31 October 2004 Sunday 16 Ramazan 1425 Young players must be encouraged: Musharraf RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for coordinated efforts to promote sports particularly at the grass-roots level so that the country may regain its old glory in regional and international competitions. ... Mega projects to ensure socio-economic change, says Aziz KARACHI, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said here on Saturday that his government did not believe in mere promises but was taking practical steps to put the country on the path of progress and prosperity. ... PM wants task force against industrial crime LAHORE, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said a task force should be constituted to propose measures to check the industrial robberies. He stressed the need for constituting the task force during a meeting with a delegation of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry ... PM launches Rs505m flyover project KARACHI, Oct 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has promised to develop Karachi to the standard of an international city. He was speaking as chief guest at the ground-breaking ceremony of the KPT's three-tier flyover at Hino Chowk on Korangi Road here on Saturday. ... PPP appoints two deputies, chief whip KARACHI, Oct 30: The PPP parliamentary party in the Sindh Assembly has appointed two deputy opposition leaders and a chief whip, besides constituting a legislative committee, to deal with the government in the coming months. ... Benazir criticizes role of intelligence agencies: Ensuring quorum in Parliament ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has questioned the legality of parliament in the wake of media reports that intelligence services were called in to ensure quorum. ... Altaf warns against conspiracies KARACHI, Oct 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief, Altaf Hussain, has paid tributes to those who had laid their lives on Oct 31, 1986 when MQM's caravan was attacked and plunged into bloodshed. ... Kashmir's division plan on religious grounds resented ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: All Pakistan National Alliance (APNA) on Saturday expressed its reservation about the proposed division of Kashmir into seven regions on the basis of religion. ... 'President didn't give proposals on Kashmir' ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has not given any proposal for resolving the Kashmir issue but asked the media to carry out a debate to elicit public opinion, a Foreign Office spokesman clarified Friday. ... Case against Zardari's co-accused quashed HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The fourth additional district judge here on Saturday quashed a murder attempt case against the co-accused of People's Party Parliamentarians' leader Asif Ali Zardari by allowing an application seeking quashing of the case against three Ansari brothers. ... Six Hizb activists given in custody KARACHI, Oct 30: Justice Amir Hani Muslim of Sindh High Court, who is also administrative judge of the anti-terrorism courts in Karachi, on Saturday remanded six activists of the banned Hizbul Tehrir to police custody till Nov 2 on charge of carrying out party activities despite ban. ... Ittefaq director family's fresh offer for units LAHORE, Oct 30: The family of the late Mian Barkat Ali, one of the directors of the Ittefaq Group of Industries, has submitted in the Lahore High Court that it is prepared to pay Rs2.16 billion, Rs10 million more than the earlier offer ... Mian Sharif's death condoled ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Pakistan People's Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condoled with the PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif on the death of his father, Mian Mohammad Sharif, who passed away in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Friday. ... Pakistan to take part in world tourism events ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Federal Minister for Tourism Dr Ghazi Gulab Jamal Saturday asked the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation to introduce country's tourism products on international level. ... Hizb flays Alsafa building demolition MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 30: The Hizbul Mujahideen and Muzaffarabad-based journalists have strongly condemned the demolition of a newspaper office in Srinagar, terming it "yet another bid of the government to stifle the voice of already suppressed press in held Kashmir." ... 15 proposals submitted to government, says Bugti QUETTA, Oct 30: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that his party has submitted 15 proposals to chairman of the parliamentary sub-committee headed by Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed on issues being faced by Balochistan. ...

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