October 6, 2002	Sunday	Rajab 28, 1423

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Timber prices shoot up in NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 5: Timber prices have increased sharply in the local market after the Afghan transitional government imposed restrictions on its transportation to Pakistan to meet its domestic needs, timber merchants...		Candidate accused of forgery MARDAN, Oct 5: Provincial chief of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Khwaja Mohammed Khan Hoti, has blamed that a rival candidate of his son has got issued fake identity cards, particularly...
MMA has come to stay: Qazi MANSEHRA, Oct 5: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) leader Qazi Hussain Ahmad has claimed that the alliance of the six religious parties would remain intact for ever....		Electioneering picks up in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, Oct 5: Election campaign in Abbottabad district has picked up momentum as almost all the political parties and electoral alliances have started showing their strength with public meetings in the...
Education institutions asked to get registered ABBOTTABAD, Oct 5: All the private educational institutions in Hazara division have been advised to get themselves registered with Hazara University and onward registration of fresh students of the government and...		Amendments aimed at perpetuating military rule: report ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The International Crisis Group (ICG) has said that President Pervez Musharraf has been unilaterally instituting political and constitutional changes intended to ensure that generals retain the real power...
Steps to curb press freedom slammed KARACHI, Oct 5: The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), while rejecting the press laws as adopted by the federal cabinet and the Defamation Ordinance promulgated this...		PPP flays pre-poll changes in policy ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Pakistan People’s Party has blasted the military regime for making far-reaching and fundamental changes only few days ahead of the general election leaving very little room for...
‘No party has govt backing in Balochistan’ QUETTA, Oct 5: Balochistan Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has said that the government is not supporting any party or candidate in the upcoming general election in the province....		Pakistan calls for UN representative on Kashmir UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5: Pakistan on Friday called on the UN secretary-general to appoint his special representative on Kashmir dispute as the situation in South Asia remained volatile with one million...
RSF opposes defamation ordinance PARIS, Oct 5: The Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has issued a sharp denunciation of Pakistan’s new defamation law, saying it should be “urgently amended” because it “threatens press freedom” and “is...		Police kill attacker after firing on rally QUETTA, Oct 5: One person was killed in Bagh Tale area of Usta Mohammad subdivision on Saturday when police opened fire on a car involved in firing at a People’s Party...
Reports denied QUETTA, Oct 5: A spokesman of a former provincial minister, Mir Mohabat Khan Marri, has denied reports of an armed clash between the supporters of Mohabat Khan and Mir Balach Khan...		Sealed bags to carry election material: EC ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: The Election Commission on Saturday refuted reports that the ballot-papers would be carried in un-sealed bags and there was a chance to steal the them during the transportation...
‘No official involved in fake NICs scam’ QUETTA, Oct 5: The Balochistan government has deplored the attitude of certain political parties and personalities giving a political colour to an incident in which a man was caught in Nushki...		Post offices to remain open until 8pm KARACHI, Oct 5: All delivery post offices throughout the country will remain open until 8pm for distribution and delivery of computerized national identity cards before the general elections....
N. Areas police to be revamped GILGIT, Oct 5: Law and order will be maintained at all costs in Northern Areas and nobody will be allowed to take law into their hands....		Security measures reviewed QUETTA, Oct 5: The Balochistan government has prepared a comprehensive security plan to provide conducive atmosphere to the voters so that they could cast their vote without any hurdle and fear...
ANP vows to fight for rights of Pakhtoons CHARSADDA, Oct 5: Sangeen Wali Khan, district president of ANP and a candidate for PF-18, has said the ANP believed in the philosophy of Bacha Khan which was for peace, brotherhood...		PPO amended ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf has amended the Political Parties Order 2002....
Govt backs anti-PPP candidates: Fahim DADU, Oct 5: The chief of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Makhdoom Amin Faheem on Friday accused the government of using its powers against the PPP candidates....		Middle class to change Sindh politics: Altaf LARKANA, Oct 5: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has predicted that the middle class will lead a revolution in Sindh and the people will witness positive change soon....
Protesters block highway SHIKARPUR, Oct 5: The Panhwar tribesmen and the Grand Alliance of the Teachers and the Doctors Associations blocked the highway at Humayoon Sharif village and staged a demonstration....		Fazl warns govt against rigging SUKKUR, Oct 5: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, General Secretary, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, said that Oct 10 would prove a day of revolutionary change for the whole country and declared that the present regime...
EU observers’ team meets candidates SHIKARPUR, Oct 5: A two-member team of the European Union election observer mission, comprising Jesus Arranz and Paul Horsting, on Friday visited Shikarpur to observe the pre-election process....		Two killed, 9 injured in accident NAWABSHAH, Oct 5: Two persons were killed and nine injured as a Punjab-bound bus rammed into a truck on the National Highway near Qazi Ahmed on Saturday....
Teachers resent varsity Ord NAWABSHAH, Oct 5: The teachers association of the Quaid-i- Awam University of Science and Technology continued its protest against the proposed model university ordinance here on Saturday for the second consecutive...		Seminar on diabetes LARKANA, Oct 5: The Pakistan Society of Physicians is organising a one-day seminar on “Diabetes Mellitus at Larkana on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day on Nov 2 with the...
ISI asked to bring in hung parliament, says Benazir LAHORE, Oct 5: PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Saturday said that the Oct 10 general elections had already become controversial and farcical as the regime had tasked the Inter Services Intelligence...		Working of dist, tehsil govts affected: Absence of Nazimeen FAISALABAD, Oct 5: ‘Political engagements’ of district and tehsil Nazimeen and staff of the government departments is not only hampering the routine officials work but also creating sanitary and cleanliness problems....
Report on Madad Committee scam sought MULTAN, Oct 5: Justice Fakharunisa Khokhar of the LHC has directed the Mutan range DIG to submit within a fortnight the report on the ‘Madad committee’ scam and the police role....		Impounding of vehicles begins FAISALABAD, Oct 5: Hundreds of private transport vehicles were impounded by police and district administrations in the Punjab on Saturday for Oct 10 elections....
Nazimeen pledge open support to PML-QA FAISALABAD, Oct 5: District and Tehsil Nazimeen in Faisalabad continued to violate the Election Commission ban by canvassing for PML-QA nominees....		Bar supports teachers, doctors LAHORE, Oct 5: The Lahore High Court Bar Association has supported the resistance movement of teachers and doctors against privatization of education and health facilities and invited their leaders to speak...
PTI files petition against Chaudhrys LAHORE, Oct 5: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf on Saturday filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat seeking their disqualification from contesting polls for getting loans...		Policy to reduce debt being pursued: Ishrat LAHORE, Oct 5: State Bank of Pakistan Governor Dr Ishrat Husain said on Saturday that a policy of reducing country’s indebtedness was being pursued to make the national economy stronger and...
Workers’ clash leaves four hurt LAHORE, Oct 5: At least four people were injured and seven vehicles damaged in a clash between workers of two political parties at Gopalnagar in Naseerabad early Saturday morning....		HRCP supports journalists on press laws LAHORE, Oct 5: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed its concern over the anti-press ordinances and extended its support to media men’s protest against the laws....