September 16, 2002	Monday	Rajab 8, 1423

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Number of emigrants likely to increase ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The export of manpower is likely to improve significantly as about 150,000 workers would be able to get overseas employment during the year 2002 due to the coordinated...		Provinces agree on fixed share: Rs20 billion subvention pool PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The proposed subvention pool involving Rs20 billion for the distribution among the smaller provinces will be protected as the federal government will be releasing fixed shares to Sindh,...
Gas rate pact linked with ADB report ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Pakistan has expressed its inability to sign a gas price agreement with Turkmenistan till such time the Asian Development Bank-sponsored feasibility study on trans-Afghanistan pipeline is completed, Dawn...		Zafar warns against harsher govt steps ISLAMABAD Sept 15: Pakistan Muslim League (N) Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has said that the government’s blatant involvement in the electoral process indicates that Gen Musharraf may have returned from the...
Wapda wants oil pricing under OGRA framework ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Water and Power Development Authority has demanded of the government to bring furnace oil pricing under the framework of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA)....		Community welfare project launched MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 15: The Community Infrastructure Services Programme, a World Bank-funded project, has formally been launched in Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
Babar flays election tribunal’s sentence ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Former interior minister Maj-Gen (retd) Naseerulalh Babar has expressed grave concern over the sentence of six months in jail handed down by the election tribunal of the Sindh...		PPP kicks off election campaign today ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The People’s Party Parliamenta-rians (PPP) will kick off its election campaign in Multan on Monday....
President returns from US ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf returned home late on Saturday evening from New York, after undertaking a week-long visit....		India will rig Kashmir polls, says Qayyum ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Kashmir Committee Chairman Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan said on Saturday the Indian bogey of cross-border infiltration and terrorism was aimed at legitimizing its entitlement to occupied territory....
72m eligible to vote in elections ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: According to latest data provided by the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) to the Election Commission (EC), 72 million voters are eligible to the right of franchise...		Pakistan needs offices in China for more trade BEIJING, Sept 15: Pakistan needs better infrastructure and logistic network in the major cities of China cities to cash on the business opportunities in the country’s financial hubs....
‘Election in Fata on non-party basis’ PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The upcoming National Assembly elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas are going to be held on non-party basis and candidates there can not apply for any party...		Small farmers fight for survival HARIPUR, Sept 15: The small farmers can collective overcome the threats they face after the introduction of Generally Modified Organisms (GMOs)....
42 vie for 2 NA, 6 PA seats in Mansehra MANSEHRA, Sept 15: Forty-two candidates are left in the electoral contest for the two national assembly and six provincial assembly seats in Mansehra after the withdrawal of nomination papers....		Awami forum on 21st HARIPUR, Sept 15: The Rural Development Project, an NGO, will hold a forum here on Sept 21 for voters and election contestants in the district....
EU team assured of free & fair polls CHARSADDA, Sept 15: A two-member delegation of the European Union Election Observation Mission met Charsadda District Nazim Naseer Mohammad Khan here on Sunday....		Foundation of Al-Shifa hospital laid in Kohat KOHAT, Sept 15: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said the lack of human resources has put the country at the mercy of foreigners, who take away major part of...
Internet service inaugurated PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The government has adopted an economic-friendly policy to support the private sector which is important to face the challenges of this century....		Four in run for NA-32 in Chitral CHITRAL, Sept 15: Four candidates are in the run for the lone seat of the National Assembly, and six each for the two provincial assembly seats in the district, according to...
PPP to survive all odds: Babar NOWSHERA, Sept 15: People’s Party Parliamentarians candidate for two National Assembly seats, Nasirullah Khan Babar, has said that no conspiracy against the PPP to keep it away from the general elections...		Ghotki candidate returns PPP ticket SUKKUR Sept 15: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) suffered its first election setback after one of its national assembly candidate, Sardar Ali Mohammad Khan Maher, announced to return the party ticket...
Shirazi group gives tough time to PPP THATTA, Sept 15: Electioneering has gained momentum here following appearance of final contestants after withdrawal of remaining candidates for the two national and five provincial assembly seats of Thatta district....		Candidates list issued SHIKARPUR, Sept 15: The final list of candidates for the two national and four provincial assemblies seats of Shikarpur district was announced by returning officers concerned on Sunday....
Two die in accident KHAIRPUR, Sept 15: Two villagers, Ali Murad Lashari and Moula Bukhsh Rajpar, were killed here on Sunday when a speedy truck hit them on the National Highway near Rasoolabad in Sobhodero...		JSQM to back Muttahida NAWABSHAH, Sept 15: Announcing his party’s support to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement in the October polls, the JSQM chairman Bashir...
Three brothers killed DADU, Sept 15: An old feud claimed the lives of three brothers in Yaqoob Panhwar village in Sehwan taluka some 70 kilometres away from here on Sunday....		Final lists of candidates from Lahore issued LAHORE, Sept 15: Final lists of candidates for 13 National Assembly and 25 Punjab Assembly seats from Lahore were issued here on Sunday....
JI, JUI-F are on collision course LAHORE, Sept 15: The Jamaat-i-Islami and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazlur Rahman faction) are fast becoming rivals as JI’s Hafiz Salman Butt has decided to contest from NA-118 from the PML-N platform...		PML-QA to back Musharraf’s bid for presidency LAHORE, Sept 15: Punjab PML-QA president Chaudhry Pervez Ellahi has pledged to extend all kind of support to Gen Pervez Musharraf when the latter seeks a presidential mandate in the parliament....
Teachers, doctors to protest LAHORE, Sept 15: Teachers and doctors will hold countrywide demonstrations from September 23 to protest against the government’s education and health policies....		Provinces’ reservations about NES LAHORE, Sept 15: Provinces have reservations about the entry level for the proposed National Executive Service (NES) which has been mooted by the National Reconstruction Bureau to replace the district management...
Next round of anti-polio drive LAHORE, Sept 15: The next round of anti-polio drive in the Punjab will be carried out from Oct 22-24, says an official handout issued on Sunday....		142 in the run for 9 NA, 10 PA seats: 84 withdraw papers in Islamabad, Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Sept 15: As many as 66 candidates from Rawalpindi district and 18 from Islamabad withdrew their nomination papers on Saturday night, the last date fixed for the purpose....
Rs6.92 billion allocated for PR uplift projects ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: An amount of Rs6.923 billion has been allocated for various development projects of Pakistan Raiways and cooperation of the private sector is being sought for running these projects...		Gwadar Port’s 1st phase to be ready in three years ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The first phase of the mega Gwadar Port project will be completed in three years at a cost of $248 million with the financial and assistance of China....
DMG officials being employed on top CDA posts ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The officials of the District Management Group (DMG) are being inducted into the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on lucrative posts, depriving the authority officials of their due promotions,...		Boundary wall around Faisal mosque suggested ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Islamabad police have proposed to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to build a boundary wall around Faisal mosque to ensure foolproof security and also deploy more CDA...
RCB extends water supply to four areas RAWALPINDI, Sept 15: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has extended its water supply services to four new localities situated in its limits, official sources told Dawn....		Stage set for triangular contest in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Sept 15: A triangular contest is likely among candidates of PPP, PML-QA and PML-N on most of the seats in the district after withdrawals and issuance of final lists....
Variyos ditch Chattha, join PML-QA: Still in NAB custody SIALKOT, Sept 15: The loyalty shift by the Variyo family is a big blow to PML(Junejo) leader Hamid Nasir Chattha....		PPP to contest on all Multan seats MULTAN, Sept 15: Pakistan People’s Party is the only political organization which has fielded candidates against all the six national and 13 provincial assemblies’ seats in the district....
Biradaris to play vital role in NA-97 GUJRANWALA, Sept 15: Biradaris will play a vital role in determining the result of NA-97, a constituency of rural and urban area....		Position still not clear in Sargodha SARGODHA, Sept 15: Despite withdrawal of candidates from various constituencies, the party position is still not clear in the district except in two national assembly constituencies....
79 in run from Bahawalnagar BAHAWALNAGAR, Sept 15: Following the withdrawal of nomination papers, 20 candidates are left for four national assembly seats and 59 for eight PA seats in the district....		62 candidates left in field in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 15: At least 17 candidates will contest for three seats of national and 45 for seven seats of provincial assembly in the Dera Ghazi Khan district....
Sahiwal lawyers on strike SAHIWAL, Sept 15: Members of the district bar association were on strike from Sept 10 to 14 to press for withdrawal of a dacoity case against a fellow lawyer....		Three robbers shot dead in two ‘encounters’ SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 15: District and Saddar Muridke police claimed on Sunday having killed two robbers in a shootout near Rangian Jhugian village, about 40 kilometres from here....
Abbakhel case: two more heirs confirm deal MIANWALI, Sept 15: Local District and Sessions Judge Rao Akbar Ali on Saturday recorded statements of two more legal heirs to the deceased in Abbakhel case....		Main accused of tongue slashing held MULTAN, Sept 15: Yazman police in Bahawalpur district claimed on Sunday having arrested the main accused in the tongue slashing incident....