November 29, 2002	Friday	Ramazan 23, 1423

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One-third population lives in cities: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: One-third of the country’s population lives in the urban areas, the Pakistan Human Condition Report, 2002, showed....		Contingency peace plan for Eid prepared ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Thursday issued a contingency plan to maintain law and order during Eid days....
Musharraf expresses solidarity with Palestinians ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said Pakistan shares the anguish and deep concern of the world community over the continued Israeli atrocities and occupation of Palestinian territories....		Drug pusher gets four-year RI ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: A drug smuggler was awarded four years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 for smuggling case here on Thursday....
Challan in D-12 case submitted to court RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: The police investigation cell, Islamabad, on Thursday presented challan in D-12 development case in the Anti-Terrorist Court no 2, comprising Judge Safdar Hussain Malik....		Ata seeks more funds for varsities ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Higher Education Commission chairman, Prof (Dr) Attaur Rahman, has expressed concern over the lack of funds for the enhancement and development of science departments of public-sector universities....
Nazim asks civic agencies to check illegal constructions RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: The district government on Thursday asked the civic agencies to check the construction of commercial buildings without designs approved by the Tehsil Municipal Administration, officials said....		Minister asks Ufone to expand network ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The information technology minister, Awais Ahmad Leghari, on Thursday, asked Ufone to expand its network to more towns and cities, particularly focusing on the rural areas....
PML-Q activists sent to jail ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The political activists of Pakistan Muslim League (QA), Farooq Mughal and Tariq Mehmood, were sent on judicial remand to Adiala Jail....		New envoy to Greece appointed ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The government has appointed Habibur Rehman ambassador to the Hellenic Republic of Greece....
Rashid for objective coverage of events ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Minister of Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Thursday said the government had planned to enlarge the viewers’ choice for the electronic channels that would ultimately cultivate...		AIOU deans face corruption charges ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: All the four deans of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) have been found involved in various scams, reliable sources told this reporter....
Qazi assures Jamali of MMA support ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The MMA parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Qazi Hussain Ahmed, has said that a democratic government cannot be run with the support of weak crutches and demanded...		Pakistan customs laws not applicable in AJK ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide the issue whether the importers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were subject to Pakistani custom laws or not....
Hamid may get finance portfolio ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The government is likely to allocate the portfolio of minister of state for finance to Hamid Hayat Khan Hiraj, who has already been inducted in the Jamali cabinet...		Islamabad-Moscow JWG moot on 2nd ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: A high-level official delegation will be leaving shortly for Moscow to attend the inaugural meeting of the recently established Pakistan-Russia joint working group on counter-terrorism, sources told Dawn...
‘SC will be moved to get defectors disqualified’ Faraz Hashmi ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) will file a case in the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of the 10 party dissidents on the basis of Article 63 of the...		Govt won’t last long, says Asif ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Jailed PPP leader Asif Zardari on Thursday said that the President Gen Pervez Musharraf would soon be packing up as the government would not last long....
Annan greets Jamali ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 : United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has congratulated Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on assumption of the office of prime minister of Pakistan....		Ex-AJK minister arrested MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 27: The AJK Ehtesab Bureau has arrested a former AJK minister over charges of corruption....
Port workers go on strike HUB, Nov 28: Temporary employees of the Gwadar Fish Harbour and Mini Port started their strike again on Wednesday and threatened to close the port from Nov 30, if their demands...		Water shortage hits crops in Sindh SUKKUR, Nov 28: Contrary to the claims of the officials of the irrigation department, including its secretary, the water shortage at the Guddu and the Sukkur barrages ranged between 38 and...
District council debates funds distribution KHAIRPUR, Nov 28: The District Council Khairpur on Thursday discussed the distribution of the funds, announced by the Sindh governor, among the union councils of the district....		Two tribesmen killed SUKKUR, Nov 28: Two Shar tribesmen were killed by a group of armed men in the Sadiq Shar village near Daharki on Thursday....
Postponement of PA session resented LARKANA, Nov 28: The Pakistan People’s Party, Larkana district, has criticized the government’s decision to postpone the inaugural session of the Sindh Assembly for the second time....		Businessman kidnapped MIRPURKHAS, Nov 28: A Hindu trader, Narumal, was reported to have been kidnapped on Thursday from Tando Jan Mohammad....
Rustication of 10 students flayed PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The Pakhtoon Students Federation (PkSF) has accused the the Agricultural University administration of illegally rusticating 10 students and demanded of NWFP Governor Iftikhar Hussain Shah to take notice...		Shortage of drugs feared in Chitral CHITRAL, Nov 28: The hospitals in the district are feared to run short of life-saving drugs after the closure of Lowari Top as the provincial health department has released the budget...
Deregulation of pharma sector to hit people PESHAWAR, Nov 28: The deregulation of pharmaceutical sector, as proposed by policy makers through shifting of the price control authority to the ministries for industries and finance from the health ministry,...		Court orders reconstruction of houses DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 28: Additional district and sessions judge-I, Dera Ismail Khan, on Wednesday ordered the Cantonment executive officer to provide reconstructed homes to the victims of Christian colony within...
Verdict reserved on Afridi’s pleas PESHAWAR, Nov 28: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court here on Wednesday reserved its judgment in two writ petitions of former MNA and an alleged drug trafficker, Haji Ayub...		Swabi Nazim disqualified MARDAN, Nov 28: The Election Tribunal, Mardan, here on Wednesday disqualified the Swabi District Nazim, Sher Zaman Sher, for submitting a fake matric certificate with the nomination papers and suspended the...
Division bench to hear plea against referendum LAHORE, Nov 28: The chief justice of the Lahore High Court on Thursday constituted a division bench to hear a petition against presidential referendum filed by the Pakistan Lawyers Forum....		Pervaiz pledges to uproot corruption LAHORE, Nov 28: Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the Punjab president of the PML-Q, takes over as chief minister of the country’s biggest province on Friday with the pledge that he will uproot...
Rao wants Musharraf, Benazir to patch up LAHORE, Nov 28: Defence minister Sikandar Iqbal on Thursday termed unfair Benazir Bhutto’s statement that she did not recognise the presidency of Gen Musharraf who should take off his military uniform....		EPT’s functioning has all but stopped LAHORE, Nov 28: The Environmental Protection Tribunal (EPT) of the Lahore High Court has not heard any case since the contract of its chairman, Justice Khalid Paul Khwaja, expired on July...
CM secretariat still in NAB possession LAHORE, Nov 28: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is still occupying 5-Club Road, the secretariat of the Punjab chief minister, making the recently appointed staff to sit at two different places...		JAC protest continues LAHORE, Nov 28: Teachers and students under the banner of the Joint Action Committee continued their protest on Thursday against board of governors and the Model University Ordinance, besides sacking of...
Concessions for coys plying CNG buses LAHORE, Nov 28: Punjab Transport Minister Muhammad Tariq has said the transporters plying CNG buses in big cities will be allowed special concessions....		Wapda to save Rs7bn annually from 2004: Use of natural gas LAHORE, Nov 28: Wapda will start saving an average Rs7 billion per annum on its thermal power generation costs from January, 2004, after replacing the use of furnace oil with natural...
Colleges semester system ‘faulty’ LAHORE, Nov 28: Teachers of various departments of the Punjab University have declared the BA/BSc semester system of autonomous colleges faulty, saying that achievements of a large number of students at...		Rs1.1bn cane cess for farm-to-market roads FAISALABAD, Nov 28: For the convenience of farmers in the transportation of their products, Rs1,100 million sugar cane cess fund will be spent through district governments for the construction of farm-to-market...
Jamali must seek vote of confidence: Qureshi for NA session MULTAN, Nov 28: Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged the president to immediately call a session of the National Assembly and direct Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali to seek the vote...		Woman commits suicide TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 28: A mother of two committed suicide over a domestic issue in Chak 263-GB here on Thursday....
Case against Mepco SDO, eight others VEHARI, Nov 28: A Mepco SDO, a line superintendent and seven other employees were booked on Thursday for illegally removing the electricity meter of a retired police officer at Burewala....		3 of a family shot dead over old enmity DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 28: Three family members, including a woman, were shot dead on Thursday by six assailants over an old enmity in the limits of Kot Mubarik police station,...
Mushroom growth of clinical labs SAHIWAL, Nov 28: A mushroom growth of clinical laboratories is visible by different sign-boards on road corners throughout the city. These laboratories provide facilities of blood, urine and many other tests...		Police ‘shielding’ murderers MULTAN, Nov 28: A villager of Lodhran district accused the area police of trying to protect some influential people who had murdered his teenaged boy....