July 7, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 29, 1426

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Haj expenses to go up by 15 per cent ISLAMABAD, Jul 6: Haj accommodation cost in Saudi Arabia will go up by 15 per cent from next year as the Ministry of Religious Affairs has increased accommodation space for every Pakistani pilgrim. Secretary Religious Affairs...		PAC orders recovery of Rs567,854 from Nawaz: Haj on state expenses ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday ordered that an amount of Rs567,854 be recovered from former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who, according to auditors...
Sheikh Mujib wanted a confederation: US papers WASHINGTON, July 6: The US State Department’s newly declassified documents about the 1971 debacle show that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman wanted to have a “form of confederation” with Pakistan rather than a separate country....		Skardu editor gets bail SKARDU, July 6: A sessions judge has granted bail to the chief editor of a local magazine in a case filed against him for publishing ‘provocative’ material against President Pervez Musharraf....
Degree-awarding institutions directed to follow criterion ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has again warned the degree-awarding universities to follow the laid- down criterion in terms of faculty and infrastructure development, otherwise their degrees will not be accepted....		Alleged rapists arrested MULTAN, Pakistan, July 6: Police have arrested seven men on the charge of gang raping a married woman to avenge her relative’s suspected role in abduction of a girl, officials said on Wednesday....
8,000 ulema to be appointed: Population awareness drive ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Ministry of Population Welfare will appoint over 8,000 religious scholars for creating awareness among the people of the increasing population in the country and to sort out methods of preventing the growing menace....		Over Rs4m project launched in N. Areas: Renewable micro-hydro energy ISLAMABAD, July 6: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Alternative Pakistan Energy Development Board (AEBD) and German Technical Assistance Agency (GTZ) here on Wednesday launched a Rs4.5...
Compensation for family of deceased principal ISLAMABAD, July 6: The federal government on Wednesday announced a compensatory package of Rs1 million and a residential plot for the family of the late principal of Dawood College of Engineering...		Journalists meeting with officials of govt today: G-14 plots issue ISLAMABAD, July 6: A six-member committee of journalists will hold another round of meetings with government representatives on Thursday (today) on the issue of alleged irregularities in the allotment of plots in Sector G-14, says a press release on Wednesday....
‘Technical training body to be set up’ RAWALPINDI, July 6: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Wednesday said the government would set up National Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (NTEVTA) to promote technical education in the country....		Soomro for early flood preventive measures: Relief goods sent to NWFP, N.As ISLAMABAD, July 6: Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro has called for immediate preventive measures against flood threats in certain areas of the country. Expressing sympathies with the people of the flood-hit areas,...
Malaysian firms want joint ventures in dairy sector ISLAMABAD, July 6: Malaysian firms are keen to invest in joint ventures in Pakistan, especially in the dairy and livestock sector, the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) said on Wednesday....		50 schools to be set up for child labourers ISLAMABAD, July 6: Pakistan Baitul Maal (PBM) will open 50 new schools in the current year all over the country for child labourers, Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Zobaida Jalal said on Wednesday....
Narcotics Div lacks proper equipment to destroy heroin ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was informed on Wednesday that the Narcotics Control Division had no proper way to dispose of seized heroin other than burning it out in the open....		Two Layyah towns on verge of being submerged: High flood in Indus MULTAN, July 6: Two small towns of Kot Sultan and Jaman Shah in Layyah district are on the verge of being submerged following high flood in the Indus....
Complainant jailed for contempt of court GUJRANWALA, July 6: District and Sessions Judge Mazher Husain Minhas on Wednesday awarded one-month imprisonment to the complainant of a case on contempt of court charges....		16 more mauzas affected by flood DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 6: Sixteen more mauzas were affected by high flood in the River Indus, the district coordination officer said here on Wednesday. The recently affected areas are Sabza...
Former tehsil nazim granted bail: ‘Bogus’ matriculation certificate SADIQABAD, July 6: Former Tehsil Nazim Mian Bashir Ahmed, who was in custody of Muslim Town police, Lahore, since June 27, was granted bail by the Model Town civil judge on Wednesday....		Villagers injure constable, Fesco men TOBA TEK SINGH, July 6: Villagers on Wednesday injured a constable and Fesco officials in Baroon Chah Kikriwala village near Kamalia. The Fesco team led by SDO Mudassar Khan was installing a transformer for the tubewell....
100 captives shifted to other jails SARGODHA, July 6: Around 100 Sargodha district jail inmates, including some under-trial prisoners, have been shifted to different prisons in the Punjab without allowing them an opportunity to defend themselves during an inquiry into the June 25 riot....		Gepco sets up crisis cells MANDI BAHAUDDIN, July 6: The Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) has established four crisis management cells in the division in order to tackle any emergency situation during rainy season, Mandi Bahauddin...
Four arrested with counterfeit currency FAISALABAD, July 6: Tandlianwala police registered a case against seven people and arrested four of them for with counterfeit currency on Wednesday. Police said they raided the houses of the alleged...		Protest SHEIKHUPURA, July 6: Scores of heirs of Javed, a resident of Ferozewala who died of bronchitis in the DHQ hospital the other day, protested on Wednesday against police on the charge of torturing the boy to death....
14-hour traffic disruption DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 6: The inter-provincial traffic remained suspended for about 14 hours due to heavy flood in a nullah located near Punjab-Balochistan border. Reports said the nullah (Rakni) swelled due to recent heavy rains disrupting the traffic on Tuesday....		Sustainable cotton initiative project BAHAWALPUR, July 6: The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWFN) has launched its project of “sustainable cotton initiative” (SCI) in collaboration with other agriculture bodies in the Bahawalpur district....
3,224 teachers ‘sacked’ SIALKOT, July 6: Punjab education department has terminated services of 3,224 male and female Learning Coordinators and all the posts would be abolished automatically after July 15....		Execution stopped through kidnap SAHIWAL, July 6: Execution of a convict in a murder case had to be postponed in the wake of kidnap of a member of the victim’s family by the accused party....
Tough time ahead for old guards BAHAWALPUR, July 6: A number of prospective candidates for tehsil nazims and naib nazims’ slots have emerged posing a tough time for former tehsil nazims in Bahawalpur district....		Flood losses attributed to encroachments along river banks PESHAWAR, July 6: Irrigation experts attribute flood losses suffered in Charsadda and Nowshera districts mostly to reclamation of land and unchecked encroachments on both sides of major rivers and their tributaries....
$5m endowment fund set up: Bio-diversity conservation PESHAWAR, July 6: An endowment fund of $5 million has been established for extending financial support to communities involved in bio-diversity conservation in Chitral and Gilgit, sources said....		NWFP govt awaits possession of land for new hospital PESHAWAR, July 6: The NWFP government has acquired a 60-kanal plot of land to build a hospital for psychiatric care but so far it has not been able to take possession of the land, officials told Dawn....
Teachers and officials sent back to old posts TIMERGARA, July 6: The executive district officer (School and Literacy) of Lower Dir has directed five teachers and officials working in government departments or other places instead of their original stations...		‘Problems of trainee doctors to be solved’ PESHAWAR, July 6: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has ordered speedy processing of the case of Trainee Medical Officers (TMOs) about increase in their stipend and immediate steps for solving their accommodation problems....
25 held in raid on refugee camp KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), July 6: Nearly 25 people, most of them Afghans, were arrested in a mid-night operation conducted by tribal security forces at a refugee camp in the Mamond sub-division on Tuesday....		PPP, PML-N woking on plan to revamp political system LAHORE, July 6: The PPP of Ms Benazir Bhutto and the PML-N of Mian Nawaz Sharif are drafting a charter of democracy, which proposes to bring about a number of changes...
Design faults termed main cause for delay : Makhi reservoir commissioning SANGHAR, July 6: Like the Left Bank Outfall Drain and the Tidal Link, Badin, the Makhi reservoir (formerly Chotiari) is another project likely to prove counter-productive....		Rain, dust storm lash Sindh interior: Lightning kills one SUKKUR, July 6: Lightning killed one person in Ghotki as a heavy dust storm coupled with torrential rain lashed many parts of the province on late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning....
Breaches damage crops, houses SUKKUR, July 6: Hundreds of houses and crops came under water, after two breaches, each 75 feet wide, occurred in the Dadu Canal, at Bagarji near Sukkur, on Tuesday night....		Traders observe hunger strike NAWABSHAH, July 6: Members of Mobile Phone Shop Owners Association observed token hunger strike against increasing wave of crime in the city here on Wednesday. The protesters observed token hunger strike...
PPP to field candidates on all seats in Larkana LARKANA, July 6: The People’s Party Parliamentarians, Larkana, has decided to field its candidates on all seats and says it hopes to sweep the local body polls in Larkana and Qambar districts....		CEC urged to cancel recent transfers and postings KHAIRPUR, July 6: The president of the PPP Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has called upon the Chief Election Commissioner to cancel transfers and posting of police and other officials in...
Eight police officers transferred HYDERABAD, July 6: Transfers of police officers continued in Hyderabad district as eight officers, some of whom had been posted hours before announcement of local body election schedule, have again been transferred....		New ‘MMA’ for local polls leaves JI out PESHAWAR, July 6: Differences over seat adjustment for the up-coming local council polls in Peshawar district has put the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) in a difficult situation as five of its component...
Assembly demands fresh enrolment of voters PESHAWAR, July 6: The NWFP assembly has demanded fresh enrolment of voters. Makhdoom Mureed Kazim of the Pakistan People’ Party (Sherpao) presented a resolution in the house, demanding holding of the...		Health workers exposed to high radiation levels PESHAWAR, July 6: A study conducted at the Pakistan Medical and Research Council has shown that health workers and paramedics are exposed to radiation levels beyond those permitted....
Hasba law can’t be enforced in Pata districts PESHAWAR, July 6: The proposed Hasba law will not apply to the seven districts of the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata) without the approval of the president....		Two Afghan women held with arms LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency) July 6: Security guards arrested two Afghan women at the Torkhum border post on Wednesday and recovered eight Kalashnikovs from their possession....
Promotion of Pushto urged PESHAWAR, July 6: The World Pushto Congress, a literary organization, has stressed the need for launching a movement for the promotion of Pushto culture and language....		Call for steps to cope with epidemics PESHAWAR, July 6: While handing over the consignment of medicines to the provincial health department for distribution among the flood-hit people of the Frontier province, the WHO’s country chief has urged...