December 17, 2002	Tuesday	Shawwal 12, 1423

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Banned outfit member awarded 5-year RI RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The judge of an anti-terrorist court, Safdar Hussain Malik, on Monday awarded five-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) to a member of a banned outfit convicted of possessing illegal weapons....		Body formed to solve transporters’ problems RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The district government on Monday constituted a nine-member commission to look into the problems being faced by the transporters in the city, officials said....
Cooperation with US against terrorism to continue: Faisal RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The government is committed to cooperating with the United States in combating terrorism, the interior minister, Faisal Saleh Hayat, said on Monday....		Ghazi Barotha project to help cut power tariff, says Sherpao ATTOCK, Dec 16: Power tariffs will be reduced when the Ghazi Barotha Hydel Power Project (GBHP) starts production....
Papers of 10 candidates accepted RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The returning officer (RO) for NA-56 constituency has accepted the nomination papers of 10 candidates contesting the by-elections, while one candidate has withdrawn his name....		Rocca to hand over $4.5m equipment to Faisal today RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: Christina Rocca, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia is scheduled to visit the interior ministry on Tuesday where she will hand over “communication equipment” to Pakistani authorities, official source...
Poland keen to invest in oil, gas sectors, says envoy ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Poland is looking forward to investing in the oil and gas sectors in Pakistan, the Polish envoy, Tamasz Kozlowski, said here on Monday....		Drive to expel milch animals out of RCB limits starts RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board on Monday launched the campaign to drive milch animals out of the RCB limits....
Body found RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: Police found body of a youngman- believed to have been strangled - lying at a deserted place on Adiala Road....		Beijing willing for more IT projects ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: Pakistan and China on Monday agreed to enhance cooperation in various areas of IT industry and to start some joint ventures in software development, setting up of IT...
AJK SC rejects leave to appeal plea of ex-judge MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 16: The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has dismissed the leave to appeal petition of a sacked judicial officer against the rejection by the Council of the...		MMA council meets today in Peshawar ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The supreme council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is holding its meeting on Tuesday in Peshawar to discuss and formulate its policy on cooperation with Jamali government, functioning...
Iraqi doctor not yet presented in court QUETTA, Dec 16: The Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, has said that the intelligence agencies should fulfil the legal requirements before taking any required person into...		Brothers cleared by JIT KOHAT, Dec 16: The two brothers accused of providing shelter to 42 Chechen nationals, who had killed 10 armymen in an encounter in Wana last June, have been “cleared” of all...
Children smugglers handed over to Pakistan QUETTA, Dec 16: The Iranian border security authorities handed over a Pakistani couple along with three children on Monday to border officials at Taftan, a town at the border of Pakistan...		One dies, three injured in Indian firing GILGIT, Dec 16: A man was killed and four others were injured by the Indian shelling at Peon sector in Baltistan district along the Line of Control....
Ghizer power projects GILGIT, Dec 16: Two power projects costing Rs230 million would be completed in Ghizer District by the end of this fiscal year, the Northern Areas Public Works Department said....		Sherpao to take oath as N. Areas CE today GILGIT, Dec 16: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao will take oath as the Northern Areas chief executive on Tuesday....
Abducted ex-ATC judge found RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: A former judge of the anti-terrorism court (ATC) who was abducted by some unidentified persons from Lahore on Tuesday last, was found unconscious near Dina on Monday....		PPP secretary ISLAMABAD, Dec 16: The PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, has approved the appointment of Izhar Amrohvi as secretary to the People’s Party Parliamentarians....
Exploration of minerals awaits NoC PESHAWAR, Dec 16: The NWFP forest department is reluctant to allow the directorate of mines and minerals to explore marble and iron deposits in the Malakand protected areas and Dera Ismail...		Pepa extended to N. Areas GILGIT, Dec 16: The federal government has extended the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act (Pepa), 1997 to the Northern Areas....
Former CM’s nephew missing NOWSHERA, Dec 16: Abdur Rehman Khattak, a candidate for the slot of Union Nazim of Manki Sharif, and nephew of the former NWFP chief minister, Nasrullah Khan Khattak, is feared to...		Exemption to girlstudents demanded: Submission of photos HANGU, Dec 16: City Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) President Maulvi Mohammad Jalil has appealed to the provincial government to exempt girl students from the condition of submitting photographs with admission forms for...
MNA flays arrest of Younus Khan KHAIRPUR, Dec 16: National People’s Party MNA Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi has criticized the arrest of MPA Younus Khan from the premises of Sindh Assembly and termed it police highhandedness....		Water crisis deepens in Nara Canal area MIRPURKHAS, Dec 16: The closure of 120 out of the 163 water channels in the command area of the Nara Canal deepened the water crisis in the interior of Sindh....
Quake victims to be settled at Thalichi GILGIT, Dec 16: Over 3,000 people who were rendered homeless by earthquakes in Astore valley recently would be settled in Thalichi Dass, 65km south of here, till a suitable area for...		PPP slams govt interference in Sindh LARKANA, Dec 16: The activists of the Pakistan People’s Party women’s wing and the Sindh People’s Students Federation here on Monday took out two separate processions and observed a token hunger...
Devolution plan to be strengthened: Pervaiz LAHORE, Dec 16: Certain changes would be made in the local government law to create linkages between the provincial and the district governments, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on...		DIGs told to end torture at police stations LAHORE, Dec 16: A DIGs conference here on Monday decided to step up efforts to end torture and illegal detention at police stations....
Housing schemes for low-income group, expats LAHORE, Dec 16: The Lahore Development Authority governing body on Monday approved a housing scheme for low-income groups and decided to develop another scheme exclusively for overseas Pakistanis....		System termed undemocratic LAHORE, Dec 16: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan says the political system in vogue cannot be termed as democratic and his alliance will continue struggle for the restoration of genuine democracy....
Saarc ENT congress opens LAHORE, Dec 16: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool opened the Saarc ENT congress here on Monday....		Minority MPs cold towards dialogue LAHORE, Dec 16: Minority parliamentarians gave a lukewarm response to the dialogue arranged here on Monday to help prioritize the issues related to them as only one of them attended it....
Political situation likened to that of ’71 LAHORE, Dec 16: Speakers at a seminar here on Monday likened the prevailing political situation to the one which had led to the dismemberment of the country in 1971, and said...		Azhar leaves for Islamabad today LAHORE, Dec 16: PML-Q President Mian Muhammad Azhar is proceeding to Islamabad on Tuesday where he is expected to meet some important government functionaries....
Russia urged to help resolve Kashmir issue LAHORE, Dec 16: The Kashmir Action Committee Pakistan has rejected the India and Russia joint declaration and described it an attempt to mislead the world about the freedom struggle of the...		SHO suspended for taking Rs1.2m bribe LAHORE, Dec 16: Baghbanpura Station House Officer Inspector Husain Haider has been suspended from service for taking Rs1.2 million bribe....
Opposition leader LAHORE, Dec 16: PPP’s Qasim Zia will be the opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly. A notification in this respect is expected to be issued by the assembly secretariat on Tuesday....		PAEC course to improve safety at Nuke sites FAISALABAD, Dec 16: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) is sharing ideas and information with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations to improve the safety at nuclear installations...
204 school buildings declared dangerous FAISALABAD, Dec 16: Buildings of 204 schools of district have been declared dangerous due to their dilapidated condition....		People responsible for Dhaka fall be penalized: Hashmi MULTAN, Dec 16: PML-N parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, has demanded implementation on the Hamoodur Rehman Commission report to penalize all those responsible for the Dhaka fall....
Seven file papers for PP-103 GUJRANWALA, Dec 16: Seven aspirants have filed their nomination papers for PP-103 byelections....		Probe begins into torture of lady councillor SIALKOT, Dec 16: The police have started inquiry into the alleged disgrace and torture of a lady councillor of Miani Union Council in Sadra Badra village by a landlord and his...
Water shortage affects wheat sowing target SADIQABAD, Dec 16: The acute shortage of water has adversely affected the wheat sowing targets in the district as only 60 per cent cultivation has so far been completed thought the...		Maulana Azhar still under house arrest BAHAWALPUR, Dec 16: The former chief of the banned Jaish-i- Muhammad, Maulana Masood Azhar, has not been released despite the Lahore High Court orders....
Tenants of Peerowal farms stage rally MULTAN, Dec 16: Tenants of the Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal staged a rally on Monday to protest against the arrest of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab’s president Khushi...		Milkman shot dead by three gunmen KASUR, Dec 16: Three gunmen on Monday shot dead a milkman for refusing them to pay protection money near Kalian Pulan village, Khudian....
Woman injured FAISALABAD, Dec 16: Robbers stabbed and wounded a woman on resistance on Sunday night....		Four levies dismissed BAJAUR, Dec 16: The political administration of Bajaur Agency has dismissed four personnel of the levies force from service over their involvement in illegal activities....