May 15, 2005	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 6, 1426

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Al Qaeda, Taliban products of establishment, says ANP MANSEHRA, May 14: Central president of the Awami National Party, Asfandyar Wali Khan, has said that Al Qaeda and Taliban are not the products of Pukhtun society, but are the brainchild...		Call to purge govt depts of sectarianism GILGIT, May 14: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League Northern Areas President Abdul Wahid has alleged that some government employees are indulging in sectarian-oriented politics in the area and there is no...
Aga Khan, Musharraf to visit Northern Areas GILGIT, May 14: Prince Karim Agha Khan and President Gen Pervez Musharraf will visit the Northern Areas in the last week of this month, sources told Dawn. Northern Areas administration and...		South Asian parliamentary conference today ISLAMABAD, May 14: The first-ever South Asian parliamentary conference opens in Islamabad on Sunday, but a last-minute sour note has came from strife-torn Nepal, whose delegates declined to travel to Pakistan...
China backs Pakistan on global issues BEIJING, May 14: Chinese scholars and members of “think-tank” have commended Sino-Pak strategic partnership and said it has developed well in the recent years to meet common aspirations of the people...		ANP, MMA accused of ditching masses PESHAWAR, May 14: The Pakistan People’s Party on Friday took a swipe at the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and the Awami National Party, accusing them of betraying public trust and making hollow slogans...
More educational institutions pledged for NWFP PESHAWAR, May 14: Chief Minister Akram Durrani has pledged to speed up the efforts for establishing state-of-the-art educational institutions across the province. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of the KMC Girls Campus...		Media adviser hired for ‘softer image’ project ISLAMABAD, May 14: The government has hired a media adviser to promote the country’s ‘softer image’. The new recruit at the prime minister’s secretariat is Mahreen Khan, who has hosted BBC...
MQM accused of depriving local people of jobs HYDERABAD, May 14: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and nationalist parties have criticized the resolution of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement regarding appointment of people in multinational companies according to their...		Chopper of governor makes urgent landing PESHAWAR, May 14: Helicopter of the NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman on Saturday made an emergency landing in Risalpur after it developed some technical fault. According to a spokesman for the Governor’s House,...
Stipend of nurses to be raised PESHAWAR, May 14: Chief Executive of the Lady Reading Hospital Dr Abdul Samad has said that monthly stipend of nursing students will be increased soon....		Traffic dept launches drive against rickshaws PESHAWAR, May 14: The NWFP traffic department has launched a drive against unregistered rickshaws to reduce both the traffic rush and pollution caused by these tri-wheelers....
NWFP to spend Rs700m on uplift schemes PESHAWAR, May 14: The NWFP government would spend an amount of Rs700 million on development schemes which would be carried out on the special directives of Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani,...		Postal ballot for by-polls ISLAMABAD, May 14: Acting Chief Election Commission of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Saturday announced that government servants, members of the armed forces, holders of public offices and their wives...
Journalist hurt in ambush WANA, May 14: A Pakistani journalist was shot and wounded in a drive-by shooting by three masked gunmen on Saturday in a South Waziristan, officials said. Mujeebur Rehman, who works for...		Pakistani wins world prize PHOENIX (Arizona), May 14: An American student of Pakistani parents, Ameen Abdulrasool of Chicago, is one of the three grand prize winners at an international science and engineering fair here. His...
Soldier dies in accident KOHAT, May 14: Two people, including an army soldier, were killed and three others seriously injured in road accidents on Friday evening. The driver of an incoming Karachi coach (C-8435) lost...		Balochistan minister quits QUETTA, May 14: Provincial Minister Sher Jan Baloch has resigned, complaining that he was powerless and could not serve people in his district due to inefficiency of officials. Talking to Dawn...
Schools demanded CHITRAL, May 14: A meeting of women activists, organized by the Aurat Foundation, demanded establishment of schools for girls in Booni. Booni consists of 10 union councils which are facing a...		Five killed as wagon rams into truck SAHIWAL, May 14: Five people were killed and 10 others received injuries, four of them serious, on Saturday in an accident on Sahiwal-Arifwala Road near Chak 100/9-L. A wagon, coming from...
Traffickers freed SIALKOT, May 14: Two armed men got released as many human traffickers by shot injuring two FIA officials near Adalatgarha-Uggoki here on Friday night. Reports said Nazir Hussain and Sabir Hussain...		Eight Sukkur jail officials suspended SUKKUR, May 14: Sindh Prisons Inspector-General Ayaz Mughni has suspended eight officials of the Sukkur Central Jail and banned their entry into the jail premises.Talking to journalists here on Saturday, he...
Judge raids PS, recovers PPP leader LARKANA, May 14: Warah civil judge Manzoor Siddiqui on Saturday raided the Hamal police station and recovered People’s Party Parliamentarians leader Allah Bakhsh alias Daddo Unar from the SHO’s quarter. The...		Indus receives 890 cusecs of polluted water on Saturday DADU, May 14: The executive engineer of the Dadu southern irrigation division has said 890 cusecs of polluted water was released from the Manchhar Lake into the River Indus on Saturday....
Villagers demand action against police HYDERABAD, May 14: Residents of Rahim Khoso village, Kotri taluka, have accused the police of harassing and threatening them with dire consequences, if they did not vacate the village and agriculture...		Landlords refuse to pay water tax: FOs SANGHAR, May 14: Chairmen and office-bearers of many farmers’ organizations have informed irrigation officials in writing that they are unable to collect water tax from landlords. They said the landlords had...
Protest rally held JACOBABAD, May 14: The Awami Ittehad took out a protest rally against gastroenteritis, load-sheding and non-supply of potable water, here on Saturday. The rally started from the Awami Ittehad Office....		Woman, daughter kidnapped KHAIRPUR, May 14: Eight armed men kidnapped Zamiran, wife of Mohammad Murad, along with her daughter, Hasina, on Friday night in the Mehrano village, Kotdiji taluka. The father-in-law of the kidnapped...
Protest rally held JACOBABAD, May 14: The Awami Ittehad took out a protest rally against gastroenteritis, load-sheding and non-supply of potable water, here on Saturday. The rally started from the Awami Ittehad Office. Women,...		Industry told to invest in R&D RAWALPINDI, May 14: Chairman National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) Dr Samar Mubarakmand has emphasised on the importance of quality human resource and urged the industrialists to play their due role...
LHC Pindi bench judges changed RAWALPINDI, May 14: The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court Justice Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry has changed the duty roster of the LHC judges at Rawalpindi bench. LHC notified that three...		AIOU to offer BSc, MSc in physical education ISLAMABAD, May 14: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in collaboration with Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) is launching BSc and MSc programmes in physical education from Spring 2005 session. According to a...
World Family Day today ISLAMABAD, May 14: The International Day of Families is being observed on Sunday which provides an opportunity to raise public awareness about crucial issues concerning families and HIV/Aids. This year’s theme,...		ARD meeting on 24th ISLAMABAD, May 14: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has called a meeting of the alliance at the Pakistan People’s Party central office on May 24. The...
Joint research with Mexican centre: Increase in maize, wheat output ISLAMABAD, May 14: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre, Mexico, have agreed to collaborate in the fields of research and exchange of experiences. A...		‘Afghanistan’s opium a threat to society’ ISLAMABAD, May 14: The Senate standing committee on narcotics control has observed that the large-scale cultivation of opium/poppy and production and trafficking of opium and heroin in Afghanistan posed a major...
PML-N to contest LB polls despite all odds: Khosa LAHORE, May 14: The PML-N doesn’t believe that the local elections to be held during the next few months will be free and fair, but it is still determined to take...		PR summer timings effective from today LAHORE, May 14: Trains will be switching over to summer timings from Sunday (today) —- one month late for the first time in the history of the railways. It has been...
Nishter surgeon found guilty LAHORE, May 14: The Chief Minister’s Inspection Team inquiry officer has reportedly declared Nishter Hospital Multan’s orthopaedic surgeon Prof Ashiq Pervez guilty of sexually harassing his patient. The horrific incident in...		Senate body wants medical students’ issue resolved ISLAMABAD, May 14: The Senate Standing Committee on Health on Saturday took strong note of the non-compliance of the decisions it took on May 3 regarding registration of the medical graduates...