December 21, 2002	Saturday	Shawwal 16, 1423

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Belgian govt reschedules $27.89m debt ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Belgium has rescheduled Pakistan’s $27.89 million debt for 38 years including a grace period of 15 years without any interest....		PML-N terms FBI action attack on sovereignty ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan Muslim League-N Information Secretary Siddique-ul-Farooque has termed the arrest of Dr Ahmed Javed Khwaja along with his eight family members, by the FBI in Lahore on Thursday,...
Muslim Conference chief flays AJK adviser MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 20: The adviser to the Azad Kashmir prime minister on education, Chaudhry Mohammad Yousaf, has stopped attending his office following criticism by the Muslim Conference president and Legislative Assembly...		Diamer declared calamity-hit GILGIT, Dec 20: The Northern Areas chief executive on Thursday declared Diamer district a calamity-hit area, reliable sources said....
Two killed in road accident HUB, Dec 20: At least two persons were killed and one sustained multiple injuries when a Karachi-bound passenger coaster hit them near Sonmiani, some 55 kilometres from here....		Govt urged to end child labour MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 20: An NGO, working for human rights, environmental protection and freedom of press, has urged the AJK government to ensure enforcement of the laws barring child labour....
Economy back on track: Musharraf QUETTA, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said he and his colleagues had run the government affairs with honesty of purpose during the last three years and had set the...		Govt told to return citizen’s Rs10m ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Supreme Court ruled that travelling with Pakistani currency in the country was no offence, and directed the government to return Rs10 million to a citizen who was...
Gas pipeline to boost cooperation: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Chaudhry Nauriz Shakoor has said that Turkmenistan- Pakistan gas pipeline project will help boost regional cooperation and open up multidimensional human resource...		Samjhauta train closure a big loss to India ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The closure of the Samjhauta Express, the only train link between the India and Pakistan, since January 1 this year, has caused huge loss in revenue to the...
Shujaat flays raid ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Parliamentary leader of the PML-Q in the National Assembly, Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain, on Friday condemned the involvement of FBI personnel in the Manawan operation in Lahore....		Musharraf condoles death of PM’s nephew ROJHAN JAMALI, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf visited Rojhan Jamali on Friday afternoon and condoled with Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on the death of his nephew Mir Nusrat...
Kidnapped QUETTA, Dec 20: A tribal chieftain of the Kakar tribe, Sardar Mohammed Ashraf Kakar, has been kidnapped from Rajanpur district on Friday....		Man jailed QUETTA, Dec 20: The additional sessions judge of Sibi, Rozi Khan Baraich, awarded eight-year rigorous imprisonment to a man and fined him Rs20,000 for a murder attempt, here on Friday. ...
MBBS student gets death for killing fellow MULTAN, Dec 20: A local court handed down death sentence to one of the two Nishtar Medical College students who had kidnapped and murdered a class fellow some two years ago....		18 papers read at Nishtar symposium MULTAN, Dec 20: A total of 18 papers were read on the third day of a symposium organized jointly by the Nishtar Medical College and the Association of Pakistani Physicians of...
Workers demand safety measures in factories FAISALABAD, Dec 20: The All-Pakistan Federation of Trade Unions and representatives of over two dozen labour unions have jointly demanded that the government should introduce a comprehensive plan to ensure safety...		6 kidnappers sentenced to death GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: An anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted six people of kidnap for ransom while acquitted two women by giving them the benefit of doubt....
Three accused in Sarwar Mai case granted bail VEHARI, Dec 20: A local court on Friday accepted the bail application of three accused involved in the Sarwar Mai case....		Poor-quality furniture being given to schools TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 20: The furniture being provided to the government schools by the district government is of poor- quality and the staff is being forced to accept it....
Two killed as truck rams into car NAROWAL, Dec 20: Two persons were killed and five others sustained injuries late Thursday in an accident on the Narowal-Muridke Road near Kot Gondal village....		Three Bengalis held in Okara OKARA, Dec 20: Rangers arrested three illegal Bangladeshi nationals on Friday from a passenger bus near Head Sulemanki....
Judges told not to use blue light, logo on private cars ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The judges of the federal capital district courts have been directed not to use blue light, green number plate and logo of judiciary on their private vehicles....		Six including 5 of a family burnt in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: Six persons, including five members of a family, were burnt in separate incidents in Rawalpindi on Friday, victims and hospital authorities said....
Madressah students to be sent to Jamia Al-Azhar ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The government intends to send religious scholars and students from different Madaris to Al-Azher University of Egypt to keep them abreast of latest developments in Islamic studies....		Fire breaks out in parliament building ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Fire erupted on the third floor of National Assembly building in the early hours on Friday. The cause of fire is stated to be short-circuiting....
ICT admin told to prepare LG polls schedule ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Interior Minister Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and directed the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration to...		Suspended FDE official made FPSC member ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) have engaged a former director of model colleges in various official assignments, who was suspended on charges of misusing official powers and...
Teachers of model colleges protest against low wages ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Teachers of the Islamabad Model College for Boys (IMCB) F-7/3 and F-8/4 have also joined the protest campaign launched by the teachers of Islamabad College for Boys, G-6/3,...		Fraud: woman remanded in police custody RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The judicial magistrate, Mohammad Hasnain Qadar Ghillo, on Friday remanded a woman in police custody for defrauding a person of Rs1.5 million....
Court grants bail to detained bank chief ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Chairman Indus Bank Khurshid Sohail has been released on bail by an accountability court after he furnished two bail bonds of Rs5 million each and an undertaking to...		Insecurity at hospitals continues RAWALPINDI, Dec 20: The Wednesday’s shooting incident in the operation theatre of the District Headquarters Hospital is a grim reminder of absence of security system in the public hospitals with unauthorised...
Press laws can be amended: official LAHORE, Dec 20: Federal Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood assured the national media conference here on Friday that all five press laws enacted by the Musharraf government were not final and...		NAB to send many FIA employees to surplus pool LAHORE, Dec 20: The National Accountability Bureau will retain only those officials of the crime and economic crime wings of the Federal Investigation Agency who have a background in commerce...
All about lifestyles exhibition opens today LAHORE, Dec 20: Over 100 companies will display their products at the two-day All about lifestyles 2002 exhibition that begins here at Avari on Saturday (today)....		LHC says Section 16 of Punjab LG Ord no more effective LAHORE, Dec 20: Justice Tassaduq Husain Jilani of the Lahore High Court set aside the disqualification of six Naib Nazimeen with the observation that disqualification of an elected Nazim did not...