November 21, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 15, 1423

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Drugs import allowed; board powers enhanced: 1976 Act amended ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The government through an ordinance has amended the Drugs Act of 1976 by including a condition under which only those drugs can be imported to Pakistan which are...		50pc rebate on property tax for pensioners sought ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to seek government’s consent to give 50 per cent rebate to the pensioners in self-occupancy cases in the capital....
Medico-legal examination system being revamped RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: The Punjab health department is revamping the medico-legal examination system, sources said....		Schools in residential areas create nuisance RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Concentration of several educational institutions in Lalkurti has become a nuisance for the people, residents of the area told Dawn....
The Afghans are coming back! ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Afghan refugees, who had repatriated from ‘Afghan Basti,’ located in Sector I-11, under the voluntary repatriation scheme started by the UNHCR once the Hamid Karzai government came...		FBISE annual exams of SSC from March 18 ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual examinations of the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, will commence from March 18, 2003, says a press release here on...
NGOs asked to work for welfare of children ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Ms Sehba Musharraf has urged the civil society organizations to redefine their role benefiting children in the fields of education and health....		Teachers continue boycott of classes RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: The teachers boycott of one class daily against the proposed educational reforms continues as usual in all schools and colleges of Punjab....
Children make human chain RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: More than 100 school children on Wednesday made a human chain on the Murree Road demanding of the government to ensure a better future for the children who...		Century-old revenue record gutted in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Fire that broke out in the revenue record room here on the premises of district courts on Wednesday night gutted almost a century-old record....
Computerized arms licences project launched ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Wednesday inaugurated the pilot project for issuance of computerized arms licences at the Interior Ministry....		Akbar Afridi named envoy to Maldives ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The government has appointed Said Akbar Afridi as high commissioner of Pakistan to the Republic of Maldives....
IMF sees reforms continuation a challenge ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The IMF has said that a main challenge for Pakistan is to continue governance reforms for creating the institutional environment that will give domestic and foreign investors the...		AJK House witnesses daring arguments MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 20: The AJK Legislative Assembly witnessed here on Wednesday some interesting as well as daring arguments by a senior parliamentarian from the opposition benches after he objected to the...
Saleem Khanani released on bail LOS ANGELES, Nov 20: A leading Pakistani merchant, living in central Florida, and several of his colleagues were bailed out on Monday night....		President lauds PTV’s performance: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf appreciates the performance of the PTV particularly during the general elections....
PPP flays speaker’s comments on LFO ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The contention of the newly-elected speaker that the MNAs have taken oath under the Legal Framework Order is devoid of facts, against the Constitution and the law. His...		EC declares Achakzai winner ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Election Commission on Wednesday declared Mehmood Khan Achakzai as winner from NA-262 Killa Abdullah....
Musharraf’s oath illegal: PHC Bar PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association here on Wednesday condemned the taking of the oath by Gen Pervaiz Musharraf for becoming the President of Pakistan and termed it...		Private agency to check encroachments HARIPUR, Nov 20: The Tehsil Municipal Administration, Haripur, has assigned the task of making the main bazaars of the city encroachment-free to a private security agency here on Wednesday....
Construction of small dam begins PESHAWAR, Nov 20: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday laid foundation-stone of a small dam to be completed at a cost of Rs40 million in the Kohe Daman area,...		Mansehra dist Naib Nazim elected MANSEHRA, Nov 20: Nazim of the Malikpur union council, Sher Afzal Khan, was elected Naib Nazim of the district council at its special session for the election held on Wednesday.  ...
Working of NGOs criticized PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The Pakistan Village Development Programme (PVDP), a local NGO, came under severe criticism in its meeting with journalists on Tuesday....		Seven Fata MNAs voted for MMA LANDI KOTAL, Nov 19: A clear division emerged among the MNAs elected from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) when seven of them voted in favour of Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal candidate for National...
40 uplift schemes to be completed TIMERGARA, Nov 20: As many as 40 new development schemes would be completed in Tehsil Samarbagh, District...		Public safety commission members elected HARIPUR, Nov 20: The district council in its meeting here on Tuesday elected members of the Public Safety Commission (PSC)....
1.5kg stolen gold recovered, 2 held KOHAT, Nov 20: The police in an operation in the Ustarzai village on Tuesday recovered about 1.5kg of the 26kg gold taken away from a jewellry shop in Rawalpindi and arrested...		Five kids die of measles in Bajaur BAJAUR, Nov 20: Five children died and several others were seriously affected as measles broke out in the remote area of Arrang in the Bajaur tribal agency....
300kg hashish seized Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The city police have foiled an attempt to smuggle hashish in an official car in large quantities to down country here on Tuesday night. No arrests were made....		Internet users demand better service MINGORA, Nov 20: The aut-horities of Pakistan Teleco-mmunication Company have failed to improve the Internet services in Swat....
Flour rates increase MINGORA, Nov 20: The prices of the flour have again registered an increase of at least Rs20 per 20-kilogramme bag and the bakers have reduced the weight of the bread....		Accounts body formed TIMERGARA, Nov 20: The district government of lower Dir  constituted a departmental acc-ounts committee with the district coordination officer, Hazrat Masaud Mian, as its chairman, to discuss the audit of various departments working under it....
Forest staff demands more facilities MINGORA, Nov 20: The leaders of the foresters, forest guards and deputy rangers association, NWFP, have complained of lack of staff and other facilities at the forest checkposts....		Musharraf wants real democracy in Pakistan: O’Neill LAHORE, Nov 20: The United States once again lent tacit support to President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a coalition partner in the war against terrorism, when Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill stated...
FIA wants back link offices abroad LAHORE, Nov 20: The office of Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) director-general in Islamabad has sent a proposal to the government, suggesting revival of the FIA link offices in Washington, London, Hong...		Maqbool’s briefing LAHORE, Nov 20: US Secretary of Treasury Paul O’Neill called on Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool here at the Governor’s House on Wednesday, exchanging views on economic and social reforms introduced by...
JAC march on Punjab Assembly on 27th LAHORE, Nov 20: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers, doctors and students on Wednesday announced that they would march on the Punjab Assembly for a sit-in on Nov 27 if...		PAT sees next polls in near future LAHORE, Nov 20: Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) is planning to launch electioneering in selected constituencies for it feels that the current political standoff will not allow the assemblies to last long....
Health dept has not yet implemented LHC orders LAHORE, Nov 20: The Punjab health department has yet to implement a Lahore High Court directive on the withdrawal of repatriation orders of four senior doctors of the Allama Iqbal Medical...		Convict’s bail plea dismissed LAHORE, Nov 20: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued a notice for the enhancement of sentence to a drug case convict approaching the court for release...
JUP-NS flays minister LAHORE, Nov 20: The JUP (Nifaz-i-Shariat) has condemned Punjab Minister for Auqaf Ghulam Sarwar Qadri for “providing cover to the people who had stolen holy slippers from the Badshahi Masjid....		Growers hold demos over water shortage DADU, Nov 20: The small growers held demonstrations in Johi and Sehwan on Wednesday to protest against the shortage of water in the waterways originating from the Johi branch and Dadu...
Patients being kept in hazardous building LARKANA, Nov 20: The Chandka Medical College Hospital management keeps patients in a portion of its city block ignoring the warning by the building department which had declared it hazardous in...		PPP leader, pedestrian shot dead JACOBABAD, Nov 20: The Taluka chief of the PPP, Jacobabad, and a pedestrian were shot dead on Wednesday near the DCO office....
NTF men beat up Mukhtiarkar THATTA, Nov 20: The Sindh government has reported the incident of beating and wrongful confinement of an assistant Mukhtiarkar by the personnel of Naval Task Force (NTF) to the president, the...		ACE starts probe against tehsil Nazim MULTAN, Nov 20: Local regional office of the Anti-Corruption Establishment has initiated a probe into the irregularities committed allegedly by the city tehsil Nazim, Mian Faisal Mukhtar....
Parliament urged to undo privatization MULTAN, Nov 20: A teachers’ convention demanded here on Wednesday that parliament should undo the privatization policy introduced in education and health sectors....		Cold response to modified ginning scheme MULTAN, Nov 20: The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority’s (SMEDA) ginning modification programme has not elicited much enthusiasm among ginners and buyers so far....
Teachers, students being ‘instigated’ FAISALABAD, Nov 20: Students and teachers are being instigated by ‘some miscreants’ against the government for their personal gains....		Cops face inquiry for torturing lecturer TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 20: The District Police Officer (DPO) on Wednesday ordered an inquiry against the Nawan Lahore SHO and other policemen for torturing a lecturer and his family...