July 8, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 30, 1426

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Rs27 billion plan for transport network ISLAMABAD, July 7: The government has approved a Rs27.3 billion Asian Development Bank-assisted sub-regional connectivity and trade facilitation programme under the Medium-Term Development Framework (2005-10) to improve trade relations with Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asian states....		Aziz orders prompt rescue and relief work ISLAMABAD, July 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday reviewed the flood situation in the country and directed the relevant authorities to carry out rescue and relief operations promptly in the flood-hit areas....
CM seeks report on smuggling allegations QUETTA, July 7: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has directed the home department to submit a report on allegations levelled against Excise and Taxation Minister Mir Amanullah Notezai....		PTCL unions give fresh strike ultimatum ISLAMABAD, July 7: Leaders of eight workers unions of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) here on Thursday warned of launching, within a few days, a countywide strike to pressurize the...
SC to resume hearing in Hashmi’s appeal: Mutiny case ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Supreme Court will resume hearing of an appeal of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) president, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, against his conviction in a mutiny case....		Senate body calls for improvement in Zakat distribution ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs on Thursday underlined the need to improve the system of Zakat distribution in the country. The committee, which met in the...
ARD submits adjournment motion: Flood situation ISLAMABAD, July 7: Opposition members belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly Secretariat to discuss the flood situation in...		25pc component of oil prices not linked to world market: senator ISLAMABAD, July 7: An opposition member of Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum on Thursday said up to 25 per cent component of POL prices was not linked to the international prices....
Three British nationals to be extradited ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan will extradite three British nationals of Pakistani origin back to Britain where they are wanted in a murder and other criminal cases, officials said Thursday....		‘Cellphone operators to be encouraged’: Shifting to 3G technology ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Shahzada Alam Malik on Thursday said the authority would encourage mobile phone operators to shift to the latest ‘third generation (3G)’ technology from the second generation (2G) to benefit subscribers....
US to provide $14.9m to primary schools ISLAMABAD, July 7: The US government will provide $14.9 million (Rs894 million) to primary-level public schools throughout the country. This was stated by US ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C....		‘3 high courts decided less number of cases in 2004’ ISLAMABAD, July 7: The three high courts in Punjab, the NWFP and Balochistan decided less number of cases during 2004 compared to 2002 figures, while the subordinate judiciary disposed of slightly higher number of cases during the same period....
PML-N wants to give long time to PML LAHORE, July 7: The PML-N says voters want to see three major opposition parties — the PML-N itself, the PPP and the Jamaat-i-Islami — joining hands for giving a tough time to the ‘ruling opportunists’ in the local polls....		Blasts damage power pylon QUETTA, July 7: An electric transmission tower was damaged in bomb explosions in Shahrag area on Thursday. “The huge transmission tower was damaged but power supply was not disrupted,” sources said....
‘Government bound to repatriate Biharis’ LAHORE, July 7: Advocate M. D. Tahir on Thursday submitted before a division bench of the Lahore High Court that Biharis in Bangladesh were ‘natural’ Pakistanis and the government was under obligation to repatriate them....		Local bodies system ‘a failure’ LAHORE, July 7: The union councils that are the basic units of the new local government system have no powers whatsoever and failed to deliver. This is the outcome of a...
PR short of budget target LAHORE, July 7: The Pakistan Railways could not achieve its budget target for 2004-05 and had a shortfall of over Rs838 million, it is learnt. Sources told Dawn on Thursday that...		Decision on wheat yet to make impact LAHORE, July 7: The federal government’s decision to allow a duty-free import of wheat and flour has yet to ease the situation of the market, which continues to be volatile throughout the Punjab....
DCOs asked to take flood control steps LAHORE, July 7: The Punjab Flood Relief Committee on Thursday directed the DCOs of Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat and Narowal to take flood protection measures in view of light to heavy rainfall...		Federal body to monitor housing schemes LAHORE, July 7: The federal government has constituted a committee for evolving a strategy for controlling the menace of bogus housing schemes and a crackdown on the land mafia....
Transporters for raise in fares LAHORE, July 7: The Pakistan Motor Transport Federation has demanded an increase in bus and wagon fares in view of the recent raise in diesel prices....		Flood in river Tavi inundates 15 villages SIALKOT, July 7: Flash floods in river Tavi inundated around 15 villages, damaged crops on hundreds of acres of land and killed several cattle in Bajwat near the working boundary on Thursday....
Five captives flee from Burewala lock-up VEHARI, July 7: Five prisoners, who were involved in heinous crimes, escaped from the Burewala Saddar police station lock-up on Thursday morning, reports reaching here said....		TMA’s land officer suspended: Bogus matric certificate FAISALABAD, July 7: The tehsil municipal officer (city), in the capacity of TMA caretaker, suspended Land Officer Ghulam Rasool from service and issued a notice to him under the Removal from...
Crops over 95,000 acres destroyed: 240,000 people affected in Layyah MULTAN, July 7: Around 240,000 people have been affected in the 11 flood-hit union councils of Layyah district while standing crops on nearly 95,000 acres have been destroyed causing a loss of around Rs1 billion....		Six policemen held after rejection of bails: Escape of former SHO GUJRANWALA, July 7: Six policemen, including two ASIs, involved in the escape of the Sialkot jail incident’s main accused, were arrested after rejection of their interim bail by a local court on Thursday....
Forex firms reach accord with NAB PESHAWAR, July 7: The heads of two local forex companies, allegedly involved in a multi-billion-rupee scam, have reached an understanding with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to reimburse money to thousands...		Relief goods distributed among flood victims LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 7: Authorities in Khyber Agency distributed food and medicines among flood victims in Loe Shalman, some 35 kilometres from here, on Thursday....
Mass media strengthening Sino-Pakistan friendship PESHAWAR, July 7: The mass media is playing a vital role in strengthening relations between Pakistan and China and due to people-to-people contacts these friendly relations are growing day by day....		Youths open fire on bus, kill two passengers PESHAWAR, July 7: Five youths who were in a speeding car opened fire on a bus killing two passengers and injuring two others on the Grand Truck Road, near the general bus stand, on Thursday....
Hospital to admit Aids patients PESHAWAR, July 7: The NWFP health department has launched anti-retroviral therapy for HIV/Aids-infected patients, officials said. “The HIV/Aids patients will now be admitted to the medical ward of the Hayatabad Medical Complex....		One arrested for murder of woman activists PESHAWAR, July 7: A man has been arrested for murdering a female relative and her daughter who were campaigning for women’s rights in the NWFP, police said Thursday....
Chiniot rape victim demands justice: ‘They savaged me for two days’ CHINIOT, July 7: A woman who was kidnapped and gang-raped as an act of revenge demanded justice on Thursday, saying her life had been ruined. Six men have been arrested in...		Two die as jeep plunges into ravine CHITRAL, July 7: Two brothers died and seven others suffered injuries when their jeep fell into a ravine near Shandur polo ground on Wednesday night. Nine people were going to attend...
Legislators call for probe into hostel renovation issue PESHAWAR, July 7: Lawmakers in the NWFP Assembly on Thursday called for an inquiry into a costly and unsuccessful attempt to renovate the MPAs’ hostel here....		Yunus Tanoli appointed advocate general PESHAWAR, July 7: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman on Thursday appointed Younas Tanoli as the new advocate general of the province. Mr Tanoli, hailing from Abbotabad, has previously served in the same position between November 1999 and October 2001....
CJ calls for improving infrastructure HYDERABAD, July 7: Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed, said that more attention should be paid to improving infrastructure in rural areas to ensure that justice was provided to people speedily....		Indus in medium flood at Guddu SUKKUR, July 7: There was a medium flood at Guddu as about 385,000 cusecs water was passing through the barrage. Speaking at a press conference in Guddu on Thursday, Sindh Irrigation...
Cop accused of assaulting woman remanded SUKKUR, July 7: The Civil Court in Rohri on Thursday remanded a constable, Soomar, in police custody for three days. He was arrested on Wednesday in a rape case....		PM’s public meeting in Hyderabad put off HYDERABAD, July 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s public meeting at the Pucca Qilla ground has been postponed due to security-related concerns. However, deputy convener of the MQM coordination committee told journalists that the meeting was postponed for some “unavoidable reasons”....
Golden jubilee celebrations open: Bhitshah Cultural Centre HYDERABAD, July 7: Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Shabbir Ahmed Kaimkhani on Thursday inaugurated golden jubilee celebrations of the Bhitshah Cultural Centre by laying a chadar and floral wreath on the shrine of immortal poet Shah Abdul Latif....		Breach inundates six villages JACOBABAD, July 7: A 70 feet wide breach occurred in the Koreja Canal in the jurisdiction of Mauladad police station, Jacobabad district, on Thursday. Six villages Ghulam Shabbir Jakhrani, Ghulam Nabi...
Court puts interior ministry on notice: Detention of ‘suicide’ sisters PESHAWAR, July 7: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday put on notice the federal interior ministry, NWFP inspector-general of police and secretary home department while hearing a writ petition challenging the...		Police put on record arrest of ‘militant’ Multan, July 7: The police have brought on record the arrest of an alleged militant on Thursday, about a month after his arrest. It is learnt reliably that Ibraheem Madni, an...
Three of family killed in accident SIALKOT, July 7: Three members of a family, including a woman, were killed and two injured in a car-truck collision here on Thursday near Ranjhai village on Daska-Gujranwala Road....		Self-immolation for arrest of wife’s rapists BAHAWALPUR, July 7: A man on Thursday attempted self-immolation in front of the DIG office as a protest against police failure to arrest four people who had allegedly raped his wife...
Three of a family die as rock falls on house PESHAWAR, July 7: A boulder struck a house in a village in the remote Shangla district on Wednesday night, killing three members of a family, two of them women, and injuring another, officials said....		Families of held Afghans deported KHAR (Bajaur Agency), July 7: The political authorities deported six Afghan refugee families to their country on Thursday, officials said. Those deported belong to the families of 25 refugees arrested on...
Boy commits suicide ISLAMABAD, July 7: A teenage boy committed suicide in the jurisdiction of Shahzad Town police station here on Thursday, police said. Mohammad Saghir, 17, a resident of Karipa, hung himself from the ceiling of his house after quarrelling with his mother....		No clue to kidnapped boy SAHIWAL, July 7: Harappa police on Thursday claimed to have arrested one of the 13 accused who had kidnapped a boy to stop the execution of a convict in central jail on July 6....