December 2, 2002	Monday	Ramazan 26,1423

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Criminal justice coordination body formed RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: The district and sessions judge, Dost Mohammad Khimta, has constituted ‘Criminal Justice Coordination Committee’, which would address the problems being confronted by the district courts in the dispensation...		19 offloaded for travelling on fake documents RAWALPINDI, Dec 1: The immigration authorities at Islamabad Airport on Sunday offloaded 19 passengers, trying to travel to London, Saudi Arabia and Libya and also arrested an agent on charges of...
PTCL helpline ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Islamabad Telecom Region has announced that help-line service 111-900-900 and 106 will remain operative during the Eid holidays from December 5 to 8 from 9am to 9pm....		Amin Fahim condoles with Jamali ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The president, People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Makhdoom Amin Fahim, has expressed condolence with Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali over the sad demise of his nephew Nusrat Ali Jamali,...
PML-Q demands dissolution of NALC GILGIT, Dec 1: A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Northern Areas, Abdul Wahid, asked the government to dissolve the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) and demanded fresh elections because, the...		Killings by Israel Condemned UNITED NATIONS, Dec 1: The government on Sunday strongly condemned recent killings of innocent Palestinian children and the shooting of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency official by Israeli forces....
PM’s nephew dies of heart attack QUETTA, Dec 1: Mir Nusrat Ali Khan, the nephew of Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, died of a heart attack on Sunday at Rojhan Jamali. He was 37. He was...		Talks on for Benazir’s return: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Negotiations are continuing at various levels to bring home PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal on Sunday....
Shujaat urges summoning of Sindh PA session ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Sunday said the majority party should form the government in Sindh....		EU suggests more autonomy for EC ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: The European Union Election Observation Mission, in its report based on the electoral process, has recommended greater independence for the Election Commission....
AJK LB election in April: Sikandar ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan said here on Sunday that the local bodies elections in AJK would be held around April next year after modifying...		MMA to review situation today ISLAMABAD, Dec 1: A meeting of the supreme council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has been convened in Islamabad on Monday to deliberate on the inconclusive talks that were held between Prime...
Kasuri leaves for Bonn LONDON, Dec 1: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who had arrived here on Saturday, left for Bonn on Sunday to attend a review conference on Afghanistan, beginning on Monday....		Provincial Assembly session after Eid: Maher SHIKARPUR, Dec 1: Sindh Assembly session would be convened after Eid-ul-Fitr, the federal minister for railways, Ghous Bux Khan Maher, said on Sunday....
SWC demands new water accord HYDERABAD, Dec: 1: The Sindh Water Committee (SWC) has demanded a just and permanent water sharing accord between all the provinces of Pakistan, especially between Sindh and Punjab....		75 faint as gas cylinder explodes in Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 1: At least 75 people fell unconscious when an ammonia gas cylinder exploded in the Lal Mushaikh village spreading the gas all over on Sunday morning....
Govt asked to distribute funds uniformly DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 1: The members of the district council have demanded of the government that the development funds should be uniformly distributed among all the district and union councils....		Peaceful solution to problem sought: Shifting of BISE MINGORA, Dec 1: The members of the National Assembly Maulana Qari Abdul Bais and Maulana Fazal Subhan have demanded of the government to find a peaceful solution to the problem created...
MMA awards ticket for Senate seat SWABI, Dec 1: The MMA has awarded the ticket for the Senate election to a former provincial general secretary of the JUI-F....		Raids to arrest Muttahida leaders MIRPURKHAS, Dec 1: A heavy contingent of the Karachi police conducted raids at the Hameedpura Colony, Jamna Das Colony, and Thomasabad for arresting an ex-MNA of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Anis...
Seven booked for water theft DADU, Dec 1: Seven landlords of Johi Taluka were booked by the Johi police for water theft on Sunday....		Walk on AIDS Day LARKANA, Dec 1: A walk was held here on Sunday to mark the World AIDS Day....
Sarfaraz Shah appointed adviser GILGIT, Dec 1: The member of the Northern Areas Legislative Council, Sarfaraz Shah, has been appointed as adviser for the planning and development, secretariat, sources said here Saturday....		Work on two bridges over Chenab to start soon JHANG, Dec 1: Work on two bridges over Chenab will soon be started to link the western part of Shorkot with the tehsil headquarters, Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat has said....
Powerloom owners’children hold demo MULTAN, Dec 1: Children from the families of powerloom owners and workers staged a demonstration on Sunday to protest against the high power tariff....		Evacuee Trust ‘auctions off’ Punjab govt’s land SAHIWAL, Dec 1: The Punjab Evacuee Trust auctioned off 175 acres of agricultural land in 120 villages of Sahiwal and Pakpattan, which it did not own....
Police pick up 3 to get murder case dropped MULTAN, Dec 1: The Okara district police allegedly picked up three relatives of the military farm tenant who died in a joint action of police and the Rangers on Aug 24,...		Concern over encroachments GUJRANWALA, Dec 1: Residents of Ghakkhar Town have expressed resentment over encroachments on Old Kot Noora Road and in main bazaars....
Reckless driving claims boy’s life HAFIZABAD, Dec 1: Reckless driving claimed the life of a boy and left the other seriously injured on Pindi Bhatian Road....		Suspect’s father tortured to death FAISALABAD, Dec 1: Police tortured the father of a suspect to death and disposed of the body, family alleged on Sunday....
Police fail to recover woman, her three kids MULTAN, Dec 1: Shujabad city police have failed to recover a woman and her three children who were kidnapped some one-and-a-half years ago....		Cut in POL prices hailed FAISALABAD, Dec 1: Local traders, transporters and farmers have gladly received the announcement of reduction in petroleum prices....
Humayun hints at inclusion of MMA in govt LAHORE, Dec 1: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan has hinted at inclusion of the MMA in the government and termed differences with the MQM temporary....		Azhar says it’s time for PML manifesto’s implementation LAHORE, Dec 1: PML-Q President Mian Muhammad Azhar says supremacy of parliament is imperative for the solution to people’s problems and it will be unfortunate if political parties fail to do...