September 4, 2002	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Saani25,1423

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About 200 ex-legislators fail to clear dues: Parliament Lodges ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: About 200 former MNAs and senators are yet to clear their residential and other charges for availing themselves of official residences’ facility during tenures of various government....		Dist govt employees yet to get two-month salaries RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The new local government finance system introduced from July 1 has hit snags and the district government employees are yet to get their pays for the past two...
80pc of world’s population aged 15 and over is literate: Unesco ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Almost 80 per cent of the world’s population aged 15 years and over is literate, says a Unesco press release issued here on Tuesday in connection with the...		Control rooms set up at range offices to monitor polls activities RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The Punjab government has set up control rooms at the range offices of the deputy inspector generals (DIGs) throughout the province to monitor election activities, an official source...
RCB launches drive against water tariff defaulters RAWALPINDI, Sept 3: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has launched a campaign against water tariff defaulters, official sources told Dawn....		Villagers against another inquiry into Siri Saral incident ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The representatives of village Sri Saral have denounced holding of another inquiry into the July incident....
Electioneering gains momentum in Capital ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The election campaign is gaining momentum in the Federal Capital, as candidates of different political parties are holding corner meetings....		Kutcha abadi dwellers protest against CDA ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The All-Pakistan Alliance of kutcha abadis held a protest demonstration at 100 Quarters in Sector F- 6/2 on Tuesday....
Turkish firm served notice to pay Rs6bn ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: As three consortia are bidding afresh for the Rs24 billion Islamabad-Peshawar motorway project, the National Highway Authority (NHA) has served a legal notice on the “expelled” Turkish firm...		Chashma N-plant to be closed for refuelling CHASHMA, Sept 3: The Chashma Nuclear Power Plant (Chashnupp) will be shut down for refuelling and cleaning at the end of the current month. This outage is planned for 81 days....
Benazir concerned over vote-counting procedure ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Chairperson PPP, Benazir Bhutto, has called upon the Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (retd) Irshad Hasan Khan to ensure free, fair and transparent elections by adopting a transparent vote-counting...		APNS disapproves press laws KARACHI, Sept 3: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has expressed its disapproval of the press laws announced by the cabinet on Sept 1, as the laws in their present form...
Devolution in N. Areas planned GILGIT, Sept 3: The government was planning to extend the devolution of power plan to the Northern Areas and delegate powers to the Northern Areas Legislative Council, Federal Information Minister Nisar...		Okara tenants under threat of another raid MULTAN, Sept 3: There is mounting tension again on the Okara military farms after a contingent of rangers and police entered a tenants’ village late on Tuesday night....
Hunger strike MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 3: People’s Party Azad Kashmir and People’s Students Federation will stage hunger strike and a demonstration on Wednesday to protest the rejection of the nomination papers of PPP Chairperson...		Imran flays rejection LONDON, Sept 3: The leader of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, has expressed his indignation over rejection of his nomination papers from Bahawalpur constituency and described it as government’s “desperation” to keep...
NHA to extend contracts of 3 firms ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The National Highway Authority (NHA) executive board members would hold a 3-day meeting at Naran to extend contracts of three private firms for consultancies, Dawn reliably learnt....		Papers of 4 Mansehra candidates rejected MANSEHRA, Sept 3: The returning officers for different constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies rejected the nomination papers of four candidates on different grounds....
Election petition dismissed HARIPUR, Sept 3: An election petition seeking disqualification of Omar Ayub Khan, son of former federal minister, Gohar Ayub Khan, was dismissed by the returning officer for NA-19....		Many areas declared calamity-hit PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The NWFP government has declared the rain-affected parts of the Peshawar and Swabi districts as calamity-hit areas in an effort to extend relief to the people of these...
Monuments, sites be handed over to provinces: seminar PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Archaeologists from across the country have proposed to hand over monuments and sites of historical importance to the respective provinces and delegate powers to the federating units under...		Report on Fata polls clarified KOHAT, Sept 3: A report appeared in Dawn on Sept 2, stating that tribesmen in Fata will elect 12 National Assembly members on one-man one-vote basis for the first time during...
Respect for human rights stressed PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Federal Minister for Law and Human Rights Dr Khalid Ranjha has urged the people to change their attitude towards the issue of human rights so that a justice-based...		PML-N looking for suitable candidates FAISALABAD, Sept 3: The PML-QA and the PML-N have reportedly failed to issue final lists of candidates for major national assembly seats of the district despite the completion of scrutiny of...
50,000 jobs by next month: Maqbool SARGODHA, Sept 3: The government is striving hard to eradicate corruption from society besides provision of jobs to youth purely on merit....		Minimum-wage rule being violated by kiln owners SAHIWAL, Sept 3: Insaan Dost Association president Anjum Raza Wattoo has alleged that owners of brick-kilns are violating the government’s minimum-wage rule right under the nose of labour officer....
Nazimeen protest police inaction FAISALABAD, Sept 3: Villagers of Tandlianwala on Tuesday staged a protest rally against the police for its failure to check alarming increase in heinous crimes in their area....		Appeals for, against rejection filed GUJRANWALA, Sept 3: Aspirants of political and religious parties, including PPP and PML-N, filed their appeals before the election tribunal here on Tuesday....
Nazim ‘supporting’ certain candidates TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 3: Three joint candidates of the PML-N and MMA for PP-86, PP-87 and PP-90 have alleged district Nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq is illegally supporting the government’s blue-eyed...		No election tribunal: Bar to protest in Multan MULTAN, Sept 3: The Multan High Court Bar Association will launch a campaign on Wednesday to protest against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision not to set up an election tribunal...
Dist council budget yet to be approved BAHAWALNAGAR, Sept 3: The annual budget of the district council is yet to be approved as the convener has ‘illegally’ made changes to it....		78,000 apply for teaching SAHIWAL, Sept 3: As many as 78,000 people including 39,000 women have filed applications for 530 vacant posts in schools in the district....
Couple found dead GUJRANWALA, Sept 3: A couple was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday in Kot Qadir Bakhsh village....		Two prisoners hurt in clash GUJRANWALA, Sept 3: Two prisoners were injured in a clash between two rival groups in district courts here on Tuesday....
No leniency for an ignorant candidate: election tribunal LAHORE, Sept 3: A Lahore High Court election tribunal on Tuesday ruled that no leniency could be extended to any aggrieved candidate who is ignorant of election laws....		Dacoits kill youth, loot over Rs1.2m in cash, gold LAHORE, Sept 3: Dacoits in their 15 strikes on Tuesday shot dead a youngster on resistance and made off with over Rs1.2 million in cash, gold ornaments, valuables and vehicles in...
LHC seeks report on mily farms LAHORE, Sept 3: Mr Justice M.A.Shahid Siddiqi of the Lahore High Court has sought a report on the Okara military farms incident from the superintendent of the police....		Sale of petrol on shops banned LAHORE, Sept 3: The city government has decided to ban the sale of petrol on shops with immediate effect....
Nomination: Mazareen to move High Court LAHORE, Sept 3: The Anjuman Mazareen Punjab has decided to move the Lahore High Court against the rejection of nomination of its candidate, Mehr Abdus Sattar, from PA-191, Okara....		Peacekeepers LAHORE, Sept 3: The last batch of peace-keeping troops of Pakistan contingent serving under the auspices of UN Mission in Sierra Leone landed at the Lahore airport after completion of their...
PML-N, MMA meet for adjustments LAHORE, Sept 3: Leaders of the PML-N and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal met here on Tuesday to resolve their differences over some electoral adjustments....		MMA split imminent LAHORE, Sept 3: A split in the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is imminent as Prof Sajid Mir, head of one of the six constituents of the religious parties alliance, has refused to oblige...
Warrants for Shaukat Ali issued LAHORE, Sept 3: An accountability court issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former district council chairman Chaudhry Shaukat Ali on Tuesday owing to his persistent absence from the court....		Qul of Ahmad Rahi held LAHORE, Sept 3: Qul of Punjabi poet Ahmad Rahi, held here after Asr prayers on Tuesday, were thinly attended....
Suicide LAHORE, Sept 3: A dejected lover committed suicide in Mozang. Quoting his family, the police said Bashir, 27, was in love with a girl. But she was not involved with him....		Rahi gave film songs a literary touch LAHORE, Sept 3: Born on November 12, 1923, at Koocha Dharam Singh in Amritsar, Ahmad Rahi began his literary career when he was an intermediate student at the MAO College there....