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Stranded Chitralis await relief PESHAWAR, March 15: Chitralis stranded by weather in Peshawar are in a pitiable state, reduced to becoming prisoners of nature....		Power supply to Chitral restored PESHAWAR, March 15: The power supply to Chitral district was restored from the national grid of Water and Power Development Authority after remaining suspended for 24 days, according to sources....
LBs given Rs1.9bn in eight months PESHAWAR, March 15: District governments in the NWFP have been released over Rs1.9bn during the first eight months of the current financial year to cater for their expenditure requirements under the...		CM hopeful of federal govt’s assistance PESHAWAR, March 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the government has laid the groundwork for a new draft likely to be presented in the National Finance Commission...
Poppy crop destroyed MOHMAND AGENCY, March 15: The political administration of Mohmand agency destroyed poppy crop during the drive against the cultivation of the crop in the area in last few days....		Three killed in clashes KOHAT, March 15: Three people were killed and one was seriously injured in two armed clashes between rival parties in Mohammadzai and Lachi towns on Saturday, police said....
Family robbed HARIPUR, March 15: Dacoits on Thursday looted ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Rs400,000 from a house in village Kalis in the limits of Khalabat Township police station....		Policemen’s killing to be investigated PESHAWAR, March 15: The government has decided to conduct an inquiry into the killing of three policemen, who were shot dead in an encounter with the people of Patwar Payan village...
PAF Fokker wreckage collected KOHAT, March 15: The operation to collect the wreckage of the PAF Fokker that crashed into Taulanj mountains on Feb 20 has been completed by the army and air force personnel...		Four killed in Darra PESHAWAR, March 15: A fierce gunbattle erupted between two rival groups in the gun-manufacturing town of Darra Adamkhel over a land dispute which left four people dead and two injured on...
Probe into AJKU affairs demanded MUZAFFARABAD, March 15: An alliance of AJK University’s students on Saturday charged the varsity administration with serious infringement of the rules and regulations for their personal benefits but simultaneously subjecting the...		IMF wants early sale of KESC, Wapda ISLAMABAD, March 15: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has voiced concern over financial health of Wapda and the KESC and called for their early privatisation....
Benazir blasts threats against weekly ISLAMABAD, March 15: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condemned alleged victimisation of a Lahore-based weekly and called upon Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and provincial Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez...		France proposes summit on US move ISLAMABAD, March 15: Proposing a summit level meeting of the UN Security Council, France has reiterated that it will vote against the Anglo-American draft which includes automatic recourse to force....
Nazimeen demand more funds for uplift QUETTA, March 15: Quetta city and district government has not been given funds in the Provincial Financial Award (PFC) on the basis of city’s actual population....		Mahar, Jamali discuss Sindh law, order ISLAMABAD, March 15: Sindh Chief Minister Sardar Ali Mohammad Mahar separately called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali here on Saturday....
Commissions for public safety shortly ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development will complete the constitution of national, provincial and district public safety commissions aimed at meeting safety need of the masses....		Bandits kill policeman, take away arms SUKKUR Mar 15: A police constable was killed and another injured as armed bandits attacked the Liaqat Domki police post near Bakhshapur, Jacobabad district on Friday night....
No-trust move against Nazim rejected LARKANA, March 15: The Larkana District Council, at an urgent session on Saturday, unanimously rejected a no-confidence motion against the Dokri Taluka Nazim, moved by the district Nazim....		Tax payment date extended: Calamity-hit areas KARACHI, March 15: The Revenue Department of Sindh has extended the last date upto April 30, 2003, for payment of Jambandi items, including land tax, water rate (Abiana), drainage cess and...
Rally staged SUKKUR Mar 15: Hundreds of residents of New Goth staged a rally here on Saturday against the civic authorities’ failure to pump out drainage water from the area....		Hostages return KHAIRPUR, March 15: Three members of the Jeha clan reached home here on Friday night after six days to their kidnapping....
Phosphate unit to be set up in Hyderabad DADU, March 15: The federal minister for industries and production, Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi, has said the National Fertilizer Company will establish a phosphate unit in Hyderabad....		Senator visits college BADIN, March 15: Senator Yasmin Shah has called for tackling deteriorating standard of education on war-footing and taking steps to eliminate cheating in the examinations....
Skin disease cases reported in Nara KHAIRPUR, March 15: An outbreak of the skin disease Leishmaniasis has been reported in various parts of Nara-Thar, while hundreds of people are reported to have been affected by the disease...		Aashura observed with solemnity HYDERABAD, March 15: Youm-i-Aashur, the day marking the great sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and his relatives and companions at...
Farmers urged to grow sunflower SUKKUR March 15: With the sugarcane and cotton crops becoming more cost intensive and their prospects becoming more dim with the continued shortage of water, the outlook for sunflower farming is...		‘Musharraf cannot dissolve assembly’ SANGHAR, March 15: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said Gen Pervez Musharraf has no power to dissolve the assembly and his party will not accept a uniformed president....
Sacked ASIs demand reinstatement LARKANA, March 15: Around twenty dismissed police ASIs, protesting against their dismissal, held a demonstration outside the district council hall here on Saturday when the council was in session....		Man killed by thieves SUKKUR, March 15: A house owner was shot dead and his two brothers and mother were injured by thieves in Islam Colony here on Friday night....
Interviews HYDERABAD, March 15: The interviews for admission to postgraduate courses at the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, would be conducted from March 17 to 20, announced a university...		Minor girl dies as rivals drive tractor into crowd: Muharram procession VEHARI, March 15: A five-year-old girl was killed while 10 others, seven of them women, injured when a leader of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba drove his tractor into Muharram procession at Sahooka...
Police refuse to file MPA’s case FAISALABAD, March 15: The local police have reportedly refused to register a criminal case against a major of the ISI and his unidentified subordinates on charge of kidnapping and torturing the...		PML-N for debate on Hamood report in NA FAISALABAD, March 15: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has demanded that complete Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report should be presented before the National Assembly so that the elements responsible for dismemberment...
Small industries plots restored GUJRANWALA, March 15: The Punjab Small Industries Corporation restored commercial plots of small industries Estate No 2 till the end of this month on the local chamber of commerce and industries...		Villager dies in Indian firing SIALKOT, March 15: : A Pakistani was killed in Indianfiring at Bholly Sumbali village in the working boundary’s Bajwat sector here on Saturday....
Firing at health minister’s house SIALKOT, March 15: Unidentified people fired at the residence of Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javaid at Tarkhana village of Shakargarh tehsil in Narowal district, around 9pm on Friday....		Toba district govt to levy taxes on 13 items TOBA TEK SINGH, March 15: The district government has decided to levy taxes and licence fee on 13 items and invited objections from the public till April 23....
Minister unaware of govt deal with Bugti SAHIWAL, March 15: Federal Petroleum Minister Naurez Shakoor is unaware of reported deal between Bugti tribe chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and the Ministry of Petroleum....		Doctor booked for rape SHEIKHUPURA, March 15: A doctor was booked for raping a patient at the Shahkot rural health centre (RHC)....
Robber killed in shootout with police RAJANPUR, March 15: A robber was shot dead while two others injured in a shootout with police at Dajal village in Jampur tehsil on Friday....		Religious leader slain MULTAN, March 15: A local religious leader was stabbed to death allegedly by his pupil here on Saturday....