June 25, 2002	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 13, 1423

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Fast speed of work on development schemes affecting quality SWABI, June 24: The pace of substandard work on various development schemes in the area has increased manifold after contractors have been warned by the Communications and Works Department to complete...		Six get death for murder, robbery PESHAWAR, June 24: An anti-terrorism court here on Monday sentenced six accused to death on two counts in the Brinks highway robbery of Nowshera district....
Kidnappers of ex-NBP official arrested KOHAT, June 24: District police have arrested a senior official of the Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees, his son, brother-in-law and the driver from Kurram Agency in the high profile kidnapping case...		Caretaker Nazimeen, Naib Nazimeen elected NOWSHERA, June 24: Caretaker Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen were elected to take charge of the five town councils of the Nowshera district....
PPP names candidates from Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, June 24: Pakistan People’s Party has announced the name of candidates for the forthcoming general elections for district Lakki Marwat....		Dist council resents Wapda attitude ABBOTTABAD, June 24: Abbottabad district council has expressed concern over poor response by Wapda on not restoring power to their union councils....
TMA okays 103 new taxes MANSEHRA, June 24: Tehsil municipal administration in its special session has approved the levy of 103 new taxes on all sorts of business, with 50 percent proposed cut in the schedule...		AJKHC stops govt from taking action against official MUZAFFARABAD, June 24: AJK High Court on Monday restricted the government from taking any action against a senior officer under the Removal from Service (Special Powers) Act, 2001, after the law...
European leaders ignored Kashmiris’ struggle: MJC MUZAFFARABAD, June 24: The Muttahida Jihad Council, an alliance of the Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, on Monday expressed disappointment over...		7 Pakistanis killed in fire in US NEW YORK, June 24: Seven members of a Pakistani family, living in Brooklyn (New York), were burned to death when fire, which broke out in the apartment below them, engulfed their...
Sindh, Balochistan to fight crime jointly QUETTA, June 24: An inter-provincial meeting here on Monday decided to continue close coordination between Sindh and Balochistan for checking crime in the border areas between the two provinces....		Services tribunal for NAs SKARDU, June 24: A separate services tribunal for Northern Area is being set up, and rules in this connection are being framed, deputy chief executive of Northern Areas Fida Mohammad Nashad...
Envoys visit Baltistan SKARDU, June 24: Ambassadors of four countries visited Baltistan with their families during the weekend holidays....		PAC chief’s remarks criticized ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan People’s Party has served a legal notice on Ad Hoc Public Accounts Committee Chairman H.U. Beg, asking him to immediately withdraw “defamatory, scandalous and malicious imputations amounting...
$26m for development ISLAMABAD, June 24: The World Food Programme has allocated $26 million under the Poverty Reduction Strategy Programme in Pakistan, to initiate health and community development projects for girls in rural areas...		Pakistan likely to buy satellite from US firm ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan has sent a high level delegation to Germany for negotiating a satellite deal with American and European satellite operators after Turkey expressed its inability to do frequency...
Six girls of a family drown in Jhelum SARGODHA, June 24: The bodies of six girls of a family who had drowned in Jhelum on Sunday were recovered on Monday evening....		Eight contractors blacklisted: Slow pace of work GUJRANWALA, June 24: Eight building contractors of the city tehsil council were blacklisted and dozens of others were issued show-cause notices on the charge of slow pace of construction work of...
Crackdown on seminaries soon FAISALABAD, June 24: Another crackdown on foreigners illegally staying in the religious seminaries of the Punjab will be launched soon, it was learnt....		Multan Saddar TC surplus budget MULTAN, June 24: The Saddar tehsil council on Monday presented a surplus budget of Rs1.11 million for the financial year 2002-2003....
Struggling to get due share of water MULTAN, June 24: An influential landlord of Lodhran district has made the lives of farmers miserable, an ex-serviceman alleged on Monday....		Disqualified from polls BAHAWALPUR, June 24: A number of former lawmakers stand disqualified for the next elections with the promulgation of an ordinance making a university degree mandatory for candidates....
72 schools working without principals JHANG, June 24: Seventy two high and higher secondary schools in the district are functioning without a head teacher....		5,000 police reach Okara mily farms OKARA, June 24: Tension is increasing as police reinforcements continue to arrive in the military farms....
Two POs killed in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, June 24: The district police on Monday claim gunning down two proclaimed offenders in an encounter which was still going on near Chak Hyderabad in Syedwala, some 86 kms from...		NAB collecting information on Khosa’s assets DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 24: The National Accountability Bureau has asked government agencies for a report on the assets of former Punjab governor Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa....
Prisoner flees from court SAHIWAL, June 24: An under-trial accused escaped from the custody of police in district courts on Monday....		Torrential rain claims eight lives in twin cities ISLAMABAD, June 24: As many as eight people, including four children and a newly-wed couple, died in different incidents during the heavy rain which hit the twin cities of Rawalpindi and...
People start evacuating due to floods in Leh RAWALPINDI, June 24: Residents of Javed Colony, Arya Muhallah, Dhoke Elahi Bakhsh and Muslim Colony have started evacuating their houses and shifting to safer places due to the fear of floods...		CDA asked to allot plots to Saudi embassy ISLAMABAD, June 24: The interior ministry has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to allot two plots to the Saudi embassy for establishing educational institutions in the capital, a source in...
Businessmen can apply for UK visas ISLAMABAD, June 24: The people, who wish to visit United Kingdom for business, can now apply for visas, provided they have travelled to the UK in the last three years, says...		Dist ombudsmen to be appointed shortly RAWALPINDI, June 24: The Punbjab government will appoint district ombudsmen shortly and a new set up be put in place in this connection, a district government source said here on Monday....
Iesco suspends power supply to Nust, PPWD ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) on Monday suspended power supply to National Institute of Science and Technology (Nust) and all offices of Pakistan Public Works Department (PPWD)...		Traders stage protest against TMO’s policies RAWALPINDI, June 24: Scores of shopkeepers staged a protest here on Monday at Bara Market against the alleged anti-trader policies of the Tehsil Municipal Officer(TMO)...
Bomb hoax at hotel ISLAMABAD, June 24: Best Western Hotel was evacuated when an anonymous caller told Rescue 15 that he had fixed a bomb in the hotel on Monday....		Rs2.35bn for 19 major projects LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab government has allocated a sum of Rs2.352 billion for 19 major projects from the provincial annual development programme for 2002-2003....
‘Power tariff revisions caused by govt policy’ LAHORE, June 24: The government has been burdening the Water and Power Development Authority with the ever-increasing cost of inputs but is willing neither to pass on any debt relief nor...		Allocation for education enhanced LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab government will spend Rs31.69 billion on education during the financial year 2002-03, which is Rs3.5 billion more than the current budget of Rs28.19 billion....
Soft loans for small industries LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab government has decided to advance soft loans of Rs1,200 million for small industries and introduce a self-assessment scheme for social security from the next financial year....		Rs1.6bn allocated for irrigation schemes LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab government on Monday allocated Rs1.6 billion for improving the irrigation system....
Lawyers’ convention on July 6 LAHORE, June 24: A convention of lawyers’ representatives from across the country will be held in Lahore on July 6 to consider the reported move to amend the Constitution, the Pakistan...		Rs656m for 40 farm schemes LAHORE, June 24: The Punjab government will spend Rs656 million on 40 agriculture development schemes during the next financial year, Punjab Finance Minister Tariq Hameed claimed during the budget speech....
ILO group calls for withdrawal of troops LAHORE, June 24: The International Workers Group of the International Labour Organization has made a special appeal to President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to end confrontation between...		Budget termed ‘good effort’ LAHORE, June 24: Economist Shakila Zaheer has said the federal budget is a good effort in the given circumstances....
Savings accounts made operative by NSCs LAHORE, June 24: Savings accounts have been made operative at the National Savings Centres by the National Savings Organization with immediate effect....		Governor for launching save crop campaign LAHORE, June 24: Governor Punjab Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) ordered on Monday a “save the crop” drive by a task force comprising the police and agriculture experts....
Majlis-i-Amal backs June 28 strike call LAHORE, June 24: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has supported the Ittehad-i-Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Deenia’s call for observing June 28 as protest day against the Madaris Registration Ordinance....		Food lab LAHORE, June 24: The Governor’s Inspection Team carried out a two-hour ‘surprise’ inspection of the district government food laboratory at the Jinnah Hall here on Monday....