October 3, 2002	Thursday	Rajab 25, 1423

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Security plan for election day rejected ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The district returning officer, Mian Farooq Ahmed, on Wednesday rejected the police security plan, specially prepared for the polls in the capital....		Nadra failed to deliver 80,000 NICs: PPP ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) candidate for NA-48, Dr Babar Awan, claimed that National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) had failed to deliver 80,000 national identity cards to the...
Money changer ransacked; $7,000 looted from passenger RAWALPINDI, Oct 2: A security guard was shot injured by two robbers, who ransacked a money changer in broad daylight near Chandni chowk on Wednesday....		Foreign observers hire services of private security firm ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) has hired the services of a private security company due to apprehensions about their safety, an official source said....
Policy of utility bills clearance before selling property likely ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Capital Development Authority is likely to adopt a new policy under which residential and commercial units cannot be sold without clearing the utility bills, a source told...		Candidates avoid dialogue with voters RAWALPINDI, Oct 2: A large number of union councillors, through a resolution, have criticized the candidates for NA-55 for intentionally avoiding face to face dialogue with the voters....
Parliament Lodges renovated ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Renovation work on all 216 parliament lodges completed on Wednesday, the CDA’s director of lodges told Dawn....		Nawaz Khokhar expelled from PPP ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Nawaz Khokhar has been expelled from the Pakistan People’s Party....
Anwar gets go-ahead for political change ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Go-ahead has reportedly been given to a political change in Azad Kashmir to put to an end the uncertainty hovering over the state government due to the increasing...		C’wealth observers meet PTI, MP leaders ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The Commonwealth Election Observer Group on Wednesday continued consultation with the political parties and met the representatives of Tehreek-i-Insaf and Pakistan Millat Party....
Provinces told to facilitate observers ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the provincial governments, defence services and interior ministry to facilitate the visiting international observers to witness the elections being held on Oct...		Attack on Iraq be opposed: QJP ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Qaumi Jamhoori Party President Air Marshal Mohammad Asghar Khan has said that Pakistan has a responsibility, as a member of the UN Security Council, of opposing any US...
Intending pilgrims deposit Rs10bn ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: The ministry of religious affairs, Zakat and Ushr announced on Wednesday that the banks have credited Rs10 billion, deposited by the intending pilgrims under regular and sponsorship schemes,...		Govt patronage of candidates alleged ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party, Mian Raza Rabbani, on Wednesday asked the chief election commissioner to take notice of government’s interference in the election process....
APHC terms third phase of polls a failure ISLAMABAD Oct 2: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Pakistan chapter, said on Wednesday that the third phase of sham polls in occupied Kashmir had also failed....		Extortion alleged HUNZA, Oct 2: The business community of the Northern Areas has demanded of the government to take notice of the highhandedness of the police at the Sust checkpoint....
Musharraf urges Ummah to remain united ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said that the Ummah was passing through difficult times, and only through unity in its ranks the Muslim world could help other...		Training of women polling agents urged ABBOTTABAD, Oct 2: Training of women polling agents was demanded by AWARD (All women Advancement & Resource Development) for the smooth conduct of election process....
Woman dies in shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 2: A woman was killed and a man was injured in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control on Wednesday, police said....		‘Goal of clean administration achieved’ QUETTA, Oct 2: The governor Balochistan, Justice (retd) Amirul Mulk Mengal, told a meeting of provincial secretaries here on Tuesday, that government had fulfilled its commitment of giving a clean and...
Leghari vows to wipe out corruption QUETTA, Oct 2: Millat Party President Sardar Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari has vowed to bring back the money plundered by political leaders during their rule....		Straight fight between PPP, PML-F seen KHAIRPUR, Oct 2: The three National Assembly and six provincial assembly seats from Khairpur will mainly be contested between the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and Pa-kistan Muslim League (F) candidates....
Three arrested, 37 NICs recovered LARKANA, Oct 2: The Larkana police arrested three people on Wednesday who were involved in preparing fake national identity cards, arms licences, educational certificates, and passports....		‘More violations of civil liberties in military rule’ SUKKUR, Oct 2: There are more violations of human rights during the military rule than during the tenure of civilian governments, speakers at a seminar said the other day....
PML(Q), SDA discuss seat adjustment with MQM NAWABSHAH, Oct 2: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and the Sindh Democratic Alliance held a meeting with the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders on Wednesday for the adjustment of...		Triangular contest likely in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Oct 2: Pre-poll activities have intensified in Mirpurkhas district with the expectation of a tough contest between the People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Pakistan Muslim League (F) candidates....
Protest rally against Hesco officials held KHAIRPUR, Oct 2: Scores of residents of Priyaloi, Kingri taluka, continued their protest against the unscheduled loadshedding in Priyaloi and its outskirts here on Wednesday....		Growers end protest NAWABSHAH, Oct 2: The growers of 68th and 72nd regulators of the Nusrat Canal ended their protest sit-in on Tuesday after an assurance by the SDO irrigation, sub-division, Shahpur Chakar....
MMA man’s position strong in NA-32 CHITRAL, Oct 2: The fight for NA-32 Chitral has entered the decisive phase and the MMA candidate, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, is likely to emerge victorious....		Sherpao calls for action against customs men PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The chief of his own faction of the Pakistan People’s Party, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, has expressed solidarity with the journalist community of Peshawar, and called upon the...
Woman seeks son’s release PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The mother of a Pakistani youth, who has been languishing in a Tashkent jail for eight years, has appealed to the government and human rights organizations to help...		2 sub-tehsils created in Khyber LANDI KOTAL, Oct 2: The Home and Tribal Department has sanctioned the creation of two new sub-tehsils in Khyber Agency. The move was recommended by the political administration of the area....
PML candidate pledges development CHARSADDA, Oct 2: A candidate for PF-18 and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (QA), Saeed Mohammad Khan, has said his purpose for contesting the polls is to do away with the...		GMC students hold protest rally PESHAWAR, Oct 2: The students of the Gomal Medical College (GMC) staged a sit-in and observed a token hunger strike here on Wednesday against the decision of the Pakistan Medical and...
Death sentence upheld PESHAWAR, Oct 2: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to an appellant by a trial court for killing a boy....		TMOs to deliver ballot boxes to presiding officers LAHORE, Oct 2: To the extent of the Punjab capital, the district government’s town municipal officers (TMOs) have been given the responsibility to procure ballot boxes for the elections from the...
Salman Butt claims he is MMA-PML candidate LAHORE, Oct 2: Jamaat-i-Islami’s Hafiz Salman Butt claims he is the joint candidate of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the PML-N for NA-118....		LHC seeks chief secy comments LAHORE, Oct 2: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab chief secretary to submit comments on a writ petition against the denial of fundamental human rights to under-trial prisoners....
Teachers plan protest from tomorrow LAHORE, Oct 2: The Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Associations (FAPUASA) will launch a countrywide campaign from Friday (tomorrow) to protest against the promulgation of the Model University Ordinance....		Fomer CS among five indicted for corruption LAHORE, Oct 2: An accountability court indicted on Wednesday five accused on Rs1.43 billion corruption charges....
Mian Azhar confident of victory LAHORE, Oct 2: PML-QA President Mian Azhar says the destiny of the people can be changed only if altruistic leadership is at the helm....		‘Rigging’ evidence sent to EU chief LAHORE, Oct 2: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has sent ‘evidence of massive’ pre-poll rigging to Mr Romano Prodl, president of the European Union, in Brussels....
IT returns to be received by Oct 4 LAHORE, Oct 2: The income tax department will accept the returns of all the assesses for the year 2001-02 without any penalty till Oct 4 who had deposited their tax with...		President to open health varsity today LAHORE, Oct 2: President Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to inaugurate the University of Health Sciences at the Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex here on Thursday....
Biradarism cuts across all parties BAHAWALNAGAR, Oct 2: Political heavyweights here have forged cross-party alliances to secure victory in four national and eight provincial assembly constituencies of the district....		Two four-time MNAs out of race GUJRAT, Oct 2: Known as mini-Larkana up to mid-80s and later a PML-N stronghold, Jhelum district presents a different political picture this time....
‘Publicity tax’ imposed on ‘selected’ candidates FAISALABAD, Oct 2: City Nazim Mumtaz Ali Cheema has allegedly imposed a “publicity tax” on all candidates except those of the PML-QA....		PML-N has an edge over others in Gujranwala city GUJRANWALA, Oct 2: There are 177 contenders in the race for seven national and 14 provincial assembly seats in the Gujranwala district. Of them, 46 are contesting for NA seats and...