September 13, 2002	Friday	Rajab 5, 1423

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Army has no right to rule, says Imran ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was against giving the army any role in ruling of the country and said: “I have been opposing Turkish model and will...		CDA told to retire 159 employees: Lodges rent not to be enhanced ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The interior ministry has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to retire all such employees who have completed 25 years of service and those involved in corruption, a...
Rawalpindi police role declines RAWALPINDI, Sept 12: Despite the introduction of police reforms, the performance (recovery percentage) of Rawalpindi police has dropped drastically from 55 per cent to 34 per cent during the last eight...		MMA vows to enforce Shariat RAWALPINDI, Sept 12: Local leaders of Mutahida Majlas-i- Ammal (MMA) on Thursday said, if voted to power, they would enforce Shariat in the country and solve socio-economic problems of the people....
Okara tenants being forced to sign lease deeds: Hoodbhoy ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Prominent educationist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy has said tenants of the Okara Military farms, are being coerced to sign the lease agreement, according to which anybody can be asked...		Over Rs38m environment projects okayed ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The steering committee for the National Environmental Action Plan Support Programme (NEAPSP) in its first meeting here on Thursday approved various projects worth Rs38.60 million....
Saarc role in regional development stressed ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman Maj-Gen Shehzada Alam Malik (retired) on Thursday said Pakistan was adopting modern technology for socio-economic welfare of the South Asian region....		PTCL, SCO sign deal on telecom traffic, revenue sharing ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) and Special Communication Organization (SCO) on Thursday signed an agreement whereby both entities will cooperate with each other in the field of...
People of Gilgit-Baltistan seek self-rule Islamabad, Sept 12: The people of Gilgit-Baltistan should be given self-rule, or representation in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly till the settlement of Kashmir dispute and restoration of State Subject Rule...		HRW urges US to press Musharraf for reforms NEW YORK, Sept 12: President George W. Bush should strongly object to recent moves to limit democracy in Pakistan and should call for immediate reforms when he meets President Pervez Musharraf...
GNA, PML-QA agree on seats adjustment ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Grand National Alliance (GNA), a loose grouping of six-party National Alliance and the PML (QA) on Thursday claimed to have reached a broad understanding on adjustment of...		US warned against attack on Iraq NEW YORK, Sept 12: President Gen Musharraf told the New York Times in an interview on Wednesday that an American decision to attack Iraq would inflame Islamic extremism in his country...
Payment schedule for UBL finalized ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Privatisation Commission on Thursday finalized the payment schedule for Rs12.35 billion total sale price to extend 51 per cent shares of the UBL to the consortium of...		Candidature of Khetran, Zehri, others upheld QUETTA, Sept 12: The election tribunal of Balochistan, comprising Justice Amanullah Yasin Zai and Justice Fazalur Rehman, allowed Mir Baz Khan Khetran, senior vice-president of People’s Party Parliamentarian, Khuda-i-Noor, secretary- general...
Asghar wants judicial body for probe into Omer’s death ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Qaumi Jamhoori Party chief Asghar Khan on Thursday demanded of the government to form a judicial commission to investigate Omer Asghar Khan’s death which had been established as...		Talks on for alliance versus PML-Q HUB, Sept 12: Rejection of nomination papers of ex-PPP federal minister Ghulam Akbar Lasi and PML-QA candidate Aslam Bhotani has changed the political scenario of district Lasbela and Awaran....
Counting of Votes Order amended ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The Election Commission on Thursday amended the Counting of Votes (General Elections) (Amendment) Order, 2002....		Govt rejects NDI report ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: The government on Thursday rejected the NDI report, released on Wednesday, saying that the report was based on the views of some political parties, which were apprehensive of...
Jatois, Syeds dominate Naushahro Feroze elections NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 12: Besides some new faces, three former ministers, a former senator and an ex-ambassador are among the contenders for the two national and five Sindh assembly seats in...		‘Thar coal to open uplift vistas’ MITHI, Sept 12: The coal exploration by the Chinese company, Shaenhau Group, will pave the way for development of Thar....
Income Tax dept asks PMCH to pay Rs8.4m NAWABSHAH, Sept 12: The Income Tax Department, Nawabshah, has issued an order through which the medical superintendent, People’s Medical College Hospital (PMCH), Nawabshah, has been asked to pay an amount of...		Canal breach damages crops KHAIRPUR, Sept 12: A breach occured at the embankment of Lalan Wah here late Wednesday night at Mehrab Maitalo village in Kingri taluka....
PPP protest continues MIRPURKHAS, Sept 12: Protest against rejection of nomination papers of the PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, and other party leaders continued here on Thursday....		Lack of amenities protested SUKKUR, Sept 12: The people of Bashirabad on Wednesday took out a protest procession against the non-supply of drinking water and lack of other basic facilities....
Dist council resents transfers KHAIRPUR, Sept 12: The Khairpur District Council has termed recent transfers of some government officials a violation of the instructions of the Election Commission....		Meter drive in Fata to go on: official PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The monthly recovery of Wapda from Federally Administered Tribal Areas is around Rs20.2 million against a bill of Rs1 billion and the outstanding amount of Wapda with tribal...
Retirement benefits demanded ABBOTTABAD, Sept 12: More than 250 employees of Kakul Phosphate Project, Abbottabad, have demanded compensation and other benefits given to the employees of Sarhad Development Authority....		ANP men told not to slam opponents KOHAT, Sept 12: Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, senior vice-president of Awami National Party, has said that permanent writ of the politicians in the future governments is necessary for democracy and army has...
PML-QA youth join PML-N KOHAT, Sept 12: In a serious blow to the Pakistan Muslim League (QA), the whole of its district youth wing switched over to Nawaz Sharif group after developing differences with the...		Arbitration on hydel profit suggested PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The NWFP government has requested Islamabad to appoint an internationally recognized person or institution as arbitrator to resolve the net hydel profit’s issue, involving Wapda as the other...
‘Baacha Khan’s vision need of the hour’ PESHAWAR, Sept 12: The provincial president of ANP, Begum Nasim Wali Khan, has claimed that Baacha Khan’s philosophy had become part of international politics....		Norwegian team visits villages ABBOTTABAD, Sept 12: Collaborative efforts can help overcome threats small farmers are facing after the advent of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) Director-General Tove Strand has said....
PPP leader foresees MMA split PESHAWAR, Sept 12: A former interior minister, Naseerullah Khan Babar has said that religious parties have always sided with dictators and never helped democracy to flourish....		JUI-F furious at ‘JI deal’: MMA-PML-N adjustments LAHORE, Sept 12: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazlur Rehman (JUI-F) leaders lashed out at Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) at a meeting of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, which was held here on Thursday to decide electoral adjustments with Pakistan...
Assembly’s renovation in full swing LAHORE, Sept 12: Preparations are in full swing to increase the seating capacity of the Punjab Assembly. The need arose in the wake of present government’s decision to raise the Punjab...		PML-QA labour wing’s protest over tickets denial LAHORE, Sept 12: Leaders and workers of the PML-QA labour wing protested at the residence of Mian Muhammad Azhar on Thursday to register their resentment for having been ignored in the...
Tarbela, Mangla hit seasonal low LAHORE, Sept 12: Tarbela and Mangla dams dipped further on Thursday as combined rivers’ flow maintained downwards trend and hit a seasonal low of 144,485 cusecs — 5,665 cusecs less than...		Meeting of Taj Co victims LAHORE, Sept 12: A meeting of the Taj Company affectees will be held at the Karachi Shuhada hall of the Lahore High Court on Sept 15....
President ‘bound’ to seek mandate from parliament LAHORE, Sept 12: Whosoever is the president, he will have to seek mandate from the parliament, says Tehrik-i-Istiqlal chairman Qaiser Ahmad Shaikh....		Rs300m sought for cargo complex LAHORE, Sept 12: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has requested of the commerce ministry that it should provide Rs300 million for constructing a cargo complex at the new Allama Iqbal International...
Tenants take out processions MULTAN, Sept 12: Tenants and their children brought out protest processions in their respective villages on the Okara military farms to show their determination not to compromise on their struggle for...		Raw ‘instigating’ farmers LAHORE, Sept 12: An organization which claims itself to be a representative of tenants alleged on Thursday that the Raw agents and money were worsening the situation on Okara military farms....
Khosas, Legharis have a common interest MULTAN, Sept 12: The seriousness of PML-N Punjab president Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khosa’s challenge to his arch rival Sardar Farooq Ahmed Leghari in the upcoming electoral bout in their home district...		Six heirs record statements: Abbakhel incident MIANWALI, Sept 12: Local District and Sessions Judge Rao Akbar Ali started on Wednesday proceedings in the Abbakhel ‘compromise deal’ and recorded statements of six legal heirs to the two deceased....
PML-N, PPP in a fix GUJRANWALA, Sept 12: PML-N and PPP’s local leadership is facing problems after the rejection of nomination papers of their aspirants for two provincial assembly seats....		Governor opens LBDC remodeling project OKARA, Sept 12: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Thursday inaugurated remodelling project of the Lower Bari Doab Canal at Kot Bari, about five kilometres east of the city, on the GT...
HRCP condemns harassment LAHORE, Sept 12: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned the administration for what it said harassing newsmen covering the Okara tenants issue....		Rs1.5m bank dacoity FAISALABAD, Sept 12: Four bandits looted a bank branch and took away Rs1.5 million in Abdullahpur here on Thursday....
Life changes after gender change LAHORE, Sept 12: While the world was bracing itself for warding off the so-called Y2K challenge (or hoax?) at the turn of the millennium, a fifth year student of the Kinnaird...		No immunity to illegal acts of president, LHC told LAHORE, Sept 12: The immunity allowed under Article 248 of the Constitution could not be extended to the illegal and unconstitutional acts of the president, Pakistan Lawyers Forum’s counsel A.K. Dogar...