December 19, 2002	Thursday	Shawwal 14, 1423

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LG polls in Capital likely on March 15 ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The local government elections in Islamabad will be held on March 15, 2003, sources told Dawn on Wednesday....		Man shot dead by doctor in OT RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: An angry doctor shot dead a wounded person and severely injured another in the operation theatre (OT) of District Headquarters Hospital here on Wednesday....
Three killed; one commits suicide RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: Three persons were killed in separate road accidents while a youth committed suicide....		Japan offers help in promotion of technical education ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Japanese government is interested in initiating teachers and students training exchange programmes with Pakistan to strengthen cooperation in education sector, especially technical education....
Signboards of defaulting cos to be removed RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has planned to remove signboards of all companies that have defaulted on paying advertisement tax to the civic body, official sources told Dawn....		Juvenile inmates facing problems ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The living conditions for 16,908 minors languishing in different jails of the country have not changed much with the passage of time, and the junior inmates are facing...
CDA agrees to allot 300 plots to Siri Saral villagers ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has agreed to allot some 300 plots to villagers of Siri Saral in sectors D-12 and E-11....		‘Himalayan glacial lakes likely to overflow’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The glacial lakes are swelling up in the Himalayan region so rapidly that they may overflow within five to ten years, threatening the lives of the people living...
Papers of PML-Q man rejected TAXILA, Dec 18: Returning Officer Mumtaz Munnar Niazi on Wednesday rejected the nomination papers of PML-Q candidate for the by-election on provincial assembly seat, PP-8 Wah Cantt, Malik Taimoor Akbar....		Man awarded 10-month jail, Rs200 fine ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: A man was awarded ten-month rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs200 in an arms smuggling case here on Wednesday...
Wheeling and dealing for Multan Nazim slot MULTAN, Dec 18: Wheeling and dealing for the vacant Multan district Nazim office is picking up with political stakeholders weighing various options to notch the coveted post....		PPP mulls support to Gardezi BAHAWALPUR, Dec 18: Instead of fielding its candidate in by-elections, the PPP is considering to support PML-Q’s Syed Tasnim Nawaz Gardezi in NA-187....
Musharraf lauds army aviators’ performance GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has paid rich tributes to the competence of army aviators....		FBI informed govt about police shopping in Dara GUJRAT, Dec 18: It was the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that in September informed on some men who were purchasing illegal weapons in Dara Adamkhel and smuggling those arms to...
PRTA land being sold at throwaway price FAISALABAD, Dec. 18: The valuable land of the Punjab Road Transport Authority (PRTA) located in the downtown is being sold at a throwaway price in collusion with an influential transporter which...		Maulana Masood not yet released BAHAWALPUR, Dec 18: Maulana Masood Azhar of the banned Jaish-i-Muhammad was not released on Wednesday evening....
PCGA unable to collect cotton yield figures MULTAN, Dec 18: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has expressed its inability to collect fortnightly figures of cotton arrival allegedly due to the non-cooperation of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association...		Nishtar college golden jubilee MULTAN, Dec 18: Four-day golden jubilee celebrations of the Nishtar Medical College and Hospital began here on Wednesday night....
Blasphemy accused convicted FAISALABAD, Dec. 18: A local court on Wednesday convicted a Jaranwala blasphemy case accused and declared two others as absconders....		93 POs held within 48 hours in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: The district police claim to have arrested 93 proclaimed offenders besides busting half a dozen gangs of dacoits and robbers during the last 48 hours....
Provision of potable water demanded SUKKUR, Dec 18: The people of various areas of the city staged a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against non- provision of clean drinking water....		Wapda snaps 100 illegal connections LARKANA, Dec 18: A special team of Wapda snapped around 100 illegal connections on Wednesday and fined the consumers....
Station master, PR cop kidnapped JACOBABAD, Dec 18: A gang of armed men kidnapped the station master, Imam Bux Heesbani, and the railways police constable, Basheer Ahmed Soomro, from the Bukhshapur Railway Station late Tuesday night....		Body of missing boy recovered NAWABSHAH, Dec 18: The body of a boy, Rameez Sharif Shaikh, 15, who had been missing for the last several days, was recovered from his neighbour’s house in Family Quarters here...
Killers of policeman awarded life terms SUKKUR, Dec 18: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday sentenced two persons to serve two separate terms of life imprisonment for killing a head constable and injuring a police constable in June...		Dies in accident KHAIRPUR, Dec 18: One person was killed while three others were injured when a tractor overturned on Wednesday near Kot Mir Mohammad in Kingri Taluka....
Two killed NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 18: Two persons were killed and two others were injured in a road accident near Khahi Rahu on the National Highway on Wednesday....		Woman killed DADU, Dec 18: A 17-year-old woman, Shahida, was killed by her husband, Nazeer Ahmed Mugheri, on the pretext of Karo-kari in the Housing Society Colony on Wednesday....
PPP resolves to take defectors to task LAHORE, Dec 18: Legislators and district office-bearers of the People’s Party Parliamen-tarians from all over the Punjab on Wednesday analysed the reasons for party’s unsatisfactory performance in the general election and...		ARD leadership meets today LAHORE, Dec 18: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) leaders will meet here on Thursday (today) to discuss the political situation in the country and decide the future course of action....
Marry ‘in line with’ health principles LAHORE, Dec 18: In a reference to the alleged connection between cousin-marriages and birth of handicapped children, Punjab Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbul has advised the people to marry in accordance with...		Newspaper reports enough evidence?: Petition against referendum LAHORE, Dec 18: A division bench of the Lahore High Court, hearing a petition challenging the presidential referendum, adjourned on Wednesday the proceedings for Thursday (today) to hear detailed arguments on...
Loans to help govt employees build houses LAHORE, Dec 18: A foreign and two Pakistani banks have shown interest in advancing loans to the government employees for purchase of plots and construction of houses in the LDA Avenue-1...		Quaid the greatest statesman LAHORE, Dec 18: Punjab University former vice-chancellor Dr Muniruddin Chughtai has said that the Quaid-i-Azam was the greatest statesman of the 20th century for achieving his goal of an independent separate...
Damages suit against Wasim Akram filed LAHORE, Dec 18: A damages suit was filed before the senior civil judge on Wednesday against former captain of Pakistan cricket team Wasim Akram for having appeared in a television commercial...		Plot price refunded after 12 years LAHORE, Dec 18: The Narang Mandi Market Committee has refunded the price of a plot received 12 years ago on a directive of the Punjab ombudsman....
Nine women associate professors promoted LAHORE, Dec 18: The Punjab government promoted on Wednesday nine women associate professors as professors, posting majority of them as principals of various colleges....		Commercial power rates ‘not for public hospitals’ LAHORE, Dec 18: Federal health minister Naseer Khan has said public hospitals should not be charged commercial electricity rates....
Papers of 10 cleared for PP-142 LAHORE, Dec 18: The nomination papers of 10 candidates vying for the byelections on PP-142 were cleared by the returning officer on Thursday, the last day of nomination papers scrutiny....		Nursing school students shifted to SZH hostel LAHORE, Dec 18: Students of the Shaikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences and medical technologies have been shifted to the Shaikh Zayed Hospital’s nursing hostel....
PPP’s plan LAHORE, Dec 18: The PPP plans to make a requisition for a session of the National Assembly at the earliest. PPP’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters that the session was being...		ADB okays $150,000 for political risk ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of $150,000 to assist Pakistan in designing a ‘Political Risk Guarantee Facility’ (PRGF) and implementing mechanisms to ensure continued...
World Bank asks govt to implement accord: Ghazi Barotha Project ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The World Bank on Wednesday expressed its serious concern over the failure of the government to implement the resettlement and environmental agreements under the Ghazi Barotha hydropower project....		PPP rebuts PML-Q claim ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Mian Raza Rabbani, acting secretary-general of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), has said it is strange for the PML-Q to claim that it has not indulged in horse-trading...
Pakistan may not need gas import in future: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Pakistan will be saving $600-700 million per annum in forex from December 2003, with an additional supply of natural gas to the existing system that will replace the...		Need urged for Bench-Bar unity QUETTA, Dec 18: A judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Iftekhar Mohammad Chaudhary, has underline the need for joint efforts of the Bench and Bar for the supremacy of law and...
Steps to meet future food demand urged PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday urged the public and private sectors to get prepared for the challenges posed to the country’s food and public health sectors...		Parliament should decide about LFO, NSC: Noorani HARIPUR, Dec 18: MMA chief Maulana Shah Ahmad Noorani has described the National Security Council as a supra-constitutional body aimed at strengthening military’s grip on the government....
‘Military derails democracy’ PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Chairman, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Afrasiab Khattak, has blamed the army for frequent interruptions in the democratic process....		No relief received, say quake victims GILGIT, Dec 18: The quake-affected people of the Astore Valley criticizing the public representatives and the NGOs have said that they were not getting the relief goods....