August 30, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-us-Saani 20, 1423

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Turkish media team invited to cover elections ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon has invited Turkish media team to cover the general elections in the country on October 10....		RGH wastes Rs12m worth of gas annually RAWALPINDI, Aug 29: Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) wastes gas worth Rs12 million annually, sources told Dawn here on Thursday....
Govt issues two draft ordinances: Protection of breast-feeding, non-smokers’ health ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The government on Thursday issued two draft ordinances on protection of breast-feeding and young child nutrition and prohibition of smoking and protection of non- smokers health....		Info-portal to counter Indian propaganda, says Memon ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The info-portal has been developed to counter Indian propaganda, put Pakistan on the electronic global map, earn friends for the country, bring investment and boost exports....
40 ex-legislators pay arrears ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Some 40 former parliamentarians have paid their outstanding arrears of parliament lodges and government hostels, a source told Dawn on Thursday....		Police detain, manhandle photojournalists ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The capital police manhandled and detained three photojournalists for taking snaps of the jailed PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, when he was being brought to an accountability court...
PRM, trade unions discuss poverty reduction strategy ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The People’s Rights Movement (PRM) representatives at a meeting with 10 trade unions of the twin cities on Thursday discussed the significance of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),...		Drive to check misbehaviour of drivers starts ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Islamabad Traffic Authority (ITA) has kicked off a drive to take stern action against the misbehaviour of public transport drivers with passengers, the ITA secretary, Rana Akbar Hayyat,...
Rs335 million to be spent on improvement of fire brigade ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to spend Rs335 million for modernization of the existing fire brigade system in the federal capital, sources said on Thursday....		‘Voters participation rests on fairness of elections’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: A voter will participate in the general elections if he is sure that his preference will be considered exactly the way he has expressed it....
Businessman blames Sept 11 for deportation SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 29: Within the next few days, a Pakistani businessman from Corning, a small town in northern California, will be escorted onto an airplane for a long, tedious flight...		Papers of Balochistan heavyweights cleared QUETTA, Aug 29: Scrutiny of the nomination papers filed for reserved seats for women and minorities in Balochistan for National and provincial assembly continued in the province on Thursday....
PPP demands judicial probe into killing of Okara tenants ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Pakistan People’s Party has demanded a judicial probe into the killing last week of the tenants of Okara military farms by the Rangers and to bring the...		N. Alliance to empower people: Leghari ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: National Alliance leader and former president Farooq Ahmed Leghari has said if the alliance comes to power, it will implement its 20-point programme focusing on empowerment of the...
Study begins to identify sites for small dams ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: The Ministry of Water and Power has started study to identify sites for the construction of small dams all over the country....		WFP to give more food aid to Balochistan QUETTA, Aug 29: The World Food Programme (WFP) will provide food assistance to the drought-stricken areas of Balochistan and Afghan refugees living in the camps....
PPP informs UN of govt ‘intentions’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 : The Acting Secretary General of Pakistan People‘s Party, Mian Raza Rabbani, has apprised the United Nations about the efforts of military regime to prevent the chairperson of...		Two judges suspended for corruption QUETTA, Aug 29: The Balochistan High Court has suspended Civil Judge Nushki Abdul Nasir Khan and Judicial Magistrate Nushki Sohail Ahmed Ansari on the charges of corruption and mismanagement....
Al Qaeda gets fresh funds, says report UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29: The UN officials on Thursday refused to comment on a report leaked to a US paper which said that the global campaign to stop Al Qaeda from...		MMA train march to resume on Sept 7 LAHORE, Aug 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced the schedule for next phases of its Rawalpindi-Karachi train march....
PEC warns EC of fake degrees ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has urged the Election Commission to take notice of production of fake degrees by some candidates....		Zakat must benefit Mustahqeen: Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Aug 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf directed the relevant authorities on Thursday to rehabilitate maximum number of Mustahqeen from Guzara Allowance and ensure disbursement of Zakat among them....
Papers of five for PB-45 accepted HUB, Aug 29: Seven names were cleared on Wednesday to contest the Balochistan assembly seat No. PB-45....		Rs20m to be spent on D.I. Khan hospital DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 29: A satellite hospital would be established in Dera Ismail Khan under a Women Health Project, costing Rs20 million, a WHP representative told a workshop here....
Governor accused of campaigning for PML(QA) KOHAT, Aug 29: Candidates belonging to various political parties have accused the NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah and provincial Education Minister Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani of campaigning for Pakistan Muslim...		Workshop begins PESHAWAR, Aug 29: A two-day orientation workshop on the NWFP on-farm water management project phase-IV, assisted by the World Bank, started at the Bureau of Agriculture Information....
LFO has no constitutional status : PML-N SWABI, Aug 29: There is no value of Legal Framework Order (LFO) in our statute book and the PML(N) would work for the restoration of 1973 constitution, which advocates for a...		Objections raised against candidates DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 29: Objections were brought on record regarding the nomination papers of Miankhel brothers and Sardar Inayatullah Khan Gandapur....
Army to supervise Fata uplift work PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai visited Kurram Agency Frontier Region adjacent to Afghanistan border on Thursday and inspected developmental projects in the area, an ISPR press release...		Al Qaeda suspects being probed PESHAWAR, Aug 29: Police said on Thursday that they are investigating whether a dozen detained militants from an outlawed extremist group had links to Al Qaeda....
Nominations scrutiny in Haripur completed HARIPUR, Aug, 29: The scrutiny of nomination papers filed by the aspirants for one NA and four provincial assembly seat of district Haripur has been completed here on Thursday....		Objection to Benazir’s nomination filed LARKANA, Aug 29: Ali Gohar Junejo, the PML-Q candidate for PS-38 Larkana, here on Thursday filed objections against the nomination of the PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, with the returning officers of...
Sindh police to recruit 9,000 LARKANA, Aug 29: The IG, Sindh police, Syed Kamal Shah, has said that the Sindh police would soon recruit 9,000 constables....		Mirpurkhas chamber office-bearers elected MIRPURKHAS, Aug 29: Khan Abdul Khaliq Khan was elected the president and Haji Abdul Ghafoor Mahar the senior vice-president of the Mirpurkhas Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI)....
Papers of five candidates accepted BADIN, Aug 29: The returning officer for NA-225, Badin, on Thursday accepted all the five nomination papers fixed for scrutiny....		Seven injured in accident SUKKUR, Aug 29: Seven persons, including three women, were injured in a road accident on the National Highway, near Ather Abro, district Ghotki, on Thursday....
Nawabshah development schemes NAWABSHAH, Aug 29: An amount of Rs109.972 million has been earmarked under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme, phase-III, for 79 development schemes of Nawabshah district....		Jobs for local youth urged DADU, Aug 29: A partial strike was observed and a rally was taken out in Johi town on Thursday against an oil and gas company, BHP, for not providing jobs to...
PML-N for more effective DCC LAHORE, Aug 29: The PML-N will take steps to curtail military interference in civil matters and for this purpose it will strengthen the role of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet...		PML-QA, PTI locked in mud-slinging campaign LAHORE, Aug 29: The war of words which erupted between the PML(QA) and the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf a few days ago with the leaders of the two sides making allegations and counter...
Tenants to observe ‘mourning week’ LAHORE, Aug 29: Tenants working on state land will observe a mourning week from Friday against the killing of Salman Masih and injuring of dozens of others reportedly in firing by...		Ahmad Rahi’s condition deteriorates LAHORE, Aug 29: Poet Ahmad Rahi was shifted to a private hospital on Thursday when his condition deteriorated....
Col Tariq’s release order issued LAHORE, Aug 29: An accountability court on Thursday ordered the release of Col Tariq Ehtesham (retired), ex-project director of the Elite Police Training School when the NAB additional deputy prosecutor-general told...		Differences in MMA? LAHORE, Aug 29: Differences have reportedly cropped up in the top leadership of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal as Prof Sajid Mir, the head of one of the six constituents of the alliance,...
PMA flays working of BoGs LAHORE, Aug 29: The Pakistan Medical Association has said that board of governors (BoGs) of autonomous health institutions have become puppets in the hands of the provincial health minister and the...		A new method to increase Wapda revenue LAHORE, Aug 29: Wapda’s revenue department has adopted a novel way to increase its income in some of the city localities....
Mian Azhar launches brother’s campaign LAHORE, Aug 29: PML-QA President Mian Azhar launched the election campaign of his brother, Mian Ashraf, from NA-120 on Thursday, saying the polls would eliminate politics of loot and plunder and...		Four killed in accidents LAHORE, Aug 29: Four people, including a girl student of the Punjab University, were killed in accidents in different parts of the city on Thursday....
Call for ban on ‘uplift’ funds LAHORE, Aug 29: ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan and JUI-F amir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday demanded a ban on the use of development funds in support of the government-backed candidates....		Rivers’ flow steady LAHORE, Aug 29: The combined river inflow on Thursday remained steady at 343,100 cusecs and all of it was released for irrigation as both dams have already been filled beyond their...