June 3, 2002	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 21,1423

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Residents reject Thal Canal project MULTAN, June 2: Representatives of the Thal area rejected at a seminar the proposed Rs30 billion Greater Thal Canal project apprehending that only civil and military bureaucrats will be its beneficiaries...		Govt urged to change foreign policy FAISALABAD, June 2: Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan Central President Sahibzada Fazle Karim has urged the government to immediately change its foreign policy....
Three ‘outlaws’ shot dead in encounter MULTAN, June 2: Three alleged outlaws were killed in what seemed to be a staged encounter in the populated Hajipura locality here on Sunday morning....		Test declares drinking water unfit TOBA TEK SINGH, June 2: The Punjab government’s testing laboratory has declared as injurious to health the drinking water samples of all three water supply schemes of the district headquarters....
Suspension of train stop resented GUJRANWALA, June 2: Scores of employees of various government and semi-government departments on Sunday resented suspension of Lahore-Rawalpindi train stoppage in Gujranwala....		Spurious medicines factory sealed FAISALABAD, June 2: A drug factory was sealed and its owner was arrested on Sunday on the charge of manufacturing spurious medicines in Muslim Park....
Expat killed by driver SHEIKHUPURA, June 2: An expatriate was shot dead by his driver-cum-servant on the Damouana Road near a city area here on Sunday....		Probe ordered against Mepco SDO SAHIWAL, June 2: The Wapda chairman on Sunday ordered an inquiry against Mepco SDO who got disconnected power supply to the house of a PTCL (revenue) official....
Speakers term Afghan policy a ‘total failure’ PESHAWAR, June 2: Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan since the end of cold war proved a total failure, and the country earned a bad name as the promoter of terrorism instead of...		Over Rs25m Zakat disbursed KOHAT, June 2: Fifty-three local offices of district Zakat committee have disbursed over Rs25 million during the current fiscal. The destitute including students, women working in various vocational institutes and the...
Two bombs explode, rocket fired at village WANA, June 2: Two explosive devices went off in the Yousafkhel village and unknown assailants fired a rocket in a deserted place of South Waziristan Agency on Saturday. No casualties occurred....		Call to save forests ABBOTABAD, June 2: A former Unicef programme officer, Dr Haider Zaman, has said forests and other resources are being exploited ruthlessly by the people and it is the duty of authorities...
Man narrates tales of Woomera camp’s detainees PESHAWAR, June 2: A resident of Kurram Agency, who has recently been deported from Australia, has drawn the attention of the human rights organizations towards the plight of illegal immigrants languishing...		Smuggled vehicles’ business continues KOHAT, June 2: The smuggling of non-custom-paid vehicles and electronics goods from across the Durrand Line into the tribal areas of Pakistan is continuing despite the presence of a large number...
All parties conference opposes change in Kashmir policy ISLAMABAD, June 2: An All Parties Conference of some 30 Kashmiri parties on Sunday unanimously demanded that the government should resist pressure to change its Kashmir policy because no solution but...		Pakistan, Tajikistan agree to boost trade DUSHANBE, June 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Tajikistan Prime Minister Akil Aliclov discussed ways and means to improve economic and trade relations at a meeting in the State Guest Home...
Al Qaeda men poised to enter Valley: Fernandes NEW DELHI, June 2: Al Qaeda fighters who allegedly fled Afghanistan to Pakistan are poised to enter occupied Kashmir, Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes claimed in an interview published on Sunday...		‘Undeclared’ emergency in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, June 2: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has imposed an “undeclared emergency” in the state to meet any eventuality as the threat of war loomed in the wake of...
US forces launch search operation ISLAMABAD, June 2: Hundreds of US troops launched an operation in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan early on Sunday to hunt down Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, the Afghan Islamic Press...		Foreign newsmen visit Chakothi RAWALPINDI, June 2: A 32-member team of international media correspondents have visited Muzaffarabad and Chakothi sector of Azad Kashmir....
Three drown HUB, June 2: At least three persons were killed and one was in serious condition after 11 members of a family from Karachi were swept away by waves at Gadani beach...		People flock to Bari Imam Urs ISLAMABAD, June 2: Large number of people thronged Bari Imam shrine on the first day of the Urs which began here at Noorpur Shahan village on Sunday....
‘Tourism can generate $1 billion revenue’ ISLAMABAD, June 2: The tourism industry can generate a revenue of $1 billion annually if a right mix of management and human resource development policies are implemented, says a former...		Non-locals included against wishes of minister: Bari Imam shrine committee ISLAMABAD, June 2: The bureaucratic actions, taken in contravention of ‘strong’ recommendations by a minister on the formation of development committee of Bari Imam’s shrine, have divided the local population of...
105 objections received regarding new electoral rolls ISLAMABAD, June 2: About 105 objections were received by the assistant election commissioner regarding electoral rolls of 18 to 21 years old people, an official of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)...		Shopkeepers protest street blockade RAWALPINDI, June 2: About 150 shopkeepers of cloth markets in Raja Bazaar staged a demonstration against blockade of a street linking the two markets by the Auqaf Department on Sunday....
List of Dina road accident victims GUJAR KHAN, June 2: The bodies of victims of the Dina road accident who have been identified till filing of this report, include Muhammad Sultan, Muhammad Amjad, Khushab; Ramzan, Abdul Qayum,...		Amendments to Local Govt Ord sought LAHORE, June 2: The writ of the district government is very weak as the Nazimeen/district administration officers have not been vested with necessary powers under the penal/criminal laws....
Management service to have APUG officers LAHORE, June 2: Officers of the APUG (All Pakistan Unified Group) will be given representation on the Punjab management service being introduced to overcome the existing problem of coordination and crisis-management...		Americans ‘founder of terrorism’ LAHORE, June 2: Army governments have more often than not been close to war, says PML(Q) leader Begum Abida Husain....
Musharraf to be ‘forced’ not to isolate Kashmiris LAHORE, June 2: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has said his party in collaboration with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and other patriotic parties will force Gen Pervez Musharraf not to isolate Kashmiris...		Factory burnt LAHORE, June 2: A rubber shoe factory on Bund Road near Malipur village was raised to ashes after a huge fire on Sunday morning.—APP...