional Loya Jirga, was taken...
Mango crop damaged MULTAN, May 28: Apart from power supply and telecommunication systems, mango crop was devastated by the dust storm which was followed by downpour on Monday night....		Gojra road naming against law, says UC Nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, May 28: The naming of a road through a resolution of district council after the late Chaudhry Fazal Karim, the father of Intelligence Bureau deputy director Chaudhry Babar...
1,000 bottles of liquor recovered CHINIOT, May 28: As many as 1,000 bottles of liquor were recovered from a notorious drug-pusher, Chiniot police claimed on Tuesday....		Nazim deprived of car SHEIKHUPURA, May 28: Bandits on Tuesday drove away with Narang Mandi union council Nazim’s car in Canal Colony....
Heavy troop movement reported in Sialkot area SIALKOT, May 28: Large scale troop movement was reported on Tuesday along the 220-kilometre Sialkot working boundary....		Two wanted men killed in ‘shootout’ VEHARI, May 28: Two wanted men were killed in an encounter with police in Karampur, some 25km away from here, on Monday night....
Police operation against Afghans GUJRAT, May 28: Afghan refugees, on failing to find a decent mode of earning, have started looting people, Dawn learnt on Tuesday....		Sirens tested BAHAWALPUR, May 28: The local civil defence organization on Tuesday tested electric sirens installed in different parts of the district....
Five bodies found in two days OKARA, May 28: Five bodies were recovered in various parts of the district during the last 48 hours. The bodies were of a teenager, a woman and three men. They were...		‘Train farmers on modern lines’ FAISALABAD, May 28: The local farmers’ association has urged the federal government to launch a comprehensive policy for training farmers on latest techniques of cultivation and certified seeds of all crops...
Leh project’s estimated cost increases to Rs681m RAWALPINDI, May 28: The government has decided to undertake the Leh expansion project in various phases as the estimated cost for the land acquisition has increased, sources told Dawn here on...		Sirens to blare in Capital tomorrow ISLAMABAD, May 28: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has asked the citizens not to get alarmed when sirens blare as it tests the adequacy of the air-raid warning system on...
Civic agencies to carry out joint fire drill RAWALPINDI, May 28: Civic agencies and various utility departments are holding a joint contingency fire exercise on Wednesday to test their war preparedness....		Diplomatic Enclave being extended ISLAMABAD, May 28: In violation of the capital’s master plan, the Diplomatic Enclave is being extended to accommodate about 35 more foreign missions and residences of diplomats, well-informed sources said on...
‘Funds spent on arms can feed the whole world’ ISLAMABAD, May 28: Consider the realities that more than 21 million people died in Third World countries after World War-II....		Motorway Police on entire N-5 by end of year ISLAMABAD, May 28: Federal Minister for Communications and Railway Lt-Gen (Rtd) Javed Ashraf Qazi has said that the entire National Highway from Peshawar to Karachi (N-5) will be handed over to...
No decision to sign CTBT, LHC told LAHORE, May 28: The government is determined to maintain credible deterrence and Pakistan’s nuclear capability is part and parcel of its defence policy, the ministry of foreign affairs submitted before the...		Distinction ISLAMABAD, May 28: Fahd Husain, a journalist, has become the first Pakistani to graduate top of the class from the Columbia University’s School of Journalism which is widely regarded as the...
Lahorites’ ordeal continues LAHORE, May 28: Electricity and water supply to most parts of the provincial metropolis could not be restored on Tuesday....		‘Multi-million dollar IT projects to be launched’ LAHORE, May 28: Pakistan is collaborating with Islamic countries to launch multi-million dollar projects in information technology to meet the modern-day requirements....
CGA allowed to prepare public accounts LAHORE, May 28: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) has agreed to allow the Controller General of Accounts to prepare public accounts for a four-year transition period (under the CGA ordinance 2001)....		Co-op Stores barely surviving LAHORE, May 28: The number of Co-op Stores has declined from around 50 to less than 10....
15 PML-N men held LAHORE, May 28: Police baton-charged and arrested 15 workers of the PML(N) when they attempted to take out a rally near Lahore railway station on Tuesday....		Maqbool stranded in storm LAHORE, May 28: A storm in Rawalpindi prevented Punjab governor Khalid Maqbool from returning to Lahore on Tuesday evening to visit storm-hit neighbourhoods....