October 13, 2002	Sunday	Sha'aban 6, 1423

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Election deeply flawed: HRCP LAHORE, Oct 12: Declaring the general election on Oct 10 to be lacking in both fairness and transparency, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern at allegations...		AJK cabinet approves Rs597.6m uplift plans MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 12: The development committee of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet here on Saturday approved Rs597.6 million schemes for the ‘multi-faceted uplift’ of the area....
EC refutes allegations ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday refuted the allegations of partiality levelled by the European Union Election Observers Mission in its report on the polls....		APHC seeks unity of political parties ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: All Pakistan Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called upon Pakistan’s political parties to forget the bitterness generated during the elections and work for the betterment of the country....
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal puts bureaucracy in a fix PESHAWAR, Oct 12: With the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) taking a decisive lead in the NWFP Assembly, the bureaucracy appears to be in a state of confusion about the way the future...		UK media concerned at MMA emergence LONDON, Oct 12: The British media is expressing concern at the success of religio-political parties in the polls and are expressing fears that efforts to hunt down the Taliban and...
President greets winning candidates ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday greeted the newly-elected parliamentarians and expressed the hoped that with all their abilities, they would work for the progress, prosperity, integrity and...		PML(Q), ANP candidates demand re-polling QUETTA, Oct 12: Candidates of the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Awami National Party, Khalid Khan Advocate and Asghar Khan Achakzai, have demanded re-election in the two constituencies of PB-9 (Pishin-II)...
Re-election not possible: Moin ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has rejected the demand of re-elections made by the PPP Chairperson, Benazir Bhutto....		12 Taliban men freed QUETTA, Oct 12: The provincial government released 12 Pakistani Taliban supporters from the district jail on Saturday, according to official sources....
MMA rejects two seats’ results MANSEHRA, Oct 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Mansehra chapter, has rejected the results of NA-20, Mansehra-I, and PF-55, Mansehra-III....		Voters in Haripur disappoint PML-N HARIPUR, Oct 12: In a significant change of voters’ mindset, the former ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League (N), suffered a complete rout in Haripur....
MMA bags all seats in Swat MINGORA, Oct 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i- Amal defeated all the opponent parties with a clear majority on the two National Assembly and seven provincial assembly seats in Swat district....		No turning back now HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Crossing the Rubicon was difficult, and at times painful, but there is no turning back now....
SDA supporters injured DADU, Oct 12: Two supporters of Sindh Democratic Alliance leader Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah were injured in an armed attack at Chakar Khan Rajar village of Kotri taluka on Friday....		Khuhro hints at coalition govt in Sindh LARKANA, Oct 12: The People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) should be allowed to form government in Sindh after its emergence as the majority party in the province, the PPP Sindh chief...
Re-polling in Badin sought BADIN, Oct 12: Husna Rahu of the PML (Q), who was defeated by a PPP candidate in PS-59, here on Saturday said the election in her constituency was rigged and demanded...		Three cases registered MIRPURKHAS, Oct 12: Three cases, including two of murder, were registered in connection with poll-related violence in the district on Friday....
Murder case lodged NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 12: A murder case was lodged against Sardar Usman Almani on Saturday....		2 minor girls electrocuted SHIKARPUR, Oct 12: Two minor girls were electrocuted here on Friday....
Two killed, 15 injured in accidents SUKKUR, Oct 12: Two persons were killed and 15 injured in two accidents in Qazi Ahmed and Kandiaro on Saturday....		Two more cops die HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Two more policemen, who were injured in an accident on the National Highway, near Matiari, died in the civil hospital early Saturday morning, rising the death toll to...
MMA wins Chitral seat CHITRAL, Oct 12: The lone National Assembly seat of Chitral, NA-32, went to Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal candidate and a leader of Jamaat-i-Islami, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali....		Elections in Balochistan fair: Mengal QUETTA, Oct 12: Balochistan governor Justice (R) Amirul Mulk Mengal has said the polling was conducted in a fair, transparent and peaceful manner in the province....
Cheques given PESHAWAR, Oct 12: NWFP Information, Sports, Culture, Tourism and Archives Minister Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani on Saturday gave cheques to the widows of Qazi Farad, who had developed a plane, and...		Repolling in NA-111, PP-125 result withheld SIALKOT, Oct 12: The Election Commission ordered on Saturday re-polling in NA-111 and withheld PP-125 results....
They have no choice but to coexist LAHORE, Oct 12: Despite being constitutionally empowered to do so, the new parliament will not be able to undo any amendment made to the Constitution through the Legal Framwork Order (LFO)...		Aitzaz to retain Lahore seat BAHAWALPUR, Oct 12: Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan will surrender his National Assembly seat from Bahawalpur, it was learnt on Saturday....
Split mandate a boon for independents MULTAN, Oct 12: The ‘who is who’ query about the newly-elected independent members of National Assembly (MNAs) has been the talk of the town since the election results indicated a split...		Ex-minister, MPA-elect booked for beating ex-MNA SARGODHA, Oct 12: Saddar police have booked former provincial minister Farrukh Javed Ghumman, his two sons, MPA-elect from PP-35 Faisal Farooq Cheema and 20 others for abducting and thrashing a former...
Losers allege rigging FAISALABAD, Oct 12: The PPP candidates for NA-82 and NA-83 have rejected the election results and alleged massive rigging by the polling staff....		MMA not to follow Taliban style SARGODHA, Oct 12: Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) does endorse the Taliban style of governance but it will not enforce it in Pakistan, says alliance’s Punjab president Hafiz Muhammad Idrees....
‘Police informer’ shot dead OKARA, Oct 12: Two gunmen allegedly shot dead a man on suspicion of being a police informer in Haveli Lakha on Saturday....		Sabotage plan thwarted, claims ANF LAHORE, Oct 12: The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) claimed on Saturday to have foiled a massive sabotage plan....
Newcomers in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Oct 12: Twenty newcomers, seven to national and 13 to provincial assemblies, have been elected in the election 2002....		Taj Langah’s security confiscated MULTAN, Oct 12: Pakistan Seraiki Party chief Taj Muhammad Langah’s security was confiscated from all four national constituencies where he contested election....
Independents being wooed by Leghari LAHORE, Oct 12: The split mandate for the National Assembly has fortified hopes of the Millat Party chief and central leader of the National Alliance, Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari, to secure...		Tasneem Gardezi accepts defeat BAHAWALPUR, Oct 12: Syed Tasneem Nawaz Gardezi of the PML-Q, who was defeated from NA-186 (Bahawalpur IV), accepted results after recount of ballots on Saturday....