December 6, 2002	Friday	Shawwal 1,1423

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50pc cut in peak royalty extended up to 2004 ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The government has formally accepted the demand of the tour operators to extend the 50 per cent reduction in mountain royalty for the next two years, a source...		Probe ordered into poor performance of BoGs: CM visits hospital, police station RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Ilahi here on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the poor performance of the hospitals’ board of governors and their inability to stall deterioration in...
UNHCR donates 500 tents to quake victims ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is providing 500 tents to victims of two severe earthquakes in the Northern Areas that have forced most of the population...		PR employees happy over Qazi’s departure RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: The People’s Rights Movement held a meeting with trade union representatives from Pakistan Railways, students and other political activists at Carriage Factory Colony here on Thursday....
Rashid claims press freedom RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: The federal information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, has claimed that there is a complete press freedom in the country and the press should also show responsibility while portraying...		Man dies in road accident RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: One person died and another was injured when a car hit them near Khanna bridge on Thursday, police said....
It will be a different Eid this time! ISLAMABAD, Dec. 5: It will be easy to drive or walk up to the Faisal Mosque and get a comfortable place somewhere in the front rows to offer Eid prayers this...		Nawaz for supremacy of parliament ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The only way towards recovery of political and economic stability lies in the united struggle by all democratic forces for restoration of Constitution, rule of law and supremacy...
6 SC judges validating army coup get retired ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Out of the 12 Supreme Court judges who in May 2000 had validated the military takeover of Oct 12, 1999, under the doctrine of necessity, six have retired...		All the king’s men and all the king’s horses KARACHI, Dec 5: Rural folks are preparing to protect their barns and studs this Eid from the king’s men and their horses, who, they believe, were out on a rampage to...
Pakistan pledges help to Kashmiris in hour of trial: Messages on Eid day ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has extended warm greetings to all Kashmiri brothers and sisters on Eidul Fitr....		2 women smugglers’ sentences commuted PESHAWAR, Dec 5: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday commuted prison sentences of two women convicted of drug pushing....
US president sends greetings ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: President George Bush of United States has said the Americans fully share the traditional Islamic values of peace, tolerance, justice, and hope celebrated on the occasion of Eidul...		75 inmates of Peshawar central jail released PESHAWAR, Dec 5: At least 75 prisoners were released here on Thursday from the central jail, in pursuance of the special remission announced by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Eidul Fitr....
American Muslims celebrate Eid NEW YORK, Dec 5: The majority of Muslims living in North America celebrated Eidul Fitr on Thursday marking the end of Ramazan, as the East coast was hit by a snowstorm...		Nation asked to share joy with poor ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has felicitated the nation on Eidul Fitr and expressed the hope that the affinity, sincerity and honesty would help Pakistanis defeat their social problems....
Smuggled petrol prices reduced PESHAWAR, Dec 5: With the reduction in oil prices by the government last week, the dealers of smuggled fuel have also cut down prices by one rupee a litre in their...		Mengal files election plea QUETTA, Dec 5: A leader of the provincial PML-Q and the losing candidate from NA-260 (Quetta-cum-Chaghai-Mastung) filed an election petition in the Balochistan Election Tribunal here on Wednesday....
PPP extends felicitations ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 : Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Benazir Bhutto, has extended greetings on Eidul Fitr to Muslims throughout the world, particularly to Pakistanis, on behalf of her party....		5 killed in crash near Mach QUETTA, Dec 5: Five people were killed and seven others injured in a road accident near Mach on Thursday evening....
Benazir asks legislators to resist temptations ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto, has asked the members-elect of the People’s Party Parliamentarians to hold their heads high as “the party of the...		WHO donates injections for skin disease patients LARKANA, Dec 5: The Sindh health department has received 5,000 injections from the country office of the World Health Organization to help in its efforts against leishmaniasis....
10 injured as bus plunges into ditch KHAIRPUR, Dec 5: At least 10 passengers were injured when a Rawalpindi-bound bus overturned on the National Highway, near the Kandiaro Degree College, and fell into a ditch due to reckless...		Just water distribution demanded MIRPURKHAS, Dec 5: The local growers have demanded forming of a forum to hear their complaints against the irrigation officials and take action against them. permanent...
Forward bloc SHIKARPUR, Dec 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians’ MPA-elect from Shikarpur Agha Tariq Khan Pathan has denied forming any forward bloc in the PPP....		Anti-narcotics court’s jurisdiction extended PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The federal government has extended the jurisdiction of special anti-narcotics court to the former divisions of Hazara and Malakand....
Guards killing: Two officials suspended KOHAT, Dec 5: An army commission constituted to investigate the killing of seven guards by the Al Qaeda members during their shifting from Parachinar to Kohat prison in last December has...		Cases against Ulema withdrawn PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The government has withdrawn 140 cases registered against Ulema and others in all the districts of the NWFP....
Nazim backs MMA man as replacement MANSEHRA, Dec 5: District Nazim Mohammad Azam Khan Swati, who is likely to be elected to the Senate on Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s ticket, has extended his support to Mufti Kifayatullah of the Jamiat ulema-i-Islam...		Eid prayers to be offered at 8.45am PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at the Eidgah, Charsadda road, Peshawar, will be led by provincial chief Khateeb and former minister for Auqaf Qari Roohullah Madani....
Afghan refugees celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The Afghan refugees here and in other parts of the province celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Thursday....		Case against 10 cops, three shopkeepers: Anarkali Bazaar brawl FAISALABAD, Dec 5: Kotwali police have registered a case against 10 Rescue-15 officials and three traders on charges of disturbing law and order at a local commercial centre....
Main accused in Sarwar Mai case granted bail VEHARI, Dec 5: The Additional District and sessions judge, Mailsi, has accepted the bail application of Jahangir Tareen, main accused in the Sarwar Mai case, and ordered his release after the...		Faisal visits slain leader’s house GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: Federal Interior Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat visited the residence of slain PPP city president Chaudhry Khalid Humayun on the Sheikhupura Road here on Thursday....
Student sodomized, stabbed by classmates SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 5: A 10th class student was stabbed to death after being sodomized by his four classmates in Guru Nanakpura, Farooqabad....		Ransom paid for exporter’s release SIALKOT, Dec 5: A surgical goods exporter kidnapped 10 days ago returned home safely, family said on Thursday....
Rush of new movies LAHORE, Dec 5: Pakistan’s film industry reaches the screen on Eidul Fitr today with an investment of over Rs65 million in three Urdu, two Punjabi and five Pashto language movies produced...		Funds for sewerage schemes released SADIQABAD, Dec 5: All resources will be mobilized to alleviate poverty.This was stated by district Nazim Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mahmood after inaugurating sewerage...
Two buses looted GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: Robbers looted two houses, passengers of two commuter buses and a motorcycle rickshaw, and took away two cars in seven strikes on Thursday....		PTCL daily wagers not given a raise LAHORE, Dec 5: The daily-wage workers of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited have not given a raise in their salaries approved on Aug 24....
Robbers kill ex-naval officer LAHORE, Dec 5: Robbers killed a former naval officer, injured his wife and a daughter in Defence on Thursday....		PML-Q faces crisis: Jamali’s decision LAHORE, Dec 5: A serious crisis has cropped up in the ruling PML-Q over the question of simultaneously holding party and government offices and the power to make appointments against vacant...
Old Hailey College building to house CBFM LAHORE, Dec 5: The old Hailey College building, abandoned in 1978, is being renovated to house the city campus of the College of Banking and Finance Manage-ment (CBFM), which is expected...		On a last-minute shopping spree LAHORE, Dec 5: After the announcement of moon-sighting on Thursday, people in Lahore spilled out in city markets and shopping centres for the last-minute Eid shopping....
Maqbool to offer prayers at Badshahi Mosque LAHORE, Dec 5: Governor Khalid Maqbool will offer Eidul Fitr prayers at the historic Badshahi Mosque....		Report on aquifer depletion LAHORE, Dec 5: The Punjab irrigation department is preparing a comprehensive report on aquifer depletion and groundwater quality for presentation to the government early next year....
Beggars throng Lahore LAHORE, Dec 5: Whereas hundreds of thousands of government employees, industrial workers and labourers left for their hometowns to celebrate Eidul Fitr, hordes of beggars started arriving here from suburban areas...		Pervaiz to celebrate Eid in Gujrat LAHORE, Dec 5: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi will offer Eidul Fitr prayers in his hometown Gujrat, according to an official spokesman on Thursday....