December 31, 2002	Tuesday	Shawwal 26, 1423

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Pindi to get additional 7MGD water RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: The city will be supplied additional seven million gallons per day of water with the rehabilitation of Rawal Dam filtration plant, increasing the total supply to 28MGD, District...		Military regimes damaged democratic fabric: speakers ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The military rulers have damaged the democratic fabric of the country and promoted religious intolerance, undemocratic norms, violence and extremism in print and electronic media to protect their...
NA-56 by-poll candidates get election symbols RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: The additional district and sessions judge, Shehzad Pervez Abbasi, has allotted election symbols to the candidates contesting the by-polls from NA-56 constituency....		Ministry invites proposals on federal high court ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights has sought recommendations from departments concerned for the establishment of Federal High Court and anti-terrorist court in the capital, sources told...
Varsities asked to improve standard ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Dr Attaur Rahman, the chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC), has requested governors of the four provinces to urgently adopt minimum standards for giving charters to universities and degree-awarding...		Board meeting: suspended RCB members request rejected RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has rejected the request of the RCB’s suspended members regarding the convening of a full-board meeting, official sources told Dawn....
Aid lapsed due to delay in execution of project ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: A grant-in-aid of 70 million Yen offered by Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) for the establishment of a dumping site for waste disposal at Kurri Road has lapsed...		Re-modelling of Kutcheri Chowk okayed RAWALPINDI, Dec 30: The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) has approved a Rs225 million project for the re-modelling of Kutcheri Chowk and widening of Airport Road, sources said here on Monday....
Release of Pakistani prisoners discussed PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The governments of the NWFP and Afghanistan have agreed to review matters related to Pakistani prisoners in Afghanistan and their early release....		Sherpao says members not forced to vote for PM ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Sherpao on Monday rejected the impression that the government resorted to horse-trading and applied pressure through intelligence agencies to secure opposition...
Five injured in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 30: At least five people, including a police constable, were injured in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir on Sunday and Monday, police said....		NA prorogued for lack of quorum ISLAMABAD, Dec 30: The very first session of the National Assembly, convened to repose confidence in Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, after day-long proceedings, prorogued sine die for want of...
Wapda staff hold rally QUETTA, Dec 30: Hundreds of Wapda employees held a protest rally in front of the Quetta Press Club on Monday demanding the resolution of their problems including protection to staff during...		Pakistanis urged to join anti-INS drive WASHINGTON, Dec 30: The National Council of Pakistani Americans, a Washington-based advocacy group, has urged the Pakistani community to join hands with US lawmakers who have raised voice against the special...
Ex-CM opposes supply from Khanpur Dam to Islamabad HARIPUR, Dec 30: Former chief minister of NWFP Raja Sikandar Zaman has opposed water supply to Islamabad from the Khanpur dam....		Durrani for changes in LB system PESHAWAR, Dec 30: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Monday that the provincial government did not want confrontation with the local governments....
Scouts trade fire with allied troops SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Dec 30: A group of the US-led allied forces and members of the South Waziristan Scouts, posted at the Angor Adah checkpoint, exchanged fire on Monday. No casualty was...		Jirga to resolve tobacco issues SWABI, Dec 30: Senior provincial minister, Sirajul Haq, has said that soon a jirga would be formed to hold talks with the officials of Pakistan Tobacco Board and other tobacco purchasing...
Press club polls on Jan 13 PESHAWAR, Dec 30: Elections of Peshawar Press Club would be held on Jan 13, said a press release issued on Sunday....		Levies official killed BAJAUR, Dec 30: Ten people were arrested here on Monday in a crackdown launched after the killing of a senior official of the Bajaur Levies force, officials said....
District govts complete 57pc of uplift schemes PESHAWAR, Dec 30: Due to slow execution and procedural delays at district level, round 3,800 schemes could be completed out of 688 approved for the NWFP, under the Khushal Pakistan Programme (KPP), since July 2,000, according to the official sources....		Water supply to DPs camp cut LANDI KOTAL, Dec 30: Protesting the prolonged loadshedding of electricity, residents of Loe Shalman area of Landi Kotal tehsil on Monday temporarily suspended water supply to Afghan refugees camp situated in...
Festivities banned PESHAWAR, Dec 30: The NWFP government has banned “unethical” New Year celebrations and vowed to crack down on un-Islamic behaviour....		Transporters ABBOTTABAD, Dec 30: Transporters here are facing problems as the post of motor vehicle examiner has been lying vacant for the last five months....
Jamali’s success or defeat of the system LAHORE, Dec 30: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, as expected, has won a confidence vote. Despite all efforts made by the premier and chief ministers of three provinces during the...		Invasion of Iraq to ‘intensify’ hatred against US LAHORE, Dec 30: Condemning direct involvement of the United States in the internal affairs of Pakistan, the Awami National Party (ANP) has warned Washington that it will intensify the already prevailing...
Govt trying to help PML-Q win by-polls, alleges Saad LAHORE, Dec 30: Punjab PML-N Secretary-General Khwaja Saad Rafiq alleged on Monday that the government was using every conceivable method to help ruling party candidates win by-elections to two Lahore seats....		LCCI chief’s plea to govt LAHORE, Dec 30: LCCI president Yawar Irfan Khan has urged the government to formulate friendly and flexible policies for the industrial sector, institutionalize the labour commission and curtail discretionary powers of...
‘Promote’ higher education LAHORE, Dec 30: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government should take effective steps to promote higher education....		Another cold spell in Lahore LAHORE, Dec 30: Early morning fog and cloudy weather during the day caused another cold spell in Lahore on Monday....
Traders urged to pay taxes LAHORE, Dec 30: Zone A Income Tax Commissioner Shaukat Ali has urged the traders to promote tax culture in the country for generating funds for development. Talking to traders during...		Commission’s directive LAHORE, Dec 30: The Mujaddid Mirza Commission has asked all stakeholders, who have recorded their statements before the commission, to send their statements in writing....
JI warns against security threats JACOBABAD, Dec 30: Pakistan is facing multiple internal and external security threats, the Naib Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, said....		200 villages facing drought DADU, Dec 30: At least 200 villages of Johi, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Kotri, Thana Bula Khan, and Mehar Talukas have been facing a drought-like situation since the last three years due...
Growers asked to stop sugarcane supply to 3 mills NAWABSHAH, Dec 30: The local chapter of the Sindh Abadgar Board has urged the growers to stop the supply of sugarcane to the Habib Sugar Mill, Sakrand Sugar Mill and Al-Noor...		Sindh varsity admission schedule HYDERABAD, Dec 30: The University of Sindh on Monday announced the admission schedule in different degree courses in the Institute of Pharmacy’s evening programme for the academic session 2003....
Upper Sindh receives rain SUKKUR, Dec 30: Cold gripped Sukkur, Ghotki, Kandhkot, Shikarpur and many other places in the interior of Sindh after the area received the first winter rain on Monday....		7 women detainees recovered KHAIRPUR, Dec 30: Seven women were recovered from the Autaq of a landlord near the Baharo police post, Gambat, by a raid commissioner on Saturday....
Girl commits suicide SANGHAR, Dec 30: A girl, Abida Parveen Lari, student of MA final year at the Sindh University, committed suicide by shooting herself with her father’s gun at the Khero Rind village,...		Man dies in accident SUKKUR, Dec 30: A man, Ghulam Hyder Samejo, was killed and five were injured when a tractor trolley overturned on a road near Thul, Jacobabad district on Monday....
Langah’s PPP ticket stirs controversy MULTAN, Dec 30: The candidature of Pakistan Seraiki Party (PSP) chief Barrister Taj Mohammad Langah for NA-187 (Bahawalpur) on a PPP ticket has sparked a lot of controversy and resentment both...		Rs35 million for uplift projects GUJRANWALA, Dec 30: The district council has approved Rs35 million for the uplift projects and allocated Rs16 million out of this amount for women councillors for their welfare programmes....
Bad eating habits cause stomach, liver disorders FAISALABAD, Dec 30: The city and its surrounding areas are in the grip of stomach and liver diseases due to the negligence of government agencies and improper eating habits....		Case against Irrigation SDO, others TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 30: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Sunday registered a case against an Irrigation Department sub-divisional officer, three sub-engineers and other employees on the charge of stealing timber....
PPP demo against human cloning MULTAN, Dec 30: The Pakistan People’s Party organized a demonstration here on Monday in protest against ‘human cloning’....		Physical remand of Qari Afzal extended SIALKOT, Dec 30: Daska duty magistrate Mohammad Aslam on Monday extended physical remand of Qari Afzal, the main suspect of Church attack, till Jan 1....
Wheat sowing target GUJRANWALA, Dec 30: Wheat sowing target for the district has been fixed at 529,000 matric tons, while the Agricultural Department has supplied 37,440 sacks of wheat seed to farmers....		Six explosive devices found under canal bridge OKARA, Dec 30: Six explosive devices were found under the lower Bari Doab canal’s bridge on the Okara-Faisalabad road near Rehmatpur Colony on Monday....
Bank manager involved in embezzlement arrested GUJRANWALA, Dec 30: An absconding bank manager involved in embezzlement of Rs220 million was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency here on Monday....		Dacoits’ gang busted VEHARI, Dec 30: While the Tibba Sultanpur police claimed to have arrested nine members of a gang involved in tanker-snatching incidents, another oil-tanker (VRE-1769) was snatched by unknown dacoits at Chak...