July 28, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 17,1423

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Govt doctors’ private clinics sealed MARDAN, July 27: In a move against private practice by government doctors, the Executive District Officer (Health), Mardan, has sealed the clinics of known radiologists and eye specialists here....		Jirga expels man from Haripur district HARIPUR, July 27: A village Jirga has expelled a young man from the district for not paying back cash and 10 tola gold ornaments amounting to Rs50,000 to a married woman,...
Five lawyers, KNM worker released on bail GILGIT, July 27: Northern Areas Chief Court Chairman Justice Muzaffar H. Malik on Friday accepted the bail pleas of five lawyers of the Northern Areas Young Lawyers Forum and an activist...		Old man killed, youth wounded GILGIT, July 27: An old man was killed and a youth severely injured in the Basin area of the district on Friday....
500 policemen rewarded for Al Qaeda manhunt FAISALABAD, July 27: The Punjab police high-ups at a ceremony on Saturday disbursed a sum of US $58,725 among 500 policemen as a cash award for ‘successful’ crackdown on Al-Qaeda and...		Nawab denies endorsing demand for girls LAHORE, July 27: Malik Asad, Nawab of Kalabagh, told a visiting team of human rights activists and journalists that he did not endorse the surrender of girls in the Abbkhel deal....
Tenants reject DCO’s ‘offer’ MULTAN, July 27: The central leadership of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab has once again cast away the possibility of any deal that may threaten their status as tenants....		SHO arrested for detaining youth SIALKOT, July 27: On the orders of a local court, the Civil Lines police arrested the Phalora SHO for unlawfully detaining a youth in the lock-up here on Saturday....
Naib bans Nazim’s entry in council MIANWALI, July 27: The Mianwali District Council convener on Saturday imposed a two-year ban on the leader of the house for attending the council session....		Payment system requires changes: AG SARGODHA, July 27: Punjab Auditor-General Wazir Ahmad Qureshi said on Saturday that the system to make payments to public health engineering, highways, buildings and housing and other departments required basic changes....
LJ man arrested in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, July 27: An alleged terrorist of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi involved in the murder of former MNA’s father and carrying Rs200,000 head money was arrested here on Saturday....		SCO staffer’s murder mystery resolved SKARDU, July 27: A one-year-old murder case of a clerk of Special Communication Organization (SCO), Skardu, has been solved,...
PPP holds intra-party polls today PESHAWAR, July 27: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has expedited political activities soon after its central executive committee’s decision to hold the intra-party polls all over the country on Sunday....		Mountaineer, porter killed SKARDU, July 27: Capt Mohammad Iqbal of 10 Sindh Regiment died while scaling K-2 in Karakoram Range, sources said here....
Chitral festival on Aug 11 CHITRAL, July 27: A four-day fair, Chitral Mela, will be held to celebrate the event of the proposed inauguration ceremony of Lowari Tunnel by the President Musharraf....		Skin disease reappears in Larkana LARKANA, July 27: The skin disease, Leishmaniasis, has again erupted in Larkana and its adjoining areas as the World Health Organization left its three-phased programme to control the disease incomplete....
Jobs for Thar, Badin youths promised BADIN, July 27: The Sindh minister for local government, Arbab Ghulam Raheem, has said that 5,000 direct and 10,000 indirect jobs will be available to the youths of Tharparkar and Badin...		Growers stage rallies DADU, July 27: The growers staged demonstrations in Sehwan and Johi on Saturday against water shortage in waterways originating from Johi Branch and Dadu Canal....
Girl, youth hacked over Karo-kari DADU, July 27: A teenage girl, Amina, 18, with a young man, Manthar Ali Odhano, 20, was axed to death by her father, Ghulam Hussain Pahi, on the pretext of Karo-kari...		Row between APHC, AJK govt deepens ISLAMABAD, July 27: The differences between All Parties Hurriyet Conference, AJK chapter, and Azad Kashmir government deepened on Saturday as the government’s representative failed to meet the APHC leaders to hammer...
PBC plans campaign against packages ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Pakistan Bar Council has decided to convene a meeting of all political parties on Aug 17 in Lahore to launch a joint struggle against the proposed constitutional...		President to leave for BD tomorrow ISLAMABAD, July 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is set to begin his official visit to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and China on Monday....
Afghan forces close Torkham gate LANDI KOTAL, July 27: Afghanistan’s border security forces closed the Torkham gate on Saturday after they developed differences with Pakistan’s security guards over the deportation of Afghans who had entered the country illegally....		CPNE flays harassment of editor KARACHI, July 27: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors at a meeting here on Saturday reviewed the situation relating to newspaper editors and press freedom in the backdrop of action taken...
Atta to meet Mahathir ISLAMABAD, July 27 : Federal Minister for Science and Technology Prof Atta-ur-Rahman left for Malaysia on Saturday with a message from President General Pervez Musharraf for Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad....		Benazir urges US to act against hate crimes ISLAMABAD, July 27: Former prime minister and Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto has said that targeting Muslims is wrong....
Five Mashak planes sold to Oman ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan has finalized the deal for sale of five Super Mashaks — indigenously manufactured propeller aircraft — with the Sultanate of Oman....		Act amended ISLAMABAD, July 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has promulgated an ordinance to amended the General Clauses Act, 1897....
Hashish seized QUETTA, July 27: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Balochistan has seized 908kg quality hashish stored in a house in Gardak village, some 20kms west of Bulada near the Pakistan- Iran border on...		Indo-Pakistan conflict chances persist, says Qayyum KARACHI, July 27: Veteran Kashmiri leader Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has stated that Gen Pervez Musharraf is the only president who can withstand all sorts of foreign pressure....
Educationist honoured ISLAMABAD, July 27: Irfanullah Khan, a renowned educationist from Balochistan was awarded presidential award “Izaz-i-Fazeelat” here on Saturday in recognition of his services in non-formal education....		Report denied ISLAMABAD, July 27: An ISPR spokesman has denied a news report appearing in a section of press claiming that General Headquarters had advised the Indus River System Authority to impose cuts...