July 9, 2002	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 27,1423

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Rs184m for uplift in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, July 8: Khairpur District Nazim Nafisa Shah presented her district government’s first annual budget of Rs191,6.029 million for the year 2002-2003 at the district council session here on Monday....		Thousands to lose relief benefits SANGHAR, July 8: Some 5,796 defaulter farmers could not take advantage of the relief package announced by the government as they failed to deposit the principal amount by the due date,...
93 JSQM activists booked LARKANA, July 8: The Larkana police registered cases at two police stations against 93 activists of the Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz (JSQM) who were protesting on Sunday against the construction of...		Accident LARKANA, July 8: A policeman, M. Murad Kolachi, was crushed to death under the wheels of a bus on the highway, near the Dharaho police station, on Monday. The driver fled...
Canal breach inundates 40 houses KHAIRPUR, July 8: The Sathiyo Wah developed a 50-foot breach near Soomar Buriro village, Kot Diji taluka, here on Monday....		Wapda suspends power supply to tribal areas KALAYA, July 8: The Water and Power Development Authority on Monday suspended electricity supply to the lower Tehsil of Orakzai Agency over the refusal of the tribesmen to let power meters...
Disposal of expired pesticides demanded PESHAWAR, July 8: The storage of about 2,000 tons of expired pesticides all over the country need a proper and early disposal of this toxic substance posing a great threat to...		TB control campaign launched in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL, July 8: The health authorities in the Khyber Agency have launched a tuberculosis (TB) control programme at the agency headquarter hospital, here....
Psychologists asked to help people PESHAWAR, July 8: A two-day 7th annual conference on “Current global scenario and psychologists” started at Bara Gali summer camp, University of Peshawar on Monday....		Govt urged to make cause of Omar’s death public ABBOTTABAD, July 8: SUNGI Development Foundation’s board of governors has refused to accept suicide as being the reason behind the death of former federal minister Omar Asghar Khan and urged the...
Two killed over marriage row NOWSHERA, July 8: Two people were killed and another was injured during an exchange of fire between two families here at Jallozai Afghan refugees camp on Sunday....		Sikandar asks UN to resolve Kashmir crisis: ‘Peace at cost of freedom unacceptable’ MUZAFFARABAD, July 8: AJK Prime Minister, Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan, on Monday called upon the United Nations and international community to resolve the Kashmir issue to establish lasting peace in South...
Mengal vows to root out corruption QUETTA, July 8: The governor Balochistan, Amirul Mulk Mengal, has said that his government was determined to root out corruption, and had initiated action against senior corrupt government employees and politicians...		National Alliance expansion planned ISLAMABAD, July 8: After the failure of efforts for unification of Pakistan Muslim League factions, power brokers have reportedly been tasked to expand the National Alliance by getting the PML (Quaid-i-Azam)...
Leopards threaten villagers’ lives MUZAFFARABAD, July 8: The wildlife wing of the AJK tourism department has detailed two teams to push back eight leopards from the surroundings of two village into forests following reports that...		Pace of power transfer reviewed QUETTA, July 8: District governments have been established in all the 22 districts of Balochistan under the power devolution plan, which were performing smoothly....
PTV plans world news bulletins ISLAMABAD, July 8: Pakistan Television will start by end of the current month international news bulletins on PTV World by renaming it as PTV World News Channel....		600,000 new phones by December ISLAMABAD, July 8: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has plans to install 600,000 new telephones at a cost of Rs19 billion by December this year....
Musharraf’s address ISLAMABAD, July 8: President Pervez Musharraf will address the nation on Friday at 8pm The address will be broadcast live by Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan....		Leghari denies deal between govt, ex-PMs QUETTA, July 8: Leader of Pakistan National Alliance (PNA), Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari, has said the alliance would strongly oppose any secret deal between President Musharraf and the two ousted...
Govt-tenants talks today MULTAN, July 8: Talks between the Punjab government and the representatives of tenants of 21 state-managed agricultural and livestock farms are scheduled to be held in Lahore on Tuesday....		Mosque on state land razed SARGODHA, July 8: The district administration, with police assistance, bulldozed the structure of a mosque and boundary wall built on a plot adjacent to telephone exchange in New Satellite Town early...
Transporters continue strike against toll GUJRANWALA, July 8: Transporters of Naushera Virkan, Tetley, Maraliawala, Sheikhupura, Ghumanwala and Khiali continued their strike against the levy of toll tax by Naushera Virkan and Gujranwala Saddar tehsil councils on...		Paid house jobs in Nishtar’s dental section MULTAN, July 8: The board of governors of the Nishtar Hospital and Medical College has approved creation of 21 new posts of paid house jobs for the institute’s dental section....
Nazim, rival killed; six injured in clash SAHIWAL, July 8: A Nazim of union council No 55 and his opponent were killed while six others received injuries late Sunday night in an armed clash between two rival groups...		Gang-rape case: SP submits report BAHAWALPUR, July 8: The SP crime on Monday submitted his report to the Bahawalpur Range DIG for action against the culprits involved in the gang-rape case at Mauza Sangla near Tarindah...
Man shoots former wife, daughter BAHAWALPUR, July 8: A man on Monday shot dead his former wife and her six-year-old daughter at Basti Baman near Qatal-Amara Morr....		Man awarded death for double murder SHEIKHUPURA, July 8: The additional district and sessions judge sentenced a man on Monday to death on two counts of murder....
Ex-councillor, two others murdered GUJRAT, July 8: Three persons, including a former councillor, were shot dead in separate incidents in and around the city....		Man kills wife FAISALABAD, July 8: A girl was shot dead allegedly by her husband over a domestic dispute in Chak 44-JB, Chak Jhumra, here on Monday....
Shootout: man injured, two dacoits held SADIQABAD, July 8: A man sustained bullet wounds on Sunday night in an exchange of fire between dacoits and residents of Chachran Sharif....		Proposed powers of Islamabad dist Nazim curtailed ISLAMABAD, July 8: The powers of district Nazim, Islamabad, as were envisaged in the devolution plan, has been further curtailed and, now he has been restricted to deal with the affairs...
Project for educational managers initiated ISLAMABAD, July 8: The education ministry has finally initiated the effective management project to make good governance a reality....		Man shot dead; woman dies in road accident ISLAMABAD, July 8: A young man was shot dead by his brother in Ganjmandi while a woman was killed in a car accident near Tarnol on Monday....
20 prisoners died in Adiala Jail in one year RAWALPINDI, July 8: Twenty prisoners, including two foreigners and a woman, died in Adiala jail in the last one year raising concerns about the condition of the prisoners, statistics showed....		Commissions to monitor non-profit organizations ISLAMABAD, July 8: The government has decided to regulate the working and funding sources of non-profit organizations by establishing national and provincial commissions through an ordinance....
Private firm to streamline CDA’s financial system ISLAMABAD, July 8: Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to hire a private consultancy firm to streamline its financial system at a cost of Rs5 million, a source in the CDA...		PARC awning collapsed ISLAMABAD, July 8: After just 17 years of its completion, the concrete awning of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), having a life expectancy of over 150 years, has suddenly collapsed....
EO gets its 27 houses vacated ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Estate Office (EO) has got vacated its 27 houses that had been illegally occupied by the officials of the Capital police and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT)...		Ittefaq Textile Mills liquidation initiated LAHORE, July 8: A banking court has initiated execution of a Rs47.319 million loan recovery suit filed against the Ittefaq Textile Mills by the Allied Bank (ABL)....
Yorkshire arson attack: bodies of 7 Pakistanis buried GUJAR KHAN, July 8: The bodies of the Yorkshire arson attack victims were laid to rest at Mal Awan Village, some seven kilometres from here, on Monday afternoon....		PAC orders probe into settling of teachers abroad LAHORE, July 8: The Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee, taking a note of settling of 24 teachers of the University of Engineering and Technology abroad, on Monday directed the Education Department...
Milkman’s fifth child dies: ‘Black magic’ toll rises LAHORE, July 8: Another child of a milkman whose four children had died in mysterious circumstances in the last three months fell a victim on Monday to what the family said...		Light rail cleared for foreign investment LAHORE, July 8: Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired) gave the go-ahead on Monday for talks with foreign investors for the Lahore light transit rail project....
PCSIR staff hit by allowance formula LAHORE, July 8: A majority of researchers associated with science and technology institutions have been deprived of the research productivity allowance, thanks to the formula devised for the purpose by the...		New blocks in jail for women prisoners LAHORE, July 8: New blocks are being constructed at the district jail for women prisoners, Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development Shaheen Atiqur Rahman announced on Monday....
City govt to hire 6,000 sanitary workers LAHORE, July 8: District Nazim Amer Mahmood said on Monday the city government would recruit 6,000 more sanitary workers and try to persuade foreign investors to build effluent treatment plants in...		Azhar wants govt talks with political parties LAHORE, July 8: The government and political parties should hold a dialogue to resolve differences on the proposed constitutional amendments....
Aptuf plans drive against price-hike LAHORE, July 8: Expressing grave concern over the upward inflationary trend in the country, the All Pakistan Trade Unions Federation has decided to launch an organized campaign against price-hike of essential...		Quran smaller than palm on display LAHORE, July 8: Smaller than a palm size hand-made Quran is on display at the Alhamra Arts Centre for three days....