July 15, 2002	Monday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 4, 1423

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Villagers to move court against D-12 uplift ISLAMABAD, July 14: Villagers of Pind Sangrial and Siri Saral have decided to move court within a few days to stop development work in sector D-12 unless they are duly compensated...		Minorities demand equal rights ISLAMABAD, July 14: There was no provision for dictatorship in Quaid-i-Azam’s Pakistan, as such President Pervez Musharraf should quit with immediate effect....
Buddhist monks to hold peace march from Pakistan to India ISLAMABAD, July 14: A group of 20 Buddhist monks has decided to lead a Pakistan-India Prayer March for Peace in August to unite all people against war....		Qazi asks workers to step up preparations for polls RAWALPINDI, July 14: Amir Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad has asked the party workers to start preparations for the forthcoming general elections to lead Mutahida Majlis-Amal to success and rid the country...
Russia urges breaking of terrorists links MOSCOW, July 14: Russia called on Pakistan on Sunday to crack down on the Islamic militants, saying it must break the “links in the chain” of terrorism after an attack on...		MMA to decide about contesting polls today ISLAMABAD July 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), a coalition of six religio-political parties, is scheduled to hold a crucial meeting of its component party heads here on Monday....
Let the twain meet PRESTON, July 13: Two promising art shows by Pakistani artists opened here to an international summertime audience at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery on Thursday....		Pilgrims to undergo medical tests ISLAMABAD, July 14: The government has decided to conduct medical screening of the intending Haj pilgrims to stop handicapped and vulnerable persons from travelling....
FC troops attacked QUETTA, July 14: Gunmen seriously injured two personnel of Frontier Corps in Zeen top area of Loti gasfield in Dera Bugti district, official sources said here on Sunday....		PO, two killers held GILGIT, July 14: Darel Police on a tip-off raided a house and arrested a proclaimed offender, Molvi Imam Hussain, a resident of Giyal Darel, who had abducted a girl some two...
Writers’ social role stressed QUETTA, July 14: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal on Friday urged poets, writers and intellectuals to point out the problems faced by people....		Corporate farming cast away MULTAN, July 14: Leaders of small growers, tenants and right activists cast away the government initiative of the Corporate Agriculture Farming (CAF) here at a media seminar....
Teachers rap decision of denationalization GUJRANWALA, July 14: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association and Punjab Teachers’ Union have condemned the government’s decision to denationalize educational institutes and urged it to withdraw the ordinance....		Dispute claims teenager’s life TOBA TEK SINGH, July 14: A dispute over playing billiards took the life of a teenager in Bhagiwala locality of Kamalia on Sunday....
Instructor thrashed by four students SARGODHA, July 14: An instructor of a local polytechnic institute was allegedly thrashed by four students on Saturday night....		Police yet to trace murderers FAISALABAD, July 14: Nishatabad police have yet to trace the murderers of four family members even after a month....
Primary schools’ fate uncertain DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 14: The district education department has yet to take over local municipality primary schools despite promulgation of ordinance 2000....		DBA, trader bodies join hands for LHC bench FAISALABAD, July 14: The District Bar Association and 30 traders’ organizations of the city have joined hands for the establishment of a bench of the Lahore High Court at Faisalabad....
Stalwarts out, new faces in VEHARI, July 14: The eligibility bar has forced political stalwarts out and new faces in for contesting the general elections....		SC verdict upsets Abbasis BAHAWALPUR, July 14: The PPP leadership is thinking to field either Aitzaz Ahsan or Hanif Ramay from the national assembly seat of Yazman tehsil....
Lawyers’ protest today VEHARI, July 14: The members of the Vehari District Bar Association will boycott the courts proceeding on Monday (today) to protest against the proposed constitutional amendments package....		Politicians accused of promoting self-interest: NWFP governor addresses public meeting ABBOTTABAD, July 14: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the Madaris Ordinance is meant to register seminaries on the pattern of other conventional educational institutions of the country....
Sindh lands facing gradual destruction THATTA, July 14: The impact of drought, shortage of water in canals, sea intrusion, earthquake and approximately 90 per cent saline underground water in Sindh has destroyed the land and its...		Nazimeen oppose officials’ transfer KHAIRPUR, July 14: A group of Nazimeen of the taluka and union councils of Khairpur district have said the district Nazim should be consulted before transfer of any officer and appealed...
Polls under interim setup demanded KOHAT, July 14: Pakistan People’s Party on Sunday asked President Pervez Musharraf to hold free and impartial elections under an interim setup acceptable to all the parties....		Funds illegally used by education officers MIRPURKHAS, July 14: An inquiry into the unauthorized use of funds of the school management committees (SMCs) of two schools in Digri sub-division has been finalized....
Two killed in accident PESHAWAR, July 14: Two people were killed in a road accident, while body of a young man was found in the limits of Chamkani Police Station here on Saturday....		Charges for Internet service raised HARIPUR, July 14: Paknet, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), has increased its Internet charges for all the net cafes operating in Haripur by 50 to 60 per cent, Dawn was informed...
61 headmasters face action for inefficiency GILGIT, July 14: The Northern Areas education authorities have decided to take up the inefficiency cases against 61 headmasters of various schools of Northern Areas, at the Kashmir Affairs and Northern...		Decomposed body of rape victim fished out SUKKUR, July 14: Decomposed body of a young woman was fished out from the Mithri Minor, a waterway near Ghotki, on Saturday....
Tharparkar candidates assured of appointment MITHI, July 14: The EDO, education, Tharparkar, has informed the district Nazim that arrangements were being made to issue job offer letters for the post of primary school teacher to the...		Rally against water shortage DADU, July 14: Activists of Awami Tehrik (AT) and growers of Dadu staged a demonstration in front of the Khairpur Nathan Shah Press Club on Sunday against water shortage....
Conviction of Benazir flayed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 14: A large number of activists of the PPP, belonging to Ali Sher Chang, Kamal Chang and Sain Dino Chang villages, staged a rally in Ali Sher Chang...		No ARD decision on polls yet LAHORE, July 14: While the general elections are less than three months away, the ARD has yet to take any decision on whether or not to take part in them....
AG suspends salaries for lack of sanction LAHORE, July 14: The Punjab Accountant-General has stopped payment of salaries and other perquisites to the government officials and functionaries who are working at the district offices against the posts or...		MMA to be a strong party in polls, says Qazi LAHORE, July 14: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will emerge as a strong party in the October polls but the victory could not guarantee a big change (in government and society), Jamaat-i-Islami Amir...
Azhar backs amends LAHORE, July 14: PML-QA president Mian Azhar has supported amendments to the Constitution for checks and balances....		Reconciliatory bodies at union council level LAHORE, July 14: The Punjab government has decided to constitute reconciliatory committees at the union council level to ensure provision of swift justice, legal aid and medical treatment to victims (women...
Mills worker shot dead by dacoits LAHORE, July 14: Four dacoits shot dead a mill worker on resistance on the Bogiwal Road in Shalamar on Sunday morning....		JUP-N forms committees for poll nominees LAHORE, July 14: The Jamiat Ulema Pakistan (Noorani) has formed five committees to decide party’s nominees for the October polls....
Qayyum briefs Maqbool LAHORE, July 14: National Kashmir Committee Chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan told Governor Khalid Maqbool on Sunday that American intellectuals and media representatives had supported the Pakistani stand on Kashmir....		Workers to observe black day on 17th LAHORE, July 14: Industrial workers will observe a black day on Wednesday (July 17) to express resentment against government policies....
Tributes paid to Omar Asghar LAHORE, July 14: Speakers at a condolence reference organized by various NGOs paid rich tributes to the services of the late Omar Asghar Khan for the cause of the poor and...		TI wants Asghar party patron LAHORE, July 14: The Tehrik-i-Istaqlal has decided to formally request Air Marshal Asghar Khan to become patron of the party....