10 April 2005	Sunday	30 Safar 1426

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Accountable judiciary for stable system a must : CJP ISLAMABAD, April 9: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui on Saturday said stable and predictable system in the country could only be ensured through a transparent and accountable judiciary....		Inquiry urged against minister PESHAWAR, April 9: The residents of district Dir (Upper) have threatened the federal government with violent protest if it did not direct the National Highway Authority (NHA) to start work on...
Senate session to be requisitioned ISLAMABAD, April 9: The opposition has decided to submit a requisition notice to the Senate Secretariat on Monday to convene the session of the Upper House, a source told Dawn on...		NAB, environmental tribunal in row: Officials lock court premises PESHAWAR, April 9: National Accountability Bureau officials on Friday directed the staff of the environmental tribunal to vacate the accountability court No.2, which was handed over to the tribunal a few...
Cultural fair to promote country’s soft image: Durrani ISLAMABAD, April 9: The grand ‘Qaumi Yakjehti Mela’ (national solidarity fair) kicked off at Shakarparian here on Friday with a wide-range of guests assembled from the twin cities of Rawalpindi and...		Minister’s remarks on Asif’s return denounced ISLAMABAD, April 9: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Vice- Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has denounced the statement of Federal Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmad that Asif Zardari’s return to Pakistan can...
‘No irregularities detected’: SAF Games ISLAMABAD, April 9: Dawn, in its issue of March 27, 2005 had published a report relating to the SAF Games, AG report, which the management of the SAF Games says was...		Minister for improving country’s image abroad ISLAMABAD, April 9: Federal Minister for Privatization and Investment Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said it is need of the hour to project Pakistan’s true image abroad keeping in view the...
Wolpert meets Musharraf ISLAMABAD, April 9: Renowned historian and author of the book ‘Jinnah of Pakistan’ Prof Stanley Wolpert met President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday, says a press release....		New envoy to Vietnam ISLAMABAD, April 9: The government on Saturday announced the appointment of Habibur Rahman as ambassador of Pakistan to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam....
Call to give priority to legal education ISLAMABAD, April 9: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Muhammad Jamil said legal education should be given top priority in Access to Justice Programme (AJP) aimed at improving...		US to help police rehabilitate drug addicts ISLAMABAD, April 9: The US embassy will provide medical assistance to the detoxification and rehabilitation centre of police hospital in the federal capital....
The headless Senate! ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Senate Secretariat has been functioning without a chairman for the last 12 days as Mohammadmian Soomro is on a foreign visit and the office of the deputy...		Prices’ review this month ISLAMABAD, April 9: The Prime Minister’s Committee on Prices will meet later this month to review prices of various commodities in the country....
‘Bureaucratic process hinders RCB projects’ RAWALPINDI, April 9: Federal Minister for Information Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Saturday objected to bureaucratic process in Rawalpindi Cantonment Board in approval of uplift schemes, saying that it causes hindrances to...		Govt offices in Gilgit reopen GILGIT, April 9: Attendance in government offices, hospitals and banks has improved as a good number of absent employees have resumed duty after issuance of a stern notice on Thursday by...
Democratic era on return of Zardari: PPP LAHORE, April 9: Convinced that the return home of Asif Ali Zardari on April 16 would be harbinger of a democratic era, PPP leaders from all four provinces and the Azad...		Increase in rail fares in the offing LAHORE, April 9: An eight per cent increase in rail fares is on the cards because of the higher rates of oil, it is learnt....
Chinese traders’ offer LAHORE, April 9: Visiting Yunnan business delegation leader Tang Lilu has advised Pakistani businessmen to start joint ventures with Chinese partners for achieving competitiveness in the international market and entering the...		Govt to help get land for housing schemes LAHORE, April 9: The Punjab Revenue department will help acquire 20 per cent land for the private housing schemes having ownership of 80 per cent of the land, and facing the...
Reckless bus drivers kill 17 in two years LAHORE, April 9: More than 17 people have died in accidents in the city involving franchized buses during the past two years mainly because of reckless driving....		Summary sent to suspend Nishter surgeon moved: Sexual harassment LAHORE, April 9: The Punjab health department has reportedly moved a summary to Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi to suspend Nishter Hospital Multan orthopaedic surgeon for being involved in a sexual harassment...
MMA angered over yet another issue OKARA, April 9: The Punjab Home Department’s permission for conversion of a local cinema house into a theatre hall has invited the wrath of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s district leaders here....		Work to start soon on DHQ hospital, says minister PESHAWAR, April 9: Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that work on category ‘A’ District Headquarters Hospital in Nowshera will be started soon. The project would cost Rs900 million, he...
Tension mounts ahead of races in Sargodha SARGODHA, April 9: Tension is at its peak in the district, as the government has vowed to look after four mini-marathons and the MMA to make sure that no woman participates...		Govt needs NGOs’ support: Sherpao PESHAWAR, April 9: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao has urged upon non governmental organisations (NGOs) to support the government in different key sectors to alleviate miseries of the less privileged....
Chitral projects discussed PESHAWAR, April 9: Chitral District Nazim Shahzada Muhyuddin called on NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman at Governor’s House on Saturday and discussed with him matters relating to the welfare of the people...		300 seminaries seek registration PESHAWAR, April 9: The NWFP government has received about 300 applications for the registration of Madressahs in the province since lifting of ban in February, officials said....
Reshuffling in NWFP creates confusion PESHAWAR, April 9: Confusion persists in the Fata Secretariat following reshuffle in the top administrative echelon, with the governor finding it difficult fill the top positions....		‘Woman burnt by in-laws’ PESHAWAR, April 9: A woman is fighting for her life in the Khyber Teaching Hospital’s burns ward after her in-laws allegedly set her on fire over a domestic dispute, it is...