December 27, 2002	Friday	Shawwal 22, 1423

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Speaker urges MNAs to bring burning issues for debate FAISALABAD, Dec 26: National Assembly Speaker Amir Husain expressed the confidence that the prime minister would get the vote of confidence with a thumping majority in the Dec 30 session....		Christian leader says attacks not govt’s fault LAHORE, Dec 26: The attacks on Christians reflect a failure of law-enforcement agencies rather than any shortcoming on the part of government....
10 faint after taking drugged meal SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 26: Ten members of Tablighee Jamaat fell unconscious on Thursday as they were served with drugged food by one of their colleagues in Kot Salim, some 50 kms from...		Four shot at, injured at Sultan Bahu shrine JHANG, Dec 26: Four persons were injured, one of them seriously, when guards at the shrine of Hazrat Sultan Bahu allegedly opened fire on a group of visitors early Thursday morning....
Minor girl crushed to death by pickup TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 26: The granddaughter of a former minority councillor was killed in an accident on the Shorkot Road on Wednesday....		Tribunal Disqualifies Langrial LAHORE, Dec 26: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Thursday disqualified a candidate for NA-163 bypolls for producing fake educational certificates....
British people reject action against Iraq TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 26: The British people have rejected unilateral action against Iraq....		BZU declares MBBS results MULTAN, Dec 26: The Bahauddin Zakariya University has declared the results of MBBS, second professional, second annual examinations, 2002....
Two dacoits among three killed in shootout BAHAWALPUR, Dec 26: Two alleged dacoits and a girl were killed and six others injured in a shootout between villagers and six bandits on Wednesday at Mauza Hazariwala near Musafirkhana, some...		Four sentenced to death OKARA, Dec 26: Additional District and Sessions Judge (Deepalpur) Raja Pervez Akhtar sentenced four persons to death, imprisoned six others for life and fined each of them Rs100,000 in a triple-murder...
10 hits by robbers LAHORE, Dec 26: Robbers struck 10 times on Thursday and made of with cash, gold jewellery, valuables and vehicles in different parts of the city....		Tenants vow to set aside eviction orders MULTAN, Dec 26: The Anjuman Mazareen Punjab (AMP) has vowed not to give importance to the eviction orders being served on tenants in Sahiwal and Okara....
Two axed to death HAFIZABAD, Dec 26: Two persons were axed to death on Thursday in different incidence....		Tarbela victims to move SC HARIPUR, Dec 26: Many victims of the Tarbela dam plan have rejected a compensation package announced by the military government for them and decided to move the Supreme Court on the...
Farmers burn sugarcane in protest: Offer of low price NAWABSHAH, Dec 26: The three sugar mills of Nawabshah — the Habib Sugar Mills, Sakrand Sugar Mills and the Al-Noor Sugar Mills — are not offering the price of sugarcane fixed...		SBP urged to ask banks to extend farm loans LARKANA, Dec 26: Five members of the National Assembly from Larkana on Thursday urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to clearly instruct commercial banks regarding extension of small agricultural loans...
Two killed in clash SUKKUR, Dec 26: Two persons were killed and two were injured in a gun battle between the Chachar and the Jagirani tribesmen in Kutcho Bindi area of Ghotki district on Thursday....		Kohat region receives snowfall KOHAT, Dec 26: The upper part of Orakzai Agency received more than one feet snow while Parachinar in Kurram Agency witnessed light snowfall, making weather extremely chilly in the adjoining areas...
Malaria on the rise in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Dec 26: Malaria has spread in the district as 50 patients suffering from the disease have been admitted in the paediatrics ward of the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas so far during...		Two die in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 26: Two people were killed and forty others including five women injured in an accident on the Moro bypass, near Moro town, on Thursday....
‘Gas pipeline project vital for the region’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The $4 billion gas pipe line project from Iran to India via Pakistan would help generate economic activity in the region....		Five of a family die of gas asphyxiation RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: Five persons of a family —- father, mother and their three children —- died of suffocation due to gas leakage in Gulzar-i-Quaid here on Thursday, the police said....
CBR asked to stop forcible registration of taxpayers ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to stop forcibly registering the taxpayers....		Islamabad, Pindi facing shortage of beef, mutton ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Shortage of beef and mutton is being experienced in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad due to smuggling of meat to Afghanistan and export to other countries,...
26 development projects approved RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: The District Development Committee (DDC) has approved 26 development projects at a cost of Rs78.908 million, officials said here on Thursday....		Girl dies in accident RAWALPINDI, Dec 26: A minor girl was killed here on Thursday when a speeding vehicle crushed her in the jurisdiction of Sadar police station....
Khatami concerned at atrocities in Kashmir LAHORE, Dec 26: Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami has expressed his concern over the atrocities being committed against the people of occupied Kashmir, urging both India and Pakistan to resolve the...		Court disallows extension of Khwajas’ remand LAHORE, Dec 26: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday disallowed extension of the remand of Dr Javed Ahmad Khwaja and Naveed Khwaja, who were arrested in Manawan a week ago on charges...
Musharraf ‘wants’ presidential system LAHORE, Dec 26: The two-party system evolved during the past 14 years faces a threat at the hands of the military authorities which, eventually, want to make Pakistan a one-party state,...		Confusion mars reception LAHORE, Dec 26: Confusion and mismanagement marred the civic reception organized by the Lahore district government for visiting Iranian President Syed Mohammad Khatami at the Shalamar Gardens here on Wednesday....
Dissemination of Quranic knowledge stressed LAHORE, Dec 26: Speakers at a meeting on Thursday emphasized the need for spread the knowledge of holy Quran for the benefit of mankind....		PML-N talks with MMA fail LAHORE, Dec 26: The PML-N has rejected a Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) formula for fielding joint candidates in the by-elections....
ARD questions appointment of Ibad LAHORE, Dec 26: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) claimed on Thursday that nine cases were pending against Ishratul Ibad, the governor-designate for Sindh, disputing the veracity of the federal...		Christmas celebrated LAHORE, Dec 26: The Christian community here celebrated Christmas with religious fervour and enthusiasm on Wednesday....
PML-Q meets in Islamabad on 29th LAHORE, Dec 26: A meeting of the PML-Q parliamentary party in the National Assembly has been summoned for Dec 29 at Islamabad to work out a strategy for the prime minister’s...		Israr hails Iran stand on Kashmir LAHORE, Dec 26: Tanzeem-i-Islami founder Dr Israr Ahmad has welcomed Iranian president Syed Muhammad Khatami’s clear stance on Kashmir....
NA nominees LAHORE, Dec 26: The National Alliance parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly, Husain Jahania Gardezi, on Thursday announced NA nominees for bypolls....		Govt offer to opposition LAHORE, Dec 26: PML-N parliamentary party leader in the Punjab Assembly Rana Sanaullah Khan met Speaker Afzal Sahi on Thursday and told him that the opposition had planned to requisition another...
NWFP to take up highway robbery issue with Punjab PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The NWFP assembly has asked the government to take up the issue of highway robbery with the Punjab government and make the passage safe for the NWFP passengers...		Embassy, leaders in US disappoint Pakistanis WASHINGTON, Dec 26: Members of the Pakistani community in the United States are getting increasingly impatient with the embassy and their leaders as the registration deadline approaches....
Deaths in church attack condoled ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: President General Pervez Musharraf has expressed shock and grief over the act of terrorism on a Church in Daska on Christmas Day, in which three innocent girls were...		WB wants subsidies on power to end ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: The World Bank has called upon Pakistan, India and Bangladesh to end subsidies on power with a view to remove their fiscal imbalances....
Election tribunal’s verdict challenged MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 26: Chaudhry Maqbool, the People’s Party leader whose election as member of Legislative Assembly was declared void by an election tribunal, filed an appeal against the decision in the...		NWFP PA urges govt to implement 7th Wage Award PESHAWAR, Dec 26: The NWFP Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution urging the government to ensure the implementation of the Seventh Wage Award in the newspaper industry in order to...
Tehran offers help to curb smuggling ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: Iran and Pakistan will work jointly to control drug and human trafficking in their bordering areas, sources from the interior ministry told Dawn on Thursday....		Three killed in accident QUETTA, Dec 26: A Karachi-bound passenger coach crushed to death three motorcyclists near Khuzdar on the National Highway on Thursday night....
Khatami terms visit fruitful TEHRAN, Dec 26: Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami has stressed that Iran and Pakistan must strengthen ties comprehensively....		Shuttle train LAHORE, Dec 26: The Pakistan Railways has introduced a new shuttle train, Bhulley Shah, between Kasur and Pakpattan from Jan 1, 2003....
Plea to restore bus route SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 26: Scores of JI activists, including citizens, in a unanimous resolution passed here on Thursday appealed to governor and chief minister to restore the Daewoo bus route up to...		Shalimar stop at Sadiqabad LAHORE, Dec 26: The 27-Up and 28-Dn Shalimar Express which runs between Lahore and Karachi will halt at Sadiqabad for two minutes, says a PR announcement.—APP...