07 March 2005	Monday	25 Muharram 1426

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Country on verge of destruction: PPP KARACHI, March 6: PPP's Sindh Council has expressed its full confidence in the leadership of the party's chairperson, Ms Benazir Bhutto, and urged the government to withdraw all 'false cases' registered against her ...		Govt policies have failed: parties KARACHI, March 6: Leaders of various religious and political parties have expressed concern over the alarming situation of inflation, unemployment and law and order, terming it a failure of government policies ...
Nationalists renew pledge to help oppressed KARACHI, March 6: Speakers at a grand assembly held here on Sunday evening pledged to work for peace, democracy and restoration of national rights of the "oppressed people". ...		'Sui probe futile after Musharraf's comments' QUETTA, March 6: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti said on Sunday that comments made by President Gen Pervez Musharraf about innocence of an army captain in the Sui rape case had rendered the investigation report meaningless. ...
Shaikh accused of occupying forest land DADU, March 6: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on forest and wildlife, Syed Aijaz Ahmad Shirazi, has accused sacked minister Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh and Dr Bahadur Dahri of occupying 1,627 acres of Kundah forest land in Sehwan. ...		NWFP may get new governor this week ISLAMABAD, March 6: The NWFP governor, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, the second longest-serving governor of the province, is expected to be replaced when President General Pervez Musharraf returns home from his visits to the Central Asia ...
Independent probe urged: Charges against A. Q. Khan WASHINGTON, March 6: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has suggested that the government should order an independent inquiry into allegations against Dr A.Q. Khan because many in Pakistan still believe that he is a national hero ...		Army asked to review decision: GHQ in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 6: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Coordinator Ahsan Iqbal has asked the military leadership to review its decision of constructing new GHQ in the federal capital on prime real estate. ...
Jam Yousuf urges speedy completion of water projects QUETTA, March 6: Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf said on Saturday that no one would be allowed to create hurdles in the way of implementation of development projects in the province. ...		Plan afoot to set up Sindh Bank, says Arbab NAWABSHAH, March 6: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that Sindh Bank is being established and investors will be provided all facilities and security in this connection. ...
Cantonment being set up in S. Waziristan PESHAWAR, March 6: The armed forces which moved into the South Waziristan Agency nearly two years back to wipe out militants and restore the writ of the government, are establishing a cantonment in the administrative headquarters ...		Centre wants Punjab to reduce its wheat target LAHORE, March 6: The federal government wants Punjab to reduce its wheat procurement target for the coming season, but the latter is insisting on increasing the same because of an expected bumper crop. ...
Kinoo crisis may cost Pakistan $16m LAHORE, March 6: A kinoo crisis brewing between Pakistan and Indonesia may cost the former around $16 million -- 40 per cent of its export target of $40 million for this year. ...		Draft bill 'in conflict with' existing laws: Criminal prosecution LAHORE, March 6: The proposed draft bill on the creation of an independent criminal prosecution service under the provincial home department has been found in conflict with the related provisions of the constitution ...
Wear turban, if not helmet: Shujaat LAHORE, March 6: Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, the ruling PML president, on Sunday came up with an easy solution for those unwilling to wear a helmet for medical reasons or just because it irritates them. ...		Kalabagh Dam over our dead bodies: ANP KARACHI, March 6: The country is passing through a critical period and any move by our rulers to impose the will of Punjab against the decision of the other three provinces could cause an irreparable loss to the country ...
Fishermen's solidarity KARACHI, March 6: The Indian fisherfolk organization, National Fish Workers Forum (NFWF), and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) have decided to initiate a joint struggle in Pakistan and India for the freedom of the arrested fishermen of both sides. ...		Sherpao urges need for consensus PESHAWAR, March 6: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that his party will stand for forging national consensus on all vital issues. ...
Faisal asks expats to project country's soft image in UK ISLAMABAD, March 6: Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Faisal Saleh Hayat has urged Pakistani and Kashmiri communities living in the United Kingdom to project Pakistan's soft image abroad. ...		'Weak prosecution contributes to erosion of civil liberties' ISLAMABAD, March 6: Weak prosecution impedes the delivery of efficient and socially beneficial justice services and contributes to erosion of civil liberties and basic rights. ...
Tenants vow to fight for right: AMP convention MULTAN, March 6: Hundreds of tenants of the state-run farms in the province pledged at the annual convention of the Anjuman Mazareen Punjab on Sunday to continue their struggle for ownership rights against the lands under their tenancy. ...		Pledge to create jobs for youths HARIPUR, March 6: State Minister for Finance Omar Ayub Khan has said that the federal government was making all-out efforts to eradicate poverty from the country. ...
'Heavy weapons to be seized' PESHAWAR, March 6: The authorities will seize heavy weapons belonging to tribesmen near the Afghan border if they are not surrendered in a government buy-back programme meant to disarm militants in the lawless region ...		Bus service to start on April 7, says AJK PM MUZAFFARABAD, March 6: Arrangements to run Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service by April 7 have been made. This was stated by AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat while speaking as chief guest at an oath-taking ceremony ...
Atrocities in Shopian condemned SRINAGAR, March 6: Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad Yasin Malik has denounced Indian army's brutalities in Shopian where residents were forced to remain outdoors for six days in severe cold ...		Parade rehearsal held ISLAMABAD, March 6: The first rehearsal for the Pakistan Day Parade was held on Shahrah-i-Quaid-i-Azam on Sunday. ...