December 3, 2002	Tuesday	Ramazan 27,1423

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Robbers on a looting spree in twin cities RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: A man was shot and injured, while cash and jewellery were looted in eight different robberies in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Monday, police said....		PEN to facilitate researchers: Awais ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The government plans to execute projects of utility bill payments through kiosks, automated teller machines (ATMs) and through telephones using prepaid cards....
QAU staff calls for transfer of treasurer ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Employees Welfare Association (EWA), Quaid-i-Azam University, has warned that it will observe a strike if the incumbent treasurer, Zahid Hussain Bokhari, is not transferred by December 16....		Bail application of two in fraud case rejected ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The court on Monday rejected the bail application of two accused involved in embezzling Rs10 million....
International Disabled Day today ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Ministry of women development, social welfare and special education, with a view to create awareness of the rights of special people, has planned various programmes on the occasion...		UNFPA to launch population report ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will launch State of the World Population Report 2002, on Tuesday....
$60m USAID for research body granted ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: USAID has granted a four-year $60 million award to the Research Triangle Institute for the implementation of its Education Sector Reform Assistance (ESRA) project for Pakistan....		4kg heroin seized, three held ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday arrested three persons, including a woman, and seized four kg heroin....
Shopkeepers not happy with untimely govt move PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The shopkeepers in the Cantonment area have been badly affected by the untimely anti-encroachment drive launched by the government....		Municipal shopping plaza auction delayed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 2: The proposed auction of the municipal shopping plaza at the West Circular Road in the city was postponed on the intervention of MMA general secretary and...
Al Qaeda may surprise allied forces: Darra arms-market thrives KOHAT, Dec 2: The smuggling of huge quantities of arms and ammunition from the notorious and south Asia’s biggest illegal arms manufacturing semi-autonomous town of Darra Adam Khel into the tribal...		6 independent MPAs form group in NWFP PA MANSEHRA, Dec 2: As many as six independent MPAs of the NWFP Assembly have formed their own parliamentary group in the house and have chosen Shahzada Mohammad Gustasap Khan, MPA from...
Privileges for disabled demanded PESHAWAR, Dec 2: On the eve of the International Day for the Disabled People, which is being observed on Dec 3, the Disabled People’s International, Pakistan, a non-governmental organization (NGO), has...		Daud new VC of Hazara University MANSEHRA, Dec 2: The NWFP governor has appointed Prof Daud Awan as new Vice Chancellor of the Hazara University (HU)....
Tailor’s shop looted LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 2: Three masked bandits took away scores of unstitched suits from a tailor’s shop at gunpoint in the Baghban Mohallah, here on Wednesday night....		Warrants for Azam Tariq, five other SSP leaders DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 2: The local Anti-Terrorism Court judge on Monday issued arrest warrants for six leaders of outlawed Sipah-i-Sahaba (SSP), including Maulana Azam Tariq....
Benazir to decide NA-187 candidate BAHAWALPUR, Dec 2: PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto will herself decide the candidate for the byelection on NA-187 (Bahawalpur-five) seat being vacated by PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan....		Madad body patron’s bail plea put off MULTAN, Dec 2: The civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate adjourned the hearing of bail application of the Madad Committee patron for Tuesday as the Qutabpur SHO failed to present record of the case...
Cop killed in clash NAROWAL, Dec 2: A police constable was shot dead during a clash with college students near village Saddoke on Narowal-Muridke Road early on Monday morning....		Six medical stores,clinics sealed GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: At least half a dozen medical stores and clinics were sealed on Monday by a drug inspector in Ghakkhar town and nearby Nat Kalan village....
Gojra tehsil members stage walkout against Nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 2: Two opposition members staged walkout from a Gojra tehsil council meeting on Monday in protest against the Nazim for executing various development schemes without getting approval...		Benevolent fund for employees SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 2: District Coordination Officer Khusroo Pervaiz Khan on Monday distributed 1,000 cheques amounting to Rs5.5 million among 1,000 government employees from grade 1 to 16 under the benevolent fund....
‘Killer’ shot dead OKARA, Dec 2: A man shot dead the killer of his brother after 13 years in Akbar village, some 20kms away from here....		Strangled FAISALABAD, Dec 2: A girl was strangled to death on Monday by her brother due to her alleged bad character in Chak 45-GB....
Why MMA lent support to PML-Q LAHORE, Dec 2: Apprehensions of governor’s rule in the NWFP and Balochistan forced the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to join hands with the PML-Q in Balochistan....		Donors ‘harming’ human rights, democracy LAHORE, Dec 2: International Federation of Philosophical Societies president Prof Ioanna Kucuradi has said donor countries’ conditions for aid were harmful for democracy and human rights and aimed only at the...
LHCBA joins JAC protest LAHORE, Dec 2: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers, doctors and students and Lahore High Court Bar Association on Monday held a demonstration outside the court against the constitution of...		Laws passed by cabinet need no ratification: Governor hosts Iftar for Ulema LAHORE, Dec 2: All ordinances passed by the outgoing provincial cabinet are valid under the Legal Framework Order and need no ratification by the Punjab Assembly, says Governor Khalid Mahmood....
Prof Mansoor removed from INHS directorship LAHORE, Dec 2: The Sheikh Zayed Hospital management has removed Prof Mansoorul Hasan Alvi, director of the Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences (INHS), apparently in line with the Pakistan Medical...		Pervaiz pledges to change police culture LAHORE, Dec 2: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday pledged to change the police culture, which he believed had been a hurdle in the dispensation of justice....
Jail, fine to former DIG Lalwani LAHORE, Dec 2: An accountability court on Monday convicted Punjab prisons former DIG Ghulam Sarwar Khan Lalwani and sentenced him to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed Rs500,000 fine....		Millers refuse to lift rotten wheat LAHORE, Dec 2: Flour mills owners in Rahim Yar Khan and Multan have refused to lift the rotten wheat being offered by the Food Department....
Fresh applications for medical entry test LAHORE, Dec 2: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi has announced that all students having 65 per cent or above marks in intermediate (FSc pre-medical) and equivalent examination are eligible to...		CM visits Iqbal’s mazar LAHORE, Dec 2: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi visited the mazar of Allama Iqbal on Monday and offered Fateha....
Joint struggle must for ‘real democracy’ LAHORE, Dec 2: Benazir Bhutto’s political secretary Naheed Khan proposed on Monday that all political forces should launch a joint struggle to restore ‘real’ democracy and send the army back to...		Road link to Central Asia planned ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan plans to start two multi-billion-rupee-road projects linking Peshawar to Kabul and onward to the Central Asia as the Afghan government has guaranteed full security in its territory....
US media targets Pakistan’s N-plan NEW YORK, Dec 2: As the US concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear weapons become more pronounced in the aftermath of the reports of a trade-off with North Korea on missile technology, The...		By-elections set for Jan 15 ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: By-elections in the 11 constituencies of the National Assembly and 19 constituencies of the four provincial assemblies will be held on Jan 15....
Defence under pressure:PML-N ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has said that Pakistan defence programme is under tremendous pressure specially after Russian President Putin’s statement and some of US...		PM tells Jam to restore defunct dists ROJHAN JAMALI, Dec 2: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has directed Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammed Yousaf to restore the four defunct districts of the province....
Eight PTCL men held QUETTA, Dec 2: Police arrested here on Monday eight officials of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Quetta, for corruption....		Benazir grieved ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condoled the death of Begum Imtiaz Bhutto, the eldest sister of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who died in Hyderabad on Monday....
PM’s press secy takes charge ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Fazal-ur-Rahman Malik, joint secretary and director-general of the Internal Publicity, on Monday took over as press secretary to Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, an official handout reads.—APP...		Support to disabled assured ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the country is committed to the cause of the disabled people regardless of their cast, creed, social and economic status....