July 19, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 8, 1423

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Development work begins without CDA’s approval: Six housing schemes in E-11 ISLAMABAD, July 18: The development work on six housing societies have started here at sector E-11 without the approval of Capital Development Authority (CDA), sources told Dawn on Thursday....		Special committee members have difference of opinion: Reviewing of Hudood Ordinance ISLAMABAD, July 18: Some serious difference of opinion has emerged between the members of the special committee constituted under the National Commission on Status of Women, a statutory body, to review...
Denationalization of schools, colleges opposed RAWALPINDI, July 18: Leaders of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA) vowed to continue their campaign against denationalization of educational institutions....		PVMA strike causes shortage of edible oil ISLAMABAD, July 18: The strike called by the Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers Association (PVMA), against “double taxation” on their products, has caused shortage of edible oil and Ghee in the twin cities...
ARD rejects constitutional package RAWALPINDI, July 18: The leaders of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) here on Thursday rejected the government’s constitutional amendments package and warned the rulers to leave the power before people...		Need to adopt new trading principles urged ISLAMABAD, July 18: Director General Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) Abdul Rashid emphasized the need for adopting new principles of multilateral trading system since the WTO would soon form the playing...
Minister unhappy over slow plantation drive ISLAMABAD, July 18: The environment minister, Barrister Shahida Jamil, has expressed her dissatisfaction with the slow progress of the spring tree plantation campaign....		Price of Roti increased to Rs2.50 ISLAMABAD, July 18: The price of a Roti (bread) has been increased to Rs2.50 in the capital due to recent increase in the price of wheat flour and gas. Previously, it...
Hearing in BMW case adjourned RAWALPINDI, July 18: An accountability court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of NAB’s BMW Reference against former senator Asif Ali Zardari until July 29....		Majlis-i-Amal’s convention at Liaquat Bagh on 25th RAWALPINDI, July 18: Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal will hold a workers’ convention here in Liaquat Bagh on July 25....
Four killed in separate road accidents ISLAMABAD, July 18: Four persons were killed in separate road accidents in the twin cities on Thursday, according to reports filed at various police stations....		Body found ISLAMABAD, July 18: Tarnol police found an unidentified body in Dhoke Kashmirian on Thursday....
APNS vows to fight draconian press laws KARACHI, July 18: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), in an emergency meeting, convened by its president, Hameed Haroon, here on Thursday, decided to move “aggressively and affirmatively,” to open up...		Balochistan Nazimeen want more uplift funds QUETTA, July 18: Tehsil and town Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen of Balochistan have demanded upward revision of the current budget allocation, which, according to them, is not sufficient for the requirements...
BEF told to revise funding policy QUETTA, July 18: Provincial Governor, Justice Amirul Mulk Mengal, has asked the Balochistan Education Foundation to revise its policy regarding providing grants to the educational institutions....		SC bench to hear appeal against contempt verdict ISLAMABAD, July 18: A special bench of the Supreme Court, comprising 14 judges, will hear on Monday the appeal of the Registrar of the Sindh High Court, Mohammed Sadiq Leghari, who...
‘Accession to Pakistan Day’ today MUZAFFARABAD, July 18: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar Memon will arrive here on Friday to attend a public meeting to mark the “Accession to Pakistan Day”....		President opens moot on corruption today ISLAMABAD, July 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate a two-day international workshop on Friday to discuss and finalize a National Anti-Corruption Strategy, prepared by National Accountability Bureau to lay down...
Costliest movie being released today LAHORE, July 18: The film industry of Pakistan is all abuzz with excitement and expectations as actor director Jawed Sheikh’s Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa, claimed to be the costliest movie...		MMA set to launch mass-contact campaign RAWALPINDI, July 18: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is set to launch people-contact drive for the forthcoming general elections....
Tax recovery continues in calamity-hit areas LARKANA, July 18: Recovery of the arrears of the agricultural taxes for the past years has been suspended in Warah, Kambar and Shahdadkot talukas which have been declared calamity-hit areas....		4 die as gastroenteritis spreads in Kachho DADU, July 18: Four villagers of Kachho area of the district, including two minor girls, died of gastroenteritis on Thursday as the disease has spread in several villages of the hilly...
Nazimeen slam DPO’s transfer KHAIRPUR, July 18: The Nazims of various Talukas and union councils observed token hunger strike at Katchehry Road on Thursday against the transfer of DPO Abdul Khaliq Shaikh....		Water scheme planned MIRPURKHAS, July 18: To overcome the shortage of water in different localities of the town, the Mirpurkhas Municipal Committee has planned a water supply scheme near the Sindhri- Mirpurkhas Road, Mirpurkhas...
SDA supports reforms package SHIKARPUR, July 18: Imtiaz Ali Shaikh, president, Sindh Democratic Alliance (SDA), has supported the reforms’ package introduced by the government but he opposed the matters related to legislation and amendments being...		Female ward opened in Sukkur jail SUKKUR, July 18: The first ever female ward in the Sukkur Central Prison was inaugurated by the inspector general of prisons, Sindh, Nisar Ahmad, on Thursday....
Lady health workers get awards BADIN, July 18: Despite a decline in the national population growth, 2,500 to 3,000 mothers die in Pakistan each year while thousands of the mothers suffer from gynaecology diseases....		Three killed in accident KHAIRPUR, July 18:: Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a rickshaw and a wagon near Khairpur on Wednesday....
End to agencies’ role in politics sought PESHAWAR, July 18: Masood Sharif Khattak, a former Intelligence Bureau chief and PPP central executive committee member, has underlined the need for doing away with the political role of the secret...		Repatriation centre for DPs to be closed PESHAWAR, July 18: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has decided to close one of its three voluntary repatriation centres in the Frontier province and the adjacent Federally Administered...
Rs340m budget for Abbottabad council ABBOTTABAD, July 18: The district Nazim, Mustafa Jadoon, presented a Rs340 million budget for the Abbottabad district council for the next fiscal year here on Thursday....		14 suspected attackers shifted to Peshawar MANSEHRA, July 18: The 14 suspected militants detained in connection with the attack on foreign tourists were handed over to a joint interrogation team that shifted them to Peshawar under strict...
Population Day observed CHITRAL, July 18: The population welfare department held a function here on Thursday in connection with the World Population Day. Chitral District Naib Nazim Salim Khan presided over the event....		Uplift package for Diamer approved GILGIT, July 18: The chief executive of Northern Areas, Kashmir Affairs Minister Abbas Sarfraz Khan, has approved a Rs140 million development package for Diamer district....
Budget for Mansehra district announced MANSEHRA, July 18: The annual budget of Mansehra district council projected at Rs1,267.784 million for 2002-2003 was presented at the council meeting here on Thursday....		PML wants re-election in Lakki town councils PESHAWAR, July 18: The PML(N) has demanded of the provincial government to announce a fresh date for the town council elections in Lakki Marwat and Sarai Naurang, where some of the...
District govts utilized 60pc funds last year LAHORE, July 18: District governments in the Punjab failed to spend 41.1 per cent of the Rs20.742 billion cash transfers to them during the fiscal year 2001-02, a central bank report...		Line losses remain high, receivables higher: Wapda report 2001-02 LAHORE, July 18: Line losses of the Water and Power Development Authority remained as high as 25.8 per cent during the year 2001-2002 and receivables went up from Rs43.885 billion to...
Sharifs, Benazir not returning: President reassures PML-QA LAHORE, July 18: President Pervez Musharraf has told PML(QA) leaders that former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto, Mian Nawaz Sharif and former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif are not returning home nor will...		Bar questions timing of amendments LAHORE, July 18: The amendments proposed by the government amount to ‘militarization’ of the Constitution, representatives of the Bar said here on Thursday....
Seminaries plan protest drive LAHORE, July 18: Ittehad Tanzeemat Madaris-i-Deenia, an alliance of five organizations of religious seminaries, has planned a protest drive against the government to press it to withdraw the proposed Madaris Registration...		No trace of poisoning in ‘mystery’ death LAHORE, July 18: The chemical examination laboratories here have failed to identify the cause of death of 18 years old Shahzad, the fifth member of his family to die under mysterious...
Bail plea in stoning case adjourned FAISALABAD, July 18: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahid Rafiq on Thursday adjourned for July 25 the hearing of the bail application of the 30 accused, involved in the killing of...		Police barred from taking illegal action: Peerowal farms MULTAN, July 18: The Multan bench of Lahore High Court on Thursday refrained the Khanewal district police officer and his subordinates from taking unlawful action against the tenants of Peerowal farms...
Students vow to launch movement MULTAN, July 18: The Muttahida Tulaba Mahaz has vowed to launch a movement against privatization of state-run educational institutions if the government does not withdraw its decision by July 25....		Fake mobil oil business continues unabated SARGODHA, July 18: Fake mobil oil is being manufactured and marketed in the packaging of international brands by an elected representative in connivance with the government department officials....
Children handed over to mothers FAISALABAD, July 18: All the three children who were recovered on the information of three alleged children traffickers were handed over to their mothers by the local police here on Thursday....		Bail extended in Nazim’s murder SAHIWAL, July 18: A local court on Thursday extended the pre-arrest bail of six accused involved in the murder of the union council Nazim in the DHQ Hospital’s medical ward on...
Man gets death after confession BAHAWALPUR, July 18: A local court on Thursday handed down death sentence and fined Rs100,000 to a convict after his confessional statement in a murder case....		Govt urged to cancel transfer of DHQ ex-MS SARGODHA, July 18: Some 39 Nazimeen and district council health committee Chairman Dr Zulfiqar Bhatti has demanded the government to cancel the transfer of DHQ Hospital’s former Medical Superintendent Mazhar Rasheed....