August 25, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-us-Saani 15,1423

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Bar Council terms LFO illegal, mala fide ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 : The members of Pakistan Bar Council have criticized the Legal Framework Order, 2002, through which a new dictatorship, and no effective authority for the prime minister, has...		Pakistan sinking into tyranny: paper MONTREAL, Aug 24: Canada’s most influential newspaper has bitterly criticized President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s large-scale constitutional amendments and said Pakistan is rapidly sinking into tyranny....
Benazir to decide about contesting polls: Amin HYDERABAD, Aug 24: People’s Party Parliamentarians chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto alone will decide whether the party should contest the elections or not in case...		WB to give $20m loan for uplift in AJK ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The government and the World Bank on Saturday signed legal documents for $20 million interest free loan the WB would offer to support Community Infrastructure and Services Project...
Utilization of Zakat funds urged ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The Central Zakat Council (CZC) on Saturday expressed its resentment over non-utilization of rehabilitation package by the provinces except Punjab....		PIA to purchase Airbus ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: The national flag-carrier PIA has decided to buy the French-made Airbus aircraft as part of a programme to replace its ageing fleet, it was learnt here Saturday....
Qazi, Imran agree on cooperation ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan met Jamaat-i-Islami chief and vice-president of MMA Qazi Hussain at the latter’s residence on Friday evening and agreed on pre- poll and post-elections...		Golden Week held at Balochistan University QUETTA, Aug 24: Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal said on Saturday that the academic atmosphere at the Balochistan University has improved as a result of the government’s steps....
FA, FSc results announced QUETTA, Aug 24: Balochistan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Saturday announced the result of FA and FSc annual examination 2002....		US appreciates action against terrorists ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage met Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider here on Saturday and praised Pakistani authorities for immediate arrests of criminals involved in recent terrorists...
Shahida to attend UN moot ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Barrister Shahida Jamil, Minister of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development, has reached Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, which began on Saturday....		Iran busts women trafficking ring TEHRAN, Aug 24: Iranian authorities busted a ring based in the northeastern city of Mashhad responsible for trafficking dozens of young women to Pakistan where they were forced into prostitution....
Protest lodged with India ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Pakistan on Saturday lodged a strong protest with India over the unprovoked attack on its post in Northern Kashmir and asked New Delhi to desist from such “provocations”...		Efforts on to ensure better education for girls: governor KOHAT, Aug 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the government is trying to exploit all its resources for providing better education to the girls to remove disparity...
Gilgit power plan okayed GILGIT, Aug 24: The government is taking concrete measures to provide electricity to the residents of Northern Areas and numerous power projects are being launched throughout the area, sources said here...		Qazi files papers for Nowshera NA seat NOWSHERA, Aug 24: Mutta-hida Majlis-i-Amal central vice president and Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad filed on Saturday his nomination papers for contesting the general elections on NA-5 (Nowshera-I)....
Six obtain nomination papers for NA-23 MANSEHRA, Aug 24: Former federal minister Abbas Sarfraz Khan and five other people have obtained nomination forms for contesting the general election to National Assembly on the Kohistan district’s only seat,...		EC extends PPA to Fata BAJAUR, Aug 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan has extended the Political Parties Act to the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with immediate effect....
NHA imposes load limit for highway LANDI KOTAL, Aug 24: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has imposed load restrictions on the Peshawar-Landi Kotal-Torkhum Highway....		Sherpao pledges to develop constituency CHARSADDA, Aug 24: Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, chief of his own PPP faction, has said that his party along with its allied parties would struggle for the uplift of the area....
Rally baton-charged, 22 arrested: Local people demand jobs in oil companies SUKKUR, Aug 24: The police baton-charged hundreds of protesters on Saturday at Nara in front of Sawan Gas Field No 1, who were protesting against a multinational company for not employing...		Nomination papers filed LARKANA, Aug 24: The candidates, backed by People’s Party Parliamentarians, different factions of Pakistan Muslim League, Muttahida Quami Movement, Sindh Democratic Alliance and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, filed their nomination papers with their...
Resigns NAWABSHAH, Aug 24: Ashiq Hussain Dahri, cousin of Sindh Education Minister Khan Mohammad Dahri, has resigned from the office of taluka Nazim to contest the forthcoming general election....		19 peasants recovered SANGHAR, Aug 24: The Shahpur Chakar police recovered 19 bonded peasants, including women and children, from Sanjarani Kot of landlord Abdul Khaliq Sanjarani on Friday....
Polling stations MIRPURKHAS, Aug 24: As many as 640 polling stations and 1,737 polling booths would be set up in Mirpurkhas district for the forthcoming general elections....		Three killed, 20 injured in road accident DADU, Aug 24: Three persons were killed and 20 others were injured critically in an accident on the Indus Highway at the Chowdgi Bridge, some 12 kilometres away from here on...
100 protesters arrested in Chundko KHAIRPUR, Aug 24: The police baton-charged participants of a protest demonstration and arrested some 100 protestors in Chundko town on Saturday....		Rally against Hesco BADIN, Aug 24: About 300 people with the activists of traders organisations of Badin district, took out a procession here on Saturday to protest against the Hesco for the frequent power...
Peacock poachers fined MITHI, Aug 24: A team of the wildlife department, Tharparkar, conducted a raid on a village, Rane ji Dhani, and arrested six persons, and recovered four peacocks from there possession, which...		Breach occurs in waterway KHAIRPUR, Aug 24: The embankments of Abdul Wah, Khairpur West Feeder, developed a 20 to 30 feet breach between Ahmedpur and Mian Khan bridges here on Saturday evening....
Meerwala case verdict on 27th MULTAN, Aug 24: The Dera Ghazi Khan anti-terrorism court will give its verdict on the Meerwala gang-rape case on Aug 27 (Tuesday) as both prosecution and defence concluded their arguments on...		Punjab seeks ban on cotton import MULTAN, Aug 24: The Punjab has urged the federal government to impose ban on the import of cotton till March next to ensure better price to domestic growers....
Same old faces in Sargodha SARGODHA, Aug 24: A majority of old faces in the district filed nomination papers on Saturday....		Nazimeen resign, submit papers GUJRANWALA, Aug 24: At least nine Nazimeen have resigned from their office and filed nomination papers for national and provincial assemblies’ seats on Saturday....
Candidates rush to file nominations FAISALABAD, Aug 24: Around 200 candidates filed nomination papers for 11 national and 22 provincial assembly seats in the district till 8:00pm....		Ex-MPA Subhani, his father file papers SIALKOT, Aug 24: Former MPA Chaudhry Armughan Subhani on Saturday filed his and his father’s nomination papers at Daska....
NAB chief denies action against certain politicians LAHORE, Aug 24: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez said on Saturday no-one involved in corruption or plunder of public wealth could or would escape accountability....		Mushtaq Awan in run for NA-133 SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 24: Scores of candidates on Saturday filed their nomination papers to contest the general elections....
Rana Ejaz meets Ch Wajahat GUJRAT, Aug 24: Provincial law minister Rana Ejaz Ahmad held a meeting with PML-QA district President Chaudhry Wajahat Husain at Zahoor Palace, here on Saturday....		Ms Bhutto ‘qualified’ to contest polls BAHAWALPUR, Aug 24: PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto is qualified in every respect to contest the elections and even the rules framed by the government do not disqualify her in any...