November 12, 2002	Tuesday	Ramazan 6, 1423

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Tarbela Dam victims exempted from tax HARIPUR, Nov, 11: The NWFP government has exempted the Khalabat Township from property tax for an indefinite period, this was announced by the Tehsil Nazim Iftikhar Ahmad Khan while speaking to...		Manpower dearth prevents crime control: official KOHAT, Nov 11: Ghulam Mohammad, deputy inspector general of police, Kohat region has said that the proximity of the southern settled districts with the four tribal agencies and as many frontier...
Mingora faces LPG shortage MINGORA, Nov 11: The local administration has failed to fix the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and overcome the shortage of the gas....		PTCL service remains cut SWABI, Nov 11: The local staff of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) have failed to restore the telephone service to the Polodand and its suburbs....
Galyat uplift in 2 phases planned ABBOTTABAD, Nov 11: The Galyat Development Authority (GDA), which has been merged with the Abbottabad Development Authority (ADA), has chalked out a programme for the uplift of Galyat, the GDA Director,...		Jewellers observe strike DADU, Nov 11: Jewellers observed strike in Dadu, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Sehwan Sharif, Mehar, Johi and Bhan Saeedabad towns and staged a rally in Dadu town on Monday....
Detainee’s relatives seek Afghan govt help KOHAT, Nov 11: The parents of a Pakistani homeopathic doctor, who is languishing in the Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and whose  wife and minor son are living  in  Mazar-i-Sharif,...		Powerless leaders caused deadlock, says Fazl ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Mutt-ahida Majlis-i-Amal Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rahm-an said on Monday that the alliance is making a big political sacrifice by offering concessions on those issues on the basis of...
Campaign against MPs condemned ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Mian Raza Rabbani, acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party, has said that the campaign launched by the government controlled electronic media against the elected representatives of the people...		Donors asked to increase contribution NEW YORK, Nov 11: Pakistan on Sunday called on international donors to increase their contribution to the micro-finance sector for the alleviation of poverty in developing countries. Addressing the inaugural session...
‘Osama hiding in Afghanistan’ PESHAWAR, Nov 11: A former Afghan commander claimed on Monday that Osama bin Laden was alive and hiding in Afghanistan....		SBP chief given 3-year extension ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Presi-dent Pervez Musharraf on Mon-day approved a three-year extension of the service of State Bank Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain....
‘Govt delaying power transfer’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Chief coordinator of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Ahsan Iqbal said on Monday that the politicians are not responsible for creating hurdles in the way of government formation....		Police fail to check dacoities FAISALABAD, Nov 11: Despite making tight security arrangements, the local police failed to arrest the upward trend of dacoities, highway robberies and snatching of vehicles in the city and its rural...
Dacoits kill bus guard SIALKOT, Nov 11: Dacoits shot dead the guard of a bus and injured the uncle of a union council Nazim on resistance in the district on Sunday night....		Fireworks blast costs boy his fingers GUJRANWALA, Nov 11: A minor boy lost his fingers while his three friend were injured while trying to ignite a fireworks in Garjakh on Monday....
Rs1.5bn irregularities unearthed QUETTA, Nov 11: The Balochistan Public Ad-hoc Account Committee (BPAAC) has unearthed financial irregularities worth Rs1.5 billion in various government departments during the last two-and-a-half years....		Loom owners protest against power tariff MULTAN, Nov 11: Powerloom owners and workers organized a protest rally here on Monday against high power tariff....
Education staff denied salary BAHAWALPUR, Nov 11: Over 460 employees of the Education department based in the district have been denied their salary for the past five months....		LFO ‘hurdle’ in restoration of democracy NAROWAL, Nov 11: The PML-N will help the groups which will struggle for the restoration of true democracy....
Subsidized flour TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 11: The district administration has set up 25 sale points in the district for the sale of flour on subsidized price of Rs158 per 20 kilograms bag....		Govt, PPP in contact to break deadlock: Sultan ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Negotiations between the military government and People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) are going on and matters are near to settlement, said Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary, President of AJKPP here...
Nazim, DCO disallowed to reallocate budget: District Council session RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: The district council on Monday refused to grant the authority of reappropriating the district budget to the district coordination officer (DCO) and Nazim....		Musharraf for provision of IT-led postal services ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday praised Pakistan Post for providing state-of-the-art facilities to its customers, including on-line money-transfer facility from abroad....
Schools for children of industrial workers to be set up in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: Two schools, one each for boys and girls, are proposed to be built in Morgah for the children of industrial workers, District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani said here...		Teachers urged to adopt new methods ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The English and Applied Linguistics Department of Allama Iqbal Open University organized a one-day workshop on developing sustainable technology for improving English teaching....
Qazi, Imran for early summoning of NA session ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, and the vice-president of Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, on Monday asked the government to call the National Assembly session immediately....		Pornography case: witness records statement ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The superintendent of Nusrat Hostel, Shahida Naqvi, deposed on Monday that she had received an envelope carrying three nude pictures of a PTV internee a year back....
IO records statements in rape case ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The additional district and sessions judge, Chaudhary Muhammad Yunus, on Monday recorded the statement of a police officer in a rape case....		Drug trafficker jailed RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: The additional district and sessions judge, Mohammad Sarwar Sidhu, on Monday awarded four months of rigorous imprisonment to a drug-trafficker after he confessed to his crime in the...
Teachers’ protests continue RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: The teachers of schools and colleges continued with their protests against the proposed educational reforms on Monday....		Passengers’ identity system installed LAHORE, Nov 11: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Monday inaugurated the Personal Identification Secure and Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) at the Lahore airport, terming it inevitable for the national security....
PPP support for Fazl next to impossible LAHORE, Nov 11: Pakistan Peoples Party’s support for Maulana Fazlur Rahman is next to impossible as it is reluctant even to recognize the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in the proposed deal it...		Body to frame service rules for teachers LAHORE, Nov 11: Responding to the Punjab ombudsman’s directive, the provincial education department has set up a committee to frame service rules to regularize service structure of elementary English teachers....
Option for holders to buy state land LAHORE, Nov 11: The Punjab government has decided to sell state agriculture land leased under the wandsarkar scheme some 50 years ago to its lease holders....		Politicians told to settle issues in parliament LAHORE, Nov 11: Federal Minister Mahmud Ali has advised politicians to settle the constitutional issues on the floor of the house instead of wasting time outside parliament....
Proclamation process begins against Nisar’s co-accused LAHORE, Nov 11: An accountability court initiated on Monday proclamation process against four co-accused of Seth Nisar in a Rs80.51 million corruption reference....		Kasi case: LHC to hear plea today LAHORE, Nov 11: A division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justices Tassaduq Husain Jilani and Asif Saeed Khosa will hear a writ petition praying for the court intervention for...
Zardari to press for pre-mature acquittal LAHORE, Nov 11: Ex-senator Asif Ali Zardari’s defence in a drug-trafficking case against him has finally decided to press for his pre-mature acquittal on the next scheduled hearing of the case...		PML-N’s threat LAHORE, Nov 11: The PML-N threatened on Monday that it would part ways with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in case it cooperated with the PML-Q for government formation....
Lawyers warn of agitation LAHORE, Nov 11: Lawyers will launch a countrywide movement for the restoration of Constitution in case the National Assembly session is not convened by Friday, Nov 15....		Drug trafficker convicted LAHORE, Nov 11: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday handed down life imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine to a drug trafficker after his judicial confession....
Highwaymen injure six, loot passengers SUKKUR, Nov 11: Six passengers were injured when highwaymen opened fire inside a Karachi-bound bus on the Indus Highway, near Mirwahi village, Jacobabad district, in the wee hours of Monday....		Three wounded in clash during investigation NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 10: Two police officials and a civilian were injured in Tharushah on Sunday during an investigation into a clash, which occurred a day ago....
2 girls die as roof collapses CHARSADDA, Nov 11: Two girls were killed when the roof of their mud house collapsed near Harichand here on Sunday night....		Bush rejects mercy pleas for Kasi QUETTA, Nov 11: United States President George W. Bush has rejected the mercy petitions of the mother of Aimal Khan Kasi and Human Rights Commission for converting his death sentence into...
Dacoits injure two persons QUETTA, Nov 11: Two persons were wounded by dacoits on offering resistance....		Councillors’ strike against Nazim’s ‘corruption’ SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 11: The hunger strike by women councillors continued for the sixth consecutive day on Monday....
JKLF protests against Indian brutalities LAHORE, Nov 11: The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) staged a protest demonstration against the Indian brutalities and atrocities being perpetrated on the people of occupied Kashmir on Monday....		Lawyer commits suicide SADIQABAD, Nov 11: An advocate, Liaquat Ali, on Monday allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself due to some domestic issue in Gulmerg area....