09 March 2005	Wednesday	27 Muharram 1426

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PM vows to resolve NIC issue KARACHI, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has assured that national identity cards will be issued to those who had migrated to Pakistan from the former East Pakistan. ...		Soomro says report on Balochistan will allay misgivings JACOBABAD, March 8: Acting President and Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has said the parliamentary committee on Balochistan will soon submit its report to the president. ...
PML-N leader challenges minister ISLAMABAD, March 8: PML-N Information Secretary Siddiqul Farooque has offered cash award of Rs10 million to Information Minister Sheikh Rashid if he could make public the so-called agreement under which, according to official claims, Nawaz Sharif was exiled for 10 years. ...		'Nawaz wants Saudis to let him leave for UK' LAHORE, March 8: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is awaiting a nod from the Saudi authorities to move to London from Jeddah, it is learnt. ...
PPP leader assails govt performance HYDERABAD, March 8: Provincial president of the People's Party Parliamentarians Syed Qaim Ali Shah has alleged that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is least bothered about poverty, lawlessness, price hike and hunger in the country. ...		Qazi condemns govt's policies KARACHI, March 8: The president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, has said military rulers had endangered the political and ideological borders of the country ...
Rs3.5bn to be spent on renovation of KCR - PM KARACHI, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday formally inaugurated the Karachi Circular Railway and said that a similar mass transit project like the one in Karachi would be started in Lahore. ...		PML enrols members 'by hook or by crook' FAISALABAD, March 8: The ruling PML activists have adopted a novel strategy to get a maximum number of people enrolled as the party members by collecting computerized national identity cards ...
Faisal not asked to resign, says spokesman ISLAMABAD, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has not directed Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (KANA) Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat to resign after cancellation of his bail by the Supreme Court ...		SHC adjourns hearing of Omer's appeal KARACHI, March 8: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and others against their conviction in a kidnapping and killing case of US journalist Daniel Pearl ...
Ulema urged to spread Islam's real message KARACHI, March 8: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has called upon Ulema to strive to make the world aware of the real message of Islam which upheld the universal principles of humanity, equality, tolerance and peace. ...		Political bias in relief distribution alleged MINGORA, March 8: The Swat district council on Tuesday expressed concern over problems being confronted by people in areas affected by snowfall and alleged that relief goods were distributed on the basis of political affiliation. ...
Fata senators eye Senate deputy chairman's post LANDI KOTAL, March 8: With speculations doing the round about appointment of Commander Khalil as the new NWFP governor, some tribal senators have decided to lay claim to the post of deputy chairman of Senate. ...		'1.8m Afghans in NWFP and Fata' PESHAWAR, March 8: About 1.8 million Afghans are living in the NWFP and adjacent Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), the just concluded census of Afghans revealed here on Tuesday. ...
UN Pakistan office wins WFP award ROME, March 8: The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) office in Pakistan has been awarded an important UN prize for helping to improve women's lives by reducing household burdens. ...		Canada gives Rs2.1m to Mukhtar Mai's project MULTAN, March 8: Canadian High Commissioner in Pakistan, Ms Margaret Huber, gave away a donation of Rs2.1 million to Mukhtar Mai for the promotion of education in her area. ...
Appellate body to hear appeals against Nepra planned ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Ministry of Water and Power said on Tuesday that it would create an independent appellate body to hear appeals against decisions of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) by amending the Nepra Act. ...		Rs82m irregularities in Comsats Institute identified ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Auditor General of Pakistan has identified Rs82.884 million financial irregularities in the Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, said a report placed before the National Assembly. ...
Special persons allowed to appear in CSS exams ISLAMABAD, March 8: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) on Tuesday announced that candidates having any form of disability except mental illness could now appear in the Central Superior Services (CSS) competitive examination ...		SC Housing Society committee dissolved ISLAMABAD, March 8: District Officer Cooperatives, Rawalpindi, on Tuesday dissolved a committee overseeing the affairs of the Supreme Court Employees Cooperative Housing Society and constituted a caretaker body to hold new elections ...
ZTBL suffered Rs400m losses, says AGP report: Irregularities ISLAMABAD, March 8: Zarai Taraqiati Bank (ZTBL) has suffered losses of more than Rs400 million due to embezzlements by its management, disbursement of loans for uncultivable land, non- recovery of loans and awarding of illegal bonus to staff ...		Air Marshal Zulfiqar passes away ISLAMABAD, March 8: Former chief of the air staff Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan died of cardiac arrest here on Tuesday, an announcement made by the PAF Public Relations Directorate here said. ...