January 5, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 1, 1423

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Work on Lowari tunnel to start soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Chairman National Highway Authority (NHA) Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed said on Saturday that work on Lowari tunnel will start in almost six months from now....		Remission sought for trial period PESHAWAR, Jan 4: About 150 convicts in different prisons of the NWFP have requested the Supreme Court of Pakistan to allow them remission for the period when they were under-trial prisoners....
AJK officials told to find alternate water sources MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 4: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir premier, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, on Friday directed the planning and development department to find alternate sources to overcome the growing problem of...		NWFP releases octroi share of dist govt PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The provincial government has released half quota of the octroi share of the city district government on the request of District Nazim Azam Khan Afridi....
Malakand Levies to be reorganized PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Malakand Levies force would be reorganized and equipped with the latest facilities to fight criminals and anti-social elements and effectively maintain the writ of the law....		Electrification of remote areas priority, says Sherpao CHARSADDA, Jan 4: Federal Minister for Water, Power and Safron, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, said here on Saturday that the country had peacefully passed from a military to democratic rule and...
Uplift schemes under way in tribal area PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Corps Commander Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai said on Saturday that the construction of Torawari, Sada, Dogar, Ghonzay and Mamozai roads would open new vistas of development in the tribal belt....		CM promises construction of Chashma Canal DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 4: The Chief minister of NWFP assured Hafeezullah Khan Alizai, an MPA from DI Khan, in a meeting here on Saturday that the construction of the proposed...
MCCI urges EOBI to Increase pension money MULTAN, Jan 4: The Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the Employees Oldage Benefit Institution to raise the minimum pension of the retired industrial workers to Rs1,000 from the...		Missing Jampur sisters found in Pindi: Girls reportedly left home to continue studies MULTAN, Jan 4: The four sisters of Jampur (Rajanpur district) who went missing some five months ago have finally been located in Rawalpindi where they were reportedly trying to stand on...
Rs190m to be spent on Baghdadul Jadid campus BAHAWALPUR, Jan 4: A sum of Rs190 million will be spent on the construction of buildings of an engineering college, a new hostel and an auditorium at the Baghdadul Jadid campus...		Mailsi rape Accused arrested VEHARI, Jan 4: The Mailsi police arrested on Friday night the alleged rapist of a married woman 14 days after the incident....
Two wanted men die in ‘encounter’ OKARA, Jan 4: Two proclaimed offenders were shot dead in an encounter in Basirpur city, police said on Saturday....		Toba Bar vice-president elected unopposed TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 4: Mirza Munir Ahmad Shakil was elected to the office of vice-president of the district bar association (DBA) on Saturday....
Four houses looted SIALKOT, Jan 4: A gang of 16 dacoits looted Rs600,000 worth gold ornaments, cash, electronic goods and other valuables from four houses on main Pasrur-Daska Road on Friday night....		Chief minister inaugurates desiltation drive SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 4: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday inaugurated the desiltation campaign in the Punjab at Chichoki Malian distributary, some 10 kms from here on the Lahore Road....
Poisonous tea kills woman, two sons BAHAWALPUR, Jan 4: A mother and her two sons were killed while five other members of the family fainted after taking poisonous tea in Chak 23-BC on Saturday....		Robbers continue reign of terror FAISALABAD, Jan 4: The entire city and its rural areas are in the grip of outlaws and incidents of broad daylight dacoities and highway robberies have become the order of the...
Sugarcane crushing suspended NAWABSHAH, Jan 4: Sugarcane crushing in the three sugar mills of the district — Habib Sugar Mill, Sakrand Sugar Mill and Al- Noor Sugar Mill — remained suspended on Saturday due...		Better conditions for women stressed SHIKARPUR, Jan 4: The deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly, Rahila Tiwana, said on Saturday that she would strive for the betterment of the socio-economic conditions of the women in Sindh....
Transporter, ASI arrested MIRPURKHAS, Jan 4: The Town police arrested an ASI and a transporter here on Saturday after registering a case against them....		Policeman killed KHAIRPUR, Jan 4: A police head constable, Ghulam Sarwar Shaikh, died on Friday after his gun accidentally went off....
Passengers looted BADIN, Jan 4: Five highwaymen looted the passengers of a Karachi-bound coach (GA-8692) near here on Saturday....		Man kills daughter SUKKUR, Jan 4: A 17-year-old girl, Fauzia, was shot dead by her father, Sajjan Solangi, on the pretext of Karo- kari in the Ghulam Solangi village, near Pir Jo Goth....
Three released from illegal detention SUKKUR, Jan 4: Three persons, illegally detained at the Pano Aqil police station, have been recovered on Saturday by the civil judge, Pano Aqil, during a raid ordered by the district...		Four killed in Larkana LARKANA, Jan 4: Four persons, including an FIA inspector, Hassan Ali Sargani, were killed on Saturday in different incidents in the district....
Removal of ban on recruitment of nurses urged LARKANA, Jan 4: The executive district officer (health), Larkana, Dr Abdul Wahab Wadho, and the medical superintendent of the CMC, Dr Mehboob Shah, on Saturday opposed the conversion of the existing...		Three held for stealing computers HYDERABAD, Jan 4: The Latifabad police on Saturday arrested three teenaged boys for stealing seven computers from the Government Ghazali College in November last year....
Protest against kidnapping JACOBABAD, Jan 4: A strike was observed against the kidnapping of Nanik Ram, a medical store owner, in Kashmore Taluka on Friday....		Islamabad-New Delhi conflict enters cyber realm WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The Pakistan-India conflict has entered the cyber realm as hackers across the subcontinent have infected hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 100 countries on the new...
Protests not to affect ties with Pakistan: US WASHINGTON, Jan 4: The United States has said that despite Friday’s anti-American demonstrations, Pakistan remains a part of the global consensus against Saddam Hussein and Washington looks forward to continuing its...		NAB likely to free held PTCL officials QUETTA, Jan 4: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) would not take any action against any officer or employee of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) in future as the company would itself...
Opposition plans no-trust move ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The opposition parties have plans to move a no-confidence resolution against Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali in the National Assembly to trap turncoats at a time when the...		HR activists denied visa: New Indian rule NEW DELHI, Jan 4: Leading human rights activists and intellectuals from Pakistan, including Asma Jehangir, have become the first victims of a recently introduced visa restriction by India for Pakistani visitors...
Bhutto was against army rule: Benazir ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: “There could not be a better tribute to Shaheed Bhutto than the fact that the great majority of the PPP workers stood by the party through thick and...		Haj flights from Quetta begin tomorrow QUETTA, Jan 4: The Pakistan International Airline (PIA) will begin Haj flights on Monday from the provincial metropolis to Jeddah to airlift 14,177 pilgrims....
Law, order moot RAWALPINDI, Jan 4: An inter-provincial conference on law and order will be held in Karachi on Jan 11, an official source told Dawn on Friday. This will be the first conference...		30,000 litres of petrol seized LANDI KOTAL, Jan 4: The political authorities of Jamrud Tehsil seized 30,000 litres of smuggled petrol from two trucks and arrested five people near Wazir Dhand on Saturday....
Cop injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 4: A police constable was injured in Indian shelling late on Friday in Neelum valley in northeast of Muzaffarabad where shelling continued on Saturday without any physical losses, police...		Self-determination Day MIRPUR (AJK), Jan 4: Kashmiris living either side of the Line of Control as well as in other parts of the world will observe a Right to Self-determination Day on Sunday,...