August 18, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-us-Saani 8, 1423

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Benazir decries polling stations’ relocation ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Former prime minister and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has asked the chief election commissioner (CEC) to take notice of what she called “mischievous and malicious” relocation of polling...		Funds to be doubled for higher education ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The federal government has decided to increase the allocation of funds for Higher Education Commission (HEC) from Rs8 billion to Rs16 billion in a period of three years....
Funds for hospital in Hub demanded HUB, Aug 17: Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital, Hub, has been operating without any life-saving drugs, funds for surgical operations and X-ray films and basic facilities for more than two years....		Leghari denies agencies, govt hand in politics of alliances ISLAMABAD Aug 17: Millat Party President Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari has dismissed any hand of agencies or the Musharraf government in making or breaking political alliances to influence the power...
Officials asked to speed up work on highway ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: Federal Minister for Communications and Railways, Javed Ashraf Qazi has directed the highway officials that the pace of work on Pasni-Gwadar section of Makran Coastal Highway be accelerated....		EC rejects PML(Z) documents ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The Election Commission on Saturday rejected the papers of Pakistan Muslim League (Ziaul Haq) on technical grounds and declared the party ineligible to contest elections....
PML(N) to award tickets to ‘loyalists’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The first meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) parliamentary board, held here on Saturday, decided to accept applications of all the former party legislators who stood loyal...		Pakistan’s 1st digital feature film at USC LOS ANGELES, Aug 17: The University of Southern California (USC) Pakistani Students Association and South Indian American Media (IAM) have joined forces to present Pakistan’s independent filmmaker Hasan Zaidi’s feature film...
Naval cadet college in Muzaffarabad demanded MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 17: The AJK government has again asked the Chief of Naval Staff for the establishment of a naval cadet college in Muzaffarabad in accordance with the announcement of his...		Minorities form body to finalize candidates’ list ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA), has constituted a selection committee to receive and scrutinize applications of minorities candidates and finalize a list for filing nominations both for National...
Dist govts allowed to build 5MW powerhouses PESHAWAR, Aug 17: The NWFP government has allowed the district governments to construct powerhouses of up to five megawatts generation capacity....		FC sets up posts in Kala Dhaka limits MANSEHRA, Aug 17: Whether the ongoing operation clean-up is aimed at flushing out the Al-Qaeda men or abolishing the tribal status of the tribal belt of Kala Dhaka, the Frontier Constabulary...
Transporters observe strike SWABI, Aug 17: Strike was observed by transporters on Friday against the establishment of a toll tax plaza on Swabi-Mardan road and bus stand at Shewa Adda....		Industrialist’s arrest flayed MARDAN, Aug 17: Mardan Chamber of Commerce and Industry  on Friday  condemned the arrest of an industrialist by the National Accountability Bureau and termed it harassment of businessmen....
90 colleges opened in two years: governor ABBOTTABAD, Aug 17: NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said that the NWFP government is utilizing all of its resources to eliminate illiteracy from the province, and has allocated 27...		Budget rejected KOHAT, Aug 17: The newly-elected city town council in its maiden session held in the municipal hall on Friday rejected the budget passed by the district assembly and demanded separate funds...
PAT fields candidates in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Aug 17: Naseer Khan Jadoon, General Secretary Pakistan Awami Tehrik, NWFP, has announced the names of party candidates for 4 provincial, 1 National and 1 Women seats from Abbottabad district....		Appointment letters not issued DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 17: The candidates for various government jobs who have passed examinations and tests held by the Public Service Commission (PSC) of the NWFP, are yet to get...
Returning officers appointed HARIPUR, Aug 17: The provincial election commission on Friday appointed the district and sessions judge, Haripur, as district returning officer for the October general elections....		Cases against Benazir, Asif: NAB viewpoint ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A spokesman of the National Accountability Bureau dispelled on Saturday the impression created by news reports that the government was prolonging the accountability cases against former prime minister...
Water shortage turns 200,000 acres of land uncultivated DADU, Aug 17: The shortage of water has badly affected paddy and cotton crops in five talukas of Dadu district and rendered over 200,000 acres of land uncultivated, revealed a survey...		Protest against occupation of land THATTA, Aug 17: A large number of growers and peasants protested the excesses of Masroor Jatoi and Murtaza Jatoi, sons of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, and their men here on Saturday....
Woman, girl commit suicide KHAIRPUR, Aug 17: A teenaged girl and a married woman committed suicide by taking poison here on Friday....		IBA classes SUKKUR, Aug 17: Admis-sions in preparatory classes for test for admission to the Institute of Business Administ-ration, Sukkur, for BBA/BCS in are underway and will continue up to Aug 30....
Relief measures for Thar urged MITHI, Aug 17: Taking cognizance of the fact, that due to no monsoon rains, there is a drought like situation in the Thar, the district administration has demanded of the Sindh...		Villagers protest against Hesco NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 17: Scores of villagers, supported by Jeay Sindh Mahaz and counsellor, Ahmed Khan Chandio, took out a procession from Gaman Khan Chandio village to Moro on Saturday, where...
Nine kidnapped SUKKUR, April 17: Nine employees of the Guddu and Och power plants were kidnapped by some unidentified armed men from the border area of Sindh and Balochistan on Friday night....		Woman, two children kidnapped DADU, Aug 17: A woman, Zain, and her two minor children were kidnapped by some armed men in Bhan Saeedabad on Saturday....
Man attempts self-immolation SANGHAR, Aug 17: A man, Mohammed Siddique Mangrio, attempted to immolate himself at the Panjtani Chowk, Sanghar, on Friday when the police arrested his son, Kamran (16), from his house in...		Girl killed SHIKARPUR, Aug 17: A 17-year-old girl, Janul, was killed and a man, Lal Mohammad, 28, was seriously injured by three armed men on the pretext of Karo-kari in Dost Wah village...
Defence wants rape victim re-examined MULTAN, Aug 17: The defence in Meerwala case sought re-examination of Mukhtaran Mai, the gang-rape victim, and Maulvi Razzaq besides summoning Dera range crime SP Mirza Abbas to appear as defence...		Clash averted on military farms: Tenants take cops hostage MULTAN, Aug 17: Law enforcement agencies had to retreat from taking action against ‘rebel’ tenants of Okara military farms on Saturday when the latter reportedly took six police officials hostage....
‘Police treat murder suspect like VIP’ SARGODHA, Aug 17: More than 20 union council Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen voiced concern on Saturday about the police attitude....		Scholar dies in road accident FAISALABAD, Aug 17: Renowned religious scholar Allama Abdur Rasheed Arshad was killed in a road accident here on Friday night. He was 72....
More details of naval officials’ attack BAHAWALNAGAR, Aug 17: More details of a naval team’s Thursday night attack on the Faqirwali police station surfaced on Saturday....		ISPR version ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday denied reported attack and thrashing of the staff and villagers in Faqirwali....
Canal breach damages crops TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 17: A 40-foot breach in the Jhang branch canal on Saturday damaged standing crops over hundreds of acres of land....		Re-evaluation dividend BAHAWALPUR, Aug 17: The top three positions in BA first annual examination, 2002, of the local Islamia University were changed following re-evaluation of English B paper of a candidate who had...
Murree school closes ISLAMABAD, Aug 17: A Christian missionary school where six local people were killed in a suspected militant attack early this month will close for at least a year, an official at...		Achakzai visits injured official QUETTA, Aug 17: Balochistan Minister for Agriculture Haji Mohammed Qasim Khan Achakzai visited the injured Director of Agriculture, Saadat Hussain Naqvi, and his driver Vedan Gul here on Saturday at the...
NAP forms parliamentary board QUETTA, Aug 17: A meeting of National Awami Party, Balochistan, was held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of NAP Balochistan President Azizullah advocate, which reviewed matters pertaining to general election...		Justice Munir takes oath as acting CJ KARACHI, Aug 17: Justice Munir A. Shaikh, senior judge of Supreme Court, took oath here Saturday as Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan. Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui administered the oath at Karachi...