7, April 2005	Thursday	27 Safar 1426

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China to transfer technology: F-22P frigates ISLAMABAD, April 6: Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Shahid Karimullah on Wednesday said that China would transfer technology to Pakistan for manufacturing of F-22P Frigates. “This...		AJK parties back CBMs to normalise ties MUZAFFARABAD, April 6: AJK based political and religious parties on Wednesday supported the confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan, but simultaneously made it clear that the bus service was neither solution...
NA committee on rules, privileges takes up 4 motions ISLAMABAD, April 6: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges considered here on Wednesday four privilege motions of the MNAs pertaining to the information ministry, PIA, and...		Rehabilitation project for Balochistan planned: Areas facing problems because of refugees QUETTA, April 6: Federal Minister for States and Frontier Region (Safron) Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has said a rehabilitation programme will soon be launched in areas which have faced problems because...
USAID, HEC expand Fulbright programme ISLAMABAD, April 6: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education Commission (HEC) have agreed to enhance Fulbright Programme in Pakistan to $90 million. This was announced...		Call to make every mother, child count: World Health Day today ISLAMABAD, April 6: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant has expressed concern over the high rate of maternal deaths in South Asian region and called for joint efforts by governments and...
Quota violation: action against corporations sought ISLAMABAD, April 6: The Senate Standing Committee on Establishment (Cabinet Establishment and Management Services) has taken exception to a report that some corporations and autonomous bodies were not observing the provincial...		Row breaks out after Doniya attends NA body meeting ISLAMABAD, April 6: The chairperson of the National Assembly standing committee on population welfare, Gul-i-Farkhanda, has taken exception to the appearance of parliamentary secretary of the ministry, Dr Doniya Aziz, in...
Rs416.8m to boost vaccine production ISLAMABAD, April 6: The National Institute of Health on Wednesday approved a Rs416.8 million project to enhance its vaccine production capacity. The decision was taken at a meeting of the...		Anomalies in POL pricing mechanism questioned ISLAMABAD, April 6: The sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources questioned anomalies in the pricing mechanism of petroleum products in the country at its meeting at...
39 weapons seized GILGIT, April 6: As the search operation against arms entered the fifth day on Wednesday, law-enforcement agencies seized 39 weapons from Baseen area. Speaking at a news briefing, Regional Chief Secretary...		MMA demands action against minister HARIPUR, April 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Haripur chapter, has demanded registration of an FIR against NWFP minister for transport and fisheries Akhtar Nawaz Khan for his alleged involvement in a firing...
Speaker-MPA confrontation LAHORE, April 6: Around half-an-hour of the question hour in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday was consumed by a confrontation between Arshad Bagu and Speaker Afzal Sahi, which ended only after...		China to buy rice, kinoo from Pakistan LAHORE, April 6: The country will earn huge profits by exporting rice and kinoo to China. Punjab Agriculture Minister Rana Muhammad Qasim stated this after holding a meeting with a seven-member...
Tractor price ‘arbitrarily’increased by Rs40,000: Farmers rap manufacturer LAHORE, April 6: One of the major manufacturers in the country has arbitrarily increased tractor price by Rs40,000, as the government denies permitting the increase, and calls the decision illegal. The...		Flour millers for loans LAHORE, April 6: The Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association has urged the State Bank and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock to ensure issuance of loans to...
Marathons in Sargodha now on 10th SARGODHA, April 6: Mini-marathons scheduled to be held here on Friday will now be organized on Sunday in view of religious procession to be held on the same date. ...		Over 150 MMA activists arrested GUJRANWALA, April 6: Over 150 MMA activists were arrested while 84 of them were sent to jail on judicial remand on Wednesday for their involvement in an attack on police during...
Nishter surgeon charged with molesting patient MULTAN, April 6: A horrific incident of sexual abuse allegedly committed by a professor at the Nishter Medical College and Hospital has been reported to the authorities concerned. The incident is...		Fire in army cargo train TOBA TEK SINGH, April 6: A compartment of army goods train caught fire here on Tuesday reducing a military vehicle to ashes. Reports said the Rawalpindi-bound train carrying about 50 army...
Man, son killed as car overturns SAHIWAL, April 6: A man and his minor son were killed while two other family members sustained injuries on Wednesday in an accident on Sahiwal-Pakpattan Road near Chak 111/9-L. Landlord Muhammad...		Wheat procurement centres doubled GUJRANWALA, April 6: The Punjab government has constituted a committee comprising two provincial ministers and chief secretary, besides secretaries of departments concerned, to monitor procurement of wheat and ensure timely payment...
PPP gears up drive to welcome Zardari OKARA, April 6: PPP’s leaders in the district have accelerated their activities to mobilize party workers to give warm welcome to Asif Ali Zardari on his return to the country on...		PO killed in ‘encounter’ MANDI BAHAUDDIN, April 6: A proclaimed offender was killed in a police ‘encounter’ here on Tuesday night at Lower Jhelum Canal. On a tip-off, Miana Gondal SHO Mohammad Islaam formed a...
PMAP condemns registration of terrorism cases PESHAWAR, April 6: General Secretary of the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Akram Shah on Wednesday condemned registration of cases under the Anti-Terrorism Act against workers of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations’ Movement...		Minister orders immediate launch of kidney centre PESHAWAR, April 6: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has ordered preparation of a plan for putting a newly-established Kidney Centre at Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) Peshawar into operation without further delay....
Procession from NWFP to welcome Asif Zardari PESHAWAR, April 6: The provincial council of Pakistan People’s Party is meeting on April 10 at Zar Bagh Pabbi to finalize the programme of welcoming Asif Ali Zardari. ...		Crash programme to combat TB in NWFP launched PESHAWAR, April 6: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has said that the government has embarked upon a crash programme to combat tuberculosis (TB) menace and efforts are underway to ensure diagnosis and...
Rs15 million hostel for engineering university PESHAWAR, April 6: The Higher Education Commission has approved a plan for a hostel at the University of Engineering and Technology for visiting faculty. The project is estimated to cost about...		Service terms for 300 employees not set PESHAWAR, April 6: The federal ministry of state and frontier region is yet to lay down service conditions for over 300 employees of the defunct Fata Development Corporation who have been...
PTA cancels plan to check cable operators PESHAWAR, April 6: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has abandoned its plan to regularize the functioning of cable operators who are providing internet facility through fibre optic, it is learnt. Talking...		‘Imported education system to be opposed’ PESHAWAR, April 6: NWFP Minister for Science and Technology Hussain Ahmed Kanju said on Tuesday that promotion of quality education was a prerequisite for rapid development of the country and the...
Arrest of Ponam workers criticized PESHAWAR, April 6: The Awami National Party has condemned the arrests of political workers during the strike called by the Pakistan Oppressed Nations’ Movement on March 31. According to a press...		Ministers call on governor PESHAWAR, April 6: Provincial Education Minister Maulana Fazal-i-Ali and Revenue Minister Maulana Asmatullah called on Governor Khalilur Rehman at the Governor’s House here on Wednesday. During their separate calls, they discussed...
Demand to release MMA workers SUKKUR, April 6: The general secretary of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Aaml, Sindh, Dr Khalid Mahmood Soomro, has warned the Sindh government to release the arrested MMA activists by April 18 or face...		MPA remanded in police custody NAWABSHAH, April 6: The acting president of PPP, Nawabshah district, MPA Ghulam Qadir Chandio, was remanded in police custody for two days by the judicial magistrate-II here on Wednesday. The...
ATC sends 35 PMAP men to jail QUETTA, April 6: The Anti-Terrorism Court No1 has sent 35 members of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) on judicial remand to jail for creating chaos on the streets during the...		Petitioner released QUETTA, April 6: A BHC division bench has ordered release of Ali Ahmed Lango, saying that there is no justification the MPO issued by the home secretary. The bench comprising Chief...