June 18, 2002	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1423

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Villagers protest water supply suspension HARIPUR, June 17: The residents of over 13 villages staged a protest demonstration at Tarvana Khanpur on Sunday evening against the suspension of water supply to their areas from the Khanpur...		Four arrested for stealing passports SUKKUR, June 17: The Sukkur police have arrested four burglars who were allegedly involved in stealing 1,400 blank passports from the passport office here on May 12....
EPB to close Larkana office LARKANA, June 17: The Export Promotion Bureau has decided to close its Larkana office and its staff has been informed about the decision....		Protest against Hesco NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 17: The Nazims of union councils and members of the district council staged a protest demonstration opposite the office of the district Nazim here on Monday against Hesco...
Babar flays conspiracies against PPP NOWSHERA, June 17: Former interior minister and Pakistan People’s Party leader Naseerullah Khan Babar on Sunday warned the government and its secret agencies not to harass PPP workers....		Patients suffer in staff-MS tussle SWABI, June 17: The tension between the medical superintendent, doctors and paramedic, coupled with shortage of equipment and staff in the district headquarters hospital, Swabi, have created difficulties for patients, said...
Reconstruction of GT Road begins PESHAWAR, June 17: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah inaugurated the first phase of the reconstruction and improvement of GT Road project, costing Rs49.75 million near Chughulpura flyover on Monday....		Water flow in Sanghar canals improves SANGHAR, June 17: The flow of water major canals passing through Sanghar district has risen to a satisfactory level....
Bugti denies sheltering culprits: attack on gas pipeline SUKKUR, June 17: The siege of Dera Bugti by the law enforcement forces continued on Monday as the stock of food and medicines in the town of Balochistan almost exhausted, according...		Four of a family die in roof collapse PESHAWAR, June 17: Four members of a family were killed and two others injured when the roof of a kutcha house caved in amid rain and strong winds on the Sunday...
Not all forms of Riba are prohibited: counsel ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Supreme Court’s Shariat Appellate bench, hearing petition seeking reversal of Riba judgment, observed on Monday that the purpose of Shariat was not to create difficulties for the...		Labourers call off hunger strike QUETTA, June 17: The labour leaders, who began a hunger strike 12 days ago to press the Balochistan government to accept its employees’ demands, called off their strike unconditionally here on...
AJK opposition accuses speaker of being biased MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: The opposition in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) staged a walk-out on Monday, accusing Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid of being partisan....		PPP demands interim govt MIRPURKHAS, June 17: Former Federal Minister Nawab Mohammed Yousuf Talpur has said the army rule in Pakistan has proved unhelpful for the country and the need of the hour was restoration...
Jehangir being appointed envoy to US ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan’s former envoy to India Jehangir Ashraf Qazi is being posted as ambassador to the United States....		G8 leaders urged to help ease friction TOKYO, June 17: A special envoy of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday asked top leaders of the G8 industrialized nations to help ease friction with its nuclear rival India, a Japanese...
WFP faces shortage of wheat flour PESHAWAR, June 17: The World Food Programme (WFP), which feeds displaced Afghans, is seriously running short of wheat flour and has reduced the quantity of food it offers to the returnees,...		Two students struck by lightning ABBOTTABAD, June 17: Three people died in two different incidents in Galyat, including two students who were struck by lightening, late on Saturday....
Two killed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 17: Two persons were killed in different incidents in Kulachi and Paroa areas....		Growers want remission to ADBP loans MITHI, June 17: The growers of the calamity-hit district, Tharparkar, have appealed to the president and the Sindh governor to grant remission of the ADBP loans up to Rs50,000 to Thari...
Govt preparing to crush tenants’ rebellion MULTAN, June 17: The government is preparing to crush the tenants’ revolt with a final showdown at the Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal district....		Daughter of murder witness shot dead GUJRANWALA, June 17: A teenage girl was killed while three other members of a family sustained injuries in Kot Sadhoki on Monday when four gunmen opened fire on them after failing...
‘Budget disappointing’ LAHORE, June 17: The Dera Ghazi Khan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has described the federal budget for the fiscal year 2002-03 as disappointing, saying it lacks in visionary measures and...		PPP, PML-N finalizing lists of candidates FAISALABAD, June 17: With the informal commencement of election activities, main political parties have started finalizing lists of interested candidates for the forthcoming general elections....
Nazim, Naib’s rift mars dist council meeting BAHAWALNAGAR, June 17: The rift between the Nazim his deputy marred the district council meeting here on Monday....		Three drown as bus falls into canal GUJRAT, June 17: Three people, including a minor girl, were drowned on Monday evening when a bus fell into Upper Jhelum Canal near Qarba Karriali, Sarai Alamgir, some 55 kilometres from...
Workshop for working women begins today LAHORE, June 17: A two-day training workshop for women, aimed at bringing home to them their societal rights and privileges, will commence under the aegis of the Working Women Organization (WWO)...		Two bikes taken away, cash looted GUJRAT, June 17: Unidentified robbers looted a wagon, snatched two motorcycles, cash and valuables in five different incidents in and around the city during the last 24 hours....
Body to regulate tax collection TOBA TEK SINGH, June 17: The district Nazim has constituted a 21-member committee to regulate tax collection system in the district....		Over 50,000 AIOU students in Faisalabad TOBA TEK SINGH, June 17: Over 50,000 students, mostly women, are doing various courses through Allama Iqbal Open University in all the three districts of the Faisalabad division....
Rs129m allocated for two hospitals upgradation ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government has earmarked Rs129 million for the renovation and upgradation of the capital’s two public hospitals — Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Federal Government Services...		UCs’ monthly grant up by 44.2pc RAWALPINDI, June 17: The Punjab government has approved 44.2 per cent increase in the union councils’ monthly grant from next fiscal year, an official of the local government said on Monday....
‘New education policy to produce skilled people’ ISLAMABAD, June 17: Reaffirming the government’s commitment towards educational reforms, the federal minister for education, Zobaida Jalal, has said that the literacy rate is improving day by day....		Govt flayed for not increasing salaries RAWALPINDI, June 17: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association has criticized the government for not increasing salaries of teachers in the budget 2002-2003....
Two ministries to jointly control pharma industry RAWALPINDI, June 17: The health ministry may lose its exclusive control over the pharmaceutical industry after a new policy comes into force, sources told Dawn here on Monday....		20,000 QAU library books missing ISLAMABAD, June 17: As many as 20,000 of the Quaid-i-Azam University’s (QAU) library books are missing, according to reliable sources....
3 killed, two bodies found RAWALPINDI, June 17: Two bodies were found while three persons were killed in separate incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday, police said....		PML-N leaders remanded to jail RAWALPINDI, June 17: The special judge of anti-terrorist court, Safdar Hussain Malik, sent PML-N leaders including Zafar Ali Shah, Farooq Khattak, Shahid Riaz Satti and Maqbool Ahmad on one-day physical remand...
Dr Shahida becomes first woman general RAWALPINDI, June 17: A lady doctor became the first ever woman to take on the rank of Major-General in the history of the Pakistan Army....		PML-QA manifesto body meeting on 20th ISLAMABAD, June 17: A meeting of manifesto committee of Pakistan Muslim League-QA will be held here on June 20 at 11 am at the central secretariat of the party....
10 years RI, Rs90m fine for Dr Atta LAHORE, June 17: Former Pakistan Medical Cooperative Housing Society president Dr Azhar Atta was sentenced on Monday to 10 years rigorous imprisonment with a Rs90 million fine....		Provinces told to fund ADPs on their own LAHORE, June 17: The federal government has told the provinces to fund their annual development programmes (ADPs) for the fiscal year 2002-03 from their own resources, refusing to give them even...
PML-N invites applications for polls LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab PML-N on Monday invited applications from people, including turncoats, desirous of contesting provincial assembly elections....		TB awareness campaign urged LAHORE, June 17: Dr Amir Nazir, the Government Model Chest Clinic, Ganga Ram Hospital, incharge, called on Monday for a massive awareness campaign about tuberculosis to eliminate the disease....
Asif Saigol convicted LAHORE, June 17: Industrialist Asif Saigol was convicted on Monday of the third charge of wilful default....		Child labour elimination programme delayed LAHORE, June 17: The launching of programme for the elimination of child labour in Pakistan has been delayed....
PR to start nine new trains in three years LAHORE, June 17: The Pakistan Railway plans to start nine trains during the next three years using new locomotives and coaches being purchased from China....		Town Nazim directed to join police investigation LAHORE, June 17: The Lahore High Court asked a town nazim on Monday to join investigation of the case registered against him instead of seeking its quashment....
Govt support to certain party irks Tahirul Qadri LAHORE, June 17: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik says that the army government is going out of the way in supporting a particular political party and it seems that the October elections...		Azam Tariq’s remand not extended LAHORE, June 17: An anti-terrorism court on Monday refused to extend physical remand of banned SSP president Azam Tariq in a case accusing him of authoring provocative material and ordered police...