12 December 2004 Sunday 29 Shawwal 1425 Fazl opposes changes to Constitution PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The chief of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has announced that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will kick off its second round of protest against the president-in-uniform on Dec 19 in Rawalpindi. ... MMA won't hold talks with Musharraf: Chief of the Army Staff post NAWABSHAH, Dec 11: Sindh Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president MNA Maulana Asadullah Bhutto has said the alliance will not negotiate on the issue of uniform with President Gen Pervez Musharraf. ... PPP chief expresses concern over law, order SANGHAR, Dec 11: People's Party Parliamentarians' chief Makhdoom Amin Fahim has expressed grave concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Sindh and demanded holding of general elections. ... MMA demands security for Zardari LARKANA, Dec 11: Legislators of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have demanded that the government should provide security to People's Party Parliamentarians leader Asif Ali Zardari. ... 'Govt not to be deterred' RAWALPINDI, Dec 11: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have condemned the bomb blast in Quetta on Friday which resulted in the death of innocent people and said such cowardly acts would not deter the government ... Intelligence network to be improved: Cabinet condemns Quetta blast QUETTA, Dec 11: The Balochistan cabinet on Saturday condemned the Quetta bomb blast and termed it a cowardly terrorist act and part of a conspiracy against the people and the province. ... Sub-committee set up to propose reforms in Fata ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges has constituted a five-member sub-committee headed by MNA Zeb Gohar Ayub to formulate proposals for certain reforms in Fata ... Deportation of three held foreigners under study PESHAWAR, Dec 11: The government is mulling over deporting three foreign militants to their home countries after investigators declared them of almost "zero intelligence value", official sources said. ... FO denies Fazl's mistreatment ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The foreign office on Saturday denied reports that the leader of opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, had been mistreated during his visit to France in October and that the Pakistani mission in Paris had failed to protest the incident. ... Property sale linked with power of attorney ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) on Saturday approved an amendment to the law to make power of attorney a compulsory document in selling immovable property. ... Clarification In its edition of November 13, 2004, Dawn carried a report on the proceedings before the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur Bench, in the matter relating to the challenge made to recent amendments in the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act. ... Donors urged to help improve health sector PESHAWAR, Dec 11: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has sought international donor organizations' support for health sector development projects to achieve UN's millennium development objectives. ... Media team from Egypt stresses better ties KARACHI, Dec 11: The visiting delegation of Egyptian media on Saturday stressed the need for enhancing relations between Cairo and Islamabad in political, economic and cultural fields. ... Sheikh Zayed's services eulogized ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: Speakers at a reference here on Saturday paid glowing tributes to late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan for the great services he rendered for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Muslim world, and termed him a sincere friend of Pakistan. ... Over 8,000 cases pending with FST ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: With over 8,000 cases pending with the Federal Services Tribunal (FST), the retirement of three of its members in November has rendered the tribunal almost dysfunctional, sources told Dawn on Friday. ... High speed bandwidth project approved: Varsities connected to Pern ISLAMABAD, Dec 11: The Departmental Development Working Party (DDWP) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved Rs35 million for initiating a scheme to provide ... Pervaiz for quality publication of Holy Quran LAHORE, Dec 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has ordered an action against those found responsible for substandard publication of the Holy Quran. ... Documentary on Kashmir LAHORE, Dec 11: A documentary on sufferings of Kashmiris and emotions of people of Pakistan and India on the issue was shown here on Saturday. ... AJK official told to speed up plot allotment to refugees MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 11: AJK Rehabilitation, Relief and Evacuee Property Minister Amir Ghaffar Lone on Saturday directed the officials concerned to expedite the handing over of residential plots to refugees from held Jammu and Kashmir who have settled in Pakistan. ... Dawn staffer honoured KARACHI, Dec 11: Dawn's assistant editor Zubeida Mustafa has been named as one of the winners of this year's global Media Awards for Excellence in Population Reporting by the Washington-based World Population Institute. ... Notices issued on APNS petition KARACHI, Dec 11: A division bench of the Sindh High Court has issued notices to respondents in a writ petition moved by the All-Pakistan Newpapers Society to challenge the validity of the seventh wage award for newspaper employees. ... Lagaan bat auctioned for Rs6m LAHORE, Dec 11: The cricket bat Bollywood star Amir Khan used to hit a winning six in his Oscar-nominated movie Lagaan was auctioned for Rs6 million at a fund-raiser for the Shaukat Khanum Hospital here on Saturday night. ...

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