August 1, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 21,1423

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CDA, ICT admin to resume work today: Sector D-12 development ISLAMABAD, July 31: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration will resume development work on the site allocated for D-12 Sector....		Ghazi Barotha victims protest against LEAs highhandedness ISLAMABAD, July 31: The family members of the Ghazi Barotha Hydro Power Project (GBHP) affected persons, including aged women and children, staged a protest demonstration against the “highhandedness” of the law...
AC begins hearing in Islamabad new city scam ISLAMABAD, July 31: An accountability court on Wednesday commenced hearing in a corruption reference against ex-chief minister NWFP, Aftab Sherpao for his alleged involvement in Islamabad New City scam....		Dozens of villagers arrested from court premises ISLAMABAD, July 31: Dozens of villagers of Siri Saral, who approached the district and sessions judge Islamabad on Wednesday to seek justice, were taken into custody by the police....
Ijaz seeks lists of general council members ISLAMABAD, July 31: The senior vice-president of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q), Ijazul Haq, on Wednesday wrote third letter to the acting secretary-general of the party complaining that he had not been...		Plan devised to check drug-trafficking ISLAMABAD, July 31: A plan has been chalked out to effectively control drug trafficking inside as well as outside the territorial limits of the country, says a press release....
Polls no substitute for plebiscite: president DHAKA, July 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Wednesday that people in occupied Kashmir opposed elections as these were held under coercion and their fairness had always been doubted by...		Northern Areas’ traders want taxes withdrawn GILGIT, July 31: The representatives of Northern Areas traders and transporters associations at press conference here on Tuesday demanded of the government to withdraw all the taxes imposed on Northern Areas...
Nawaz indicates he won’t return for elections ISLAMABAD, July 31: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has given his clearest indication yet that he will not return to Pakistan to contest October elections, a senior member of his political...		Wapda begins building four grid stations in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, July 31: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has launched work on the construction of four of the nine much-required grid stations in Azad Kashmir, this was informed to...
Pakistan poised to join UNSC UNITED NATIONS, July 31: With endorsement from the Asian group at the United Nations, Pakistan is poised to become a member of the powerful UN Security Council (UNSC) in January for...		Ex-SSP gets three-year RI QUETTA, July 31: The Accountability Court No. II, Quetta, on Wednesday awarded three years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs2.2 million to Sibi’s former SSP, Qazi Abdul Wahid, in two...
Gwadar port’s first phase to be ready by 2004 QUETTA, July 31: The first phase of the Gwadar Deep Seaport project would be completed by 2004 at a cost of $248 million, the Chairman, Gwadar Port Authority, Rear Admiral Sarfaraz...		Madaris graduates can contest elections ISLAMABAD, July 31: Pakistan has declared that graduates of religious schools are exempt from a controversial new electoral law that bars non-university graduates from running for the General Elections....
Pakistan, China sign protocol on mapping ISLAMABAD, July 31: A protocol on surveying and mapping was signed on Tuesday between the Survey of Pakistan and the state bureau of surveying and mapping, China....		Kharif, Rabi crops may hit badly: Water shortage in barrages SUKKUR, July 31: The 30 per cent water shortage in the Sukkur and Guddu barrages was expected to increase to 60 per cent if there was no rainfall by the middle...
Three killed KHAIRPUR, July 31: A farmer was shot dead by two unidentified persons in the jurisdiction of the Ahmedpur police station on Wednesday....		Passengers looted SHIKARPUR, July 31: Six unidentified highwaymen looted cash and valuables from the passengers of a wagon (R-206), coming from Sukkur, on the National Highway near Lakhi on Monday....
SNF intra-party polls results LARKANA, July 31: The results of the Sindh National Front (SNF) party polls were announced on Wednesday....		Dacoits loot passengers, drivers on highway SUKKUR, July 31: Some armed dacoits opened fire on a wagon and looted passengers on the Indus Highway near Sarkari Wah, some 20 kms from Sukkur, on Wednesday....
Dist Council condemns ministers’ attitude BADIN, July 31: District Nazim Kamal Khan Chang has said the district government will not allow anyone to use government buildings for political purposes....		Enrolment in NWFP govt schools declines PESHAWAR, July 31: Enrolment in the NWFP’s public sector primary schools fell by 3 per cent during 2001-02, a statistical report said....
Indus River fishing rights auctioned DERA ISMAIL KHAN, July 31: Fishing rights in river Indus were auctioned here today at EDO agriculture office, on Tuesday morning....		Rs437m Haripur dist budget approved HARIPUR, July 31: The district council passed Rs437.446 million surplus budget for the fiscal year 2002-03 amid walk-out and rumpus by the opposition members on Tuesday....
20,000 saplings to be planted in Peshawar PESHAWAR, July 31: The NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the Frontier province is the major repository of forest and mountain resources in the country but still there is...		30 college employees demand salaries WANA, July 31: Thirty employees of Government College Ladha, South Waziristan Agency, have not received their salaries for the last one year....
Swat Serena Hotel’s lease to be extended PESHAWAR, July 31: The NWFP cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of lease of Swat Serena Hotel and welcomed the investment of Rs70 million committed by the lessee to preserve and upgrade the historic...		Teachers oppose right-sizing policy CHARSADDA, July 31: Teachers held a public meeting at Government High School No 1 here on Wednesday to protest against the right-sizing policy under which 378 teachers had been sent to...
Fake currency seized, two arrested BAJAUR, July 31: The political administration of Bajaur Agency on Tuesday recovered fake currency notes, including Pakistani rupees and American dollars, and arrested two persons in Khaar, the agency headquarters....		Pesco provides power to 36 villages PESHAWAR, July 31: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) provided electricity to 36 villages in district Mansehra and installed 105 transformers in different parts of Hazara division....
Juvenile courts planned PESHAWAR, July 31: Government will arrange free legal aid to the poor jailed children, a meeting held on Tuesday to review matters relating to juvenile justice system in the province was told....		Cattle diseases break out CHITRAL, July 31: Nearly one hundred bulls perished due to the outbreak of diseases in the pastures of Reshun and Nishko....
Senate polls day after NA, PAs polling proposed LAHORE, July 31: A proposal to hold elections to the Senate the day following joint polling for national and provincial assemblies has been floated before the Election Commission Pakistan (ECP), sources...		Met official hopeful of rains in two months LAHORE, July 31: Little rain with burning sun and sultry weather dominated most parts of July, the first month of monsoon in most cities in Pakistan. In Lahore, the total rainfall...
Chamba House cop remanded LAHORE, July 31: An accountability court on Wednesday remanded a head constable of Chamba House police station in the NAB custody for two weeks following his arrest on charges of assisting...		Nazim seeks provincial, federal funds LAHORE, July 31: District Nazim Amer Mahmood said on Wednesday the city government lacked funds for development. Unless the federal and the provincial governments came to its rescue, he said, it...
Documentation lags behind archaeological discoveries LAHORE, July 31: More than a 1,000 new archaeological sites and monuments in the province, mapped between 1992 and 1997, have not been documented so far despite the millions of rupees...		Political role for security council opposed LAHORE, July 31: Eminent lawyer S.M.Zafar has opposed the political role for the proposed national security council as he feared it would tarnish the image, integrity and discipline of the armed...
Court sends defaulter to PIC for treatment LAHORE, July 31: An accountability court on Wednesday sent an alleged defaulter of the National Industrial Co-operative Finance Cooperation Azizul Haq Qureshi to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) for treatment...		Judgment reserved in citizenship case LAHORE, July 31: The Lahore High Court reserved its order on Wednesday on an American-Pakistani’s plea for citizenship rights, including the right to contest polls....
Teachers’ Protest meetings LAHORE, July 31: School and college teachers on Wednesday observed a ‘condemnation day’ by holding protest meetings and demonstrations in educational institutions in the city to condemn police torture of teachers...		Mystery about Hafiz Saeed’s Whereabouts continues LAHORE, July 31: The whereabouts of a Jihadi leader remained a mystery as both the federal and provincial governments reiterated on Wednesday that they had neither ordered his arrest nor he...
Founder members form parallel body: Shake-up in PPP GUJRANWALA, July 31: The founder members of Pakistan People’s Party have rejected the house elections and constituted a parallel district organization....		Three farmers shot dead in revenge GUJRANWALA, July 31: Three farmers were shot dead on Wednesday by their rivals to settle old score in Naushera Virkan....
LJ man arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, July 31: City police claimed on Wednesday arrest of a Lashkar-i-Jhangvi man who was involved in a sectarian murder case....		Dacoits kill woman, her son SIALKOT, July 31: An elderly woman and her young son were tortured to death while her daughter was injured seriously late Tuesday by bandits on resistance during a dacoity bid in...
Tax-free budget JHANG, July 31: District Nazim Sahibzada Sultan Hameed at a council’s session on Tuesday presented Rs2.244 billion tax-free budget for 2002-03....		Man, minor son killed on road VEHARI, July 31: A man and his minor son were killed and another injured on Wednesday in an accident on the Vehari-Burewala Road....
Man dies from burns at Mayo SHEIKHUPURA, July 31: A spare parts dealer, who sustained burns in a gas cylinder explosion on Tuesday night, died at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, on Wednesday....		Killer of three children held FAISALABAD, July 31: The local police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested an accused who had killed three children some two months ago in Khurrianwala police station area....