December 28, 2002	Saturday	Shawwal 23, 1423

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Dam affected people hold hunger strike ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Affected people of Chotiari Dam have threatened not to leave their villages which fall in the water reservoir area of the dam until their due compensation are paid....		Ministry recommends raise in doctors stipend ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The ministry of health has forwarded a recommendation to the finance ministry suggesting immediate increase in funds to raise the monthly stipend of the trainee residential medical officers...
Govt firm on eradicating poverty, says Zubaida ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The government is committed to eradicate poverty and unemployment from the country....		‘Women empowerment policy a landmark’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The ministry of women development and special education during 2002 focused on the welfare and empowerment of women, children, special people, elderly and the destitute....
Attack on Daska church condemned ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned attack on a church in Daska in Punjab on the eve of Christmas on Wednesday....		Rehabilitated drug addicts feel isolated RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Rehabilitated drug addicts are leading pariah lives and yearn for social support and sympathies to return to their routine lives....
‘Northern Areas a safe haven for tourists’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Pakistan is as safe as any western country and it has wrongly been projected in the western media that people of the Northern Areas, where most of the...		Nominations withdrawn RAWALPINDI, Dec 27: Syed Zafar Ali Shah of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Rashid Naseem Abbasi of the People’s Party Parliamentarians withdrew their nomination papers for the NA 56 by-polls....
Sherpao assures NA legislatures of govt support ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The federal minister for Kashmir affairs and water & power, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, has assured a two-member delegation of Northern Areas Legislative Council(NALC) of his support for...		Lawyers ask govt to restrict FBI agents QUETTA, Dec 27: The three representative bodies of Balochistan lawyers on Friday demanded that the government restrain the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agents from their unlawful activities....
Trust vote session to end same day ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The National Assembly session, convened for seeking trust vote for Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, will last only for a day, apparently to deny the opposition an...		PML-Q may elect new president, SG ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Pakistan Muslim League-Q general council would elect its new president and secretary-general in the shortest possible time, Salim Saifullah Khan acting secretary-general of the party told Dawn on...
Zarai Bank to cut lending rate soon ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The Zarai Tarraqiati Bank, formerly known as Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, is reducing its lending rate to “single digit”, says the central bank governor....		Command and Staff College convocation held QUETTA, Dec 27: Balochistan Governor Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal has urged the future military leaders to continue improving their professional knowledge and protect the country’s ideological and geographical frontiers....
Need for modern legal system stressed ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has emphasized the need for having a reformed and modern legal system and efficient administration of justice for good governance, and laying sound foundation...		Promotion of higher education urged ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Governor State Bank Dr Ishrat Hussain said here on Friday Pakistan could achieve progress, prosperity and economic growth only through human resource development and promotion of technological education....
Armed men attack Dawn correspondent’s house SKARDU, Dec 27: A gang of armed men allegedly broke into the house of Dawn correspondent in Skardu late on Thursday night, and manhandled his family, including his sick mother....		ADB okays grant to combat corruption ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved Technical Assistance (TA) worth $120,000 for combating and eradicating corruption from the country....
Japanese FM’s visit cancelled ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi’s visit to the country next month has been cancelled because of scheduling problems, government officials said on Friday....		‘Khatami’s visit a turning point’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Friday described the visit of Iranian President Khatami as a turning point in Pakistan-Iran relations. In an...
Parliamentary groups to meet before NA session ISLAMABAD, Dec 27: A meeting of parliamentary group of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) and its allies has been convened on Sunday to chalk out a strategy for the National Assembly session...		Juvenile ordinance being misused PESHAWAR, Dec 27: Due to concessions given to the juvenile offenders under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000, some people have been trying to misuse its provisions....
Slow pace of uplift schemes hampers funds’ utilization PESHAWAR, Dec 27: The district governments might not ask the NWFP authorities to release funds earmarked for the uplift plans okayed for 2002-03, as the amount allocated for the micro plans...		Indian-made drugs flood market PESHAWAR, Dec 27: Owing to ever-increasing prices of drugs, manufactured by the multinational pharmaceutical companies, the Indian-made smuggled drugs have flooded the local market and are doing a roaring business, inflicting...
Protesting drivers baton-charged NOWSHEHRA, Dec 27: The police resorted to baton-charge to disperse a group of drivers who blocked the G.T. Road on Friday to protest against the arrest of five of their colleagues....		Investigation demanded MANSEHRA, Dec 27: The district Nazim, Mohammad Azam Khan Swati,  has asked the provincial government to conduct a probe into the use of sub-standard material in the construction of the four-kilometre patch in the Garhi Habibullah-Brarkot Road....
2 women of a family die in accident NOWSHERA, Dec 27: Two women of a family were killed, and another sustained serious injuries, when they were knocked down by a car on the G.T. Road in the Nowshera cantt...		AJK LA-30 repolling declared void GUJRANWALA, Dec 27: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir election tribunal on Friday declared the repolling of the LA-30 (Jammu-11) Gujranwala void....
Church attack toll four SIALKOT, Dec 27: Another victim of a Church attack succumbed to her injuries at a Lahore hospital late on Thursday night....		12 students expelled from NCTE FAISALABAD, Dec 27: A heavy police contingent vacated the hostel of the National College of Textile Engineering here on Friday night....
Land auction put off FAISALABAD, Dec 27: The government has restrained the Punjab Privatization Board from auctioning the Punjab Road Transport Authority (PRTA) land at throwaway price and constituted a committee to probe the matter....		Paying for the ‘merit’ GUJRAT, Dec 27: The Chaudhrys of Gujrat succeeded in getting Raja Munawwar posted as district police officer here on Dec 12. They had been trying to get a district police chief...
Rally against arrest of Dr Khwaja GUJRANWALA, Dec 27: The Pakistan Medical Association, Pakistan Islamic Medical Association and MMA on Friday staged a protest rally against the arrest of Dr Ahmad Javed Khwaja and his family members...		5 withdraw papers in NA-187 BAHAWALPUR, Dec 27: After the withdrawal of five candidates, only six aspirants are left in the field to contest the by-election on NA-187 (Bahawalpur five) seat....
3 grenades recovered from PO SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 27: Saddar police on Friday claim to have seized three hand-grenades from a proclaimed offender after a brief encounter in Dera Cheema near Khanqah Dogran....		Dacoity SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 27: Unidentified dacoits on Friday took away the machinery of a towel factory worth Rs3 million from the GT Road near Nangal Saddam....
Abducted SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 27: A housewife was abducted on Friday by four vagabonds in Aqsa Colony, Warburton. Akram along with his three accomplices barged into the house of Rashid, tied him with...		Body formed GILGIT, Dec 27: The Northern Areas chief executive and water and power minister, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has constituted a body to monitor the ongoing development projects in the areas, sources...
Vaccination MINGORA, Dec 27: Some 152,000 women of 15 to 45 years age will be administered anti-tetanus vaccine in a 10-day campaign launched on Thursday.—Correspondent...		Medical entry test today LAHORE, Dec 27: Around 9,000 candidates will appear for the entry test for admission to seven medical and dental colleges for the session 2002-03 on Sunday (today)....
Adequate security at churches ordered LAHORE, Dec 27: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi ordered on Friday provision of adequate security at all churches and implementation of a security plan made to improve law and order situation...		Petition against US missing LAHORE, Dec 27: The Lahore High Court office on Friday informed a petitioner that his petition against identification and registration of Pakistani nationals in the US and 20 other countries was...
Powers of Pension sanctioning authorities curtailed LAHORE, Dec 27: The powers of pension sanctioning authorities have been considerably curtailed and now no-one could withhold the case of any government servant under the pretext of an inquiry or...		CID, other agencies join Daska probe LAHORE, Dec 27: The Crimes Investigation Department (CID) and other intelligence agencies have joined the probe into the attack on a church in Daska....
Palestinian envoy meets governor LAHORE, Dec 27: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool urged on Friday the need to discourage those perpetrating atrocities against innocent people all over the world, and to provide justice to every nation...		Rs30m desilting drive launched LAHORE, Dec 27: The Punjab on Friday launched a Rs30 million drive to desilt 30,016km of distributaries and improve water supply to tail-ends....
ARD to fight for democracy LAHORE, Dec 27: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has said that the ARD would fight the battle for democracy both inside and outside the assemblies....		‘Violation’ of juvenile law LAHORE, Dec 27: The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2002, is being grossly violated in the Punjab where the government has failed to meet the mandatory requirement of establishing independent courts for...
Water level in dams drops LAHORE, Dec 27: Water storage in both dams of the country on Friday shrank to 1.396 million acre feet —- Tarbela 1maf and Mangla 0.396maf —- against the total capacity of...		Final list of candidates today LAHORE, Dec 27: The final list of candidates for two Punjab Assembly seats in the by-elections will be issued by the returning officers on Saturday (today)....