November 1, 2002	Friday	Sha’aban 25,1423

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District govt irked by lack of coordination LARKANA, Oct 31: The Larkana district government is experiencing difficulty in running its affairs in the wake of lack of coordination among certain devolved and un-devolved federal and provincial governments departments....		Protest against Hesco continues KHAIRPUR, Oct 31: The residents of different towns of Khairpur district continued their protest for the third consecutive day on Thursday against frequent power breakdowns and lengthy load-shedding....
Japan finances 172 projects in social sector SUKKUR, Oct 31: One hundred and seventy two projects in the social sector are being aided and financed by the government of Japan in Pakistan to help and augment the performance...		PIA flights being often delayed SUKKUR, Oct 31: The PIA Boeing flights operating on the Karachi-Sukkur-Islamabad route are frequently delayed besides being cancelled twice or thrice a week as a result of which the passengers have...
Rotation of water hits wheat sowing MIRPURKHAS, Oct 31: Wheat sowing in the district is being delayed due to long duration of the water rotation programme....		7 teachers, three SDOs suspended LARKANA, Oct 31: The district Nazim and the DCO, during their surprise visit of different schools in Kambar taluka on Thursday, suspended seven teachers and three sub-divisional education officers....
Women resent sacking of colleague NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 31: A group of woman employees of the health department on Thursday staged a protest rally against the medical superintendent of the Bhiria Taluka Hospital and the EDO,...		Teenage boy’s body found KHAIRPUR, Oct 31: The body of a teenage boy, Asif Ali Bhatti, has been recovered from the railway tracks, near the Garhi Pul, here on Thursday....
Khair Bukhsh Marri, three sons acquitted QUETTA, Oct 31: The District and Session Judge, Quetta, Chaudhry Mohammad Ashraf, on Thursday acquitted the veteran nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri and his three sons in a murder case...		ADB okays $150 million project for Punjab roads ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has okayed a project of $150 million for the development of roads in Punjab....
PPP demands probe into Siddiq’s kidnap episode ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the kidnapping and torture of PML (N) leader Siddiqul Farooq by sleuths of a state agency....		Pakistani artists’ work on display in S. Arabia AL KHOBAR, Oct 31: Four Pakistani artists and a number of others are currently displaying their works in an exhibition here, under the banner of Al Khobar Art Group....
Confusion about PM to end today, says Jamali ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Mir Zafrullah Khan Jamali, Secretary-General of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q), said on Thursday that the prime minister of the country would be from the majority party in...		Fuel supply deal with coalition forces KARACHI, Oct 31: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) said on Thursday it had struck a new deal to supply 60,000 tons of JP-1 jet fuel to coalition forces in Afghanistan....
Ancient Kabul mosque reopens KABUL, Oct 31: Kabul’s oldest mosque reopened Thursday after a 75,000 dollar refurbishment paid for by the Turkish contingent of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)....		Doctors to observe one-hour strike ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Doctors and religious party leaders have planned a mass protest for Friday against the 10-day detention of a top surgeon over suspected links to Al-Qaeda militants....
Nationalists protest ‘rigging’ in elections QUETTA, Oct 31: The Chairman Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam), Mehmood Khan Achakzai, has said that the Pakhtoons would struggle alongside the Baloch, Sindhi and Sariki people for their rights....		Nasrullah contacts Akbar Bugti QUETTA, Oct 31: The chief of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Thursday spoke to the JWP chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by Telephone to discuss...
Gilgit-Baltistan independence day today GILGIT, Oct 31: The 55th independence day of Gilgit-Baltistan will be celebrated on Friday with full zeal and fervour....		Munir becomes CJ twice in 2 days ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Justice Munir A. Sheikh was sworn in as acting chief justice, second time in two days, when Chief Justice Shaikh Riaz Ahmad left for India on a five-day...
FC chief visits border QUETTA, Oct 31: The inspector-general of Frontier Corps (FC), Maj-Gen Syed Sadaqat Ali Shah, visited the border town Chaman on Thursday....		Pinstech wins IDB award ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology has been awarded a shield carrying a cash prize worth of $100,000 by Islamic Development Bank for its contributions in the...
Sindh govt increases pension KARACHI, Oct 31: Sindh Finance Department has, with the approval of competent authority, allowed an increase of 10 per cent in pension with effect from March 1, 1997 to all pensioners...		Women who made it to National Assembly ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The following is a list of 60 women who made it to the national assembly on reserved seats, as announced by the Election Commission here on Thursday:...
Teachers, students stage rallies against BoGs GUJRANWALA, Oct 31: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) and students organizations on Thursday staged a rally against the formation of boards of governors and the denationalization of educational institutions....		Bilal Khar held after two years: Acid throwing MULTAN, Oct 31: Bilal Mustafa Khar, former MPA and the son of Ghulam Mustafa Khar, has been arrested by law-enforcers in an acid-throwing case registered by Karachi police in 2000....
No-trust planned against Nazim FAISALABAD, Oct 31: The members of opposition in the district assembly have announced that they plan to move a no-confidence motion against District Nazim Zahid Nazir....		1,691 posts sanctioned for surplus employees FAISALABAD, Oct 31: The Punjab government has reportedly sanctioned 1,691 posts in various local government departments in 17 districts of the province to adjust the surplus staff....
Woman raped, two girls abducted KASUR, Oct 31: A woman was raped and two girls were abducted on Thursday in different parts of the district....		Check on smuggling of silk demanded GUJRANWALA, Oct 31: The All-Pakistan Silk Rayon Mills Association and powerlooms owners demanded on Thursday solid steps to stop smuggling of silk cloth and raw material from Tribal Areas as the...
Four killed on road SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 31: Four people lost their lives in a road accident while 23 others suffered injuries, seven of them serious, on Thursday near Kot Sondha....		Engineers deplore ‘missed chances’ LAHORE, Oct 31: Former chairman of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday bemoaned, what he called, many ‘missed opportunities’ as far as technological history of the country was concerned....
How elusive could justice be in this country MULTAN, Oct 31: How time-consuming and painful is the strife to get justice in this country can be adjudged from the ordeal of a local journalist whose son was murdered in...		4 tableeghi men die, 36 hurt in road crash VEHARI, Oct 31: Four members of a tableeghi jamaat were killed and 36 others sustained injuries in an accident on the Lahore-Karachi Road near Chak 163/10-R, Khanewal....
Scholarships for Toba students TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 31: The Faisalabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Thursday awarded Quaid-i-Azam scholarships to seven students of Toba Tek Singh district on the basis of their...		Gas-leak death toll rises KAMOKE, Oct 31: Two more victims of gas leakage here died at Mayo Hospital in Lahore on Thursday....