November 19, 2002	Tuesday	Ramazan 13, 1423

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Power supply to 300 houses disconnected SUKKUR, Nov 18: The Irrigation Department employees held a protest demonstration in front of the press club on Monday against the Hesco authorities for disconnecting the power supply to at least...		Action against vehicles emitting smoke soon LARKANA, Nov 18: An emergency meeting of the district government on Monday decided to take action against environmentally hazardous vehicles....
Urs of Sachal Sarmast begins KHAIRPUR, Nov 18: The three-day annual Urs of Sufi poet Sachal Sarmast started at his shrine at Darza Sharif, Khairpur district, on Monday....		Two killed in tribal clash SHIKARPUR, Nov 18: Two persons were killed in a clash between the Khakhirani and the Jafri tribes on Monday morning near the Khair Bakhsh Jafri village in the Garhi Yasin Taluka....
Councillor granted bail HYDERABAD, Nov 18: Justice Mushir Alam of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Monday granted bail to a minority councillor of the union council-2, Shiva, in the murder...		Boy dies in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 18: A boy was killed and his father injured in an accident on the National Highway, near Moro, on Monday....
Two injured HYDERABAD, Nov 18: A railway policeman, Dilbar Khan, was arrested by the Gulshan-e-Hali police on Monday after he shot and injured his brother-in-law, Naveed Akhtar, and a neighbouring woman, Rasheeda, in...		300,000 Afghan DPs return to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Some 300,000 Afghan refugees who voluntarily went to their homeland after the fall of the Taliban regime have returned to Pakistan, a foreign office spokesman said on Monday....
Debt write-off a difficult issue: US ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: All nations of the world should work jointly to identify terror and fight it collectively, said US Secretary of Treasury, Paul H. O’Neill....		NA, MQM, PML-F not to fight for speakership ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The National Alliance, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and PML (Functional) have not filed nomination papers for the office of speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly....
Kasi’s extradition was illegal: family QUETTA, Nov 18: No treaty of extradition of criminals exists between Pakistan and the United States. The treaty which is being discussed is of 1931, which was reached between the USA...		Charges against Javed Ashraf being examined ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had been undertaking a probe into the allegations of corruption levelled against the railways minister, a bureau spokesman said....
MMA on top for coalition, says Azhar ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The President, Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Mian Muhammad Azhar, said here on Monday that Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal (MMA) topped the list of his party’s preference for a coalition....		Azam Tariq backsJamali ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Maulana Azam Tariq, MNA and head of the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), on Monday announced his support to the PML-Q and its candidate for premiership Mir Zafarullah Khan...
Pepa warns against dumping of toxic waste ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pepa) will take a legal action against any vessel found involved in the dumping of toxic or any other waste into the country’s...		4 injured in accident HUB, Nov 18: At least 4 persons were injured in a road accident on Monday....
PPP will take action against defectors ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has decided to take disciplinary action against its MNAs who will vote in speaker’s election against the party candidates, PPP sources said....		Smaller parties agree on speaker, deputy ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: A group of smaller political parties on Monday withheld its decision about their choice of candidates for speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly....
Unicef supplies aid to quake victims ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Unicef has rushed in assessment teams and supplies to the evacuees of the three earthquakes in the Northern Areas at the makeshift camp set up at Gonar...		Motorcycle lifters arrested HUB, Nov 18: The Bela police have arrested two members of an inter-provincial gang of motorcycle/car lifters and recovered three stolen motorbikes from their possession during a campaign on Monday....
High court puts MNA, EC on notice PESHAWAR, Nov 18: An election tribunal at the Peshawar High Court on Monday put on notice the election commission and an MNA from NA-46 (Khyber Agency), Maulana Khalilur Rehman, in a...		Strong ties with Afghanistan urged PESHAWAR, Nov 18: The president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Ghulam Sarwar Mohmand, has urged the world community and the US to help promote ties between Pakistan...
Two killed in accidents SWAT, Nov 18: Two people were killed and two others received injuries in road accidents in Swat district on Monday....		Kidnapper killed LANDI KOTAL, Nov 18: The Khyber Agency political authorities in Bara subdivision killed a notorious kidnapper and arrested three others in separate operations last week....
Zakat body to help women ABBOTTABAD, Nov 18: Non-governmental organizations should make a collective effort to encourage cottage-based industry especially to benefit women and to change the life of common man....		60 tribesmen released BAJAUR, Nov 18: The Bajaur Agency administration has released some 60 farmers and tribal elders of the Salarzai sub-division after negotiating with a tribal Jirga here on Monday....
Mentally-ill prisoner escapes LANDI KOTAL, Nov 18: The political administration in Landi Kotal Khyber Agency suspended four prison official for allegedly helping a prisoner escape....		Man held after trying to kidnap boy LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 18: Police on Sunday arrested an accused who attempted to kidnap an eight-year-old boy....
Man kills sister DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 18: A man axed to death his sister and her alleged paramour at the Budhani village on Sunday....		Dacoits in police uniform loot houses GUJRANWALA, Nov 18: Residents of Kotli Pir Ahmad Shah blocked the road in protest against a robbery reportedly committed by men in police uniform....
TMA rejects all projects, invites new tenders FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) has rejected all developmental projects which were announced during the last two months and invited new tenders worth Rs220 million....		No headway in JAC-govt talks FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The district government and the Joint Action Committee could not make any headway on Monday to end the ongoing tension in the educational and health institutions here....
People catch five dacoits GUJRANWALA, Nov 18:Residents of Ghakkhar town foiled a dacoity bid and caught five dacoits when they were fleeing after looting the house of an expatriate on Monday....		Man burnt alive KASUR, Nov 18: A man was burnt in a car in Wan Aadhan village near Pattoki on Monday....
Rift in MMA taking it nowhere LAHORE, Nov 18: Infighting in the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is restricting the six-party religious alliance from striking any deal with the two other major players in the power game — the...		Govt staff housing scheme approved LAHORE, Nov 18: The construction of LDA Avenue-One, the first residential scheme to be developed in the provincial metropolis exclusively for the government employees, was approved here on Monday at a...
Saeed’s release ordered LAHORE, Nov 18: The Lahore High Court has declared the detention of Jama’at Al-Da’awa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed without lawful authority and ordered his release in case he is not required...		Darul Aman to get police protection LAHORE, Nov 18: Justice Fakhrun Nisa of the Lahore High Court has directed the Home Department to make police protection available to Darul Aman within three months besides making satisfactory security...
JAC continues protest against BoGs LAHORE, Nov 18: Teachers and students, under the banner of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), continued on Monday their protest against the constitution of board of governors in educational institutions and...		Dr Amir being freed? LAHORE, Nov 18: Mediamen rushed to the house of Dr Amir Aziz in Officers Colony, Cantonment, amid rumours that he was likely to be released sometime by Tuesday night....
Accused questions validity of reference: New City corruption case ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: One of the accused in the Rs209 million Islamabad New City corruption case has questioned the validity of the reference before an accountability court on the grounds that...		Councils to be formed for rural areas’ uplift: LG system in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Two councils would be formed in each union council under local government system in Islamabad, which would be responsible for the uplift of rural areas, sources told Dawn...
MNAs unhappy over lack of facilities at Parliament Lodges ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The Parliament Lodges are in a pathetic condition and the authorities concerned have failed to renovate the suites, Dawn has learnt....		Child policy to be based on needs of all: official ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The National Plan of Action (NPA) and National Child Policy (NCF) will be based on the needs of children of belonging to all the socio-economic classes, regions and...
Encroachers are back! ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The encroachers are back with vengeance and have once again started occupying well camouflaged spots in the green belts, on footpaths and verandas in the busy city shopping...		Large-scale reshuffle in bureaucracy on the cards ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: A large-scale reshuffle in the bureaucracy is expected after the formation of the new government, a reliable source in the establishment division said....
Clerk files application against lawyers RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: A clerk of an additional district and sessions court has appealed to a judge to take action against some lawyers who allegedly manhandled him on the court premises...		Students blame security agencies for Kabul killings ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Around 100 Afghan students of International Islamic University (IIU) gathered in front of the Afghan Embassy here on Monday to protest against the recent killing of Kabul University...
BoG, PEO offices of hospitals to cost Rs4.7m RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: The offices of the board of governors and the principal executive officer (PEO) of autonomous hospitals will cost Rs4.7 million in the remaining current fiscal year, sources said...		Sartaj terms capacity building vital to development ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Capacity building in every sector has assumed top priority for attaining sustainable development in developing countries under the ever changing socio-economic conditions of the world....