May 24, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 15, 1426

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Kashmir settlement key to peace: Aziz ISLAMABAD, May 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has underlined the centrality of Kashmir in the peace process between Pakistan and India and called for showing necessary political will to resolve the dispute. Addressing 36th session of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council here on Monday,...		APC rejects govt’s Kashmir policy ISLAMABAD, May 23: The All Parties Conference on Kashmir, organized by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday, rejected the Kashmir policy of the rulers and declared that no solution to...
Irregularity in award of contract questioned: Mangla Dam raising project ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Senate standing committee on water and power on Monday expressed concern over the irregularity in the award of contract for the Rs64-billion-Mangla Dam raising project and asked...		WB sets conditions for credit ISLAMABAD, May 23: The World Bank on Monday set a series of five major conditions to consider approval of a $350 million second phase of the Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC-II)...
Three shot dead in Quetta QUETTA, May 23: Three peopel were killed in Satellite Town when a gruoup of people opened fire with automatic weapons late on Monday night. The bodies of the victims were brought...		Four killed as dacoits fire on wagon QUETTA, May 23: At least four people were killed and four others injured when bandits opened fire on a passenger wagon near Dera Murad Jamali on Monday. The wagon carrying over...
Tahirkheli hopeful of NFC consensus PESHAWAR, May 23: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Ms Aneesa Zeb Tahirkheli has observed that all the four provinces will succeed in evolving a consensus formula for the distribution...		Policy to resolve controversy over WLL services soon: PTA chief ISLAMABAD, May 23: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzada Alam Malik on Monday said the authority would soon devise a policy to end the controversy regarding Wireless Local Loop (WLL) services...
Judge raids police station; seven freed SANGHAR, May 23: Seven people were found in illegal confinement at a police station on Monday by the civil judge-II Sinjhoro, Syed Abdul Qayoom Shah. The judge told journalists that he...		Zia not PPP parliamentary leader: Sahi LAHORE, May 23: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Monday refused to accept opposition leader Qasim Zia as parliamentary leader of his party —- the PPP. Accepting the reference filed by...
A lobby out to create ‘misunderstandings’: No Muslim should mention sect: Shujaat LAHORE, May 23: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain disclosed here on Monday that during a recent meeting with President Pervez Musharraf he had advised him that a law should...		Spurious seed, worm hit sunflower crop ISLAMABAD, May 23: Sunflower could not grow over an area of about 30,000 acres in Sindh and Punjab because farmers used sub-standard and spurious seed imported by some well-known multinational companies...
District council concerned over project delay PESHAWAR, May 23: Members of the district council have expressed concern over non-execution of the schemes approved by the Citizens Community Board (CCB) and have demanded a probe into the delay....		Rains hit parts of Sindh HYDERABAD, May 23: Moderate to heavy rains lashed four districts of Sindh on Monday afternoon, breaking the weeklong heatwaves. With the first drop of rain, power supply was disconnected in areas...
Kidnapped boy recovered after 85 days LARKANA, May 23: An student of class sixth, Aqib Rajput, has safely reached home after remaining 85 days in captivity of kidnappers. Shahdadkot DPO Noor Ahmed Pechuho told newsmen on...		ARD meeting today ISLAMABAD, May 23: A meeting of the heads of component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will be held here on Tuesday to review the current political...
Closer economic ties with Syria emphasized ISLAMABAD, May 23: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon on Monday emphasized the need for Pakistan and Syria to establish closer economic relations and harness the immense...		Islamabad faces shortfall of 38 MGD water ISLAMABAD, May 23: The federal capital is facing shortfall of 38 million gallon per day (MGD) water as it is receiving 62 MGD against the total demand of 100 MGD, a...
PTCL staff’s token strike from today LAHORE, May 23: The PTCL Unions Action Committee has announced a three-hour token strike daily from Tuesday to press for the acceptance of the demands. Action Committee leaders made the announcement...		Local Body by-polls for women’s seats held GILGIT, May 23: The Gilgit Municipal Committee on Monday elected seven women for reserved seats. Eleven women contested the election, which had been postponed last month....
Peshawar UET makes rapid prototyping machine LAHORE, May 23: The University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, has developed a rapid prototyping machine (RPM) that can produce the exact models of various body parts and different instruments used...		Three shot dead in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, May 23: Three villagers, two of them brothers, were shot dead by their rivals on Garhi Tegho link road in Khanpur taluka on Monday night. Attaullah Teghani, his brother Miandad...
300 held by child bureau belong to beggar families LAHORE, May 23: Most of children caught while seeking alms at city intersections since November last year belong to beggar families and not to a beggar mafia. Of 385 children rescued...		Drawings for LHC building examined LAHORE, May 23: Justice Sheikh Abdur Rashid of the Lahore High Court on Monday examined the drawings and the site plan of the western wing of the High Court where more courtrooms are planned to be constructed. Punjab secretary for communications and works Allah Yar Khan,...
Omar’s remaks clarified ISLAMABAD, May 23: Pakistan has developed a capacity to go into the international capital market to raise funds instead of traditionally looking towards the World Bank and IMF to partially fund...		Tunnel project CHITRAL, May 23: MNA from Chitral, Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, has said that no one can stop construction of Lowari tunnel, and those who are opposing this project are ‘the enemies...
Ayubia Park uplift project approved PESHAWAR, May 23: The federal government has approved a Rs72 million project for improving the forest, wildlife and living resources of Ayubia National Park. The project titled as ‘Implementation of Management...		Young man commits suicide HARIPUR, May 23: A young man committed suicide in the Saddar area here on Saturday evening. The Saddar police quoted one Salim Khan of Durukhshel village as saying that his...
2 killed in accidents ISLAMABAD, May 23: Two persons were killed in separate traffic accidents in the city on Monday. In the first incident, a car of the President’s House (IDP-2) driven by Mohammad Syed...		Roads’ sanitation bid fails LAHORE, May 23: The City District Government Lahore’s attempt to privatize sanitation of 67 major roads has fallen through owing to a poor response from the private sector and its failure...
Justice Ghulam Mujadid dies LAHORE, May 23: Justice Ghulam Mujadid Mirza (retired), former chief justice of the Lahore High Court and former judge of the Supreme Court died here on Monday night. He was 80. His funeral will be held today (Tuesday) at 10:30am at Bahawalpur Road Janazgah....		Torture victims seek protection SIALKOT, May 23: A widow, Safia Bibi, and her four daughters have sought government protection against some influential people who had allegedly humiliated and subjected them to severe physical torture over...
AMP demands judicial commission: Cases against tenants OKARA, May 23: The Anjuman-i-Mozareen Punjab led by its secretary-general Mehr Abdul Sattar has demanded that the government must constitute a judicial commission to probe into the cases registered against some...		Man falls prey to ‘doctor’s negligence’ SAHIWAL, May 23: A young man died in the DHQ Hospital on Monday because of the alleged negligence of the medical officer. Reports said Shahzad Bhatti, 18, was brought to the...
Pervaiz for unity in PML’s ranks GUJRAT, May 23: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has urged the ruling party MPAs, Nazims and office-bearers to forge unity in their ranks to make a clean sweep in the...		‘Rapist’ of minor girls commits suicide GUJRANWALA, May 23: The main suspect in rape of over half a dozen minor girls committed suicide here on Monday evening when a police party intercepted him near Government College for...
Woman’s body found in canal OKARA, MAY 23: A youth was run over by a speedy bus, while body of a woman was found in a distributary in the district on Monday. Reports said a Sahiwal-bound...		IJT students boycott classes in PMC FAISALABAD, May 23: Students of the Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) on Monday boycotted classes in the Punjab Medical College and threatened to come on roads if their four leaders were not...
Training for teachers SHEIKHUPURA, May 23: The government was preparing a plan to impart special training to teachers regarding the new methods of education at 64,000 schools in Punjab. Governor Lt-Gen Khalid Maqbool (retired)...		Most diseases in NWFP caused by polluted water PESHAWAR, May 23: Consumption of contaminated water has been causing diarrhoeal ailments in the NWFP, according to a Unicef official. “Sixty per cent of the diseases in the province are due...
Health workers on hunger strike PESHAWAR, May 23: Hundreds of workers of basic health units in Afghan refugee camps in the NWFP and in tribal areas who have not received their salary for five months...		WHO officials term spread of malaria alarming PESHAWAR, May 23: The World Health Organization has urged health professionals to adopt concrete measures for prompt diagnosis and treatment of malaria. WHO representative Qutabuddin Kakar said at a workshop at...
Steps urged to preserve, promote Hindko PESHAWAR, May 23: The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary-cum-cultural organization, has urged Hindko-speaking people to work for promotion of their language which remains officially neglected. The board members said that a...		‘Plan prepared for special children’ PESHAWAR, May 23: Social Welfare and Special Education Minister Zubaida Jalal said on Sunday that a national plan of action had been finalized for rehabilitation of special children. She was speaking...
Hunting in NAs GILGIT, May 23: The communities and Wildlife Department of Northern Areas earned Rs6.8 million from trophy hunting of ibex, markhor and blue sheep during the current season in community-controlled hunting areas....		Protest against contaminated water DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 23: Scores of Bhutta Colony residents blocked the College-Gadai Road here on Sunday as a mark of protest against the supply of contaminated water. Reports said the...
Landlord shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, May 23: Five dacoits shot dead a landlord on offering resistance at Maddar village in Saddar police limits here on Monday. Reports said Rashid was asleep when five men broke...		Smuggler held KOHAT, May 23: A retired army major has been booked for smuggling a large quantity of arms and ammunition from Darra Adam Khel into Kohat in his car, police said....