August 7, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 27,1423

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UNHCR office closed after attack by Afghans ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The United Nations on Tuesday called for increased police protection after the repatriation office established by the UNHCR was attacked by angry Afghan refugees....		Councillors stage walkout against Nazim’s policies RAWALPINDI, Aug 6: The Rawalpindi Tehsil Council members on Tuesday staged a walkout from the session and accused the Nazim of devising discriminatory policies against some union councils....
50pc reduction in water supply to Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to reduce the Capital’s water supply from Simly Dam by 50 per cent....		Six killed, 25 injured as bus falls into ditch ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Six passengers were killed and 25 injured when a bus plunged into a ditch near Tarnol toll plaza on the Motorway in the small hours of Tuesday morning....
Buddhist monks start peace march TAXILA, Aug 6: A group of 10 Buddhist monks on Tuesday started their march for peace form Dharmarajika Stupa, in memory of the victims of Hiroshima and for dissolving prevailing tensions...		COD employee robbed of Rs8.6m in Saddar RAWALPINDI, Aug 6: An employee of Central Ordnance Depot (COD) was robbed of Rs860,000 at gunpoint on Tuesday, police said....
Nasrullah Khattak made QJP vice-president ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) president Air Marshal Asghar Khan has appointed Nasrullah Khattak, a former chief minister of the NWFP, as central vice president of the party....		Governor announces Rs100,000 for each victim’s family MURREE, Aug 6: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Tuesday visited the Murree Christian School in Gharial where six people were killed by unidentified terrorists on Monday....
PML-N condemns Murree incident ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while condemning the terrorist attack on a missionary school in Murree has expressed sympathy with the families of the victims....		AJK cabinet okays anti-terrorism law MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 6: Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday gave approval to adoption of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, prevalent in Pakistan with a view to awarding exemplary punishment to terrorists....
EC gets registration papers from 74 parties ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced that it had so far received documents from 74 political parties including Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians for registration....		Border security discussed with Afghan governor QUETTA, Aug 6: A delegation of Afghan security officials, led by Kandahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai, met Corps Commander Lt-Gen Abdul Quadir on Tuesday and discussed issues including border security situation,...
No deal with Benazir, Shahbaz, says Nisar ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon on Tuesday rejected outright reports of any deal with Benazir Bhutto and Shahbaz Sharif and dismissed the impression that the government had any...		Ex-official held on corruption charges MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 6: A former secretary to the Azad Kashmir government, who was demoted and dismissed from service, was arrested by the AJK Ehtesab Bureau on Tuesday for his alleged involvement...
Benazir gifts book to Advani ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto recently sent Indian Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani the gift of a book by Robert D. Kaplan, Dawn learnt through well-informed...		Warrants issued against four customs men GILGIT, Aug 6: District and Sessions Judge Hajat Aman has issued non-bailable arrest warrants against four customs officials for not appearing be-fore the court for two years in a case....
Four awarded death sentence for murder QUETTA, Aug 6: The special court for suppression of terrorist acts, Sibi, on Monday awarded capital punishment to four persons, including two brothers, in a murder case....		NACCI plans hunger strike GILGIT, Aug 6: Office-bearers of the Northern Areas Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced on Tuesday that they will observe hunger strike from Wednesday against the taxes levied by the CBR....
Pakistani detainees in US: tales of betrayal and backstabbing WASHINGTON, Aug 6: Many Pakistanis arrested in the United States after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks were betrayed by their friends, relatives and family members. Official record tells sad tales of...		Cross-examination of rape victim over DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 6: Mukhtaran Mai, the Meerwala gang-rape victim, burst into tears on Tuesday while responding to the ‘crooked’ questioning by the defence counsel at the local anti-terrorism court....
Rs1m, mobile phones looted FAISALABAD, Aug 6: Four masked bandits on Tuesday looted Rs1 million in cash and mobile phones worth thousands of rupees from a mobile phone shop on the Faisalabad-Satiana Road....		Wagon tragedy: toll rises to 22 VEHARI, Aug 6: After the recovery of two more bodies, the death toll rose to 22 on Tuesday who drowned in the Thingi Canal on Saturday after a Mailsi-bound wagon fell...
Rs565m recovered from defaulters of govt depts FAISALABAD, Aug 6: At least 565 million were recovered from defaulters of land revenue, agricultural income tax and other government departments in the Faisalabad district during the last fiscal year....		UC Nazim shot dead BAHAWALPUR Aug 6: A union council Nazim and another man were shot dead in different incidents over minor issues in and around the city during the last 24 hours....
‘Police extorted bribe to register rape case’ JHANG, Aug 6: Massan police agreed to register a gang-rape case only after the bribe money they demanded was paid to them. This was claimed by the father of the victim...		Boy prefers suicide to forced work SIALKOT, Aug 6: A boy (12) on Monday committed suicide by taking poison as his mother forced him to earn money instead of getting education in Muhallah Rehmanpura, Pasrur....
Matter of dual nationality taken up with US LAHORE, Aug 6: Justice Tassadaq Hussain Jillani of theLahore High Court was informed on Tuesday by Deputy Attorney-General Khawaja Saeeduz Zafar that the matter of “dual nationality with the US was...		13 ADBP staffers suspended JHANG, Aug 6: Thirteen (13) employees of the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, Shorkot branch, have been suspended and transferred from their present assignments by the ADBP chairman for an alleged...
Councillors’ demonstration against police FAISALABAD, Aug 6: Councillors on Tuesday staged a demonstration and blocked traffic by burning tyres against maltreatment of police with a woman councillor....		Breastfeeding good for mother, baby PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The NWFP Health Minister, Dr Meher Taj Roghani has expressed concern over unethical promotional tactics adopted by the manufacturers of the infant baby milk  formulas and called upon...
Mansehra govt, TMA lock horns: Permission for industrial show MANSEHRA, Aug 6: A tug of war has begun among the district government, the Tehsil municipal administration (TMA) and the district coordination officer (DCO) on the issue of granting permission for...		Baran Gali dam project opposed HARIPUR, Aug 6: Criticizing the proposed Baran Gali dam project on Dor river in Abbottabad, the councillors belonging to the district and tehsil councils of Haripur have said the project would...
Wapda warns Fata areas of power cut PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The Water and Power Development Authority has announced that electricity supply to the domestic consumers in parts of Khyber, Mohmand and Bajaur agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal...		Afghan DPs block road in protest PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The Afghan returnees suspended vehicular traffic on the Peshawar-Rawalpindi Road on Monday evening when the UNHCR stopped its repatriation work at Azakhel refugee camp, some 30km southeast of...
Two hospitals to be set up in Haripur HARIPUR, Aug 6: One hospital each will be established in the remote and backward rural areas of Halli and Kalingir of Haripur district....		Kinnaird BCS, MA studies not recognized LAHORE, Aug 6: Kinnaird College’s BCS and masters programme students are neither eligible for further education in public sector educational institutions nor are they able to apply for government jobs as...
MMA election drive by month-end LAHORE, Aug 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will launch a vigorous election campaign from the last week of the current month....		Business bad at Nila Gunbad LAHORE, Aug 6: Nila Gunbad, once the city’s busiest market, appears to be losing business....
Psychiatrists not called in blasphemy cases LAHORE, Aug 6: Mental health of not a single person awarded death sentence for blasphemy since 1992 was determined through a medical examination ordered by the trial court....		Killer of BISE chief gets death LAHORE, Aug 6: An anti-terrorism court awarded on Tuesday capital punishment to an accused involved in the murder case of Lahore Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) former chairman Dr...
PML-Q invites applications LAHORE, Aug 6: The PML(Q) has invited applications for party tickets from minorities....		Irsa decision to hit cotton production LAHORE, Aug 6: The Indus River System Authority’s decision to cut water supplies at this stage could harm agriculture in the Punjab beyond redemption and reduce cotton production by at least...