October 21, 2002	Monday	Sha’aban 14,1423

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Govt ready to amend model varsity ordinance ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The federal government has agreed to make certain amendments in the proposed Model University Ordinance 2002, which had invited criticism from both the elected teaching bodies and students...		Parties to compensate losing candidates RAWALPINDI, Oct 20: Some of the heavyweights losing from the city’s national assembly and provincial legislature constituencies are likely to be adjusted in view of their “great services”, sources in the...
610 specialists to be appointed at tehsil hospitals RAWALPINDI, Oct 20: The Punjab health department has decided to appoint 610 specialist doctors in seven specialities at the Tehsil headquarters hospitals in the province, officials said here on Sunday....		Firecrackers flood twin cities’ markets ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Markets of the twin cities have been flooded with firecrackers and other low-intensity explosive material for Shab-i-Barat, sources told Dawn....
No govt can be formed without MMA: Aslam ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Maulana Fazlur Rehman will be the new prime minister and no government will be formed without Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as the masses had voted the alliance for the...		JI leader terms elections transparent RAWALPINDI, Oct 20: The Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), Rawalpindi chapter, Mohammad Abbas Butt, has said that except for some cases, the general elections in the district were conducted in a...
Body to check drugs’ quality to be set up ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The government will set up Pharmaceutical Quality Control Authority (PQCA) to check quality of drugs and make recommendations to the federal and provincial control boards for further improvement...		Anwar urged to follow constitution of AJK ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Jammu Kashmir Council for Human Rights (JKCHR) Secretary-General Dr Syed Nazir Gilani has advised AJK President Mohammad Anwar Khan to adhere to the 1974 AJK constitution, which binds...
RAW active in Nepal: report ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The RAW activists are engaged in a number of activities in Nepal to malign Pakistan and draw some sort of credibility to the Indian claims of “cross-border” terrorism,...		MMA hails softening of US stance on Iraq ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s candidate for prime ministership, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, on Sunday welcomed the softening of United States President George W. Bush’s attitude towards Iraq....
4m Afghans may face food shortage: UN KABUL, Oct 20: Despite improved agricultural production, an estimated four million Afghans will face food shortage over the next 12 months as a result of years of drought, the United Nations...		Iran jails Pakistani prostitution ring members TEHRAN, Oct 20: An Iranian court has jailed some 40 Pakistanis who duped girls, some only 12 years old, into coming to Pakistan, where they were forced to work as prostitutes,...
Armed forces can be called for 90 days ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: The civilian government, will not be able to utilize the services of armed forces or civilian armed forces for more than 60 days for the maintenance of law...		Politicians must act responsibly, says Qadri ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Dr Tahirul Qadri, Chairman Pakistan Awami Tehreek and MNA-elect on Sunday urged the political parties to act responsibly by remaining united at the federal level in order to...
Transfer of ROs before re-election demanded QUETTA, Oct 20: The PPP candidate for NA-260, Bismillah Khan Kakar, has demanded the transfer of all returning officers and district Killa Abdullah administration before holding re- election in the constituency. ...		Elected candidates file expenses details ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Successful candidates of the elections on Sunday filed with the Election Commission the details of their expenditures incurred on the campaign....
Transporters threaten strike QUETTA, Oct 20: Transporters on Sunday threatened to observe a wheel-jam strike in Balochistan if their demands for stopping robberies and unnecessary checking on highways and reduction in oil prices are...		Reshma performs in London LONDON, Oct 20: Reshma, a renowned folk singer, sang some of her rare songs and won accolades from a packed hall of Pakistani expatriates at Brunei Gallery here on Saturday....
Rockets fired in Kohlu QUETTA, Oct 20: Some unknown persons fired rockets in Kohlu between Saturday-Sunday night....		Hearing adjourned ISLAMABAD, Oct 20: Sindh High Court has adjourned till Nov 7 hearing of a petition filed by some officers of income tax department regarding National Institute of Public Administration’s re-entry test...
Juvenile court seeks record of 31 offenders PESHAWAR, Oct 20: The Peshawar Juvenile Court has sought the record of 31 under trial offenders from various subordinate courts....		Mosque locked to avert clash SWABI, Oct 20: To avoid a clash between two groups over a mosque in the Jalsai Union Council, the local administration has locked the mosque preventing the locals from saying their prayers there....
Afghan DPs movement to be restricted HARIPUR, Oct 20: District Nazim Dr Raja Amir Zaman has said that all the Afghan refugees running business in the Haripur city limits would be restricted to their camps soon....		5 prisoners return from Afghanistan SHIKARPUR, Oct 20: Five people who had been detained in the private prison of Ahmed Shah Masood in Afghanistan reached their homes in Shikarpur District on Saturday....
Tribal feud claims one more life SUKKUR, Oct 20: A man was killed and several were injured in a clash between Bugti and Jakhrani tribesmen in Lal Khan Jakhrani village near Kandhkot on Saturday night....		Birth registration project reviewed PESHAWAR, Oct 20: A two-member external assessment team from the Philippines visited the Nowshera district, and reviewed the pilot project on birth registration there on Saturday....
MMA urged to form govts in provinces SWABI, Oct 20: A former Awami National Party (ANP) MNA, Haji Rehmanullah, and three MPAs-elect of the party from Swabi said on Sunday that the ANP would welcome the formation of...		Dealers create artificial LPG shortage DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 20: The dealers and suppliers of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the city have created artificial shortage of the gas to sell it at inflated rates....
2 MPAs-elect join MMA HARIPUR, Oct 20: Two newly-elected members of the provincial assembly from Haripur announced their joining of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), raising its strength to 50 in the 124-member house....		Jirga imposes fine on cops: Death in police custody LARKANA, Oct 20: A Jirga imposed a conditional fine, amounting to Rs250,000, on two police officers for torturing a man in custody....
Zakat bodies dissolved DADU, Oct 20: About 100 local Zakat committees have been dissolved in Sindh on charges of corruption, the provincial secretary Auqaf, Zakat, and Ushr, Faseehuddin Khan said....		Three minors killed in fireworks explosion GUJRAT, Oct 20: Three children were burnt alive while their parents and a brother were injured when fireworks exploded and their house caught fire in Baharwal, Kharian on Saturday evening....
Sarwar Mai’s relatives threaten self-immolation VEHARI, Oct 20: The family members of Sarwar Mai — who went amiss after she was paraded half-naked in a bazaar — threatened to immolate themselves if she was not recovered...		School bus looted SIALKOT, Oct 20: Eight armed highwaymen late Saturday night looted a school bus and injured seriously a religious scholar during two robbery incidents on the Sehjokey-Daska-Sambrial Road....
Indian shelling on border villages SIALKOT, Oct 20: A goat was killed and two houses damaged due to Indian mortar shelling on Pakistani border villages in Sialkot working boundary’s Zafarwal-Shakargarh-Narowal sector on Sunday....		Benazir for polling station-wise results DERA GHAZI KHAN, Oct 20: The election commission should provide polling station-wise results with names of the voters so that ghost voters may be distinguished....
Brothers shoot sister, her lover FAISALABAD, Oct 20: Two brothers shot dead their sister and her lover on Saturday night at Chak 67-RB....		Ranjha asks politicians to shun differences SARGODHA, Oct 20: Politicians should shun their differences for smooth transfer of power, says Federal Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Khalid Ranjha....
10 polio cases detected in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Oct 20: Ten cases of polio have been detected in Sahiwal district....		Tying the knot with bureaucracy MULTAN, Oct 20: The younger brother of Multan Range DIG police is among the MPAs elected on PML-Q ticket in the Punjab....
Eye camp SARGODHA, Oct 20: Federal Minister for Health Dr Abdul Malik Kasi visited a free eye camp at Haji Sardar Khan Ranjha Trust Hospital, Bhagtanwala, some 25 kilometres from here....		Da’awat moot concludes MULTAN, Oct 20: The three-day sunnatoon bhara ijtima of Da’awat-i-Islami ended here on Sunday with a resolve to act according to the practices of Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)....
Punjab draft against new service structure LAHORE, Oct 20: The authorities in the Punjab have prepared a comprehensive draft to plead against the new service structure manufactured by the NRB (National Reconstruction Bureau) amidst fears of its...		Farm tenants convention LAHORE, Oct 20: The Anjuman Mazareen Punjab has decided to organize a convention of peasants and tenants from across the country on Dec 10....
Shujaat to nominate candidate for PM LAHORE, Oct 20: PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Husain would nominate his party’s candidate for the office of prime minister after consolidating the party position in provinces, sources said here on Sunday....		Tarar to reveal Oct ’99 story LAHORE, Oct 20: Former president Rafiq Tarar says the government has “stolen the Oct 10 show by increasing the turnout from 25-30 per cent to 45-50 per cent through bogus means.”...