September 30, 2002	Monday	Rajab 22, 1423

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Opposition vows to launch drive against polls-rigging ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Opposition leaders have threatened to launch a nationwide movement against President Gen Pervez Musharraf if his government manipulates the results of the next month’s general election....		Parties asked to submit activity schedule ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Managing Director of the Pakistan Television Corporation Yusuf Mirza Baig has requested all political parties, that are taking part in the elections, to send their schedule of political...
CDA accused of using substandard material ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Several roads in the capital are in dilapidated condition due to the negligence of the Capital Development Authority’s Road Directorate....		EU team meets candidates in Attock ATTOCK, Sept 29: A two-member delegation of European Union (EU) called on candidates of various parties during its visit to the district to review election arrangements....
SC jurisdiction to Northern Areas not yet extended GILGIT, Sept 29: The federal government has not yet extended the jurisdiction of the Supreme Appellate Court to Northern Areas despite the fact that the proposal was submitted in June for...		Turkish firm owes Rs600m to NHA ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Pakistan’s experience with foreign construction firms is not pleasant and these companies, after receiving hefty amounts in the form of “mobilization advance” not only leave the projects incomplete...
Row between AJK PM, president deepens ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat advised state President Sardar Mohammad Anwar on Saturday to go to court for a decision in a raging controversy between them...		US-Pakistan trade council to be launched today WASHINGTON, Sept 29: The United States Chamber of Commerce will launch US-Pakistan Business Council on Monday to promote trade between the two countries and to foster a greater awareness of business...
BNM accuses govt of helping king’s party QUETTA, Sept 29: The Balochistan National Movement has accused the provincial government of appointing officers of its choice in the Makran division and other areas to help candidates of king’s party...		Italy’s Dy FM due this week ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Italy’s deputy foreign minister, Margherita Boniver, will visit Pakistan on a goodwill mission next week....
Pan-Islamic Fund will be set up, hopes Atta ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Atta-ur-Rehman, expressing the hope for the success of his efforts to establish a Pan-Islamic Research and Development Fund (PIRDF), said results...		Political activity gaining momentum ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: With just 11 days to go for Oct 10 elections, the political parties are finally in top gear to muster support of masses....
Appointments thru BPSC demanded QUETTA, Sept 29: The candidates, who have applied for various posts in the Balochistan Levies Force, have demanded that all the new post be filled through the Balochistan Public Service Commission...		Bomb explodes outside Christian prayer hall QUETTA, Sept 29: A small bomb exploded outside a Christian prayer hall in Kohlu on Sunday, causing minor damage to its outer wall but no casualties, police said....
Polls to cost Rs1bn ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The Election Commission of Pakistan may spend over Rs1 billion to conduct the Oct 10 general elections....		Dialogue urged to solve Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party (JKDP) chief Shabbir Shah, calling for a dialogue between Pakistan and India, has said that there is no other way out except negotiations...
Triangular fight in Nawabshah likely NAWABSHAH, Sept 29: The election campaigns have geared up here as the political parties, particularly the PPP, SDA, MQM, PML-N and PML-Q, are competing in affixing banners and holding corner meetings...		Three killed in tribal clash SHIKARPUR, Sept 29: Three people were killed in an armed clash between two groups of Chandio tribesmen in the Jawabpur Chandio village, Garhi Yasin Taluka, on Saturday night....
Rift in PML over tickets’ allotment HARIPUR, Sept 29: Rift among Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leaders could not be resolved, jeopardizing the party’s efforts to win all the seats in the district in the election....		Candidates begin door-to-door canvassing SWABI, Sept 29: The contestants of upcoming general elections have embarked on a door-to-door canvassing campaign to win over maximum number of voters as the polling day scheduled for Oct 10...
150 PPP workers booked THATTA, Sept 29: About 150 PPP workers, including a provincial and a national assembly candidate, were booked by the Mirpur Bathoro police for disturbing law and order on late Saturday night....		Former SHO, 13 cops booked for robbery LARKANA, Sept 29: Following the orders of the district and sessions judge, Larkana, a robbery case was registered against a former SHO of the Shahdadkot police station, three ASIs and ten...
Ex-senator back from US after bail acceptance MANSEHRA, Sept 29: Ex-senator Syed Qasim Shah, who was released on bail by an accountability court, returned here on Saturday from America....		Candidate casts doubts over fairness of election BADIN, Sept 29: The PPP candidate from NA-225, Dr Fehmida Mirza has expressed doubts about the fairness of the elections in the face of “victimization of even the party sympathisers”....
Contraband seized KOHAT, Sept 29: Anti-Narcotics Force seized huge quantity of charas and opium being smuggled to downcountry from a tribal territory and arrested three carriers on Sunday, officials said....		Punjab’s change of heart on Mangla LAHORE, Sept 29: As President Pervez Musharraf breaks ground on Monday (today) for raising Mangla dam, one wonders what does it hold in store for the country — will it end...
Swindling: total claims over Rs115m MULTAN, Sept 29: Total amount of claims filed against financial deals of the ‘madad committee’ has crossed Rs115 million as some 372,142 members had submitted applications by Sunday evening....		Close contest on hand in NA-88: Abida vs Faisal JHANG, Sept 29: All is set to witness a tough fight between two bigwigs and arch rivals — Begum Abida Hussain (PML-QA) and Faisal Saleh Hayat (PPP) in NA-88....
Convicted Variyo canvassing for PML-QA SIALKOT, Sept 29: A known convict is openly participating in the election campaign of PML-QA candidates here....		Action taken against Wapda men SAHIWAL, Sept 29: Wapda’s Sahiwal superintending engineer has suspended old grid station’s sub-station officer from service, transferred a head clerk and ordered registration of a case against an XEN....
PML-N suffers setback in NA-112 SIALKOT, Sept 29: The Christians of Aallo Mahar Sharif village (Daska tehsil) have announced their support for PML-QA candidates in NA-112 and PP-129 and sought protection against the local PML-N leadership....		NA-119 lacks traditional election fervour LAHORE, Sept 29: For the incarcerated PPP secretary-general, Jehangir Badar, his decision to contest the elections from NA-119 (Lahore-II) this time around is quite like ‘home-coming’ for him after having tried...
GST can’t be withdrawn, says Nisar LAHORE, Sept 29: Federal Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Sunday that the general sales tax could not be withdrawn because “it is necessary to run the country.”...		Body of slain man exhumed LAHORE, Sept 29: City police and relatives had the body of a person, who was killed and buried by a friend, exhumed from a Kamalia house on Sunday....