June 10, 2002	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 28,1423

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49 POs held, illegal arms recovered KOHAT, June 9: The Kohat police, in different operations in and around the city, arrested 49 proclaimed offenders wanted in murders and highway robberies, and recovered a large number of illegal...		ADBP wants ban on land deals relaxed: Kurram-Tangi dam project PESHAWAR, June 9: The Agriculture Development Bank has moved the NWFP government to relax recently imposed restrictions on transferring (mutation) of land in the area falling under the proposed Kurram-Tangi dam...
Seminar calls for permanent settlement of water dispute LARKANA, June 9: Speakers at a seminar, held here on Sunday under the auspices of the Hari Abaadgar Samajee Bhallee Tanzeem, in coordination with the Hari Ittehad Force, on the subject...		Relief for hailstorm victims demanded MANSEHRA, June 9: A session of the district council Mansehra on Saturday unanimously adopted resolutions demanding a comprehensive relief package for the Pakhal valley and other areas of the district where...
Livestock diseases break out in Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, June 9: Different livestock diseases have broken out in the district and have taken lives of dozens of animals during the last few days. Cows and camels were affected by the...		Mill workers want reinstatement NAWABSHAH, June 9: The sacked workers of the Al-Noor Sugar Mills, Shahpur Jehanian, staged a protest demonstration opposite the mill and observed a token hunger strike on Sunday to press for...
‘Kari killer’ commits suicide SANGHAR, June 9: A 60-year-old man committed suicide in Ghulam Hussain Junejo Village near Tando Adam by hanging himself with the ceiling of his room....		Official says water rotation may end soon BADIN, June 9: Sindh irrigation secretary Mir Mohammad Parhiar said here on Sunday that the water inflow had increased and added that if the increase in the water flow continued, the...
Woman kidnapped, relative killed SUKKUR, June 9: Hundreds of villagers blocked the National Highway near Ghotki on Saturday to protest against an armed attack on Khairo Chachar village in which a man was killed and...		Centre asks Punjab to present projects: Funding for judicial and police reforms ISLAMABAD, June 9: The federal government has asked the governor of Punjab to direct the provincial government departments, including the Lahore High Court, to submit projects for judicial, police and administrative...
Coalition formed to amplify Islamabad’s stand SAN FRANCISCO, June 9: Five major Pakistani American organizations, alarmed by continuous tension between Pakistan and India, have formed a coalition to project Islamabad’s point of view and counter India’s propaganda...		Wapda target to cut line losses not met ISLAMABAD, June 9: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has failed to achieve the line loss reduction target agreed to with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) for fiscal...
AJK varsity students threaten to torch degrees MUZAFFARABAD, June 9: The students of the Department of Computer Science, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, have threatened to hold a demonstration and torch their degrees in front of the...		Karamat in Paris to explain stance PARIS, June 9: Gen Jehangir Karamat, the special emissary of President Musharraf, is in Paris for a series of meetings with Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin as well as other high-level...
DPAC moot today ISLAMABAD June 9: The Defence of Pakistan and Afghanistan Council is (DPAC) holding a ‘National Solidarity Conference’ here on Monday, in an apparent bid to salvage the political divide on the...		AL’s help sought to avert war DUBAI, June 9: Pakistan has sought help from the Arab League to mount diplomatic pressure on India to avert a war between the two South Asian countries....
11 injured in Suzuki-jeep collision MUZAFFARABAD, June 9: Eleven persons, including three women, were injured in a head-on collision between two vehicles here on Sunday, police said....		Shariat Bench to reassemble on Thursday ISLAMABAD, June 9: Supreme Court Bench hearing the Riba case will not sit on Monday, as Chief Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, who is heading the bench, will be the acting president...
Pakistan hails Indian move ISLAMABAD, June 9: Pakistan on Sunday welcomed India’s reported decision to take steps within the next few days for defusing a tense military standoff over the Kashmir issue....		61 headmasters issued notices GILGIT, June 9: Sixty-one headmasters have been issued show- cause notices for showing poor results by their institutions in all the five districts of Northern Areas, an official said on Sunday....
Sardar Ejaz elected AJK Jamaat’s chief MUZAFFARABAD, June 9: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Jamaat-i-Islami has elected its new Amir after 12 years, it was announced at a press conference here the other day....		Sindh accused of using Balochistan water QUETTA, June 9: The Sindh Irrigation Department is denying water share to Balochistan by obstructing the normal flow to Kirthar Canal and two other smaller canals in Naseerabad District, an official...
Task force on improvement of higher education MULTAN, June 9: Last of the consultative meetings of the task force on improvement of higher education will be held on Monday (today) at the Bahauddin Zakariya University....		Rs10 million demanded for release of exporter’s son SIALKOT, June 9: The kidnappers of a youth demanded Rs10 million ransom Four unidentified men reportedly kidnapped Asim Nadeem, the son of exporter Nadeem Shaikh....
‘Kalabagh dam need of hour’ TOBA TEK SINGH, June 9: Pakistan stands on razor’s edge as wheat exporting countries will never let it enter in the international market....		Five killed, dozen hurt on road GUJRANWALA, June 9: Five people, including an elderly woman, were killed while around a dozen others sustained injuries in road accidents in and around the city here on Sunday....
Rs3m fraud in public health dept alleged SHEIKHUPURA, June 9: Scores of Kharianwala Town residents have alleged officials of a local public health department have embezzled a sum of Rs3 million through fake bills....		Dacoit shot dead in ‘encounter’ SARGODHA, June 9: A dacoit was shot dead in an encounter with police near Bhera, some 50km from here, on Sunday....
PPP condemns Gilani’s conviction MULTAN, June 9: Local chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the conviction of former National Assembly speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani by an accountability court....		Man shot dead by drunkard OKARA, June 9: A drunkard on Sunday shot dead a man and injured another on being stopped from creating drunk and disorderly law at a street in Ziauddin Colony....
Two women die in collision SHEIKHUPURA, June 9: In an head-on collision between a motorcycle rickshaw and a wagon two women were killed while another injured on Sunday....		Law to curb human trafficking soon ISLAMABAD, June 9: The government is considering to promulgate an ordinance to curb human trafficking by stipulating punishments of up to 14 years and fine of up to Rs2 million, sources...
Teenaged girl killed in road accident ISLAMABAD, June 9: A 15-year-old girl was killed and four members of her family critically injured on Sunday when their car plunged into a Nullah near Peshawar Mor....		Property tax net being expanded to model villages ISLAMABAD, June 9: Sector I-8 and all model villages in the capital will be included in the property tax net from July 1, a source in the CDA told Dawn on...
Land acquisition cost to be reduced under revised plan: Nullah Leh expansion project RAWALPINDI, June 9: The land acquisition costs of the Leh Nullah expansion project will be reduced by Rs170 million if the revised plan is approved, sources told Dawn....		Population policy next month: Attiya ISLAMABAD, June 9: First-ever population policy will be announced in July with a view to achieve the goals of family planning....
India termed aggressor RAWALPINDI, June 9: The chief of Tehrik Nifaz Fiqh-i-Jafariya, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi, has said that “India is an aggressor and terrorist state” citing the violation of Pakistan’s airspace...		Pakistan ‘wants justice’ from world community LAHORE, June 9: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Sunday it was the responsibility of the international community to seek a permanent solution to the Kashmir dispute so as to save its...
Kidnapped schoolboy recovered LAHORE, June 9: Police claimed on Sunday to have recovered a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped for ransom from his school in Harbanspura on Saturday....		West, US endorsing Indian view: Leghari LAHORE, June 9: The West and the US are endorsing the Indian view that Pakistan should stop infiltration to de-escalate border tension, Millat Party chief Farooq Leghari told reporters here on...
Security system at fruit market LAHORE, June 9: Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood inaugurated the largest closed circuit video security monitoring system in the city at the fruit and vegetable markets here on Sunday....		PML-QA drive going on LAHORE, June 9: The PML-QA is continuing its mass contact drive in the provincial metropolis with party office-bearers, former parliamentarians and councillors taking part in it....
All set for MMA rally LAHORE, June 9: Arrangements are being finalized for the June 16 Kashmir conference being organized by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal at the Minar-i-Pakistan lawns....		Woods that cost them their lives LAHORE, June 9: At least 15 to 20 women die extracting fuelwood every year in the Ayubia National Park....