September 20, 2002	Friday	Rajab 12, 1423

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Peasants’ body threatens to boycott polls ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Anjuman Mazarain Punjab (AMB) threatened that it would boycott the general elections if the government remained indifferent to the situation at Okara military farms....		Four penals formed to improve education standard ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The federal minister for education, science and technology, Prof Attaur Rahman, has formulated four think tanks to improve quality of education....
Traders protest against anti-encroachment drive RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: Traders of Raja Bazaar and Satellite Town closed their shops on Thursday and took to the roads, protesting against the anti-encroachment campaign launched by the district administration and...		Govt responsible for rising poverty: PML-N ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The present government is responsible for the increasing poverty in the country, PML-N candidate from NA-48 constituency, Syed Zafar Ali Shah, said here on Thursday....
PTI to reshape judiciary if voted to power: Imran ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) on Thursday launched its election manifesto with major focus being on freeing the judiciary from administrative control and ensuring that no citizen was deprived of...		Constitution’s supremacy top priority of PPP: Babar ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The rule of law and supremacy of the Constitution prioritizes the agenda of every candidate of PPP, besides their pledge to resolve the grievances of the residents of...
Telecom sector deregulation to bring more investment: Ata ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Deregulation of telecommunications sector will help bring tremendous investment opportunities in the country....		Asif indicted in SGS reference ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: An accountability court on Thursday indicted Asif Ali Zardari in the SGS corruption reference....
PTI leader decries pre-poll rigging ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan castigating the establishment for involvement in pre-poll rigging on Thursday alleged that a PTI candidate in Gujrat was forced to withdraw from contesting...		President says he is facing no threat ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that there is no threat to his life and he is performing his duties comfortably, without any fear....
NAB chief’s foreign visit plan slammed ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Pakistan People’s Party has dismissed the allegation that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari have amassed wealth in foreign countries and asked the regime to make...		No movement across LoC reported, says ISPR ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Inter-Services Public Relations Director-General Maj-Gen Rashid Qureshi on Thursday expressed his surprise over the statement of United States ambassador to India, Robert Blackwill, and said that he is...
Japanese climber dies SKARDU, Sept 19: A Japanese climber was killed in an accident after scaling the 7,072 meter Spantic Peak and a Pakistani climber suffered frostbite, sources said here on Thursday....		New Zealand’s motorcyclist reaches Quetta QUETTA, Sept 19: A 34-year-old New Zealander, Jurgen Homann, who was travelling around the world on his motorcycle on an anti-polio mission, arrived here on Thursday....
Rs104.9m allocated for uplift schemes SUKKUR, Sept 19: The District Development Working Party (DDWP) on Thursday sanctioned Rs104.92 million for the completion of 29 public-oriented development schemes under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme’s Phase-III in Sukkur district....		PPP accuses minister of supporting rivals NAWABSHAH, Sept 19: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) candidates from Nawabshah district on Thursday accused a minister and the district administration of supporting their rival candidates....
Growers hold demo DADU, Sept 19: A large number of growers staged a demonstration in Johi on Thursday to protest against the acute water shortage in 30 waterways originating from the Johi Branch....		Municipal workers demand salaries LARKANA, Sept 19: The city municipal staff, including sanitary workers, continued strike for the sixth day on Thursday even after release of three employees from the prison....
One killed, 5 injured in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 19: One person was killed and five others were injured in a road accident on the Moro Bypass on Thursday morning....		Assault victim demands arrest of accused MITHI, Sept 19: A rape victim has appealed to the chief justice, President Gen Pervez Musharraf and other authorities concerned to order the arrest of the rapists....
Dist Nazim criticizes DPO’s performance SUKKUR, Sept 19:The district Nazim on Thursday asked the IGP Sindh to issue stern warning to the DPO of Khairpur in view of the deteriorating law and order in the district....		Karo-kari claims two more lives SUKKUR, Sept 19: Three armed men shot dead a man and a woman on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Sarhad village, Ghotki District, on Thursday....
PML-N in hot water in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Sept 19: The Pakistan Muslim League(N) is struggling very hard to maintain its supremacy in the Abbottabad district on two national and five provincial assembly seats....		Plan in the making to defeat ANP candidates SWABI, Sept 19: Candidates of various political parties have withdrawn from the election contest in each other’s favour to defeat the Awami National Party (ANP) nominees in the district....
WB suggests measures to improve PRP PESHAWAR, Sept 19: A high-powered World Bank mission held a meeting with the provincial ministers and heads of the administrative departments to review progress on the provincial reforms programme (PRP)....		Birth registration ratio increases ABBOTTABAD, Sept 19: The district steering committee on birth registration has expressed its satisfaction over the increased ratio of birth registration in Abbottabad....
Forest Ordinance rejected MINGORA, Sept 19: Speakers at a convention here on Thursdauy said the NWFP forestry sector reforms culminating in the promulgation of Forest Ordinance, 2002, have failed to ensure sustainable management and development of forests and...		Governor to visit Bajaur Agency today BAJAUR, Sept 19: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah will visit Bajaur Agency on Friday in an effort to pacify the tribal elders and take them into confidence with regard to...
Centre asked to ally NWFP fears about NFC award PESHAWAR, Sept 19: The Awami National Party (ANP) has asked the federal government to allay NWFP government’s apprehensions regarding the 6th National Finance Commission (NFC) award, criticising the Centre and the...		Phone link of Peshawar with country cut PESHAWAR, Sept 19: The telecommunications link between Peshawar and other parts of the province remained cut off from rest of the country for five hours due to a major fault in...
Much more than prestige at stake on coveted seats LAHORE, Sept 19: At a time when barring the PML-QA and some tiny parties in the National Alliance, almost all political parties are united against the government, the constituency of Mian...		DCO made Multan Nazim LAHORE, Sept 19: The district coordination officer (DCO) of Multan on Thursday became the first government officer in the country to be made the acting Nazim of a district, in place...
Post offices may also sell rail tickets LAHORE, Sept 19: The Pakistan Railways is holding negotiations with the Postal Services for issuing rail tickets from post offices, says PR general manager Iqbal Samad Khan....		Raiwind to have girls college LAHORE, Sept 19: The City District Government has decided to establish the first girls intermediate college at Raiwind on the demand of the town population....
EC warnings carry no weight: ARD LAHORE, Sept 19: As the Election Commission has failed to implement its orders, so its warning to the civil administration and police for interfering in the polls process carry no weight,...		JI, JUI-F standoff continues LAHORE, Sept 19: Hafiz Salman Butt of Jamaat-i-Islami continues his campaign in NA-118, as Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has not yet decided as to who will be its and PML-N’s joint candidate...
Library faces closure LAHORE, Sept 19: The World Blind Authors Library (WBAL) which collects blind authors’ works from across the globe is faced with closure due to a lack of government support....		Sugar cess collection ‘misused’ LAHORE, Sept 19: District nazims are influencing the collection of sugar cane road cess and the government must intervene to protect farmers from this highhandedness, Muhammad Ayub Chaudhry, president, Kissan Board,...
SBP ‘probe’ against Chaudhrys LAHORE, Sept 19: State Bank governor Ishrat Hussein has ordered an inquiry into the complaint filed by Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan against the Chaudhris of Gujrat for loan write-off....		MMA urges EU team to publish report LAHORE, Sept 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has urged the visiting six-member European Union monitoring team to publish complete report on the pre-poll, polling day and post-elections situation....
TMA accused of running PML-QA campaign FAISALABAD, Sept 19: The PML-N candidate for NA-83, Mian Mohammad Irfan, and some other local PML-N leaders have accused the Tehsil municipal administration (TMA) and local police of running the election...		Diplomats visit Sargodha SARGODHA, Sept 19: Bryan E Burton, counsellor (political) and deputy high commissioner of the Canadian high commission, and Dag Juhlin Dannfelt, the counsellor of Sweden, visited Sargodha on Wednesday....
Governor opens gas supply project GUJRAT, Sept 19: Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated a Sui gas provision project in Kunjah here on Thursday....		Masood Azhar still in jail BAHAWALPUR, Sept 19: Maulana Masood Azhar, the chief of banned Jihadi outfit Jaish-i-Muhammad, has not been shifted to his house from the New Central Jail....
GNA rift to benefit PPP in Jhang district JHANG, Sept 19: Rift between political heavyweights having divergent ideologies may affect the Grand National Alliance (GNA) campaign to win national and provincial assembly seats from the Jhang district....		Show cause, EC asks Nazim SIALKOT, Sept 19: The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued show cause notice to Narowal District Nazim Col Javed Safdar Kahiloon (retired) for violation of code of conduct....
Close contest between Chattha, Ijaz for NA-100 GUJRANWALA, Sept 19: A tough fight is expected between Jat and Rajput biradaris in Naushera Virkan tehsil for NA-100 where PML-C chief Hamid Nasir Chattha and PML-QA’s Bilal Ijaz are in...		Rs4m for Bhalwal college SARGODHA, Sept 19: A sum of Rs4 million has been earmarked for the construction of a multi-purpose auditorium during the next financial year at Government College, Bhalwal, besides setting up a...
UN official’s car damaged in accident SIALKOT, Sept 19: The car of UNO’s Lahore office deputy secretary was damaged in a road accident on main Sialkot-Daska road near Aadha village on Thursday....		Woman killed as fireworks explode OKARA, Sept 19: A woman was killed and her husband injured seriously as fireworks exploded near Deepalpur....