November 13, 2002	Wednesday	Ramazan 7, 1423

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Islamabad Expressway Project in doldrums ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) Islamabad Expressway Project is in doldrums owing to a delay in the construction of four main bridges, sources said....		20 crisis centres for women to be set up ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The women development ministry will set up 20 crisis centres for women at the district level with Rs500,000 as an endowment fund in each province....
NRB asked to give proposals: Promotion of good governance ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), after becoming a part of prime minister secretariat, has been asked to generate fundamental thoughts on promoting good governance to strengthen democracy through the...		ADBP starts payments to relieved officers: Golden handshake scheme ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) starts making payments to the relieved officers under the voluntary golden handshake scheme after the completion of necessary formalities....
Delay in power transfer to create crisis: Imran ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday warned of a major political crisis that could threaten the very foundations of the country in case the ruling elite created...		PN pursuing to acquire F-22 frigates from China, says naval chief ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: In order to radiate credible combat power in its area of interest, Pakistan Navy (PN) is actively pursuing the acquisition of F-22 frigates from China....
Law ministry minutely examining cantt ord for approval RAWALPINDI, Nov 12: Ministry of Law has not yet approved the draft cantonment ordinance 2002 prepared by the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), well-placed sources told Dawn on Tuesday....		Newly-married woman sent to Darul Aman RAWALPINDI, Nov 12: The civil judge, Hidayatullah Shah, on Tuesday directed the police to shift a newly-wed woman to Darul Aman after her husband left her alone....
Minister rules out fresh elections ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Federal Minister of Law, Justice and Human Rights Dr Khalid Ranjha on Tuesday ruled out fresh elections in the country and said the inaugural session of the National...		Traders flay CBR for issuing notices ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The organizing secretary of Traders Action Committee, Ajmal Baloch, and other office-bearers have criticised the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) for issuing notices to the traders of Rawalpindi...
Professors oppose BoG plan ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Punjab Science Professors Association has asked the provincial government to immediately withdraw the decision of establishing boards of governors (BoG) in the colleges....		Accountability law being applied selectively: PPP ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The People‘s Party Parliamentarians has expressed concern over the reports that President Pervez Musharraf has decided to write off millions of rupees recoverable from the former Senate chairman,...
Petrol pump, oil tanker owners observe strike QUETTA, Nov 12: Petrol pump and oil tanker owners went on strike for an indefinite period on Tuesday in Balochistan in protest against the illegal sale of smuggled Iranian petrol and...		Death of Asif’s mother condoled ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The former prime minister and PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, on hearing the news of her mother-in-law‘s death expressed her condolences to her in-laws by telephone....
Govt to withdraw judge’s appointment notification ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the government had decided to withdraw the notification, appointing Justice Fakharunisa Khokhar, a judge of the Lahore High Court, as...		NAB conducted probe against 879 persons ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The National Accountability Bureau has, over the last three years, investigated as many as 879 persons allegedly involved in scams ranging from embezzlement to overstepping official powers....
Nasrullah calls for convening of NA ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy Chairman Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, on Tuesday linked the decision of the ARD about formation of government with the summoning of National Assembly’s inaugural...		Students burn down principal’s office QUETTA, Nov 12: Protesting students burned down the principal’s office and another portion of the Bolan Medical College on Tuesday....
Girl dies in shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 12: A teenaged girl was killed and an infant wounded in Azad Kashmir in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control, officials said here on Tuesday....		Rind to lead National Alliance in PA QUETTA, Nov 12: National Alliance on Monday elected Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind as its parliamentary party leader in the Balochistan Assembly....
Five police officers promoted to BS-22 ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The establishment division on Tuesday issued a notification, promoting five grade-21 officers to grade-22....		Delhi asked to end reign of terror ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan on Tuesday described the Nov 11 grenade attack at the office of the Democratic Freedom Party in Srinagar as another act of intimidation by the Indian occupation...
Defaulters’ paddy confiscated GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: The Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) on Tuesday took into custody paddy of about 300 landlords and farmers of Naushera Virkan and Kamoki tehsils and three harvesters...		Kidney sale continues unabated SARGODHA, Nov 12: Kidney-selling has assumed alarming proportions in Sultanpur Mela, Bhalwal Tehsil, which nevertheless forms a small part of the illegal network that extends up to Rawalpindi....
Businessmen worry over robberies FAISALABAD, Nov 12: A dozen trade bodies have expressed grave concern over ‘alarming rise’ in dacoities, highway robberies and vehicle thefts in the district....		BEd student dies, her brother hurt on road OKARA, Nov 12: A BEd student was run over while her brother and his friend sustained serious injuries on the GT Road near Sutlej High School on Tuesday....
No check on price hike, encroachments BAHAWALPUR, Nov 12: The district and tehsil governments have failed to check the menace of price hike and increasing encroachments in markets....		Cotton research centres closed SADIQABAD, Nov 12: Research centres in Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Vehari and Mianwali have been closed for unknown reasons....
Light rain in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 12: Light rain has been reported in the district and adjoining areas....		Bus stand contractors ‘overcharging’ transporters SARGODHA, Nov 12: Contractors are allegedly overcharging the users of wagon-stand and General Bus Stand in full knowledge of the municipal administration....
Sadiq Public School’s former principal dies LAHORE, Nov 12: Abu Zafar Haneef, former principal, Sadiq Public High School, Bahawalpur and ex-bursar, Aitchison College, died here on Tuesday. He was 85....		Industrial pollution increasing in Hattar HARIPUR, Nov 12: Industrial waste and emissions from certain industrial units in Hattar have become a major source of environmental pollution which result in spreading diseases of various kinds among the...
FEF colleges not affiliated with relevant varsities PESHAWAR, Nov 12: The Frontier Education Foundation (FEF), a private investor in education sector, has opened seven colleges in the province, but none of them is affiliated with their respective secondary...		16 Pakistanis freed from Kabul arrive PESHAWAR, Nov 12: Sixteen Pakistanis released from Kabul prison, arrived at the Torkham checkpoint late Monday night....
Demos held against irrigation officials KHAIRPUR, Nov 12: The growers of Sobhodero and Kot Diji taluka held protest demonstrations on Tuesday to protest against the irrigation officials for creating water shortage in their respective minors....		Factory workers demand dues SUKKUR, Nov 12: A large number of employees of the Pak-Saudi Fertilizer held a protest demonstration outside the Pak-Saudi Fertilizer Factory, Mirpur Mathelo, on Tuesday against the factory’s administration for not...
22 representatives sacked SUKKUR, Nov 12: The director, NADRA regional office, Sukkur, has terminated the services of 22 representatives for embezzling form fees, which had been collected by them for issuing computerized national identity...		Malik Agani, son shot dead near Larkana LARKANA, Nov 12: Known Sindhi short story writer and playwright Mohammed Safar alias Malik Agani and his son, Tanveer, were shot dead and their six relatives were injured by some assailants...
Maqbool hints at one dish at weddings LAHORE, Nov 12: Governor Khalid Maqbool agreed on Tuesday that people were worried about the lifting of the ban on serving food at weddings, hinting at the permission of only one...		Pakistan’s request turned down: Moin: Kasi’s sentence LAHORE, Nov 12: The US government has turned down Pakistan government’s request that the sentence of Aimal Kasi should be commuted....
Plea to stay Kasi’s execution dismissed LAHORE, Nov 12: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition seeking the court intervention to staying the execution of Mir Aimal Kasi by the...		Law to ‘prevent’ thalassaemia LAHORE, Nov 12: Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider has said that he has urged the health ministry and the World Health Organization to bring about a law to prevent thalassaemia....
Dental college’s campus LAHORE, Nov 12: Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated on Tuesday the city campus of the de’ Montmorency College of Dentistry at the Government Nawaz Sharif Hospital, Yakki Gate....		PML-N protests delay in session LAHORE, Nov 12: PML-N legislators-elect from Lahore held a demonstration in front of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday to demand that the regime should immediately call sessions of the National Assembly...
Human organs sale: reports sought from IG, home secy LAHORE, Nov 12: The Lahore High Court directed the Punjab inspector-general of police and the home secretary on Tuesday to submit reports in respect of the sale of human organs in...		MMA meets in Karachi today LAHORE, Nov 12: The supreme council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is meeting in Karachi on Wednesday (today) to decide whether the religious parties alliance will join hands with other parties...
PIC doctor summoned LAHORE, Nov 12: An accountability court on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the medical certificate of a NAB accused, detained at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC)....		Two freed from illegal detention of police LAHORE, Nov 12: Two alleged robbers, who had been in the illegal custody of a police sub-inspector for the last one month, were recovered on Tuesday....
SKMT starts diploma in lab technology LAHORE, Nov 12: The Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre has launched a one-year diploma course in medical laboratory technology....		Hashmi not yet released LAHORE, Nov 12: Imprisoned PML-N acting president Makh-doom Javed Hashmi could not be released from the Camp Jail on Tuesday....