August 2, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 22,1423

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Operation to begin today at ‘any cost’: Sector D-12 development ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The joint operation planned for Thursday at the site allocated for sector D-12, by the Capital Development Authority and the Islamabad Capital Territory administration, has been postponed till...		Zobaida vows to make efforts for giving NCA varsity status ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The education minister, Zobaida Jalal, has said she will make every effort to ensure that the National College of Arts (NCA) is granted university status....
Petition filed against police, CDA officials ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: A petition has been filed with Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, seeking registration of an FIR against capital police and district administration officials for allegedly killing two...		Anwer Maqsood a courageous humorist, dramatist, painter ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: As the announcement for a flight leaving for Karachi is made, Anwer Maqsood, takes you to what a literary critic would term as the willing suspension of disbelief,...
RCB collects Rs27m in water charges RAWALPINDI, Aug 1: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has collected Rs27 million in water charges under its ongoing campaign launched to recover outstanding dues, Dawn has learnt....		CJP urged to take suo moto action against Dadu police ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Relatives of the victims, killed or injured in an incident in Dadu district, Sindh, on February 26, have urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu...
476 drugs to be exempted from GST ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The ministry of health has submitted to the Central Board of Revenue, the final list of 476 life-saving drugs (LSDs) that are to be exempted from the General...		Ijaz warns against plans to sabotage party polls RAWALPINDI, Aug 1: The senior vice-president of PML-Q, Ijazul Haq, has alleged that conspiracies are being hatched by some elements to sabotage the intra-party elections to the slot of president....
Sewerage, water scheme prepared RAWALPINDI, Aug 1: The district government has prepared a Rs250 million project for improving the sewerage and water supply system in the city....		Prize bonds draw held RAWALPINDI, Aug 1: The 11th draw of Rs7,500 denomination National Prize Bonds held here on Thursday at Library Hall, State Bank of Pakistan....
POL products’ prices rose by 67 per cent since October 1999 ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The prices of petroleum products have increased by an average of 67 per cent, including 126 per cent rise in the furnace oil’s prices, since October 1999, according...		India-based Kashmir Committee in the offing ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Pakistan’s Kashmir Committee, constituted by President Gen Pervez Musharraf earlier this year, will soon have its equivalent body in India....
Two killed in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 1: Two boys were killed and at least five other people, three of them from same family, were injured in Neelum valley in Indian shelling which continued in the...		Equal rights for all nationalities urged QUETTA, Aug 1: Pakistan cannot be strengthened as long as equal rights are not granted to all the nationalities living in the country....
PML (N) discusses issue of leadership today ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The question as to who would lead the Pakistan Muslim League (N) in the October general election will be thrashed at a meeting of the central working committee...		PPP slams Corruption in govt MIRPURKHAS, Aug 1: Pakistan People’s Party has drawn the attention of Supreme Court towards corruption in the regime pointed out by none other than World Bank and asked it to take...
First Pakistan programme on BBC today KARACHI, Aug 1: The first episode of BBC World’s weekly current affairs programme Question Time Pakistan will be aired at 10.30pm (PST) on Friday....		AJK to be included in Mangla dam project ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: Steering committee on the Mangla Extension Project on Thursday in a meeting decided to include the AJK government in the construction pact of the dam to share its...
BNDP elects leaders HUB, Aug 1: Former senator and provincial minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri and former MNA Shakeel Baloch Advocate were elected unopposed on Wednesday as the president and general secretary of the newly-launched...		Govt begins study of people’s reaction to proposed amendments ISLAMABAD, Aug 1: The government on Thursday began wading through 6,000 pages of public reaction to deeply controversial constitutional changes proposed by President Pervez Musharraf....
Eight outlaws arrested LANDI KOTAL, Aug 1: The political administration of Jamrud arrested eight outlaws in its campaign against criminals and proclaimed offenders the other day....		Two dams to be built in Karak soon: governor PESHAWAR, Aug 1: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah announced on Thursday that construction of two new dams in Karak district would start shortly, which would bring thousands of acres under...
‘Honour killing’ on the rise in Swabi SWABI, Aug 1: Honour killings are on the rise in Swabi and other adjoining areas of the district....		Two die as jeep plunges into ravine CHITRAL, Aug 1: A major of Chitral Scouts and his minor daughter died, while his wife and son were seriously injured when their jeep plunged into a ravine here on Wednesday...
Smuggled goods, arms seized: 7 held PESHAWAR, Aug 1: City police arrested two smugglers and seized 259kg hashish, 19 pistols and 386 cartridges from their possession....		Tribesmen launch pro-reform alliance PESHAWAR, Aug 1: All the political parties of tribal areas have formed an alliance with a view to ensuring the implementation of reforms in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas....
Notices served PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The city development and municipal department on Thursday served notices on owners to remove encroachment from the service road of Jamrud Road....		Policeman shot dead in encounter with bandits SANGHAR, Aug 1: A constable was killed and two others were injured including an inspector in an encounter with dacoits near the Anwar Qureshi village on Thursday....
Women councilors demand share in development works NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 1: A women councillors’ conference was held at the District Council Hall, Naushahro Feroze, on Wednesday....		Expansion of Sindh cabinet likely HYDERABAD, Aug 1: Sindh Governor Mohemmedmian Soomro has defended the induction of five ministers of the SDA in his cabinet on the ground that the people from other political groups were...
Uplift schemes for desert area urged MIRPURKHAS, Aug 1: The Mirpurkhas District Council has resented the approval of the development schemes of Khushhal Pakistan Programme by the district monitoring committee, comprising the district Nazim, Naib Nazim, taluka...		Doctors’ strike LARKANA, Aug 1: The general body of the Pakistan Medical Association and the Chandka Teachers Association (CTA) on Thursday announced to shut down out patient departments, private laboratories and clinics, and...
Protest against custodial death SUKKUR, Aug 1: Hundreds of villagers of Ubauro and Daharki blocked the National Highway on Thursday in protest against the killing of a boy, Abdul Wahid, in the custody of...		Parliament can undo amends: Ranjha LAHORE, Aug 1: Federal Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha has said the government would make only a few amendments to the Constitution to bring it as close to the original version...
Plea admitted to regular hearing: Loss of citizenship LAHORE, Aug 1: The Lahore High Court admitted to regular hearing on Thursday a Pakistani-American’s plea against loss of Pakistani citizenship and for permission to contest the October polls....		Teachers vow to continue agitation LAHORE, Aug 1: School and college teachers continued their agitation campaign on Thursday, holding the seventh protest convention at Government Islamia College, Civil Lines....
Transporters threaten strike LAHORE, Aug 1: The Pakistan Goods Transporters Association has threatened a countrywide strike next week to press for its demand for token tax exemption to trucks which is allowed to 10...		— Assured of notification withdrawal LAHORE, Aug 1: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has, on behalf of the Punjab governor, assured the Joint Action Committee of Teachers Punjab (JACTP) that the denationalization of educational institutions notification...
Mosque staff blamed for relic theft LAHORE, Aug 1: Expressing concern and anguish over the theft of the slippers attributed to Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), Auqaf Minister Dr Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri on Thursday...		Party poll LAHORE, Aug 1: The central elections of the PML(C) are scheduled to be held in Islamabad on Friday (today)....
Court seeks powerof attorney from public prosecutor: Meerwala gang-rape case MULTAN, Aug 1: The judge of DG Khan anti-terrorism court in a surprise move on Thursday directed the special public prosecutor in the Meerwala gang-rape case to produce an authority by...		Institute named after living person: probe ordered MULTAN, Aug 1: The local Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) director has been directed by the authorities to unfold the ‘mystery’ that how the Multan Institute of Textile Engineering was named after...
Uplift funds for tehsil councils GUJRANWALA, Aug 1: The government will provide funds for uplift projects directly to tehsil councils....		Rs5.3m scam detected FAISALABAD, Aug 1: The District Accounts Office has detected a Rs5.3 million scam in which education, police, health and irrigation officials are involved....
‘Police shelter rapists’ FAISALABAD, Aug 1: A rape victim and her mother threatened to commit suicide in front of the offices of the District Police Officer if police failed to arrest the culprits within...		Show-cause notice to surgeon GUJRAT, Aug 1: The Punjab medico legal surgeon was issued a show-cause notice to vacate an official residence which was given to him during his posting as Gujrat DHO in 1997...
‘Irregularities’ in purchase of drugs MULTAN, Aug 1: Procurement of medicines worth Rs673m in the Punjab through 32 district governments under the devolution of power plan during the last fiscal year is inconceivable viz-a-viz the glaring...		Teachers’ rally VEHARI, Aug 1: On the call of Muttahida Asatiza Mahaz, teachers of various schools and colleges staged a protest rally against the government privitization policy here on Thursday....