October 4, 2002	Friday	Rajab 26, 1423

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All together to bid adieu to Japanese envoy: DIPLOMATIC ENCLAVE ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The outgoing Japanese ambassador, Sadaaki Numata, and his wife hosted a reception at their residence on Wednesday evening to say good-bye to their friends and colleagues as the...		Rs647m needed to upgrade FG schools ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Over Rs647 million has been estimated to be needed for the upgradation of 377 federal government schools and 19 model colleges of Islamabad....
‘Rs4b annual forex loss thru transfer pricing of medicines’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The country is loosing a foreign exchange of Rs4 to 5 billion annually through transfer pricing of medicines by certain multi national companies (MNCs), said Foundation for the...		Setting up of new industries in Capital opposed ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The government should not encourage establishment of new industrial units in the federal capital because the air particles carrying pollutants get trapped in the city, since it is...
Need for economic, political empowerment of women stressed RAWALPINDI, Oct 3: Women politicians on Thursday stressed on the need for economic and political empowerment of women to bring them into the mainstream of the society....		EC ad projects king’s party ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Election commission (EC) is running the election campaign of the king’s party by showing its symbol, bicycle, in its sample polling advertisement on the PTV....
PML-Q activists booked for firing at PPP supporters ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Four supporters of the PML-Q have been booked by the Bara Kahu police on the district returning officer’s direction for opening fire on PPP activists....		Poverty graph shoots up to 48pc in three years: Asif ATTOCK, Oct 3: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) leader and former senator Asif Ali Zardari criticized the government’s economic policy, saying the poverty graph in the country increased from 22 per...
IIU students hold demo ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Hundreds of students of International Islamic University (IIU) on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against the non-availability of water in their hostels....		Majority of voters wants Benazir, Nawaz to contest polls: study ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: About 50.2 per cent of the prospective voters believe that Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif should be allowed to contest the elections, while 49.8 per cent think otherwise....
Nawaz says he rejected Musharraf’s deal offer ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has revealed that he was offered a deal by President Gen Pervez Musharraf to contest the Oct 10 general election....		Six more Nadra officials arrested in fake NIC case QUETTA, Oct 3: Police have arrested six more officials of National Database and Registration Authority, Chaghai, in connection with alleged preparation of fake identity cards....
20 more EU election observers arrive ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Another 20 observers of the European Union Election Observation Mission arrived here on Thursday....		PML-QA, MP fail to make seats adjustment QUETTA, Oct 3: Two main member parties of the Grand National Alliance, the Pakistan Muslim League (QA) and the Millat Party (MP), have failed to make any seat-to-seat adjustments in Balochistan....
LoC as Permanent border opposed TORONTO, Oct 3: The visiting parliamentary delegation of Azad Kashmir has strongly opposed the idea of converting the Line of Control (LoC) into a permanent border and said Kashmir issue cannot...		SC apprised of loopholes in election laws ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that election laws promulgated by the military government were so defective that the NWFP and Balochistan would not have any share...
Candidates lead protest rally QUETTA, Oct 3: Some candidates staged a protest rally in Nushki on Wednesday against alleged issuance of bogus national identity cards in Chaghai....		CPNE body meeting today KARACHI, Oct 3: The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will meet at a hotel at 4pm here on Friday....
Ord promulgated ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promulgated the Prevention, Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance, 2002....		Azad Kashmir power row cooled but not over ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: An unusual row between the president and prime minister of Azad Kashmir over the use of their powers has cooled off after perceived intervention by Pakistani authorities, but...
Strike observed against police DADU, Oct 3: A complete strike was observed in Sehwan town on Thursday on the call of traders against the murder of a shopkeeper....		Governor’s visits expose govt claim of fair polls: Mirani SHIKARPUR, Oct 3: A central leader of the People’s Party Parliamentrians, Aftab Shahban Mirani, has said that the public meetings of the Sindh governor, Mohammedmian Soomro, in which he has asked...
Two PPP candidates, 61 workers booked NAWABSHAH, Oct 3: Two cases have been registered against two candidates and 61 workers of the Peoples the Party Parliamentarians by the Nawabshah police here on Thursday....		Two killed, four injured in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 3: Two persons were killed and four injured in a accident on the National Highway some 4km from Moro on Thursday....
Two more held in fake NICs scam LARKANA, Oct 3: Two more persons, involved in preparing forged national identity cards, have been arrested, a police official said on Thursday....		Reni canal will resurrect Dead River: Soomro SUKKUR, Oct 3: Sindh Governor Mohammedmian Soomro said that the Reni Canal Project would be resurrecting the dead Reni River by supplying water through a weir from the Guddu Barrage, it...
Irregularities detected in LMC accounts DADU, Oct 3: A special audit team has detected financial irregularities and procedural lapses in utilization of government funds to the tune of Rs82.136 during 1991 to 2000 in the account...		New varsity campus, hospital to be set up in Abbottabad PESHAWAR, Oct 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has announced the establishment of another campus of NWFP University of Engineering and Technology, a most modern children’s hospital at Abbottabad and...
Patients stage protest demo BAJAUR, Oct 3: The patients admitted to Bajaur Agency Headquarters Hospital and their attendants staged a protest demonstration against the shortage of doctors and paramedical staff added by lack of treatment...		Power crisis hits N.Areas GILGIT, Oct 3: Main cities of Northern Areas — Gilgit, Karimabad, Nagar Valley and Gahkuchare — are facing shortage of electricity, and loadsheddings have become a frequent exercise in these areas....
Afghan DPs enlisted as voters in Bajaur BAJAUR, Oct 3: The new voters’ lists of Bajaur Agency carry the names of hundreds of Afghan refugees who are settled in the agency for the last couple of years, it...		New plan adopted to distribute Zakat MALAKAND, Oct 3: The NWFP minister for Zakat, Ushr and religious affairs, Qari Roohullah Madani, announced here on Thursday that the Zakat and Ushr department had adopted a new strategy for...
Taliban to re-emerge, claim MMA leaders SWABI, Oct 3: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leaders Maulana Samiul Haq and Qazi Hussain Ahmad have claimed that the Taliban will re-emerge soon, saying that the fate of the United States in...		NA-123 voters want uplift works first: CONSTITUENCY PROFILE LAHORE, Oct 3: Voters in NA-123 (Lahore-VI) are demanding that candidates should execute development works before approaching them for support....
Musharraf, Maqbool impartial, LHC told LAHORE, Oct 3: The Lahore High Court was informed on Thursday that President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool were completely impartial and not interfering in the electoral process...		President opens health varsity LAHORE, Oct 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf inaugurated the country’s first health university in public sector at Shaikh Zayed Complex here on Thursday....
50pc posts of anaesthetists vacant in Punjab LAHORE, Oct 3: A recent study by the Governor’s Inspection Team (GIT) has found that some 50 per cent sanctioned posts of anaesthetist in major district hospitals in Punjab are lying...		Ground-breaking of Kachhi Canal project today LAHORE, Oct 3: The ground-breaking ceremony of the Kachhi Canal project at Taunsa Barrage will be held on Friday (today)....
Manual ID cards being issued to voters LAHORE, Oct 3: The National Database and Registration Authority has authorized district registration officers to issue manual NICs to people enabling them to cast vote in the Oct 10 polls....		JI sees more crises after elections LAHORE, Oct 3: Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Prof Ghafoor Ahmad sees more crises during the post-election period due to what he says government’s partisan role....
Rally against varsity ord today LAHORE, Oct 3: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of teachers, doctors and students has announced that it will hold a rally from the MAO College to the Governor’s House on Friday...		Why a lacklustre campaign? LAHORE, Oct 3: The generally lacklustre election campaign at many places, including Lahore, traditionally a centre of lively politics, has prompted widespread speculation of a low turnout during the polls....
Governor’s House to monitor police probe: Criminal cases LAHORE, Oct 3: Governor Khalid Maqbool has approved a comprehensive procedure for the redressal of public complaints received through mail at the Governor’s House, says a handout....		SC verdict infuses life in NA-89: Azam, Sh. Waqas allowed to contest JHANG, Oct 3: Political activity in the National Assembly constituency NA-89 finally seems to be gaining momentum after the Supreme Court order, allowing Maulana Azam Tariq, the president of the banned...
Middle class dominates NA-84 FAISALABAD, Oct 3: An urban constituency, the NA-84 is dominated by lower and lower middle classes where the real contest will be among the candidates of the PPP, PML-N and MP....		Three SDOs, 24 meter readers suspended SAHIWAL, Oct 3: Three sub-divisional officers (SDOs), 24 meter readers/inspectors and clerks of Mepco’s Arifwala division were suspended from service on Thursday....
Leghari ‘identifies’ plunderers DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 3: Army generals, bureaucrats and politicians are involved in plundering the national wealth....		Increase in income tax on ginneries flayed MULTAN, Oct 3: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has condemned the increase in income tax on ginneries....
Five killed, four hurt in road accident MULTAN, Oct 3: Five people were killed and four others sustained serious injuries on Thursday in a traffic mishap on the Multan Road in Muzaffargarh....		Dacoits strike six times FAISALABAD, Oct 3: Dacoits made off with cash, valuables and three motorcycles in six hits here on Thursday....