August 20, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Saani 10, 1423

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Venue for inquiry shifted to Rawalpindi: Commercialization fee contract RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: The Punjab government’s local government and rural development department has shifted the venue for inquiry into Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) commercialization fee contract from Lahore to Rawalpindi with...		Body constituted to review drug act ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Criticism on hasty deliberation process to amend the Drug Act 1976 forced the government here on Monday to form a committee comprising all stakeholders to review the act....
Parties hide funding sources: study ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The political parties in the country have diverse means to raise funds, with the larger chunk of the sources remaining hidden from public scrutiny....		Probe into lifting of items from Parliament Lodges ordered ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The chairman of Capital Development Authority, Mir Laiq Shah, has ordered an inquiry into the removal of precious items by the former parliamentarians from Parliament Lodges during their...
Rs68m Islamabad airport renovation project completed RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: The Rs68 million Islamabad International Airport renovation project for upgrading the facilities in the arrival lounges, improving passenger handling capacity and increasing the floor area has been completed,...		Slum dwellers stage demo against evictions ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The All-Pakistan Alliance of Kutcha Abadis staged a protest demonstration here in France Colony in sector F-7/4 on Monday....
FST reinstates bank employee ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Federal Services Tribunal (FST) on Monday reinstated a National Bank employee whose services had been terminated on charges of criminal negligence....		No candidate turned up on first day ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: No candidate came up on the first day of filing of nomination papers for election 2002 here on Monday....
Leghari for freedom of information ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The primary objective of the Millat Party is to restore the basic human rights and dignity of man, said Sardar Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari while speaking at the...		Couple acquitted of adultery charges RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmad on Monday acquitted two persons of the charges of adultery due to lack of evidence against them....
FPSC DG robbed ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) director-general and some other members of his family were robbed in front of their house in Sector F-6/4 early Monday morning....		Polio vaccination drive from Sept 3 RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: As part of the National Immunization Days campaign, a three-day polio vaccination campaign will be held from September 3, in which 560,780 children below the age of five...
Man shot dead ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A 55-year-old security guard was shot dead at his house in Bara Kahu on Monday....		NAB prosecutor appointed ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The government of Pakistan through a notification on Monday appointed Navid Rasul Mirza, advocate, as the prosecutor general accountability (PGA) in National Accountability Bureau (NAB)....
PPP offers security to EU observers QUETTA, Aug 19: People’s Party Parliamentarians Senior Vice-President Mir Baz Khan Khetran on Monday offered providing security to the European Union mission during its visit to Balochistan for monitoring elections process....		LHC rejects plea against Benazir’s conviction ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging the conviction of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in absentia in three...
Decentralization of polls results ruled out ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: People’s Party Parliamentarian’s (PPP) request that the announcement of election results should be decentralized for the sake of transparency has been turned down by the government, a PPP...		Resale of new cars in 6 months banned ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: In order to check price hike, the government has banned the sale and transfer of new cars within six months of their purchase....
Woman, daughter killed MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 19: A woman and her minor daughter were slaughtered in a village on Sunday night, police said on Monday....		Trade team ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A 20-member Pakistani business delegation will leave for Afghanistan on August 25 to boost exports and explore opportunities in its reconstruction, an official report said on Sunday.—AFP...
Evidentiary record misplaced, ATC told: Meerwala gang-rape case MULTAN, Aug 19: Some officials of the Dera Ghazi Khan DIG’s office have misplaced the evidentiary record in the Meerwala gang-rape case from the police file....		Two tehsil Nazimeen set to contest polls FAISALABAD, Aug 19: Two of the six tehsil Nazimeen in the district have decided to quit their local government offices to contest elections for National and Provincial Assembly seats....
Chashma canal: Land Acquisition Act violated DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 19 : Although work on the Chashma Right Bank Canal has almost been completed, the affected land owners of its third phase are not being paid in...		Nepra takes up Lesco plea: Licences to SPPs ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Monday started hearing of a petition filed by the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO), seeking review of generation licenses issued...
PML-QA says Mukhtar not eligible to contest polls GUJRAT, Aug 19: Former federal minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar will not be able to contest elections for he does not ‘possess’ the BA degree....		Three killed, 25 injured as bus overturns JHANG, Aug 19: Three people, including two women, were killed and 25 others sustained injuries as a bus carrying a marriage party overturned near Adda Kausarabad, 35 kilometres from here, on...
PPP, PML-N close to a deal in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 19: PPP and PML-N discussed adjustment for seven provincial and three national assembly seats of the district here on Sunday night. They will meet again on 21st....		Patwaris’ strike continues SIALKOT, Aug 19: Patwaris in the Sialkot district on Monday continued their strike against the illegal occupation of patwarkhanas by administrations in Daska and Phalia tehsils....
Rs20 million okayed to build open air theatre PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The NWFP government has earmarked Rs20 million for the construction of an open air theatre adjacent to the Nishtar Hall and the work on the project would start...		Zakat bodies take out protest procession LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 19: Chairmen and members of local Zakat committees took out a procession on Monday against the All Councillors Alliance and rejected their demand of share in the distribution...
Major parties yet to field candidates MARDAN, Aug 19: The major political parties, including ANP, PPP and PML(N), have failed to announce their candidates for the national and provincial assemblies’ seats of Mardan district for the October...		Steps urged to check high birth rate HARIPUR, Aug 19: The Press must extend a helping hand to create awareness about birth control because natural resources are rapidly depleting in the country due to fast population growth....
Security in Northern Areas beefed up GILGIT, Aug 19: Following attacks on foreigners and churches, the Northern Areas administration has strengthened security in all the five districts to ward off any untoward situation, a police spokesman told...		Uplift work under way in Charsadda CHARSADDA, Aug 19: District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan has said that despite limited resources, the government has initiated a record number of development schemes in Charsadda....
Afghanistan’s Independence Day celebrated PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Afghan Consulate celebrated the 83rd Independence Day of Afghanistan here on Monday....		Hawker looted HARIPUR, Aug 19: A newspaper hawker was deprived of cash and valuables by some bandits here on Sunday....
Four get papers for Mansehra NA, PA seats MANSEHRA, Aug 19: Only four candidates obtained nomination papers from the returning officers for two provincial assembly seats of Mansehra district on the first day of filing nominations to contest the...		No nomination filed on first day LAHORE, Aug 19: Not a single candidate from the city filed nomination papers for 13 National Assembly and 25 provincial assembly seats on the first day of filing papers on Monday....
Pakistani woman’s ordeal in Saudi jail LAHORE, Aug 19: The fate of a 27-year-old Pakistani woman reportedly languishing in a Saudi prison remains uncertain as repeated requests over the past five months by the Human Rights Commission...		Amer gives lists of candidates to Azhar LAHORE, Aug 19: District Nazim Mian Amer presented the lists of City District Government consensus candidates for national and provincial assembly seats in the provincial capital to PML-QA president Mian Azhar...
Education varsity launch LAHORE, Aug 19: The Punjab government is set to launch the University of Education on Aug 28 to provide academic support to the public sector in-service teachers in the province....		Punjab Local Govt Ord amended LAHORE, Aug 19: The provincial government amended on Monday the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, barring the Nazimeen and Naib Nazimeen of districts, tehsils, towns and union councils from contesting any...
Rana Nazir, Munir join PML-QA LAHORE, Aug 19: Former Punjab PML-N secretary-general and MNA from Sheikhupura Rana Nazir Ahmad and former PPP MPA from Sahiwal Chaudhry Munir Azhar joined the PML-QA on Monday....		PML-QA, JUP-N joint candidates LAHORE, Aug 19: The PML-QA and the JUP (Niazi Group) on Monday agreed to put up joint candidates in the elections....