25 April 2005	Monday	15 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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Ogra hearing LAHORE, April 24: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) will hold a public hearing in city on Monday (today) on an application from the SNGPL for determination of its estimated revenue requirements. ...		Transparency in overseas jobs stressed KARACHI, April 24: To save the workforce intending to work abroad from fraud recruiters, an adequate pre-departure training is a must. This would not only help solving problems of the labour...
Jam stresses need for more gas exploration QUETTA, April 24: Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf has said since the province’s major source of revenue was gas, more exploration was needed for enhancement of its income. Talking to visiting...		PPP-establishment talks backed QUETTA, April 24: Pakistan People’s Party leader Mir Sadiq Ali Umrani has said that it is the responsibility of the army establishment to create a conducive atmosphere for reconciliation between the...
PIA’s domestic tickets used for foreign travels ISLAMABAD, April 24: A fraud has been detected in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) when a travel agency received letters from the national carrier asking it to deposit over Rs479,000 to recover...		Musharraf’s Kashmir formula criticized LAHORE, April 24: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad has called Gen Musharraf’s formula of division of Kashmir a U-turn from Islamabad’s principled stand on the dispute and a conspiracy to weaken...
‘Kashmiris be allowed to evolve consensus’ MUZAFFARABAD, April 24: AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid has said that Kashmiri leadership from both the side of the Line of Control should be allowed to meet each other...		Strategic approach adopted: Owais: Balochistan uplift LAHORE, April 24: Giving up the standard cost-benefit formula, the government has now adopted a ‘strategic approach’ for quicker development of Balochistan...
Food dept set for a ‘change’ LAHORE, April 24: The Punjab Food Department has started preparing itself for the ‘inevitable’, the conversion (of the department) into a corporation. Under a plan endorsed by the federal government and...		Computerized land transfer next month LAHORE, April 24: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said the computerized transfer of land ownership will begin in the city district from next month. Speaking at the foundation-stone laying ceremony...
Ahle Hadith moot LAHORE, April 24: The Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan will hold a public meeting at the Minar-i-Pakistan on April 29 against “anti-masses” policies of rulers. A decision to this effect was announced...		Support for new dams sought DERA MURAD JAMALI, April 24: Federal Minister Sardar Yar Muhammad Khan Rind has asked the people to support construction of new dams. Speaking at a public meeting on Sunday at Usta...
Polio cases on decline: UN official MANSEHRA, April 24: The surveillance officer of the United Nations in Mansehra, Dr Qamar Zaman, has said that only four confirmed cases of polio have been reported in the first quarter...		Degree-issuing status for centre sought MANSEHRA, April 24: The Sungi Development Foundation, which has set up the Omar Asghar Centre for Development (OACD) in Abbottabad, is making efforts to have the OACD affiliated with some...
Red Crescent sets up branch in Swat MINGORA, April 24: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society has set up a branch in Swat. A PRCS statement on Sunday said that the decision to establish the branch...		Four houses robbed ABBOTTABAD, April 24: Bandits robbed four houses in different localities here on Saturday and took away cash and valuables. In the first incident, a group of bandits entered the house of...
Gwadar port affairs ‘be given to Balochistan’ BAHAWALPUR, April 24: The Balochistan National Party president, Senator Dr Abdul Hayee Baloch, and MNA Abdul Raoof Mengal have opposed any role of army and bureaucracy in politics and the country’s...		Protest if workers not freed: MMA FAISALABAD, April 24: The MMA leaders will stage a protest demonstration in front of DPO offices and court their arrests on May 3 if the arrested workers and leaders are not...
Traders’ strike against murder of colleague GUJRANWALA, April 24: Traders observed shutdown strike here on Sunday against the killing of PML secretary-general and Anjuman Tajiran president Sheikh Zulfikar Ali Cheeniwala...		Two malangs killed FAISALABAD, April 24: A group of armed people shot dead two men at a shrine at Chak 90-RB on Saturday night. Reports said masked men entered the shrine and shot dead...
Poisonous liquor kills four NAROWAL, April 24: Four youths died after drinking poisonous liquor while as many were in a critical condition on Sunday at Baddomalhi. Reports said Shakeel, Muhammad Azam, Shafique, Sharif...		Islam religion of peace, justice: diplomat PESHAWAR, April 24: Principal Officer of the US Consulate in Peshawar, Michael A. Spangler, has said that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the United States and his country is...
Rs73 million allocated for Swabi projects SWABI, April 24: The Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment and the district and tehsil governments have allocated Rs73.4 million for projects of the citizens’ community boards (CCBs) in Swabi...		JI to hold Islamic tribal jirga from 29th PESHAWAR: Deputy chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Haroon Rashid has warned that if a military operation is conducted in North Waziristan on behalf of the US, it would have serious implications for the...
Killing of man by mob condemned PESHAWAR, April 24: Civil society groups here have condemned the recent killing by a mob of a blasphemy suspect in the district of Nowshera and have called upon the government to...		Police blamed for killing PESHAWAR, April 241: Religious leaders and clerics of Nowshera have held the local police responsible for the death of Ashiq Nabi, accused of blasphemy, it is learnt. The...
Duststorm hits north Sindh JACOBABAD, April 24: Eighteen electricity poles and three pylons of heavy transmission lines of 132kv fell near Kandhkot on Saturday night, plunging most parts of the district into darkness. Electricity poles...		Heroin, arms seized in Turbat QUETTA, April 24: The Anti-Narcotics Force, Turbat, arrested an alleged drug smuggler Abdul Rasool from Rodbun, Turbat, on the night between April 23-24. According to the ANF sources,...