September 1, 2002	Sunday	Jamadi-us-Saani 22,1423

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Imran’s degree questioned; Shujaat, Mukhtar cleared GUJRANWALA, Aug 31: The academic degree of Imran Khan from Mianwali was questioned and the nomination papers of PPP’s Khawaja Saleh were rejected from Gujranwala while those of stalwarts like Chaudhry...		Papers of tenants’ leader rejected MULTAN, Aug 31: Nomination papers of the Anjuman Mazareen Punjab leader, Mehr Abdul Sattar, were cast away in Okara for PP-191 for being involved in anti-state activities....
Punjab may ban cotton in CLCV-hit areas MULTAN, Aug 31: The government is considering a ban on cotton sowing in areas which have come under the attack of cotton leaf curl virus this year....		Distinction for boys in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Aug 31: The overall top three positions were secured by boys in the FA/FSC annual examination....
Police told to fail PPP drive FAISALABAD, Aug 31: All the district police officers of the province have been directed to take every possible step for stopping the PPP from holding protests against rejection of party chairperson...		Shahbaz, Kulsoom okayed for NA-119 LAHORE, Aug 31: PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and Kulsoom Nawaz were cleared for NA-119 on Saturday, following a payment of Rs9.7 million income tax by them....
Rains relief for weather pundits LAHORE, Aug 31: Adequate rains in the length and breadth of the country during August have not only filled Tarbela and specially Mangla dams but also relieved the weather experts, fearing...		57.17pc get through in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 31: Boys ruled the roost in the intermediate examination result announced here on Saturday....
Bomb defused SIALKOT, Aug 31: The bomb disposal squad of the Sialkot Civil Defence on Saturday defused two anti-tank landmines in a village of Bajwat sector....		No schedule given for return of PoWs ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The government was unable to secure a timetable for the release and return of over 850 Pakistanis detained in Afghanistan since the fall of Taliban last November in...
Nisar accuses Benazir of weakening federation ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Information Minister Nisar Memon has accused former prime minister Benazir Bhutto of weakening the federation by saying that there is a difference between Lahore and Larkana....		APNS withdraws FIR in printing press dispute KARACHI, Aug 31: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has withdrawn its FIR on the issue of the printing press, one of the properties in dispute among the partners of Barex...
Pemra takes note of DSNGs illegal use ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has taken serious note of the General Elections coverage by some channels who have uplinked signals through satellite transmission with their...		Hoax bomb panics PIA hotel guests in New York NEW YORK, Aug 31: Hundreds of guests staying at PIA’s Roosevelt Hotel spilled into the streets on Friday afternoon as the New York City police bomb squad swarmed the hotel to...
Ex-mayor gets 6-year jail for corruption QUETTA, Aug 31: Accountability Court Quetta No II awarded six-year rigorous imprisonment to ex-city mayor Mir Magbool Ahmed Leghari on Saturday and fined him Rs3.5 million in two corruption cases....		Officials questioning PPP, MQM candidates KARACHI, Aug 31: Representatives of law enforcement agencies are visiting national and provincial assemblies’ candidates at their residences and are asking them various questions about their families and friends....
PIA’s delayed flight arrives in Toronto TORONTO, Aug 31: PIA’s Canada-bound flight PK 781, which was delayed at Birmingham, England, on Friday after security alert, arrived in Toronto on Saturday morning with all 192 passengers aboard....		Major parties confused about campaign ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Leaders and workers of all major political parties are in utter confusion as none of them is sure how to go about the shortest-ever election campaign in the...
Girls shine in Abbottabad Inter Board exams ABBOTTABAD, Aug 31: Girls snatched 16 positions out of top 20 in the Intermediate examination of Board of Secondary Education Abbottabad. The top three positions were grabbed by the students of...		40 men held in Bajaur moved to Haripur jail BAJAUR, Aug 31: The political administration of Bajaur Agency on Saturday shifted to the Haripur central prison some 40 of the criminals who were arrested during a crackdown on anti-social elements by a tribal Lashkar and the law...
Kalashnikov rifle’s price doubles KOHAT, Aug 31: The price of AK-47 assault rifle, Kalashnikov, has doubled since June and is rising in the tribal territory as the allied forces have launched a drive against weapons in parts of...		Five-year-old girl assaulted MARDAN, Aug 31: The Rustam police have arrested two brothers who are alleged to have raped a five-year-old girl at Islampura on Thursday....
Handcuffing of juvenile offenders slammed PESHAWAR, August 31: Chairman, Voice of Prisoners, Noor Alam Khan has asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice of the detention and hand-cuffing of three juvenile offenders...		Refresher course on rabies held PESHAWAR, Aug 31: A two-day refresher course for medical professionals on the clinical management of rabies concluded here on Saturday....
Rally against water shortage held in Mansehra MANSEHRA, Aug 31: The residents of various areas of the town on Saturday staged a protest rally against the suspension of water supply for the last one month....		Gang of carjackers arrested LANDI KOTAL, Aug 31: Authorities in the Jamrud subdivision of Khyber Agency arrested three notorious criminals, including their ringleader, involved in hijacking of cars, here on Saturday....
Bail of rape accused rejected DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 31: Additional Sessions Judge Subhan Sher on Saturday sent three policemen accused in a Zina case to judicial lock-up after rejecting their pre-arrest bail applications....		Cadet college students top intermediate examination KOHAT, Aug 31: The students of Cadet College Kohat excelled in the intermediate examination by grabbing top positions in the pre-medical and pre-engineering groups, according to results announced by the Board...
EDOs to take part in anti-polio drive PESHAWAR, Aug 31: District Coordination Officer Nowshera Laiqur Rehman has asked all the Executive District Officers to take active part in the National Polio Campaign starting from Sept 3 to 5,...		SHC disposes of petition against police HYDERABAD, Aug 31: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Friday directed a petitioner woman to seek bail for her son from the concerned trial court,...
Rejection of Benazir’s papers decried SUKKUR, Aug 31: Hundreds of activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians here on Saturday took out a protest rally against the rejection of nomination papers of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, Sindh...		Two killed SUKKUR, Aug 31: Two persons were killed and seven others were injured in two separate road accidents on the National Highway, near Sukkur, on Saturday....
Relief package for Thar demanded MITHI, Aug 31: The members of the Taluka council, Mithi, on Friday demanded the arrest of the culprits involved in the rape of Ms Padu Bai, and also asked for a...		Anti-polio drive SUKKUR, Aug 31: A walk in connection with the anti-polio campaign was arranged by the EDO, health, from Mohammad Bin Qasim Park to Clock Tower to create awareness among people to...
Nominations rejected MIRPURKHAS, Aug 31: The nomination papers of Syed Ali Nawaz Shah, a candidate of PP Parliamentarians, and Makhdoom Shah Nawaz Shah, were rejected by the Returning Officer for NA-227 (Mirpurkhas II),...		Professors warning LARKANA, Aug 31: The professors of Chandka Medical College will resign if the Larkana administration failed to arrest the culprits involved in attacking and injuring Prof Zaffar Pirzado, the head of...