June 14, 2002	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 2, 1423

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Millions of rupees earned through IBPs: hospital CEs PESHAWAR, June 13: The chief executives of the city hospitals claimed the other day to have earned millions of rupees from the institution-based practice (IBP) besides upgradation of facilities for the...		Afghan DPs’ return hits NWFP economy PESHAWAR, June 13: The massive repatriation of Afghan refugees during the last three months has started taking toll on the economic scene of the NWFP with far reaching repercussion around the...
Power supply dispute remains unresolved KOHAT, June 13: The row between Zarghoon Tribe and the local political administration over disrupting of power supply to Dara Adamkhel remained unsolved even after a meeting of both parties at...		Inhuman conditions in Mansehra jail MANSEHRA, June 13: Due to the apathy of services and works department and the jail authorities, the inmates of sub-jail Mansehra are living in inhuman conditions as despite the lapse of...
UN urged to take notice of refugees’ plight PESHAWAR, June 13: Participants of a meeting here have called upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take notice of the plight of the Afghan refugees being harassed and...		Lawyers stage sit-in against police behaviour DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 13: Lawyers of D.I.Khan staged a sit-in in front of the office of SSP against the attitude of a DSP with a member of the District Bar....
Poster contest held to highlight drug abuse PESHAWAR, June 13: A poster competition to highlight the menace of drug abuse was held at the Khyber Medical College here on Thursday....		Complaint of low voltage TIMERGARA, June 13: Owing to the persisting low voltage in various parts of Lower Dir district, electrical appliances in many households have ceased to function, incurring heavy financial losses to the...
Sherpao pins hopes on Loya Jirga PESHAWAR, June 13: Former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said that the Afghan Loya Jirga will help provide an effective administrative machinery for achieving the objectives of the...		Literacy rate increases to 50.5pc: survey ISLAMABAD, June 13: The economic survey 2001-02, released on Thursday, has estimated the literacy rate at 50.5 per cent, registering an increase of over one per cent from the last year’s...
West’s attitude towards Kashmir issue flayed MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: Demonstrations, rallies and public meetings, coinciding with the visit of United States Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to Pakistan, were held across Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to...		Rumsfeld urged not to believe biased reports MUZAFFARABAD, June 13: The Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC), called on US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday not to believe what it called the Indian government’s “biased” reports against the freedom...
Army’s role in politics opposed QUETTA, June 13: Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday urged all political parties and alliances to rule out any role for the armed forces in politics....		Special air wing set up to monitor Afghan border QUETTA, June 13: The federal interior ministry has set up a special air wing for aerial supervision of Pakistan-Afghan border to check movement of Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, official sources...
Jirga settles triple murder dispute, fines both parties SANGHAR, June 13: A Jirga held on Wednesday at a village near Gupchani, some 45 kilometres from here, settled a triple murder dispute and imposed a fine of over one million...		No one to be rendered jobless, says Soomro SHIKARPUR, June 19: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro has said that no one will be rendered jobless and in this regard many packages are being introduced in the province....
Three ‘confess’ to boy’s murder NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 13: Three youths confessed at a press conference on Thursday that they had killed a boy, Tariq Samoo (16), on June 8....		Growers protest against officials DADU, June 13: A large number of growers of the Phakka waterway of Dadu Taluka staged a demonstration in front of the Dadu Press Club on Thursday to protest against the...
Two women killed over karo-kari SUKKUR, June 13: Two women were shot dead in Ghotki over the pretext of Karo-kari on Thursday....		‘Provincial finance award to be reasonable’ LARKANA, June 13: “It will be clear in a week or two whether I shall contest the ensuing elections or not,” said Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro while talking to this scribe...
Peasants’ demonstration baton-charged LARKANA, June 13: Several activists were baton-charged and detained as police stormed a protest demonstration of the People’s Hari Committee (PHC) near the Civil Lines police station here on Thursday minutes...		Reinstatement demanded NAWABSHAH, June 13: The National Highway near Shahpur Jehanian, Daulatpur taluka, remained blocked for more than 30 minutes due to a protest of the sacked workers of the Al-Noor Sugar Mills...
Music academy KHAIRPUR, June 13: District Nazim Nafeesa Shah has said that in collaboration with the All Sindh Sangeethkar Association (ASSA) a music academy will be established in the district....		Elite cop shoots four including his father GUJRANWALA, June 13: An Elite Force constable gunned down four people, including his father and grandfather, over marriage issue in two localities of the city on Thursday....
Fiasco feared in new women health project MULTAN, June 13: The Punjab health department is all set to launch a women health project at a cost of Rs1.51 billion in the next fiscal amid apprehensions of it being...		Matric results leak confirmed BAHAWALPUR, June 13: Sources in local Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Thursday confirmed leakage in the results of matriculation examination, 2002, before prescribed date June 15....
Canal breach destroys crops SAHIWAL, June 13: A breach in 9-L irrigation distributary near Chak 99/9-L on Thursday badly damaged standing crops on hundreds of acres of land....		Seven students convicted TOBA TEK SINGH, June 13: Seven college students of Gojra were convicted of murder of a professor on Thursday by a Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court....
Woman murdered for pursuing kidnap case SHEIKHUPURA, June 13: A woman was reportedly murdered by six people in Khanpur village on Thursday for pursuing a kidnap case against the alleged killers....		Blasphemer’s murder: suspect taken to Lahore SAHIWAL, June 13: A convict who reportedly provided a pistol to the alleged killer of a blasphemy convict in Kot Lakhpat Jail was shifted back to Lahore under tight security early...
Governor to visit Sambrial on June 20 DASKA, June 13: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) will arrive at Sambrial on June 20....		City govt to file anti-devolution reference LAHORE, June 13: The city government has decided to forward an anti-devolution reference to the Local Government and Rural Development Department proposing centralization of the recovery of local government taxes at...
FAP rejects cotton policy LAHORE, June 13: The Farmers Associates of Pakistan has rejected new cotton policy announced by the federal commerce minister on Wednesday terming it “irrelevant to new realities”....		Drugs registration process likely to be reviewed LAHORE, June 13: The government is expected to ease the process of registration of new drugs for consumer use in the next few weeks as it moves ahead with its plan...
Civil defence fails to find volunteers LAHORE, June 13: Recruitment of 10,000 volunteers from the provincial metropolis is proving to be an uphill task for the Civil Defence Organization due to the cold response from the public....		Iraqi envoy for more people-to-people ties LAHORE, June 13: Iraqi ambassador Dr Kazim Abdul Hameed Al-Rawi has underlined the need for improving people-to-people contact between the two nations....
Humanities to include computer science LAHORE, June 13: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has notified that the subject of computer science (200 marks) has been included in humanities group at the Higher Secondary School...		PML factions discuss merger today LAHORE, June 13: Leaders of about six factions of the Pakistan Muslim League are meeting here on Friday amid clear indications that the group led by Mian Azhar is now willing...
Court sets deadline for NAB reference LAHORE, June 13: The National Accountability Bureau was given a June 28 deadline by an accountability court on Thursday for filing a complete reference against former Lahore Zila Council chairman Chaudhry...		PITB to revoke seven licenses LAHORE, June 13: The Punjab Information Technology Board has decided to revoke the licenses of private parties who have sublet government schools and colleges to run Intermediate in Computer Science classes....
Crackdown on food, drug adulterators ordered LAHORE, June 13: Under a directive from the Punjab governor, Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired), the chief secretary has ordered a crackdown on food adulterators and manufacturers of sub-standard and spurious drugs....		ADBP to raise loan ceiling next year LAHORE, June 13: The Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan will raise its loan ceiling next year, its chairman, Istaqbal Mehdi, told reporters on Thursday....
Successful stitching LAHORE, June 13: Three surgeons of Ittefaq Hospital have restitched a completely chopped off genital organ of a young man after a two-and-a-half-hour complicated operation....		Proposals on women’s rights by month-end LAHORE, June 13: The Public Court Committee set up for bringing improvement in the laws concerning the protection of women’s rights will submit its recommendations to the federal government by the...
NLF plea to Musharraf LAHORE, June 13: The National Labour Federation has urged President Pervez Musharraf to ensure solution of the Kashmir issue in accordance with the UN Resolutions....		Appointment of coordinators illegal: Saeed LAHORE, June 13: Punjab Local Government Minister Brig Hamid Saeed (retired) has said appointment of coordinators in local bodies was illegal....