September 11, 2002	Wednesday	Rajab 3, 1423

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Governor ensures impartiality during polls RAWALPINDI, Sept 10: The Punjab governor, Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired), has said the government is fully determined to ensure impartiality and transparency in the coming elections and now, it is upto...		PML-Q refutes pre-poll rigging allegations RAWALPINDI, Sept 10: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q) here on Tuesday rejected the charges of pre-poll rigging raised by opposition parties as baseless and unfounded....
Candidates continue to win support of rural people ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The candidates of major political parties contesting for two NA seats in Islamabad on Tuesday continued their efforts to win the support of rural population....		Boy indicted in trader’s killing case ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The additional district and sessions judge, Sanaullah Malik, on Tuesday indicted a 14-year-old boy for kidnapping a trader from Lahore for ransom and later killing him in May...
PTCL workers stage sit-in to demand their rights ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Pakistan Telecom Employees Union (PTEU) activists and representatives of regional Collective Bargaining Agents (CBAs) from all over the country staged a sit- in outside Pakistan Telecommunications Company...		Increase in Federal Lodges’ rents proposed ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Ministry of Housing and Works has proposed a substantial increase in the monthly rents of Federal Lodges and family suites of Gulshan-i-Jinnah Complex....
Research in agriculture vital to poverty alleviation, says minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: Research in agriculture can play a vital role in poverty alleviation and boosting economy of the country....		Only joint electorate won’t end discrimination: parties LAHORE, Sept 10: While endorsing the principle of joint electorate, participants of a national consultation on Tuesday suggested that the system of elections be viewed in the context of the constitutional...
Old ID cards also valid for casting vote: EC ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Election Commission (EC) clarified on Tuesday that both new and old National Identity Cards will be valid for identification at the time of polling in the Oct...		SC upholds enhancement of penalty ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Supreme Court has ruled that death penalty can be awarded to an accused in murder case even when the fatal shot is not attributed to him....
SC seeks comments on validity of paper ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Supreme Court on Monday observed that it would not pass any such order which may disturb the holding of general elections on Oct 10....		Row develops over tickets in PML-N QUETTA, Sept 10: A row has developed in Balochistan PML-N over the distribution of party tickets for national and provincial assemblies polls....
RSF slams India for detaining journalist PARIS, Sept 10: The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), an international organization working for journalists’ rights, has decided to protest against the Indian accusation that Kashmiri journalist Iftikhar Gilani was a spy...		Ahmadis not to vote in protest KARACHI, Sept 10: Ahmadis of Pakistan have decided to stay away from voting in October elections because they have serious reservations to the transfer of their names to the list designated...
Chaudhrys had loans written off, says Imran ISLAMABAD Sept 10: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) on Tuesday made public documents disclosing that two Chaudhrys of Gujrat had their loans worth Rs241.39 million written off by different financial institutions....		FO flays Sinha’s remark ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: Pakistan on Tuesday hit back at Indian Foreign Minister Yashwant Sinha after he described next month’s Pakistani general election as a “sham”....
Muttahida asks CEC to check govt ‘interference’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded of the Chief Election Commissioner, Justice Irshad Hassan Khan (retired), to take notice of government’s excessive interference in the election campaign....		Nazimeen, police role in local govt system discussed PESHAWAR, Sept 10: District Nazimeen and police officials discussed their role and responsibilities in the new administrative setup in an attempt to improve the working relationship....
Huffaz nomination ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr has directed all the four provinces that necessary arrangements must be made for the selection of Huffaz for recitation of...		Anti-privatization campaign planned PESHAWAR, Sept 10: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba has decided to launch a province-wide movement along with other students and teachers organizations against the proposed policy of the government to privatize government-owned...
PHC orders retrial of murder case PESHAWAR, Sept 10: Setting aside death penalty awarded by an anti-terrorism court, a division bench of the Peshawar High Court has remanded a murder case to the Kohat district and sessions judge for...		Nawaz supporters papers rejected PESHAWAR, Sept 10: The former MPA and PML(N), Hangu district president Al-Haaj Fareed Mufakir has said that his nomination papers were rejected by the election tribunal for his association with the...
Hoti hopeful of success MARDAN, Sept 10: Provincial president of Pakistan People’s Party, Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, has claimed that after the elections his party will be in a position to form the government....		Fraud of Rs4m detected DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Sept 10: A fraud of more than Rs4 million was committed involving the purchase of furniture for government schools in the Dera Ismail Khan district, sources said....
TI candidate from NA-45 allowed to contest polls LANDI KOTAL, Sept 10: An election tribunal in Peshawar allowed Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf candidate Akhtar Murad to contest election from Khyber Agency (NA-45)....		Death toll in Baso Maira attack rises HARIPUR, Sept 10: The death toll in the Baso Maira firing incident reached eight as two more injured died at the Ayub Medical Complex on Tuesday....
Growers protest water shortage KHAIRPUR, Sept 10: Tail-end growers of Mohabbat Wah and Mehar Shakh continued their protest for the second consecutive day against shortage and theft of water here on Tuesday....		Election activities moving slowly in Larkana LARKANA, Sept 10: Political activities for the general elections have yet to pick up momentum in Larkana, which is said to be the bastion of the PPP. The party seems to...
Excise men harass motorcyclists NAWABSHAH, Sept 10: Hundreds of owners of Chinese motorcycle were facing severe problems throughout Sindh due to a ban on the registration of this brand by the Excise and Taxation Department....		Internet users face hardships SUKKUR, Sept 10: The Internet users of upper Sindh and Dera Bugti, Balochistan, are facing great hardships as the lines remain inaccessible for hours....
Polling stations SHIKARPUR, Sept 10: Junaid Ahmed Soomro, a candidate for the provincial assembly seat, PS-12 (Shikarpur-IV), has expressed his concern over the shifting of the polling stations from centrally located, large villages...		Two women, four girls buried alive MITHI, Sept 10: Two women and four teenaged girls were buried alive under a slab of clay, which fell over them as they were digging near their village Mevo Khan Rind...
Boy drowns in MC pond SUKKUR, Sept 10: A boy, Asad Magsi, resident of the Microwave Colony, Sukkur, was drowned in the Sukkur Municipal Water Works pond on Monday evening....		Workers of PML(Q) hold protest rally SHIKARPUR, Sept 10: The PML (Q) youth wing workers took out a rally to protest against a statement of PML (Q), Sindh president, Ghous Bux Mehar, saying he would support the...
Assets’ description: facts and fallacies VEHARI, Sept 10: Prominent politicians contesting election from the platform of different parties have shown wrong information about their assets in the nomination papers, Dawn learnt on Tuesday....		PML-QA riding high FAISALABAD, Sept 10: An overview of the 11 national assembly seats in the district has given out that except the PML-QA no other political party is in a position to bring...
Bhakkar: PPP, PML ally against Shujaat SARGODHA, Sept 10: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) are likely to give a tough time to Ch Shujaat Husain in NA-74 as they have reportedly formed...		US journalist not allowed to meet tenants MULTAN, Sept 10: A three-member team, including a Newsweek journalist, was not allowed to meet the besieged tenants of the Okara military farms....
Nawaz allowed to withdraw candidature LAHORE, Sept 10: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was finally allowed to withdraw his candidature for NA-121 on Tuesday when an attested letter was filed authorizing his counsel to withdraw the...		Trader robbed of Rs1m SIALKOT, Sept 10: Two armed motorcyclists on Tuesday snatched Rs1 million in cash from a trader and his son in Pasrur....