August 13, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Saani 3, 1423

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Independence Day rallies banned RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: The district administration has banned all independence day rallies planned by political parties in view of threats of terrorism, sources said here on Monday....		Defence ministry steps in to resolve property tax issue RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: The defence ministry on Monday intervened to resolve the dispute between the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) administration and former board members over the property tax issue, it has...
Dist admn didn’t order police to open fire: Sri Saral incident IO told ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The officers of district administration told Inquiry Officer (IO) Justice Sheikh Ahmed Farooq, hearing the Sri Saral case, that they did not order the police to open fire...		CII condemns terrorist attacks on Christians ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), taking note of the recent terrorist attacks on Christian worship places, schools and hospitals, has strongly condemned such heinous crimes committed in...
Conference on smuggling opens today ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The government will consider a number of steps for reducing the flow of smuggled-prone items, that inflict loss to the local industries....		Dialogue a must for peace in South Asia, says Nirmala ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: India must see to the underlying factors that have produced troubled relations with all the neighbouring countries and make serious efforts aimed at fashioning a peace-oriented strategy that...
Chapel attack death toll rises to 6 as another nurse dies TAXILA, Aug 12: The death toll in the terrorist attack on the Protestant chapel in the vicinity of the Christian Hospital, Taxila on Friday, has risen to six with the death...		Officials going to US to appoint adviser: Sale of PIA hotel NEW YORK, Aug 12: Pakistan International Airlines Task Force, formed to explore the possibility for selling off the hotels owned and run by the PIA Investments, is scheduled to arrive in...
AJK hires firm for advising on tourism MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 12: Azad Kashmir tourism, wildlife, fisheries and archaeological department has hired the services of a consultant firm to explore tourism potential and suggest measures for the establishment and development...		Exxon bigger than Pakistan economy: UN GENEVA, Aug 12: Twenty-nine of the world’s 100 leading economic entities are companies, with the largest — Exxon Mobil Corp — bigger than the economy of Pakistan, a United Nations survey...
PPP protests over change of polling stations ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The Pakistan People‘s Party (PPP) has protested over the shifting of polling stations in Larkana to new locations....		No extension in last date for regular Haj scheme ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The last date, Aug 15, to apply for Haj in 2003 under the regular scheme would not be extended, officials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs said on...
Complains to CEC about pre-poll rigging ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Pakistan People’s Party has apprised the Chief Election Commissioner of the “substantial grounds that the regime has set into motion a process of pre-poll rigging to deny the...		Govt preventing Benazir’s return: PPP ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The Human Rights Cell of Pakistan People’s Party has written a letter to the Secretary-General of Commonwealth, Don McKinnon, apprising him of the measures taken by the government...
Huge quantity of smuggled weapons recovered QUETTA, Aug 12: Pishin Scouts, a wing of Frontier Corps, has seized huge quantity of illegal arms and ammunition including bombs, rocket launchers, hand-grenades and other weapons on Monday from two...		Husband among 3 arrested for killing woman GILGIT, Aug 12: Three persons, including the husband, have been arrested from Ghizer District allegedly for murdering a newly-married woman in Golodas, 75kms west of Gilgit....
Action against illegal immigrants ordered FAISALABAD, Aug 12: The federal interior ministry has directed the Punjab police to launch an operation against illegal foreign settlers and outfits of banned jihadi organizations....		Political parties ready for campaigns FAISALABAD, Aug 12: Political parties are reportedly gearing up to hold rallies and public meetings after the indications that ban on activities will be lifted on Aug 14....
‘Day of mourning’ for MMC workers MULTAN, Aug 12: Workers of the Multan Municipal Corporation (MMC) will observe the Independence Day as the ‘day of mourning’ if they are not paid salaries by Aug 14....		Qaisranis crown 21st tribal chief DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 12: The Qaisrani tribesmen at a traditional ceremony on Sunday chose Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani their 21st tribal chief in Kot Qaisrani....
Two youths buried alive BAHAWALPUR, Aug 12: Two youths were buried alive on Monday when walls of an under-construction well collapsed on them in Mauza Mankwani in Cholistan....		Independence Day functions cancelled TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 12: The independence day functions in Christian missionary educational institutions in the district have been cancelled....
Patwaris’ token strike against police excesses GUJRANWALA, Aug 12: Revenue patwaris in the district went on a token strike against the baton-charge on them by Phalia police here on Monday....		Three killed as bus crashes into car BHAKKAR, Aug 12: Three car riders were killed on Monday in a road accident near the General Floor Mills, some five kilometres from here....
Probe into kidnap, gang-rape LAHORE, Aug 12: The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered the investigation of a policeman accused of abducting a pregnant woman who was allegedly repeatedly gang-raped during nearly a week of...		India fires border villages SIALKOT, Aug 12: The Indian Border Security Force bombed Pakistan border villages in Chhumb, Joriyan, Bajwat, Charwa and Shakargarh-Narowal sectors on Monday. According to official sources, no causality or injury has...
Franchised buses in Faisalabad FAISALABAD Aug 12: The first batch of 10 franchised buses will start plying Faisalabad roads from Aug 14....		PPP sees pre-poll rigging in Larkana LARKANA, Aug 12: The Pakistan Peoples Party, Larkana, has termed the massive relocation of polling stations in the district pre-poll rigging and demanded of the Election Commission to restore their old...
Tribesmen resume poppy cultivation KOHAT, Aug 12: The tribesmen on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghan border have decided, in principle, to violate the ban on poppy cultivation to make up for huge losses they are...		‘Govt pressing PPP leaders to change loyalties’ DADU, Aug 12: The Pakistan People’s Party president, Dadu district, Rafique Ahmed Jamali, has alleged that the federal government constructing an anti-Sindh project, the greater Thal canal, which would destroy the...
Spanish man’s killing affects business CHITRAL, Aug 12: The number of foreign tourists visiting Chitral in this season, after the recent killing of a Spaniard in the Bumburate area here, has fallen to under 100 this...		Chitral Mela begins CHITRAL, Aug 12: A four-day festival began here on Sunday to welcome ground-breaking of the Lowari Tunnel project by President Pervez Musharraf on Aug 14....
Jirga decision sparks tribal clash KHAIRPUR, Aug 12: The Sorah police on Sunday arrested seven Channa tribesmen after registering a counter case against them....		Staff owes millions of rupees to Hesco MIRPURKHAS, Aug 12: The Hesco, Mirpurkhas division, has failed to recover outstanding dues worth millions of rupees from its defaulting employees residing in Wapda Colony as well as in other areas...
Growers hold protests against water shortage DADU, Aug 12: The growers held demonstrations in three towns of the district on Monday to protest against the shortage of water in the waterways emanating from the Rice and Dadu...		Ayubia chairlift opens for public today ABBOTTABAD, Aug 12: The Galyat Development Authority (GDA) has announced that the country’s oldest chairlift at Ayubia will be opened for public on Aug 13....
MMA to start campaign from Peshawar NOWSHERA, Aug 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, an alliance of religious parties, will start its countrywide election campaign from Peshawar in the last week of August....		280 projects to be completed in Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 12: District Nazim Humayun Saifullah Khan has said that a record number of development schemes have been completed during the last one year by the district government....
Woman loses valuables, cash HARIPUR, Aug 12: Some masked bandits deprived a woman of valuables and cash in a nearby village, Doyean Aabi, on Friday night....		Kashmir issue being confused: Qayyum LAHORE, Aug 12: National Kashmir Committee chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has appealed to all political parties, organizations and intellectuals to evolve a national consensus on the Kashmir issue....
14 years RI, Rs565m fine to NICFC ex-chief LAHORE, Aug 12: Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, former chairman of the defunct National Industrial Cooperative Finance Corporation (NICFC), was convicted to 14 years RI and fined Rs565 million in four corruption references...		Notification not yet withdrawn: Denationalization LAHORE, Aug 12: The Punjab government has failed to withdraw the notification on denationalization of educational institutions despite governor’s orders issued about five days ago....
Workers observe protest day LAHORE, Aug 12: Workers in all the cities of the country observed a protest day on Monday on the call of the Pakistan Workers Confederation to express resentment against the fast...		Rivers’ flow improves LAHORE, Aug 12: The combined river flow on Monday registered a healthy improvement as total supplies went up to 474,800 cusecs. Out of this 397,200 cusecs was released for irrigation...
Forest Dept workers protest eviction LAHORE, Aug 12: A busload of Chhanga Manga forest beldars staged demonstrations on Monday in the provincial metropolis to condemn the demolition of their colony housing 1,000 families....		Rs1.2 million valuables looted from house LAHORE, Aug 12: Four gunmen looted cash, gold ornaments and valuables worth Rs1.2 million from a house at Nishat Colony in South Cantonment on Monday....
Scattered rain in Lahore LAHORE, Aug 12: The city had scattered rain in on Monday afternoon with the Fateh Garh area having 24.8mm rainfall....		LPP to field ‘progressive’ candidates LAHORE, Aug 12: The Labour Party Pakistan will nominate progressive candidates to contest October elections against the parties representing feudal lords, capitalists and religious sects, LPP secretary general Farooq Tariq said...
‘Elections no substitute for plebiscite’ LAHORE, Aug 12: National Kashmir Committee chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has said that elections in occupied Kashmir could not be a substitute for plebiscite....		Retailers ‘looting’ customers LAHORE, Aug 12: The All Pakistan PWD Workers Zonal Union has criticized the government for giving a free hand to retailers to loot consumers by abolishing the price control system....