September 5, 2002	Thursday	Jamadi-us-Saani26,1423

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Another operation in D-12 in the offing ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration have decided to conduct another operation in the current week to resume development work in Sector D-12,...		Prosecution’s plea for 15-day remand of Zardari rejected ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: An accountability court on Wednesday turned down the prosecution’s request to grant 15-day judicial remand of the jailed PPP leader, Asif Ali Zardari, in the custody of National...
ROs visit polling stations in Capital ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The two returning officers appointed to hold elections for the two Islamabad seats visited the polling stations of their respective constituencies to inspect the arrangements being made for...		Two killed as thunderstorm hits Pindi, Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Two persons were killed and more than two dozens injured in the thunderstorm which hit the twin cities in the early hours of Wednesday, destroying a number of...
Minister for transfer of technologies to poor countries ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Transfer of technology at affordable costs was critical for sustainable development of developing countries....		PTDC workers to get bonus, says Bajwa RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Maj-Gen Anis Ahmed Bajwa, the managing director, Pakistan Tourism Development Corpora-tion (PTDC), has assured the PTDC employees that they will soon be given a bonus....
PTA asks cell phone cos to improve service ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has put major players in cellular telephone sector on a three month notice to rectify technical problems causing serious difficulties to the consumers....		Three die of mysterious disease GUJAR KHAN, Sept 4: Three persons died of a mysterious disease which broke out in Phimble village some 35kms from here....
Millers urge Punjab to fix uniform rates of flour RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) here on Wednesday asked the food department and Punjab government to fix uniform rates of flour in the country....		AIOU extends admission date till Oct 5 ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has extended the last date for admissions in the autumn semester 2002, till October 5....
NHA faces claims of Rs35 billion ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is facing litigation claims and penalties to the tune of Rs35.5 billion which if not contested properly would have to be paid out...		Illegal transfers in Sindh alleged ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The former prime minister and chairperson Pakistan People‘s Party, Benazir Bhutto, has apprised the chief election commissioner of the illegal transfers taking place in Sindh, with a view...
India snubs initiative for dialogue ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Pakistan Kashmir Committee’s latest attempt to engage with the Indian leadership has failed to yield desired results as New Delhi continues to harden its stance....		Two held in US for harassing Pakistanis NEW YORK, Sept 4: The Police in Long Island, a suburb of New York, arrested two teenagers on Monday on charges of harassment of a Pakistani women and her 15 year...
Mangla extension project delayed ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The project for raising Mangla Dam’s height has been delayed after Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan left for United Kingdom for medical treatment, sources told...		Rs10m relief announced for Gultari victims SKARDU, Sept 4: The Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas, Nisar A. Memon on Wednesday announced Rs10 million for the rehabilitation of the displaced families of Gultari affected by the...
255 uplift schemes launched in Quetta QUETTA, Sept 4: The city district government launched 255 development schemes during the last financial year and around 90 per cent of them have been completed, District Nazim Mohammed Rahim Kakar...		Two judges appointed ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The president on Wednesday appointed two additional judges to Balochistan High Court (BHC) for a period of one year....
JKLF leader detained SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Javed Mir, a leader of the JKLF, was detained on Wednesday as he was ready to protest against the upcoming elections in the occupied Kashmir....		US defence team to visit Pakistan PARIS, Sept 4: Senior US defence sources have revealed that Undersecretary of Defence Douglas Feith will lead a delegation to Islamabad later this month to “revive” high-level consultative talks with Pakistan....
PPP apprises US envoy of pre-poll rigging ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has launched a campaign to apprise international community of alleged pre-poll rigging and other measures adopted by the military regime to keep Benazir Bhutto,...		Flawed distribution causes water shortage in Sindh: Wapda MIRPURKHAS, Sept 4: Wapda chairman Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan has said due to the lack of proper distribution of water in Sindh the province was facing a shortage of water, while...
14 polio cases detected in Sindh BADIN, Sept 4: Sindh Health Minister, Ahsan Ahmad Khan, has said 14 out of the 35 polio cases in the country are reported in Sindh....		Two dacoits killed in ‘encounter’ THATTA, Sept 4: The Thatta police in coordination with the Hyderabad police claimed to have killed two dacoits following a two-hour ‘encounter’ with dacoits in the Moulchand forest, near Bannu town,...
Bandit arrested SANGHAR, Sept 4: The Sanghar police claimed to have arrested a notorious dacoit, Sadiq Shar, after a brief encounter at Ban Mori, near the Mithrao canal, on Tuesday....		Two die, seven hurt in road accident NAWABSHAH, Sept 4: Two persons were killed and seven others were seriously injured when a speedy car dashed into a tree near Cheezalabad, Sanghar road, on Tuesday....
One shot dead in clash SUKKUR, Sept 4: A Teghani tribesman was killed and five others were injured in an armed clash between the Teghani and Chachar tribes in the Katcha area of Pano Aqil on...		Protest rally for jobs held KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: Scores of youth from Nara taluka continued their protest on Wednesday against the multinational oil and gas companies for not providing jobs to the local people in gas...
LUMHS students boycott classes DADU, Sept 4: The students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, boycotted their classes on Wednesday and staged a demonstration for an hour in front of the...		Bid to smuggle arms foiled: two arrested PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The Crime Investigation Department, Peshawar, seized a large cache of arms and arrested two smugglers after a lengthy car chase in Nowshera on Wednesday....
Two get life sentence in murder case MANSEHRA, Sept 4: The district and sessions judge on Wednesday convicted two men of murder and sentenced them to life imprisonment....		Gang-rape case to be sent to ATC ABBOTTABAD, Sept 4: Hazara DIG Rao Amin Hashim has said that the case of the two women allegedly gang-raped in the Dewal Manal village would be sent to an anti-terrorism court...
Nomination papers of 19 candidates rejected LANDI KOTAL, Sept 4: The nomination papers of 10 candidates were rejected by returning officers for National Assembly constituencies of NA-45 and NA-46 from Khyber Agency after completion of scrutiny of...		GBNA opposes award to Ms Brown GILGIT, Sept 4: The leaders of Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance (GBNA) have opposed the posthumous award conferred on the widow of late Maj Brown of the British Raj by the government in...
Dir Nazim passes away TIMERGARA, Sept 4: Nazim of Lower Dir district and a senior parliamentarian, Dr Mohammad Yaqoob Khan, 75, died of heart attack here on Tuesday night....		Fruit fly BANNU, Sept 4: The provincial coordinator of integrated crop management programme has said no efforts have been made to control the fruit fly, which had badly damaged the guava orchards.—Correspondent...
Action taken against cable TV operators DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 4: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has taken action against two cable TV operators for violating the code of conduct and transmission of banned channels....		Hailstorm disrupts power supply SWABI Sept 4: A hailstorm accompanied by heavy rain hit the entire Swabi district and its suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday, disrupting power supply and flooding the low- lying...
Attestation of Nawaz’s power of attorney ordered: counsel: Withdrawal of nomination LAHORE, Sept 4: Exiled prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s counsel claimed on Wednesday evening that Pakistan’s foreign secretary had directed the Middle East affairs director-general to get Nawaz’s power of attorney attested...		Electioneering a low-key affair LAHORE, Sept 4: Electioneering for the October polls remains a low-key affair in the provincial capital as the PPP, the PML-N, the PML-QA and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal scramble to make seat...
DCOs lack DCs powers for election arrangements LAHORE, Sept 4: District Coordination Officers (DCOs) are making arrangements for elections instead of defunct deputy commissioners without any legal powers, hierarchical team and authority to coordinate with police to maintain...		PPP not serious about PML-N, says Baloch LAHORE, Sept 4: The PPP leadership is not serious about electoral cooperation with the PML-N and is reportedly using delaying tactics in this regard....
Mazareen leaders produced before ATC LAHORE, Sept 4: As many as nine leaders of the Anjuman Mazareen Punjab were produced before the Anti-Terrorism Court, Lahore-II, here on Wednesday....		Nazimeen to guide voters: Amer LAHORE, Sept 4: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said the Nazimeen would provide political guidance to the people during the general election....
Elections in held Kashmir unwarranted: KACP LAHORE, Sept 4: Elections in occupied Valley are unwarranted in view of the chaotic conditions with about of half the Indian army deployed in the state to perpetuate the tenuous hold...		ARD leader’s allegation LAHORE, Sept 4: An ARD leader has alleged that a directive has been issued from the Chief Executive’s Secretariat, Islamabad, to over two dozen retired military officials...
PML-N, MMA deadlock LAHORE, Sept 4: Parleys between the PML-N and the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal ended in a deadlock here on Wednesday as both the parties had disputes over seats in almost every district....		Wapda, PMD evolve new plan to cope with floods LAHORE, Sept 4: With the arrival of September, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) and Wapda have made a new arrangement to cope with floods and for the safety of the Mangla...
PPP may split in Sargodha SARGODHA, Sept 4: The People’s Party (Parliamentarian) (PPP) Sargodha chapter is developing cracks....		Three stalwarts out of contest in Dera DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 4: The rejection of nomination papers of three stalwarts in the district has inflicted a blow on the parties said to have the backing of the Musharraf...