October 28, 2002	Monday	Sha’aban 21,1423

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Curbs put on foreigners to own newspapers ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The federal government has imposed restriction on the foreigners’ ownership of newspapers in Pakistan, ordering that no foreigner can own or hold any interest in any newspaper from...		Islamabad wants firm ties with Kabul: Mengal QUETTA, Oct 27: Governor Amirul Mulk Mengal has said that Pakistan is ready to extend all possible cooperation and assistance to Afghanistan for the reconstruction....
Pakistani girl’s ‘killer’ held KUWAIT CITY, Oct 27: Kuwait authorities on Sunday arrested a Kuwaiti national for raping and brutally murdering a seven-year-old Pakistani girl, Kareema....		AIOU services lauded QUETTA, Oct 27: President Pervez Musharraf welcomed holding of Allama Iqbal Open University convocation in Quetta and said it reflected the acceptance and success of its educational programmes in the province....
Minister accused of corruption ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Sunday accused federal minister for communication and railways Javed Ashraf Qazi of receiving kickbacks and commissions worth Rs5 billion from the illegal...		BNM flays result ‘reversal’ of PB-48 QUETTA, Oct 27: The Balochistan National Movement (BNM) has announced to continue its protest against the reversal of the result of the PB-48 Kech-I constituency in favour of the defeated candidate...
Black Day observed in Abu Dhabi ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Kashmiri and the Pakistani expatriates in Abu Dhabi observed Sunday as a ‘Black Day’ to denounce the Indian atrocities and the sham elections in the held Kashmir....		Media urged to promote family planning QUETTA, Oct 27: The media should play its vital role in removing the misconception regarding family planning programme in the rural areas of the country and create awareness among the people...
9 hurt as bus overturns MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 27: Nine people, including three children, were injured when a passenger bus overturned near here on Sunday....		Ex-army man killed by son GILGIT, Oct 27: A former subedar of the Army was axed to death on Saturday allegedly by the son over a domestic row in Matumdas, 26kms north of here, police sources...
Benazir may meet Rocca ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson is expected to meet the US assistant secretary of state, Christina B. Rocca, next week in Washington....		APHC leader leaves for S. Arabia ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Kashmir chapter leader, Prof Mohammad Ashraf Saraf, left Islamabad on Sunday for Saudi Arabia to participate in a conference....
15 to visit Thailand on ‘WB sponsorship’ MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 27: A group of 15 people, most of them government officials, will visit Thailand early next month to have an “interaction with stakeholders working on World Bank- funded projects...		Incentives for Gadoon industries to be sought SWABI, Oct 27: The newly-elected members to the national and provincial assemblies from the Swabi district on Sunday declared their priorities, saying they would try to restore some of the incentives...
Sehwan death toll rises to 12 DADU, Oct 27: Four people, who were injured in an accident near Sehwan on Saturday, died in the Dadu Civil Hospital on Sunday, raising the death toll to 12....		Disease, water shortage damage rice crop SUKKUR, Oct 27: Growers blamed shortage of water, eruption of crop diseases and apathy of the irrigation department for drastic reduction in Jacobabad district’s rice harvest....
Cement factory privatization cancelled THATTA, Oct 27: The Privatization Commission has confiscated Rs50 million security amount and cancelled the deal made to sell the Thatta Cement Factory....		MMA reiterates claim to premiership DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Oct 27: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Saturday that the MMA will not back out from its demand for the slot of prime minister....
‘Struggle for Pakhtoon rights to continue’ CHARSADDA, Oct 27: Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao, chief of his own faction of People’s Party, has said that his party would step up its struggle for  the rights of the Pakhtoons and for...		Two confess to kidnapping KOHAT, Oct 27: Two persons arrested in connection with the  kidnapping of a councillor and his two friends have admitted to having masterminded the plot for ransom, police said on Sunday....
Protesters block KKH MANSEHRA, Oct 27: The residents of Shinkiari blocked the Karakoram Highway on Sunday to protest against non-supply of water to the town for the last few weeks....		Razzak Maher remembered LARKANA, Oct 27: A function was held here Saturday night to remember the services of the late Razzak Maher — a famous television playwright and known Sindhi short-story writer....
Enquiry into alleged rigging begins SANGHAR, Oct 27: The provincial election commissioner of Balochistan, Chaudhry Qamar Zaman, reached Khipro and started an enquiry into the alleged rigging in elections at NA-235 (Khipro and Jam Nawaz Ali...		Faisalabad govt to levy toll on main roads FAISALABAD, Oct 27: The district government has decided in principle to introduce toll on all the five main roads of the city....
Kashmiris observe ‘black day’ SIALKOT, Oct 27: The Kashmiri people residing in Sialkot and Narowal districts observed a ‘black day’ on Sunday to condemn Indian invasion of Kashmir on Oct 27, 1947....		Tenants vow to continue struggle: Land ownership MULTAN, Oct 27: Anjuman Mazareen Punjab has reiterated its pledge to continue the struggle for tenants’s right to own land on 21 state-run military and agricultural farms in the Punjab....
Delay in govt formation described as crisis MULTAN, Oct 27: The Pakistan Seraiki Party has termed the inordinate delay in the formation of governments at centre and the provinces ‘a crisis of the state’....		MMA to sit with opposition if Fazal’s bid fails OKARA, Oct 27: The MMA will help form a sound opposition in National Assembly if Maulana Fazalur Rehman fails in his bid for the office of prime minister....
5 killed in accidents GUJRANWALA, Oct 27: Five people, including two children, were killed and two dozen others injured in separate road accidents here on Sunday....		MMA for Senate polls schedule FAISALABAD, Oct 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has demanded immediate announcement of the Senate election schedule....
Doctors observe token strike FAISALABAD, Oct 27: Doctors and para-medical staff of the Allied and DHQ hospitals observed a token strike to express their resentment over the arrest of Dr Amir Aziz....		Woman commits suicide GUJRANWALA, Oct 27: An elderly woman committed suicide in Kamoki on Sunday....
Clarification This is to clarify that Mr Jahangir Khan Tareen, son of Mr Allah Nawaz Khan Tareen, elected MNA from NA-195, Rahim Yar Khan district, has no relationship or any other connection...		Kashmiris observe black day LAHORE, Oct 27: Various organizations of Kashmiris observed black day on Sunday on the anniversary of the invasion of Kashmir by Indian troops on Oct 27, 1947....
Plebiscite only solution LAHORE, Oct 27: Justice Raja Afrasiab Khan (retired) has urged the international community to help the people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir by using its good offices to prevail upon India...		Pervaiz claim LAHORE, Oct 27: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, PML-Q candidate for chief minister, said on Sunday that he would complete his cabinet in three phases....
Tableeghi moot concludes LAHORE, Oct 27: The four-day Tableeghi moot concluded at Raiwind on Sunday morning with a grand prayer attended by hundreds of thousands of people....		Ring road project reviewed LAHORE, Oct 27: Land acquisition for the 77 kilometre ring road will commence as soon as the ongoing survey for its construction is completed....
Parties urged to be flexible LAHORE, Oct 27: MNA-elect from Rawalpindi Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has called upon political parties to be flexible in their approach in the formation of government or power that may ‘slaughter’ the...		Minorities seek seats in Senate ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) chairman, Shahbaz Bhatti, has pledged that the government should reserve seats for the minorities in the upper house of parliament....
Steps taken to check hoarding in Ramazan RAWALPINDI, Oct 27: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has adopted measures to check hoarding and increase in prices of commodities during Ramazan, official sources told Dawn....		Saving schemes for expats to be launched today ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The national saving schemes (Defence Savings Certificates and Special Savings Certificates) of the government of Pakistan are scheduled to be launched for overseas Pakistanis in Dubai on Monday,...
Youth stabbed to death RAWALPINDI, Oct 27: A youngman was stabbed to death by his rival in Asghar Mall Scheme late Saturday night....		CDA fails to develop D-12, E-12 sectors ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to develop D-12 and E-12 sectors despite making allotments and receiving development charges amounting to Rs2.7 billion from plot-owners....