September 6, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-us-Saani27,1423

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GST chaos leads to shortage of medicines ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The confusion created by the decision of withdrawal of general sales tax without evolving a mechanism for refund of the GST has led to an acute shortage of...		Many officials of TMA found absent from duty: Nazim’s surprise visit RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: Many Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) officials were found absent from duty in a surprise raid conducted by the Tehsil and district Nazimeen....
FTO provides relief to widow ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Central Board of Revenue on the intervention of federal tax ombudsman provided relief to a poor widow by writing-off income tax arrears amounting to Rs520,603....		$10,000 Japanese grant for special education ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Masuda-Nishi Rotary Club (MNRC) of Japan has donated $10,000 to the directorate of special education (ministry of women development, social welfare and special education) for seven institutions located...
Rs34 million provided for water projects RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: The Punjab government has provided Rs34.757 million to the Rawalpindi Tehsil Municipal Administration for initiating water projects in order...		Seat adjustment likely between PPP, PML-N RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarians are likely to withdraw their candidates in favour of some of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) heavyweights contesting for the national assembly seats in...
NFC award should be left for next govt: PTI ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has demanded that the NFC award should be left to the next elected government as it will have major long-term implications for the federation....		New projects RAWALPINDI, Sept 5: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has planned to launch about 13 new projects during the financial year 2002-03, sources told Dawn....
GNA faces rift over seat adjustment ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The Grand National Alliance, a loose grouping of the five-party National Alliance and the PML(Q), appears to be a non-starter due to the differences over seat adjustments, an...		‘Anti-press freedom laws aimed at ADB tranche’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The government is introducing laws to curb press freedom under the subterfuge of fulfilling the Asian Development Bank conditionalities for the release of a $50 million tranche....
Human development programme launched ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The national commission for human development (NCHD) has launched its programme focussing primary health care, universal primary education, adult literacy and skills training....		11 papers accepted QUETTA, Sept 5: The Balochistan election tribunal has accepted nominations of 11 candidates while disposing of 31 applications filed by the against rejection and acceptance of nomination papers on Thursday....
Hurriyat not ready for maximum autonomy: Bhat ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) will not consider any Indian offer for maximum autonomy to Occupied Kashmir, said Chairman APHC, Abdul Ghani Bhat, on Thursday....		Ending of racial attackers’ exile criticized LONDON, Sept 5: The family of Najeib Sarfaraz, a student of Pakistani origin, has strongly criticized the football authorities’ decision to end the international exile of its players, Lee Bowyer and...
UCs share HUB, Sept 5: Nazims of seven union councils of Hub town on Wednesday threatened to launch a movement against the Tehsil administration if they are not given due share from the...		Generals should expect criticism: PML ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Pakistan Muslim League Information Secretary Siddiqul Farooq on Thursday said that it generals or organizations of armed forces indulge in politics, they should remain prepared for facing criticism....
Govt urged to withhold press ords KARACHI, Sept 5: General secretary of the CPNE, Mahmudul Aziz, has urged the ministry of information and media development to hold in abeyance the promulgation of the ordinances on the formation...		Drug smuggling on rise KUWAIT CITY, Sept 5: Kuwait in the recent days has witnessed a rise in drug trafficking from Pakistan and authorities have arrested many people after recovering heroin and hashish from their...
No corruption case dropped: NAB QUETTA, Sept 5: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Lt-Gen Munir Hafeiz said on Wednesday that cases of corruption and misuse of power against ex-ministers and politicians have not been withdrawn....		Tribesmen cut power supply to Landi Kotal: Row over meter installation LANDI KOTAL, Sept 5: Armed tribesmen in Landi Kotal sub-division of Khyber Agency have again taken positions on hilltops and disrupted electricity supply to the entire Landi Kotal Tehsil after Water...
Many schools in Chitral without teachers: Nazim CHITRAL, Sept 5: Tehsil Nazim of Chitral Amir, Khan Mir, has said the bureaucracy is trying to undermine the newly-established system of local government....		55 more Pakistanis released by Kabul PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Another batch of 55 Pakistani prisoners was airlifted from Kabul to Peshawar after the Afghan government released them on Thursday....
Man killed in property dispute DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 5: Family dispute claimed a life last night at village Ara on Daraban Road....		Political activities gain momentum MINGORA, Sept 5: With the submission of the nomination papers the political activities are gaining momentum  throughout the Malakand division....
Construction of shopping centre at park protested SANGHAR, Sept 5: The residents of Jhol town have protested against the construction of a shopping centre at Site Soreh Badshah Park....		SHO asked to pay fine for detaining girl illegally LARKANA, Sept 5: The district bench of Sindh High Court directed an SHO on Thursday to pay Rs40,000 to the heirs of a five-year-old girl for keeping her in illegal detention....
Karakoram Express service annoys passengers SUKKUR, Sept 5: The Karakoram Express, composed of air-conditioned coaches imported from China, on Thursday reached Karachi almost four hours late....		CE secretariat’s consultants hold talks with Nazims SUKKUR, Sept 5: The consultants of the Chief Executive Secretariat-II, Mohammad Yousuf Memon and Col Siddiq, jointly held a meeting with the Nazimeen of Sukkur district at the District Council Hall,...
Teachers boycott classes DADU, Sept 5: Primary and high-school teachers of the district boycotted their classes on Thursday and staged a protest demonstration in front of the local press club against non-payment of salaries...		Rally against water shortage held KHAIRPUR, Sept 5: A large number of growers of Chirkeno, Teekno, and Kharal minors continued their protest for the 11th consecutive day on Thursday against the irrigation officials for not supplying...
Imran for joint efforts to fight ‘rigging’ LAHORE, Sept 5: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has urged upon all important opposition parties to make a joint effort for frustrating the government’s “efforts to manoeuvre” the results of...		NRB civil service plan eliminates DMG LAHORE, Sept 5: The civil service restructuring plan of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) eliminates the district management group from the list of the federal service, giving its present career posts...
ARD ally gets PML-QA tickets LAHORE, Sept 5: What’s the status of the PML(Jinnah) in the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy?...		PTI chief cleared for NA-71 LAHORE, Sept 5: An election tribunal on Thursday allowed Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf leader Imran Khan to contest elections from NA-71....
PML-QA announces candidates in Punjab LAHORE, Sept 5: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (Punjab) president Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Thursday announced party’s candidates for the Punjab Assembly and NA seats in the province, retaining many old faces and...		Wapda squanders Rs323m on transformers LAHORE, Sept 5: Despite a severe financial crunch, Wapda has squandered at least Rs323 million on a single purchase of three-phase transformers....
HRC to plead rape victim’s case LAHORE, Sept 5: Punjab Human Rights Commission members Mian Jamil Akhtar and Sadia Khalid will plead the case of Samina (11) who was slain after a criminal assault by a trader....		Meerwala victim challenges acquittals MULTAN, Sept 5: The Meerwala gang-rape victim, Mukhtaran Mai, on Thursday filed two separate appeals with the Multan bench of Lahore High Court against the acquittal of eight accused and no...
58(2B) termed a sword of Damocles for parliament LAHORE, Sept 5: The Constitution’s Article 58(2B), restored by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, will hang over future parliaments like a sword of Damocles....		Hearing of Saleh’s appeal continues GUJRANWALA, Sept 5: The hearing of an appeal of PPP aspirant Khwaja Saleh against the rejection of his nomination papers for NA-96 continued on Thursday....
Tenants’ relatives being forced to sign lease deed MULTAN, Sept 5: The Anjuman Mazereen Punjab has condemned intimidatory tactics employed by the rangers and police to force tenants of state lands to give up their tenancy rights....		Health dept fails to achieve polio target LAHORE, Sept 5: The Punjab health department has, after failure to administer anti-polio vaccine to 13.9 million target children under five years of age, decided to continue the immunization drive....
70-year-old son stabs his father MULTAN, Sept 5: A 103-year-old man on Thursday was stabbed to death by his 70-year-old drug-addict son in Gulgasht area....		PPP faces problems in NA-188 BAHAWALNAGAR, Sept 4: The Pakistan People’s Party is facing problems for NA-188 candidate as its aspirant, former MNA Syed Asghar Shah, has joined the PML-QA....
Police deny support to any party FAISALABAD, Sept 5: Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) chief Mushtaq Ali Cheema has resigned from his office because he is contesting elections for NA-83 as a PML-QA nominee....		Izhar laid to rest JHANG, Sept 5: Maulana Izharul Haq was laid to rest at Jamia Mahmoodia graveyard in Jhang Saddar on Thursday....
Generals committed ‘blunders’ in ’65 war LAHORE, Sept 5: Brig Inamul Haq retired who was incharge of the army operations at the Lahore sector during the September, 1965 Indo-Pak war has said that the then military high...		PML-QA, TI forge alliance SAHIWAL, Sept 5: Tehrik-i-Istiqlal has forged an alliance with the PML-QA, TIP Chairman Rahmat Khan Virdag said....