November 24, 2002	Sunday	Ramazan 18, 1423

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JUI-S asks MMA not to ignore smaller components MANSEHRA, Nov 23: The JUI-S has asked the JI and JUI-F not to ignore the smaller components of the MMA while discussing the distribution of the portfolios in the future NWFP...		Eight ‘touts’ arrested on court premises PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The police arrested eight touts from the premises of sessions court on the complaint of the Peshawar District Bar Association president, on Saturday....
Pesco’s services to be improved, says official HARIPUR, Nov 23: The chief executive, Pesco, Brigadier Tahir Saeed, said on Thursday that plans were afoot to make the company consumer-friendly and stress was being laid on the improvement of...		Students block road in protest SWABI, Nov 23: The students of the Government Degree College, Chota Lahore, blocked Swabi-Jehangira road for all kinds of traffic for more than two hours as a protest against the “meddling...
Police kill man in shootout LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 23: Police shot dead a person during a robbery attempt on Indus Highway on Saturday.  ...		Galyat uplift funds released ABBOTTABAD, Nov 23: The NWFP government has returned Rs100 million to the Galyat Development Authority which was withdrawn from the GDA some time back....
Price lists being violated: survey SWABI, Nov 23: Disregarding the government warning, profiteers have increased the prices of essential commodities, particularly flour, during Ramazan and with Eid approaching, they are exploiting the situation, shows a survey....		New taxes criticized ABBOTTABAD, Nov 23: The president of the Hazara Hill Tract Hotels and Restaurants Association, Boby Joseph, has criticized the imposition of new taxes by the tehsil municipal administration....
Aftershocks, relief operations continue ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Northern Areas continued receiving aftershocks, on the third consecutive day on Saturday forcing the scared residents to stay out in freezing cold....		Benazir calls for full power transfer ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: A brigh-ter future is anchored in peace, freedom, equal opportunity and breaking the chains of fascism and dictatorship, chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, said on Saturday....
Reforms agenda of Musharraf to continue: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Chau-dhry Shujaat Hussain, parliamentary party leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q, said here on Saturday that the PML-Q government would continue the policies of President Gen Pervez...		Mengal to take oath again QUETTA, Nov 23: Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal would again take oath of his office on Monday....
PAs to meet next week ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The government has announced the schedule of election of Speakers, Deputy Speakers and Leaders of the House of the four provincial assemblies....		MNP project next month MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 23: The long awaited Machiara National Park (MNP) project in Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be launched next month following the removal of some bottlenecks....
Ministers pledge to serve country ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The newly-appointed federal ministers have pledged to work for the betterment of the people by doing every thing on merit....		President hosts Iftar for MPs ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Presi-dent Gen Pervez Musharraf hosted an Iftar-dinner for the MPs at the Aiwan-i-Sadr on Saturday....
Kulsoom ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Election Commission declared on Friday Ms Kulsoom Nizamani, a nominee of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as a candidate returned on the reserved seats for women in the Sindh...		EU felicitates Jamali ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The European Union has congratulated Mir Zafarullah Jamali on his election as the Prime Minister of Pakistan....
Two kidnapped engineers released SUKKUR, Nov 23: Two engineers of the Siemens Company, who were kidnapped by a group of outlaws last week from Salehpat, were recovered by the police on Saturday....		Fair distribution of water urged MIRPURKHAS, Nov 23: There is an urgent need for judicious distribution of water resources as the area of cultivated land has increased by comparison with previous years despite acute shortage of...
Closure period of canals extended SANGHAR, Nov 23: The irrigation authorities have extended the closure period of canals under the rotation system from seven days to 15 days due to the shortage of water in the...		Action against sugar mills demanded NAWABSHAH, Nov 23: The Sindh Abadgar Board, Nawabshah, has demanded action against the sugar mill owners for delaying sugarcane crushing season and thus violating the Sindh government notification....
Gastroenteritis death toll rises to 29 THATTA, Nov 23: Four more gastroenteritis patients have died thus raising the death toll to 29 since the outbreak of the disease in the coastal taluka of Shah Bunder 15 days...		MPA-elect denies joining forward bloc NAWABSHAH, Nov 23: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA-elect Ahmed Ali Jalbani has said that he has not joined the forward bloc of the party....
US probe into funding to Indian groups urged SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23: The Indian Muslims Council-USA (IMC-USA) on Saturday called on the US administration to investigate the India Development and Relief Fund (IDRF), a US-based relief organization, for being...		Noorani continues to lead MMA: Liaquat LAHORE, Nov 23: MMA coordination secretary Liaquat Baloch has said that no decision has been made to change the alliance’s leadership and Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani will continue to be the...
President criticized TORONTO, Nov 23: While several Pakistani Canadians welcomed the revival of democracy in their native country, some of the university students and teachers described the whole exercise as a joke....		Himayat’s wife laid to rest TORONTO, Nov 23: Wife of Himayat Ali Shair, who died of a lever ailment here on Thursday, was laid to rest on Friday in the Pickering graveyard, 28 kilometres east of...
Seven ministers hail from S. Punjab MULTAN, Nov 23: Seven members of the new federal cabinet belong to the southern part of the Punjab....		Drought victims not getting the promised aid GUJRAT, Nov 23: Residents of drought-hit localities in Gujrat, Kharian and Serai Alamgir Tehsils say they are being denied the aid they have been promised by the government because of district...
Five killed, 25 injured as bus overturns SIALKOT, Nov 23: As many as five men were killed and 25 injured seriously when a speeding bus overturned on Daska-Sialkot Road, near the Imam Bukhari International Islamic University in Daska...		Workers demand reinstatement BAHAWALPUR, Nov 23: Over 100 employees of the buildings department, who had been terminated from service, staged a sit-in outside the office of the district officer (buildings) on Saturday....
Constable dies after falling off bustop NAROWAL, Nov 23: A police constable died while two other persons were seriously injured when they fell off the roof of a Shakargarh-bound bus after hitting the branch of a tree...		Paddy growers’ Problems aggravate SIALKOT, Nov 23: The food department has not set up any procurement centre despite the fact that paddy harvesting is in full swing in the district....