November 28, 2002	Thursday	Ramazan 22, 1423

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DHQ Hospital burns unit project shelved RAWALPINDI, Nov 27: The setting up of a burns unit at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital has fallen victim to a stand-off between the offices of the director architecture and executive...		Ministry resents lack of cooperation by local govts ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education has criticized the local governments for not extending their cooperation in implementing the ministry’s projects....
UN agencies representatives meet health minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Federal Minister for Health, Muhammad Nasir Khan held a meeting with WHO representative Dr Khalif Bile Mohmud, Unicef representative Ms Carrol Long and UNFPA country representative Olivier Brasseur...		Dr Zafar Niazi laid to rest ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Renowned dental surgeon Dr Zafar Niazi, who died of heart attack on Tuesday, was laid to rest at the Islamabad graveyard on Wednesday....
‘Pakistan capable of achieving EFA goals’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan is capable of achieving Education For All (EFA) goals if the international community helps the country fill existing technical and financial gaps....		AJK president calls on Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said there is no change in Kashmir policy and Pakistan will continue its political, moral and diplomatic support to liberation movement of Kashmiri...
Another folly of Nadra ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Abdul Qayum, a driver working with a private car rental company, was very excited when he received his computerised National Identity card from the National database registration authority...		MMA for removal of LFO ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will initiate a campaign for elimination of Legal Framework Order (LFO) and restoration of democracy in true sense....
3 Sri Saral villagers declared POs RAWALPINDI, Nov 27: The anti-terrorist court No. 2 judge, Safdar Hussain Malik, on Wednesday declared three persons as proclaimed offenders for not appearing before the court....		Lodges dues: notices served on armymen ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Civilian and armed forces officials who recently vacated the Parliament Lodges have been declared defaulters of accommodation dues amounting to Rs1.5 million, sources in the CDA told Dawn....
Sheikh Rashid briefed on Pemra ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Federal Minister of Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was briefed on Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday in the Ministry of Information & Media...		Asif blames govt for creating forward bloc ATTOCK, Nov 27: Asif Ali Zardari, former senator and spouse of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said the military government had divided the PPP because of the fact that the rulers were...
MPA pledges to raise BoG issue in assembly RAWALPINDI, Nov 27: The opposition members of the Punjab Assembly will raise voice against the proposed plan of the boards of governors in the educational institutions....		WB to give $200m for poverty alleviation ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The World Bank will extend $200 million to Pakistan to alleviate poverty, participants of the Micro-credit Summit held recently in New York told a news conference here on...
Ministers told not to comment on LFO ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali has asked his 21-member cabinet not to comment on the Legal Framework Order (LFO) at any forum, sources told Dawn....		Balochistan PA meets today QUETTA, Nov 27: The inaugural session of the Balochistan Assembly will be held on Thursday morning....
ECO states urged to adopt regional outlook ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called upon the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states to rise above immediate national interests and adopt a farsighted and regional outlook...		Canada plans new visa policy for students TORONTO, Nov 27: Ottawa is intending to introduce a one-window operation to help Pakistani students get Canadian visa as quickly as possible, Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik said on Tuesday after...
Judges oath under Constitution sought MIRPURKHAS, Nov 27: Former federal minister and PPP leader, Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has said those who administered oath to president or any governor of the provinces under 1973 Constitution remained...		Extra-judicial killings in India criticized ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The foreign ministry on Wednesday described the shooting to death of two suspected militants in an Indian shopping mall early this month “extra-judicial killings” by Indian security agencies....
Principal secretary ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: A senior bureaucrat of the secretariat group, Nasiruddin Ahmed, was appointed as the principal secretary to the prime minister on Tuesday....		EU’s stand on polls hailed ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday hailed the European Parliament for its resolution on the referendum and elections....
Emergency relief measures urged: Protracted drought in Thar MITHI, Nov 27: This year’s drought has added to the miseries of the people of Thar, who are still reeling under the compound effects of the four-year-long drought, lasting from 1997...		PMA holds demo against doctor’s kidnapping MIRPURKHAS, Nov 27: The Pakistan Medical Association and Paramedical Staff Association held demonstrations in Tando Jan Mohammad, Digri, and Jhuddo on Wednesday to protest against the kidnapping of Dr Haji Mohammad...
Emergency ward at rural health centre demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 27: The people have demanded of the government on Wednesday for opening an emergency ward at the Rural Health Centre, Halani, as soon as possible....		Workers demand salary BADIN, Nov 27: The mechanics of Badin-Mirpurkhas Lower Sindh Mechanical Division protested for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday against the non-payment of salaries to 80 employees since the last five...
Growers hold protest against water shortage DADU, Nov 27: A large number of small growers of Johi Taluka held a demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday to protest against the artificial shortage of water in the...		Shifting of BISE from Mingora opposed MINGORA, Nov 27: Students of Government Postgraduate Jehanzeb College, Saidu Sharif, staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday against the shifting of offices of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education from...
New centre for women empowerment opened DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 27: Inaugural ceremony of Resources Centre of Aurat Foundation (AF), was held at district auditorium here on Tuesday....		District council approves Rs5.6m for uplift schemes KOHAT, Nov 27: The district council has sanctioned Rs5.6 million for various development schemes in 14 out of 27 union councils....
Drug sellers refuse to remove signboards KOHAT, Nov 27: The drug sellers in the tribal areas have refused to remove sign boards from their drug shops conveying to the government that their freedom has been guaranteed by the Constitution and...		Fazl vows to bring Islamic system DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 27: Secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, has said the religious coalition wants implementation of Shariah in the country, and it would continue its struggle...
Man killed in accident DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 27: A man was killed when a speeding pick-up hit him near the Hazara village on Dera-Multan road on Tuesday....		Qadhafi’s son due on Dec 1 PESHAWAR, Nov 27: The chief of the Qadhafi International Foundation and son of Libyan President Colonel Qadhafi, Saiful Islam, will arrive in the provincial capital on Dec 1....
JAC calls off march on Pervaiz’s assurance LAHORE, Nov 27: Thousands of teachers, doctors and students held a protest demonstration at the Islamia College for Women, Cooper Road, on Wednesday....		Rumpus in Punjab Assembly LAHORE, Nov 27: A pandemonium was created in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday when PML-Q members rose to prevent PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah Khan from criticising the generals who, he said,...
First session was called under LFO: PA secretary LAHORE, Nov 27: The president had called the first session of the Punjab Assembly to enable legislators to take oath under the controversial Legal Framework Order (LFO)....		Qazi explains MMA’s assurance to PML-Q LAHORE, Nov 27: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Qazi Husain Ahmad says the alliance’s assurance that it will help save the PML-Q government from collapse is not...
Equal treatment pledged LAHORE, Nov 27: Newly elected speaker of the Punjab Assembly Muhammad Afzal Sahi says he will not discriminate between the opposition and treasury benches while discharging his duties and try to...		Ban on unions to continue: Mehr LAHORE, Nov 27: The PML-Q would like to have speakers of assemblies rather than chief justices serve as acting president and governors, says federal railway minister Ghaus Bakhsh Mehr....
Basant on Feb 9 LAHORE, Nov 27: Basant will be celebrated in the provincial metropolis on Feb 9 next year....		Ignorance of MPAs mars proceedings LAHORE, Nov 27: Majority MPAs’ lack of awareness about the rules and decorum of the house marred proceedings of the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday....
Customs ‘involved’ in dryport scam FAISALABAD, Nov 27: The scandal of recovery of huge quantity of wireless sets, mobile telephones of high frequency and other sensitive equipment took a serious turn when it was discovered that...		Coachman kills two daughters GUJRANWALA, Nov 27: A man killed his two daughters in Rahwali on Wednesday....
Two friends among three fall prey to accidents SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 27: Three people, including a Hafiz-i-Quran, were killed and four others injured in three road accidents here on Wednesday....		Murder case against three cops, 6 farmers SAHIWAL, Nov 27: On the orders of the Lahore High Court (Multan bench), Yousafwala police on Wednesday registered a murder case against three policemen and six farmers....
Two students killed OKARA, Nov 27: Two nursery students were crushed to death while another sustained serious injuries on Wednesday when the school gate along with its pillars fell on them near Basirpur....		Exporter’s kidnappers demand Rs10m SIALKOT, Nov 27: Kidnappers have demanded Rs10 million as ransom for the release of a local exporter who was kidnapped from Sialkot-Eminabad Road on Tuesday....
Witnesses say police tortured lecturer TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 27: Two witnesses informed inquiry officer DSP Khan Mohammad Baluch on Wednesday that Faisalabad Government College University lecturer Chaudhry Mohammad Shabbir had indeed been tortured and harassed...		Water shortage in Cholistan BAHAWALPUR, Nov 27: A dry spell poses a serious threat to humans and livestock in Cholistan....