October 23, 2002	Wednesday	Sha’aban 16,1423

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Delay in formation of govts flayed PESHAWAR, Oct 22: National Awami Party Pakistan chief Mohammad Ajmal Khan Khattak has expressed concern over the delay in the formation of the government and called for the National Assembly session...		Drug dealers told to remove signboards KOHAT, Oct 22: The deadline given to the those involved in selling charas and heroin in Khyber Agency and Darra Adam Khel in frontier region of Kohat to remove signboards from their...
Rs6bn to be spent on uplift projects MANSEHRA, Oct 22: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that the performance of the successive governments in the past had been very poor and they did not pay any...		SC cancels bail of murder accused PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Supreme Court here on Monday cancelled the bail granted to an accused in the murder case of senior superintendent of police, Dera Ismail Khan, Ijaz Ahmad Langrial....
NWFP jails to be computerized PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The NWFP government in collaboration with the federal ministry of science and technology would set up Prison Information Management System to computerise the jails in the province, sources...		3 customs men die in accident KOHAT, Oct 22: Three officials of customs mobile squad were killed and two seriously injured when their vehicle fell into a ditch near Orakzai square while chasing a suspicious car on...
MMA pledges to demand provincial rights MINGORA, Oct 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Monday pledged to demand the rights of the NWFP from the federal government, specially the royalty of electricity, estimated to be in billions of rupees....		Withdrawal of ban on EOBI union demanded PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The Employees Old-Age Benefit Institution Employees Union has condemned the ban on trade union activities in the EOBI and termed it a complete violation of their basic rights...
Funfair held PESHAWAR, Oct 22: The funfair organized by the social welfare society of Khyber Medical College on Tuesday, attracted a large number of visitors....		Dialogue after troop withdrawal: Nisar MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 22: The Federal Minister for Information, Media Development, Kashmir and Northern Areas affairs, Nisar A. Memon, has expressed hope that India would pull back troops from the Line of...
Sikandar criticizes United Nations role MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 22: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has criticized the United Nations for its role in resolving the political conflicts around the globe....		Pakistan, China to boost audit cooperation BEIJING, Oct 22: China and Pakistan have held formal talks here to cooperate in improving educational and training facilities for developing a transparent accounting and auditing system....
Spy agencies harassing family of journalist ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Intelligence sleuths on Tuesday tried to disrupt a press conference convened by Shahzia Mansoor, a relative of journalist Shaheen Sehbai for exposing the alleged victimization of the family...		18 aspirants file papers for one NA, 2 PA seats QUETTA, Oct 22: Eighteen candidates of different political parties filed on Tuesday their nomination papers for NA-262 (Killa Abdullah) and two Balochistan Assembly seats, with returning officers at Chaman....
Indian troops shell AJK villages MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 22: Indian troops shelled AJK villages from across the Line of Control on Monday and Tuesday, but no casualties were reported from anywhere, officials said here....		Rs10.2m to be spent on schools GILGIT, Oct 22: The Northern Areas’ education department would allocate Rs10.2 million for furniture purchasing for around 101 schools in Ghizer district, sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
Nazim opens road project PESHAWAR, Oct 22: City District Nazim Azam Khan Afridi on Monday inaugurated the newly constructed Syed Hassan Pir Road which has been completed at a cost of Rs2.425 million....		Bullet-riddled body found KARACHI, Oct 22: A bullet-riddled body of a man in his 20s was found in Korangi late Tuesday evening. It had also marks of torture....
Conference GILGIT, Oct 22: The Federal Ministry for Kashmir and Northern Areas Affairs has decided to hold a two-day conference on investment and tourism promotion, from Oct 24 at a local hotel...		Amendment to law against harassment disapproved ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The government has disapproved the proposed amendment to the Pakistan Penal Code, 1898 for punishment of the offence of molestation with sexual motive at work places, reliable sources...
Cabinet to approve youth policy today ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: All is set to approve the national youth policy, and for this purpose, a national youth foundation fund will be created to launch various projects for the welfare...		CBR directed to initiate probe against tax official ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to initiate inquiry against a tax official for demanding illegal gratification from...
Anti-polio campaign launched ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: About 70,000 teams consisting of 140,000 health workers will administer polio drops and vitamin A supplements to 30 million children through out the country....		Ata asks ministries to update websites ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The minister for science and technology, Dr Ataur Rehman, has asked all the ministries to update their websites in order to facilitate delivery of services to the people....
Son of PPP MNA-elect killed in road accident ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The son of a PPP’s MNA-elect was killed and seven other persons, including three women, were injured critically in a car-passanger wagon collision in sector F-8 here on...		PTI condemns arrest of Dr Amir ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: The chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Dr Amir Aziz reportedly by the FBI from Lahore and described it a breach...
Governor’s Peerowal visit ends in fiasco MULTAN, Oct 22: Governor Khalid Maqbool’s visit to Peerowal farms of the Punjab Seed Corporation in Khanewal on Tuesday ended in fiasco as the tenants refused to sign the lease deeds...		Owners yet to get fare, documents: Impounded vehicles FAISALABAD, Oct 22: Registration documents of hundreds of private transport vehicles, impounded over a fortnight ago for election duty, have not been returned to the owners yet....
Wasa to take over MIE sewage disposal station MULTAN, Oct 22: The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) will take over the Multan industrial estate (MIE) sewage disposal station in a bid to run it smoothly....		One held in Sarwar Mai case VEHARI, Oct 22: The Mailsi police claim to have arrested one of those nominated in the FIR of Sarwar Mai’s humiliation at Mauza Shaman Mailsi....
Two gunned down by nephew JHANG, Oct 22: Two men were shot dead allegedly by their nephew over a land dispute in Tabro Sahmal village, 50 kms from here, on Monday evening....		AQ Khan Award for two BZU students MULTAN, Oct 22: Two graduates of the Bahauddin Zakariya University have been nominated for the Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan Science Award for the years 2001 and 2002....
Eight booked for EC code violation JHANG, Oct 22: Eight people have been booked for violation of Election Commission’s code of conduct during the campaign of independent candidate banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan chief Maulana Azam Tariq....		Safety commission SIALKOT, Oct 22: The Punjab governor has okayed the public safety commission, Sialkot....
Water for human beings, not environment, Sindh told LAHORE, Oct 22: The Punjab on Tuesday refused to buy Sindh’s argument that it needed more water to protect the environment along Indus River and maintained that the 1991 Water Accord...		MMA to hold rally against rigging LAHORE, Oct 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will hold a protest rally and stage a sit-in in Sargodha against rigging by PML-Q nominees and torture and arrest of MMA activists....
Body formed to work out modalities: FIA’s partial merger with NAB LAHORE, Oct 22: The government has constituted a five-member committee to work out the modalities of the merger of the crime and economic crime wings of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with...		Vario’s bail plea rejected LAHORE, Oct 22: The Ehtesab Appellate Bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of former Sialkot district council chairman and MNA Abdul Sattar Vario facing trial...
APC indecisive on oath under amended constitution LAHORE, Oct 22: Components of the All-Party Conference (APC) have not yet decided if their MPs-elect should take oath under the amended constitution or not, APC convener Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan has...		Family ‘assured’ of Dr Amir’s return LAHORE, Oct 22: The family members of noted orthopaedic surgeon Dr Amir Aziz Khan said on Tuesday they had been assured about his return....
Reference against ETPB ex-official LAHORE, Oct 22: The Punjab NAB filed on Tuesday a reference of Rs410.83 million corruption against a former deputy secretary of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) before the accountability courts...		No deal yet with PPP, says Shujaat LAHORE, Oct 22: PML-Q parliamentary leader Chaudhry Shujaat Husain says no understanding has been reached with the PPP on the formation of the federal government....
32 independent candidates in PML-Q’s fold LAHORE, Oct 22: As many as 32 independents elected to the Punjab Assembly have so far joined the PML-Q as a result of which the strength of the parliamentary party has...		Law minister unhappy at SCBA chief’s remarks LAHORE, Oct 22: Punjab Law Minister Rana Ijaz Ahmad and leaders of various bodies of lawyers condemned on Tuesday remarks by Supreme Court Bar Association president Hamid Khan, urging the newly...