November 15, 2002	Friday	Ramazan 9, 1423

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Returning Pakistanis complain of torture in Afghan prisons LANDI KOTAL, Nov 14: The Pakistani prisoners returning from Kabul have spoken of torture and extortion by the Afghan authorities during their incarceration in that country’s jails....		Nazim-govt row hinders good governance KOHAT, Nov 14: The tussle between the district Nazim and the government over postings/transfers and execution of developmental schemes, pledged by a PML-Q leader and a former PPP minister Syed Iftikhar...
Baton charge on JAC rally leaves 16 injured FAISALABAD, Nov 14: Sixteen people were injured when a rally of students and teachers was baton-charged outside the GC University here on Thursday....		Prize bonds dealer, two robbers die in shootout GUJRANWALA, Nov 14: A known local prize bonds dealer and two robbers were killed in a shootout on Khiali Road on Thursday night....
Case of 3 students yet to be decided: Strike at GIK Institute SWABI, Nov 14: The fate of the three students, suspended by the management of Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Topi, is expected to be decided within the...		Bus driver blocks road LANDI KOTAL, Nov 14: The main Peshawar-Torkham highway was blocked for all kinds of traffic for one hour on Wednesday after a scuffle between protesting students and a bus driver....
Arms cache seized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 14: The Customs Intelligence have arrested two arms smugglers and seized a cache of weapons near Yarik at the Dera-Bannu road....		LHC dismisses Asif’s plea: Steel Mills reference ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench on Thursday dismissed the plea of Asif Ali Zardari seeking suspension of his punishment during the pendency of his appeal in Steel...
Urdu University Islamabad set up ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The government has established a Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology Islamabad through an ordinance with Urdu to remain the main language of instruction and teaching....		No compromise on LFO: Hashmi ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The PML-N acting president, Javed Hashmi, on Thursday alleged that the government is exerting pressure on the members of the anti-government parties to switch their loyalties and support...
All set for NA session tomorrow ISLAMABAD Nov 14: All is set for the oath-taking session of the members of the National Assembly elected on Oct 10 as summoned by President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday Nov 16....		Kasi tribe gives strike call QUETTA, Nov 14: A shutter down strike and black day would be observed in the city on Friday against the execution of Mir Aimal Kasi....
Probe against ex-minister begins KARACHI, Nov 14: The government has begun an inquiry against former Sindh health minister Ehsan Ahmed....		UK team on defence review mission RAWALPINDI, Nov 14 : A four-member defence delegation of United Kingdom led by Lt-Col David Caulfield, Director of Overseas Military Activity, UK, is currently visiting Pakistan in connection with the periodic...
One dies in Sahiwal jail riot SAHIWAL, Nov 14: A prisoner died and 15 others sustained injuries in the central jail when police opened fire to quell a clash between prisoners and jail employees on Thursday....		Fazl condoles with Asif NAWABSHAH, Nov 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said the MMA has not arrived at any agreement with any party for the formation of a government, and has...
SC disposes of Justice Khokhar case ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Supreme Court on Thursday informed the apex court that it had withdrawn the notification, appointing Justice Fakharun Nisa Khokhar, a judge of the Lahore High Court, as...		10 officials to face corruption charges LARKANA, Nov 14: Ten revenue officials, including three Mukhtiarkars, will be prosecuted on corruption charges in the special court for anti-corruption after a cue is given by the Anti-Corruption Committee-II....
Municipal workers observe strike MIRPURKHAS, Nov 14: The employees of the Municipal Committee Mirpurkhas observed a strike on Thursday to protest against the non-payment of their salaries....		Nadra dismisses 54 representatives SUKKUR, Nov 14: Some 54 absconding representatives of the Ghotki district’s office of the National Databse Registration Authority (Nadra) have been sacked....
Teachers sans salary DADU, Nov 14: A large number of teachers of different high schools of the district staged a protest demonstration outside the office of the district education officer here on Thursday....		Need for struggle stressed SHIKARPUR, Nov 14: The chief of the Awami Tehrik (AT), Rasool Bux Palejo, has said successive governments have failed to improve the living standard of the people of Sindh....
Nazim, DCO apologize before court THATTA, Nov 14: The district Nazim, the district coordination officer, the taluka police officer, Sujawal, and other officials tendered unconditional apologies in person before a division bench of the Sindh High...		Three killed near Ratodero LARKANA, Nov 14: Ten armed Supriya tribesmen shot dead three Shar tribesmen and injured another near Ratodero on Thursday....
How MMA-PML ‘deal’ would be implemented LAHORE, Nov 14: How will the agreement between the pro-PML-Q and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml, if at all reached as a result of the ongoing talks between them, be implemented? And will...		Ahmadi stabbed to death in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Nov 14: A member of the Ahmadi community was stabbed to death allegedly by an activist of Tehrik Khatam-i-Nubawat in Mustafa-bad here on Thursday....
Confiscation of pension ordered SIALKOT, Nov 14: Punjab Secretary (Education) Sibtain Fazal Halim has ordered the Sialkot education department to confiscate 75 per cent pension of the former district education officer for Daska Tehsil, Mohammad...		NGOs hold demo against Aimal Kasi execution MULTAN, Nov 14: A number of NGOs staged a demonstration here on Thursday to demand commutation of Kasi’s death sentence....
Two children killed, five injured in roof collapse TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 14: Two children were killed and five others injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Chak 520/GB some 10km away from here on Thursday night....		Reject ‘rule of sword’, Bar urges politicians LAHORE, Nov 14: Supreme Court Bar Association President Hamid Khan has called upon the politicians to take a stand on principles and refuse to accept the supremacy of the military over...
Yet another raise in power tariff on cards LAHORE, Nov 14: Wapda chairman Zulfiqar Ali Khan has said that the hydel profit to be paid to the AJK government for the Mangla project would naturally be passed on to...		Govt to be complainant in Mianwali girls’ murder LAHORE, Nov 14: Punjab law minister Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan has said that the Punjab government will act as complainant in the murder case of three Mianwali girls and take the...
One killed, 3 injured as building collapses LAHORE, Nov 14: A father-of-nine was killed while three other persons including a woman were injured when a three-storey building collapsed at a fruit market in Kot Lakhpat here on Thursday,...		Habeas corpus case against ASI LAHORE, Nov 14: A district and sessions judge ordered on Thursday registration of a case against an ASI of Kot Lakhpat police station for keeping two youths in illegal confinement....
JAC rallies in major cities LAHORE, Nov 14: Teachers, doctors and students again on Thursday organized protest demonstrations in all major cities of the country against the promulgation of the Model University Ordinance and the constitution...		Court orders Ranjha to pay rent LAHORE, Nov 14: A civil court on Thursday directed federal Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha to deposit Rs87,640 as rent for his office in the Dinga Singh building on The Mall....
R647m project submitted to CDWP: Upgradation of FG schools ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The education ministry has submitted a Rs647 million project before the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) for upgradation of 377 federal government (FG) institutions on a par with...		Universal primary education for girls planned ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education has planned to achieve Universal Primary Education (UPE) for girls by 2007....
Pindi lawyers to have new chambers soon RAWALPINDI, Nov 14: Work on the construction of new chambers for the lawyers on the premises of the district courts would start in the coming few weeks, Secretary General Rawalpindi Bar Association...		Man commits suicide ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: A 32-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in G-10/2 sector on Thursday....
Kutcha abadis — where woes reign supreme ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Thousands of people, mostly Christians, are living in Kutcha Abadis scattered across the federal capital in subhuman conditions, according to a data collected by Dawn....		Commotion witnessed on lodges allotment ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The lobby of Parliament Lodges presented the scene of a fish market when balloting was held for allotment of suites to the MNAs-elect on Thursday....
Over 16,000 registered for overseas jobs in Oct ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: As many as 16,304 people were registered with the regional offices of Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis for...		NHA officers asked to take all decisions on merit ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The chairman of National Highway Authority (NHA), Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed, has said hardworking and honest workers are real assets of an organization and the entire development process depends...
AIOU to start MBA, MPA courses: VC ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Allama Iqbal Open University in collaboration with the ‘Common Wealth of Learning’ will start new executive programmes of business administration (MBA) and public administration (MPA), says an...		Corruption case hearing against Amir Lodhi put off till 23rd ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: An accountability court on Thursday adjourned till November 23 the hearing of a corruption reference against Amir Lodhi, a co-accused in the defence deals case....
Accused get bail in murder case ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The additional district and sessions judge, Sanaullah Malik, has accepted the bail application of an accused in an attempted murder and drug-smuggling case....		SC orders release of girl’s murderer ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Supreme Court on Thursday released the murderer of a six-year-old child on bail and warned the prison authorities to obey apex court orders or face strict action....