October 2, 2002	Wednesday	Rajab 24, 1423

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Another frustrating day for a pensioner ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: For 79-year-old Saleem Aslam (not his real name), Senior Citizens Day was just another frustrating day....		Minister for overhauling bureaucratic system ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Science and technology minister Dr Attaur Rehman on Tuesday emphasized the need for a major overhaul in the bureaucratic system, the stifling environment of which, he said, was...
Bodies to study changes in education sector ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The government on Tuesday formed four sub- committees to study the outcome of changes recently introduced in the education sector in all provinces....		Need for Professional colleges stressed ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) candidate for NA-48, Dr Babar Awan, has said that Islamabad topped among other cities of the country in terms of growing number of...
CDA fails to execute major uplift plans ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to execute Rs632 million development projects, which was to be commissioned under Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2002-03), sources told Dawn...		AEC staff receives polling material ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The staff of assistant election commissioner here on Tuesday received 1,000 ballot boxes, stationary and stamps etc for holding polls in the Capital....
Japan asks Pakistan, India to resume talks ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Japan has reiterated that India and Pakistan should resume dialogue for the resolution of outstanding issues....		Cushnahan perturbed over report leakage ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: Chief of European Union Election Observer Mission John Cushnahan is perturbed over the leakage of a report submitted by it to the EU Commission last month and he...
Four hydropower projects okayed ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The government has given clearance to four major hydropower projects worth Rs35.2 billion to be completed by June 2006....		Mysterious group emerges in polls ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: As many as 99 candidates for the National Assembly and 231 for the provincial assemblies are contesting elections with the symbol crescent but little is known about the...
Partiality against Ahmadis alleged ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Supreme Court was asked on Tuesday to stay holding of elections till the time the “discrimination of Ahmadis among the minorities was abolished.”...		GNA promises Balochistan’s development QUETTA, Oct 1 : The Grand National Alliance (GNA) has termed the situation at the Pakistan-India border “very dangerous” and urged both the countries to initiate a dialogue for resolving conflicts....
Parties accused of ignoring women’s rights QUETTA, Oct 1: Despite including women’s issues in the manifestos, the political parties did not implement their commitments in the past, observed participants in a dialogue with election candidates on women’s...		HRCP flays corporate farming plan ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed reservations about the reported plan of the government to introduce corporate farming and give land to multinationals and foreigners....
SC to take up plea on minority seats ISLAMABAD, Oct 1: A three-judge bench of Supreme Court will take up the petition of J. Salik, a former MNA, for the correction of the electoral laws under which no independent...		CEC empowered to check pre-poll rigging, rules PHC PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The Peshawar High Court ruled here on Tuesday that the chief election commissioner “is fully empowered” to check pre-elections rigging by the government functionaries....
Governor opens girls college in Bannu BANNU, Oct 1: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has called upon students to utilize the country’s resources to help promote education for the betterment and prosperity of the country....		Journalists demand action against customs men PESHAWAR, Oct 1: The journalist community of the provincial capital held a protest demonstration in front of the Customs House here on Tuesday and demanded of the government to take immediate...
MMA to repeal amendments SWABI, Oct 1: The MMA leaders have rejected the constitutional amendments incorporated into the Constitution by the present regime and said they would do away with the same after coming into...		Iqra varsity student gets scholarship PESHAWAR, Oct 1: A student of Iqra University, Imran Khan, has been awarded scholarship to do BCS at the University of North London, said a press release issued on Tuesday....
PML-Q candidate leads in NA-21 MANSEHRA, Oct 1: The present National Assembly constituency NA-21, Mansehra-II, was NA-15 since the general elections of 1985 to the general elections of 1997....		Villagers hit by power failures MARDAN, Oct 1: The residents of Rustam village, Mardan district, have complained about frequent loadsheddings in the area....
Nazim’s murder condemned MARDAN, Oct 1: Nazimeen, Naib Nazimeen and councillors of the local councils condemned on Tuesday the killing of the tehsil Nazim, Haji Irsal Khan....		Contradictions in party statements and manifestoes LAHORE, Oct 1: Most of political parties seem to have taken a firm stand on issues like role of military in politics as far as their pre-polls statements are concerned but,...
Private educational institutes making Rs22 billion a year LAHORE, Oct 1: As many as 36,096 private educational institutions in the country are extorting Rs22 billion from students in tuition fee and other charges annually. Twenty-eight per cent of the...		Police censured for acting too late: Madad committee scam MULTAN, Oct 1: Justice Fakhrunisa Khokhar of the Lahore high court on Tuesday censured the local police for what she said playing the role of a silent spectator until the ‘Madad...
Road blocked FAISALABAD, Oct 1: Hundreds of students of the National College for Textile Engineering on Tuesday blocked the traffic on the Faisalabad-Sheikhupura Road in protest against the arrest of two students....		Govt urged to fulfil promises made at labour moot LAHORE, Oct 1: The Pakistan Workers Confederation has expressed serious concern over the government’s failure to enforce the approved legislation on industrial relations which it said was drafted and formulated in...
PML-QA to ‘form’ govts in Centre, Punjab LAHORE, Oct 1: PML-QA Vice-President Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri says a daunting task before the leadership elected as a result of the general election will be striking a balance in the political...		Fresh notices on plea against meddling in polls LAHORE, Oct 1: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered issue of fresh notices to the attorney general and the Punjab advocate general on a writ petition against the alleged interference...
Shahbaz, Kulsoom to move SC today LAHORE, Oct 1: Appeals for disqualified PML leaders Shahbaz Sharif and Kulsoom Nawaz would be filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, Sharifs’ counsel Ashtar Ausaf Ali told Dawn on...		70pc Wasa budget devoured by power bills LAHORE, Oct 1: Power bills devour around 70 per cent of Wasa budget, leaving the agency with little resources to carry out its main function of repairing and maintaining its shabby...
Quetta accident causes Rs25m loss to railways LAHORE, Oct 1: The Sept 26 derailment of the Quetta Express on the Sibi-Jacobabad section which resulted in death of eight passengers and injuries to 48 caused Pakistan Railways a loss...		MMA website LAHORE, Oct 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Tuesday formally launched its website for “effective coverage of its ongoing election campaign and rebutting anti-Islam propaganda by the West.”...
Lawyers not to pay rent of chambers LAHORE, Oct 1: The Punjab Bar Council has announced that lawyers would not pay the rent of the chambers in the district courts compound....		PCO, cabinets will cease to exist after polls LAHORE, Oct 1: The federal and provincial cabinets will stand dissolved as soon as new prime minister and chief ministers take over after the elections. The Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) under...
Nawabzada against ‘move to protect LFO’ LAHORE, Oct 1: Vehemently opposing the government’s reported plan to make the protection of the Legal Framework Order part of the oath for incoming parliament, ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan said...		Butt gets ‘Hawk’ LAHORE, Oct 1: Jamaat-i-Islami’s Hafiz Salman Butt was allotted ‘hawk’ as election symbol for NA-118 on Tuesday. Salman Butt, whose name had appeared as PML-N candidate for NA-118 in the final...