May 3, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1426

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Democracy needed to fight terror: Benazir ISLAMABAD, May 2: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto says democratisation of Pakistan is important to the war on terrorism, to the interpretation of Islam as a message of freedom and...		Shaukat Aziz rules out mid-term elections OKARA, May 2: Prime minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday ruled out the possibility of mid-term elections. “Since there is political stability, there is no need of such an exercise before time,”...
Asif moves SC to seek release of PPP workers ISLAMABAD, May 2: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking to get quashed cases registered against workers of his party arrested on the eve...		Parliamentarians’ involvement sought: Oil price fixing ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources is reported to have asked the government to introduce a four-pronged strategy on petroleum deregulation and to involve parliamentarians...
Videos ‘no evidence’ in Hudood cases LAHORE, May 2: The Lahore High Court has held that mere witnessing of a video film does not meet the requirements of an evidence for charging a person with the commission...		‘34,000 posts to be filled in educational institutions’ RAWALPINDI, May 2: Punjab Education Minister Mian Imran Masood on Monday said recruitment would be made on 34,000 vacant posts of teachers and other staff. All these appointments would be made...
US general meets Musharraf RAWALPINDI, May 2: Commander-in-Chief of US Central Command General John P. Abizaid, currently on an official visit to Pakistan, paid a courtesy call on President General Pervez Musharraf here on Monday...		CPNE meeting today KARACHI, May 2: The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) will meet in Lahore on Tuesday. The meeting, to be presided over by CPNE president Arif Nizami,...
PFUJ alleges assault on press freedom KARACHI, May 2: The press in Pakistan was subjected to violence, pressure and harassment in 2004-5 and journalists were subjected to physical torture despite ‘a façade of freedom of the press’....		Safma observes Press Freedom Day today ISLAMABAD, May 2: Media in South Asian countries, including Pakistan, will observe the World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday to show solidarity with their counterparts in Nepal suffering a clampdown since...
PPP leaders boycott meeting ISLAMABAD, May 2: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) boycotted a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan held here on Monday. PPP President Makhdoom Amin Faheem and Leader of the Opposition...		Chinese keen to invest in mega projects ISLAMABAD, May 2: An eight-member Chinese trade delegation has shown interest to invest in various Pakistani mega projects including minerals, mines, real estate, electricity and solar energy. The delegation led by...
Three million Afghans still in Pakistan: report ISLAMABAD, May 2: More than three million Afghans are still living in Pakistan, out of over five million who had escaped the Soviet occupation of their war-torn homeland in the 1980s,...		Inquiry into sexual harassment case completed MULTAN, May 2: A chief minister inspection team’s member completed inquiry on Monday into a sexual harassment allegations against a senior orthopaedic surgeon of the Nishter Hospital and Medical College. CMIT’s...
Payment to Wana militants: probe into missing millions initiated PESHAWAR, May 2: Reports about payments made to militant commanders in the restive South Waziristan tribal region to enable them to clear debt taken from Al Qaeda are being investigated following...		Minister vents anger at Okara DPO: ‘Pervaiz tried to flop my show’ OKARA, May 2: PPP Patriots differences with the ruling PML and the Chaudhrys surfaced again on Monday when Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal slapped the district police officer and accused the...
Woman and daughters beaten up in public HARIPUR, May 2: A local woman and her two daughters are reported to have been beaten up and insulted in public by six men. The victims, Sabira Bibi, wife of Niaz...		Further rise in lake level reported: Water flow from Nai Gaaj DADU, May 2: The water level of Manchhar Lake is rising because it has been continuously receiving water from Nai Gaaj for the last three days, posing a serious threat to...
No progress on money lending bill since ’03 LAHORE, May 2: No progress has yet been made on the prohibition of money lending bill taken up by the standing committee on revenue relief and consolidation since August 2003. The...		Cases against 140 PPP workers withdrawn LAHORE, May 2: Two local anti-terrorism courts on Monday discharged as many as 140 PPP workers from cases which they have been facing since their arrest on April 16. The decision...
Over 3,000 vehicles add to Lahore traffic a month LAHORE, May 2: The number of motorvehicles registered in the city has increased by 16.5 times since 1980 and has exceeded 1.17 million growing at an average of 3,300 per month...		PPP says govt planning to rig local polls ISLAMABAD, May 2: Punjab PPP Information Secretary Naveed Chaudhry on Monday alleged that the government had started rigging the forthcoming local government elections even before the announcement of its schedule. Speaking...
20 teachers of community schools dismissed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 2: The education department in Khyber Agency has terminated the services of 20 teachers of different community schools in the remote Tirah valley. The department has...		Fireworks injure six children GUJRANWALA, May 2: Six children sustained serious burn injuries during a fireworks display at a marriage ceremony in Aimanabad on Monday. Reports said that some participants were displaying fireworks during the...
Muslim rulers blamed for denying rights to people ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Muslim world has been dying a slow death for the past 600 years, as its anti-people rulers deliberately denied knowledge and education to nearly 17 generations....		10 named as SC advocates ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has recommended the names of 10 senior lawyers to be enrolled as Supreme Court advocates. The enrolment committee of the PBC, which met...
Upgradation of science body approved ISLAMABAD, May 2: The Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday approved a Rs39.976 million project entitled “Strengthening and Upgradation of Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (PCST). The project conducts...		Four small dams to be built in NWFP ISLAMABAD, May 2: The government has decided to build four small dams to meet the country’s water and power needs, especially in the absence of any consensus over Kalabagh or Bhahsha...
Contempt plea against official ISLAMABAD, May 2: Chief of Al-Jihad Trust Habib Wahabul Khairi on Monday filed a contempt of court petition in the Supreme Court against Law Secretary Justice (retd) Mansoor Ahmed for allegedly...		Peace rally held in Gilgit GILGIT, May 2: A rally was organized here on Monday to promote peace, harmony and tranquillity in the Northern Areas. The rally, arranged by literary and journalist organizations in collaboration with...
Missing student’s case FAISALABAD, May 2: The missing of an MSc physics student from the University of Agriculture took a serious turn after university authorities were found guilty of cover-up. University sources said that...		Exclusion of religion column demanded FAISALABAD, May 2: The leaders of Christian community and representatives of various bodies have demanded exclusion of religion column from the passport, besides steps to strengthen democratic norms in the country....
Father, son killed in land dispute JACOBABAD, May 2: A man and his son were shot dead over a land dispute near Bahoo Khoso in Thul on Monday. The police said one Nawabuddin Khoso killed his elder...		Food official in N. Areas made OSD GILGIT, May 2: A food department official has been made an officer on special duty (OSD) for his alleged failure to ensure smooth supply of wheat to various areas, official sources...
Plan for law on compulsory education PESHAWAR, May 2: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that the policies of the MMA-led provincial government have improved the education standard both in the public and private sectors....		Netaji’s daughter-in-law visits Peshawar PESHAWAR, May 2: Professor Krishna Bose, daughter-in-law of the legendary Subhash Chandra Bose, met here on Monday the son of one of Netaji’s benefactors who had helped him in what later...
Breach damages crops NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 2: Crops standing on 200 acres of land in deh Kot Ghulam Shah, taluka Kandiaro, were inundated on Monday due to a 50 feet breach that occurred in...		Banned items found in Sukkur jail SUKKUR, May 2: Some 150 mobile phones, knives, wooden sticks, iron bars and other objectionable material were recovered from the Sukkur central jail-I during a search operation on Monday. A large...
Man sent back by Afghan govt LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 2: Afghan authorities re-deported last week a Pakistani national, Mohammad Yousuf, who was expelled by Pakistani border officials after he was interrogated in Jalalabad by Afghan...		‘Kidnap’ victim terms FIR fake NAWABSHAH, May 2: A man told the judicial magistrate-I on Monday that he had not been kidnapped by MPA Ghulam Qadir Chandio as claimed by complainant Abdullah Chandio in his FIR....
Health department suspends official: Exam scandal LAHORE, May 2: The Punjab Health Department has suspended from service Punjab Medical Faculty ex-secretary Dr Firdous Shah and registrar Dr Zubair on charges of corruption in paramedics examination....		Judicial probe sought into LHV’s death BAHAWALPUR, May 2: District and sessions judge has been moved for judicial probe into death of an LHV in the custody of Ahmedpur East police....
Beggars, drug addicts being rehabilitated: minister PESHAWAR, May 2: NWFP Minister for Zakat, Ushr and Social Welfare Hafiz Hashmat Khan on Monday said that around 1,000 drug addicts had been rehabilitated in the seven centres set up...		Delegations’ visits to cement ties: governor PESHAWAR, May 2: Governor Khalilur Rehman said that exchange of delegations and coordination in the fields of education and business will augment good relationship between India and Pakistan. He was talking...
New body to resolve PU book fair issue LAHORE, May 2: The Punjab University has formed another body after the failure of the fun and function committee to convince the Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) not to hold a book...		PTA survey of ISPs LAHORE, May 2: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has launched a country-wide survey to check the quality of internet service providers (ISPs). Under its criteria, service ability, setup time, download speed, download...
CM orders release of varsity funds: Fee hike opposed PESHAWAR, May 2: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has ordered immediate release of Rs12.5 million to the Peshawar University. He issued the order during a meeting held at the Chief...		‘Labourers, peasants backbone of economy’ PESHAWAR, May 2: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has lashed out at the so-called champions of Pukhtun rights who, he said, hoodwinked the Pukhtuns through hollow slogans and deprived...