October 18, 2002	Friday	Sha'aban 11, 1423

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Hospitals have not yet devised formula for private practice RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: The implementation of institution-based private practice has become a contentious issue and the hospital administrations are finding it difficult to reach a mutually acceptable working formula, sources in...		Ban on setting up of new steel mills in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PEPA) has imposed a ban on establishing new steel industries in the capital, the agency’s director-general, Asif Shujaa, said....
8.4 million women potential patients of osteoporosis: expert ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The female population in the country is approximately 70 million, of which almost 12 per cent or about 8.4 million are above 50 years of age and potential...		Pakistan first country to set up human development fund: Nasim ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan has become the first country to set up a human development fund to implement grass roots projects in primary education, skill training, income generation and primary health...
Eradication of poverty: an uphill task RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: Eradication of poverty has always been the main election slogan of all political parties to woo voters. Unfortunately, despite repeated claims of bringing a positive change in the...		Khattak says his party is not merging ISLAMABAD Oct 17: The president of National Awami Party Pakistan (NAPP) and a leader of National Alliance, Ajmal Khattak, has dispelled the impression that his party was mulling on merger with...
Sarwar Khan may rejoin PPP TAXILA, Oct 17: Ghulam Sarwar Khan, former provincial minister and newly elected MNA from NA-53, may re-join the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)....		Pakistan, Turkey to cooperate on environment ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Tremendous opportunities of cooperation in the environmental sector exist between Turkey and Pakistan and both the countries will soon be working on various proposals for protection of the...
Unesco backs EFA programme in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization is supporting Pakistan in its ‘national education assessment’ study, sources told Dawn on Thursday....		UK-based group to invest $120m in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: A group of United Kingdom-based industrialists plans to invest $120 million in different projects in Rawalpindi district, Board of Investment chairman, Waseem Haqqi said here on Thursday....
Judges’ retirement age a settled issue: SCBA ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Supreme Court Bar Association is of the considered view that no amendment should be made to the Constitution relating to the retirement age of the judges of...		Musharraf accused of weakening parties ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Pakistan Muslim League(N), on Thursday said that Gen Pervez Musharraf, in a bid to perpetuate his military rule, engineered the elections and brought a hung parliament which pushed...
Replacement of passports planned ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider on Thursday said international tenders of a project of Rs2.8 billion for issuance of machine readable passports will be floated next month....		China calls for end to standoff along LoC BEIJING, Oct 17: China on Thursday called for an early end to military standoff along the Line of Control and urged India and Pakistan to resume dialogue at the earliest for...
AJK fails to adopt English as official language MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 17: Despite a decision of the cabinet and subsequent directives by the competent authority, some certain departments in Azad Kashmir are finding it difficult to resort to official correspondence...		Mahathir due today ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime minister of Malaysia, Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad arrives here on Friday on a two-day visit....
US army teams arrive ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: A US military delegation arrived at Chaklala Airbase at 11.15pm on Thursday to witness the ongoing joint Pakistan-US army exercises called inspired GAMBAT-III, an ISPR press release said....		Condition for women’s seats withdrawn ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The requirement, of at least five per cent of the general seats in the national assembly for a political party to qualify for reserved seats for women and...
WHO projects reviewed ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Health Minister Dr Abdul Malik Kasi presided over a meeting of the ministry and the World Health Organization, Pakistan, to review the ongoing programmes of health and make...		BNDP chief resigns QUETTA, Oct 17: The president of the newly formed Balochistan National Democratic Party (BNDP), Sardar Sanaullah Zehri, has resigned from his office accepting the failure of the party in the elections....
Gomal varsity to set up research centre: Skin disease in Sindh LARKANA, Oct 17: The Gomal University has agreed to establish a research center for the treatment of Leishmanisis in Larkana, a local health department official said on Thursday....		Bandits kill policeman SUKKUR, Oct 17: A police constable was killed and another injured after bandits ambushed them near Tangwani in Jacobabad district on Thursday....
Teachers, students oppose varsity Ord NAWABSHAH, Oct 17: The Teachers Association of the Quaid-i-Awam University of Science and Technology boycotted classes and wore black arm-bands on Thursday to protest against the University Model Ordinance....		Flawed wheat distribution alleged MITHI, Oct 17: The residents of Mithi have expressed concern over “flawed method” of wheat distribution among the drought-hit people of the town....
Two held for torturing women MIRPURKHAS, Oct 17: Police arrested two men on Thursday for torturing two women....		Widows being denied of compensation money BADIN, Oct 17: Several widows, whose husbands had died during the Cyclone-2A, have alleged that the management of a local branch a bank is refusing to pay them the compensation money,...
JSQM will continue support to MQM: Bashir KHAIRPUR, Oct 17: The chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Bashir Khan Qureshi, has said his party will continue to support the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on issues of Sindh....		PMA rejects board of governors for hospitals LARKANA, Oct 17: The general body of the Pakistan Medical Association, Larkana chapter, on Thursday rejected the proposed board of governors for running hospital affairs....
Rigging denied DADU, Oct 17: Liaquat Jatoi, the PML(Q) MNA-elect from NA- 233, has rejected reports that he and his MPA-elect brother, Sadaqat Jatoi, had been involved in rigging....		Girl kidnapped SHIKARPUR, Oct 17: Four armed men kidnapped a young girl sleeping in her home in the jurisdiction of Lakhi Gate police station....
Police defuse explosive time device PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The police on Thursday seized a Russian- made hand grenade and a time device from the Madni Market, Shoba Bazaar....		DHQ hospitals to be upgraded PESHAWAR, Oct 17: Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the government is trying its best to facilitate the people, specially in the health sector....
Two sentenced to 45-year jail ABBOTTABAD, Oct 17: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) Abbottabad has awarded 45-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs70,000 each to two men and released two others in the famous Hari...		Steps afoot to check polio PESHAWAR, Oct 17: Nowshera is one of the high risk areas of polio attack as one new case of polio has been reported in new Abba Khel, an official told a...
Newly-elected NWFP MPs form group LANDI KOTAL, Oct 17: The newly-elected MNAs from tribal areas have formed a group to make their presence felt in the current political scenario....		Inquiry ordered into boy’s killing PESHAWAR, Oct 17: The provincial government has ordered a judicial inquiry into the killing of a teenaged student during a fake police encounter and has appointed Peshawar district and sessions judge,...
Tributes paid to Hakim Said LAHORE, Oct 17: Rich tributes were paid to Hakim Said for his services in the fields of education, literature, social service and health at a meeting held to observe his fourth...		PPP pledges to restore 1973 Constitution LAHORE, Oct 17: The PPP legislators-elect and other office-bearers on Thursday renewed their pledge to continue their struggle for the restoration of the 1973 Constitution....
Teachers, doctors to continue drive LAHORE, Oct 17: The Joint Action Committee leaders on Thursday took oath that they “will continue their protest campaign in the interest of public welfare and press the government to withdraw...		PML-J backs PML-Q’s bid for govt in Punjab LAHORE, Oct 17: The PML (Jinnah) on Thursday parted ways with the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and declared its support for the PML-Q in its efforts to form its...
Another case against Seth Nisar, Shaukat LAHORE, Oct 17: The Punjab NAB on Thursday arrested Seth Nisar and his co-accused Shaukat Ali Bhatti, former collector of customs, in another corruption reference....		Businessmen, consumers be inducted into OCAC LAHORE, Oct 17: The businessmen have strongly criticized the oil marketing companies (OMCs) for having increased prices of petroleum and its products by 2.5-5.32 per cent once again....
MMA to publish white paper on rigging LAHORE, Oct 17: The Mutahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has decided to publish a white paper on rigging in the general election....		PP-157 election challenged LAHORE, Oct 17: Justice Raja Mohammad Sabir of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday issued notices to the Election Commission and the returning officer concerned on a petition against the...
Teachers take out protest rallies MULTAN, Oct 17: School and college teachers on Thursday continued protest rallies across the Punjab against the denationalization of educational institutions....		Shifting loyalties MULTAN, Oct 17: Seriousness of the PPP to form government in the centre and the Punjab is being doubted here after the joining of PML-Q by those independent MNAs and MPAs...
Main accused in police custody, claims family: Madad committee scam MULTAN, Oct 17: The district and sessions judge has ordered a judicial inquiry to probe whether the fraudulent ‘madad committee’ patron Tahir Sharif is in police custody....		‘No salary, no work’ FAISALABAD, Oct 17: Teachers of municipal schools continued their protest on the second successive day against non-payment of their salaries for the last four months....
Sub-inspector sacked for looting house OKARA, Oct 17: A sub-inspector was terminated on Thursday for taking away thousands of rupees in cash, ornaments and two buffaloes from a house on the pretext of arresting proclaimed offenders,...		Bomb hoax sparks panic at telephone exchange RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: Panic gripped the staff of International Gateway Exchange, Satellite Town, on Thursday, after police and bomb disposal arrived at the PTCL complex and took five parcels into custody...