December 22, 2002	Sunday	Shawwal 17, 1423

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Tension on mily farms: Case against 23 tenants OKARA, Dec 21: Tension gripped the villages under military farms again after the registration of a case against 23 people, including eight women and two office-bearers of the Anjuman-i-Mazareen....		Nishtar golden jubilee celebrations end MULTAN, Dec 21: The four-day golden Jubilee celebrations of the Nishtar Medical College ended here on Saturday....
Dubai Naib Amir opens Bahawalpur runway BAHAWALPUR, Dec 21: Dubai Naib Amir and UAE Finance Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Raashid Al-Maktum on Saturday formally inaugurated the newly-constructed runway of Bahawalpur....		UK govt tightens immigration laws TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 21: The British government has stopped all private firms or persons from giving advice or consultation to illegal immigrants and asked them to register their names with...
Police misbehave with judge TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 21: The city police insulted Senior Civil Judge Mohammad Afzal Zahid here on Saturday....		Rs1 million looted; car taken away VEHARI, Dec 21: Two masked robbers on Saturday deprived a landlord of Rs1 million, valuables and also took away his car at gunpoint in Jallah Jeem area....
Case against Dr Ahmad, five family members LAHORE, Dec 21: Police on Saturday registered a case against physician Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his five family members, including those who were set free on Friday, for attacking police...		Sheikhupura traders feel insecure SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 21: Local traders are worried over increasing incidents of lawlessness in the town....
Development packages soon for south Punjab BAHAWALPUR, Dec 21: The government is contemplating to announce uplift packages for all cities and districts in the southern Punjab....		Reforms in education sector to continue LAHORE, Dec 21: Governor Khalid Maqbool has expressed the hope that the new elected government will continue with the agenda of educational reforms initiated by the Musharraf government....
Abbasia Canal’s illegal outlets reopened SADIQABAD, Dec 21: The illegal outlets of Abbasia Canal in Liaquatpur Tehsil, dismantled by the irrigation department some time back, have been reopened in connivance with some locally influential people including...		Disallowed LAHORE, Dec 21: The legislation prepared by the federal government regarding cigarettes, milk and safe blood has been returned by the law and justice division with the comment that these are...
UC Naib Nazim killed in road accident KASUR, Dec 21: A Naib Nazim of Union Council No. 3 was killed in a road accident in Baba Kamal Chishti Chowk here on Saturday....		Reception LAHORE, Dec 21: The City District Government will host a reception in honour of the visiting Iranian president at the historic Shalimar Gardens....
Rs1.5bn water projects to be launched, says Durrani PESHAWAR, Dec 21: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Saturday announced that the government would launch within a week irrigation and drinking water projects in 16 districts at a cost...		Khatami’s visit to boost trade ties: diplomat PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The three-day official visit of the President of Iran Mohammad Khatami would further boost trade and commerce between Pakistan and Iran, said Abbasali Abdullahi, Consul General of Iran...
Nazim seeks Karak gas supply to Frontier LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 21: District Nazim Humayun Saifullah Khan has said that the federal government should make arrangements for the supply of natural gas recently found in the Karak district, to...		Women police face problems in NWFP PESHAWAR, 21 Dec: For almost eight years not a single FIR has been lodged with the only Women’s Police Station in the city. The strength of the workforce is 70....
PPP-man elected Haripur Bar chief HARIPUR, Dec 21: In the District Bar polls the PPP-backed candidate won as president, for the second time round here on Saturday....		Emergency ward at hospital soon KOHAT, Dec 21: The family planning department will set up an emergency ward in the old Zanana Hospital building to facilitate the residents of the city....
Four Kohat, Hangu MPAs to boycott session KOHAT, Dec 21: Four MPAs from Kohat and Hangu have announced to boycott the NWFP assembly session scheduled for Dec 23 to protest against the shifting of DIGs regional offices from...		MMA man to get vacant PA seat PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Election Commission Member Justice Qazi Ehsanullah Qureshi on Saturday accepted a petition of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s Secretary-General...
Shifting of BISE to Swat demanded MINGORA, Dec 21: The district council of Swat has expressed concern over the delay in re-shifting of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education from Chakdara to Saidu Sharif in Swat....		Cleanliness week from 24th HARIPUR, Dec 21: The students and teachers of various primary schools would observe a “Cleanliness Week” from 24 to 30 December....
Supreme courts for provinces proposed PESHAWAR, Dec 21: A former chief minister and a leader of the PML-N, Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan on Saturday proposed the establishment of separate supreme courts in each province and a...		Karo-kari claims two more lives LARKANA, Dec 21: Ashiq Ali Chandio killed his unmarried daughter, Hajul Chandio, and a man, Saddar Chandio, on the pretext of karo-kari here on Saturday night....
Canal breach floods crops KHAIRPUR, Dec 21: An 80-foot-wide breach occurred in the Faiz Wah at RD-65 here on Saturday, inundating five houses and standing crops....		‘EDO deposits funds in personal account’ MIRPURKHAS, Dec 21: The EDO (education) has been charged with violating standing orders and depositing government funds in the United Bank Ltd instead of depositing the same with the National Bank...
Demonstration held against water shortage SUKKUR, Dec 21: A large number of people of the New Pind locality staged a protest demonstration on Saturday against the shortage of water....		Credit scheme for retired army personnel BADIN, Dec 21: The General Officer Commanding, 18-Division, Pakistan Army, Maj-Gen Tariq Ali Malik, has said that a micro credit scheme has been introduced for the retried army personnel....
Mahar announces package for Sindh SUKKUR, Dec 21: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar here on Saturday announced a special package for Sindh, which included Rs50 million grant for development of each district of the province,...		Power supply to 70 villages disconnected LARKANA, Dec 21: Hesco authorities on Saturday disconnected power supply to 70 villages in the Ratodero and Naudero sub- divisions for default in power dues....
Humayuni’s Urs on 27th SHIKARPUR, Dec 21: The annual Urs of Mian Abdul Ghafoor Humayuni would be held on Dec 27 at the Dargah Humayun Sharif some 20 kilometres away from here....		Two die in accidents KHAIRPUR, Dec 21: Two persons were killed and two injured in four accidents in Khairpur district during the last 24 hours, ending on Saturday evening....
Thresher introduced SHIKARPUR, Dec 21: Farmers were given presentations on paddy thresher at the Siddiqui Farm, near Gaheja, and at the Uzair Soomro Farm, near Shikarpur, on Friday and Saturday....		PM urges India to adopt democratic attitude NEW DELHI, Dec 21: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has urged India to hold dialogue and adopt a more “democratic attitude” to ease tensions between the two countries....
Benazir seeks ownership to tenants ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has demanded of the government to end plight of the tenants of Okara military farms....		31st fixed for sending ballots in by-polls ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 The Election Commission has fixed Dec 31 as the last date for sending postal ballots to the returning officer in the by-elections scheduled for Jan 15....
Pakistanis in US living in fear WASHINGTON, Dec 21: Fear grips Pakistanis living in the United States as Washington screens hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants, looking for possible terrorists....		6 disabled Afghans begin world tour ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: A group of six disabled veterans of Afghan Jehad against the Soviet Union on Saturday began a world tour carrying a message of peace, and to remind the...
Two die, three hurt in road accident HUB, Dec 21: A head-on collision between a truck and a wagon late Friday night claimed the lives of two persons and injured three people near Gaddani Mor, on the main...		AJK education adviser may resign soon MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 21: The AJK Prime Minister, Sardar Sikandar Hayat, has appreciated the services rendered by his adviser on education, Chaudhry Mohammed Yousaf, who may resign in the near future citing...
Pakistan to sign pact in Kabul today ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will leave for Kabul on Sunday to sign a declaration on good neighbourly relations between Afghanistan and its immediate neighbouring countries....		Army vice chief lauds FWO ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen Mohammad Yousaf Khan on Saturday inspected the constructed portion of the Makran Coastal Highway and extold officials of the Frontier Works Organisation...
Medical camp SKARDU, Dec 21: The Pakistan army organized a three-day free medical camp at Partuk High School, 150 kilometres off here in Ghanche district....		Contract system KOHAT, Dec 21: The regular women staff of Kohat Cement Company’s high school on Friday criticized the management for converting their services into contract from the next year. In a statement, they said the management had...