August 31, 2002	Saturday	Jamadi-us-Saani 21, 1423

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Restructuring of ADBP in 8 months, says bank chief ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The restructuring process of the Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) will be completed within the next six to eight months, the bank’s chairman, Istaqbal Mehdi, said here...		Defence counsel contests admissibility of evidence: Steel Mills case ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The defence in the Steel Mills case on Friday questioned the admissibility of evidence against Asif Ali Zardari and asked the court to decide these under Qanoon-i-Shahadat before...
Pims facing shortage of life-saving medicines ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) is facing severe shortage of life-saving drugs as well as surgical items due to financial constraints....		UGC revises curricula of 41 disciplines ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The University Grants Commission has completed the revision of curricula of 41 disciplines at graduate and postgraduate levels under a programme launched by the ministry of science and...
Pharmaceutical companies create drug shortage ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: An artificial shortage of medicines, antibiotics and essential pain killers has been created after the government’s decision of waiving the 15 per cent general sales tax (GST) on...		Robbers go on a looting spree in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: About Rs7 million, two cars, gold ornaments and electronic items were looted in two robberies on Friday, police and victims said....
Kashmiris to resist sham polls in IHK, says Rehmani ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has said every coercive method to ensure public participation in the September/October assembly elections of Kashmir would...		Only Rs21m allocated for QAU uplift ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Out of the total budgetary allocation of Rs255 million approved for Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) for the current financial year, a meagre amount of Rs21 million has been reserved...
Monks complete first leg of peace march ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Buddhist Monks have arrived in the capital after completing the first leg of the Pakistan-India Prayer March for Peace-2002....		Notice issued against brick-kiln owners RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Friday issued a notice to brick-kiln owners accused of harassing labourers....
Man acquitted of murder charges RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mian Mohammad Shafi, on Friday acquitted a person, accused of killing his friend, due to non-availability of proof against him....		HDIP asked to gear up work on uplift projects ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The petroleum minister, Usman Aminuddin, has directed the Hydrocarbon Development Institute of Pakistan (HDIP) to gear up the pace of work on the development projects so that their...
GNA fails to make seat adjustments ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Political manoeuvring of the power brokers to benefit pro-government groups/parties through administrative apparatus appeared to be falling apart, particularly, after the failure of the Grand National Alliance (GNA)...		Beijing working for Pakistan, India peace BEIJING, Aug 30: China has spared no effort to persuade India and Pakistan to be at peace again, official sources said here....
Help sought to solve environmental issues ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Environment Minister Barrister Shahida Jamil has met heads of various international organizations in Johannesburg and sought their cooperation on environmental issues in the country....		Agreement with Syria signed ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Pakistan Post Office Department has signed a money order agreement with the postal administration of Syria to provide money transaction facility through post....
Uzbek leader hiding near Pakistan border WASHINGTON, Aug 30: One of the most-wanted men in Uzbekistan is in hiding near the Pakistan border but can’t be extradited despite a treaty between the two countries, the Uzbek Embassy...		Ministries of agriculture, water to be merged ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The government has decided to merge water and agriculture related ministries, their attached bodies and provincial irrigation departments for an integrated and coordinated planning of agriculture projects....
President gets vital documents on Gilgit ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Various facts about the partition and accession of Gilgit and other northern areas to Pakistan came to light when the wife of a late British Army officer handed...		Parliament can impeach president, says Ranjha ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Federal Law Minister Dr Khalid Ranjha on Friday rejected the notion that checks in the constitutional amendments were aimed only for the prime minister....
Pakistani film festival begins in China BEIJING, Aug 30: A week-long Pakistani film festival began in Beijing on Friday to strengthen the social and cultural linkages between the two countries....		Two killed in road accident QUETTA, Aug 30: Two people were killed and 18 others injured when a bus collided with a truck near Kalat, some 160km from here, on Friday....
Three institutes approved for Northern Areas GILGIT, Aug 30: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr Badaruddin Soomro has approved three institutes of technology to improve the agriculture infrastructure in Northern Areas....		Jirga demands end to operation in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Aug 30: The Khyber agency political administration has handed over a list of 28 hard-core criminals to a representative jirga of Bara elders and instructed them to either produce...
Formation of forest bodies delayed HARIPUR, Aug 30: The formation of Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC) in Haripur has remained a mere paper work as the district-based administration of forest department failed to comply with the...		PPP workers urged to accept party decision PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The Pakistan People’s Party has advised its workers, who got angry over the electoral alliance with the Awami National Party in Peshawar district, to accept party decision and...
MMA leaders meet to resolve differences NOWSHERA, Aug 30: The leaders of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, an alliance of religio-political parties met here at Darul Uloom Haqania, Akora Khattak to resolve their differences....		Tarbela flood victims shifted HARIPUR, Aug 30: Most of the affected families of Afghan camps inundated when the Tarbela Lake water swelled were shifted temporarily to the incomplete building of district headquarters hospital on Dhenda road...
Police vacate BHU building HARIPUR, Aug, 30: The local police which had forcibly occupied the building of Basic Health Unit of village, Shah Mohammad, had here vacated it on Friday....		Unesco pledges to help preserve heritage ABBOTTABAD, Aug 30: Director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Pakistan, Ingebarg Breines, said on Thursday that the organization will extend all possible help to promote and protect cultural...
Traditional politicians’ role criticized CHARSADDA, Aug 30: Saeed Khan, joint candidate of PML (Q), PPP (S) and MMA for PF-18 Charsadda-2, and son of Nisar Mohammad, a former senator and federal minister, has said the...		Two more killed in tribal feud SUKKUR, Aug 30: Tension is high in the Jarwar and Mirpur Mathelo areas following the killing of two more Bozdar tribesmen by Lunds, raising to six the death toll in the...
Muttahida candidates for Sindh NA seats KARACHI, Aug 30: It will be an interesting contest in the interior of Sindh because the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has put up non-Urdu-speaking candidates for the national assembly seats....		Two girls die after taking pesticide DADU, Aug 30: Two minor girls died and another fell unconscious after taking pesticide in Karani village, Sehwan Taluka, on Thursday....
Rally against Hesco staged NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 30: Hundreds of the town residents, businessmen, students and the PPP-SB activists staged a big rally against frequent power breakdowns in Phul on Thursday....		Power breakdown resented THATTA, Aug 30: Hundreds of power consumers, holding lanterns in their hands, took to the streets of Daro and Mirpur Bathoro towns, late Thursday night, to protest against the unscheduled power...
Nomination papers rejected BADIN, Aug 30: A PML (Q) candidate, Syed Ali Bux Shah alias Papoo Shah, of Vanai Sharif, suffered a setback when his nomination papers for PS-57 (Tando Bago), were rejected by...		Ombudsman office set up LARKANA, Aug 30: The regional office of the provincial Ombudsman, Sindh, has been established in Larkana....
Academic audit of schools, colleges LAHORE, Aug 30: The government has decided to conduct an academic audit of all public and private educational institutions for their categorization in different grades according to quality of their education...		Beg sees president, parliament clash LAHORE, Aug 30: Awami Qiadat Party chief Gen Aslam Beg (retired) sees a president-parliament clash after the elections....
Rahi still far from well LAHORE, Aug 30: Poet Ahmad Rahi’s condition has slightly improved but he is still critical....		Anti-polio campaign LAHORE, Aug 30: Some 13.9 million children below the age of five years will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops across the Punjab during Sept 3-5....
22 spots for gatherings LAHORE, Aug 30: The City District Government has selected 22 spots in six towns of the district for holding of public meetings by the political parties for the October general elections....		MMA yet to finalize ‘electoral adjustments’ LAHORE, Aug 30: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has so far not finalized “electoral adjustments” with any political party....
More join PML-QA LAHORE, Aug 30: More people joined the PML-QA on Friday, expressing confidence in the leadership of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi....		Saad thankful to ROs LAHORE, Aug 30: Punjab PML-N Secretary-General Khwaja Saad Rafiq on Friday thanked the relevant returning officers for accepting the nomination papers of Mian Nawaz Sharif, Begum Kulsoom and Shahbaz Sharif...
Sharifs’ banishment challenged LAHORE, Aug 30: A senior lawyer on Friday challenged banishment of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, saying there was no legal bar on the exiled leader’s return from Saudi Arabia....		Who is defaulter? Ahmad Mukhtar or Chaudhris: RO’s ruling likely today GUJRAT, Aug 30: The Chaudhris of Gujrat are defaulter of millions of rupees, Ahmad Mukhtar’s counsel who filed objections told the returning officer concerned on Friday....
Tenants vow to continue struggle: Masih’s memorial service MULTAN, Aug 30: Tenants of Okara military farms vowed on Friday at the memorial service of Suleman Masih to carry on their peaceful struggle for proprietary rights....		PP-91: Shahbaz to pick PML candidate GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: The PML(N) parliamentary board left the provincial assembly seat PP-93 on the discretion of former MPA S. A. Hameed while the case of PP-91 was forwarded to party...