June 2, 2002	Sunday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 20,1423

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Retired banker dies fighting for dues BAHAWALNAGAR, June 1: A retired bank officer died fighting for his dues allegedly denied by his boss over a dispute....		37pc cotton sowing target achieved so far: minister MULTAN, June 1: The area under cotton cultivation in the Punjab this year is 16 per cent less than the corresponding period last year....
Musharraf can’t face opposition: Baloch OKARA, June 1: “We are ready to meet President Gen Musharraf but the general is on a weak footing and is unable to face the opposition leaders.”...		Vacancies of teachers to be filled soon MULTAN, June 1: The local district government has announced that 873 vacant posts of teachers will soon be filled....
Windstorm toll 15 BAHAWALPUR, June 1: The death toll in the Tuesday’s windstorm rose to 15 in different rural areas of Hasilpur tehsil....		Traders upset over petrol price raise SARGODHA, June 1: Local traders on Saturday expressed concern over increase in prices of petroleum products....
No electoral alliance yet, says PPP FAISALABAD, June 1: The Pakistan People’s Party has not yet made any electoral alliance with any political party....		PO killed in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, June 1: A proclaimed offender was killed in an alleged encounter with Muridke City police here early Saturday morning....
Dist govt can tax pvt hospitals, schools SAHIWAL, June 1: The district government is authorized to impose tax on privately-run hospitals and educational institutes....		Canal breach damages houses SADIQABAD, June 1: Several houses were damaged when some localities between Shahbazpur and Nawankot were inundated following eruption of a breach in the Ahmad distributary on Friday....
Prosecution submits more documents in Ring Road case PESHAWAR, June 1: The prosecution submitted additional documents before an accountability court here on Saturday during the trial of former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao, ex-senator Haji Gul Sher and others...		Work on secretariat block inspected PESHAWAR, June 1: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah inspected the newly-constructed B-Block of the Civil Secretariat, here on Saturday....
Man awarded 33-year jail term HARIPUR, June 1: The anti-terrorism court, Abbottabad, has sentenced Ahmad Zaman Khan to a collective imprisonment of 33 years and fined him Rs60,000 for attacking his brother, niece and five policemen...		Nathiagali gets new power supply system PESHAWAR, June 1: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has replaced the outdated 33kv-power-supply system   in Nathiagali with a modern 11kv system to solve the problems of low-voltage and frequent...
Police blamed for killing teenager in fake encounter PEHAWAR, June 1: A poor man of Tahkal Payan on Saturday blamed the Bhana Mari police for brutally killing his 16-year-old son in a fake encounter after implicating him in burglary....		Smuggling bid foiled NOWSHEHRA, June 1: A Customs team foiled the bid to smuggle cloth, worth Rs300,000, here the other day....
Unfair means in exams being checked BANNU, June 1: On the special directives of the NWFP governor to check the use of unfair means in examinations, the vigilance committee of Bannu paid surprise visits to different centres...		FIA investigates exam fees scam SANGHAR, June 1: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated an inquiry into the misappropriation of examination fees collected by 62 colleges in the province....
Abolition of LDA likely LARKANA, June 1: The Sindh government has in principal decided to dissolve the Larkana Development Authority (LDA) under the power devolution plan, Dawn learnt here on Saturday on good authority....		Four get life term for rape SUKKUR, June 1: Judge of Anti Terrorism Court-II, Sukkur, Mohammad Riaz Rajput, here on Saturday, convicted four accused of gang-rape and awarded them life imprisonment....
Three killed, five injured in clash SANGHAR, June 1: Three persons, two of them brothers, were killed and five others were injured in an armed clash between two groups in Chakar Khan Bhangwar village in the jurisdiction...		Bike hijacked MIRPURKHAS, June 1: A motorcycle was hijacked by unknown persons in Dilbar Mehar police station on Saturday....
JSQM plans movement HYDERABAD, June 1: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz has decided to launch a struggle against the acute shortage of water in Sindh and construction of the greater Thal canal....		President annoyed by vague briefings ISLAMABAD, June 1: President Pervez Musharraf has expressed displeasure at the “unfocussed, superfluous and cumbersome” presentations and briefings by various ministries and public sector corporations that have wasted his “precious time”....
Rs94m sought for NA seats installation ISLAMABAD, June 1: The finance ministry has been asked to sanction Rs94 million supplementary grant for the installation of 100 additional seats in the national assembly hall well before the...		Blackout observed in Azad Kashmir MUZAFFARABAD, June 1: A power blackout was observed in most parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night amid mounting tension with India along the Line of Control....
APHC leader fears terrorist attack ISLAMABAD, June 1: A leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Ghulam Mohammad Safi has expressed apprehensions about the recurrence of a terrorist attack in occupied Kashmir on the eve of...		Ammunition, drugs seized QUETTA, June 1: The Chaghai Militia and Pishin Scouts Wing of the Frontier Corps seized 30kgs of drugs and a huge quantity of ammunition in two different raids conducted in Dognan...
Speculation rife about Pakistan, India talks ISLAMABAD, June 1: The diplomatic and political quarters here are showing great interest in the Almaty summit as it takes place in the backdrop of a precipitous India-Pakistan standoff, a matter...		Almaty summit likely to help ease tension: China BEIJING, June 1: China attaches great hope to Almaty’s moot to help de-escalate the tension between India and Pakistan, said Li Hui, director-general of Central Asian affairs department in the Chinese...
India will be responsible for war, says Gani Bhat SRINAGAR, June 1: The chief of Kashmir’s main political alliance said on Friday India would be responsible if a war erupted between it and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan region....		PFUJ, Apnec oppose defamation law KARACHI, June 1: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) have urged President Pervez Musharraf to take notice of the proposed new anti-journalists defamation...
Pakistan not to strike first: ISPR ISLAMABAD, June 1: Pakistan reiterated its position on Saturday that it will not be the first to initiate a war against India but if one was thrust upon Pakistan it will...		Benazir summoned in corruption case RAWALPINDI June 1: An accountability court (AC) here has summoned former prime minister Benazir Bhutto to appear before the court in a corruption reference on Tuesday....
SSC members’ names announced ISLAMABAD, June 1: The organizing committee of the Sindh Solidarity Committee has announced the names of 56 members of the Sindh Solidarity Council (SSC)....		16 killed in Afghan tribal clash ISLAMABAD, June 1: At least 16 people were killed and many others wounded as factional fighting erupted between tribesmen and supporters of a police chief in the southwestern Afghan province of...
Qayyum to visit Washington WASHINGTON, June 1: The chairman of the Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayyum, is due in Washington on Sunday from Monterrey, where he attended a conference on Kargil and Kashmir....		Carjacker killed in encounter KARACHI, June 1: An alleged carjacker was killed late on Saturday night in Korangi Industrial Area in what police claimed an encounter....
Waseem leaves on diplomatic mission ISLAMABAD, June 1: Former chairman of the Senate, Waseem Sajjad, on Saturday urged the world community to focus Kashmir issue and said it is the root cause of tension between Pakistan...		Stand-off another blow to tourism GILGIT, June 1: The stand-off between Pakistan and India has dealt a blow to the tourism industry in Northern Areas that is still reeling under the effects of the Sept...
Fernandes rules out attack SINGAPORE, June 1: Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes dismissed the immediate threat of war with Pakistan, describing the situation along the tense border as stable....		Zameer named envoy to Nepal WASHINGTON, June 1: The minister and deputy chief of mission at Pakistan’s embassy in Washington, Zameer Akram, has been nominated as ambassador to Nepal....
Munir made acting CJ ISLAMABAD, June 1: President Gen Pervez Musharraf appointed on Saturday Justice Munir A. Sheikh acting chief justice of Pakistan for as long as Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad will perform the...		Linking terrorism with freedom movement unjust: MJC MUZAFFARABAD, June 1: Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC) on Saturday called upon the international community not to fall prey to Indian propaganda against their indigenous movement, but vowed its member outfits would...