July 29, 2002	Monday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 18,1423

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Rs300 million project to increase dam’s storage: Construction of spillway at Simly ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Auxiliary Spillway Project at Simly Dam, which aims at increasing storage capacity and avoiding water wastage, will be completed by the end of the current year with...		Rs100m required for renovation of Shaheed-i-Millat Secretariat ISLAMABAD, July 28: An amount of Rs100 million is required for the repair and renovation of the Shaheed-i-Millat Secretariat building which was gutted early this year....
SSP directed to register FIR against in-laws of tortured woman RAWALPINDI, July 28: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani on Sunday directed the senior superintendent of police to register an FIR in a torture case wherein a newly-married woman suffered miscarriage after...		Wasa officials trying to abort merger with TMA RAWALPINDI, July 28: Wasa officials have been trying to abort the agency’s merger with Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), well-placed sources told Dawn....
Survey planned to find exact number of Afghan DPs ISLAMABAD, July 28: The government has decided to undertake a survey to ascertain the exact number of Afghan refugees in Islamabad and Rawalpindi....		PML(N) flays privatization of educational institutions ISLAMABAD, July 28: Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Sunday expressed complete solidarity with students and teachers of Punjab in rejecting privatization of educational institutions together with other reforms package and warned...
Landless tenants ISLAMABAD, July 28: The People’s Rights Movement (PRM) demanded of the government to give ownership rights to all landless tenants living on state land and kutcha abadi dwellers by August 14....		Six die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, July 28: Six people, including a mother and a child, were killed and four others injured in separate incidents in the twin cities on Sunday....
ISPs directed to help govt track e-mails of suspects ISLAMABAD, July 28: The government is working on a security project to eavesdrop on computer communications by suspected criminals and allow its use for prosecution in court of law....		Madaris, mosques collect Rs70bn annually: study ISLAMABAD, July 28: Madaris and mosques across Pakistan annually collect over Rs70 billion (US $1.1 billion) in donations, both in cash and kind, as against the official Zakat collections of only...
Minister begins talks with APHC ISLAMABAD, July 28: The AJK government on Sunday sent a minister, Haider Farooq, to hold talks with Azad Kashmir All Parties Hurriyet Conference leadership at the APHC office....		Benazir’s election in conflict with PPO ISLAMABAD, July 28: The election of Benazir Bhutto as party head is in conflict with the Political Parties Order, 2002, promulgated by the present military ruler, indicating that the PPP is...
Federal levies force in Balochistan abolished QUETTA, July 28: Balochistan government has abolished the federal levies force in the province and its over 3,500 personnel were inducted into the provincial levies from July 1, Home Secretary Azmat...		Ajmal elected NAPP president PESHAWAR, July 28: Elections of the National Awami Party Pakistan at central and provincial levels were held here on Sunday....
Atta arrives in Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, July 28: Science and Technology Minister Prof Dr Attaur Rehman arrived here on Sunday on a two-day visit to deliver a letter of President Gen Pervez Musharraf to Malaysian...		Two shot dead KARACHI, July 28: Two persons were shot dead in the limits of Buffer Zone police station on Sunday night....
NGOs role QUETTA, July 28: Balochistan Finance Minister Jalil Khan Dotani on Saturday said most political parties had included NGOs’ programmes in their manifestoes but they never implemented them. He was speaking at...		PPP holds district elections in Sindh LARKANA, July 28: In the party election of the PPP, Larkana district, held at Nisar Khuhro’s house here on Sunday, almost all former office-bearers were re-elected....
Torkham border reopens LANDI KOTAL, July 28: After a closure of over 36 hours, the Pakistan-Afghanistan border was opened on Sunday afternoon following a series of negotiations between senior officials of the two countries...		100 English-medium schools for workers’ children planned SWABI, July 28: The Federal Minister for Labour and Overseas Pakistanis, Owais Ghani, has said 100 English-medium model schools will be established by the Workers Welfare Board (WWB) across the country...
Four more patients of appendicitis operated on HARIPUR, July 28: Four more women from Khanpur were operated on for appendicitis at a hospital in Abbottabad as the local health authorities have failed to take measures against the epidemic,...		Farmers demand share of water SANGHAR, July 28: The farmers of the Dilshad Shakh have demanded their due share of water and declaration of schedule of the rotation programme by the irrigation department....
Waterways to be patrolled DADU, July 28: A patrolling system will be introduced by the irrigation department, especially in the tail-end divisions including Dadu and Thar, and wireless sets and vehicles will be provided to...		Recruits advised to enhance know-how KOHAT, July 28: An attestation parade of the recruits from Corps of Signals was held at the Signal Training Centre here, said an ISPR press release on Sunday....
Experts want law enacted to check barbaric customs PESHAWAR, July 28: The tribal custom of handing over girls for settling feuds could be checked with the implementation of existing laws, enactment of a law prohibiting this practice and increasing...		Two killed in tribal feud SUKKUR, July 28: Two Mirani tribesmen were killed and two others injured when armed Kori tribesmen opened indiscriminate fire on them near Bagarji, Sukkur District, in the wee hours of Sunday....
2 kidnapped men recovered HANGU, July 28: Police and levy’s personnel recovered two kidnapped persons on Sunday after an exchange fire with the abductors for over three hours at the nearby hill station of Samana,...		Installation of power meters begins in Fata ORAKZAI AGENCY, July 28: Political authorities have started installing electricity meters in various parts of Orakzai Agency....
Saifullah elected NWFP PML(QA) chief PESHAWAR, July 28: Former provincial minister Saleem Saifullah was unopposed elected as NWFP Pakistan Muslim League (QA) president here in the league’s provincial polls on Saturday....		Release of Hafiz Saeed demanded FAISALABAD, July 28: The Jamaat Dawat Pakistan has asked the government to immediately release its central leader, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, and not to mislead higher courts about his arrest otherwise its...
Independent candidate hosts lunch for 10,000 SAHIWAL, July 28: An independent candidate intending to contest elections hosted a luncheon on Sunday for over 10,000 people just to announce his candidature from NA 161....		Villagers injure cops GUJRAT, July 28: An assistant sub-inspector was among the four policemen injured by villagers to secure release of a drug-pusher in Aadowal late on Saturday night....
Anti-polio vaccine campaign RAHIM YAR KHAN, July 28: Polio is likely to be eradicated from Pakistan by the end of this year, says Mr Keith Feldon, technical officer, EIP (Expanded Programme on Immunization) of...		Kidnapped banker back home GUJRAT, July 28: The kidnapped bank manager reached home on Saturday reportedly after paying ransom....
Three die, 46 hurt in bus-truck crash SHEIKHUPURA, July 28: Three people were killed and 46 others sustained injuries, two of them serious, on Sunday in a traffic mishap on the Faisalabad Road. A jam-packed bus (JA-5113)...		New pay-scale for BISE employees MULTAN, July 28: Local Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education will give salaries to its employees under the new pay-scale from Aug 1....
Woman, son slaughtered by rivals BAHAWALNAGAR, July 28: A woman and her son were slaughtered on Sunday by their three rivals over the theft accusation in Fortabbas tehsil....		Rise in trade of stolen articles FAISALABAD, July 28: The district police claimed to have registered 7,600 cases of various crimes in the first six months of the current year....
Show-cause notice to DSP SADIQABAD, July 28: Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Islam has issued show-cause notice to Rahim Yar Khan DSP for his failure to attend the court....		Rs4.85 billion City Dist Govt budget tomorrow LAHORE, July 28: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood will present a Rs4.85 billion City District Government Budget for the year 2002-3 before the Lahore District Council on Tuesday (tomorrow)....
PPP announces polls results today LAHORE, July 28: The PPP will announce results of the party elections at Karachi on Monday....		Qazi slams US mum over Israeli raids LAHORE, July 28: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the continued US silence over the air raids on Palestinian localities has exposed the hollowness of the American civilization....
Every third complaint against police: ACE LAHORE, July 28: Over 30 per cent of the complaints lodged with the Anti-Corruption Establishment, Punjab, during the last few years pertain to police....		CJ to be acting governor LAHORE, July 28: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Falak Sher will be sworn in as acting Punjab Governor at a ceremony in the Darbar Hall of the Governor’s House here on...