August 21, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Saani 11,1423

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France gives Rs913 million soft loan for sewage plant ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The French government has released a soft-term loan of Rs913 million to Pakistan for the improvement and extension of sewage treatment plant located at sector I-9, a source...		Capital remains cut off from outside world for 5 hours: Communication breakdown ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The communication link between the federal capital and the rest of the country and the outside world remained suspended for almost five hours after a breakdown occurred in...
New airport in Islamabad a must, says official RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: A new airport in the capital is a must, said defence secretary Lt-Gen Hamid Nawaz Khan (retired) on Tuesday....		Rs4.3m to be spent on special children’s hostel ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The minister for women development, social welfare and special education, Dr Attiya Inayatullah, has emphasized the need of partnership between government and non- government sector to launch programmes...
Laws being framed against women harassment: Ranjha ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Harassment of women is a universal problem and the government is taking measures to improve the situation in the country by putting in place appropriate laws that will...		PTV issued notice for mentioning incorrect party symbol ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: President Tameer-i-Pakistan, Lt-Gen Faiz Ali Chisti (retired) has demanded a public apology from the chairman Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) for allegedly providing wrong information in Khabarnama on the...
Abolition of task force on education urged RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: Mutahida Talaba Mehaz (United Students Front) has rejected the government’s Task Force on Higher Education terming it as anti-student....		Interior ministry declared defaulter ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The Capital Development Authority has declared the interior ministry defaulter, as the latter has failed to pay the outstanding arrears of government hostel, a document revealed....
Parliament staffers in NRB asked to report back ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The government has directed all those staffers of parliament whose services had been given to the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) to report back to their parent department....		MMA, PPPP candidates to file nomination papers on Friday RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will submit the nomination papers of its candidates on Friday....
Body found RAWALPINDI, Aug 20: Police found a body at a deserted place in Rawat on Tuesday....		First meat market for Capital ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The first grand meat market will be established within a couple of months in Islamabad by Capital Development Authority (CDA)....
6 get nomination papers ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: For two seats of the National Assembly from the capital, six aspirants obtained nomination papers on Tuesday....		Minister calls for public awareness to fight pollution ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Emphasizing the need for awareness raising and broader participation of non-governmental and community based organizations, the minister for environment, local government and rural development, Barrister Shahida Jamil called...
India-Pakistan peace coalition launched in US SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 20: A group of prominent Indian and Pakistani intellectuals, writers and peace activists have launched the Silicon Valley India-Pakistan Peace Coalition. The peace coalition was formed at a...		Promotions to BS-22 on CE’s discretion ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: The cabinet, in its meeting on Wednesday, is expected to empower the chief executive to make promotions to the posts of BS-22 in the civil services at his...
No king’s party in country: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Federal Information and Media Development Minister Nisar A. Memon said here on Monday that there was no King’s Party, and the bogey is being raised by those who...		MMA discusses candidates for election ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leaders met on Tuesday to finalize its candidates for the election....
PML(QA) leader to meet Bugti QUETTA, Aug 20: The President of Pakistan Muslim League (QA), Balochistan, Jam Yousaf has said that his party has had no contact with PPP for election alliance or seats adjustment in...		‘Polls to establish real democracy’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha has said the democratic government after the October elections would be powerful and the elections would establish real democracy...
PQP chief quits electoral politics ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Afzal Khan, a veteran nationalist politician and chief of the Pakhtoonkhwa Qaumi Party, has left the electoral politics after the Election Commission rejected his attempt to register the...		Check urged on Iranian petrol’s sale QUETTA, Aug 20: Members of Petrol Pump Dealers Ittehad (PPDI), Balochistan, on Monday threatened to close down their business if the government does not ban the sale of Iranian petrol in...
72m voters in country ISLAMABAD, Aug 20: Around over 72 million voters including 5.2 million youth between the age of 18-21 years will use their right of franchise in the October election....		PIA to appoint agents in Canada TORONTO, Aug 20: Pakistan International Airlines is considering the appointment of PSAs (passenger sales agents) in Canada at locations where PIA does not have its own offices, according to reliable sources....
Meerwala: ATC accepts plea for re-examination of PWs MULTAN, Aug 20: The Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court has accepted the plea of defence in the Meerwala gang-rape case for re-examination of three prosecution witnesses, including Mukhtaran Mai....		Suspended Jatoi SHO sacked MULTAN, Aug 20: The suspended SHO of the Jatoi police station, Nazeer Ahmad Babber, was dismissed from service on Tuesday....
Seven Toba Nazimeen to resign TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 20: Nazimeen of seven union councils will resign from their offices to contest October elections....		Gang-rape: court summons Panchayat members SARGODHA, Aug 20: Bhalwal Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Asghar Ali summoned for Wednesday (today) the influential who had convened a Panchayat to force a gang-rape victim to accept Rs100,000...
Villagers seek protection against outlaws LARKANA, Aug 20: The villagers from Akil and its surrounding vicinity of Larkana District alleged that a gang of outlaws had made their lives miserable by encroaching upon their farm lands...		400 huts, crops destroyed: Breach in Dadu Canal DADU, Aug 20: A 200-foot wide breach developed in the Dadu Canal at RD No497 in the Pat Sharif sub-division as a result of which 400 huts were destroyed and 3,000...
Mithrao Canal breached MIRPURKHAS, Aug 20: About a 100-foot wide breach occurred in Mithrao Canal near Samaro on Tuesday as a result several villages and crops on thousands of acres of land were inundated....		War on terror brings modern arms to tribal markets PESHAWAR, Aug 20: The war on terrorism in Afghanistan has brought a state-of-art to the foreign-made lethal weapons in Pakistan’s arms markets in the tribal areas and other parts of the...
Differences in MMA over ticket distribution PESHAWAR, Aug 20: The provincial parliamentary board of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) appears to be indecisive over the issue of ticket distribution among component parties, for the coming general election....		Nazimeen fight over distribution of uplift funds DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 20: A row has broken out between the district Nazim and a group of union council Nazimeen over the distribution of development funds....
Two killed over Karo-kari SHIKARPUR, Aug 20: A villager, Fateh Mohammad Pahore, killed her young wife, Gul Pari, and her alleged paramour, Shaman Pahore, in Ameer Bukhsh Pahore village on Monday....		Govt advised not to shift NBP office from Kohat KOHAT, Aug 20: Local businessmen have demanded of the government to review the decision of NBP regional office shifting from Kohat to D. I. Khan....
Three killed BAJAUR, Aug 20: Three people were killed and three others sustained injuries in two different incidents here on Tuesday....		PML(QA) interviews intending candidates PESHAWAR, Aug 20: A meeting of parliamentary board of PML(QA) continued for the second consecutive day on Tuesday to decide about the allotment of party tickets to the intending candidates for...
Assets claims to be accepted unless challenged LAHORE, Aug 20: The Returning Officers (ROs) will accept “as such” details of assets and liabilities to be declared by candidates in their nomination papers....		FIA likely to be wound up by next month LAHORE, Aug 20: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is expected to be wound up by next month, it was learnt....
Robbers kill three in Lahore LAHORE, Aug 20: Robbers killed three people, including a retired railway employee, and made off with cash, gold ornaments and valuables, worth around Rs3.5 million in the city on Tuesday....		Parties in GDA to seek separate symbols LAHORE, Aug 20: Grand Democratic Alliance leaders on Tuesday took back their earlier decision of working as an electoral alliance and now component parties will seek separate symbols from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to contest the general elections....
Tollinton to house museum, craft bazaar LAHORE, Aug 20: The Tollinton Market on The Mall will house a craft bazaar and museum after restoration to its original shape....		PITB to go under P&D LAHORE, Aug 20: The Punjab governor has reportedly approved the shifting of Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) from the administrative control of the Information Technology Department to the Planning and Development...
WAF calls for repeal of blasphemy law LAHORE, Aug 20: The Women Action Forum has demanded repeal of the blasphemy law....		Boy kills stepmother LAHORE, Aug 20: A boy allegedly shot dead his stepmother over a family dispute in Shadbagh on Tuesday....
Notice to govt on property tax rules LAHORE, Aug 20: Mr Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court issued notice on Tuesday to the provincial government on a writ petition questioning the discrimination between the retired...		PU abolishes admission tests LAHORE, Aug 20: The Punjab University has revised its admission policy and decided to abolish entrance tests and quotas in all its departments, colleges and institutes....
Autonomy for election commission sought LAHORE, Aug 20: The Lahore High Court Bar Association has asked the government to give administrative and financial autonomy to the election commission to enable it to hold fair elections....		Eight ex-MPs join Millat Party LAHORE, Aug 20: Two former federal ministers, three ex-MNAs, one senator and two MPAs joined the Millat Party here on Tuesday....