November 3, 2002	Sunday	Sha’aban 27,1423

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2 police officials held in Nazim’s murder case PESHAWAR, Nov 2: An assistant superintendent of police (ASP), Dar Ali Khattak and a station house officer (SHO), Shakirullah Bangash, were taken into custody here on Saturday in connection with the...		MMA tally in NWFP PA rises to 68: Names for reserved seats notified PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The tally of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal in the 124-member NWFP Assembly has increased to 68 after the Election Commission notified the names of successful candidates on seats reserved for...
Six get life term for killing cop HARIPUR, Nov 2: The additional district and sessions judge of Haripur has awarded life term to six accused in the murder case of a head constable and also fined them Rs110,000...		Fazl says deadlock created by LFO PESHAWAR, Nov 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s candidate for prime minister, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has termed the Legal Framework Order as the main reason behind the prevailing political deadlock in the country....
Galyat uplift funds lapse ABBOTTABAD, Nov 2: The provincial government has taken back Rs10 million uplift funds from the Galyat Development Authority as the money could not be used within the stipulated period....		SP Dir vows to stamp out corruption TIMERGARA, Nov 2: The superintendent of police, Dir lower, Sajid Ali Khan, has said the police force would be made true servant of the masses, and the hatred and fear which...
Three die,210 fall ill in Gujrat: Contaminated water supply GUJRAT, Nov 2: Three persons died while at least 210 others became ill after drinking water supplied by the TMA at Mohallah Arian here in the industrial area....		Boy injured as landmine goes off SIALKOT, Nov 2: A minor boy sustained serious injuries early Saturday morning in a landmine blast in bordering Bhagor Kalan village of Sialkot working boundary’s Zafarwal-Shakargarh-Narowal sector....
No salary for surplus staff FAISALABAD, Nov 2: Around 2,000 employees of various departments, who were sent to the surplus pool after the introduction of local government system, have not been salaries for the last many...		Accused who burnt himself after police torture dies MULTAN, Nov 2: An alleged dacoit who set himself on fire a few days ago in the Haram Gate police lock-up died on Saturday in the burn unit of Nishtar Hospital....
Acid attack MULTAN, Nov 2: A married woman sustained burns in acid attack here on Saturday morning....		Outlaws strike 11 times FAISALABAD, Nov 2: Unidentified bandits made off with thousands of rupees in cash, ornaments and hijacked six motorcycles and a car in 11 different strikes in and around the city during...
Qasim Bagh to house food street in Multan MULTAN, Nov 2: The Punjab Horticulture Authority Director-General has selected the eastern part of the Qasim Bagh fort for the establishment of a cultural village and a food street here....		Maj Akbar was not ‘abducted’ FAISALABAD, Nov 2: A spokesman of the Raja Riaz family on Saturday rejected the claim of Ms Azra, second wife of ex-MPA Maj Sajjad Akbar, that her husband had been abducted...
PMA asks governor, ministers to quit MULTAN, Nov 2: The Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Medical Association has demanded resignation of the Punjab governor, health, education ministers and secretaries....		Canal closure causes water crisis BAHAWALPUR, Nov 2: Irrigation water crisis deepened in the district due to continuous closure of canals....
Hafizabad gas supply project HAFIZABAD, Nov 2: Governor Khalid Maqbool on Saturday opened work on the Hafizabad gas supply project....		Agri varsity clarifies FAISALABAD, Nov 2: The University of Agriculture’s directorate of advances studies has clarified that the last date for the receipt of forms for admission to various courses is Nov 5....
Police illicit arms recovery ‘unreliable’ GUJRAT, Nov 2: The authenticity of illicit arms possession cases registered in 16 police stations of the district during the arms recovery drive has become questionable following a departmental probe’s finding...		SAB opposes Water Management Ord HYDERABAD, Nov 2: The working committee of the Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) has expressed concern over the announcement of power policy and promulgation of the Water Management Ordinance....
Diabetes affects 13.6pc of Sindh’s rural population LARKANA, Nov 2: Over 4.3 million persons in Pakistan have been positively diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus and this figure is likely to swell to 17 million by 2025....		Elderly man electrocuted NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 2: Haji Mohammad Kalhoro, 75, was electrocuted by a live electric wire, which had fallen in the field....
Prices of essential commodities fixed SUKKUR, Nov 2: The district coordination officer (DCO), Sukkur, Pir Ziaul Haq Suharwardy, on Saturday announced the refixed maximum retail price of 67 essential commodities....		Inquiry begins DADU, Nov 2: A high-level inquiry has been initiated into the deaths of five persons, who were killed in a stampede on Oct 25 on the first day of the Urs...
‘Feudal system root cause of social evils’ SUKKUR, Nov 2: The feudal system and bribery are the root causes of many evils in Pakistan and they must be rooted out....		Re-polling at one station held SANGHAR, Nov 2: Re-polling was held on Saturday on PS-83 (Shahdadpur) at the Government Degree College polling station....
Demo held against Dr Amir’s arrest MIRPURKHAS, Nov 2: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal held a demonstration here on Saturday against the arrest of Dr Amir Aziz....		Jirga settles tribal feud SHIKARPUR, Nov 2: A Jirga settled a two-year-old feud between the Kalhoro and the Jatoi tribes....
New telephone lines MIRPURKHAS, Nov 2: Gen-eral manager, Pakistan Tele-communication Company, southern region-I, Muzaffar Ali Arain, has said that the PTCL has approved 1,800 telephones connections for Mirpurkhas city and added that 300 new...		AJK doctors asked to serve in rural areas MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 2: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has asked the medical fraternity to prepare and devote itself to serve the people of rural areas who constituted almost ninety...
PML-N wins NA-263, Loralai QUETTA, Nov 2: Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar of Pakistan Muslim League-N has been elected to the National Assembly from NA-263 Loralai....		Govt to buy ship for research work ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has okayed the acquisition of an oceanographic research vessel for the development of maritime functional requirements of various ministries and agencies, and for the...
Pakistani opens computer centre in US AUSTIN (TEXAS), Nov 2: The Mayor of Austin (Texas), Gus Garcia, opened the largest computer training centre of the city, Cybertex, owned by a Pakistani businessman the other day....		Maulana Wasay MMA leader in BA QUETTA, Nov 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has nominated Maulana Abdul Wasay parliamentary party leader of MMA in Balochistan Assembly....
MPAs on reserved Balochistan seats ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Following is the list of successful candidates elected on the seats reserved for women in the Balochistan Assembly as announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan....		Nisar named assembly leader ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: The exiled leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, have appointed their closest comrade and an MNA-elect, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, as...
Govt vows to help end power crisis GILGIT, Nov 2: The chief executive of Northern Areas, Nisar A. Memon, has said that representatives of a Chinese firm would soon visit Gilgit and finalize a plan with the regional...		PPP-SB elects office-bearers QUETTA, Nov 2: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP-SB), Balochistan, announced office-bearers of its Quetta district organization on Friday....
Siddiq served notice ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Managing Director of Ajami Associate, Fazal Qadir Ajami, on Friday served a notice on information secretary of PML-N, Siddiqul Farooque, to pay immediately US $50 million for issuing...		Nashad, SSP, two cops manhandled GILGIT, Nov 2: Some activists of the defunct Tehrik-i-Jafaria Pakistan manhandled Northern Areas Deputy Chief Executive Fida Nashad, SSP Gilgit Dilpazeer and three other policemen of the federal minister’s escort....
PPP won’t accept govt pressure: Asif LAHORE, Nov 2: Asif Ali Zardari, spouse of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto, said on Saturday that his party would not come under government’s pressure on any issue....		Considerable quantity of drugs seized, destroyed QUETTA, Nov 2: The law enforcement agencies have seized around 1.6 ton of drugs, which include hashish and morphine, in three different raids in Chaman, Nushki and Dalbandin and arrested four...