July 4, 2002	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 22,1423

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Rs1.54 billion allocated for mega projects in N. Areas GILGIT, July 3: The federal government has made a block allocation of Rs36.99 billion for 10 years in the public sector development programme (PSDP) for various ongoing and new projects being...		Students boycott LLB exams QUETTA, July 3: Students have boycotted the LLB examinations alleging police interference in the examination hall and body search of the candidates....
Former heads, 12 officials acquitted: Civic body rules violation MUZAFFARABAD, July 3: The AJK High Court, setting aside the conviction of five former heads and 12 officials of the Mirpur Municipal Corporation by an Ehtesab Court, acquitted all of them...		PML (Q) president backs role for army ISLAMABAD July 3: Mian Mohammad Azhar, president of the Pakistan Muslim League (QA), expressed on Wednesday his party’s reservations about the proposed constitutional amendments, specially about the one empowering the president...
US urged to favour return of democracy NEW YORK, July 3: Saying that “the United States has an incalculable interest in maintaining friendship with Pakistan at this delicate moment,” the New York Times underscored that “Washington must encourage...		Appointment of CEC challenged ISLAMABAD, July 3: Justice Saqib Nisar, judge Lahore High Court, on Monday issued “pre-admission notice” to the federal government on a writ petition challenging the appointment of Justice Irshad Hasan Khan...
Jinnah’s director wins case LONDON, July 3: Director and producer of the well-known Jinnah, a film on the life of the Quad-i-Azam, won a case of compensation against the company that had sponsored the movie....		Fatehyab Ali externed from NWFP PESHAWAR, July 3: President of Pakistan Mazdoor Kissan Party Fatehyab Ali Khan was externed on Wednesday from North West Frontier Province under section 5(1) (a) of West Pakistan Maintenance of Public...
Maleeha awarded as envoy of the year ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Washington-based Women Ambassadors Foundation has named Pakistan’s longest-serving ambassador to the US, Dr Maleeha Lodhi, as the ‘Ambassador of the Year’....		PPP meeting on 7th ISLAMABAD, July 3: The central executive committee of Pakistan People’s Party will meet in Islamabad on July 7, said a press release issued by PPP spokesman....
Mengal calls to strengthen LB system QUETTA, July 3: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has urged upon the Nazimeen and elected representatives to work for the consolidation of the new local government system....		Probe begins into Rs15m hydel power plant scam SKARDU, July 3: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started probe into a Rs15 million power plant’s scam, in Ghanche District, Baltistan, source said....
Cabinet approves Haj policy: demand to increase air fare rejected ISLAMABAD, July 3: The federal cabinet here on Wednesday approved the Haj policy for 2003 under which approximately 1,40,000 people will be able to perform Haj this year....		Bailiff recovers 43 kiln workers GUJRANWALA, July 3: At least 43 kiln workers, including seven women and 22 children, were recovered on Wednesday by a local court’s bailiff from a kiln owner’s quarters at Kalarabadi....
Rickshaw drivers block roads SARGODHA, July 3: Scores of rickshaw drivers staged a protest rally on Wednesday to condemn decision of installation of fare meters....		Cotton area declines in Bahawalnagar BAHAWALNAGAR, July 3: At least 19 per cent less cotton was cultivated in Bahawalnagar this year, Dawn learnt on Wednesday....
19 found detained illegally by police MULTAN, July 3: Provincial law minister Rana Ijaz visited on Wednesday Jatoi police station’s adjoining residential quarters where some 19 people had been detained....		Peerowal farms again without water MULTAN, July 3: The government once again stopped irrigation water supply to Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal district on Wednesday....
Taxi driver shot dead by rivals GUJRAT, July 3: A taxi cab driver was shot dead on Tuesday night by his four rivals to settle old score near Warraichan Wala, Dinga....		Two NGOs working without staff BAHAWALPUR, July 3: The district government monitoring committee raided on Wednesday two NGOs Al-Kausar in Satellite Town and Nigheban in Model Town allegedly running without staff....
Record number of applications, claims PPP JHANG, July 3: The Pakistan People’s Party has received a record number of applications from all over the country to get party ticket for contesting the general elections....		Waris Shah’s Urs begins on 23rd SHEIKHUPURA, July 3: The three-day Urs celebration of Sufi poet Syed Waris Shah will begin in Jandiala Sher Khan on July 23....
‘Another crackdown on Jihadis soon’ FAISALABAD, July 3: On the information of American FBI, another crackdown will soon be launched against the activists and leaders of banned militant and jihadi outfits having links with Al-Qaeda....		Detention of Arabs challenged in PHC PESHAWAR, July 3: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought comments from the Attorney-General of Pakistan in a writ petition challenging the detention of five Arab employees of a Kuwaiti organization....
Political parties reject proposed amendments SWABI, July 3: All the major political parties have rejected the proposed constitutional package at a seminar held here on Wednesday, saying that the military regime has no power to change...		Zila tax: Tehsils, dists compensated MANSEHRA, July 3: The NWFP government has specified the share of all the tehsil and district councils which they will receive in lieu of the abolished octroi and zila tax....
Five power stations to be built on Kunhar MANSEHRA, July 3: The Water and Power Development Authority will construct five hydel power stations on the Kunhar River in the Kaghan Valley in collaboration with the NWFP government....		50 literacy centres to be opened GILGIT, July 3: The Northern Areas Education Department has decided to open around 50 literacy centres for adults in five districts....
HRCP condemns gang-rape PESHAWAR, July 3: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday demanded punishment for all those involved in the incident of gang-rape of a teenage girl on order of a tribal Jirga...		Commission hears dist govts’ dispute PESHAWAR, July 3: The Provincial Local Government Commission on Tuesday heard the parties in a dispute over vehicle ownership between Kohat and Hangu district governments....
Villagers seek inter classes PESHAWAR, July 3: Residents of Rustam village in Mardan on Tuesday demanded posting of staff and start of intermediate classes at the local government girls higher secondary school....		Ancient cave discovered TIMERGARA, July 3: Precious antiques and an ancient cave have been discovered at two different sites in the Lower Dir district....
Villagers protest water shortage LARKANA, July 3: A large number of villagers from different villages blocked the highway at Sujawal town on Wednesday to protest against the unavailability of irrigation water and snapping of power...		Transfers part of rigging plan: PPP LARKANA, July 3: Pakistan People Party, Larkana district, has accused the government of planning rigging and indicated that police and revenue officials were being transferred on a large scale without intimating...
Candidates resent year-long delay: Appointment letters MITHI, July 3: A number of Tharparkar candidates, who qualified for the post of ‘primary teacher’, have appealed to the governor, chief secretary and secretary, Education, to order the EDO (education)...		‘People to vote against pro-US policies’ SUKKUR, July 3: The Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), a conglomerate of six religious parties, has declared that the forthcoming general elections would prove to be a vote ‘for’ or ‘against’ the United...
Strike observed against Hesco KHAIRPUR, July 3: A large number of residents of Hingorja, Sobhodero Taluka, staged a demonstration and observed a complete strike against the Hesco on Wednesday....		Jobs demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 3: Seventy seasonal labourers observed a token hunger strike in Mehrabpur on Wednesday against the Star Cotton Factory management....
Central traffic control to be computerized LAHORE, July 3: Governor Khalid Maqbool ordered on Wednesday the installation of computerized central traffic control system in four major cities in the Punjab and a movie camera at every traffic...		PML-N, AQP discuss cooperation LAHORE, July 3: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and the Awami Qiadat Party on Wednesday discussed electoral adjustments for October polls....
Meeting on Madaris Ord delayed LAHORE, July 3: The meeting of religious seminaries’ representatives with the federal government authorities scheduled for Thursday has been postponed for two days after the Ittehad Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Deenia demanded, as a...		Sardar Adil, Aqil given pre-arrest bail LAHORE, July 3: Allama Iqbal Town Nazim Sardar Adil Umar and his brother former parliamentary secretary Sardar Aqil were granted pre-arrest interim bail till July 11 in a hooliganism case by...
JUP decides to mobilize workers LAHORE, July 3: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan has decided to immediately launch a drive to mobilize its workers for the forthcoming elections....		No rules for Rs35m allocation: Investigation of crimes LAHORE, July 3: No rules have been devised so far for allocation and management of Rs35 million available to police during the current fiscal for investigation of crimes....
Plebiscite only solution to Kashmir issue LAHORE, July 3: The only solution of the Kashmir issue is holding of a plebiscite according to the UN Security Council resolutions....		Millat Party reviews package LAHORE, July 3: The general council of the Millat Party, Punjab, reviewed the proposed constitutional package, re-organization of the party and strategy for the next elections here on Wednesday....
PAC for review of MPAs, officers’ perks LAHORE, July 3: The Adhoc Public Accounts Committee stressed on Wednesday the need to review the perks and privileges of provincial assembly members and bureaucrats....		6,000 youths contract AIDS every day, says UN report ISLAMABAD, July 3: Every day, 6,000 people in the age group of 15 to 24 years get infected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, according to a United...
200 acres of CDA land in illegal possession: Bungling detected in store directorate ISLAMABAD, July 3: Over 200 acres of the Capital Development Authority’s land is stated to be in illegal possession, a source in the authority told Dawn on Wednesday....		PAC turning into reconciliation committee ISLAMABAD, July 3: The ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday ordered for the settlement of a large number of audit objections in which millions of rupees were either misappropriated or misused...