November 30, 2002	Saturday	Ramazan 24, 1423

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HEC sets up Rs100m fund for research, development ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman Prof Attaur Rahman has announced that the commission would set up a Rs100 million national research and development fund....		TMA told to install 30 filtration plants RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: The district government has directed the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) to expedite the process of awarding contract for installation of 30 filtration plants in different parts of the...
Police to guard PM House, Secretariat RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: The government on Friday decided to assign the security task of the Prime Minister House and the Secretariat to the police and sent the militry guards back into the...		Three sent on remand in kidnapping case ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Three accused in a kidnapping case were remanded in police custody for two days on Friday....
Work on lawyers’ chambers stopped RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: The district and sessions judge on Friday ordered the police to stop the construction work on the new lawyer’s chambers, within the court premises, in compliance with the...		Fee on telecom equipment reduced ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has decided to reduce the type approval fee on telecom equipment, both locally manufactured and imported, and simplified the procedures pertaining to type approval...
PPP asks EU to raise voice for democracy ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The PPP memebr National Assembly and the central coordinator, human rights desk, Fauzia Wahab has appealed to the Commonwealth secretary-general, Don McKinnon, to raise his voice on issues...		Woman found dead in Capital RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: A woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her house in sector I-8/4 on Friday....
Dr Niazi’s Qul held ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 : The Qul ceremony of noted dental surgeon Dr Zafar Niazi was held at his residence here on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. After Quran Khawani collective “Dua” was...		Some social indicators improve: survey ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The country’s four major social indicators, including the literacy rate, which increased from 45 per cent to 48 per cent in three years, have shown improvement “due to...
Violation of Mangla Dam accord alleged: Sikandar calls for equitable treatment ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Azad Kashmir on Friday protested over the fudging of the minutes of an agreement reached last month with the federal government on Rs53 billion Mangla Dam-raising project and...		Postponement of Sindh PA session flayed ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Pakistan People’s Party has condemned the indefinite postponement of the Sindh Assembly session declaring it immoral and illegal....
Delay in reforms irks AJKHC MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 29: Azad Kashmir High Court has expressed its displeasure over the alleged inaction of the government regarding implementation of the court’s proposals for reformation of the judiciary and has...		Morphine seized near Afghan border QUETTA, Nov 29: The Anti-Narcotics Force, Balochistan, has seized over one metric tone of morphine from the mountainous area, north of Chagai near Pak-Afghan border, following an encounter with the smugglers,...
Rs3m Eid package SKARDU, Nov 29: Over Rs3 million would be distributed among the needy people of the Ghangche district, Baltistan....		Prisoners threaten fast unto death HUB, Nov 29: The hunger strike of prisoners in the Gaddani jail has entered the eighth day....
Schroeder greets Jamali ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has felicitated Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on assuming the office of the prime minister and assured his country’s cooperation in the economic development of...		Forced marriages among Pakistanis on the rise: report LONDONDERRY, Nov 29: The incidents of forced marriage are highest in the Pakistani population in the UK with the Bangladeshis following a close second, a recent report commissioned and launched by...
PM to visit AJK ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali is expected to pay a day-long visit to Azad Kashmir on Dec 21, sources told Dawn....		Khalid named DG of FM’s office ISLAMABD, Nov 29: Khalid Mahmood, a career diplomat, has been appointed director-general of the foreign minister’s office....
Excessive polio vaccination batters immune system MULTAN, Nov 29: Resistance in children against poliomyelitis virus has been diminishing, perhaps, due to excessive vaccination....		Govt to bear expenses of police investigation JHANG, Nov 29: The government will bear all the expenses incurred during the investigation of cases or matters connected with the process of investigation and all the station house officers (SHOs)...
Criminal case against Naib Nazim, others SAHIWAL, Nov 29: A Naib Nazim and his over a dozen accomplices subjected a shopkeeper to violence and demolished his shop on Friday in Chak 58/12-L....		Councillors resent MPs’ drive against dist govts FAISALABAD, Nov 29: Members of the district assembly have given vent to their discontent over the pressure tactics adopted by members of national and provincial assemblies for slashing the powers of...
Schoolboy kidnapped SIALKOT, Nov 29: Five armed men kidnapped a schoolboy in Aadam Kay Cheema village, Daska tehsil, on Friday....		Nazim’s order opposed SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 29: A large number of commuters, including students, have opposed a district Nazim order, imposing ban on Daewoo buses’ entry in the city jurisdiction....
Cabinet ceases to exist LAHORE, Nov 29: Following the assumption of office of the Punjab Chief Minister by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the cabinet of Governor Khalid Maqbool has ceased to exist, according to an official...		Al-Quds Day observed LAHORE, Nov 29: Al-Quds Day was observed on Friday to express solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinians for the liberation of their homeland....
Pervaiz on LG system LAHORE, Nov 29: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday resolved to put an end to the politics of victimization and said it was the duty of all MPAs to...		Manmohan for Sikh-Muslim friendship LAHORE, Nov 29: Sikh Muslim Federation president Sardar Manmohan Singh has said that a strong Pakistan is necessary for maintaining peace in the region....
Ruling reserved LAHORE, Nov 29: Punjab Assembly speaker Afzal Sahi reserved his ruling on a constitutional point of order raised by PPP’s Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan who had pointed out that the session...		Rana Sana and PML-Q men LAHORE, Nov 29: It was again PML-N’s Rana Sanaullah Khan who played with the nerves of the PML-Q MPAs during the Punjab Assembly session on Friday, making some of them to...
Vote of confidence today LAHORE, Nov 29: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi will seek vote of confidence from the Punjab Assembly on Saturday....		Special assistant ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has appointed Mansoor Hamid as his special assistant with the status of a federal minister with immediate effect, said a notification issued...