November 9, 2002	Saturday	Ramazan 3,1423

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Cabinet rejects lawyers draft registration ord ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The government has refused to accept the draft registration (amendment) ordinance, 2002 whereby it was proposed that petition-writers and other persons who did not possess requisite legal qualifications...		No constitutional deadlock in country: Nasrullah ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, chief of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), on Friday said there was no constitutional deadlock in the country and added that still if...
Accused in PTV director murder case acquitted RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: The judge of Anti-Terrorist Court no 1, Manzoor Ahmad Mirza, on Friday, acquitted a man of the charges of killing PTV director Oan Mohammad Rizvi for lack of...		Teachers boycott classes RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: The teachers of several colleges on Friday boycotted classes against the proposal for establishment of board of governors (BOGs) at health and educational institutes....
President pays homage to Allama Iqbal ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal was a gifted poet, political philosopher and Islamic ideologue....		50 arrested for selling substandard food items RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: More than 50 persons — 33 vendors and 18 shopkeepers — were arrested from different parts of the city for selling substandard commodities at high prices, a spokesman...
Asif wants SGS case transferred to another court ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Jailed PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Friday asked an accountability court to transfer the SGS preshipment inspection case against him to some other court....		159 foreigners arrested this year for violation of visa rules ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: As many as 159 foreigners have so far been arrested by the law enforcement agencies this year under the Foreigners Act for violation of visa rules and illegal...
AKU allowed to establish examination board ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: President Pervez Musharraf on Friday promulgated Aga Khan University Examination Board Ordinance 2002 to establish an examination board under government’s policy to encourage public-private partnership....		Sehba in US to attend microcredit summit NEW YORK, Nov 8: First lady Sehba Musharraf arrived here on Friday to lead a delegation to the Microcredit Summit+5 being held Nov 10 to 13....
Rs136m for Indian shelling victims MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 8: Azad Kashmir PM Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has announced a package worth Rs136 million for the people of the areas affected by the Indian shelling, along the Line...		Fuel shortage makes the winter cruel in N. Areas SKARDU, Nov 8: The winter season in the Northern Areas has commenced prior to the usual time, bringing the temperature down to minus three degrees at the Celsius scale....
Pindi police performance on the decline RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: The police performance, tarnished by a series of armed robberies and vehicle-lifting incidents, saw a sharp decline during last 10 months as goods worth Rs14,6046,686 were stolen against...		Shujaat is an ineffective facilitator: JUI-F ISLAMABAD Nov 8: The PLM-Q leader, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, was severely reprimanded by the JUI-F for not being able to effectively play his role as a facilitator between the government and...
No quarrel with Islam, says Bush WASHINGTON, Nov 8: President George W. Bush said on Thursday that America’s war was against a network of terrorists and not against Islam or Muslim civilization....		Musharraf felicitates Jiang ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has congratulated President Jiang Zemin and general secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of China on the beginning of 16th congress...
PIA officials get extension KARACHI, Nov 8: Federal government has extended the contract of Managing Director PIA, Ahmed Saeed and Chief Operating Officer, Khurshid Anwar for a period of two years....		Sindh AG resigns KARACHI, Nov 8: Sindh Advocate-General, Raja Qureshi, on Friday tendered his resignation to the governor, Mohammadmian Soomro....
US media continues to focus on Pakistan elections WASHINGTON, Nov 8: Despite this week’s key mid-term polls and its aftermath at home, the United States media continues to focus on the Oct 10 elections in Pakistan and the Muttahida...		Nawabzada meets Imran, Zafarul Haq ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Chairman ARD, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan on Friday met Chairman, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Imran Khan, at the PTI secretariat and discussed the current political situation and ARD’s stance on constitutional...
Govt fails to serve notices on Nazims: Violation of ban in electioneering KOHAT, Nov 8: The provincial government has failed to serve show-cause notices on some 120 Union Nazims in five districts for violating the ban on taking part in the campaigns for...		Malaria in Haripur spreads HARIPUR, Nov 8: The outbreak of malaria in different parts of the district has left scores of people shivering even in normal temperature, official sources told Dawn here on Thursday...
Rs22m released for irrigation system in Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 8: The NWFP government has released Rs22.5 million for improving irrigation system in the Lakki Marwat district under the Drought Emergency Rehabilitation Assistance (DERA) programme....		Tents given to refugees being sold in market SWABI, Nov 8: The tents given by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Afghan displaced persons in Pakistan are being sold in various localities and business centres, according...
Sick industry contributed to unemployment HARIPUR, Nov 8: Unemployment is one of the big problems confronting the nation today and this could be tackled if a big boost is given to the industrial sector....		Students hold demo for speed-breaker LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 8: More than eight hundred students here on Thursday blocked the Indus Highway in front of Government Degree College to press the local administration for establishing a speed-breaker...
LPG crisis deepens in Mingora MINGORA, Nov 8: Liquefied gas is either not available or being sold at high rates here and the shopkeepers have raised the prices of daily use items. The officials have not taken...		Transporters resent toll tax plaza SWABI, Nov 8: The Swabi Qaumi Mahaz (SQM) has joined the transporters in their protest against the construction of a toll tax plaza by the Frontier Highway Authority on the Swabi-Mardan...
Two killed in accident HARIPUR, Nov 8: At least two people were killed and four sustained  injuries when a bus rammed into a Datsun pick-up near Tarnawa, 22km from here, on Friday....		Refusal to pay graft lands trader in jail MANSEHRA, Nov 8: An importer of Chinese goods implicated by the officials of Ghazikot customs checkpoint in a false case is languishing in jail for the last several weeks....
Azam booked for provocative speech JHANG, Nov 8: MNA-elect Maulana Azam Tariq and five other office-bearers of the banned SSP were booked by Kotwali police under Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order for delivering...		Iqbal Manzil a victim of neglect SIALKOT, Nov 8: No serious effort has ever been made to preserve the 142-year-old Iqbal Manzil, the birthplace of Allama Muhammad Iqbal....
Three girls killed in the name of honour MIANWALI, Nov 8: Three girls who had run away from home were killed by their uncles on their return, their parents told police on Friday....		Garjakh Nazim accused of corruption GUJRANWALA, Nov 8: Eighteen councillors of Garjakh union council, including Naib Nazim, expressed their concern over the misappropriation of funds by the Nazim and moved the district coordination officer and tehsil...
No gas during Sehr, Iftar SIALKOT, Nov 8: There are complaints of gas suspension and low pressure in residential areas of Sialkot and Daska during Sehr and Iftar....		Ex-MPA Sarwar Jora dies GUJRAT, Nov 8: Former PPP MPA and veteran politician Chau-dhry Muhammad Sarwar Jora died here on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 70.—APP...
Masked men beat up auditors, snatch cash FAISALABAD, Nov 8: Two masked men thrashed district and assistant audit officers and deprived them of cash from a room of hostels of the district health department centre in the Civil...		Breach in Jhang canal plugged after 20 hours TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 8: The breach in Jhang branch canal was plugged on Friday morning by the farmers and the irrigation staff after a struggle of more than 20 hours....
JAC hurls another warning at govt LAHORE, Nov 8: The Joint Action Committee of teachers, doctors and students has demanded that the government should abolish the boards of governors in educational and health institutions and repeal the...		Hashmi rejects national govt idea LAHORE, Nov 8: PML-N acting president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Friday rejected the proposed national government, declaring that any such step would be extra-constitutional....
Prevent govt from flouting mandate, says Tarar LAHORE, Nov 8: Rafiq Tarar, who still claims to be the constitutional president of the country, said here on Friday that the nation should wake up and prevent the regime from...		JI on NA session LAHORE, Nov 8: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) secretary-general Syed Munawar Hasan has said the secular pro-American lobby is continuously trying to prevent the formation of a truly representative government in the country....
Tussle between police and bureaucracy LAHORE, Nov 8: The provincial home secretary did not announce what it was believed to be the sharing of power between him and the IGP under the new police law because...		Quran khwani at Iqbal’s mausoleum LAHORE, Nov 8: The 125th birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal is being celebrated on Saturday (today). It will be a public holiday and all government offices, banks, educational institutions, industries and...