December 23, 2002	Monday	Shawwal 18, 1423

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Talks must focus on Kashmir: Qayyum KARACHI, Dec 22: The chairman of the Kashmir Committee, Sardar Abdul Qayyum, has said that the Pakistan-India dialogue should be focused on the Kashmir issue....		MMA, PML-N assure Bar of support for democracy ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has assured the lawyers community that it would continue opposing the amendments to the Constitution under the LFO, establishment of the National Security Council...
Pakistan seeks US help for protecting over 100 items: WTO trade liberalization ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: A high-level delegation led by Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan is scheduled to leave for Washington on Dec 26, to seek US support for protecting over 100 items...		Govt appeasing Muttahida: MQM ISLAMABAD Dec 22: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Mahmud Ahmed Qureshi has called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf to mediate between the rival Mohajir factions instead of becoming a party...
PML-Q bloc in NALC on cards GILGIT, Dec 22: With the formation of PML-Q government in the Centre, a political bloc of PML-Q in the Northern Areas Legislative Council is in the offing, Shehzad Tallat, a spokesman...		Pakistan can be a famous tourist destination: magazine BEIJING, Dec 22: Pakistan is a beautiful land blessed with tourism attractions and cultural diversity, totally contrary to the image of the country portrayed in some parts of the world, said...
Men also need health care: seminar HARIPUR, Dec 22: It is wrong to say that only women are vulnerable to reproductive diseases, men are too, and need proper attention....		Jamali greets Japanese counterpart ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has greeted his Japanese counterpart, H.E. Junichiro Koizumi, on his birthday and the National Day of Japan falling on Dec 23....
Relief operation in N. Areas continues RAWALPINDI, Dec 22: The relief operation in the quake-hit Northern Areas has gained pace where the army helicopters and vehicles are busy in providing relief goods to the affected people....		Appointments hailed GILGIT, Dec 22: The Young Lawyers Forum of Northern Areas on Sunday lauded the appointment of five civil judges to subordinate courts of the areas....
Three die, 4 hurt in AJK road accident MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 22: Three people died and four were injured in a road accident in the southern Poonch district of Azad Kashmir on Sunday, police said....		Club plans events GILGIT, Dec 22: The Karakoram Adventure Club, in its annual general body meeting on Sunday, chalked out a plan for arranging various events in 2003....
Pakistan Trade Centre Singapore to be operative soon: BoI ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: A spokesman for the Board of Investment (BoI) has said the Pakistan Trade Centre Singapore would be operative with the dawn of the new year....		Rape victim lands in jail VEHARI, Dec 22: A woman was arrested under the Hudood Ordinance in Mailsi on Sunday after she had been raped and tortured by the rapist, who also shaved her head and...
Second phase of Bahawalpur airport next year BAHAWALPUR, Dec 22: The second phase of the upgradation of the Bahawalpur airport is expected to be launched in January, 2003....		Case against 3 clerks of ex-magistrate GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: The Anti-Corruption Establishment booked three summary clerks of a former district traffic magistrate for corruption while inquiry against the former magistrate is still going on....
Protest against doctor’s arrest SIALKOT, Dec 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and Pakistan Medical Association’s (PMA) district chapter have strongly protested against the arrest of Dr Ahmad Javaid Khawaja and his family members by the...		Strike against rising dacoity incidents SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 22: All shopping centres and bazaars remained closed here on Sunday in protest against the alarming rise in dacoity incidents....
Six fall prey to accidents GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: Six people, including two minor boys, were killed and 24 others injured in separate road accidents in and around the city on Sunday....		Three youths killed SIALKOT, Dec 22: Three youths accompanying a marriage party were killed while two others sustained serious injuries on Sunday in a fatal road accident near Pasrur....
Couple butchered RAJANPUR, Dec 22: Three masked men slaughtered a couple with a sharp-edged weapon here on Sunday....		Man dies GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: A motorcyclist was shot dead on Sunday by two robbers on the Ahmad Nagar Road....
Rs100m uplift package for Rawalpindi announced RAWALPINDI, Dec 22: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi here on Sunday announced a development package of Rs100 million for Rawalpindi city under which four schools, four colleges and a 40-bed...		PML-Q leaders protest adviser’s appointment RAWALPINDI, Dec 22: The local leadership of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on Sunday lodged a protest with Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Elahi over appointment of Chaudhry Khurshid Zaman as special assistant...
Five small dams to be built in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) will construct five small dams on the foothills of the Margalla hills to preserve rain water, Member Planning of the CDA, Maqbool Elahi...		Rashid urges CM to take party out of ‘official basket’ RAWALPINDI, Dec 22: The information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has asked the chief minister to “take the PML out of the official basket”....
Jobless man attempts to commit suicide RAWALPINDI, Dec 22: An unemployed man was injured when he tried to commit suicide by piercing a scissor into his belly, police sources told Dawn on Sunday....		Humayun for industrial power tariff reduction LAHORE, Dec 22: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said here on Sunday that electricity cost more in Pakistan than in the European countries and should be made cheaper to give some...
Warm welcome awaits Khatami LAHORE, Dec 22: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said that Lahorites will give a warm welcome to Iranian President Muhammad Khatami during his visit to the provincial metropolis....		Disband NAB, Demands PPP LAHORE, Dec 22: The Lahore Coordination Committee of the PPP, at a meeting here on Sunday, demanded that the National Accountability Bureau be disbanded and all cases pending with it be...
Jamaat accused of non-cooperation LAHORE, Dec 22: The JUI-F alleges that the Jamaat-i-Islami is not taking the rest of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal into confidence while holding talks with other parties for cooperation in bypolls....		PAT urges govt to protect honour of country LAHORE, Dec 22: Pakistan Awami Tehrik’s chairman Tahirul Qadri has said that the prime responsibility of the present government is to ensure protection of national sovereignty and integrity and eradicate all...
LHC refuses to process PML-N petition LAHORE, Dec 22: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has refused to entertain a petition filed by the PML-N against transfers and postings in the Punjab — specially in Lahore — ahead...		Labour, human rights leaders chide IRO LAHORE, Dec 22: Representatives of various labour organizations and human rights activists have criticized the recently promulgated Industrial Relations Ordinance and demanded that all such provisions of the law that violated...
Thousands visit lifestyles’ exhibition LAHORE, Dec 22: Tens of thousands of people, including women and children, thronged the All about lifestyles 2002 exhibition which concluded here on Sunday night....		Jamali visits ex-senator LAHORE, Dec 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafrullah Jamali visited ex-senator Dr Basharat Elahi to condole the demise of his brother....