August 16, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-us-Saani 6, 1423

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14 parties have their leaders thrust upon them: report ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Fourteen political parties have their heads, who were elected “un-opposed” after the conditionality of inner-party democracy, thrust upon them through the Political Parties Order 2002, a report said....		SC refuses to pass any direction: LG polls in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to pass any direction to the government for holding local government elections in the federal capital, saying that the fundamental rights including...
Police opened fire in self-defence: DAG: Sri Saral incident ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Police had all the right to open fire in self-defence without the permission of the magistrate as this law enforcement agency, too, could exercise the right guaranteed to...		Higher education be need-oriented: Ata ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Reforms are being introduced to make higher education system more need-oriented and to create linkages between higher education and economic, social and national development....
Dist govt buys land for labour colony RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: The district government has purchased 2,000 kanals of land to establish a labour colony, said district Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani on Wednesday....		Journalist’s body fished out from Korang drain RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: The body of one of the two journalists who drowned has been recovered from Nullah Korang and laid to rest in his hometown of Vehari....
Former MNA awarded 5 ears RI, Rs100m fine ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Accountability Court No II Rawalpindi on Thursday convicted Chaudhry Sher Ali, former MNA/Mayor M C Faisalabad to five years rigourous imprisonment with a fine of Rs100 million...		‘Govt interest helped motivate young scientists’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) chairman Parvez Butt on Thursday said the government’s special interest in the development of science and technology had helped motivate the young scientists...
Govt committed to fair, free polls: Ranjha ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The government was committed to hold fair, free and transparent elections to bring in true democracy and to transfer power to the people....		Afghan envoy visits Shifa Eye hospital ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The ambassador of Afghanistan, Rahmatullah Musa Ghazi, visited the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi....
President asks MMA to join pro-govt forces LAHORE, Aug 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf during his meeting on Tuesday with Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed had expressed the desire that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal should join hands with the pro-government forces...		Pakistan won’t initiate war, Syrian FM told ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Shara called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Thursday with a special message from the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad....
MMA to strive for Islamic state: Fazl ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Thursday that religious groups opposed to the country’s support for the US war on terror would unite to contest...		Musharraf greets Kalam, Vajpayee ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has greeted Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on the occasion of the Indian Independence Day falling on Aug 15....
Kashmiris observe black day MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: India’s Independence Day was observed on Thursday as a “black day” by the Kashmiris, who called upon the United Nations and big powers to pressurize the so-called largest...		Rumsfeld defends Pakistan WASHINGTON, Aug 15: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, has dismissed the claim that Pakistan was hiding Osama bin Laden as “vicious” and said that if Islamabad had any information about the...
Christians mourn attack victims TAXILA, Aug 15: Thousands of Pakistani Christians observed a ‘Black Day’ of mourning on Thursday for the victims a chain of attacks on Christians, saying they are bearing the brunt of...		Boy dies as bomb explodes in Neelum MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: A boy was killed and four others were injured when a bomblet or toy bomb exploded in the upper belt of Neelum Valley on Wednesday, an official here...
Heavy rains cut off link with N. Areas GILGIT, Aug 15: Air and road links of Northern Areas with rest of the country has been suspended due to heavy rains and flash-floods....		Man killed in road accident MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: A man died and 10 others, including four women, were injured in a road accident in Leepa Valley in southeast of the AJK capital on Wednesday, police said....
Academy to test teachers’ competence SWABI, Aug 15: The government has stopped the promotion of those teachers whose students have failed to show good results in the Matric exams....		Five smugglers arrested KOHAT, Aug 15: The Kohat police foiled an attempt to smuggle huge quantity of drugs and fake currency from Darra Adam Khel into Punjab via Kohat and arrested five professional carriers...
Girl killed, houses destroyed in rain PESHAWAR, Aug 15: Torrential rain lashed many parts of the province on Wednesday, killing a minor girl in Lower Dir and causing damage to houses, the irrigation system, roads, and standing...		Uplift of Swat in full swing: Nazim MINGORA, Aug 15: The district Nazim of Swat, Dr Mehboobur Rehman, has said that a record number of development schemes have been initiated in all the union councils of the district....
Power breakdowns hit Kohat KOHAT, Aug 15: Wapda’s apathy and negligence deprived the people of Kohat from celebrating the 55th independence day of the country in a befitting manner and watch the special transmissions on...		SHO, ASIs demoted CHITRAL, Aug 15: Superintendent of Police, Chitral, has ordered the demotion of two police officers and stopped the increments of many others for negligence which led to the murder of a...
NWFP paid Rs21bn as duty on tobacco PESHAWAR, Aug 15: The NWFP government has paid Rs21 billion to the federal government as central excise duty on tobacco, but the Centre has not paid back the province’s share....		Man dies as jeep plunges into ravine CHITRAL, Aug 15: A man died and four others sustained serious injuries when a jeep (DIR-8087) heading towards Chitral from Mardan fell into a deep ravine at Bakrabad near here on Monday afternoon....
Celebrations disrupted CHITRAL, Aug 15: Chitral district received torrential rains on Independence Day which disrupted all functions organized to celebrate the day....		Independence Day amid tight security FAISALABAD, Aug 15: The 55th Independence Day has been celebrated in a befitting manner, though, amid tight security throughout the province....
More defence witnesses depose: Meerwala gang-rape case MULTAN, Aug 15: The Muzaffargarh district coordination officer has instructed the Alipur branch of the National Bank not to make payments through the joint account of Mukhtaran Mai, the Meerwala gang-rape...		Navy official ‘beaten up’ BAHAWALNAGAR, Aug 15: A Pakistan Navy officer was allegedly beaten up in Faqirwali village on Tuesday....
‘Rape victim’ disowns complaint JHANG, Aug 15: Bhowana ‘gang-rape victim’ who hit headlines on Tuesday last appeared before the Chiniot civil judge on Wednesday and disowned what was reported in the press on behalf of...		Seven girls of a family ‘raped’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 15: Seven girls of a family were raped on the night of Aug 4 in Chak 343-JB Gojra, it is learnt on Thursday....
Christians’ demo SIALKOT, Aug 15: The Christian community on Thursday staged demonstration in Daska to condemn killing of nurses in the chapel of a Christian hospital in Taxila....		Terrorists trained in Afghanistan, says IG: Attack on Christians LAHORE, Aug 15: Police claimed on Thursday to have arrested 12 alleged terrorists involved in bombing of Christians in Murree, Taxila and Islamabad....
PUCIT faces faculty crisis LAHORE, Aug 15: The Punjab University’s College of Information Technology (PUCIT) has sacked two regular and 11 visiting faculty members during the last one-and-a-half years....		LHC orders rape cases against cops LAHORE, Aug 15: The Lahore High Court Thursday ordered registration of Hudood cases against two police officials involved in the rape of two sisters of Faisalabad....
Kashmiris observe black day LAHORE, Aug 15: Various Kashmiri organizations observed the Indian independence day as a black day on Thursday in protest against the Indian repression in occupied Kashmir and atrocities on the Muslims....		Ahmer Bilal’s resignation accepted LAHORE, Aug 15: The chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) accepted on Thursday resignation of provincial deputy prosecutor-general Ahmer Bilal Sufi....
Nation-states can’t survive with N-bombs: Arundhati Roy Lahore, Aug 15: Celebrated author Arundhati Roy has urged upon the people of India and Pakistan to stop the incessant talk of war....		Plea against bar on Shahbaz’s entry LAHORE, Aug 15: The Lahore High Court was requested on Thursday to restrain the government from barring the entry of PML(N) President Mian Shahbaz Sharif to Pakistan....
PTI pleads provincial autonomy KHAIRPUR, Aug 15: The chairman, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has said that the PTI supports the provinces and wants maximum power for them....		Independence Day celebrated in Sindh SUKKUR, Aug 15: Sindh Health Minister Ahsan Ahmed has said that the new system of local government is a quiet revolution which will change fate of the poor people....
Johi growers demand water DADU, Aug 15: A large number of the growers of Johi taluka staged a demonstration here on Thursday against artificial water shortage in Dara, Lakha, Chhinni and Chejani waterways, originating from...		Unfair distribution of water resented MIRPURKHAS, Aug 15: A group of growers have alleged that the executive engineer, Jamrao Division, the SDO and other officials are providing more water to office-bearers of the farmers organization of...
Seven killed in two accidents BADIN, Aug 15: Four people were killed and 22 others were injured when a pickup (KM-0219) rammed into the parapet of the Mirwah Canal Bridge in Badin on Thursday....		Obituary Razzaq Mahar, 48, a noted Sindhi playwright and short-story writer, died of a heart attack in Larkana at 2.30am on Thursday. He is regarded as one of the best creative writers...
‘NGOs given funds to influence elections’ LAHORE, Aug 15: Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml president Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani alleged on Thursday that various NGOs had received Rs800 million from various foreign countries to have people of their own choice...		Wattoo seeks release in pending reference LAHORE, Aug 15: Former chief minister Manzoor Wattoo submitted an application before an accountability court on Thursday for his release in a corruption reference pending for adjudication....