August 27, 2002	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Saani 17,1423

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271 aspiring for 7 NA, 14 PA seats in Pindi: 46 file papers for 2 Capital seats RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: A total of 82 candidates have filed their nomination papers for seven national assembly seats while 189 for 14 provincial assembly seats in Rawalpindi district, officials said here...		Stamps issued to commemorate WSSD ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Pakistan Post has issued two commemorative postage stamps of four rupees denomination to mark the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), being held in Johannesburg (South Africa)....
Activist of banned outfit awarded six-month RI RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: The judge of anti-terrorist court  on Monday awarded six months of rigorous imprisonment and a fine  of Rs1,000 to a member of a banned  outfit....		President urged to save NIH from collapse: Retiring of Rs400m loan ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The employees of the National Institute of Health (NIH) have urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to save the organization from complete collapse, since it was under a heavy...
Plan to restart work in D-12 to be chalked out today ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The chief commissioner and chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), Mir Laiq Shah, will preside over a meeting being held on Tuesday to chalk out a strategy...		Dictators, agencies held responsible for Afghan crisis ISLAMABAD Aug 26: The undemocratic rulers and the agencies in Pakistan were responsible for the unsuccessful Afghan policy and it was the right time that the Afghans were accepted as a...
Cabinet asked to make people-friendly changes in Drug Act ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: A consumer protection watchdog on Monday has asked the cabinet to ensure that the proposed amendments in the Drug Act 1976 were public-friendly....		PML-N censures minister’s remarks ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The secretary-general of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Saranjam Khan, has said that a person has been appointed as federal information minister who even does not know the meanings...
7 injured in Gwadar as police fire on protesters QUETTA, Aug 26: Seven persons including four fishermen were injured, two of them seriously, as personnel of a law-enforcement agency opened fire on protesting fishermen resenting the use of prohibited wire-nets...		Two principals exonerated from charges ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has cleared two teachers of corruption and other charges and asked the education ministry to reinstate them, reliable sources told this reporter....
PIA to buy 10 aircraft ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) will purchase 10 new or slightly used aircraft by 2003 to modernize its fleet....		No hopes attached to Kashmir body: JKLF MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 26: Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Amanullah Khan has welcomed the establishment of Kashmir committee by India expressing the hope that it will try to resolve this...
24 held in Sindh by Punjab police SUKKUR, Aug 26: Twenty-four villagers of a village 25km off Kashmor (Sindh) were arrested by the Punjab police near Guddu on Sunday evening....		PSO to export fuel to US forces in Afghanistan KARACHI, Aug 26: A state-run oil company said on Monday it would export jet fuel worth more than $15 million to US forces in Afghanistan by October, and that further contracts...
Mangla, Tarbela dams filled LAHORE, Aug 26: Water level at the main reservoirs of Mangla and Tarbela reached their full capacity on Monday, even before Aug 31, a date fixed by the water authorities....		Pakistan has evidence of air attack, says ISPR chief ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The government told US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage during his visit here on Saturday that the Indian air strikes on a Pakistani military post along the...
Pakistan Day parade held NEW YORK, Aug 26: Thousands of Pakistanis gathered in down town Manhattan on Sunday participating in the annual Pakistan Day parade....		Power supply to Khyber Agency cut LANDI KOTAL, Aug 26: The Water and Power Development Authority on Monday disconnected power supply to Zakakhel and Ali Masjid areas in Khyber Agency after the expiry of deadline for the...
Conversion of ADBP opposed MINGORA, Aug 26: Employees of the Agriculture Development Bank have expressed concern over the proposed conversion of the ADBP into a corporation and termed the decision against the interests of the...		Small dam dept to be set up: governor HANGU, Aug 26: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah said on Sunday that the provincial government was spending Rs8 billion on the government machinery....
Criminals in tribal areas a nuisance: DIG KOHAT, Aug 26: The deputy inspector-general, Kohat region, Ghulam Mohammad, has expressed concern over the presence of a large number of proclaimed offenders in the four southern tribal agencies and as...		44 to vie for two NA seats in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL, Aug 26: As many as 44 candidates have so far filed their nomination papers for the two National Assembly seats from Khyber Agency....
Governor orders relief for flood-hit villagers MARDAN, Aug 26: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Monday visited the villages of Mardan district, where 10 people had died and hundred of houses collapsed in the recent flash...		Ejaz files nomination MANSEHRA, Aug 26: The chief of PML (Z), Ejazul Haq, here on Monday filed his nomination papers for two National Assembly seats of Mansehra district, NA-20, Mansehra-I, and NA-21, Mansehra-II....
Two killed in Kehal area ABBOTTABAD, Aug 26: Two people, including a young girl who was hit by a stray bullet, were killed when rival groups exchanged fire in the Kehal area here on Sunday....		PPP, PML-N reluctant to make adjustments LAHORE, Aug 26: Despite their commitment to defeat the pro-establishment candidates in the October general elections, arch rivals People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the PML-N, which are allies on the platform...
Youth urged to elect ‘good’ people LAHORE, Aug 26: Federal Information Minister Nisar Memon has urged the youth to fully participate in the October elections to send good people in the assemblies....		Fake drugs sale goes unchecked LAHORE, Aug 26: The Punjab health department has failed to launch a campaign against spurious and sub-standard drugs besides checking overcharging by druggists and chemists....
Lawyers observe black day today LAHORE, Aug 26: Lawyers will observe a black day on Tuesday to condemn the promulgation of the Legal Framework Order 2002 by President Pervez Musharraf and press for its repeal....		‘No complaint’ against election arrangements LAHORE, Aug 26: Punjab Law Minister Rana Ijaz Ahmad has said no complaint has so far been received regarding election arrangements....
Stove bursts: LHC summons govt officials on Sept 26 LAHORE, Aug 26: Justice Maulavi Anwarul Haq of the Lahore High Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Pakistan Standards Institution (PSI) to ensure the presence...		Ex-MNA joins Millat Party LAHORE, Aug 26: Former MNA Syed Shahnawaz Kirmani from Depalpur, Okara, and 14 Nazimeen on Monday announced their joining the Millat Party after a meeting with its president Farooq Leghari....
Rift in PML-QA over Azhar’s brother LAHORE, Aug 26: PML-QA President Mian Azhar has proposed his brother Mian Ashraf as party’s official candidate for NA-120 (Lahore) as a result of which differences have cropped up among the...		Nakai’s two sons join PML-QA LAHORE, Aug 26: Two sons of the late Punjab chief minister Arif Nakai have joined the PML(QA)....
Bishop threatens legal action LAHORE, Aug 26: Bishop Dr Alexander John Malik of Lahore said on Monday they would move court if the government did not denationalize the missionary institutions....		Each candidate to pay for voters’ list GUJRANWALA, Aug 26: Aspirants contesting elections on the seats of national and provincial assemblies will have to pay handsome amount for the photo copies of voters’ lists....
Seven women contestants in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 26: Only seven women are in the race out of total 378 candidates for all 11 national and 22 provincial assemblies’ seats in the district for general elections....		Ijaz, Anwar file papers in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Aug 26: PML-Z chief Ijazul Haq, his brother Dr Anwarul Haq and brother-in-law Faiz Rahim filed their nomination papers for NA 187 (Bahawalpur V, Yazman tehsil) on Monday....
Iraqi envoy asks Muslims to unite SIALKOT, Aug 26: Iraqi ambassador Kazim Abdul Hamid has said his country has always played its role in uniting Muslims by countering the wrong policies of the West....		Canal breach in Sargodha SARGODHA, Aug 26: A breach in Kirana distributary, some 30 kilometres from here, on Sunday night inundated several adjoining villages and more than 5,000 acres....
Maize farm tenants also get ejectment notices SAHIWAL, Aug 26: Ejectment notices were served on 68 tenants of the government maize farm, Iqbal Nagar, after declaring them defaulters here on Monday....		Six UC Nazimeen resign VEHARI, Aug 26: Six union council Nazimeen have resigned from their offices to contest the forthcoming general elections....
Call to start M.Com classes BAHAWALPUR, Aug 26: Thousands of commerce graduates of three districts have urged the authorities concerned to start M. Com classes at the Government College of Commerce here....		276 candidates file papers in Multan MULTAN, Aug 26: At least 276 candidates filed their nominations for six seats of national and 13 provincial assemblies in the Multan district....
Man stabbed by rivals BAHAWALNAGAR, Aug 26: A man was stabbed allegedly by rivals in Mahar Sharif on Sunday night....		PML-N to make ‘clean sweep’: Sher Ali FAISALABAD, Aug 26: The PML-N will make a clean sweep in the general elections for candidates of the government backed parties have no roots among the masses....