October 17, 2002	Thursday	Sha'aban 10, 1423

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Ata for promoting science, technology in Islamic world ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The science and technology minister, Prof (Dr) Attaur Rehman, on Wednesday underlined the need for a strong framework to promote science and technology in the Islamic world to...		Police asked to scan its parcels, mail ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: In the wake of parcel bomb explosions in police department of Karachi, which left at least seven people injured, the interior division has directed he police throughout the...
Corporate farming to deprive farmers of livelihood: speakers ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The proposed corporate farming in the country will deprive the small farmers from their right to live in the presence of multinational companies, said the speakers during a...		Agriculture an engine of economic growth: expert ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Agriculture is not a matter of food security, but it has clearly established itself as an engine of economic growth, Dr Kauser Abdullah Malik, member Biosciences, Pakistan Atomic...
Ord to set up Riphah varsity promulgated ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday promulgated the Ordinance for the establishment of Riphah International University at Islamabad....		Body formed to prepare action plan for children ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The ministry of women development, social welfare and special education has constituted the National Expert Committee (NEC) to draft the national plan of action and policy for the...
President to accept PM of any party, says Rashid LAHORE, Oct 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will have no objection even if the National Assembly elects as prime minister somebody who is opposed to the constitutional amendments made during the...		‘Amendments should be ratified by parliament’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: President People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Wednesday said that all the constitutional amendments including the one concerning the National Security Council would have to be...
BNM strike enters second day QUETTA, Oct 16: Tension prevailed and normal activities remained suspended in Turbat and other coastal cities as complete strike was observed in Makran for the second day on Wednesday....		Increase in judges’ retirement age flayed ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The increase in the retirement age of the judges of Supreme Court and high courts is being criticized by the bar leaders, saying that the amendment in the...
Candidates protest election results QUETTA, Oct 16: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) candidate from NA-260 Quetta-Chagai, Haji Mir Baloch Khan Mengal, has demanded of the Election Commission to hold re-election in 30 polling stations of...		Leghari to lead Alliance in NA ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The National Alliance will announce on Thursday the name of former president Sardar Farooq Khan Leghari as its parliamentary leader in the National Assembly....
‘No proof of corruption found against politicians’ MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 16: The AJK Ehtesab Bureau has not found any proof after investigations into complaints of corruption against some key politicians of Azad Kashmir, bureau’s acting chairman Brig Saad Mohammad...		Envoy meets Navy official ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Defence attache of Bangladesh, Brig-Gen Solaiman Ahmed, called on Vice-Admiral Taj M. Khattak, vice-chief of the naval staff on Wednesday....
Admissions postponed GILGIT, Oct 16: Admissions to postgraduate classes at the Karakoram International University, that were to begin on Oct 15, have been postponed till Nov 4, a KIU spokesman said on Wednesday....		PPP calls off strike after negotiations THATTA, Oct 16: The people in Thatta district responded positively to the PPP’s district-wide shutter-down strike call on Wednesday....
Flour mill owners observe strike DADU, Oct 16: As many as 80 flour mills and 150 smaller units remained closed in Dadu district on Wednesday raising the local price of wheat-flour by Rs40 per maund....		One killed, 15 hurt in accident SHIKARPUR, Oct 16: A passenger was killed and 15 others were injured in an accident when a wagon (R-0076) overturned on the Shikarpur-Larkana Road near Dakhan Town on Wednesday....
PPP bodies dissolved LARKANA, Oct 16: The organizing body of the PPP Larkana, headed by Nawab Shabir Ahmed Chandio, district president, met in Kambar on Wednesday....		UN sanctions $7m relief MITHI, Oct 16: Taking cognizance of the fact that some parts of Sindh and Balochistan were in the grip of a severe drought, the United Nations has sanctioned a relief project...
Water rotation KHAIRPUR, Oct 16: The executive engineer, Irrigation, East and West, has announced a fresh rotation programme for 53 canals and minors due to decrease in the water flow at the Sukkur...		JI leader condemns Karachi blasts SUKKUR, Oct 16: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) will take all decisions with consensus, said the Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Sindh, Asadullah Bhutto on Wednesday....
Bandits attack Sarhari town SANGHAR, Oct 16: A gang of bandits looted several shops in the main market of Sarhari town and kidnapped three people on Tuesday....		Two killed NAWABSHAH, Oct 16: Two people were killed in a clash between two groups of Hoth tribesmen in the Ghazi Khan Hoth village on the Nawabshah-Qazi Ahmed link Road on Wednesday....
Kohat auto dealer kidnapped KOHAT, Oct 16: An auto spares dealer was kidnapped by four unidentified armed persons on Bannu Road early Wednesday morning, police said....		JUI nominates Akram Durani for chief ministership PESHAWAR, Oct 16: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) has formally nominated its leader Akram Khan Durani, a newly-elected MPA from PF-70 (Bannu), for the office of provincial chief minister, party sources say....
ACE office inaugurated PESHAWAR, Oct 16: District Nazim Mohammad Azam Khan Afridi has urged the private sector organisations to help the government in providing jobs to the unemployed youths in order to check the increasing...		Two die, two injured in poll-related clashes ABBOTTABAD, Oct 16: Two people were killed and two others injured when rival groups clashed over an election dispute in the Chatri Bala village in Galyat on Tuesday....
One killed in D. I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 16: One person died and 15 others, including women, received injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned here on Wednesday....		NAB arrests another tehsildar: Parco land scam LAHORE, Oct 16: The National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday arrested another tehsildar on corruption charges in Parco land scam reference....
Teacher leaders asked to show cause LAHORE, Oct 16: The Punjab Education department has asked four leaders of the Joint Action Committee (representing teachers and doctors) to show cause on charges of mis-conduct, involvement in anti-government activities...		Millers withdraw call for flour price hike LAHORE, Oct 16: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Wednesday withdrew its demand that flour price should be increased, deciding that it would submit the proposal at a more appropriate...
Mahmood selected as chairman of UHS BoG LAHORE, Oct 16: The University of Health Sciences’ (UHS) Board of Governors at its first ever meeting on Wednesday selected Punjab health minister Prof Dr Mahmood Ahmad Chaudhry as its chairman...		Rich tributes paid to Liaquat Ali Khan LAHORE, Oct 16: Former senator Dr Javid Iqbal has said Pakistan’s survival depends upon what interpretation of Islam is made by the ulema who have won the general election....
Inquiry against Dr Yasmin LAHORE, Oct 16: The Punjab government has appointed additional chief secretary Mian Muhammad Jamil as inquiry officer to scrutinize the conduct of Dr Yasmin Rashid, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology, Fatima...		Employees rally against postal DG LAHORE, Oct 16: Hundreds of postal employees held a protest demonstration against the director-general, post office, outside the GPO on The Mall here on Wednesday, holding him responsible for the suicide...
‘Poppy straw no narcotic’ LAHORE, Oct 16: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry on Wednesday observed that he could recommend exclusion of poppy straw from the list of narcotics....		More Jihadis freed from Kot Lakhpat jail LAHORE, Oct 16: Sixteen Pakistanis released by Afghan authorities were set free from the Kot Lakhpat Jail here on Wednesday....
PMA flays Mahmood’s selection LAHORE, Oct 16: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has condemned the selection of Punjab health minister Prof Dr Mahmood Ahmad Chaudhry as chairman of the University of Health Sciences’ (UHC) Board...		PML-Q to keep all options open LAHORE, Oct 16: The PML-Q, at an informal meeting of important leaders here on Wednesday, decided to keep all options open for the formation of its government at the centre....
Govt trying its best to help PML-Q to power: Imran MIANWALI, Oct 16: PTI chairman Imran Khan has accused the government of ‘post-election rigging’, saying that it is employing all tactics to bring the PML-Q to power....		Farm graduates among new patwaris MULTAN, Oct 16: Post graduates, graduates and agricultural graduates are among the newly-appointed patwaris in the Multan district....
Govt urged to cut taxes on POL FAISALABAD, Oct 16: Strongly opposing hike in petrol prices, people from different walks of life said it would send more people below the poverty line....		MMA to enforce Shariat laws GUJRANWALA, Oct 16: The mission of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal Pakistan (MMAP) is not to rule but to enforce the Shariat laws in the country....
PPP presents rigging ‘evidence’ FAISALABAD, Oct 16: Massive rigging was committed by PML-Q candidates in the general election....		Three injured in fireworks blast FAISALABAD, Oct 16: Three members of a family, including two children, were injured in a fireworks blast in Bawa Chak here on Wednesday....
Lecturer looted GUJRANWALA, Oct 16: Outlaws in uniform looted the house of a college lecturer and injured him on resistance in Cantonment here on Wednesday....		SHO booked for keeping man in custody SIALKOT, Oct 16: The Hajipura police registered a case against its SHO Inspector Ashfaq Marth for keeping a citizen Hameed Masih in illegal custody on the order of Sialkot district and...
Actress in for trouble MULTAN, Oct 16: Film and stage actress Laila is facing a threat of possible ban on her performance in the district owing to her alleged derogatory remarks against the MMAP leadership....		Faiz gets back a room of his residence LAHORE, Oct 16: A room has been dedicated to the memory of Faiz Ahmed Faiz at his old residence which now forms the provincial Directorate of Social Welfare and Women Development....