October 22, 2002	Tuesday	Sha’aban 15,1423

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Govt to hold audit of private schools RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The Punjab government has decided to hold an audit of private schools in the province to develop a “proper system of teachers’ calibration”, sources said here on Monday....		Nawaz Sharif Park turns into garbage dump RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The once beautiful Nawaz Sharif Public Park is in a dilapidated condition and has been turned into a garbage dump owing to the apathy of the authorities concerned....
Bus stand auction issue remains unresolved ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to auction G-9 bus stand despite a lapse of three months since the expiry of the earlier contract, informed sources said....		Plan sent to CDWP for approval: Environment monitoring stations ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: A plan to set up six environment monitoring stations in the country at a cost of Rs1 billion has been sent to Central Development Working Party (CDWP) for...
PAC submits audit report to president ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The ad-hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday submitted its report on the audit of accounts for the year 1999-2000 to President Gen Pervez Musharraf for his concurrence....		Over Rs176m plan for women police station, residences prepared ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has prepared a PC-I of Rs176.48 million for the establishment of a women police station and residences of police officials at H-11 sector....
Teachers boycott classes RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: No teaching sessions were held in the government schools and colleges in Rawalpindi on Monday as teachers and professors boycotted the classes while protesting against the proposed educational...		ECL charge handed over to FIA RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The charge of Exit Control List (ECL) at Islamabad airport has been withdrawn from the army monitoring team and handed over to FIA immigration, an official source said...
Wapda pension payment wing decentralized ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Wapda has decentralized its pension payment and reluctant claims settlement system whereas the power wing has been split into 12 companies to facilitate the employees within the...		150,000 to get employment abroad by year end ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: As many as 13,247 persons were registered with the regional offices of Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment under the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, for...
MMA for change in media policy RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has accused the PTV authorities of airing Western norms instead of promoting Pakistani culture....		Hearing in SGS case adjourned till 29th RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: An accountability court here on Monday adjourned the hearing of SGS corruption reference against the former premier Benazir Bhutto, her spouse Asif Ali Zardari and others till October...
Jatoi meets Fazl ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The chairman of National Alliance, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, met with the MMA leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, at the latter’s residence here on Monday....		Over 50,000 children to be given polio drops in Capital ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Health department has made arrangements for administering polio drops to over 50,000 children in the rural and urban areas of the capital during a three-day campaign starting on...
Imprisoned RAWALPINDI, Oct 21: The additional district and sessions judge, Mian Mohammad Shafi, on Monday awarded one-year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs2,000 to a convicted drug trafficker....		Fazl meets Jamali, Ijaz, Rashid ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: Secretary-general of the Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and a candidate for the prime ministership, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, has said there is no deadlock in the process of restoration of...
ADB to approve $270m package in November ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The Asian Development Bank will approve a new investment package worth $270 million for Pakistan in November this year....		PML-Q may form govt in Balochistan QUETTA, Oct 21: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) has become the largest party in Balochistan with 15 seats in the house of 51, when another independent MPA-elect joined the party on...
Parties face new challenges ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The split mandate thrown up by the elections has not only made the formation of a government difficult for the political parties, it has also posed a fresh...		PPP ready to sit in opposition KARACHI, Oct 21: The People’s Party Parliamentarians is striving to form a government but in case it is unable to muster support, the party is prepared to sit in the opposition,...
Expats body demands power transfer SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21: The Pakistan American Democratic Forum (PADF), a leading organization of Pakistani Americans, has asked the government to restore the 1973 Constitution and transfer power to the elected...		Efforts urged to cut population growth ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The secretary-general of the Ministry of Finance, Moeen Afzal, has said that Pakistan cannot afford high population growth rate....
Body of minor Pakistani girl found KUWAIT CITY, Oct 21: A seven-year-old Pakistani girl was found dead in the desert....		PBC blasts rights’ violations in Valley ISLAMABAD, Oct 21: The human rights committee of the Pakistan Bar Council has urged the United Nations and other international bodies to take notice of the human rights violations in the...
Bar elections HUB, Oct 21: Mohammed Usman Lasi and Ghulam Azam Qambrani were unanimously elected as the president and the general-secretary of the Lasbela Bar Association here on Monday....		Nazim’s cousin, driver kidnapped MIRPURKHAS, Oct 21: The cousin of the Nazim of Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka, Abdul Rehman Bhurgari, and his driver, Noor Hassan Machhi, were kidnapped near Ghulam Nabi Shah town in Umerkot...
26 Stingers retrieved, 200 still missing KOHAT, Oct 21: US army has retrieved 26 missing Stinger missiles from various former heads of warring factions after making hefty payments through a middleman during the arms recovery drive in...		‘Abbottabad conservation strategy be expedited’ ABBOTTABAD, Oct 21: District Nazim Mustafa Jadoon has asked the planners to finalize recommendations for the Abbottabad Conservation Strategy without further delay....
70,000 children to be immunized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 21: About 70,000 children under five years of age would be vaccinated against polio during the immunization campaign to be launched in Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday....		Three women among five killed LARKANA, Oct 21: Five persons, including three women, were killed in separate incidents in Larkana district....
Islamic govt to be set up: Akram SWABI, Oct 21: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s nominee for the chief minister’s slot, Mohammad Akram Khan Durrani, has said that an Islamic government will be formed in the NWFP....		Protesters set fire to police post MARDAN, Oct 21: Angry protesters set fire to a police post in the Mayar village here on Monday over the alleged killing of a man by some policemen....
Independent MPA-elect joins JUI-F PESHAWAR, Oct 21: Sardar Mohammad Idrees, an independent MPA-elect from PF-48, Abbottabad-V, has joined Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), a main component of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Monday....		Electricity breakdown hits Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, Oct 21: Due to the 10-hour power breakdowns on a daily basis, life has been paralyzed in Shikarpur....
Murder suspect Arrested CHITRAL, Oct 21: The police arrested a suspect from Gilgit supposed to be one of the gangsters who had killed the driver and conductor of a taxi-van at Shandur last week...		Dust storm disrupts traffic in Sindh SUKKUR, Oct 21: Heavy dust storm on Monday disturbed road, rail and air traffic in Sukkur, Khairpur, Jacobabad, Shikarpur, Ghotki and other parts of the province....
Killing deplored BADIN, Oct 21: The Chamber of Journalists, Badin district, at a meeting here on Monday, condemned the murder of a journalist of Kandhkot, Shahid Soomro....		Three die, 25 hurt as bus rams into coaster GUJRANWALA, Oct 21: Three people were killed while 25 others injured on Wednesday in a collision between a bus and a coaster on Sialkot Road near Buternwali village....
Textile sector hit by high power tariff: Powerloom owners’ hunger strike MULTAN, Oct 21: Local powerlooms association observed a daylong hunger strike here on Monday to protest against ‘non-stop’ hike in power rates....		Public safety commission notified SAHIWAL, Oct 21: The Punjab Home Department on Monday notified the names of members of the Sahiwal district public safety commission for a period of three years....
Students, teachers stage rally SIALKOT, Oct 21: Thousands of girl students and teachers on Monday staged a protest rally at the local Government Post Graduate College for Women against the denationalization and establishment of boards...		Crime graph up in Sialkot SIALKOT, Oct 21: The entire Sialkot district is in the grip of heinous crime wave now-a-days....
Three fall prey to road accident GUJRAT, Oct 21: Three passengers were killed and 21 others received injuries on Monday when a speeding bus overturned near Gandhara, Gujrat....		Constable shot dead NAROWAL, Oct 21: A police constable was shot dead by unidentified men near Thilay village late on Sunday night....
Madad committee patron ‘held’ MULTAN, Oct 21: Kutubpur police on Monday claim to have arrested Madad committee patron Tahir Sharif from Shah Rukne Alam shrine, Qila Qasim Bagh....		Police seek three days to ‘resolve’ issue: Disgracing of woman VEHARI, Oct 21: The Tareen family of Mailsi has reportedly contacted the DSP concerned for a reconciliation with the family of a woman who was disgraced on the orders of Jahangir...
Hospital building declared dangerous BAHAWALPUR, Oct 21: About half portion of the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Yazman, has been evacuated due to the poor condition of its building....		Their way to parliament passed through Nazim’s office GUJRAT, Oct 21: A majority of the MPs-elect from Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin and Jhelum districts are close relatives or confidantes of district and Tehsil Nazimeen, it has been learnt....
Canals closed for 10 days in Punjab: Water saving for Rabi LAHORE, Oct 21: The Punjab on Monday closed all 24 canals — perennial and non-perennial — for 10 days to save water for the Rabi season due to start after Nov...		MMA seeks ARD support for Fazl LAHORE, Oct 21: A Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal delegation called on ARD chief Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Monday with the request that the ARD should support Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s candidature for the office...