November 14, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 8, 1423

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Women ministry to fund burn unit at hospital ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Ministry for Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education has agreed to finance a burn unit to be set up at Pims, reliable sources told Dawn....		Law to take effect after installation of local govt: Police Order-2002 ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday promulgated an ordinance under which Police Order-2002 cannot be implemented in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) till the local government is established....
8 vehicles hijacked, valuables looted RAWALPINDI, Nov 13: Robbers and thieves struck at 14 different places in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday and deprived people of valuables - cash and eight vehicles, police said....		Top priority to higher education, says Ata ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The federal minister for education, science and technology, Prof Attaur Rahman, has said Higher Education Commission (HEC) will work with the aim to build a knowledge-based economy, which...
300m diabetics by 2025: WHO ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted that the number of diabetic patients worldwide will increase to 300 million by 2025, says a press release....		City population lacks credible preventive health cover RAWALPINDI, Nov 13: The city’s population lacks a credible preventive health cover because of the ‘indifferent attitude’ of the officials concerned of autonomous hospitals to the issue and their resultant inability...
Tender for Dist Court Complex next week ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: A tender of Rs830 million for the District Courts Complex Project will be called next week. The project will be completed in three years....		Govt pays no heed to teachers’ protests RAWALPINDI, Nov 13: The government has shown its indifference to the protest movement started by the teachers and professors against the proposed educational reforms....
553rd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak today TAXILA, Nov 13: The 553rd birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, will be celebrated at Gurdwara Punja Sahib, Hassanabdal, on Thursday....		Kutcha abadi dwellers hold protest demonstration ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The All-Pakistan Alliance of Kutcha Abadis on Wednesday held a demonstration outside the Capital Development Authority (CDA) office against the demolition of 300 houses in France Colony....
Lawyers ask US to pardon Kasi QUETTA, Nov 13: Lawyers of the city on Wednesday marched through the streets of the provincial capital and demanded of the US authorities to pardon Aimal Kasi or convert his death...		Nepra okays 6.49 paisa increase ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The military government has put on hold a 6.49 paisa per unit increase in electricity tariff for announcement by the elected government, authentic sources told Dawn on Wednesday....
ADB approves $750,000 grant for Fata ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Asian Development Bank has approved a technical assistance grant worth $750,000 to assist the preparation of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas’ Rural Development Project during 2003....		PPP to uphold certain amendments ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The acting secretary-general of the Pakistan People’s Party, Mian Raza Rabbani, said that the PPP would uphold the amendments which were consistent with its manifesto, including the provisions...
Arrest and trial of Mir Aimal Kasi ON MONDAY, Jan 25, 1993, at 8am, a number of automobiles were stopped in two north-bound, left-turn lanes on Route 123 in Fairfax County at the main entrance to the headquarters...		Road project; Hakas clarifies ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: Hakas (Pvt) Ltd, a construction company, responding to a news item appeared in Dawn on Sept 30, said M/s DITCO, a Saudi firm, had qualified for many major...
Sajjad clarifies news item on representation ISLAMABAD, Nov 13 : Clarifying the position, a spokesman for the former Senate chairman, Wasim Sajjad, has said that a news item appearing in the Press regarding the orders of Public...		PADF decries manipulation by govt SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 13: The Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF), a leading organization of Pakistani Americans, has expressed concern that the current manoeuvrings by the military government are fast eroding its...
Aimal Kasi issue riddled with enigmas MULTAN, Nov 13: While the execution of Mir Aimal Kasi is scheduled to take place in Virginia, US, on Thursday (today), questions like why he gunned down two CIA officials and...		Mills suspend flour supply to Ramazan bazaars FAISALABAD, Nov 13: All local millers have suspended the supply of flour to the wholesale dealers and the Ramazan bazaars....
Three students kidnapped SAHIWAL, Nov 13: Three students of the local Normal School, a sub-institution of the Government Elementary College, were reportedly kidnapped here on Wednesday....		Five grenades, rocket launcher recovered TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 13: Rajana police on Wednesday claim to have recovered a rocket launcher and five hand grenades from a nearby Chak 294-GB....
ETOs asked to show cause: Slow tax recovery GUJRANWALA, Nov 13: At least two dozen excise and taxation officials, including three excise and taxation officers (ETOs), were issued show cause notices for not meeting the target of recovering property...		Five Okara farms’ employees arrested MULTAN, Nov 13: Situation at the Okara military farms once again became tense on Wednesday when law-enforcement agencies took into custody some six villagers including a fourth class student....
Health facilities in Jhang understaffed JHANG has one district, two tehsil headquarters hospitals, 15 rural health centres (RHCs) and 94 basic health units (BHUs) for its population of over three million....		Students continue protest GUJRANWALA, Nov 13: Students of the local Government Islamia College and activists of the Anjuman-i-Tulaba Islam took out a protest procession here on Wednesday against formation of boards of governors...
Artificial shortage of flour bags in Sialkot SIALKOT, Nov 13: The artificial shortage of flour bags has been created in Sialkot, Daska, Bhopalwala, Sambrial, Motra, Chawinda, Badiana and Pasrur as flour mills have raised the prices of 20...		Two brothers shot dead by contractor MIANWALI, Nov 13: Two young brothers were shot dead by a contractor and his son at Yarookhel Kutcha on Wednesday....
Compensations for Tarbela Dam victims on Dec 1 HARIPUR, Nov 13: The provincial minister for excise and taxation, Aminullah Khan Gandapur, announced on Wednesday that some 1,744 affected people of the Tarbela dam project would be compensated for their losses, on Dec 1....		Growers demand exemption from host of taxes BADIN, Nov 13: The growers of coastal areas of Shaheed Fazil Rahu Taluka have demanded the government for exempting them from agricultural tax, land revenue, Ushr and Zakat, water tax, and...
Rs1bn to be used on jobs for doctors and teachers: Governor meets WB team PESHAWAR, Nov 13: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the provincial government has retired Rs5.7 billion loan during the current financial year thus making a saving of almost...		High Court seeks comments on Arabs’ detention PESHAWAR, Nov 13: The Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday sought comments from the director general, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and the Ministry of Interior on the detention of five Arab employees...
Malakand roads in ruins MINGORA, Nov 13: The military government has failed to initiate reconstruction work on roads in Malakand division, which have changed into ruins in almost all the districts here....		Bilqis Zardari laid to rest NAWABSHAH, Nov 13: Bilqis Zardari, the wife of Hakim Ali Zardari and the mother of Asif Ali Zardari, was laid to rest here on Wednesday....
Two arrested in Sindhi writer murder case LARKANA, Nov 13: Mahota police on Wednesday arrested two of the 11 alleged killers of the noted Sindhi short story writer and TV playwright and his young son....		NGOs not following job quota agreement KOHAT, Nov 13: The local and foreign non-governmental organizations working for the well-being of the Afghan refugees are constantly refusing to employ 40 per cent of staff from among the local...
Bid to hijack vehicle foiled LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 13: A driver foiled an attempt to snatch his vehicle by retaliating against the armed bandits on Wednesday night on a branch road of the Indus Highway....		JAC can’t ‘guarantee’ peace in rallies LAHORE, Nov 13: A large number of students, teachers and doctors held a protest demonstration outside the Punjab University’s Old Campus against the constitution of board of governors in the educational...
Support price for sugar cane announced LAHORE, Nov 13: Governor Khalid Maqbool announced on Wednesday the minimum support price of Rs40 per 40kg for sugarcane and the beginning of its crushing season from Friday (Nov 15)....		A JUI-F loss that is JI’s gain LAHORE, Nov 13: The PPP’s refusal to support the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) nominee for the office of prime minister, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, has provided an opportunity to the Jamaat-i-Islami to assert...
Agencies pressuring MPs-elect to change loyalties: Hashmi LAHORE, Nov 13: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, who was released from the Camp Jail on Wednesday after being allowed bail by a court a couple of days ago, has...		Two die as many hurt in Wapda Hospital fire LAHORE, Nov 13: Two patients died of suffocation while two others were injured and many affected when the four-storey Wapda Hospital on Ferozepur Road in Rehmanpura caught fire on Wednesday night....
‘Constitution Day’ by lawyers today LAHORE, Nov 13: Lawyers throughout the country will observe the Constitution Day on Thursday to press for the restoration of the 1973 Constitution....		Another 125 Sikh pilgrims arrive LAHORE, Nov 13: Another batch of 125 Sikh pilgrims arrived here from London on Wednesday to attend the 533rd birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak....
Quran Khwani for Sethi’s mother QuRAN Khwani for Mrs Razia Sethi, widow of the late Abdul Aziz Sethi, and mother of Najam Sethi, Editor of The Daily Times and The Friday Times, will be held at...		Suspended members of RCB deplore ordinance RAWALPINDI, Nov 13: Suspended members of the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) have expressed reservation on the draft Cantonment Ordinance 2002....
Patient’s death: Court summons Pims officials, pharmacy owner ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: Civil Judge Abdulqayum on Wednesday summoned Dr. M. Azhar Quraishy, Executive Director of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Dr. Riaz Bashir Naro, Assistant Director (Critical Area) and...		Bar, bench form body to clear backlog ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The district judiciary has constituted a committee to dispose of 11033 cases pending with the District Courts due to shortage of judges....
Two girls sent to jail RAWALPINDI, Nov 13: Civil judge Ambreen Qureshi on Tuesday sent two girls accused of committing minor theft to jail as there was no one to put up bail for them....		No split in party, says Babar ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday debunked reports of a split in the party and termed them motivated by vested interests....