October 24, 2002	Thursday	Sha’aban 17,1423

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Absence of proper burns unit causes sufferings to victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The absence of a purpose-based shock and trauma burn unit is causing great suffering to the patients of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and surrounding areas....		PML-Q seeks SC advice on women’s reserved seats ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A constitutional petition, seeking advice from the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the application of graduation condition on the reserved seats of women, was filed in the apex...
Islamabad to face another water crisis ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The federal capital is heading towards another water crisis due to inadequate reserves in Simly and Khanpur dams, sources in the CDA told Dawn on Wednesday....		Grand wholesale meat market for Capital okayed ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday formally approved the establishment of grand wholesale meat market at G-10 Markaz....
Non-payment of dowry: Court issues arrest warrants of armyman RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Civil Judge Sajida Ahmad on Wednesday issued arrest warrants of an army brigadier for allegedly not paying dower to his ex-wife and not appearing before the court despite...		PPP leaders for re-polling in 3 constituencies RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Wednesday demanded re-polling in two constituencies of Balochistan and one in Sindh, accusing the polling staff and the administration of committing rigging in...
Commission for alternative energy to be set up ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The federal government has decided to establish the National Commission for Alternative Energy (NCAE) and Institute of Renewable Energy Technologies to promote use of non-polluting energy sources....		Two killed in separate road accidents RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Two persons, including a five-year-old boy, were killed in separate road accidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad....
National policy for special people approved ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The cabinet in its meeting on Wednesday approved the first ever national policy for persons with various disabilities, said an official statement....		Six injured as rivals open fire RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Six persons were injured on Wednesday after their rivals opened fire on them and set two vehicles ablaze in Sadiqabad area....
45 former MPs pay arrears of Parliament Lodges ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: As many as 45 out of 149 former parliamentarians had paid their arrears of the Parliament Lodges and government hostel before election 2002, a post election data complied...		US envoy paints classroom in Pindi school RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: It is important for the children to acquire knowledge and skills which will continue to benefit them throughout their lives....
N. Areas, Kashmir division delinked: New power sharing formula GILGIT, Oct 23: The federal government on Wednesday delegated some powers to the elected representatives of Northern Areas and reshuffled the portfolios of the Northern Areas cabinet, a source told Dawn....		JUI claims PPP not to contest Fazl LAHORE, Oct 23: The JUI(F) claims that the PPP has assured it that it will not put up any candidate against Maulana Fazlur Rahman for the prime minister’s slot....
Accord on DPs’ return signed in Kabul KABUL, Oct 23: Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to a UN-backed deal to secure the voluntary return of an estimated 1.5 million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan, a UN statement...		PML(Q) wants consensus govt: Wasti ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The central vice-president of the PML(Q), Syed Kabir Ali Wasti, on Wednesday said his party was making efforts to form a government of national consensus....
Mandate must be honoured: MMA RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leadership warned on Wednesday that if the mandate given to the religio-political parties was not honoured, it would cast negative impact on the country’s politics....		Kachkol to lead BNM in PA QUETTA, Oct 23: The Balochistan National Movement has elected Mr Kachkol Ali advocate as their parliamentary party leader, Party’s Information Secretary Dr Ishaq Baloch told reporters here on Wednesday....
21 doctors of NAHP sacked GILIGT, Oct 23: At least 21 ad-hoc doctors, working with the Northern Areas Health Project (NAHP), serving in the Northern Areas since 1998, have been sacked with immediate effect,informed sources told...		PBC against extension of judges’ retirement age KARACHI, Oct 23: The Pakistan Bar Council will resist the move to extend the retirement age of superior court judges, Rashid A. Razvi, a PBC member from Sindh, said here on...
Benazir says PPP to promote religious tolerance ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Former premier and Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that after coming into power her party would do away with all kinds of discrimination and prejudices...		MNA-elect demands repolling MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: For-mer Federal Minister and PP Parliamentarians’s MNA-elect from NA-228, Mirpurkhas, Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has demanded re-election in desert district of Tharparkar to allow the drought-hit people to...
Earthquake jolts NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 23: An earthquake of mild intensity jolted the Peshawar valley in the wee hours on Wednesday....		Fahim, Jatoi discuss future setup ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: President of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, called on chief of National Alliance and former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi as a part of his on-going...
One injured in Indian firing MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 23: The Indian forces hit a vehicle in the Neelum valley in the northeast of Muzaffarabad on Wednesday, from across the Line of Control, causing injuries to one person,...		Govt in constant violation of Constitution KARACHI, Oct 23: The government is in constant violation of the Constitution both in letter and spirit, according to former federal law minister Khalid Anwer. Talking to Dawn on Wednesday, the...
NA-255 result withheld ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Election Commission on Wednesday notified the withholding of the election results of National Assembly constituency NA-255 (Karachi-xvii). No reason was given for the decision....		Protest held against anti-encroachment drive SUKKUR, Oct 23: Several persons, including two press photographers, were injured when the Railway police baton-charged on protestors near the Freek Hill here on Wednesday....
Journalists condemn colleague’s murder HYDERABAD, Oct 23: The journalists of Hyderabad held a protest meeting here on Wednesday to condemn the gruesome murder of the Kawish correspondent, Shahid Soomro, in Kandhkot, Jacobabad district....		Notice taken of medicine shortage MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: The secretary, Health, Sindh, has taken serious notice about the complaints of shortage of medicines in the Civil Hospital, Mirpurkhas, and sought a report from the district government....
ABL sacks 15 officials SUKKUR, Oct 23: The management of the Allied Bank, Sukkur region, has issued termination orders to 15 branch managers and credit officers despite a Sindh High Court, Sukkur branch, stay order...		PPP demands re-election in Tharparkar MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) elected on NA-228, Mirpurkhas, has demanded re-election in Tharparkar to allow the drought-hit people to exercise their right of franchise...
Kidnapped girl recovered LARKANA, Oct 23: Police in an ‘encounter’ near Sujawal town on Wednesday recovered a girl who had been kidnapped from Latifabad, Hyderabad....		Asif backs national government idea ATTOCK, Oct 23: Asif Ali Zardari, spouse of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has claimed that the People’s Party Parliamentarian will form a national government at Islamabad as is the requirement of the present situation....
Postal workers threaten strike PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Postal service employees have threatened to go on a countrywide strike from Oct 27, if the government failed to accept their demands....		62 women lost lives in men’s rivalries KOHAT, Oct 23: During the last four years 62 girls and elderly women were killed, mostly in the spirit of revenge, by the rival parties who harboured enmity with their male...
Suspect in murder case arrested CHITRAL, Oct 23: One of the suspects in the murder case of driver and conductor of a taxi-van at Shandur last week confessed before the police that he and his four...		8 outlaws held in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL, Oct 23: The political administration in Jamr-ud, subdivision of Khyber Agency, arrested eight criminals for their alleged involvement in murder and abduction cases....
2 buried alive MARDAN, Oct 23: Two boys died and two others were injured seriously while working at a foothill at the Chechar village on Wednesday....		Five TNSM men held MINGORA, Oct 23: Five activists of the disbanded Tahrik Nifaz- i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM), Malakand division, were arrested by the police and a case had been registered against them under section 171-J PPC....
Pandemonium in dist council DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 23: The district council met here on Tuesday to discuss the constitution of the public safety commission. Paharpur Union Council Nazim Haji Amanullah Khan was in the...		Rejecting publicity, yet drawing millions to Raiwind LAHORE, Oct 23: What a dedicated religious scholar Maulana Mohammad Ilyas started over 60 years ago as a limited religious educational programme for the illiterate and uncivilized Muslims not far away...
FSC adjourns hearing against PCO sine die LAHORE, Oct 23: “The Supreme Court has approved the Musharraf government and allowed it to continue in its judgments in Zafar Ali Shah and Wasim Sajjad cases.”...		PFUJ condemns newsman’s murder LAHORE, Oct 23: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has strongly condemned the murder of Shahid Soomro, a correspondent of Sindhi daily Kawish, at Kandhkot on Monday and harassment of...
EC not returned all ballot boxes LAHORE, Oct 23: The Punjab Election Commission has not been returned all the ballot boxes issued for Oct 10 elections in the city....		900 high schools without heads LAHORE, Oct 23: Over 900 high and higher secondary schools, including 360 girls’, in the province are functioning without headteachers for several years....
Museum director to probe theft of relics LAHORE, Oct 23: Punjab education secretary Sibtain Fazle Haleem has expressed his inability to complete the inquiry into the theft of five rare manuscripts from Lahore Museum because of the heavy...		New Punjabi dictionary LAHORE, Oct 23: The reconstituted committee of the Punjab Writers Welfare Fund decided on Wednesday to publish English translation of verses of five sufi poets and a new Punjabi dictionary....
JUP-NS for movement to oust Musharraf LAHORE, Oct 23: The Jamiat-i-Ulema Pakistan-Nifaz-i-Shariat (JUP-NS) has urged upon ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan to immediately convene a meeting of the All Parties Conference for launching a “Remove Musharraf” movement....		All eyes on repelling in Sialkot SIALKOT, Oct 23: All eyes are set on the results of repolling on Thursday (today) in two polling stations 142 and 143 of NA-111 (Sialkot-II) constituency....