February 23, 2003	Sunday	Zul Hijjah 21, 1423

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Scores take to streets against raise in fares GUJRANWALA, Feb 22: The residents of Sodara Town, Wazirabad, took out a procession on Saturday to protest against the arbitrary increase in the fare of public transport....		Two-thirds majority on LFO a ‘distant dream’ BAHAWALPUR, Feb 22: The ruling party will not be able to secure a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly for the validation of controversial LFO....
Civil judge digs out fraud FAISALABAD, Feb 22: A civil judge claimed on Saturday to have dug out fraud with courts by a group of former lawyers and other court officials, who he said produced fake...		Sialkot Bar stages anti-US demo SIALKOT, Feb 22: The Sialkot district bar association, led by its president Chaudhry Munawar Hussain Warraich, took out a peaceful anti-US procession here....
Minor’s strangulation incites mob to protest MULTAN, Feb 22: Receiving the news of strangulation of a Khangarh’s minor boy, hundreds of people swarmed the inter-provincial highway in Muzaffargarh on Saturday noon to protest what they called police’s...		ASI sent to jail for torturing accused GUJRANWALA, Feb 22: A civil judge of Wazirabad got registered on Saturday a case against an ASI for torturing an alleged addict and humiliating his mother and other relatives....
Actor Shauki Khan killed in road accident KASUR, Feb 22: Known stage performer Shauki Khan and actress Anila were killed while five others sustained injuries late Friday night in an accident on Ferozepur Road near Thathi Dogran village,...		Tehsil Nazim booked SAHIWAL, Feb 22: On the directive of Punjab IGP, City police on Saturday registered a case against Tehsil Nazim and his accomplices for thrashing an ASI and keeping him in an...
Four of a family strangled SAHIWAL, Feb 22: A man, with the help of two others, strangled his brother and the latter’s wife and two daughters in the nearby Chak 65-AGD (Abdullahwala) here on Friday night....		Laid to rest in Lahore LAHORE, Feb 22: Stage actor Shauki Khan, who died in an accident near Kasur, was laid to rest in the Gulshan-i-Ravi graveyard here on Saturday evening....
NHA to earn Rs60 million a year from Kohat tunnel PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The National Highway Authority (NHA) expects to earn Rs60 million revenue annually through toll tax from the Kohat tunnel....		10 more tribesmen held in Bajaur BAJAUR, Feb 22: Ten more tribesmen have been arrested in Bajaur on the charges of shooting at levy force during an anti-poppy drive in the tribal agency....
Renaming of NWFP as Pukhtunkhwa demanded PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Leaders of the People’s Awareness Movement (PAM) have demanded the government should rename the NWFP as Pukhtunkhwa and reverse the decision of declaring Urdu as official language of...		PAF plane crash victim laid to rest SWABI, Feb 22: A technician of the Pakistan Air Force, Mohammad Fayyaz, who was killed in the Kohat air crash was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard late on Friday...
MMA, PML-Q agree to form body on LFO PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and PML-Q have agreed to form a commit-tee to reach on a common approach on the Legal Framework Order....		Eight arrested, stolen goods recovered PESHAWAR, Feb 22: City police had arrested eight alleged gangsters and recovered illicit weapons and booty from their possession, SSP Sadiq Kamal Orakzai told a press conference on Saturday....
Health staff remain absent from duties MIRPURKHAS, Feb 22: The staff of the health department in Pithoro, Umerkot, Samaro and Kunri talukas are not attending their duties for a long time....		Drive against HR violations planned HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Members of the ‘Stop-Tyranny Committee,’ Thatta, on Friday announced their decision to launch a district- wide movement against human rights violations, the oppression of waderas and the police...
Registration of cancer cases urged LARKANA, Feb 22: Speakers at a one-day seminar on “Cancer is Curable”, held here the other day, said a national cancer registration programme should be started in the country....		US policy on Iraq slated NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 22: A large number of people, under the aegis of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, took out a procession in Mehrabpur here on Friday against a possible US attack on...
Diarrhoea hits Sukkur, Rohri SUKKUR, Feb 22: Diarhoea has assumed epidemic proportions in Sukkur and Rohri in the wake of the recent rain, stagnant rain- water mixed with sewerage effluent and the supply of dirty...		Disruption of power supply protested KHAIRPUR, Feb 22: Hundreds of people on Saturday staged a demonstration by blocking the Gambat-Kulab Jial road for several hours to protest against the suspension of power supply to over 500...
Four PML-Q workers booked for stealing electricity THATTA, Feb 22: Four Pakistan Muslim League-Q activists were been booked by the Thatta police on Friday night for stealing electricity and manhandling a Hesco SDO and making him hostage....		Interference in dist govt affairs alleged LARKANA, Feb 22: Members of the Dokri taluka council took out a procession in Dokri on Saturday against alleged interference of the Sindh government in Larkana district government affairs....
Five injured in clash NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 22: Five persons were injured in a clash between two groups of the Dahri clan in the Sunehri Farm village here on Friday....		Gas firm employees’ reinstatement urged: Balochistan’s rights denied, minister tells PA QUETTA, Feb 22: The opposition, despite supporting an official resolution regarding reinstatement of Balochistan’s sacked employees in Sui Southern Gas Company, staged a walkout from the provincial assembly on Saturday as...
AJK govt amends police rules MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 22: The AJK government has made some amendments in the Police Rules 1934, in line with the Police Reforms, to provide mechanism for the withdrawal of money from the...		Assistant to AJK PM sworn in MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 22: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Saturday administered oath to his special assistant on information and political affairs, Raja Farooq Haider Khan....
CM orders Qesco to expedite schemes QUETTA, Feb 22: The Balochistan Chief Minister, Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf, has directed the Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) to complete all the projects launched in the province for electrification and...		Security Council decision to be backed, says Jamali ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that there will be no horse trading during Senate elections because my government does not believe in pressure tactics and...
Benazir stresses Islamabad’s role for averting war LONDON, Feb 22: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Friday that unless the issue of weapons of mass destruction is addressed, war on Iraq is imminent as United States...		Importance of S&T underscored ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan can lead the developing world and the Ummah in information technology and scientific progress since it has attained competence in the fields, Sudan Ambassador Awad Mohammad Hasan...
Failure of legal & judicial framework blamed for corruption ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The National Anti Corruption Strategy Report (NACSR)-2003 has reflected weak electoral system, lack of political will, interference by legislators in executive functions, low parliamentary integrity, complicated and non-...		Low-voltage problem to be solved soon PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has directed Wapda to resolve the low-voltage problem in the Mansehra district and upgrade the transformers in 13...