November 8, 2002	Friday	Ramazan 2,1423

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Jamali says he won’t quit race for PM slot ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Secretary-general of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and the party’s candidate for prime ministership, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Thursday that he would not step down for any...		Lawyers flay Supreme Court decision ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Supreme Court Bar Association will soon convene a meeting to consider the issue of withdrawal of the status of senior advocate from the SCBA president, Hamid Khan,...
Help sought for quake victims GILGIT, Nov 7: The leaders of various political and social organizations of the Diamer district have asked the people of the Northern Areas to contribute to the relief funds for the...		Marri terms uplift plans ‘exploitation’ QUETTA, Nov 7: A Baloch nationalist leader, Nawab Khair Bukhsh Marri, has termed the development activities in Balochistan exploitation of the locals, and said the government and its ministers were making...
Govt believes in freedom of Press: Nisar ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Nisar A. Memon has said that the government believes in freedom of expression....		PPP refrains members from statements ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The People’s Party Parliamentarians asked its elected members on Thursday to refrain from making public statements on controversial issues....
PMAP man declared elected from PB-13 QUETTA, Nov 7: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court on Thursday declared Abdul Majeed Achakzai of the Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) elected on PB-13 (Killa Abdullah-3) while accepting...		Three PTCL men missing QUETTA, Nov 7: Three officials of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) had gone missing since Nov 5 and it was apprehended that they had been kidnapped....
PIA inducts Boeing aircraft KARACHI, Nov 7: PIA inducted another Boeing 747-300 aircraft into its fleet on Thursday that will be operated on the US and European routes....		Teachers, students hold rally against BoGs MULTAN, Nov 7: Teachers and students of local public sector schools, colleges and technical educational institutions staged a protest rally on Thursday against the privatization of education....
Labour dept fails to implement labour laws FAISALABAD, Nov 7: The labour welfare department has miserably failed to implement the labour laws in industrial units as a result of which labourers are facing a number of problems....		Ramazan a boon to profiteers, hoarders FAISALABAD, Nov 7: The month of Ramazan has always been a boon to profiteers, hoarders and blackmarketeers....
Sodara firing toll rises to seven GUJRANWALA, Nov 7: Death toll in Sodara firing incident rose to seven as a child succumbed to his injuries on Thursday....		Breach occurs in Jhang Branch Canal TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 7: Hundreds of acres of crops were inundated on Wednesday night as a breach occurred in Jhang Branch Canal near Janiwala at Chak 286-JB....
Vegetables prices up as TMA imposes taxes SAHIWAL, Nov 7: The city tehsil municipal administration has imposed two taxes on venders in the Green Market, as a result the prices of all vegetables have increased manifold....		Rs8.8m Zakat distributed NAROWAL, Nov 7: A sum of Rs8.8 million has been distributed among 5,870 deserving people by the Zakat and Ushr department, Narowal district....
PAEC plan to reclaim land FAISALABAD, Nov 7: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) will reclaim 25,000 acres of saline land at an estimated cost of Rs178 million to boost the agrarian economy....		Multan Bar lends support to Hamid MULTAN, Nov 7: The Lahore High Court Bar Association, Multan bench, has expressed full support for Supreme Court Bar Association president Hamid Khan for what its resolution said his principled stand....
House looted in Okara OKARA, Nov 7: Five armed dacoits looted the house of a lawyer in Chak 15/GD some 30km away from the city....		Govt urged to convene NA session forthwith PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal has criticised postponement of the National Assembly session and called upon the rulers to desist from repeating the 1971 blunder, which led to the dismemberment...
Councillor ‘manhandled’ by Wapda men KOHAT, Nov 7: A councillor was given a severe thrashing by the employees of Wapda, Kohat urban subdivision, here on Wednesday, when he went to the office to register a complaint...		Relaxed visa rules may encourage Afghan influx PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR) has voiced concern over the relaxation in the issuance of visa to Afghans by Pakistani mission in Kabul, warning that it may...
Transport fares increased SWABI, Nov 7: Transporters have increased the fares on all routes without permission from the district government or administration, citing the unabated increase in prices of petroleum products....		MMA to serve people: Durrani PESHAWAR, Nov 7: NWFP chief minister-designate Akram Khan Durrani has reiterated his commitment to set an unparalleled precedence of public service....
Court summons ASP, SHO in murder case PESHAWAR, Nov 7: A local court here on Thursday summoned an assistant superintendent of police, Dar Ali Khattak, and an SHO Shakirullah Bangash, in connection with the murder of a Union...		PPP-PML-Q cooperation can resolve crisis LAHORE, Nov 7: In what may be regarded as a dramatic shift in the party’s earlier stand, PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has proposed the establishment of a government of national...
‘Constitution Day’ by lawyers on 14th LAHORE, Nov 7: Lawyers will observe Nov 14 as the Constitution Day.This was decided at a meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association here on Thursday, which had been...		Jailed Afridi complains of lack of facilities LAHORE, Nov 7: The owner and editor-in-chief of The Frontier Post, Rehmat Shah Afridi, sentenced to death in a narcotics case, broke down at a meeting with reporters in his Kot...
Judgment on LFO reserved LAHORE, Nov 7: Justice Mohammad Saeed Akhtar of the Lahore High Court on Thursday reserved his judgment on Pakistan Lawyers Forum’s (PLF) petition against the validity of Legal Framework Order 2002....		Passengers to record travel history: Lahore airport LAHORE, Nov 7: The Personal Identification Secured and Comparison Evaluation System (PISCES) installed at the Lahore airport to computerize the record of passengers travelling into and out of the country is...
PA to be convened after NA LAHORE, Nov 7: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the first session of the Punjab Assembly would be convened after the announcement of the date of National Assembly session....		Jamaat rejects PPP overtures LAHORE, Nov 7: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) is not taking seriously the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians’ demands package for cooperation in government formation....
Food business boom LAHORE, Nov 7: Make-shift eateries have cropped up across the provincial capital with the advent of Ramazan....		CEMB made official DNA test lab LAHORE, Nov 7: The Centre of Excellence for Molecular Biology (CEMB) has been made the official DNA testing laboratory of the Punjab government....
Chattha not to vote for Fazl LAHORE, Nov 7: The PML (Chattha) will not vote for Maulana Fazlur Rehman in case he insists on staying in race for the office of the prime minister, it is reliably...		Ministry refuses to give CAA officers pay raise RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The finance ministry has rejected to give a pay raise to the officer cadres of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), while the same has been granted to the...
IFIs dictating terms for future setup: PRM ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The International Financial Institutions (IFIs) are directly interfering in the political independence of the country by dictating their terms for the future civilian government’s economic policies....		28 depts served notices for not paying dues ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Some 28 government and semi-government departments have been served notices for not paying property tax and water charges amounting to Rs145 million, sources told Dawn here on Thursday....
Microcredit schemes for women empowerment underlined ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The first lady, Sehba Musharraf, will lead a 11-member Pakistani delegation to the ‘Microcredit Summit + 5’ to be held from November 10 to 13 in New York....		Ex-MNA booked in fraud case ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Golra police have registered a case of fraud against the former MNA and Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader, Ghulam Hassan Cheema, and his son, Tasaddaq Hussain Cheema, for...
Smoker triggers fire alarm at airport RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: A man landing at Islamabad International Airport sent fire alarms ringing when he smoked cigarette close to a smoke detector at the arrival lounge....		Economy may suffer due to deadlock: PML-Q ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: PML-Q vice-president and MNA-elect Mian Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said a lack of consensus about the formation of government could damage the growing confidence in Pakistan’s economy and...
Man awarded death sentence on 3 counts RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The additional district and sessions judge, Mohammad Sarwar Sidhu, on Thursday awarded death sentence on three counts and 100 lashes to a person, who had killed his aunt...		Call to change tax collection system ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The leaders of the local trade bodies have asked the government to change the existing tax collection system....
CDA under pressure for Lodges’ allotment ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has come under severe pressures from the newly-elected MNAs seeking accommodation in Parliament Lodges, an official in the authority told Dawn....		Coordination between Bar, Bench stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Strong coordination between bar and bench is must for the quick and easy dispensation of justice to the masses, said Chaudhry Asad Raza, District and Session Judge Islamabad...