September 19, 2002	Thursday	Rajab 11, 1423

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Asif tarnished PM House image: AC judge ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Asif Ali Zardari has tarnished the image of the Prime Minister House by indulging in corruption as he was not only a member of the parliament, but also...		IDB likely to give $12-15m for vaccines production ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) is likely to help Pakistan in vaccines production with a financial assistance of $12 to 15 million....
A tearful tribute ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Admirers and friends of the late poet, critic and educationist Najmee Siddiqi, who died in a road accident a few weeks ago, heard his above unpublished couplet from his friend at the literary reference arranged for him at the Pakistan Academy of Letters by the organization Payas....		Move to bring anti-govt parties on one-point agenda initiated ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Amidst widespread allegations of pre-poll rigging and official patronage of some political groups, a move to bring anti-government parties on one-point agenda of ensuring free, fair and impartial...
‘Unofficial results to be announced at polling stations’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Unofficial election results will be announced at the polling stations while the presiding officers will be bound to let the results of their respective stations known to the...		Bodies formed to probe electrocution tragedy RAWALPINDI, Sept 18: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the district government on Wednesday constituted separate committees to probe the electrocution of nine labourers, working at a commercial building...
‘Govt is not backing any candidate’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: No close relative of any senior civil servant is contesting the elections and no candidate is being supported by the government, as it is committed to hold free...		FPSC refuses to comply with LHC orders ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Federal Public Services Commission (FPSC) has refused to comply with the orders of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, prompting the appellant for the third time to...
Compensation package for victims on 24th: Mangla Dam extension work to begin soon ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The work on raising the height of Mangla Dam by 40 feet is likely to begin in last week of the current month and President Gen Pervez Musharraf...		Enhancement of sentences for corruption sought ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The National Accountability Bureau counsel, Afzal Siddique (advocate), on Wednesday stated before the Supreme Court that the punishment, prescribed for corruption under the NAB Ordinance, was mild....
Balochistan gets less than NFC share QUETTA, Sept 18: Balochistan was deprived of Rs18 billion during 1997-2002 under the fifth National Finance Commission Award....		NA, BNDP support former minister QUETTA, Sept 18: Former education minister Zubaida Jalal has gained support following a seat adjustment between Balochistan National Democratic Party and the National Alliance following prolonged talks and bargaining in Turbat...
NHA to launch drive against encroachment ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has decided to immediately remove all the encroachments along the national highway (N-5) from Karachi to Torkham under an agreement with the World...		CDWP to meet on Oct 3 ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) is meeting here on Oct 3 to approve 30 development projects worth over Rs40 billion....
2,000 ADBP employees seek golden handshake ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Over 2,000 applications of employees with over 20 years service in BPS-1 to 20 have been received in the Agriculture Development Bank (ADBP) under the voluntary golden handshake...		PML(QA) to sweep election: Yousuf HUB, Sept 18: The president of Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Balochistan, Jam Mohammed Yousuf, on Wednesday said his party was holding negotiations for seats adjustment with Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Awami National...
Monthly review of medicines availability ordered ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The federal health ministry has directed the drugs control authorities in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta to conduct the meetings of their monitoring committee to review the availability...		New party post for Ishaq Dar ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Former finance minister, Ishaq Dar, has been appointed president international affairs of Pakistan Muslim League (N), a party announcement said....
Plea dismissed ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal of former Sindh law and housing minister Pir Mazharul Haq against his convictions in accountability references....		Petition upheld QUETTA, Sept 18: A full bench of the Balochistan High Court has upheld the constitutional petition of Aslam Bhootani, a candidate for PB-45, Lasbela-II, against rejection of his nomination papers by...
Seminar on forestry CHITRAL, Sept 18: The Chitral Conservation Strategy of the International Union for Conservation of Nature is holding a three-day seminar on the role of market forces in depletion forest resources in...		Tough contest seen on Mansehra seats MANSEHRA, Sept 18: There will be a neck-and-neck contest between the Muttahedda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) candidate, Syed Ghulam Nabi Shah and the PML (QA) candidate, Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf, on NA-20, Mansehra-I....
Electioneering gains momentum in Badin BADIN, Sept 18: Electioneering is gaining momentum in Badin district after withdrawal of candidates and verdicts by the election tribunals....		24 in the run in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL, Sept 18: The returning officers for the two Khyber Agency National Assembly seats released final list of 24 candidates after the completion of scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers....
Nadra says no extra payment for ID cards PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The National Database Registration Authority has asked the authorities concerned to charge Rs35, the original price of the computerised ID cards from the tribal people, instead of charging...		Rangers to be deployed MIRPURKHAS, Sept 18: Rangers and police will be deployed at as many as 287 polling stations, which have been declared sensitive, in Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar districts....
Work on Lowari Tunnel will start soon KOHAT, Sept 18: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the funds for the much-delayed Lowari Tunnel project had been sanctioned and the work on the project would start...		Jirga hands over girl, land in murder dispute NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 18: A Jirga decided on Wednesday to hand over a girl, an acre of agricultural land and Rs10,000 in cash in a murder case in Halani....
Registration of case against PAT chief flayed ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: Pakistan Awami Tehrik Senior Vice-Chairman Ghulam Murtaza Pooya on Wednesday condemned the registration of a case against PAT chief Tahirul Qadri and arrest of his guards in Jhang....		Tribesmen reject Fata reforms BAJAUR, Sept 18: Tribal elders and Maliks of Bajaur Agency have decided to launch a movement against the government’s reforms plan for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) and the holding...
African woman acquitted PESHAWAR, Sept 18: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday acquitted an African woman and set aside her conviction awarded by a judge of the anti-narcotics court....		Protesting students baton-charged SUKKUR, Sept 18: The police used tear gas and baton-charged the students of the Atta Hussain Degree College, Rohri, on Wednesday to end a blockade on the National Highway, injuring several...
The pros and cons of corporate farming LAHORE, Sept 18: The half-cooked idea of corporate farming has received special attention of the present regime, but it has evoked more fears than hopes among farmers....		Three sisters burnt alive in fireworks blast GUJRAT, Sept 18: Three sisters were burnt alive on Tuesday when fireworks material blew up in Qasaban locality of Mungowal, Kunjah, 30 kms from here....
Abakhel case: convicts not yet released MIANWALI, Sept 18: The four men of Abakhel, convicted of double murder, could not secure their release because the mother of one of the deceased did not appear in the court...		Aitzaz only strong PPP candidate in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Sept 18: The PPP has fielded four candidates for five National and eight for 10 Punjab assembly seats in Bahawalpur....
Family dispute weakens PML-QA in Narowal SIALKOT, Sept 18: A dispute in the family of Narowal district Nazim has weakened the PML-QA’s position in the national assembly constituency NA-117....		Nazim summoned for EC code violation SIALKOT, Sept 18: The returning officer for PP-127 on Wednesday summoned the Pasrur Tehsil Nazim for “violation of the EC code of conduct by running the election campaign of a PML-QA...
Tribunals’ decisions ‘can be criticized’ LAHORE, Sept 18: Chief Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court has said the decisions of the election tribunals can be criticized (implying that it was not tantamount to...		Shahbaz, Kulsoom appeal ‘flawed’ LAHORE, Sept 18: Lahore High Court (LHC) officials on Wednesday evening returned the petition against disqualification of PML-N leaders Shahbaz Sharif and Kulsoom Nawaz, saying that it had a legal flaw....
Anti-malaria spray LAHORE, Sept 18: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood ordered on Wednesday launching of a two-week crash programme for anti-malaria spray in all the 150 unions councils of the district....		Printers, painters wait for orders LAHORE, Sept 18: The forthcoming polls have so far failed to generate any significant election-related economic activity in the city as printers and painters wait with their fingers crossed for orders...
FIR against woman for killing her suckling LAHORE, Sept 18: Police on Wednesday registered a murder case against a woman on charges of killing her suckling....		Compensation for murder LAHORE, Sept 18: Governor Khalid Maqbool has announced a financial assistance of Rs500,000 for the family of the headmaster who was burnt by a watchman....
PML-N wants JUI-F to withdraw in NA-118 LAHORE, Sept 18: The PML-N wants to defeat its arch rival PML-QA President Mian Muhammad Azhar on NA-118 (Lahore) at all costs and for this purpose party chief Mian Shahbaz Sharif...		Report on lapses of Services’ ex-PEO LAHORE, Sept 18: A report on irregularities committed allegedly by former principal executive officer/dean of the Services Hospital and Postgraduate Medical Institute Prof Dr Shamim Ahmad Khan has been submitted to...
Elected to PFBA LAHORE, Sept 18: Rana Abdul Mannan has been elected as vice-president of the Pakistan France Business Alliance (North)....		Unicef to probe anti-polio drive ‘failure’ JHANG, Sept 18: A Unicef team will probe into the ‘failure’ of the anti-polio vaccination campaign in the Jhang district....
2 commit suicide OKARA, Sept 18: A woman committed suicide by jumping into a canal while a recently married man took a gulp of some pesticide to end his life in separate incidents in...		Clash over flag hoisting averted KOHAT, Sept 18: Police averted a clash between the activists of Pakistan Muslim League, belonging to Nawaz and Quaid-i-Azam groups, and Awami National Party (ANP) on Wednesday, over fixing of party...