October 9, 2002	Wednesday	Sha’aban 2, 1423

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850 vehicles impounded for polling duty RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: Commuters faced severe inconvenience on Tuesday, after the local transport authorities impounded about 850 vehicles, plying on different routes, so that these could be used for election duty...		Activities reach crescendo on last day of electioneering ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The election activities reached zenith on Monday night and Tuesday as motorcades of different political parties kept moving in different city areas on last day of electioneering to...
Kashmiris stage demos against sham polls in held Kashmir ISLAMABAD Oct 8: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) staged a sit-in front of the Indian High commission here on Tuesday....		Benazir will contest by-polls, says Babar ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Benazir Bhutto, will return soon to contest the by- elections, the counsel of Ms Bhutto, Dr Babar Awan, told Dawn...
Nazim announces Rs400m uplift plan at PML(Q) meeting ATTOCK, Oct 8: District Nazim Maj Tahir Sadiq Khan (retired) has said Rs400 million has been allocated to execute a mega project to provide drinking water and drainage facility to the...		Stage set for close contest at NA-56 RAWALPINDI, Oct 8: A close contest is expected on NA-56 constituency, comprising Satellite Town and adjoining areas....
Contract of PSEB MD terminated for corruption ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The ministry of science and technology has terminated the contract of managing director of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Sohail Shahid, after the charges of corruption proved against...		PPP leader vows to sweep polls ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The general-secretary of the women wing of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Punjab, Nargis Awan, has claimed that her party would form governments in all the provinces, if the polls...
HRCP voices concern at ‘rigging’ reports ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday warned that the manner in which the election process was being manipulated would have grave implications for the people...		Govt rebuts report ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The government, dismissing the conclusion of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan that the polls would be rigged, has termed it “totally unfounded, slanderous, rubbish and an arm-chair...
Official secret act amended ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The president has amended the Official Secret Act, transferring the siege and search powers under the law to first class magistrates in place of the extinct sub- divisional...		PSDP granted more funds ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: The government has decided to increase the current financial year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) from Rs 134 billion to Rs 144 billion to spend more on health,...
5 held for sheltering Al Qaeda suspects PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The CID picked up three locals and two Afghans from the Shamshato refugee camp here on Tuesday, on the charge of providing shelter to some Al-Qaeda suspects, police...		Ranger’s man injured, 14 political activists held KARACHI, Oct 8: A member of law-enforcement agency was injured when a bullet hit him and around 14 political activists were arrested following a political dispute in Gulshan-i-Iqbal late Tuesday night....
Madaris registration ISLAMABAD, Oct 8: Various clauses of the proposed Madaris registration ordinance came under discussion at a meeting held here at the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Tuesday....		2 children die GILGIT, Oct 8: A mysterious disease claimed the lives of two children of a family and the third was admitted to a hospital in Islamabad after the doctors failed to diagnose....
4 of a family die QUETTA, Oct 8: Four members of a family including two brothers died and three other fell unconscious due to suffocation in Dalbadin, about 340 km from here on Tuesday....		Oil, gas royalty to Sindh demanded KHAIRPUR, Oct 8: The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, has expressed resentment over financial disparity suffered by Sindh and non-payment of royalty to Sindh on account of oil,...
Tribesman arrested for firing at Cessna PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The political authorities in Khyber Agency have arrested a tribesman in connection with firing on a Cessna aircraft in which a co-pilot of the plane was killed on...		PPP candidates implicated in fake NICs scam LARKANA, Oct 8: The district and sessions judge, Larkana, here on Tuesday granted bail to three PPP election candidates, who are accused of having ordered preparation of fake National Identity Cards....
DPs camp officials suspended PESHAWAR, Oct 8: The Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees has suspended the officials of a refugee camp in the Kurram Agency on the charge of embezzlement, an official confirmed on Tuesday....		Electioneering in Haripur at its peak HARIPUR, Oct 8: As the electioneering in Haripur picks up close to the election day the political parties have exhilarated their efforts to bag maximum seats....
PTCL slammed for denying Internet facility HARIPUR, Oct 8: Nine towns of the Haripur district are deprived of the Internet facility owing to the indifferent attitude of the PTCL authorities....		Uplift grants SUKKUR, Oct 8: The Governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs15 million for Kandhkot and Rs2.5 million for the Dari union council....
PPP to benefit from MMA move SARGODHA, Oct 8: Sudden change in MMA’s candidate in PP-33 has harmed its election campaign in the national as well as provincial constituencies....		Doctors, students hold demo against denationalization FAISALABAD, Oct 8: Hundreds of doctors, teachers and students on Tuesday protested against the denationalization policy of the government....
Establishment wants feudals’ control over politics, says Altaf MULTAN, Oct 8: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Husain has alleged that the establishment wants that the feudal lords control over political affairs of the country....		Two candidates retire in Imran’s favour MIANWALI, Oct 8: Two candidates retired in favour of Imran Khan from NA-71 (Mianwali I), says a PTI press release issued on Tuesday....
Nasrullah seeks votes for PML(N) candidate DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 8: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan sought votes for the PML-N candidate at a public meeting on Tuesday....		Dawn staffer grieved LAHORE, Oct 8: Riffat Sultana, the mother of Dawn Lahore chief reporter Nasir Jamal, died of illness in the Shaikh Zayed Hospital on Tuesday night....
Elections generate great economic activity LAHORE, Oct 8: With only two days left for the polling for the national and provincial assemblies elections, the candidates all over the country have drawn heavy amounts from their banks...		New PA might start working on 20th LAHORE, Oct 8: New Punjab Assembly is likely to formally start functioning on Oct 20 with the transfer of powers of the chief executive from the governor to the new chief...
Shahbaz talks to Piracha by phone LAHORE, Oct 8: Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday talked by phone to the joint candidate of the PML-N and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal for NA-121 Farid Piracha to know situation in the constituency....		Observers meet EC staff LAHORE, Oct 8: Independent observers monitoring the general election on Oct 10 are holding meetings with high-ups of the Election Commission of Pakistan and the local electionauthorities....
Transport Problem aggravates LAHORE, Oct 8: Impounding of vehicles by police, traffic police and other government agencies for election duty gained momentum on Tuesday, creating serious transport problems for commuters....		Naib Nazim released LAHORE, Oct 8: An accountability court on Tuesday issued formal release orders of the Muzzaffargarh Tehsil Naib Nazim and his associate arrested on the charge of misusing their authority, following the...
ARD to file suit against GNA LAHORE, Oct 8: ARD deputy information secretary Munir Ahmed Khan said on Tuesday that the alliance would file a Rs1 billion defamation suit against Grand National Alliance leaders for making baseless...		Commuters block road FAISALABAD, Oct 8: Scores of commuters, drivers and conductors on Tuesday blocked traffic on the Club Road in protest against the impounding of vehicles and chanted slogans against the police and...