September 10, 2002	Tuesday	Rajab 2, 1423

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Kutcha abadi razing plan ready ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to conduct an operation to get the land of Muslim Colony kutcha abadi vacated, a source told Dawn on Monday....		RCB delays revision of water tariff RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has delayed revision of water tariff for 2002-2003, well-placed sources told Dawn....
MMA to hold rally in Pindi on 22nd RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as a part of its election campaign will organize a public rally at Liaqat Bagh Rawalpindi on September 22....		Dist govt launched 314 uplift projects in one year: official RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: The district government initiated 314 development projects during its first year in office at a cost of Rs168.34 million, most of which are yet to be completed, officials...
Sheikh Rashid-PML (Q) adjustment in jeopardy RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: Former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed’s refusal to withdraw his candidature in favour of PML (Q) candidate Nilofer Bakhtiar from NA-56 may jeopardize the entire adjustment between the...		Reforms opposed RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: The activists of Islami Jamiat-i-Tulaba have rejected the recommendations of the government’s Task Force on Education and demanded its withdrawal....
Committee formed to develop consensus: Mangla Dam extension MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 9: AJK Legislative Assembly here on Monday formed a seven-member committee to develop a consensus on the Mangla Dam extension....		Pleas against Ifitkhar, Sabir dismissed PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Dismissing different petitions, an election tribunal on Monday declared leaders of various political parties, including Syed Iftikhar Gillani, Masood Sharif Khattak, Pir Sabir Shah and Yousaf Ayub, qualified...
Drainage authority to be set up shortly ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: The government has decided to shortly set up a National Drainage Authority (NDA) to work as a regulatory body to ensure sustainability of sound irrigation system in the...		PPP wants EC to take notice of threats MIRPURKHAS, Sept 9: The Pakistan People’s Party has called upon the Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of the threats being given to the EC officials and returning officers by the...
Checkpoint attacked near Janikhel PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Unidentified attackers have hurled two grenades at a paramilitary checkpoint amid continuing friction in the tribal belt over a hunt for suspected Al Qaeda members, officials said on...		Balochistan tribunal accepts 10 appeals QUETTA, Sept 9: The Election Tribunal of Balochistan on Monday accepted 10 appeals against the rejection and acceptance of nomination papers....
Pakistan, Iran to exchange security information ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan and Iran have signed a Security Information Exchange Programme to strengthen their ties, Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider said....		LB polls in Fata on Oct 27 PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The local bodies elections would be held for the first time in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Oct 27....
Nazimeen violate election rules SWABI, Sept 9: Local government representatives have started canvassing for their respective candidates for the elections in violation of the government directives to keep away from electioneering....		Al Shifa to set up eye hospital in Kohat KOHAT, Sept 9: The Al Shifa Eye Trust will set up a modern hospital in the city at an estimated cost of Rs150 million to help eye patients of far-flung areas....
Five held in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL, Sept 9: In a successful operation against outlaws, the political administration in Jamrud subdivision of Khyber Agency arrested five criminals wanted in different cases....		Polls under judiciary urged CHITRAL, Sept 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal demanded of the government on Monday to appoint an official from the judiciary to conduct free and fair polls in the area....
Rape victim’s family seeks justice PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The grief-stricken father of a teenaged girl, who was raped by an influential person, has appealed to President Musharraf to bring the rapist to justice....		Substandard drugs on sale in Chitral CHITRAL, Sept 9: The sale of substandard and spurious medicines is on the rise in the city and other towns of the district owing to the absence of a drug inspector....
PPP faces PML-Q, SDA in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Sept 9: The electioneering has begun at a slow pace throughout Nawabshah district for the October general election....		Traders flay fraud in rice export LARKANA, Sept 9: The Sindh Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association (SBRMTA) has feared that the trend of cheating in rice export, if not checked, will destroy the rice growers, millers...
Rangers action at KU condemned NAWABSHAH, Sept 9: The Teachers Association of Quaid-e-Awam University of Science and Technology, Nawabshah, on Monday condemned the atrocities committed by the Rangers against the teachers and students of the Karachi...		HSC part-I results announced LARKANA, Sept 9: The controller of examinations, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Larkana, Prof Rabnawaz Tunio, on Monday announced the result of HSC-I of pre-medical and pre-engineering groups....
Chinese teams arrive SANGHAR, Sept 9: Chinese teams have arrived to begin work on the Thar coal project, the chief secretary Sindh, K B Rind, said on Sunday....		20 injured in road accident DADU, Sept 9: Twenty passengers were injured when a Mehar- bound pick-up overturned and fell into a ditch on Fareedabad-Mehar Bypass, near Mehar town, on Monday....
Truck driver kills cop SHIKARPUR, Sept 9: A constable of the Sindh Reserve Police was killed when a truck hit him on the National Highway near Sultankot on Saturday night....		Three SHOs suspended LARKANA, Sept 9: DPO Abdul Sattar Detho on Monday suspended three SHOs and one head muharar on the charges of corruption and negligence in duty....
Protest against Hesco continues KHAIRPUR, Sept 9: Scores of villagers of Urs Jagir village continued their protest against Hesco officials for disconnecting power supply to Ulra Jagir, Budhal Kumbhar, Bhangar and Narejo villages, here on...		Probe into hospitals’ MSs begins: Refusal of post-mortem THATTA, Sept 9: An inquiry has been initiated against the administration of two Taluka hospitals and a rural health centre in Sujawal sub-division for not conducting post-mortem of the bodies of...
PML-C dealt a blow as Zahid Sarfraz joins Azhar group LAHORE, Sept 9: The PML-C was dealt a serious blow on Monday as its provincial president Mian Zahid Sarfraz crossed over to the PML-QA....		No back-up staff for returning officers LAHORE, Sept 9: The 15 per cent “mandatory surplus (back-up) polling personnel” is not available with the city’s returning officers who are to finalize and submit polling scheme on Tuesday (today)....
Jahangir Badr cross-examines witness LAHORE, Sept 9: An accountability court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a reference against Jahangir Badr for Sept 17 after completion of cross-examination of a prosecution witness by Badr....		Lawyers accept elevation of Justice Iftikhar LAHORE, Sept 9: The Bar has accepted the elevation of Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry as chief justice of the Lahore High Court despite the violation of the principle of seniority as...
Counsel told to withdraw writ against LFO LAHORE, Sept 9: Justice M Javed Buttar of the Lahore High Court on Monday asked Pakistan Lawyers Federation Counsel A.K.Dogar to withdraw or amend his writ petition challenging the validity of...		PML-QA’s offer to Jamaat LAHORE, Sept 9: The PML-QA is ready to support certain Jamaat-i-Islami nominees in Lahore if the party does not field Hafiz Salman Butt against its president Mian Azhar in NA-118, it...
Nomination of Nisar for NA-53 challenged LAHORE, Sept 9: A Lahore High Court election tribunal on Monday issued a notice to former petroleum minister Chaudhry Nisar for Sept 11 on an appeal against his nomination for NA-53...		ILO presents employment generation scheme to govt LAHORE, Sept 9: The International Labour Organization has presented the draft of an employment promotion programme to the Pakistan government....
Bodies of Pakistanis arrive LAHORE, Sept 9: The bodies of Pakistanis, killed by Italian police, arrived here on Monday....		C&W gets ISO certificate LAHORE, Sept 9: The Punjab Communication and Works Department was awarded the ISO-9000 certification at a ceremony held at the Governor’s House here on Monday....
Qasim Zia, Naveed see Nasrullah LAHORE, Sept 9: Punjab PPP President Qasim Zia and Information Secretary Naveed Chaudhry called on ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Monday to discuss with him seat adjustments among various components...		Maqbool for market-oriented education LAHORE, Sept 9: Governor Khalid Maqbool has urged the public sector education institutions to improve the quality of education....
Lawyer for Nawaz files letter LAHORE, Sept 9: Nawaz Sharif’s counsel provided the returning officer for NA-121 on Monday a photocopy of the PML(N) leader’s duly attested authority letter issued in favour of his counsel to...		Seed Mafia held responsible for low cotton yield MULTAN, Sept 9: Federal commerce minister Razzaq Daud has made a clean breast that the government could not ensure premium to growers and ginners last year on the production of cotton...
100 to 500pc increase in licence fees FAISALABAD, Sept 9: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) has reportedly enhanced the licence fee of a number of items, including setting up various industries, shops, and the publicity tax from 100...		Tenants take out processions MULTAN, Sept 9: Women and children belonging to tenant families of Okara military farms took out processions on Monday in connection with the International Literacy Day....
Chattha rules out alliance with PML-QA GUJRANWALA, Sept 9: PML-C chief Hamid Nasir Chattha has ruled out the possibility of an alliance or seat adjustment with the PML-QA and announced that his party will contest the elections...		The heavy price of ‘a slip of tongue’ MIANWALI, Sept 9: A ‘slip of tongue’ has proved too costly for a woman who has been languishing in jail for the last month....
UC Nazim’s nephew among 3 die on road GUJRANWALA, Sept 9: Three people, including the nephew of a union council Nazim, were killed while a dozen others injured in road accidents in and around the city here on Monday....		Tension on girls college premises FAISALABAD, Sept 9: Students of the Government Girls College, Madina Town, staged a sit-in in front of the principal’s offices and besieged the entire administration block here on Monday in protest...