June 9, 2002	Sunday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 27,1423

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Funds shortage hits NWFP infrastructure: Allocation for maintenance declines PESHAWAR, June 8: The NWFP government’s inability to spend freely due  to continued financial squeeze has, apparently, left the provincial infrastructure in a shambles in various areas, according to official sources....		Smallpox epidemic spreading in Swabi SWABI, June 8: The smallpox epidemic is rapidly spreading in these parts of the province, but the district health department has failed to take any step to contain this deadly disease,...
Registrations of 264 schools cancelled MANSEHRA, June 8: The Directorate of Secondary Education, NWFP, has cancelled the registration of 264 private schools in the province due to non-payment of renewal fee, it was learnt....		Councillors form body to seek rights HARIPUR, June 8: Councillors of different union councils, Tehsil and district councils formed an alliance here on Friday to press for their demands and fight for their own and the constituents’...
Man kills wife, two in-laws ABBOTTABAD, June 8: A man killed his wife and two in-laws over a minor dispute in village Theat Matton here on Saturday....		Patients suffer as 7 dialysis machines go out of order LARKANA, June 8: Seven, out of a total of nine, dialysis machines in the department of urology at the Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital here have been lying inoperative causing much...
Two cops held for injuring labourer SUKKUR, June 8: Two constables were arrested here on Saturday for allegedly injuring a labourer who refused to oblige them with illegal gratification....		Non-functioning of irrigation offices decried BADIN, June 8: About 600 growers, supported by Nazims of union councils of Badin district, took out a protest rally here on Saturday against the delay in functioning of the newly-shifted...
Power breakdown MIRPURKHAS, June 8: A seven-hour power breakdown hit Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas districts on Saturday....		Accident claims life DADU, June 8: One passenger, Ali Buksh Mallah, 45, died on the spot while Nabi Buksh was injured when a Datsun pick-up overturned and fell into a ditch on Mehar-Fareedabad link...
Sanitary workers protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 8: The sanitary staff of Naushahro Feroze taluka council staged a protest rally here on Friday against non-payment of their salary for the last four months....		Unsold cotton a pain in the neck for ginners MULTAN, June 8: Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association has once again expressed concern over the unsold stocks of cotton lint, especially, when the new crop from Sindh will start arriving in the...
Shops of five quacks sealed VEHARI, June 8: The drug inspector on Saturday sealed shops of five quacks The shops sealed are; Javed clinic, Nasir clinic, Al-Khurram clinic, Latif Dawakhana and Sajjad clinic.....		Corruption in wheat purchase still unchecked SAHIWAL, June 8: As is now the local Food department has purchased 2.023 million wheat bags through 17 purchase centres in the district....
Four of a family found slaughtered FAISALABAD, June 8: Four members of a family were found slaughtered in their house in Shakeel Park, Nishtabad, here on Friday night....		PO killed in ‘encounter’ SIALKOT, June 8: A proclaimed offender was killed on Friday night after a three-hour long encounter with Pasrur Saddar police in Noorpur village, Qila Karwala....
Man drowns, wife commits suicide GUJRANWALA, June 8: An education department employee drowned on Saturday in the Upper Chenab Canal while his wife committed suicide on hearing the news of the death of her spouse....		US to help revitalize education system ISLAMABAD, June 8: The deputy chief of mission at US Embassy, Islamabad, has said that Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal and her staff are committed to revitalize the education system of...
War threat minimal, says Musharraf KUALA LUMPUR, June 8: President Pervez Musharraf has described the threat of war with India as minimal but called for flexibility to break the deadlock over Kashmir, a report said on...		AI deplores mining of border areas KARACHI, June 8: The military buildup on the Indo-Pakistan border has resulted in extensive anti-personnel mine laying operations being conducted by both India and Pakistan since December 2001, says a press...
BD expresses concern ISLAMABAD, June 8: Bangladesh has expressed serious concern over the tension prevailing between India and Pakistan which might lead to a full-scale war in the region....		Five lawyers, KNM leader sent to jail GILGIT, June 8: The five lawyers of Northern Areas along with a leader of Karakoram National Movement (KNM), who were arrested on Tuesday for protesting against the chairman of Northern Areas...
Exchange of fire across LoC flayed MUZAFFARABAD, June 8: The chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Amanullah Khan, has condemned the exchange of fire by the Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in...		Two former Balochistan officials fined, jailed ISLAMABAD, June 8: Accountability Court-II, Quetta, on Saturday sentenced the former director-general of Balochistan Social Action Programme (SAP) to two-year rigorous imprisonment for corruption and fined the convict Rs5 million....
Imran warns against deviation from Kashmir stance ISLAMABAD June 8: Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan on Friday warned the world community against imposing a solution of Kashmir dispute....		Civil defence bodies being set up in AJK MIRPUR, June 8: In view of the mounting Indian aggression, civil defence committees are being formed throughout Azad Jammu and Kashmir....