September 7, 2002	Saturday	Jamadi-us-Saani28,1423

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Polls observers from 13 EU states arrive ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: A group of long-term observers from 13 European states arrived in Pakistan on Friday as part of the European Union Election Observation Mission....		Wheat given to drought-hit people in Pindi dist RAWALPINDI, Sept 6: The Tehsil authorities here on Friday started the distribution of wheat bags in the drought affected areas and the whole exercise is expected to be completed within 10...
Pharma cos agree to supply drugs without GST ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The pharmaceutical industry has agreed to immediately start supplying products without GST to distributors and retailers, the executive director, Pharma Bureau, Zafar Mooraj, said on Friday....		Defence Day celebrated with renewed pledges ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The defence day was celebrated here on Friday with a resolve to defend the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Pakistan....
Torture victim seeks justice from president ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Safiun Nissa, a 40-year-old widow and a mother of seven, who had been subjected to intense torture by her brother-in-law, has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to...		CDA warned not to resume work in D-12 ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: A candidate of Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for NA-48, Mian Muhammad Aslam, has warned the Capital Development Authority (CDA) not to resume development work at Sri Saral village unless...
LHC gives relief to CSS candidate ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, has set aside the Federal Public Service Commission’s objections and restored the candidature of appellant, Mohammad Asad Ali Chaudhry, for CSS examination,...		Kofi Annan for boosting efforts to achieve 50pc literacy by 2015 ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, has stressed the need to improve the pace of work towards reaching the internationally agreed goal of increasing literacy level by 50...
Proposal on treatment plant to be sent to ADB RAWALPINDI, Sept 6: The district government will forward a proposal to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the installation of a treatment plant for waste water and the second phase of...		Body found RAWALPINDI, Sept 6: A mutilated body was found from an area near Nullah Leh on Friday, the police said....
EC unable to ensure fair polls: PML ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan Muslim League on Friday told European Union observers that the government is using different tactics for installing a “rubber stamp” parliament through an engineered election....		Mangla Dam project to be launched soon ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is likely to perform the twice-delayed ground-breaking ceremony of the Mangla dam raising project in the last week of this month, sources told Dawn...
PPP, PML to settle seats adjustment issue by 14th ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The specifics of the understanding reached between Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League(N) for seat-to-seat adjustments will be settled before Sept 14, the last date for withdrawal...		NGOs not to be involved in irrigation projects ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government has decided not to involve private firms and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the drainage and irrigation-related projects and instead make maximum utilisation of construction and investment...
23 appeals filed with election tribunal QUETTA, Sept 6: Twenty-three appeals were filed with the Balochistan election tribunal on Friday against the acceptance of the nomination papers of various leaders....		MMA to resume train march today LAHORE, Sept 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) announced here on Friday the resumption of its train march from Saturday, in spite of the government’s reported threat of declaring its participants ineligible...
Drugs seized, two held HUB, Sept 6: Two smugglers were arrested by customs authorities near Gaddani on Friday and narcotics were seized from them....		Unconstitutional steps in AJK opposed MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 6: A senior leader of Muslim Conference on Wednesday warned that any attempt to “run a system in Azad Kashmir against the spirit of the unanimously passed constitution would...
Official interfering in election process: PPP ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: People’s Party Parliamentarians has demanded that the National Accountability Bureau should take action against President’s Principal Secretary Tariq Aziz for his alleged political activities in violation of the...		Rs49m relief package for Indian firing victims GILGIT, Sept 6: The government has prepared a relief package for rehabilitation of the people displaced due to Indian incursions and firing at Gultari and Kargil sectors along the Line of...
Rs161bn to be spent to alleviate poverty ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government will spend Rs161 billion for poverty alleviation during the current financial year, official sources said on Wednesday....		SC judges appointed ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The president on Friday appointed chief justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Falak Sher, as judge of the Supreme Court, and Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari, as ad-hoc judge...
JI leader sentenced QUETTA, Sept 6: A special court for suppression of terrorist activities has awarded two years’ sentence to the Naib Amir of Jamat-i-Islami, Liaqat Baloch, for not appearing before the court in...		Drugs still selling at higher rates: GST withdrawal useless BADIN, Sept 6: Even after the withdrawal of the General Sales Tax (GST), imposed on the drugs, most of the pharmaceutical companies and medical stores, instead of providing drugs at reduced...
Two killed in accident KHAIRPUR, Sept 6: Two persons were killed and three others were injured when a car overturned on Thursday night on Mehrabpur-Halani Link Road, near Pir Watyo....		252 Afghans return under RQA scheme PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Some 252 high qualified Afghan nationals have returned to their homeland and have been working either in the government departments or non-government organization since the “Return of Qualified...
Defence Day observed in NWFP PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Defence Day of Pakistan was solemnly observed in Peshawar and all other garrisons of the NWFP. The Day, which renews the nations’ pledge to safeguard the frontiers of...		Problems of working children discussed PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Human Resources Management and Development Centre (HRMDC) arranged special sessions here in the city to get first-hand knowledge of the problems of working children and analyze...
Qazi says no meeting held with Nawaz TIMERGARA, Sept 6: Jamaat-i-Islami chief has dispelled the impression that he met former prime minister Nawaz Sharif during his stay in Jeddah....		Police seize narcotics, arms ATTOCK, Sept 6: At least 15 persons were arrested on Friday while huge quantities of narcotics, illegal firearms and foreign cloth were recovered by Attock Police on the GT Road....
Passengers complain against transporters PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The coaches plying on long routes between the NWFP and cities of Punjab have been causing hardships to the travellers owing to the accommodation of more passengers in...		Dera feudals give assets description DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 6: The local tumandars and feudals in their nomination papers gave out the details of assets....
Saleh allowed to contest polls GUJRANWALA, Sept 6: An election tribunal on Friday allowed PPP candidate for NA-96 Khwaja Saleh to contest the forthcoming general elections....		30,000 acres reclaimed in two tehsils SADIQABAD, Sept 6: About 30,000 acres of agricultural land in Rahim Yar Khan and Sadiqabad, spreading over 50 miles along the Indian border in Cholistan, has been reclaimed following the devastation...
Students demand principal’s removal: ‘Rape’ of maid FAISALABAD, Sept 6: Continuing protest on Friday, more than 6,000 students of the Government College for Women, Madina Town, threatened they would boycott classes as long as the college principal is...		Constable found gangster SARGODHA, Sept 6: A police constable of Sargodha district, allegedly the ring leader of a gang of motorbike lifters, has been arrested by the Kot Momin police, SSP (Sargodha) Zafar Iqbal...
Section 144 at rly stations MULTAN, Sept 6: The acting district Nazim has imposed Section 144 in and around...		Crisis runs deep in Millat Party DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 6: Internal differences over PP-244 ticket have split the Millat party in the latest development....
Agri varsity VC decorated FAISALABAD, Sept 6: The Pakistan Academy of Sciences has bestowed Agha Hassan Abedi Prize, 2000, on Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr Riaz Husain Qureshi for his outstanding contributions to agriculture. — Staff...		Three POs evade capture SIALKOT, Sept 6: Satrah police failed to arrest three proclaimed offenders (POs) late Thursday night....
Labourer killed in custody VEHARI, Sept 6: A labourer was tortured to death by the city police in the lock-up on Friday....		Complaints against officers BAHAWALPUR, Sept 6: The Punjab accountant-general on Thursday ordered immediate transfer of the accounts officer and a superintendent....
Banks eye custom ginning venture MULTAN, Sept 6: Three commercial banks have reportedly shown interest to finance the proposed ‘custom ginning’ venture of the Punjab Agriculture Department....		Constitutional, political chaos ‘imminent’ LAHORE, Sept 6: The country is heading towards an imminent political and constitutional deadlock on October 12 due to the failure of the government to hold the general elections within the...
No adjustment with any party, says MMA LAHORE, Sept 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has so far not struck electoral adjustments with any party, says MMA chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani....		Combined rivers’ flow dips LAHORE, Sept 6: The combined river flow on Friday dipped to a seasonal low of 231,000 cusecs, and 221,200 cusecs were released for irrigation and 9,800 cusecs kept at both dams....
Most vans without route permits LAHORE, Sept 6: About half of the vans in the city, nearly 2,500, are being driven around without route permits right under the nose of traffic police officials and transport authorities....		Brig Inam denies report LAHORE, Sept 6: Brig Inamul Haq (retired) says he has grossly been misquoted in a news report “generals committed blunders in 1965 war”, which appeared in Dawn on Sept 6....