24 April 2005	Sunday	14 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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Musharraf not to get allies at PML’s cost: Pervaiz LAHORE, April 23: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says the ruling PML is the major supporter of President Musharraf and there’s just no possibility of the president ditching it to join...		Rashid says flexibility if Delhi reciprocates ISLAMABAD, April 23: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that Pakistan still maintains that the Kashmir dispute should be resolved according to the UN resolutions; however, if India shows flexibility,...
Musharraf’s policies termed disastrous SUKKUR, April 23: The leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf has turned the entire army into an opponent of...		Kashmir issue to be resolved soon, says minister ISLAMABAD, April 23: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday said discussions on Kashmir dispute had entered into an important stage which would eventually result in finding an acceptable solution....
Shariat to be enforced at all costs: minister PESHAWAR, April 23: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that provincial government will accomplish its mission of enforcing Shariat at all costs and will not shirk from any sacrifice for...		35 teams to visit N. Areas SKARDU, April 23: Thirty-five expedition teams have so far confirmed their arrival in the Northern Areas this summer, tourism ministry sources told Dawn here on Thursday. The sources...
Work on M-4 project soon, says Shaukat MULTAN, April 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announced on Saturday the construction work on the motorway between Faisalabad and Multan (M-4) will soon be taken in hand. He was speaking...		Hearing in APNS plea on 28th ISLAMABAD, April 23: The Supreme Court will resume hearing of a review petition filed by the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) against the Seventh Wage Board Award for newspapers employees on...
Holding of fair local govt polls stressed ISLAMABAD, April 23: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Saturday emphasized the need for holding free, fair and impartial local government elections 2005. An official announcement issued from...		Proper use of water resources stressed KARACHI, April 23: Sindh Minister for Irrigation Sardar Nadir Akmal Khan Leghari has said that one of the most important economic and environmental issues of Pakistan, water conservation and management, is...
Preventive care top on govt agenda, says PM ISLAMABAD, April 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government is according high priority to preventive care, as it could play a pivotal role in reducing the incidence of diseases...		Maqbul Shariff passes away LAHORE, April 23: Eminent journalist and practicing advocate of the Supreme Court and High Court Maqbul A Shariff breathed his last at a private hospital here on Saturday afternoon after remaining...
Civil Service Academy IT project approved ISLAMABAD, April 23: The information technology ministry on Saturday approved a project worth Rs39.458 million for IT- enablement of Civil Services Academy (CSA) in Lahore. Prepared by the Electronic Government Department...		Jhagra calls on Qazi LAHORE, April 23: ARD secretary-general and PML-N leader Iqbal Zafar Jhagra called on MMA president and Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad here on Friday to convey a message of Mian Nawaz...
Turkish musicians entrance audience ISLAMABAD, April 23: Sanem Berkalp, Ezgi Goenluim Yalcin and Goilyar Balji, members of the string and piano trio, from Turkey performed marvelously during a concert at the Turkish embassy auditorium on...		Call to frame policy on senior citizens ISLAMABAD, April 23: A two-day conference on “Productive Aging in Pakistan” in its concluding session here called upon the government to formulate a comprehensive policy for the welfare of the senior...
Benazir greets new pontiff ISLAMABAD, April 23: The former prime minister and PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, has welcomed the election of a new pontiff by the Vatican, following the passing away of Pope John Paul-II....		‘ICCI to help solve traders’ problems’ ISLAMABAD, April 23: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) will take all steps for resolving the grievances of traders in the federal capital. This was stated by ICCI President...
‘Education for all’ week starts today ISLAMABAD, April 23: The government has made elaborate arrangements to observe EFA (Education for All) Week scheduled to start from Sunday, a statement issued here said. The week is being observed...		‘Human resource development key to progress’ RAWALPINDI, April 23: National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf has stressed on human resource development to achieve progress in fields like economy and science. He said this...
Tax authority-banks row takes serious turn MUZAFFARABAD, April 23: A dispute between the AJK income tax department and scheduled banks operating in Azad Jammu and Kashmir is feared to end up in closure of their branches and...		45 workers sacked GILGIT, April 23: At least 45 municipal workers, allegedly recruited in violation of rules, have been sacked by Gahkuch municipal committee chairman Hashim Khan, sources said. They said that former chairman...
Two shot dead GILGIT, April 23: Two bus passengers were shot dead by masked men in the limits of the Bhasha police station in Kohistan district, some 160km east of Gilgit, on Saturday. ...		Call to implement copyrights LAHORE, April 23: The US has urged Pakistan to strictly implement copyright laws to control book piracy. Talking to reporters after a function held to observe the World Book and Copyright...
Punjab govt to open co-op stores LAHORE, April 23: The Punjab government will open co-op stores at tehsil level to ensure availability of essential commodities at fair prices. Punjab Cooperatives Minister Col Malik Muhammad Anwar (retired) disclosed...		Govt yet to respond: Conjugal rights for prisoners LAHORE, April 23: Advocate M D Tahir on Saturday moved the Lahore High Court through an application seeking an early hearing of his writ petition which he submitted three years ago...
Anti-polio campaign from 26th LAHORE, April 23: The Punjab Health Department is holding a three-day anti-polio vaccination campaign from April 26. The department has set a target of vaccinating 14.38 million children under five years...		Protest drive LAHORE, April 23: Shia leaders as well as faculty of the Jamiatul Muntazir have criticized the government for its failure to provide security to the community and have announced a protest...
Wapda Town to have college for girls LAHORE, April 23: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood laid the foundation stone of the Government Degree College for Girls, Wapda Town, here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, he said the...		Rape victim rejects official report LAHORE, April 23: Victim of an alleged gang-rape has rejected the chief minister’s complaint cell findings as baseless. Speaking at a press conference here at the Lahore Press Club, the girl...
Case against 105 Okara tenants: Officials claim contract violation OKARA, April 23: Cantonment police claimed on Saturday to have registered a case against 105 tenants on several charges, including setting wheat crop ablaze. Reports said the case had been instituted...		Seven PPP leaders detained for two months SAHIWAL, April 23: Police on Saturday arrested seven PPP leaders out of the 24 ordered by the Punjab government for detention. The arrested have been consigned to the central jail on...
Seven die as two wagons collide KASUR, April 23: Seven people, including two women and a child, were killed while dozens of passengers suffered injuries in a collision between two speeding wagons on Saturday at Chhanga Manga...		44 PPP men booked in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, April 23: Nankana Sadar police on Saturday registered cases against 44 PPP leaders and activists for violating section 144. Prominent among those booked were Punjab PPP president Qasim Zia, Malik...
Case against six for ‘killing’ PML man GUJRANWALA, April 23: Police on Friday registered a case against six people for allegedly killing PML city secretary-general Sheikh Zulfikar Ali Cheeniwala. Reports said the family of the PML leader had...		Work on Kalabagh ‘to begin this year’ SARGODHA, April 23: Construction of Kalabagh dam will begin this year as Gen Pervez Musharraf is sure the project, after its completion, will help meet water and power needs of the...
NGOs urged to focus on AIDS, hepatitis control PESHAWAR, April 23: Participants of a workshop here on Saturday urged civil society organizations to focus on the prevention of hepatitis with HIV/AIDS, because the mode of transmission of both the...		Women in 4 districts to get job training PESHAWAR, April 23: Three thousand women would be provided training in sewing, embroidery, cutting, knitting, fabrics, painting, designing and candle-making in Malakand, Swat, Buner and Shangla districts. The training programme initially...
Accord reached on sectarian harmony PESHAWAR, April 23: Political authorities in the Kurram Agency have set up Conflict Resolution Forum (CRF) to work for maintaining sectarian harmony in the area. The forum, comprising...		India urged to release AJK residents MUZAFFARABAD, April 23: Families of AJK residents arrested by Indian troops along or across the Line of Control during the past 15 years made an impassionate appeal here on Wednesday for...
Power cut-off leads to water shortage KARAK, April 23: People have been facing hardship for the past three days due to acute water shortage because the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has disconnected power to government tube-wells...		282 held for power theft HARIPUR, April 23: The Pesco authorities caught at least 282 power thieves and imposed a fine totalling up Rs2.239 million during the quarter ending March 31, 2005, said a Pesco spokesman...
Govt has no funds to repair health units PESHAWAR, April 23: The provincial health department has been unable to repair buildings of health facilities that suffered damage due to the recent rains and snowfall, official sources said. The government...		Transporters block road against ban LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 23: The Peshawar-Torkham highway remained closed for nearly four hours on Saturday after hundreds of public transport owners staged a demonstration to protest against a ban...
Indian BSF team visits Moenjodaro LARKANA, April 23: A 17-member Indian delegation, led by Border Security Force inspector-general G. S. Gill, visited Moenjodaro on Saturday. The team members arrived here from Sukkur where they visited Sadhbelo....		Food dept chowkidars demand salaries NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 23: Chowkidars of the food department took out a rally here on Saturday demanding release of their salaries stopped since the last five months and regularization of services....
Five awarded life terms for killing policeman SUKKUR, April 23: The Anti-Terrorism Court-II, Sukkur and Larkana bench, here on Saturday sentenced five people to two times life imprisonment and fined them Rs150,000 each for killing a police constable...		Woman shot dead by her brothers JACOBABAD, April 23: A woman was gunned down by her brothers on the pretext of karo-kari in the jurisdiction of Garhi Khairo police station on Friday. Hameedan, 25, wife of Munir...
Balochistan promotes 118 officers QUETTA, April 23: The Balochistan government has promoted 118 officers, including secretaries and other employees of provincial departments, into the next grade according to their seniority. Official sources said that the...		Media must play a positive role: Jam QUETTA, April 23: Chief Minister Jam Yousuf has said that media has an important role in strengthening democratic institutions. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Quetta Press Club here on...