August 6, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 26,1423

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LG polls in Islamabad postponed ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The government has indefinitely postponed the local government elections in Islamabad, leaving it to the elected government after October elections to form a district government in the Capital,...		Removal of pharmacies from hospitals ordered RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: The government has issued orders for removal of pharmacies from hospitals....
Sri Saral tragedy: IO says he is empowered to take decision ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The district and sessions judge, Sheikh Ahmed Farooq, on Monday rejected a claim of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) that he was not empowered to take any decision...		CDA asked to hand over health dept, model school to ICT admin ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The interior ministry has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to hand over its health directorate and model school to Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration, a source said...
Women councillors complain of facing discrimination RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: Women councillors lash out at their male counterparts, Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen for their non- cooperative attitude....		19 water supply schemes approved for rural areas ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: As many as 19 water supply schemes have been approved for the capital’s rural areas under the Khushal Pakistan Programme at a cost of Rs66.7 million....
Pakistan sends 900 tons wheat to Kabul ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: A convoy of 18 trucks carrying 900 tons of wheat left Islamabad for Kabul on Monday....		Monks to start peace march today ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The 10-member delegation of Buddhist monks on Monday started their journey on foot from the shrine of Bari Imam to Taxila where they would formally start the three-month...
Childhood education vital for human uplift, growth: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Emphasizing on radical improvements in social services, the finance minister, Shaukat Aziz, expressed his strong conviction regarding the vitality of human development for economic progress, which, in his...		PAC meets today ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee will meet in the committee room No 2, Parliament House here on Tuesday to review the accounts/audit reports/special reports of various ministries...
PIA earns Rs1 billion in eight months ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC) was informed here on Monday that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has earned a profit of Rs1 billion between January and...		Seven teachers on hunger strike held QUETTA, Aug 5: Police on Monday arrested seven teachers, including president of Government Teachers Association, who went on fast unto death to press their demand for reinstatement of sacked teachers....
Jirga helps end 4-year old tribal feud QUETTA, Aug 5: The Grand Tribal Jirga of eminent people succeeded in settling the blood feud of Lango tribes amicably imposing a total fine or compensation of Rs15 million. Bloody clashes...		One killed in Kashmir by Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 5: A man was killed in overnight Indian firing in the southern Kotli district of Azad Kashmir, police said on Monday....
Consultations on proposed amendments begin ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday started consultations with his legal aides to take final decision about the proposed constitutional amendments....		Balochistan has 27 TCF gas: PPL QUETTA, Aug 5: Balochistan had over 27 trillion cubic feet (TFC) of gas, the sources of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) said....
Claim against Iraq may be withdrawn ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Pakistan is willing to withdraw a $16 million compensation claim against Iraq with the United Nations special committee on compensations provided Baghdad agrees to settle the issue on...		Al Qaeda Threatens to kill 120 ‘spies’ KOHAT, Aug 5: The Al Qaeda members have issued a list of 120 Pakistanis and Afghan nationals accusing them of spying for FBI with a warning that all of them would...
DAOs to Issue domiciles QUETTA, Aug 5: The Balochistan government has empowered all District Administrative Officers to issue local and domicile certificates, says an official notification issued by the provincial government here on Monday....		Shahbaz to return before polls: PML ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Pakistan Muslim League (N), led by Shahbaz Sharif, will participate in the forthcoming general elections fully prepared....
BNP(M) to observe strike on 10th HUB, Aug 5: The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and Baloch Students’ Organization (M) on Monday announced to observe a wheel-jam strike in the province on Aug 10 against the killing of...		Six of a family drown SKARDU, Aug 5: At least four women and two children drowned in upper Kachura Lake on Sunday, police sources said on Monday....
Musharraf lauds Ghazi’s services ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Dr Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi, the outgoing minister for religious affairs, Zakat and Ushr, paid a farewell call on President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Monday....		HBFC identifies seven districts for ‘massive default’ SWABI, Aug 5: The House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) has declared seven districts of the country as “massive default” and the district offices have been asked not to recommend applications of...
Defence counsel cross-examine gang-rape victim DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 5: The defence in the Meerwala gang-rape cross-examined the victim on Monday at the DG Khan anti-terrorism court. The counsel were on their legs when the judge...		No patrolling to check water theft JHANG, Aug 5: The proposed joint patrolling by police and irrigation personnel along the canals and distributaries to prevent water theft has not commenced in Jhang district....
Rise in crime worries traders FAISALABAD, Aug 5: Various traders’ organizations expressed their concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the city and demanded of the governor to take action against lethargic police officials....		Rape on Panchayat order: story false VEHARI, Aug 5: The story of a 16-year-old-girl subjected to criminal assault on the order of Panchayat in Hasilpur was turned out to be fake....
36 activists of banned SSP, TJP arrested GUJRANWALA, Aug 5: At least 36 activists of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba and Tehrik-i-Jafria were arrested after the rejection of their bail applications by an Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 here on Monday....		The police way to curtail crime rate FAISALABAD, Aug 5: Station house officers seem reluctant to register criminal cases like robberies, thefts and vehicle lifting apparently in a bid to bring down the crime rate, at least on...
Ex-MPA looted by highwaymen SIALKOT, Aug 5: Four armed robbers on late Sunday looted a former MPA and took away his car (STK-689), a precious wristwatch worth Rs150,000, cash and a mobile phone near Gunnah...		Legharis face power disconnection DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 5: Wapda authorities on Monday reportedly ordered severing power connections of the Leghari chief due to the non-payment of bills....
Chinese see mango trade potential MULTAN, Aug 5: A delegation of Chinese experts said on Sunday their government wanted to increase trade with Pakistan and, provided that certain standards were met, China’s big consumer market could...		Teenager raped GUJRANWALA, Aug 5: A teenaged girl was raped allegedly by three youth in Kulair village, Wazirabad, on Monday....
Sherpao demands more autonomy for provinces PESHAWAR, Aug 5: A former NWFP chief minister and chief of his own faction of PPP Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has underlined the need for granting maximum autonomy to the federating...		Patients suffer as CMC doctors observe strike LARKANA, Aug 5: The out patients departments of the Chandka Medical College Hospital wore a deserted look here on Monday as the doctors observed a strike against the police failure to...
LB polls in Fata before October demanded LANDI KOTAL, Aug 5: The Tribal Political Alliance and Awami National Party, Khyber Agency, have called for holding of local bodies elections in tribal areas before the general election scheduled for...		Three die, 40 injured as bus overturns DADU, Aug 5: Three passengers were killed on the spot and 40 injured when a Karachi-bound passenger coach overturned and fell into a ditch near the Rahoja waterway on the Indus...
Govt urged not to experiment on democracy HANGU, Aug 5: PPP (Sherpao) Chairman and former NWFP chief minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has urged the government to refrain from experimenting on the democracy as, he said, this practice...		FM101 gaining popularity in Frontier PESHAWAR, Aug 5: The newly-launched FM101 transmission by Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, Peshawar Centre, is receiving enthusiastic response from the people, specially those living in urban areas of the province....
Omar Asghar remembered ABBOTTABAD, Aug 5: Omar was a passionate, determined and practical man who devoted his entire life to serve the oppressed and downtrodden sections of the society....		Jatois accused of pre-poll rigging NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 5: The district leaders of the PPP have alleged that the Jatoi group had started pre-poll rigging by managing to shift some polling stations to New Jatoi....
‘Reni canal project be postponed’ SUKKUR, Aug 5: The Sukkur District Council, through a unanimously approved resolution, on Monday urged the government to postpone the proposal of construction of the Reni canal....		Policeman kills sister SANGHAR, Aug 5: A police constable, Krishan Meghwar, shot his widow sister, Bhagwani, 35, dead with his official rifle in Nizamani Para here on Monday....
PPP(S) elects Mansehra dist office-bearers MANSEHRA, Aug 5: The Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao) elected its office-bearers for the district on Monday....		SHO suspended for illegal detentions MIRPURKHAS, Aug 5: On the directives of the AIG, Hyderabad region, the DPO, Mirpurkhas, has suspended the SHO, Old Mirpur, and two other officials on the charges of remaining absent from...
Intra-party polls farce: law minister LAHORE, Aug 5: No political party has conducted intra-party polls fairly and according to the spirit of the rules enacted by the government and the law ministry plans to take up...		Sharifs among registered voters LAHORE, Aug 5: Can someone duly enrolled with the Election Commission of Pakistan be prevented from exercising his right to vote in the elections? In normal circumstances the answer to this...
Rs1.2bn loans for food processing, agriculture LAHORE, Aug 5: The governor approved on Monday a Rs1.2 billion loan scheme to help establish food processing and agriculture related small industries in the Punjab....		PML-QA rigged polls, says Ejaz LAHORE, Aug 5: There is no possibility of my return to the PML-QA fold and I will announce a new party on the ninth of this month, rebel PML-QAA Ejazul Haq...