May 9, 2005	Monday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1426

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Six Al Qaeda suspects arrested RAWALPINDI, May 8: Security agencies have arrested six people on the basis of information provided by arrested Al Qaeda operative Abu Farraj Al Libbi and one of the detained suspects could...		Real estate prices soar 500pc in five years in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, May 8: Rates of real estate in different sectors of the federal capital have increased by over 500 per cent in the last five years, diminishing hopes of the middle...
Biosafety rules notified: Genetically modified organisms ISLAMABAD, May 8: The government has notified the biosafety rules to check movement of harmful Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and benefit from useful organisms to enhance agricultural produce. These rules will...		ADB wants policies to help growers ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has asked the government to come up with a mechanism to favour the small farmers by putting an end to its current pricing...
MMA obstructing development projects: PML QUETTA, May 8: The provincial secretary general of the PML, Mr Jaffar Khan Mandokhel, has strongly criticized the role of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in the province and alleged that it...		BSO to hold protests today QUETTA, May 8: Three factions of the Baloch Students Organization have announced to block highways at different points on Monday to protest against the government’s reluctance to release eight of its...
Arbab launches local poll campaign MIRPURKHAS, May 8: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has called upon people to elect candidates of the Pakistan Muslim League in the next local bodies’ elections to strengthen...		Workshops on use of radiation planned ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and the International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) have organized a week-long workshop for specialists from Monday on ‘new techniques in sealed sources...
Photographs capture essence of North’s beauty ISLAMABAD, May 8: The preview of the landscape photographs of bureaucrat-cum-photographer Sheikh Ghazanfar Hussain was held at the World Bank auditorium. World Bank Country Director John Wall was the chief guest...		Sindh to get control soon, says Jatoi: Chotiari Dam DADU, May 8: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi has said that the Chotiari Dam will soon be handed over to the Sindh government. He said that...
Tax collectors urged to curb evasion ISLAMABAD, May 8: Central Board of Revenue (CBR) Chairman M. Abdullah Yousuf has asked sales tax collectors to curb tax evasion and take steps to speed up revenue collection drive and...		Pakistani executed RIYADH, May 8: Saudi Arabia executed a Pakistani man on Sunday convicted of smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the interior ministry said. A ministry statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency...
Man commits suicide RAWALPINDI, May 8: A jobless man, whose wife had committed suicide one month ago, hanged himself at Malpur falling in the jurisdiction of Secretariat police station on Friday. Police said Talib...		Marriages within clans main cause of thalassaemia MANSEHRA: Cabinet secretary Ejaz Rahim has said that marriages within clans and families strong tribal bonds are mainly responsible for spread of thalassaemia among children as the disease is caused by...
Teachers’ call for boycott backed SWABI, May 8: The Subject Specialists Union (SSU) has supported a call given by All Pakistan Teachers Association (APTA) to boycott classes from May 20 if the government fails to meet...		Call to check sale of spurious fertilizers SANGHAR, May 8: Farmers have complained of unabated sale of spurious fertilizers and pesticides in the district. They alleged that gypsum in granular form was coloured and being sold as DAP...
Police failure to arrest MPA NAWABSHAH, May 8: The Deputy Inspector General, Prisons, Sindh, Maj (retd) Ghulam Hussain Khoso, has lodged a formal complaint with senior prison officials against the Nawabshah jails administration for their failure...		Sialkot PML splits into three groups SIALKOT, May 8: The ruling PML has landed itself in deep water after a no-confidence resolution was passed against District Naib Nazim Chaudhry Arsal Waqar Ghumman on Wednesday last following an...
Import of livestock, vegetables opposed OKARA, May 8: Farmers have given vent to their discontent over a government’s decision of allowing duty-free import of potato, onion, tomato and livestock. They said the decision taken on the...		Wheat crop damaged by rain TOBA TEK SINGH, May 8: Heavy rain and hailstorm coupled with dust storm damaged the standing and harvested wheat crop in various villages in Gojra area on Saturday night. The untimely...
Cellphone robbery a ‘petty crime’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 8: Crime, especially cell phone snatching and robberies, is on the rise in and around the city, while police seldom bothers to take action against the culprits....		Hike in fertilizer prices SIALKOT, May 8: The dealers and stockists in Sialkot and Narowal districts have increased the rates of urea fertilizers by Rs102 per bag, while the government has yet not taken any...
Boy run over by bus FAISALABAD, May 8: Hundreds of residents of Chibban, Shadman Road and other adjoining localities, protesting the death of a boy who was run over by a Metro Bus here, blocked traffic...		Girl students being ‘fleeced’ SARGODHA, May 8: Teachers and the staff of government colleges are fleecing thousands of girl students of intermediate classes. Hundreds of girl students of various colleges are being charged science funds...
Punjab may increase development budget LAHORE, May 8: Spending 84 per cent of development funds by March 31, the provincial government expects to substantially increase its annual development budget for the next fiscal year. Official sources...		Wardag calls for interim govt LAHORE, May 8: The Tehrik-i-Istaqlal has demanded setting up of an interim government for two years after dissolving the present assemblies. Party president Rehmat Khan Wardag told newsmen here on Sunday...
Baba Fareed moot in July LAHORE, May 8: The World Punjabi Congress will hold a Baba Fareed Conference in Lahore and Sheikhupura in July. Congress chairman Fakhar Zaman said at a reception held for Indian peace...		Wheat price starts falling LAHORE, May 8: Wheat price started sliding in most of Punjab on Sunday after reports that the federal government might pick up incidental charges and issue wheat to millers on support...
Focus on LB polls: Imran LAHORE, May 8: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf President Imran Khan has directed his party office-bearers to focus on contesting councillors’ seats in the local polls. Speaking at a convention on Sunday, he said...		‘US wants strong democracy’ LAHORE, May 8: Brian D. Hunt, political officer of the US embassy, and Brian Heath, principal officer of the US consulate in Lahore, called on PML-N leader Inamullah Khan Niazi and...
Mian Meraj laid to rest LAHORE, May 8: Veteran PML leader Mian Meraj Din, who passed away after a protracted illness on Saturday, was laid to rest on Sunday in the presence of a large number...		Unicef backing government’s health efforts PESHAWAR, May 8: Participants at a workshop here on Sunday said Unicef was supporting the government in many areas of healthcare, especially in obstetric emergency care services. Dr Abdul Jamil of...
Prayer leader shot dead PESHAWAR, May 8: An Afghan prayer leader of a mosque in Daudzai area was shot dead on Sunday. A resident of Shagali Payan village in Daudzai area, Malik Aman, told police...		Centre urged to pay NWFP’s power royalty PESHAWAR, May 8: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that ‘American brand of enlightenment’ will not work and only Islamic system can lessen the misery of people and pave way...
Crop hit by rise in Tarbela level HARIPUR, May 8: The rising water level in Tarbela lake has destroyed standing wheat crop in Khalabat, according to social worker Mohammad Irshad. “The off-season increase in water level has inundated...		Dams completed PESHAWAR, May 8: The Irrigation Directorate has completed two small dams in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) while construction work on six small dams is in progress. This was stated by...