June 13, 2002	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1423

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8 killed in fierce tribal clash SUKKUR, June 12: At least 10 people were killed and many others injured in two separate clashes between rival tribesmen along the Sindh-Balochistan border over the last 24 hours....		Zakat chief withholds funds for medicines: 5,500 TB patients suffer SANGHAR, June 12: A row over the procurement of medicines for tuberculosis patients has created tension between the local district council and the district Zakat & Ushr committee....
Fate of 41 Larkana BHUs in doldrums LARKANA, June 12: The Larkana district health office is in a fix as to how to run 41 basic health units (BHUs) in the absence of new schedule of expenditure (NSE),...		10,000 found drawing charity fraudulently SANGHAR, June 12: The Director of Baitul Maal, Islamabad, Mir Ahmed Khan, visited this district to conduct an investigation into the alleged embezzlement in the funds provided by the institution....
Award of contracts to favourites alleged MIRPURKHAS, June 12: Three contractors — Haji Murghar Khan, Zafar Khan, and Alam Khan — have alleged that some officials of the forest department had awarded contracts for 15,341 eucalyptus and...		3 policemen suspended for helping criminals SHIKARPUR, June 12: The DPO, Shikarpur, Nadir Hussain Khoso suspended and registered a case against three police officials including the SHO of the Garhi Yasin police station on charges of helping...
Excise dept seals over 50 properties, stirs panic SUKKUR, June 12: Over 50 properties, including houses, shops, godowns and garages, were sealed by the excise department on Wednesday in a drive against defaulters, which caused panic in the city....		Bandit held, cop injured in ‘encounter’ Sukkur, June 12: A bandit was arrested and a police constable was injured in an “encounter” between the dacoits and a police party in Bahoo Khoso near Thul on Monday night....
World community urged to help resolve Kashmir issue WASHINGTON, June 12: The international community has been urged to look beyond the immediate crisis in South Asia and remain engaged in the search for a fair and just solution of...		New Delhi misleading world, says Qayyum ISLAMABAD, June 12: Chairman, National Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has said India is misleading the world by projecting the just Kashmir struggle as terrorism in order to conceal its...
WB loan to help reduce poverty WASHINGTON, June 12: The $500 million second structural adjustment credit announced for Pakistan by the World Bank on Tuesday is meant to support the continued implementation of the country’s poverty reduction...		Pifra project in jeopardy ISLAMABAD June 12: The Controller-General of Accounts’ (CGA) hasty decision to implement US$37 million World Bank-funded Project to Improve Financial Reporting and Auditing (Pifra) may jeopardize its purpose and credibility, informed...
Protest day in AJK today MIRPUR, June 12: Protest day will be observed in Azad Jammu Kashmir on Thursday against the arrest of former All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman, Sayed Ali Geelani, and his two sons-in-law...		Leftists to protest Western mediation NEW DELHI, June 12: Leftist groups in India and Pakistan will hold large rallies on Thursday to protest against warmongering between the two countries and against the role the United States...
GDA urges govt not to amend Constitution ISLAMABAD, June 12: Grand Democratic Alliance on Monday demanded that the military government should refrain from amending the Constitution and leave the task for the elected parliament....		22 districts declared calamity-hit QUETTA, June 12: The Balochistan government on Wednesday declared the 22 districts of the province, except parts of Quetta and Nasirabad, calamity-hit under Section 3 of the Balochistan National Calamities Act,...
Six officials held by RAB QUETTA, June 12: Regional Accountability Bureau on Wednesday arrested six officials of the Balochistan Accountant General office and buildings and roads department on the charges of corruption....		FO lauds China’s role ISLAMABAD, June, 12: In reply to a question regarding China’s position on the current tensions in South Asia, the foreign office spokesman said in a statement that China had always played...
Labour laws being updated ISLAMABAD, June 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the ministry of law, justice and parliamentary affairs to consolidate and update the labour laws in accordance with the current needs....		Advisers appointed GILGIT, June 12: Two advisers to the Northern Areas chief executive were appointed on Thursday....
Nazim, Naib among 136 accused of terrorism: Ransacking of paper mills GUJRANWALA, June 12: At least 136 people, including Nazim and Naib, were booked under the terrorist act for blocking the road and looting and ransacking the paper and straw board manufacturing...		400 farmers booked for water theft DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 12: The district police claimed on Wednesday they had booked some 400 farmers for water theft in Dera Ghazi Khan’s three tehsils....
‘Punjab 39pc behind cotton sowing target’ MULTAN, June 12: Punjab is still 39 per cent behind its cotton sowing target of six million acres for the Kharif 2002....		No-confidence against DBA president demanded BAHAWALPUR, June 12: A requisition by 224 signatories has been submitted to move no-confidence motion against DBA President Haroon Bashir, it was learnt on Wednesday....
Trader recovered from police custody GUJRANWALA, June 12: A bailiff recovered a trader from the illegal custody of police and produced him before the district and sessions judge on Wednesday....		Three kidnappers of two traders held LAHORE, June 12: The district police and NWFP CID on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three people who kidnapped a trader for Rs10 million ransom from Peshawar a couple of days...
Boy recovered from custody of landlords OKARA, June 12: A court bailiff recovered a 12-year-old boy on Wednesday from the illegal custody of two landlords of the Bahripur village, Deepalpur tehsil....		Three killed, two hurt as car overturns VEHARI, June 12: Three people, including two children, were killed and two others were injured late Tuesday night in a road mishap on the Luddan-Burewala Road, some 50 kilometres from here....
New Borstal boundary wall collapses in windstorm FAISALABAD, June 12: The recently constructed boundary wall of Borstal collapsed during the windstorm which lashed the city on Tuesday night....		Two feared dead as earth falls on them TOBA TEK SINGH, June 12: Two villagers were feared dead when earth of the well they were digging fell on them at Chak 191-GB, Makhdooman Wali, some 50 kilometres from here...
Costly road machinery rusting in Mansehra MANSEHRA, June 12: The road construction machinery worth more than Rs 150 million belonging to the defunct Rural Development Department (RDD), Mansehra is rusting in the premises of the office of...		Industrialists told to pay more money to ex-landowners: Hattar Industrial Estate HARIPUR, June 12: The Sarhad Development Authority (SDA) has issued notices to the industrialists of the Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) under the Land Revenue Act, asking them to pay compensation at...
Growers want Charsadda declared calamity-hit CHARSADDA, June 12: Farmers of Charsadda district have demanded of the government that like many other districts of the province, Charsadda too should be declared a calamity-hit district, as the farmers...		Man’s killing sparks protest DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 12: Killing of a young man in police firing here on Tuesday sparked off protest as the area people took to the streets demanding registration of a...
Six dacoits get 10-year jail term DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 12: The anti-terrorism court in Dera Ismail Khan sentenced on Wednesday six people to 10 years’ imprisonment each in a dacoity case....		Woman, man killed for ‘honour’ KOHAT, June 12: A woman and her friend were killed in the name of honour under the tribal custom by their relatives in the Orakzai Agency, on Wednesday....
Bandits loot passengers BANNU, June 12: In a hold-up on the old Bannu-Kohat road near Chooghai in the jurisdiction of Karak police on Wednesday, robbers deprived passengers and drivers of private and public transport...		Land dispute claims 2 lives; 2 bodies found PESHAWAR, June 12: Four people were killed in various incidents during the past 48 hours....
Relatives abandon psychiatric patients LAHORE, June 12: Almost 40 per cent of the psychiatric patients admitted to the Government Hospital for Psychiatric Diseases are ‘stable’ but cannot be discharged because their families have abandoned them,...		Bab-i-Pakistan plan in doldrums again LAHORE, June 12: The work on Bab-i-Pakistan project has once again been thwarted despite urgency shown by the Punjab governor....
Defunct SCCCL vice-chairman convicted LAHORE, June 12: An accountability court on Wednesday convicted former vice-chairman of the defunct Services Co-operative Credit Cooperation Limited (SCCCL) Imtiaz Elahi Johri and his aides in three corruption references by...		PML-QA to look for candidates LAHORE, June 12: The PML-QA on Wednesday launched a consultative process to identify suitable candidates for assembly seats in the Punjab capital with the resolve to sweep all seats in what...
Housing authority to get autonomy LAHORE, June 12: The Punjab government is expected to enact a law giving an autonomous status to the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Authority by September this year, Dawn learnt here...		No official word on bus service revival LAHORE, June 12: The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab has not received any information about the revival of road-link between Lahore and Delhi....
13 govt depts. issued notices for vehicles tax default LAHORE, June 12: Thirteen departments of the provincial government were issued recovery notices on Wednesday for default on payment of Rs4.6 million motor vehicles tax....		Kutcha abadi dwellers to get ownership LAHORE, June 12: Over 60,000 families living in kutcha abadis in the Punjab have been granted ownership rights during the past one year and cases of another 30,000 are under process....
Death sentence to 5 juveniles commuted SAHIWAL, June 12: Death penalties of five condemned juveniles have been commuted on the orders of the president....		Case against UC Nazim SHEIKHUPURA, June 12: A Division police have registered a case against a union council Nazim and his accomplices for stealing electricity here on Wednesday....