July 16, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 5, 1423

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MMA for unity among religious parties RAWALPINDI, July 15: Senior leaders of Mutahida Majlis-i- Amal (MMA) here on Monday stressed on greater unity amongst the religious parties to rid the country of exploitative rulers....		Pindi District Council okays over Rs328m deficit budget RAWALPINDI, July 15: The Rs328.996 million deficit budget of the Rawalpindi District Council for the fiscal year 2002-03 was approved on Monday. The revised budget for the fiscal year 2001-02 was...
Moin directs police to protect trade centres ISLAMABAD, July 15: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Monday directed the police to take concrete security measures to avoid incidents of dacoities in business centres of Rawalpindi and Islamabad....		Youth urged to equip themselves with skills RAWALPINDI, July 15: The youth should equip themselves with the necessary knowledge and skill to shoulder future responsibilities, the youth affairs minister, Col S.K. Tressler (retired), said here on Monday....
Education, health taxes proposed RAWALPINDI, July 15: The district government here on Monday proposed imposition of health and education taxes through which it expects to earn Rs15 million....		Negligence at Capital Hospital costs Rs2.6m to government ISLAMABAD, July 15: Negli-gence at the Capital Hospital has resulted in a loss of Rs2.6 million to the exchequer, hospital sources told Dawn on Monday....
Poor sewage treatment facilities pose health risks ISLAMABAD, July 15: Inadequate sewage treatment facilities in the capital and sludge in waterways pose serious health risks for the citizens of the twin cities....		Over Rs5bn NLC budget approved ISLAMABAD, July 15: The National Logistics Board on Saturday approved a Rs5.014 billion budget for the year 2002-03....
More security for Meerwala case victims sought ISLAMABAD, July 15: The National Commission on Status of Women has requested the interior ministry to beef up the security of Meerwala gang-rape victims — Mukhtiaran Mai and her brother Shakoor...		Pearl case chronology HYDERABAD, July 15: The following is the chronology of events in the Daniel Pearl case:...
PML(QA) men discuss package with president ISLAMABAD, July 15: President Musharraf on Monday clarified that the graduation condition would not apply to party office-holders and that the government will be issuing a clarification to this effect....		Omer threatens retaliation HYDERABAD, July 15: Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, who was awarded death sentence in the Daniel Pearl case, said on Monday he would see who would die first - he or those...
Bugti elected JWP chief QUETTA, July 15: Nawab Akbar Bugti and Khuda-i-Noor Khan were elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the Jamhoori Watan Party at its council session....		MMA vows to mobilize masses ISLAMABAD, July 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has rejected the constitutional package, political parties act and electoral reforms....
PPP rejects second package ISLAMABAD, July 15: The PPP has also rejected the draft second constitutional package, saying that no individual had right to tinker with the Constitution....		Drugs seized QUETTA, July 15: Chagai Militia and Pishin Scouts, wings of the Frontier Corps, Balochistan, seized 345kg of fine quality hashish from Shela Bagh and Girdi Jungle area near the Pak-Afghan border,...
150 activists held for questioning: Hand-grenade used in attack on tourists MANSEHRA, July 15: The law enforcement agencies have extended the sphere of investigation into the July 13 attack on the European tourists near the Ashoka relics, to the Hazara division and...		Nazim deplores lack of health facilities CHITRAL, July 15: The Nazim of Mastuj tehsil, Shamsur Rehman, has said the lack of health facilities is the biggest problem being faced by the people in the tehsil despite the...
Lawyers boycott courts in Sindh: Proposed amendments SUKKUR, July 15: Rejecting the packages of amendments to the Constitution, proposed by the government, lawyers in this district observed strike and stayed away from all the courts on Monday. The...		Convictions made under pressure: Omer’s father HYDERABAD, July 15: Saeed Ahmed Sheikh, father of Omer Sheikh who has been sentenced to death in Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case, said on Monday: “The verdict proves that the...
PAP rejects amendments package PESHAWAR, July 15: The Pakistan Awami Party has termed the new constitutional package an assault on the democracy and the supremacy of parliament, and a mockery of the Constitution....		Omer shifted to death cell HYDERABAD, July 15: Omer Sheikh, condemned to death by an Anti-terrorism Court here on Monday in Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case, was shifted to condemned ward, known as Mansoor Ward,...
11 indicted in fraud case PESHAWAR, July 15: An accountability court here on Monday indicted 11 persons, including officials of the Communication and Works Department, on charges of misappropriating funds in the World Bank-funded primary education...		Five caught, 21 bikes seized in Bajaur BAJAUR, July 15: Political administration of the Bajaur Agency has recovered 21 stolen motorcycles and arrested five alleged members of a carjacking gang in an operation launched in different parts of...
Rallies held against water shortage DADU, July 15: The growers held protest demonstrations in Khairpur Nathan Shah, Johi, and Dadu towns on Monday against the shortage of irrigation water in the waterways originating from the Dadu...		SI, ASI held for torturing detainees DADU, July 15: Two police officials including a sub-inspector were arrested by the Rukkan police on Monday, after lodging an FIR against them on charges of torturing three citizens. The DPO,...
UTP dies of heart stroke LARKANA, July 15: An under-trial prisoner (UTP), Makhno Jatoi (35), died at the Central Prison here on Monday....		Two killed SUKKUR, July 15: A landlord and a bandit were killed in an exchange of fire between the villagers and the bandits in Saleh Mohammad Chachar village in the jurisdiction of the...
Gang busted; three children recovered FAISALABAD, July 15: The local police busted a gang of three outlaws involved in the trade of children here on Monday....		Restoration of separate electorates demanded GUJRANWALA, July 15: Former state minister for minorities Bishop Dr Rufin Julius demanded restoration of separate electoral system for minorities....
Third accused in sodomy case held: Meerwala gang-rape MULTAN, July 15: Muzaffargarh police on Monday arrested last of the absconding accused in the Shakoor sodomy case related to the Meerwala gang-rape....		Tenants reject lease offer MULTAN, July 15: Tenants of the agricultural state lands in the Punjab have unanimously rejected the official offer of granting them short term lease (of the lands) instead of ownership rights....
Task force to check canal water theft BAHAWALPUR, July 15: The Punjab governor has ordered setting up of a task force to check canal water theft in Multan and Bahawalpur irrigation zones....		Car showroom owner shot dead GUJRANWALA, July 15: A car showroom owner was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Rahwali on Monday....
Illicit arms seized from 3 smugglers GUJRANWALA, July 15: The local police on Monday claimed arresting three smugglers, including their ring leader, and seizing a huge quantity of illicit arms from their possession....		Four killed in family feud CHINIOT, July 15: Four people were killed in a shootout between two families over old rivalry in Langrana village on Monday....
Poor probes blamed for low conviction rate: High-profile cases of sectarian violence LAHORE, July 15: The 14 anti-terrorism courts in Punjab acquitted 91 people from April 1 to July 2 and convicted 56 in 35 cases of high-profile sectarian violence. Defective probe probes...		Lawyers’ strike ‘unreasonable’ LAHORE, July 15: The Punjab law minister has termed the strike call by lawyers ‘unreasonable and unnecessary’ as the government wants to share its views with people....
Shahbaz Sharif likely to return LAHORE, July 15: Despite repeated and categorical assertions by various government functionaries that no member of the Sharif family will be allowed to return to the country or take part in...		Govt’s view sought on plea against Jihadis’ detention LAHORE, July 15: The Lahore High Court sought on Monday the federal government’s view on a petition alleging continued detention of a number of Pakistanis who took part in the Afghan...
PML-N for collective decision on elections LAHORE, July 15: The PML(N) wants that the ARD parties should take a collective decision on whether or not to take part in the elections....		Teachers to hold rallies in each district LAHORE, July 15: Teachers from different schools and colleges on Monday again held a protest meeting at the Islamia College, Civil Lines, and marched from college’s main gate to District Courts...
NAB arrest man for co-op loan default LAHORE, July 15: The National Accountability Bureau Punjab arrested one Azizul Haq Qureshi on Monday for an alleged default on payment of Rs75.63 million to the defunct National Industrial Cooperative Finance...		20 new labour colonies to be set up LAHORE, July 15: The Punjab Workers Welfare Board will develop at least 20 new labour colonies and an equal number of schools for workers’ children in the province....
Help sought to convert rickshaws to CNG LAHORE, July 15: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmud has sought the cooperation of industrialists, traders and philanthropists for the conversion of the rickshaws to CNG to control environmental pollution....		No work at subordinate courts LAHORE, July 15: Lawyers at subordinate courts observed a complete strike on Monday in protest against proposed constitutional amendments....