August 28, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Saani 18,1423

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Rallies, display of banners, posters banned in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The district administration has imposed section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) in the capital, banning display of posters, banners and arms, public meetings and use of loudspeaker,...		MMA faces showdown with admn over Pindi rally RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: The prospects of a clash between Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) workers and local administration loom large following the railway authorities’ refusal to permit any public meeting on the premises...
NCSW working without rules, regulations ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) is running its affairs without any basic rules since its inception on July 17, 2000, official sources told Dawn on...		Zardari to be shifted to 2nd floor of Pims RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: After the Islamabad police has declared the shifting of Asif Ali Zardari, the spouse of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, to the Police Line Headquarters hospital a risk,...
QJP vows to establish egalitarian society ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) on Tuesday launched its manifesto, vowing to establish an egalitarian society in the country and to continue fighting against feudals and aristocracy....		TMA to auction main contracts today RAWALPINDI, Aug 27: The Tehsil Municipal Administration is auctioning its main contracts today (Wednesday), it has been learnt....
Four papers for NA-48 rejected ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Returning Officer for NA-48 on Tuesday rejected four nomination papers out of 30....		Abbasi’s nomination papers rejected HARIPUR, Aug 27: The nomination papers of Maj-Gen (retd) Zaheerul Islam Abbasi for NA-19, Haripur, were rejected by the returning officer, Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Badshah, on Tuesday....
Change in attitude towards women’s education welcomed PESHAWAR, July 27: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Tuesday welcomed a change in the behaviour of people who are demanding education for their daughters....		Tribesmen threaten to destroy Wapda setup LANDI KOTAL, Aug 27: Heavily-armed tribesmen of Khyber Agency occupied the hilltops overlooking the Peshawar valley on Sunday night and vowed to resist the installation of meters at their houses by...
Six of a family die as roof caves in SWABI, Aug 27: A family of six people, including four minor boys, were killed when the roof of their muddy house cave in due to heavy rains in the Miangan Cham...		Assessment of damage ordered CHARSADDA, Aug 27: District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan on Monday visited the flood-affected villages of Charsadda and directed land revenue officials to asses the damage caused by the recent rains and...
DPs told not to create problems DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 27: The government and people of Pakistan had welcomed the Afghan refugees after the invasion of their country by the Soviet Union forces and had been extending...		Tribesmen’s role appreciated PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The director general of Inter-Services Public Relations, Maj Gen Rashid Qureshi, has paid rich tributes to tribal people for bringing social awareness in tribesmen and paving the way...
Kabul assures Islamabad of help in laying gas pipeline ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan is very much interested in early laying of 1400km-long $3.2 billion gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan via Afghanistan....		Asghar backs call for independent Kashmir ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President of Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) Air Marshal Asghar Khan said on Tuesday that a stable and enduring democratic system could not be established in the country without...
PML(N) asks NAB chief to declare assets ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) has demanded of the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lt-Gen Munir Hafiz, to declare his assets....		Mountaineers make history LAUSANNE (Switzerland), Aug 27: Mountaineers from India and Pakistan made history here this week when they took part in a joint climb of Les Diablerets peak in the Swiss Alps and...
Huge quantity of arms seized in Chaghai QUETTA, Aug 27: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) police seized a huge quantity of illegal arms and ammunition in Chaghai, some 250km southwest of here, on Tuesday....		Two killed, five hurt in firing on bus QUETTA, Aug 27: Two persons were killed and five others were injured when unknown armed men opened fire at a bus in Phulaji area of Nasirabad district, on Tuesday....
Bars to chalk out action against LFO LAHORE, Aug 27: Supreme Court Bar Association president Hamid Khan said the postponement of the general elections in the present circumstances would endanger the federation....		Complications in CRDC, PTB merger LAHORE, Aug 27: The education department is facing complications in finalizing modalities of merging the Curriculum Research and Development Centre (CRDC) with the Punjab Textbook Board (PTB)....
PML-QA reviewing women’s lists LAHORE, Aug 27: The PML(QA) is reportedly reviewing the lists of its women candidates for the elections to accommodate three former ministers. They are Zubaida Jalal, Atiya Inayatullah and Shaheen Atiqur...		LDA to retain administrative structure LAHORE, Aug 27: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has allowed the Lahore Development Authority to retain its administrative structure but transferred its administrative and financial control to the City District Government....
No nomination paper rejected LAHORE, Aug 27: No nomination paper was rejected on the first day of scrutiny on Tuesday....		Govt-Sharifs pact ‘be made public’ LAHORE, Aug 27: Chaudhry Shujaat Husain demanded on Tuesday that the government should let the nation know whether it had made any change to the agreement under which the Sharif family...
CDG directed to withdraw retirement orders LAHORE, Aug 27: The Punjab Ombudsman has directed the Lahore city district government authorities to withdraw premature retirement orders against a sanitary worker....		Notification withdrawn LAHORE, Aug 27: Owing to the pressure mounted by teachers, the Punjab Education Department has finally withdrawn its notification on denationalization of educational institutions....
Heavy rain in Lahore LAHORE, Aug 27: Sudden rain in city on Tuesday which was heavy in the downtown, inundated many streets and disrupted traffic....		Newly-born dies LAHORE, Aug 27: A newly-born baby girl admitted to the Children’s Hospital by a woman some two days ago died on Tuesday....
PML-N old guards at a crossroads GUJRANWALA, Aug 27: The PML-N received a setback when two groups led by former federal ministers, Ghulam Dastagir Khan and Barrister Usman Ibrahim, filed the nomination papers of their associates against...		Hepatitis-B claims 4 lives in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Aug 27: At least four people, including a woman, died of hepatitis-B in and around the city during the last one week....
Nazimeen for private security system FAISALABAD, Aug 27: Some Nazimeen of tehsil municipal administration’s union councils have approved the private security system to provide security to residents in their respective areas....		JUP-N leaders walk out of MMA meeting with PML-N LAHORE, Aug 27: Leaders of the JUP (Noorani) walked out of a meeting of the PML-N with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml on mutual electoral cooperation on Tuesday evening, saying the party of...
Papers of stalwarts in Jhang cleared JHANG, Aug 27: Nomination papers of Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, Sahibzada Nazir Sultan, Sahibzada Mehboob Sultan, Rana Attaullah, Miss Saima Akhtar Bharwana and Sughra Imam were cleared on Tuesday after scrutiny...		Rokhri, Dr Afgan break allegiance MIANWALI, Aug 27: Veteran politicians, Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri and Dr Sher Afgan, broke their allegiance formed in the name of Khidmat-i-Ittehad four years ago....
MMA poised for train march LAHORE, Aug 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml leaders are poised for a train march from Rawalpindi to Lahore on Wednesday (today) amid arrangements by the railways authorities that they will not allow...		Rs1.06bn to improve irrigation system FAISALABAD, Aug 27: A sum of Rs1.06 billion will be spent to improve irrigation system in the Punjab by completing different development projects during the current financial year....