November 25, 2002	Monday	Ramazan 19, 1423

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Pollution costs country $3bn annually ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Pakistan economy is facing $3 billion loss per annum due to environmental pollution....		Mutilated body found from Bara Kahu RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: Police on Sunday found a mutilated body of a man believed to have been murdered and thrown in Bara Kahu....
Kasuri: from lawyer to foreign minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Mian Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, who was sworn in on Saturday as Foreign Minister of Pakistan, belongs to one of the old political families of the Punjab....		Saudi-Pak to launch Rs490m projects ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Saudi-Pak will launch new projects at a cost of Rs490 million in the manufacturing, services and financial sectors in Pakistan....
Womenfolk fighting honour killing ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: While Pakistan fights global terrorism alongside the United States and its allies, the country’s women are engaged in their own war against the terror of escalating “honour” killings....		Port workers threaten to go on strike: Job confirmation issue KARACHI, Nov 23: Gwadar Port workers have threatened to go on strike if authorities fail to resolve the issue of the job confirmation....
PPP invites applications for by-elections ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has invited applications for the by-elections to the national and provincial assemblies’ seats from the party candidates....		One dies of suffocation QUETTA, Nov 24: A man died of suffocation and another fell unconscious in cantonment colony, here on Saturday....
Analysts see Jamali in perilous position ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali looks precariously placed, with a fragile coalition to protect, a formidable opposition to appease and a powerful president watching his every move, political commentators...		Trouble-makers of Sahiwal jail being ‘tortured’ FAISALABAD, Nov 24: The 87 prisoners who were declared ‘trouble-makers’ after riots in Sahiwal jail have been confined to special cells of different jails of the province and are being tortured...
8 labourers deprived of genital parts SARGODHA, Nov 24: Two labourers have claimed that a local reproductive health centre that is being managed by a foreign NGO has deceptively deprived them and their six colleagues of their...		Eid festival at the cost of greenery FAISALABAD, Nov 24: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has earmarked a number of greenbelts, parks and gardens for setting up stalls under “Eid shopping festival” at the cost of city greenery....
Six perish in three accidents DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 24: Six people died in three road accidents on Sunday in the district....		Scholarships for 24 Toba girls TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 24: As many as 24 girl students of government and private primary and elementary schools of the district have been awarded special scholarships....
Tenants’ demo stopped OKARA, Nov 24: The police in collaboration with the administration of military farms on Sunday prevented the tenants from holding a demonstration....		PML-N to campaign for Nawaz’s return SAHIWAL, Nov 24: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has said that the party will organize public meetings after Eid to mobilise the people of Pakistan for a referendum on the...
Jamali’s farm manager killed in accident MULTAN, Nov 24: Two people, including the farm manager of Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, were killed in a road accident near Layyah on Sunday evening....		Raise in fares by transporters protested GUJRANWALA, Nov 24: The local Transport Society and owners of public vehicles have arbitrarily enhanced fares and then get it verified through the Regional Transport Authority (RTA)....
23 poppy growers held BAJAUR, Nov 24: In a fresh action against poppy growers, the political administration has arrested 23 farmers of the Salarzai tribe of Bajaur Agency and impounded more than a dozen private...		Court orders arrest of 4 customs officials PESHAWAR, Nov 24: A trial court in Abbotabad issued arrest warrants of four officials of customs department as they had not been appearing before the court for the last more than...
Two girls killed as school wall collapses KOHAT, Nov 24: Two minor girls were killed and several other students were seriously injured when a wall of Bositang Alizai primary school suddenly collapsed on Saturday....		Two NWFP MNAs to be inducted into cabinet MANSEHRA, Nov 24: Two PML-Q MNAs from Hazara, Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf and Omar Ayub Khan, are likely to be inducted in the federal cabinet in the next phase of its expansion,...
Girls college needs staff CHITRAL, Nov 24: The only government college for girls here is short of teaching staff which has retarded academic progress of the institution....		Power, water supplied to Swat villages MINGORA, Nov 24: An amount of Rs 6.9 million has been spent on the supply of electricity to five villages and water to 10 villages in Union Council Tirat of Swat...
Operation clean-up irks traders DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 24: The traders of Commissionary Bazar on Sunday evening closed their shops in protest against an anti-encroachment drive launched by ASP Dera in cooperation with Markazi Anjuman-i-Tajran...		Liquor seized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 24: Police seized 350 bottles of local liquor from a medicine distributor on Sunday and arrested him....
PPP, PML-N to field joint candidates in PA LAHORE, Nov 24: Punjab PPP President Qasim Zia was appointed as party’s parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly here on Sunday....		Vendors admit to selling substandard stuff LAHORE, Nov 24: Stallholders in Sunday bazaars have claimed that the rate list provided to them by the market committee allows them very little margin of profit, because of which they...
Ministers patted for promoting Musharraf agenda LAHORE, Nov 24: Governor Khalid Maqbool presided over the last meeting of his cabinet here at the Governor’s House on Sunday....		MMA won’t allow anyone to blackmail federal govt LAHORE, Nov 24: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) central leader Hafiz Husain Ahmad has said the religious parties alliance will not allow anyone destabilize the federal government....
Qazi meets Amir Aziz LAHORE, Nov 24: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s parliamentary leader and Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad met Dr Amir Aziz Khan at the latter’s residence here on Sunday....		Govt urged to freeze prices of essentials LAHORE, Nov 24: The All Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions has urged new government to freeze the prices of the essential commodities pending the revision of the wages of the workers....
Free meals for Mayo patients LAHORE, Nov 24: A Faisalabad-born philanthropist, Mian Pervez Akhtar, will provide free meal to around 2,000 indoor patients of the Mayo Hospital....		Orders issued to amend building bylaws LAHORE, Nov 24: Punjab chief secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa has directed that buildings bylaws should be amended to impose a ban on all kinds of construction within 200 feet of all...
New policy approved for police instructors LAHORE, Nov 24: The Punjab police have approved a new policy for the selection and posting of staff for police training institutions....		Three-day moot on construction industry LAHORE, Nov 24: A three-day international conference on construction industry and a construction show will be held here from Jan 21 to invigorate the dormant construction sector in the country and...
150 ordinances issued in three years LAHORE, Nov 24: The Punjab law department promulgated 150 ordinances, issued 87 regulations and 51 notifications besides entering into 27 agreements during the last three years....		Probe sought LAHORE, Nov 24: Prem Union leader and Rail Mazdoor Ittehad president MNA Hafiz Salman Butt has demanded a probe against former railway minister Javed Ashraf Qazi for selling out railway properties....