January 12, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa'ad 8, 1423

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Bar elections held in Punjab MULTAN, Jan 11: The annual elections of the district bar associations were held across the Punjab on Saturday....		No-trust move against Sillanwali Nazim SARGODHA, Jan 11: As many as 14 members of the Tehsil Council, Sillanwali, have tabled a no-confidence motion against Tehsil Nazim Rana Munawar Ghaus....
Dist council, admin at odds over PSC offices DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 11: Differences have surfaced between the district council and the district administration with Naib Nazim Javed Khan Qaisrani turning down the orders of DCO regarding the provision...		More water for Faisalabad after Chiniot soil survey JHANG, Jan 11: The water supply to Faisalabad from Chiniot tehsil will not be approved without undergoing a technical survey so that it may not affect the people and farmers of...
IGP unhappy at law, order SARGODHA, Jan 11: Inspector-General of Punjab police Masood Shah has said he did not believe the crime figure tabulated by police officials but prefer to keep his knowledge up to date...		Dacoit caught after encounter GUJRANWALA, Jan 11: A dacoit was caught while two others managed to escape following a police encounter in the People’s Colony....
Robbers strikes 11 times in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Jan 11: Robbers took away thousands of rupees besides six motorcycles and two cars in 11 strikes in the city and its adjoining areas during the last 24 hours....		Samples taken from 150 drug shops SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 11: The district health officer (DHO) and drug inspectors raided on Saturday about 150 drug shops in the city and seized spurious and expired medicines....
DCOs told to identify state land DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 11: The Board of Revenue, Punjab, has sought details of state land in the province....		DEO’s transfer cancelled FAISALABAD, Jan 11: The Punjab government has cancelled the orders for the transfer of District Education Officer (Colleges) Mohammad Qasim following reports that he had been victimized for unearthing misappropriation of...
Woollies GUJRANWALA, Jan 11: The local chamber of commerce and industry has provided woollies to jail-inmates....		Another PPP MPA ready to switch sides SARGODHA, Jan 11: Shoaib Awan, elected to the Punjab Assembly from Sargodha city on the PPP ticket, is likely to join the Patriots to support the PML-Q government....
LGs get more funds for budgetary needs PESHAWAR, Jan 11: The provincial government has released 50 per cent of the total amount allocated for the district governments for the 2002-03 fiscal year to meet their budgetary requirements under...		Cable operators assured of action against attackers PESHAWAR, Jan 11: Officials of Pakistan Electronics Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has assured the representatives  of the NWFP Cable Operators Association that the people responsible for damaging the system of OK...
Cold kills 7 children in refugee camps BAJAUR, Jan 11: Freezing cold weather has killed seven children in three different Afghan refugee camps in Bajaur Agency during the last couple of days, eye witnesses said....		More tests not needed: Kasuri ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Friday said Pakistan had made commendable progress in missile technology and there was no need for a tit-for-tat testing of its missile...
Growers threaten to take over sugar mills: Dispute over sugarcane price NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 11: Growers on Saturday staged a rally and blocked the National Highway bypass for over two hours to protest against the attitude of the sugar mills owners and...		Minister advocates for more reservoirs JACOBABAD, Jan 11: Federal labour and manpower minister Abdul Sattar Lalika has said he has not supported the construction of the Kalabagh dam....
PPP sees unstable govt in Sindh SHIKARPUR, Jan 11: Criticizing the governments in the Centre and Sindh, the president of the PPP, Sindh, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, has said that the governments will not be stable....		Doctor killed SUKKUR, Jan 11: A prominent doctor of the city, Mumtaz Khoso, was shot dead by three motorcyclists in Golimar area here on Friday night....
Students slam increase in fee LARKANA, Jan 11: Around 100 students of the Chandka Medical College boycotted classes and staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday against the increase in tuition fee....		Missing man’s body recovered SANGHAR, Jan 11: The body of a missing man, Gul Mohammad, son of Malook Bhatti, was recovered from a water channel near Tando Mithan Khan on Saturday....
Mine clearing to take months: India: Border with Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The Indian army says it will take months to clear mines from thousands of acres of land along the border with Pakistan....		Relief operation begins in drought-hit area QUETTA, Jan 11: Revenue Minister Asim Kurd confirming the death of more than 20 people during the past two months in Aranji, Khuzdar district, owing to drought has said that the...
2003 declared Year of Fatima Jinnah ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has declared 2003 as the Year of Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah....		3 children injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 11: Three students of a Madressah were critically injured in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control in Neelum valley on Saturday, civil and military officials said....
Haj services PBSA accused of reducing AJK quota MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 11: The Pakistan Boy Scouts Association (PBSA) has allegedly slashed the due share of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Boy Scouts Association in the Haj services....		INS grants parole to Pakistani family LOS ANGELES, Jan 11: A Pakistani family, pending deportation, was granted a humanitarian parole by the INS on Friday based on the medical needs of the their two American-born children....
India should exhibit flexibility: Jamali ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Saturday that as India claimed to be world’s largest democracy, it was incumbent on her to exhibit flexible attitude....		Eritrean team visits NISTE ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: A delegation of the State of Eritrea headed by the minister for foreign affairs, Ali Said Abedlla, and the minister for education, Osman Salh, visited the National Institute...