October 11, 2002	Friday	Sha'aban 4, 1423

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Low turnout in Sindh HYDERABAD, Oct 10: Different voting patterns were witnessed at different parts of Sindh on Thursday, with low turnout of voters, minor clashes and charges of harassment of the agents of the...		Polling held amid tight security in Larkana LARKANA, Oct 10: Amidst tight security arrangements the polling for the general election in Larkana for four National Assembly and eight provincial assembly seats remained peaceful except a few incidents of...
Violence in Sukkur, Jacobabad SUKKUR, Oct 10: Some incidents of violence and lawlessness, including firing, theft of ballot papers and denial of access to polling staff at some polling stations, were reported from Sukkur and...		Clashes mar polling in Thatta dist THATTA, Oct 10: The polling was marred by reports of rigging, terror tactics, aerial firing, kidnappings of polling agents, thrashing of a provincial assembly candidate in Thatta district on Thursday....
Lacklustre polling in Balochistan QUETTA, Oct 10: Polling for the 14 NA and 51 PA seats in Balochistan, including the Quetta city, was held in a peaceful and smooth manner....		CW observers identify unsealed ballot boxes ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: While the three-member team of the Commonwealth Observers Group, monitoring the electoral process in Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday seemed generally satisfied with the arrangements, they took serious...
Puppet rulers trounced: MJC MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 10: Muttahida Jihad Council, an alliance of Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, said on Thursday that the results of the so-called polls in occupied Kashmir had already been manipulated by New...		PML(N) set to capture Lahore LAHORE, Oct 10: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has emerged as the largest single party in the Punjab capital by winning four out of 13 National Assembly seats and leading in...
Ckeckposts GILGIT, Oct 10: Permanent police checkposts would be set up in Ghizer district and would be manned by increased police personnel to check crime there, Northern Areas Inspector General of Police...		Low turnout in Frontier: Peaceful polling witnessed PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Voters’ turnout remained dismally low at the polling stations across the NWFP on Thursday, with some analysts saying it was as low as 20 per cent. The overall...
Governor visits polling booths PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The NWFP Governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, on Thursday visited six districts, which included Kohat, Nowshera, Mardan, Swat and Battagram, where he inspected more than one dozen polling...		‘Asprin can reduce heart attack risks’ ABBOTTABAD, Oct 10: The use of Aspirin can reduces the chances of a heart attack by 50 per cent, said medical experts at the one-day seminar organized by Pakistan Aspirin Foundation...
Women in tribal areas not allowed to cast votes PESHAWAR, Oct 10: The inhabitants of suburban areas of the provincial capital and adjoining tribal areas live to their past traditions and did not allow women to cast their votes on...		Women vote for first time in Chohar Sharif village HARIPUR, Oct 10: Like other parts of the division polling for one NA and four PA seats was held in almost a peaceful atmosphere here....
Inaccurate lists disturb voters PESHAWAR, Oct 10: A large number of voters did not turn up for voting due to the non-availability of national identity cards in Peshawar district and its surrounding areas; voters also...		Three killed in Swabi SWABI, Oct 10: Three people were killed in different incidents in the district on Wednesday....
Election violence in Punjab MULTAN, Oct 10: Two people were killed while over 50 others, including Variyo family’s Tariq Subhani and a union council Nazim, were injured in election-related violence throughout Punjab on Thursday....		Naib Nazim injured, presiding officer kidnapped SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 10: A union council Naib Nazim sustained a bullet injury and a presiding officer was kidnapped on Thursday....
Voters least interested SARGODHA, Oct 10: Low turnout of voters was witnessed amid reports of scuffles between the supporters of various candidates in Sargodha, Khushab, Mianwali and Bhakkar districts of the defunct Sargodha division...		PAT chief’s cousin injured, arrested JHANG, Oct 10: The cousin of PAT chief Allama Tahirul Qadri was injured after a scuffle with the supporters of rival party when he tried to forcibly enter a polling station....
PML(N) candidate booked in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: The PML-N candidate for NA-96, Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan, was booked for beating up two PPP activists and indulging in propaganda against an opponent in separate cases....		Shot dead GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: A woman was killed by dacoits and her daughter injured at Kashmir Colony here on Thursday....
PML(Q) candidate taken into custody SARGODHA, Oct 10: PML-QA candidate Abid Husain Chattha was taken into custody on charges of kidnapping and snatching ballot boxes from presiding officer Muhammad Yousaf....		Record low turnout hallmark of polling LAHORE, Oct 10: A record low voters’ turnout was the hallmark of polling for the provincial capital’s 13 national and 25 Punjab Assembly seats here on Thursday....
Computerized rolls create difficulties LAHORE, Oct 10: People were seen cursing the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) when they failed to find their names in the voters’ lists at polling stations close to their...		It remained largely peaceful LAHORE, Oct 10: No major law and order situation was reported except for some sporadic clashes in the city that went to the polls on Thursday....
Women’s participation was only 10 per cent LAHORE, Oct 10: The abysmally low turnout of women was conspicuous at polling stations which came as a surprise to even those deputed to supervize the electoral process on Thursday....		All powers to be transferred to CM, says governor LAHORE, Oct 10: Governor Khalid Maqbool and his wife cast votes at the Cooper Road’s Livestock Complex polling station on Thursday morning....
Saad accuses govt of shooing away voters LAHORE, Oct 10: PML-N Punjab Secretary-General Khwaja Saad Rafique accused on Thursday the government of shooing away voters to defeat opposition parties....		Youngsters stay away LAHORE, Oct 10: Not many youngsters cast their votes during the elections on Thursday, contradicting official claims that they would fully avail the opportunity afforded to them to “change the political...
Woman takes cupboard for ballot box LAHORE, Oct 10: Lack of a campaign to educate voters was all too obvious when a woman cast her vote in a cupboard instead of the ballot box at a polling...		About 1.5m vote for 5 NA, 6 PA seats in twin cities ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The 40-day electioneering, the shortest and the most lacklustre ever witnessed in the country’s electoral history, on Thursday culminated in a low turnout of voters in the twin...
Over 12 injured, many held during clashes RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: More than 12 people, including a polling staff member, were injured and several others arrested by the police during clashes on Thursday amid high security alert in Rawalpindi...		Hundreds of voters’ names found missing from lists ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Hundreds of people found their names missing from the voter lists, when they came to cast their votes at their respective polling stations here on Thursday....
Turnout about 20 per cent in Rawalpindi, Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The overall voters’ turnout in Rawalpindi and Islamabad remained low, compared to that in the previous general elections, a Dawn visit to various polling stations on Thursday showed....		EU mission to release polls report tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: European Union Observers’ Mission (EUOM) will release its preliminary report on the General Elections-2002 on October 12, John Cushnahan, the mission chief, said on Thursday....
AMP boycotts polls in protest ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Anjuman Mazarain Punjab (AMP), the representative organization of one million tenants living on state land across Punjab, boycott the election process on Thursday....		Candidates, agents protest against CEC’s attitude ATTOCK, Oct 10: The candidates and polling agents of PPP, PML-N and MMA staged a protest against the chief election commissioner, Irshad Hasan Khan, for giving a lukewarm response towards their...
First voter in the Capital ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Shahida Asif made history on Thursday, earning the distinction of becoming the first person to vote in the capital city, and possibly in the entire country....		PTCL sets up special centres ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has made three-day special arrangements to provide efficient and flawless telecom facilities during Election 2002....
Independents get 3 days to join any party ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: President Gen Pervez Musharraf promulgated on Wednesday night the Legal Framework (amendment) Order 2002, under which it has been provided that the successful independent candidates who like to...		Elections cost Rs15bn to candidates ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Election 2002 has incurred an expenditure of over Rs five billion to the national exchequer of which Rs 2.75 billion was provided to the Election Commission (EC)....
PPP flays killing, irregularities ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Acting secretary-general of Pakistan People’s Party, Mian Raza Rabbani alleged on Thursday that gross irregularities in the elections have been committed and condemned the killing of three party...		Fahim’s UK visit nothing to do with govt: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Information Minister Nisar A. Memon said here on Thursday that Amin Fahim’s reported visit to the United Kingdom had no link with the government....
Little enthusiasm in Swabi SWABI, Oct 10: People showed very little enthusiasm in exercising their right to vote on the polling day on Thursday....		Mengal satisfied with polls QUETTA, Oct 10: Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal visited various polling stations in the city to review the polling arrangements and expressed satisfaction over smooth polling....