August 8, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 28,1423

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Fasih for end to politics of confrontation ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Admiral Fasih Bokhari has called for ending confrontational politics and pursuing policies that could empower the citizens and ensure consumer rights....		CDA sets up relief cell to meet flood emergency ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has established a Flood Relief Cell (FRC) at its sanitation directorate to meet any eventuality during the current monsoon season....
CDA had every right to occupy land, IO told ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had every right to take possession of land in Pind Sangrial and Sri Saral for Capital’s new residential sector of D-12 after announcing...		Maqbool bans construction in Murree RAWALPINDI, Aug 7: The Punjab governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool has banned all kinds of construction in Murree town with immediate effect, district Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani said here on Wednesday....
Venue for flag-hoisting ceremony changed ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The venue for the flag-hoisting ceremony on Independence Day has been shifted to Aiwan-i-Sadar following intelligence reports that terrorists plan to sabotage the ceremony, an official source said...		Demo held against tobacco companies at food park ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Islamabad based civil society organizations have asked the Capital Development Authority to declare Melody Food Park, inaugurated on Wednesday, as tobacco free....
Ministry to review EFAF progress ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The ministry of education will review the progress of Education for All Forum (EFAF) constituted in October 2001, which ensures free and compulsory primary education, on August 9,...		Landlords asked to submit details about Afghan tenants ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: All the landlords in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, who have leased out their commercial or residential units to the Afghan refugees, have been asked to...
Proposed cut in gas tariff welcomed ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Islamabad Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has welcomed the decrease in the price of gas by 32 paisa per mcft as opposed to Sui Southern Gas Company’s...		Tehsil Nazim vows to remove encroachments RAWALPINDI, Aug 7: The Tehsil Nazim, Raja Hamid Nawaz, has reiterated his resolve to remove encroachments from the city....
Law on breastfeeding not yet enacted: Baby food industry flourishes unchecked PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The delay in the enactment of a law for regulating the marketing of artificial infant foods and feeding products has given a freehand to the infant food industry...		Mansehra govt vows to eliminate corruption MANSEHRA, Aug 7: The chairman of the education sub-committee of the Mansehra district council, Aftab Khan, has said that the district government would not surrender to what he called the blackmailing...
Police get some clue to murder of Spaniard CHITRAL, Aug 7: The police has got some clue in the murder case of the Spanish who had been killed at his residence on the night of Friday last....		Four supporters of Taliban released SWABI, Aug 7: Four local supporters of the previous Taliban regime, who were arrested nine months ago while they were entering Pakistan through the porous border with Afghanistan, were released from...
Chinese singer enthrals audience PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The concert by Afaq Ali proved blessing for the select gathering at a local five star hotel here as the China-born singer sang Urdu ghazals and received standing...		Girls’ college without science teachers TIMERGARA, Aug 7: The degree college for girls in Timergara is in bad shape and functioning without teachers for science subjects for the last four years....
Ex-minister arrested KOHAT, Aug 7: A former provincial minister and government contractor was arrested by the NAB on Monday on the charge of misappropriating funds allocated for the construction of schools and purchase...		Ring leader of notorious gang held KOHAT, Aug 7: The ring leader of a notorious gang, which used to settle public disputes in his house for payment, was arrested by a special team of police along with...
Plan to raise Mangla Dam height opposed MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: The leader of the opposition in AJK assembly and Azad Kashmir People’s Party president, Barrister Sultan Mahmood, has strongly opposed the Water and Power Development Authority’s proposed plan...		Attack in Valley plot to malign Pakistan: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon has termed the latest incident of violence in occupied Kashmir as a plot to malign Pakistan....
School attackers’ bodies not found MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: Special teams of the Azad Kashmir police were patrolling along the left bank of the River Jhelum to locate the bodies of the two alleged terrorists who were...		Tribute paid to human rights activist QUETTA, Aug 7: Tribute was paid to late educationist, and human rights activist Dr Syed Amiruddin at a reference at Balochistan Arts Council....
Irrigation water supply from Hub Dam stopped QUETTA, Aug 7: The irrigation department has stopped water supply from Hub Dam for irrigation and gates of all small canals have been closed due to acute water shortage in the...		Education of special children stressed QUETTA, Aug 7: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Abdul Qadir has asked social welfare department to establish centres for providing education and training in various skills to special children in various districts of...
Sharifs’ return not acceptable: Moin ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said on Wednesday that the government will not accept any one-sided effort by the Sharif family to disturb the arrangement regarding its 10-year exile...		More parties submit documents ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The Election Commission on Wednesday said that 81 political parties, including Muttahida Qaumi Movement, have approached it for registration....
Tanvir Ahmed promoted to Air Marshal ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Air Vice-Marshal Tanvir M. Ahmed has been promoted to Air Marshal, according to a ministry of defence notification issued on Wednesday....		MMA finalizes seat adjustments PESHAWAR, Aug 7: The provincial parliamentary board of Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) decided on seat-adjustment of 47 national assembly constituencies of the NWFP and Federally Administered tribal Areas (Fata) here on...
Ex-official gets bail MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: AJK Ehtesab Court No I here on Wednesday rejected the application for the judicial remand of a former AJK official and granted him bail....		New list of life-saving drugs prepared ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: The government is likely to finalize on Thursday the new list of life-saving drugs to be exempted from the levy of 15 per cent general sales tax....
AJK govt to review illegal appointments MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 7: The AJK government has decided to review the alleged illegal appointments and other steps in violation of merit in government departments and the officials concerned were asked on...		PPP hails CEC’s stand ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday welcomed the statement of the chief election commissioner that ministers desiring to contest the general elections must relinquish their offices before they file...
Serious error found in Political Parties Order ISLAMABAD, Aug 7: A serious “typo” in the Political Parties Order(PPO), which was discovered only recently, is causing a lot of embarrassment to the government, and the “affected” parties seem to...		Two Hesco officials arrested MIRPURKHAS, Aug 7: Two Hesco officials of Mirpurkhas Division were arrested by a Hyderabad FIA team here on Wednesday....
Dadu Canal breach floods three villages LARKANA, Aug 7: A 50-feet-wide breach developed in the Dadu Canal which inundated 1,000 acres of paddy crops and flooded three villages near Yaroo Lakhir, Dokri, on Wednesday....		Dadu city lacks basic amenities DADU, Aug 7: The drainage system in different localities of the Dadu city is not functioning properly as Nullahs are overflowing and heaps of the garbage are lying on streets and...
‘Increase in tariffs affects investment’ SUKKUR, Aug 7: The acting president, Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Shakeel Ahmed Mukhtar, and its vice president, Mohammed Iqbal Arain, and the director, SITE Board, Khalid Mehmood, in...		Landlord killed in kidnap attempt SUKKUR, Aug 7: A landlord of Bukshapur, Shah Baig Misrani, was gunned down by some armed men on Wednesday in village Maher Khan Mamdani, Jacobabad District....
Withdrawal of ban demanded SANGHAR, Aug 7: The farmers have demanded removal of the ban, imposed by the railway authorities, on the booking of the green chili on the trains from the Tando Adam railway...		Voters’ lists EC unlikely to meet all objections LAHORE, Aug 7: Not all complaints regarding the final electoral rolls would be entertained by the provincial elections commissions which claim to have legal discretion except with regard to some narrowly...
No patch-up with Sharifs: Azhar LAHORE, Aug 7: Ruling out the possibility of conciliation with the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) or its leadership, PML (Quaid-i-Azam) president Mian Muhammad Azhar declared here on Wednesday his party would...		Most of Punjab demands about police law met LAHORE, Aug 7: Most of the objections raised by the Punjab to the draft Police Ordinance, 2002, have been addressed before their being taken up by the federal cabinet in Islamabad...
Govt persisting with no-election offers: Benazir LAHORE, Aug 7: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto says the military regime is still in contact with her and pressing the proposal that she should stay away from elections....		Defence cross-examines Jatoi SDPO, ex-SHO: Meerwala gang-rape MULTAN, Aug 7: Last of the prosecution witnesses in the Meerwala gang-rape case was on legs when the judge of the DG Khan anti-terrorism court adjourned the proceedings for next day....
Parties yet to finalize lists of candidates FAISALABAD, Aug 7: None of the political parties has so far finalized lists of candidates with just over two months left in the general elections....		Acid attack victim dies at Nishtar MULTAN, Aug 7: One of the four victims of acid attack in New Multan succumbed to her wounds at the local Nishtar Hospital on Wednesday....
Gang-rape case registered on court orders GUJRAT, Aug 7: The Lahore High Court ordered the Lalamusa Saddar SHO to register a gang-rape case against three culprits, Dawn learnt here on Wednesday....		Constable injured by dacoits TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 7: A constable was seriously wounded as a result of firing by dacoits near Kamalia on Wednesday afternoon....
Telephone exchange rectifier burnt SAHIWAL, Aug 7: Farid Town exchange rectifier comprising 10,000 lines and worth Rs1 million has burnt due to fluctuation in power supply....		Protest by evicted squatters SADIQABAD, Aug 7: Hundreds of dwellers, who were forcibly ejected from kutcha abadis and the lands of Auqaf in Khanpur, took out a protest rally on Tuesday....