2 May 2005	Monday	22 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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Shun violence, engage in talks, workers urged: Rashid addresses Labour Day meeting PESHAWAR, May 1: Federal Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has asked the labour community to pursue the path of negotiations for problems, instead of resorting to ‘violence’....		Aziz sees new era in ties with Japan ISLAMABAD, May 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that the resumption of yen loan would help accelerate economic cooperation between Islamabad and Tokyo and have a salutary effect on...
AJK accountability law to be revised MUZAFFARABAD, May 1: The AJK government has constituted a committee to recommend amendments to the state’s accountability law in accordance with the constitution. “The committee has been established to review the...		Call for efforts to ‘revitalize’ Urdu PESHAWAR, May 1: Participants in a seminar here have expressed concern over the decline of Urdu language and stressed the need for efforts to restore the lost place of the language...
Zardari wants third term for PM LAHORE, May 1: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has indicated that his party may challenge the law, which bars a twice-elected former prime minister to contest for a third term. “There...		Meeting on budget held ISLAMABAD, May 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday presided over a high level pre-budget meeting at the Prime Minister House and considered proposals for the forthcoming budget in light of...
29 organizations to get welfare fund ISLAMABAD, May 1: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said 29 organizations in which 80,000 workers are employed will now be able to benefit from...		Pervaiz seeks report from Sialkot DPO: Paralyzed woman’s rape SIALKOT, May 1: Taking a serious notice of alleged gang-rape of a paralyzed woman, Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has directed DPO Osama Mumtaz Raja to immediately arrest the ‘influential’ culprits...
Wheat price slightly up in Punjab LAHORE, May 1: Wheat price in the Punjab has slightly risen during the last few days as a result of the State Bank of Pakistan’s allowing liberal commodity finance, and wheat...		Cooperation with rulers a sin: ARD LAHORE, May 1: The ARD and the PPP are not opposed to a dialogue with the rulers but at the same time there will be no compromise on principles, an ARD...
May Day rally slams govt’s anti-labour policies RAWALPINDI, May 1: Workers at a May Day rally here on Sunday condemned the government for hike in prices, growing unemployment, increasing poverty and low wages, and demanded “due rights” for...		Two outlaws killed in ‘encounter’ ISLAMABAD, May 1: The encounter in which two proclaimed offenders were killed by police overnight was ‘fake’, relatives of the dead men claimed on Sunday....
Aggressive wheat buying by private sector SAHIWAL, May 1: After the green signal by the government for open wheat purchase from the province, the millowners and middlemen from other areas, especially from the NWFP, have started aggressive...		PML-N for abolition of laws against workers LAHORE, May 1: The PML-N pledged on the May Day that if voted to power it would give the workers all their due rights and take measures to repeal all anti-worker...
Passengers of three coaches robbed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 1: Nearly 50 people travelling in three passenger coaches were robbed on Saturday night near Arkhnda checkpost, near Kum Shalman. The Shalman-bound coaches were stopped at...		Woman, two minors among four shot dead HARIPUR, May 1: Four people, including a woman and two minor children, of a family were shot dead on Saturday in the Khanpur area, about 42km from here. The motive behind...
NHA invites proposals on road works PESHAWAR, May 1: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has invited proposals for Rs536.28 million projects to be executed in the NWFP in 2005-6. “The NHA will encourage proposals for making the...		Morphine seized QUETTA, May 1: The Chagai Militia seized one ton of morphine in Zardo Khan area of Dalbandin district on Sunday. An official said the buried consignment of 1,000kg of morphine was...
Pervaiz Elahi orders action against SHO LAHORE, May 1: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi ordered on Sunday action against Qila Gujjar Singh SHO for allegedly torturing an ASI without any reason. The action has been ordered on...		LHC moved on allotment of plots in G-14 ISLAMABAD, May 1: Low-ranking employees of the Islamabad capital territory administration have challenged the allotment of plots to their highups in sector G-14, a source in the administration told Dawn on...
Pesco rejects govt claim on excess billing PESHAWAR, May 1: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) is reported to have rejected the NWFP government’s claim of Rs857 million on account of excess billing. “The government has been informed...		NWFP without woman probation officer PESHAWAR, May 1: Despite the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960, women prisoners have not been released on probation in the NWFP, legal experts said. The lawyers said that because of...
Efforts to improve exam system urged PESHAWAR, May 1: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has asked the intermediate and secondary education boards of the province to make efforts to improve the examination system....		Man kills wife over ‘sale’ of daughter PESHAWAR, May 1: A man allegedly killed his wife when she refused to agree to sell their daughter to an Afghan in Bhana Mari area, here on Sunday. Miss Abida, 20,...
Rules for housing colonies finalized FAISALABAD, May 1: The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) has finalized rules and regulations for the establishment of housing colonies in its jurisdiction and warned developers to get their projects approved before...		New BZU VC MULTAN, May 1: The new vice-chancellor of the Bahauddin Zakariya University, Prof Dr Naseer Khan, will assume the charge of his office on May 2 (today), says an official release....
GCCI’s concern over increase in mark-up GUJRANWALA, May 1: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has expressed concern over increase in interest rates and termed it ‘disastrous’ for industrial development and demanded soft-term loans for...		Proficiency in English urged SARGODHA, May 1: Need to develop proficiency in written and spoken English was stressed at a seminar held here on Sunday....
All for a good cause LAHORE, May 1: A painting exhibition arranged by the Pakistan National Council of Arts opened at the Shakir Ali Museum here on Thursday. The purpose of the exhibition is to raise...		Fish farmers mela opens tomorrow MULTAN, May 1: Punjab Fisheries Minister Sardar Jam Muhammad Hashim Ghalija will open the fish farmers mela on May 3 (tomorrow) at Kabirwala. Fisheries Secretary Muhammad Iqbal and Director-General Dr Muhammad...