October 26, 2002	Saturday	Sha’aban 19,1423

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ADBP told to give loans for godowns ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) should encourage loans for silos-type godowns and storage so that farmers can fetch proper prices for their produce, State Bank governor Dr...		Protest demo against Dr Amir’s arrest held ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Pakistan Professional Forum (PPF) held a protest demonstration on Friday against the arrest of Dr Amir Aziz, allegedly by the FBI, on suspicions of having links with...
Bodies of 3 Japanese journalists arrive ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The bodies of three journalists of Japan Broadcasting Corporation (HK), who had died in Gilgit in a road accident on Thursday, were brought to the capital through a...		Emergency wards of 3 Pindi hospitals in poor condition RAWALPINDI, Oct 25: The administrations of three autonomous hospitals in the city have conducted an evaluation of their respective emergency wards and concluded that there is still a lot of room...
No govt can be formed without MMA support, says Liaquat RAWALPINDI, Oct 25: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s (MMA) nominee for the slot of speaker of the National Assembly, Liaquat Baloch, has said no party can form government at the center without the support...		Sheikh Rashid formally joins PML-Q RAWALPINDI, Oct 25: MNA-elect from NA-55 and 56 Sheikh Rashid Ahmed formally joined the PML-Q on Friday....
Eating, smoking in Ramazan banned ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Eating, drinking and smoking at public places during fasting hours in the forthcoming holy month of Ramadan has been prohibited to ensure sanctity of the month....		Two mines dept officials issued show-cause notices CHAKWAL, Oct 25: Show-cause notices have been issued to two officials of the Punjab Mines and Mineral Department for allegedly harassing the staff of a mine and demanding money from them....
PTA, Paktel sign accord ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Paktel and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday signed an agreement under which the Paktel will invest $150 million to switch over from AMPS system to EGSM system....		Need for a women directory on web stressed ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The members of Women in Technology (WIT), a task force on Technology Resources Mobilization Unit (TRMU), discussed the future plans and strategies of the task force, says a...
NGO for ban on under-age smoking ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: A civil society organization has asked the tobacco industry to stop their so-called “youth tobacco prevention” programme and termed it an ineffective project....		Case against 4 FC men registered in Panjgur QUETTA, Oct 25: The police registered a case on Friday against four officials of the Makran Scouts, a wing of the Frontier Corps, for opening up fire on the protesting people...
Ramay nominated PML-Q information secy ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Mian Mohammad Azhar has nominated Anwarul Haq Ramay as party information secretary to replace Begum Abida Hussain, who had resigned from the office in...		Indian shelling kills two in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 25: A teenaged boy and a woman were killed and four people wounded by Indian shelling in Azad Kashmir, police and army said on Friday....
Commuters facing hardships in Swabi SWABI, Oct 25: As transport vehicles have been hired and taken to the Raiwand Tableeghi congregation in large numbers from district Sawabi, the commuters, especially the employees and students, are facing...		Journalists, others go on hunger strike QUETTA, Oct 25: A large number of journalists as well as the activists of the Aurat Foundation and the Citizen Action Committees of many cities observed a three-hour token hunger strike...
24 activists of Ponam held during protest rally QUETTA, Oct 25: The police arrested here on Friday at least 24 activists of the Ponam Students Alliance who were trying to stage a demonstration against the alleged rigging in some...		Chinese firms ready to invest in N. Areas GILGIT, Oct 25: Investors during the “Conference on Investment and Tourism Promotion in Northern Areas, have shown keen interest in the infrastructure development in the Northern Areas....
‘Dr Amir not to be handed over to US’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The interior ministry on Friday categorically stated that the government had no intention to hand over Dr Amir Aziz to the United States....		Many ministers apply for PML-Q tickets ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The sitting federal and provincial ministers have started filing applications with the PML-Q to get their nomination for Senate elections....
Results of 3 NA seats announced ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Friday announced results of three constituencies provisionally to be published in the official gazette....		Japan to grant Rs4.5m for water channel GILGIT, Oct 25: The Japanese government will grant Rs4.5m for construction of a water channel at Khudabad, upper Hunza....
ANP leader resigns KOHAT, Oct 25: Aurangzeb Khan, provincial secretary-general of Awami National Party, has resigned from his post following the defeat of his party in the elections....		Foundation University established ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: The government on Friday established another centre of excellence where the faculties like science, arts and information technology will be set up....
Teachers threaten to stage protest QUETTA, October 25: The Government Teachers Association, Balochistan, has threatened to go on hunger strike till death on Oct 30, if the provincial government does not reinstate 181 teachers sacked in...		‘Public schools be patronised’ ABBOTTABAD, Oct 25: The corps commander of Rawalpindi, Lt-Gen Syed  Arif Hasan, has said the public schools are national assets and they must  be patronised....
Nancy calls on Karimullah ISLAMABAD, Oct 25: US Ambassador Nancy J. Powell, Mission’s Deputy Chief William Monroe and Naval Attache Commander Michael Brooks called on Naval Chief Admiral Shahid Karimullah at the Naval Headquarters on...		Channel built under KPP damaged SKARDU, Oct 25: A water tank and channel, built under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme (KPP) at Chorbat nullah in Ghanche district, was damaged by some unknown people on Thursday night, sources...
EC fails to schedule LB polls in Fata LANDI KOTAL, Oct 25: The government announcement concerning holding of local bodies elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) on Oct 27 appears to have evaporated into thin air as...		MMA vows to get NWFP’s share SWABI, Oct 25: The MPs-elect belonging to the MMA have said the community could no longer by exploited by the Walibagh leaders in the name of Pukhtoon rights and the religious...
Two freed in Spaniard’s murder case CHITRAL, Oct 25: The district and sessions judge, Abdur Rehman Khan, released on bail the wife and daughter of the accused in the killing of a Spanish national, Jordy, who was...		Antiquities Act to be activated PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The NWFP government is activating the Antiquities Act for the protection of cultural heritage and will soon introduce legislation to ease burden on the urban centres in the...
Kidnapper killed in encounter KOHAT, Oct 25: An outlaw, who had kidnapped several businessmen for ransom in Kohat, was killed in an exchange of fire with the law enforcement agencies in the Orakzai tribal agency,...		Contractors in Haripur yet to start work HARIPUR, Oct 25: Many development schemes approved during the last fiscal year by the Tehsil Municipal Administration are yet to be completed, it is learnt....
PPP asks parties to end deadlock PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The NWFP president of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti, has said that delay in the transfer of power will prove harmful for the restoration of democracy....		Power schemes to be ready by next year HARIPUR, Oct 25: The District Council of Haripur through identical resolutions on Thursday criticized the decision of handing over all the water supply schemes to the Tehsil Municipal Administration....
Gas shortage hits Swabi SWABI, Oct 25: The district and its surrounding areas have been hit by a gas shortage for the last one week, and the dealers say it will continue for two more...		Narcotics sale in city continues unabated PESHAWAR, Oct 25: The government has failed to eliminate narcotics as heroin is being sold at several locations in the city with alleged connivance of the law enforcement agencies....
Nurses go on token strike: ‘Kidnap of colleague’ GUJRANWALA, Oct 25: The nursing staff of the local DHQ Hospital went on a token strike against the kidnapping of a nurse by the son of the nursing superintendent from the...		205kg of hashish recovered GUJRAT, Oct 25: Police found 205 kilograms of hashish in two different incidents from Gujrat and Sheikhupura....
RYK airport expansion ends next month SADIQABAD, Oct 25: The Sheikh Zayed Airport, Rahim Yar Khan, will be the fifth airport in the country having landing facilities for big planes after the completion of the expansion work...		SHO injured by dacoits dies at Mayo SIALKOT, Oct 25: The Begowala SHO who was injured in an encounter with dacoits died at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, on Thursday night....
PML-Q leader booked in kidnap case SAHIWAL, Oct 25: Grain Market police on Friday registered a case against the local PML-Q vice-president and his three accomplices for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl....		Fifth body recovered from well TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 25: The body of labourer Ismail was pulled out on Friday morning after the passage of more than 36 hours from the collapsed well of the Government...
TCP to buy clean cotton if mills don’t, says Dawood LAHORE, Oct 25: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) will purchase a ‘modest quantity’ of clean cotton from Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur districts against premium if the mills failed to...		Wapda cuts meter cost LAHORE, Oct 25: Wapda has reduced the single phase meter connection charges by Rs 400, which is effective from Nov 1 next....
Oath under LFO likened to ‘signing death warrant’ LAHORE, Oct 25: By taking oath under the Legal Framework Order the members of parliament would virtually be signing the death warrants of the National Assembly itself by conceding to the...		Doctors’ deadline to govt LAHORE, Oct 25: The Doctors Action Committee on Friday gave a 24-hour deadline to the government for the release of Dr Amer Aziz....
PML-N threatens protest drive LAHORE, Oct 25: The PML-N will launch a protest campaign from Monday in case the regime fails to have Dr Amer Aziz released by Sunday....		Contempt notices to jail heads LAHORE, Oct 25: Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued contempt notices to the superintendents of all the 30 jails in Punjab who had failed...