June 21, 2002	Friday	Rabi-us-Sani 9, 1423

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Tension mounts on Peerowal farms MULTAN, June 20: The tension at the Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal goes on without respite as police have kept siege of the entire area for the...		Negligence delays inauguration of Zero Headworks DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 20: Despite the delay of over six months, Zero Headworks over the DG Khan Canal could not be completed due to the negligence of Irrigation department, affecting...
15 villagers caught for power theft GUJRANWALA, June 20: Over 15 people were caught red-handed on Thursday while stealing electricity by a raiding team of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) in Lohianwala, Aroop, Gagiwali, Mafiwala and Bismillah...		Water filtration plant installed in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, June 20: The city tehsil council installed a filtration plant in Sheranwala Bagh on the GT Road for providing clean drinking water to citizens....
Mly farms’ tenants hold rally OKARA, June 20: Tenants of military farms along with hundreds of their minor children on Thursday took out a rally against the military farms administration....		Students facing hardships: Post-graduate funds not utilized JHANG, June 20: Students of the local Government Girls’ College have expressed disappointment over district government’s inability to utilize funds for post-graduate block....
Two youths killed over Karo-kari TOBA TEK SINGH, June 20: Two youths were shot dead on Thursday on suspicion at Chak 224-GB near Gojra....		Killer awarded death SAHIWAL, June 20: The additional district and sessions judge on Thursday awarded death sentence to the killer of a retired army man and life term to his father. The court also...
Price increase: consumers, shopkeepers come to blows FAISALABAD, June 20: Over a dozen consumers and shopkeepers came to blows on Thursday over charging extra prices for edible items....		Zakariya College gets PEC accreditation MULTAN, June 20: The Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has finally accredited Zakariya University College of Engineering and Technology....
Voluntary interest Islamic, observes SC ISLAMABAD, June 20: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) approved the payment of voluntary increase on borrowed money....		Plan to electrify remote coastal areas under study ISLAMABAD, June 20: The government is considering the launching of an electrification project in the remote coastal villages of Sindh and Balochistan at a cost of Rs32 million using wind energy....
QDA will cease to exist on 30th QUETTA, June 20: The Balochistan government has violated the orders of its own cabinet by deciding to disband the Quetta Development Authority....		APNS challenges 7th wage award in Supreme Court ISLAMABAD, June 20: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society on Thursday approached the Supreme Court for declaration that the the Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973, was violative of the fundamental...
Quetta board announces matric results QUETTA, June 20: The Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Quetta, announced the results of Secondary School Certificate (Matric) Annual Examination 2002, on Thursday....		Hizb again rules out ceasefire MUZAFFARABAD, June 20: Hizbul Mujahideen, a group of Kashmiri freedom fighters, on Thursday ruled out ceasefire with India, saying it did not consider the truce a “pre-requisite for negotiations to resolve...
Help pledged to drought victims QUETTA, June 20: Governor Balochistan Amirul Mulk Mengal has said the government was taking all possible steps for resolving the problems of drought victims in the province....		Missing US woman found safe WASHINGTON, June 20: An American woman reported missing in Karachi has turned up safe at a hotel, a US State Department official said on Wednesday....
Education dept spent only 26pc of funds PESHAWAR, June 20: A fair amount of developmental funds released to the education department, NWFP, for carrying out education and training sector schemes is likely to remain unutilized due to wrong...		2 brothers shot dead in Haripur HARIPUR, June 20: Two brothers were shot dead and four others were injured, two of them seriously, when two rival group clashed in village Panian some 4km on the main GT...
Treasury officials accused of demanding bribe PESHAWAR, June 20: Several government employees have voiced concern over the pathetic attitude of the treasury department officials towards the retired persons who visit the department to encash their benefits after...		Body set up to resolve dispute CHARSADDA, June 20: To resolve the dispute between landlord and farmers in northern Hashthnagar, the district government has constituted a district advisory committee....
Need for peaceful co-existence stressed PESHAWAR,  June 20: Highlighting the importance of resolution of conflicts for peaceful co-existence of different segments in a society, speakers at a training workshop on Wednesday said that people should be...		Tribesmen end protest march GILGIT, June 20: Officials of the law enforcing agencies have successfully persuaded the people of Ghizer District of the northern areas into going back to their homes, assuring them that the...
Zafar’s arrest slammed PESHAWAR, June 20: Former chief minister of the NWFP, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, has criticized the government for charging PML-N leader Syed Zafar Ali Shah and other political workers under the...		Dist Council demands small dams in Kachho DADU, June 20: The members of the district council, Dadu, through a resolution urged the government to construct small dams in Kachho and Kohistan areas and the western part of the...
Growers term relief notification mockery SANGHAR, June 20: The growers of four calamity-declared Talukas of the district termed the relief department notification a mockery and sprinkling salt on the wounds as recovering last year’s dues of...		JUI rejects Madressahs registration SUKKUR, June 20: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam has rejected the ordinance regarding the registration of Madressahs, terming it against the promotion of religious propagation....
Misappropriation of funds alleged: Desilting of Leghari Drain BADIN, June 20: Hundreds of the farmers from different villages of Shaheed Fazal Rahu taluka on Wednesday protested against the drainage authorities for allegedly allowing the contractors to misappropriate huge amount...		15 injured in clash KHAIRPUR, June 20: Some 15 persons were injured on Thursday in a clash between two groups of bull racers in Wari Goth village, near Khairpur town....
CMCH gets Rs20m LARKANA, June 20: The Sindh government has released an amount of Rs20 million under the upgradation project of the department of Urology at the Chandka Medical College Hospital....		Eight booked for water theft MIRPURKHAS, June 20: A case of water theft were registered against eight landlords by the Samaro police on Wednesday....
Nazim, 8 others issued warrants SHIKARPUR, June 20: The fifth additional sessions judge, Shikarpur, Khan Muhammad Kolachi issued bailable warrants for a sum of Rs50,000 against accused Amjad Khan Pathan (Nazim, Taluka Council, Shikarpur), Aziz Ahmed...		‘Restore the Constitution as it was in Oct 1999’ LAHORE, June 20: Leading representatives of the Bar urged the government on Thursday to restore the 1973 Constitution as it existed at the time of military takeover in October 1999....
EPD lacks legal cover, enforcement capacity LAHORE, June 20: Environmental degradation is continuing unchecked due to inordinate delay in the formulation of appropriate standards and enforcement rules since the promulgation of the Pakistan Environment Protection Act 1997,...		Rivers flow declines LAHORE, June 20: The combined river flows dropped by 13 per cent in 24 hours — from 345,043 cusecs on Wednesday to 290,006 cusecs on Thursday....
‘Every shop to be raided for spurious pesticides’ LAHORE, June 20: Governor Khalid Maqbool claimed on Thursday that special monitoring teams were being formed to check distribution of water and spurious pesticides....		Govt urged to let Benazir return, contest polls LAHORE, June 20: The People’s Lawyers Forum urged the government on Thursday to allow Ms Benazir Bhutto to return and take part in elections....
Christians for reserved seats’ restoration LAHORE, June 20: The Christian Liberation Front Pakistan has demanded restoration of reserved seats for minorities in the national and provincial assemblies on the plea that it will be difficult for...		PML-QA to review performance LAHORE, June 20: Punjab PML (QA) president Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has directed his secretary-general Arshad Lodhi to set up committees at divisional level to review the performance of the party at...
Benzair’s birthday LAHORE, June 20: The 49th birthday anniversary of Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto will be celebrated here on Friday....		CDA prepares Rs2.87 billion Annual Works Programme ISLAMABAD, June 20: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared its Annual Works Programme (AWP) of Rs2.874 billion for the year 2002-03....
Minister for more research work: Khawarzmi Institute of Computer Sciences soon RAWALPINDI, June 20: Khawarzmi Institute of Computer Sciences is being set up at Punjab University where research work will be carried out to produce quality doctorates....		Lecturers reject allowance for refresher course RAWALPINDI, June 20: Female science lecturers have rejected the Rs250 allowance offered by the Punjab government for a ten- day refresher course which ended on Wednesday, Dawn has learnt....
Govt to standardize traditional medicine RAWALPINDI, June 20: The government plans to introduce a regulatory mechanism in the field of traditional medicine and form a National Advisory Board for the purpose, sources told Dawn here on...		Dist Nazim for improving conditions in Adiyala jail RAWALPINDI, June 20: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani ordered the Adiyala jail authorities to improve living conditions of the prisoners with particular focus on sanitation and water availability....
Courts, bars failed to get accounts audited, PAC told ISLAMABAD, June 20: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee was informed on Thursday that the four high courts and various bar councils in the country had failed to get their Rs242.850...		PTCL customer services centres handed over to private firms ISLAMABAD, June 20: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has outsourced some customers’ service centres in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi....
Zakat body to retrieve unutilized funds from hospitals RAWALPINDI, June 20: The Central Zakat Council has decided to retrieve the unutilized grant given to hospitals for the treatment of poor patients, as it would lapse by the end of...		RTA fare lists full of mistakes RAWALPINDI, June 20: Transporters are able to fleece the commuters in twin cities due to the defective fare lists prepared by Rawalpindi Transport Authority (RTA)....