July 18, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1423

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Provincial, dist govts told to allocate ESR funds ISLAMABAD, July 17: The federal education ministry has asked the provincial governments to allocate Education Sector Reforms (ESR) specific funds in provincial and district government budgets for the year 2002-03....		CDA asked to develop new sector for low income group ISLAMABAD, July 17: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has asked the Capital Development Authority to develop a new sector for low-income groups in the capital....
Inquiry into irregularities in awarding contract begins RAWALPINDI, July 17: The Punjab local government and rural development department has started an inquiry into the alleged embezzlement and irregularities committed by the TMA officials in the award of the...		Trainee doctors, nurses await salaries RAWALPINDI, July 17: The postgraduate trainee doctors and under-training nurses working in the city’s autonomous hospitals have not been paid salaries for the past several months, doctors said here on Wednesday....
Zobaida likely to resign ISLAMABAD, July 17: The federal education minister, Zobaida Jalal, is likely to resign next month to contest the forthcoming general elections of the National Assembly....		WWF scam: NAB recovers over Rs75m ISLAMABAD, July 17: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman, Lt-Gen Munir Hafiz presented a cheque of Rs30 million to the labour minister, Owais Ahmad Ghani, here on Wednesday....
Home politics away from home! RIYADH: Former MNA and PIA chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, who enjoyed the camaraderie of Mian Sahib while they were both interned during the famous hijacking case, is here. Also, former finance...		Pakistan to get more US aid to fight terrorism ISLAMABAD, July 17: Mark D. Ward, new USAID mission director in Pakistan, said on Wednesday that the agency’s new project portfolio would be more focused and would draw largely upon the...
Amendments to harm federation: Benazir ISLAMABAD, July 17: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the proposed constitutional amendments....		Envoys’ visits to help resume talks with India ISLAMABAD, July 17: Pakistani officials said on Wednesday they expected upcoming visits by foreign envoys to South Asia to set in motion a dialogue with India....
Report on accounts presented to president ISLAMABAD, July 17: The auditor general of Pakistan has submitted his reports on the federation’s accounts for 2002-01 to the president and those of provinces to the respective governors....		Mengal seeks investment in Balochistan QUETTA, July 17: Balochistan Governor Justice Amirul Mulk Mengal has said that there is a great scope of investment in the field of minerals, oil and gas and seafood in Balochistan....
MQM team meets Musharraf today ISLAMABAD, July 17: A three-member delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will call on President Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday....		Meeting with MMA on 22nd ISLAMABAD July 17: The chiefs of the alliance of six religo-political parties, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), have decided to accept President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s invitation for a consultative meeting on July 22....
Ponam may boycott polls QUETTA, July 17: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) will join hands with the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy or any other political party if they decided to boycott the October...		Ex-cashier gets 5-year term QUETTA, July 17: The Accountability Court No. II, Quetta, headed by Judge Nadir Khan Durrani, on Wednesday awarded five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs15 million to Kaleem Bhatti,...
Railways cop shot dead QUETTA, July 17: Dacoits snatched Rs2.6 million on Wednesday from the railways officials carrying salaries in the Karachi-bound Bolan Mail and killed a police constable on resistance....		Appointments of govt pleaders withdrawn PESHAWAR, July 17: The NWFP law department has withdrawn the appointments of all special government pleaders at each station in the province....
14 booked for attack on foreign tourists MANSEHRA, July 17: The Mansehra police have registered cases against 14 workers of banned religious outfits and the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba under Sections 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act and Sections 324/34...		Electricity meter negotiations fail LANDI KOTAL, July 17: Negotiations between the Wapda authorities and Bara residents about the installation of domestic meters failed to reach any decision....
‘Packages a threat to federation’ CHARSADDA, July 17: The Awami National Party has rejected both the constitutional packages of the military government, terming them a threat to the federation....		Tenders for computers cancelled GILGIT, July 17: The Northern Areas Education Department has cancelled the tenders for acquisition of computers to equip the newly-established information technology laboratories in its four centres at Gilgit and Skardu....
Protest held against power suspension KALAYA, July 17: The residents of Orakzai Agency on Wednesday took out a protest procession and pelted stones at all government installations in the Upper Tehsil areas against the disconnection of...		PML demands release of leaders PESHAWAR, July 17: The Pakistan Muslim League, NWFP, on Tuesday rejected the proposed constitutional amendment packages, stating that only an elected parliament had the legal right to amend the Constitution....
Man held for Nazim’s murder MANSEHRA, July 17: The Kaghan police claimed to have arrested a person involved in the murder of Aftab Asghar Dar, an aide of former prime minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and Nazim...		Two killed HANGU, July 17: Two people were killed in different incidents in the lower Orakzai Agency, sources said on Wednesday....
Constable dies in outlaws firing LAKKI MARWAT, July 17: A police constable was killed and another wounded when unidentified outlaws opened fire at them during an operation against suspected car thieves on Tuesday....		Hesco rejects public outcry against crystal meters SANGHAR, July 17: There are 40,000 electric meters and hundreds of kilometres of wire available for new connections as proposals for village electrification have been invited which will be prepared by...
No police help needed to punish water thieves: Irrigation official’s warning DADU, July 16: The irrigation department has decided to take action against water thieves under the Irrigation Act without seeking the assistance of police as the local police is not cooperating...		Spurious pesticides plant unearthed MIRPURKHAS, July 17: On the directives of the additional secretary and the chairman, Adulteration Committee, Sindh, a team of plant protection officers along with a heavy contingent of police raided a...
Hostage returns home LARKANA, July 17: Ali Hassan Chachar, who was kidnapped on May 14 from Mahota village, reached home safely on Wednesday....		Drug trafficking NAWABSHAH, July 17: More than 25 workers of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) took out a rally against drug trafficking in Nawabshah on Tuesday....
Drivers robbed SUKKUR, July 17: Some 25 truck drivers were looted by a group of 30 armed bandits on the Sukkur-Shikarpur Road near the Jahan Khan police post on Wednesday....		Teacher booked for chaining young pupils SANGHAR, July 17: A teacher of Madressah , Maulvi Shafi Mohammad, was booked following the recovery of two of his young pupils, Sarfaraz, son of Ubaidullah, and Mohammed Tayyab, son of...
Illegal detainee NAWABSHAH, July 17: The judicial magistrate raided the Qazi Ahmad police station and found one person in illegal detention....		4-month wages demanded NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 17: Sanitation workers observed a token hunger strike in Darya Khan Mari town on Wednesday against the non-payment of their salaries....
Suspension from service no punishment: PAC LAHORE, July 17: The Adhoc Public Accounts Committee of the Punjab Assembly opined on Wednesday that suspension of delinquent government officials with benefits was not a punishment. The practice, it said,...		LHC decides to convene depositors’ meeting: Taj Company revival LAHORE, July 17: The Lahore High Court decided on Wednesday to convene a meeting of Taj Company depositors to consider a scheme for revival of the company and satisfaction of the...
Ahmadis’ votes ‘deleted’ from rolls LAHORE, July 17: Following the promulgation of General Elections (Second Amendment) Order 2002 last month, revising authorities in 23 districts of the province have identified 31,965 voters as Ahmadis and ‘shifted’...		Home secretary asked to decide Azam Tariq’s plea LAHORE, July 17: The Lahore High Court asked the Punjab home secretary on Wednesday to decide the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba leader Azam Tariq’s plea against his continued detention within 25 days, failing...
Industrial workers observe black day LAHORE, July 17: Industrial workers observed black day on Wednesday on the call given by the All-Pakistan Trade Unions Federation to highlight their plight at the hands of employers and the...		Court refuses remand of accused: Trade of children FAISALABAD, July 17: The civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate refused to grant physical remand of three accused involved in the trade of children and sent them to the district jail for 14-day judicial...
Teachers observe protest day today GUJRANWALA, July 17: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association and the Punjab Teachers Union will observe Thursday as protest day and boycott the central marking of intermediate papers against denationalization of...		LHC issues notice to ANF: Producing drug baron MULTAN, July 17: The Lahore High Court, Multan bench, issued on Wednesday notice to the Anti-Narcotics Force to submit a report within 15 days about the expected date of producing drug...
Rs2.74bn earmarked for the deserving TOBA TEK SINGH, July 17: The government will disburse a sum of Rs2.74 billion among 150,000 deserving people in the province during the current fiscal....		MMA plans to mobilize workers MULTAN, July 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has chalked out a plan to mobilize its workers to face the challenge of forthcoming general elections....
Proprietary rights given FAISALABAD, July 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government is making efforts to restore real democracy in the country....		Punjab, Sindh PML-N directed to hold polls LAHORE, July 17: Nawaz League chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has directed the Punjab and Sindh organizations of his party to hold their elections at the earliest....
Drought victims get relief LAHORE, July 17: The Punjab government has remitted Rs508.93 million to farmers of calamity-hit areas during the last five months (January-May) of the financial year 2001-2002, the Board of Revenue senior...		Co-op secy’s petition rejected LAHORE, July 17: An accountability court on Wednesday rejected the application of Punjab Co-operatives Secretary Javed Iqbal for pre-mature acquittal of corruption charges....