July 25, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 14,1423

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Pindi Tehsil council okays Rs500 million surplus budget RAWALPINDI, July 24: The Tehsil council has approved a surplus budget of Rs500 million for the year 2002-03....		ADBP suffered loss of over Rs51m: PAC told ISLAMABAD, July 24: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday expressed concern over the loss of Rs51.27 million to the Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) due to excess...
Arrest warrants issued for jail superintendent in ARY Gold case ISLAMABAD, July 24: An accountability court on Wednesday issued bailable warrants of arrest against Adiala jail superintendent for his failure to appear before the court in a contempt application moved in...		US urged to mediate Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Jammu and Kashmir People’s League (JKPL) chairman, Farooq Rehmani, has said the United States should play a proactive role in the resolution of Kashmir issue....
Nazim not satisfied with pace of work: Nullah Leh Expansion Project RAWALPINDI, July 24: The district government has expressed its dissatisfaction over the pace of work on the Nullah Leh project and warned the contractors that no extension will be given in...		NWD, ISD charges to be reduced: PTCL chairman ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) has decided to further reduce charges on nationwide (NWD) and international calls (ISD) by 25 per cent....
Drug-trafficker gets one-year RI RAWALPINDI, July 24: A drug-trafficker was sentenced to one year of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Sarwar Sidhu on Wednesday....		‘Fertilizer industry needs incentives’ ISLAMABAD, July 24: The fertilizer industry needs incentives and appropriate measures for enhancing its growth to meet the requirements of the agriculture sector....
NGOs condemn Abbakhel incident ISLAMABAD, July 24: Civil bodies condemned the ‘deal’ struck at Abbakhel, where ignoring the death sentence given to four murderers and rejection of clemency appeal by the president, the two parties...		CDA pays over Rs3m to private firm for study on six dams ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has paid Rs3.5 million to a consultant firm for preparing a study on the construction of six small dams in the capital, a...
Move to deregulate pharma sector deplored ISLAMABAD, July 24: The proposed policy draft on deregulation, if implemented, will have a devastating effect on affordability, availability, quality, rational use and safety of pharmaceutical products in the country, claims...		AJK govt accused of financial irregularities MUZAFFARABAD, July 24: Opposition Peoples Party in Azad Kashmir (PPAJK) has dubbed the present Muslim Conference-led government as the “most unsuccessful and disappointing regime” in the history of the state, accusing...
‘No discord between politicians, Mujahideen’ MUZAFFARABAD, July 24: Muttahida Jihad Council (MJC) chairman Syed Salahuddin on Wednesday said the political leadership and Jihadi outfits were struggling against India in harmony and understanding with each other....		PML(QA) party polls on Aug 2 ISLAMABAD, July 24: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) on Wednesday decided to hold elections for its central offices, including the president, on Aug 2....
APNS, CPNE get press laws’ copies ISLAMABAD, July 24: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Mr Nisar A. Memon said on Wednesday that press laws will soon be submitted to the cabinet for its approval....		Powell, Rocca due on 27th ISLAMABAD, July 24: The US assistant secretary of state Christina Rocca will accompany the US secretary of state Colin Powell on his peace mission to South Asia that begins on Saturday....
Khokhar to assume charge of foreign secretary BEIJING, July 24: Ambas-sador Riaz Hussain Khokhar will assume the charge of Foreign Secretary in Islamabad on Saturday. ...		PPP hails C’wealth observers for election ISLAMABAD, July 24: Pakis-tan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday welcomed Commonwealth Secretary-General Don Mckin-non’s decision to send an election observer team as a “good first step” to force the...
Tax exemptions being denied to car owners ISLAMABAD, July 24: Despite the exemption of withholding tax on motor cars used for more than 10 years in Pakistan, the postal authorities were still collecting the same from the owners....		Musharraf to attend radio programme ISLAMABAD, July 24: Presi-dent Gen Pervez Musharraf will participate in Pakistan Broadca-sting Corporation’s panel discussion programme on Thursday....
Cops suspended GILGIT, July 24: Senior superintendent of police, Mohammad Dilpazeer, has suspended three constables on the charges of dereliction of duties, sources told Dawn on Wednesday....		Only parliament can amend Constitution, seminar told QUETTA, July 24: Representatives of all main political parties, except Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) and National Awami Party, at a seminar here on Tuesday rejected the proposed constitutional amendments announced by...
Nazimeen, health body chief threaten to quit: Transfer of MS SARGODHA, July 24: Some 40 Nazimeen of various union councils headed by District Health Committee Chairman Dr Zulfiqar Bhatti have threatened the health ministry they will resign, if the transfer of...		2,706 immigrants to get ownership FAISALABAD, July 24: Work to award ownership to 2,706 allottees of Ghulam Muhammadabad, awaiting rights for the last 53 years, is in full swing on the orders of the Punjab governor....
82 women killed, 150 assaulted in six months MULTAN, July 24: Some 82 women were murdered and 150 criminally assaulted in southern Punjab during the first half of the current year....		Woman held for contempt alleges false prosecution FAISALABAD, July 24: Anwar Bibi, who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of threatening a civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate and his staff with dire consequences and pelting stones at the courtroom, denied...
Zakat Ord to be amended MULTAN, July 24: The government will amend the Zakat Ordinance to give funds directly to the administrators of the seminaries so that they could distribute these on their discretion....		PPP, PML-N to make adjustment in Kamalia TOBA TEK SINGH, July 24: The PPP and PML (N) will make adjustment on national and provincial seats of Kamalia for the forthcoming general elections....
Passengers being forced to pay toll GUJRANWALA, July 24: Transporters are boarding Ghakkhar town passengers on the condition that they will pay the toll tax themselves....		SHO escapes after rejection of bail GUJRANWALA, July 24: A former SHO involved in a criminal case escaped from court when the judge rejected his interim bail application here on Wednesday....
UCs allowed to execute projects TOBA TEK SINGH, July 24: The Punjab government has allowed the union councils execution of development projects costing less than Rs100,000 in their respective areas, a local government official said here...		Two dacoits die in ‘encounter’ TOBA TEK SINGH, July 24: Two dacoits were killed in an encounter near Gojra on Tuesday night, police claimed....
Agencies asked to support pro-govt candidates FAISALABAD, July 24: The government has directed all the departmental heads and law enforcement agencies to give maximum help to the aspiring candidates backed by pro-government parties to ensure their success...		Brick kiln workers stop traffic SIALKOT, July 24: More than 350 Christian brick kiln workers blocked traffic on Tuesday on the main Daska-Sialkot Road near Adda Motra for about half an hour by laying down on...
Cases against 54 water thieves BAHAWALNAGAR, July 24: Police have registered cases against 54 water thieves....		Three SSP men held in Mailsi VEHARI, July 24: Three activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) were arrested from various localities of Mailsi here on Wednesday....
Calamity-hit farmers get no benefits SANGHAR, July 24: Farmers’ organizations and Nazimeen of different union councils have expressed their resentment over the Revenue Department’s recovery drive in the calamity-hit areas despite the one-year exemption granted by...		100 waterways closed in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, July 24: The crisis of irrigation water has deepened in the district as the Khairpur West Feeder, Ubal Wah, fed from the Sukkur Barrage, has been closed from July 23,...
SI held, stolen car recovered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 24: The sub-inspector police (SI), investigation, Kandiaro, Mumtaz Bugti, was arrested and a stolen car was recovered from his possession on late Tuesday night....		Rally against water shortage: Nazim arrested, 52 others booked SUKKUR, July 24: The Nazim of Union Council Thul-2, Ghous Bakhsh Sarki, and two other leaders were arrested after registration of a case against 53 people accused of blocking highway during...
Proposed site for bypass opposed NAWABSHAH, July 24: A joint procession was taken out by several political parties and the Shehri Ittehad here on Wednesday against what they called ‘selection of wrong site’ for the construction...		JSM-Z sees govt-parties deal to share powers HYDERABAD, July 24: The Chairman of Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM-Z) Syed Zain Shah, has said that the military government’s bid to bring about amendments to the constitution was aimed at imposing...
Govt wants splits in major parties, says PML-N HYDERABAD, July 24: The central coordination secretary of the PML (N), Labour Wing, Shabbir Ahmad, has accused the government of trying to divide the PML (N) and the PPP into different...		Three nabbed in murder case MIRPURKHAS, July 24: The Bodar farm investigation police arrested three accused in a murder case of a peasant woman on Tuesday night....
Six DSPs transferred HYDERABAD, July 24: The AIG of Hyderabad Region, Abdur Rauf Yousufzai, has issued transfer orders of six DSPs here on Tuesday....		Grossest travesty of law: Aitzaz LAHORE, July 24: Former senator Aitzaz Ahsan has expressed his shock over a report on the trade-off of eight girls in a tribal settlement arrived at a “gathering of religious scholars,...
Three booths proposed for each polling station LAHORE, July 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has proposed the establishment of a maximum of three polling booths for each polling station for the forthcoming polls....		No admission on reserved seats in TEVTA institutes LAHORE, July 24: All technical education and vocational training institutes in the Punjab have been instructed not to admit students on seats reserved for sports and co-curricular activities from this academic...
Appendicitis hits villages in Khanpur HARIPUR, July 24: Twenty-two women have undergone surgery for removal of swollen appendix after appendicitis spread in two villages of Khanpur during the last five days, Dawn learnt on Tuesday. However,...		20 suspected Al Qaeda men, supporters held BAJAUR, July 24: The tribal administration and Mamond tribesmen have arrested 20 suspected Al Qaeda men and their supporters during a joint search operation here in Mamond sub-division, near the Pak-Afghan...