July 7, 2002	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 25,1423

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NWFP cabinet discusses ord on health authority PESHAWAR, July 6: The NWFP cabinet at a meeting held in Nathiagali on Saturday discussed the draft ordinance for the establishment of health regulatory authority, which would include both the private...		SNGPL to give 100,000 connections: official PESHAWAR, July 6: The SNGPL will give connections to 100,000 domestic, 2,500 commercial and 130 factory consumers in the NWFP  and Punjab during the current financial year, SNGPL Managing Director Abdur Rashid...
Former PMLMNA arrested KOHAT, July 6: In a mid-night raid the CIA police arrested former PML MNA, Javed Ibraheem Paracha and two other religious leaders and whisked them away to some unknown place, family...		Two get 7-year RI for bank robbery MARDAN, July 6: The anti-terrorism court, Mardan, on Friday sentenced two accused of looting the Bank of Khyber branch here on February, 2002, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment....
Property transfer fee increased HARIPUR, July 6: The NWFP government, through a recently-issued notification to all the districts of the province, has ordered an increase in the registration fee on transfer of property....		Signature drive in favour of Lawari tunnel PESHAWAR, July 6: The Chitral Journalists Forum has launched a signature drive for the construction of Lawari tunnel which would connect the five millions population of Chitral valley to rest of...
Nazim removes TMO HARIPUR, July 6: Tehsil Nazim of Haripur, Iftikhar Ashraf Khan, has removed the Tehsil municipal officer for “his non cooperative attitude  and throwing spanners in the public related official works” and asked...		Hazara, AJK road link to be improved MANSEHRA, July 6: District Nazim Mohammad Azam Khan Swati has said that the government has allocated Rs20 million for widening, repair and construction of Attarshisha-Brarkot road, linking Hazara with Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
Wapda suffers Rs30bn loss due to delay in transmission line LAHORE, July 6: Wapda’s failure to construct the Muzaffargarh-Gatti transmission line during the last four years has caused a loss of Rs30 billion....		Relatives of slain govt employee seek justice MUZAFFARABAD, July 6: Relatives of a slain government employee in the lower grade have been running from pillar to post for more than nine months to get his killer(s) arrested and...
World pressing India for pullback: minister QUETTA, July 6: The entire world was putting diplomatic pressure on India to pull out its troops from borders and initiate dialogue with Pakistan for resolving all issues, including Kashmir....		BNP leader wants new constitution HUB, July 6: Balochistan National Party leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal has demanded that a new constitution should be made by representatives of five nationalities of the country as the 1973 constitution...
Two die as bus falls into ravine MUZAFFARABAD, July 6: At least two people were killed and 47 others, including five women, injured when a passenger bus fell into a ravine in district Muzaffarabad on Saturday, police...		AI asks CJ to ensure justice to rape victim PESHAWAR, July 6: The Amnesty International (AI), has in a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, asked him to ensure that justice is done to a young woman gang-raped by...
Protesters block highway: Water shortage LARKANA, July 6: Vehicular traffic on the Indus Highway near Nasirabad came to a standstill for two hours on Friday when hundreds of growers, protesting over water shortage, blocked the road....		Mirpurkhas plunges into darkness MIRPURKHAS, July 6: Nearly half of the Mirpurkhas town was plunged into darkness on Friday night when wires of 1100kv high- tension line were broken....
Nazim, others booked for ransacking Hesco office THATTA, July 6: Hesco officials lodged an FIR against 24 people, including a Nazim, when a rally of the aggrieved power consumers turned violent and some of the participants ransacked the...		Three of a family killed in revenge SUKKUR, July 6: Three persons of a family, including two women, were killed and three others were injured by seven armed men in Mathelo village on Saturday morning....
IT institute, museum to be set up KHAIRPUR, July 6: District Nazim Nafisa Shah has announced to set up an information technology institute, a commercial centre, a teachers training centre and a museum at the historical Kot Diji...		Watchman jailed for offering bribe GILGIT, July 6: A watchman of the Northern Areas Animal Husbandry Department was jailed on Friday for offering Rs20,000 bribe to finance and revenue secretary, police sources said....
Distribution of wheat reviewed QUETTA, July 6: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has directed that the wheat provided from Zakat fund should be ensured that it is distributed among the drought victims of the province....		CPNE standing committee KARACHI, July 6: The annual general meeting of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors general council, held at Lahore recently, unanimously elected the editors of the following newspapers and periodicals as...
ASEAN ministers adopt new economic policy GENTING HIGHLANDS, July 6: Southeast Asian economic ministers on Saturday adopted a new policy to advance cooperation in a bid to accelerate a 2010 deadline to completely remove tariffs under a...		Peerowal tenants hold captive two officials: Govt launches operation MULTAN, July 6: Tenants of the Punjab Seed Corporation’s Peerowal farms in Khanewal on Saturday held captive two government officials and took into custody their tractors during the government’s operation to...
‘Communication infrastructure being built’ LAHORE, July 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said his government is developing a communication infrastructure, including roads and railways, with the main objective of taking advantage of Pakistan’s strategic link...		15-foot wide breach in LBDC OKARA, July 6: At least 15-foot wide breach on the Lower Bari Doab Canal’s 4-L distributary bank and near bridge on the Okara-Faisalabad Road played havoc with some areas on Friday...