12 July 2004 Monday 23 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1425 Shujaat backs nomination of Aziz as next PM ISLAMABAD, July 11: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday defended President Gen Pervez Musharraf's decision to name Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz as the next prime minister ... Shujaat pledges to develop backward areas ISLAMABAD, July 11: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has renewed the government's commitment to develop the remote and backward areas of the country. ... Shujaat gets warm welcome in Gujrat GUJRAT, July 11: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival here on Sunday evening for the first time after assuming the office of the prime minister. ... Uniform a non-issue till Dec 31: Mushahid ISLAMABAD, July 11: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General Mushahid Hussain Sayed said on Sunday that "president's army uniform would remain a non-issue before Dec 31." ... Return of Benazir, Nawaz vital for democracy: ANP PESHAWAR, July 11: The return of Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif is imperative and holding of fresh elections is necessary to end the current crisis, says senior vice-president of the Awami National Party Ghulam Ahmed Bilour. ... Govt, PPP deny any deal being negotiated LAHORE, July 11: The ruling party as well as the People's Party Parliamentarians on Sunday vehemently denied reports that some deal is being negotiated between the two sides ... PPP slams 'violations' of Political Parties Order KARACHI, July 11: The Pakistan Peoples Party deputy secretary general, Mian Raza Rabbani, has regretted the violations of Political Parties Order 2002. ... Remarks of acting CEC criticized ISLAMABAD, July 11: PPP leader Mian Raza Rabbani has criticized what he termed the acting Chief Election Commissioner's support to the participation of the prime minister and chief ministers of Sindh and Punjab ... Benazir concerned over suicide incidents ISLAMABAD, July 11: Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed shock and grief over the suicide of a young man due to poverty and continued unemployment. ... PML-N MPAs trying to join govt LAHORE, July 11: Frustrated over PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif's failure to return home, a group of woman MPAs sees no future for the party and is trying to follow in Ahad Malik's footsteps. ... President may intervene to sort out police reform issues ISLAMABAD, July 11: President Pervez Musharraf would intervene soon to oversee the implementation of police reforms and the steps taken to address provinces' reservations on the Police Order. ... Move to withdraw cases against ex-minister PESHAWAR, July 11: After having suspended the remaining sentence of a convicted drug trafficker, the NWFP government is now actively considering to withdraw cases against him which are being heard in the courts of laws ... Sitting and former MPs owe millions to exchequer: Community centres scam LAHORE, July 11: Influential political families are involved in the so-called community centres' scam, confirms a report submitted to the Public Accounts Committee-I of the Punjab Assembly by the local government department. ... Tribesmen are defenders of frontiers: JI PESHAWAR, July 11: Tribesmen are defenders of the country's ideological and geographical frontiers and played a significant role in the liberation of Kashmir, says the Jamaat-i-Islami's naib amir for the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas. ... 'Pakistan-India talks key to solving issues' ISLAMABAD, July 11: Senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League Akram Zaki says dialogue between Pakistan and India on all issues including the core issue of Kashmir is the only option to ensure durable peace in South Asia. ... Kashmir key to peace: envoy ISLAMABAD, July 11: Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner to India Munawar Saeed has said that Pakistan is making sincere efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue with India. ... Rs10m for training of Makran people TURBAT, July 11: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal has said that the federal government has released Rs10 million to the Balochistan government to impart technical training to the Makran people ... Over Rs1.2bn for social welfare projects ISLAMABAD, July 11: The Ministry of Social Welfare, Women Development and Special Education will carry out 83 development schemes at a cost of over Rs1.25 billion during 2004-05. ... Govt to provide free IT education: Kamal KARACHI, July 11: The Sindh government has initiated steps to provide computer education, training and Internet facility free of cost to people, especially students ... German FM arriving on 21st ISLAMABAD, July 11: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer will arrive here on July 21 on a three-day official visit, Foreign Office sources told Dawn on Sunday. ... Govt urged to accept PMA's demands QUETTA, July 11: The opposition leader in the Balochistan Assembly, Kachkol Ali Baloch, has urged Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf to accept the demands of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and help end doctors' strike. ... 'Tourism a neglected sector' ISLAMABAD, July 11: Tourism is a major source of poverty alleviation in many countries but in Pakistan it remains neglected because it is considered an activity for the enjoyment of the rich. ... Issuance of CNICs to foreigners detected ISLAMABAD, July 11: The interior ministry has detected issuance of computerized national identity cards (CNICs) to non- Pakistanis and sought explanation from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in this regard ... Livestock sector has potential: EU envoy ISLAMABAD, July 11: Ambassador of European Union (EU) Michael Dale on Sunday said the livestock sector in Pakistan had great potential. ... 60 tribals missing in Shakai PESHAWAR/WANA, July 11: Around 60 tribesmen are missing from the South Waziristan region in the aftermath of air strikes on suspected militant hideouts in the besieged Shakai locality last month. ... Eviction of Afghans from city likely KARACHI, July 11: The government is considering forced eviction of Afghan nationals from across the country and from Karachi, in particular, as many of them were found involvement in criminal activities and arms smuggling, Dawn learnt on Sunday. ... Indian Punjab CS to visit native village GUJRANWALA, July 11: The Indian Punjab chief-secretary will visit his native village, Qila Jhanda Singh, (Kamoki) on his arrival in Pakistan, A source said Bhagwant Singh was a resident of the village ... Kashmiris can never live with India: ex-minister MUZAFFARABAD, July 11: Former AJK senior minister and Peoples Party leader Sahibzada Muhammad Ishaq Zaffar on Sunday said the Kashmiris could never live with India which had killed more than 500,000 of their men, women and children ...

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