August 22, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-us-Saani 12,1423

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Twin cities to get water on alternate days: Supply from Khanpur Dam ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The authorities have decided to reduce water supply from Khanpur Dam to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad from August 31....		World Food Summit targets elusive, says FAO report ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The targets of the World Food Summit 1996 are as elusive as ever six years later, a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report warns....
Pre-arrest bail of 5 PML(N) activists confirmed RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mian Mohammad Shafi on Wednesday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of five Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) activists, charged with disturbing public order and raising...		MMA flays Musharraf’s decision to remain COAS RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has criticized Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to continue as president and army chief for next five years....
Jawad adds voice to anti-polio drive ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan has made tremendous progress in eradicating the crippling disease, Polio and is on the brink of reaching the goal of complete elimination with zero polio cases by...		Over 8,000 mud houses demolished in three months ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Over 8,000 mud houses were demolished in three months at Afghan kutcha abadi located between I-11 and H-11 sectors, a source told Dawn on Wednesday....
Programmes planned to celebrate Japan, Pakistan ties ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The International Center for Literacy and Culture (ICLC) has organized a concert and plays to celebrate 50 years of Pakistan-Japan Friendship, at the National Library Auditorium on August...		Youth commits suicide; woman run over by bus RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: A young man committed suicide in Tarnol while an old woman was run over by a bus on Islamabad Highway on Wednesday....
Draft law on corruption finalized ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: A meeting of the steering committee of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) project here on Wednesday discussed and finalized the draft of the NACS, which will shortly be...		Number of the poor doubled in 10 years: expert ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Poverty has shown an increasing trend in the last decade and the percentage of people living under the poverty line has doubled between 1987-88 and 1998-99....
Work in sector D-12 to be restarted soon ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The development work in sector D-12 will be restarted within a week and no further compensation would be given to the villagers of Siri Saral and Pind Sangrial,...		DCCs to liaison with NGOs RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: Punjab social welfare department has established District Coordination Councils throughout the province to ensure liaison between the government and non- governmental organizations (NGOs)....
EC registers PML(Z) RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi bench, while allowing the writ petition filed by former federal minister Ijazul Haq, on Wednesday directed the Election Commission (EC) to register...		PML, MMA agree to launch joint struggle ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday agreed to launch a joint struggle for the restoration of democracy and constitution....
Downsizing of ADBP starts ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan has announced a voluntary Golden Handshake Scheme for its regular employees. This one-off offer is meant for all employees in service as...		Former CM of NWFP granted bail RAWALPINDI, Aug 21: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Wednesday granted bail to former NWFP chief minister Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi on medical grounds....
Soomro to contest polls from Thatta THATTA, Aug 21: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro will contest election for the Sindh Assembly seat PS-88 (Gorabari- Kharochhan) in Thatta district....		Japan names honorary envoy at Lahore KARACHI, Aug 21: The embassy of Japan has announced that Aamir H. Shirazi has been appointed honorary consul-general of Japan at Lahore....
Indo-Pakistan standoff: a tale of three cities THE US deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, undertakes another mission to South Asia to counsel India and Pakistan to de-escalate tensions on their borders where more than two million troops...		Dadu Canal breach widens DADU, Aug 21: The breach in the Dadu Canal at RD-497 has widened from 200 to 250ft on Wednesday as a result of which more huts have been inundated in ...
$10m loan accord with WB signed ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The government and the World Bank here on Wednesday signed $10.08 million accord for the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund Grant Agreement — Protected Areas management project....		Gandhara art exhibition to be held in Japan ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Pakistan and Japan signed an agreement on Wednesday to hold an exhibition, “The treasures of Pakistan: Gandhara,” in Tokyo and three other cities of Japan, from Oct 29....
Seven DAGs appointed ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The federal government on Wednesday appointed seven deputy attorneys general....		Measures taken to produce contamination-free cotton HYDERABAD, Aug 21: Sindh Agriculture Secretary Aftab Ahmad Qureshi has said various measures are being taken to produce contamination-free cotton in Sanghar district....
PPP-SB to finalize candidatures today LARKANA, Aug 21: The PPP (SB) will finalize the names of its candidates for four national and six provincial assembly seats of Larkana district on Thursday....		Farmers threaten to go on strike SANGHAR, Aug 21: The farmers of Dim Wah and its distributaries in Khadro sub-division have threatened to observe a strike if the “unnecessary” rotation was not ended....
Growers demand payment of dues BADIN, Aug 21: The sugarcane growers of Badin district, Abdul Razzaq Memon, Abdul Rehman Soomro, Khaliq Memon and others, while speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday, accused the management...		Survey of coastal project urged THATTA, Aug 21: The people of Thatta have demanded a survey be carried out by experts before embarking on a Rs9.25 billion project for constructing a 149-mile embankment along the Thatta...
Six kidnapped Wapda workers released SUKKUR, Aug 21: Out of the nine Wapda employees who were kidnapped from Dera Murad Jamali some four days back, six have been released by their kidnappers on the intervention of...		PPP announces candidates NAWABSHAH, Aug 21: The Pople’s Party Parliamentarians, Nawabshah, announced the names of candidates for the coming elections, except for PS-24, Nawabshah town, on Tuesday....
Union cautions Wapda workers HYDERABAD, Aug 21: The central president, Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union, Abdul Latif Nizamani, has cautioned the workers against disruptive elements who were trying to create differences among the workers...		39 chairmen of Zakat committees removed MIRPURKHAS, Aug 21: The chairman, Zakat and Ushr Committee, Mirpurkhas Distict, Zakaria Ahmed Bhawani, has removed 39 chairmen of local Zakat committees of the distict on public complaints on Tuesday....
Lower courts violate juvenile justice law PESHAWAR, Aug 21: The lower courts here have been dealing with cases of juvenile offenders despite the fact they have no jurisdiction in this regard....		Ranjha calls for improving police performance ABBOTTABAD, Aug 21: Dr Khalid Ranjha, Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights, has said that it is fundamentally important to uplift the image of police by improving its performance,...
ANP rejects alliance with NAPP, SQM SWABI, Aug 21: The Awami National Party (ANP) has rejected the impression of forming any alliance with the National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP) and the disqualified Swabi Qaumi Mohaz (SQM), stating...		Weapons seized KOHAT, Aug 21: Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition dumped in jungles of Ziarat Sheikh Ismail on NWFP-Punjab borders near Lachi, on Tuesday night....
Tourists attack case: accused released MANSEHRA, Aug 21: The 14 people nominated in the FIR for attack on foreign tourists near Ashoka engraved stones last month, were released after an interrogation team found them not involved...		PHC summons CIA official in illegal detention case PESHAWAR, Aug 21: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday summoned a sub-inspector of the Crimes Investigation Agency (CIA), Murtaza Khan, in an illegal detention case....
Frontier Highways Authority (Amendment) Ord approved PESHAWAR, Aug 21: The provincial cabinet approved the NWFP Highways Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002, after a detailed discussion here on Wednesday....		Tenants vow to pursue ownership campaign LAHORE, Aug 21: The tenants of military farms land are determined to pursue their campaign to the end — “ownership or death” — their residents told a team of visiting journalists...
Sialkot to be model e-district LAHORE, Aug 21: The ministry of science and technology has directed the governments of Punjab and Sindh to speed up projects to set up model IT districts in the two provinces....		PR to launch commercial, housing projects LAHORE, Aug 21: The Pakistan Railways in collaboration with private sector will soon launch 11 commercial/housing projects on its lands across the country as presentations for this purpose are under way,...
Confusion rules military farms LAHORE, Aug 21: Claims, counter-claims and a complete confusion rules the area forming military farms in and around the Okara city, making it next to impossible to ascertain the veracity of...		20 new software houses to be established LAHORE, Aug 21: The Pakistan Software Export Board is establishing 20 new software houses comprising 100 IT entrepreneurs and 20 system support professionals under a project aimed at facilitating and developing...
Rivers’ flow dips further LAHORE, Aug 21: The combined river flow dipped further on Wednesday to a total of 292,100 cusecs; out of which 228,800 cusecs were released for irrigation purposes and 63,300 cusecs stored...		Man kills brother, his wife, children LAHORE, Aug 21: A man reportedly confessed on Wednesday to having killed his elder brother, sister in law and their two children at Noor Colony in North Cantonment....
Meerwala: defence starts arguments today MULTAN, Aug 21: Counsel of the accused in the Meerwala gang-rape case, under-trial at the Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court, closed defence on Wednesday....		Seven die in van-coaster collision BAHAWALNAGAR, Aug 21: At least seven people were killed when a wagon collided head-on with a coaster on the Bahawalnagar-Bahawalpur Road, some 25 kilometres from Hasilpur, on Tuesday....
Couple slain over property dispute GUJRANWALA, Aug 21: A man killed his US returned brother and his wife over a property dispute in Khokherki here on Wednesday....		Asad Hayat to quit office to contest elections JHANG, Aug 21: District Naib Nazim and PPP (P) leader Makhdoomzada Syed Asad Hayat has decided to resign from his office to contest elections from NA 87 and PP 78....