July 9, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-us-Sani 1, 1426

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CM announces package for flood-hit areas DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 8: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has announced exemption from agriculture taxes to 12 union councils declaring them calamity hit and granted Rs27.5...		100,000 Ravi bed residents face flood threat LAHORE, July 8: Areas on the Ravi bed housing over 100,000 people are threatened by the rising floodwater. The localities having around 10,000 houses and three union councils sprang up during...
Public denied entry to governor’s open forum LAHORE, July 8: Scores of people were denied entry to the Punjab Accountant-General’s office where Governor Khalid Maqbool held an open forum on Friday. The governor was to arrive at the AG’s Office around 9.30am...		London bombings condemned ISLAMABAD, July 8: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto has condemned the terror bombings in London on Thursday which left 40 people dead and hundreds more injured....
Jockeys return LAHORE, July 8: The second batch of 86 Pakistani children, involved in camel race as jockeys in the United Arab Emirates, returned home on Thursday. The three to 18 years old...		Ministry to train 13,000 ulema: Family planning programme ISLAMABAD, July 8: Federal Minister for Population Welfare Chaudhry Shahbaz Hussain on Friday said the ministry will train 13,000 religious leaders throughout the country for effective family planning programmes....
Hasba Bill should be referred to CII: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, July 8: President Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday said the Hasba Bill passed by NWFP Assembly should be referred to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) which...		By-election today in Qila Abdullah QUETTA, July 8: The Election Commission has completed arrangements for by-election on Saturday for the Balochistan Assembly seat in Qila Abdullah. The authorities have declared many polling stations sensitive and deployed...
Wapda plans changes in firms’ boards ISLAMABAD, July 8: The government is likely to reshuffle the boards of directors of all the four generation companies (Gencos) of Wapda to improve their operational and financial performance before their privatization.......		Russia, Pakistan to consolidate ties ISLAMABAD, July 8: Russia has welcomed Pakistan’s inclusion in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an observer member and said that it will help in further strengthening relations between the two countries, a foreign office statement said on Friday....
‘CPLC to be revamped to arrest crime’ FAISALABAD, July 8: The Citizen-Police Liaison Committee would be re-structured to implement the community policing concept to control heinous crimes, Faisalabad Range DIG Sajjad Ahmad told the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association on Thursday night....		SC wants early hearing in Hashmi’s case ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Supreme Court on Friday directed Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan to ensure early hearing of a petition of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) pending with...
USC told to ensure availability of items ISLAMABAD, July 8: Managing Director of Utility Stores Corporation Brig (retired) Hafeez Ahmad has issued instructions to all regional and zonal managers to ensure the availability of all the items particularly...		ICCI seeks duty-free import of sugar ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICC) has asked the government to allow duty-free import of sugar from the neighbouring countries including India to bring down the price of the commodity....
Sharifs be given passports: PTI LAHORE, July 8: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf said on Friday the Sharif family banished to Saudi Arabia for more than four years should be issued Pakistani passports....		HRCP condemns NGO worker’s murder in Dir LAHORE, July 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has demanded immediate arrest of the murderers of Aurat Foundation activist Zubaida and her daughter in Dir and steps for the safety of activists working across the NWFP....
Badr withdraws petition for visit abroad LAHORE, July 8: People’s Party secretary-general Jahangir Badr on Friday withdrew from an accountability court his petition for a visit abroad. The court disposed of the petition after the PPP leader...		Safety measures for trains LAHORE, July 8: Arrangements have been made to ensure safety of passenger trains and their arrival on time in view of heavy rains and expected floods....
SC judge takes suo motu notice: Kidnapped girl’s ordeal NOWSHERA, July 8: Senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, has taken suo motu notice of the alleged kidnapping of a girl from Nowshera and forcing her into prostitution....		Qasim group to fortify alliance with JUI-F MANSEHRA, July 8: Members of a group headed by ex-senator Syed Qasim Shah vowed on Friday to strengthen their grand alliance with the JUI-F and other like-minded groups for the upcoming local council elections....
‘Policy focussed on common citizens’ HARIPUR, July 8: Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Salman Shah has said that the government was using all available resources on projects aimed at socio-economic uplift of people....		Water being pumped out of listing Indian ship KARACHI, July 8: An Indian cargo ship salvaged by the Karachi Port Trust about 45 nautical miles south of the city on Thursday has been brought to the port and an operation has been launched to pump out water from it....
Former minister convicted QUETTA, July 8: An accountability court on Friday convicted former Balochistan education minister Sardar Nasir Ali Hazara and three ex-officials of the department in a corruption reference....		Two awarded death penalty QUETTA July 8: Sessions Court Usta Muhammad on Thursday sentenced two person to death in a murder case. Sessions Judge Muhammad Zafar Ali Khoso convicted Shah Dost Magsi and Jamal Magsi...
Arrest of killers demanded QUETTA, July 8: Leaders and activists of the Pakistan Workers Party staged a demonstration demanding arrest of the killers of its Kalat district president who was assassinated on Tuesday night....		Precautions against flood in Chiniot JHANG, July 8: The tehsil administration has divided Chiniot sub-division into seven sectors to deal with the threat posed by high flood in river Chenab which is likely to hit on Saturday morning....
Courts start functioning in Nankana SHEIKHUPURA, July 8: The district and sessions and other subordinate courts have started functioning in Nankana Sahib district. All the pending suits, criminal and civil, which falls in the jurisdiction of the new district have almost been transferred....		Piracha group claims majority SARGODHA, July 8: The Piracha group is enjoying a majority in the district and it will field its own candidate for the coveted district nazim’s slot after consultation with other opposition parties.....
Another kidnapper of boy arrested SAHIWAL, July 8: Harappa police on Friday arrested another accomplice of accused Talib Husain who had taken the kidnapped boy on his motorcycle to some unknown place....		Attempted immolation accused booked BAHAWALPUR, July 8: The Cantonment police on Friday booked Bashir Ahmed of Khairpur Tamewali, whohad attempted immolation on Thursday outside the DIG office. Bashir Ahmed, still in a precarious condition at...
Student kidnapped for Rs2.5m ransom GUJRANWALA, July 8: A first year student of the Government College, Rawalpindi, was kidnapped for Rs2.5 million ransom in Baghbanpura here on Friday. Reports said that Zain Warraich, the son of...		25 hurt as bus falls off bridge GUJRANWALA, July 8: At least 25 passengers sustained injured, five of them serious, when a Rawalpindi-bound bus fell from a bridge here on Friday. Eyewitnesses said when the speeding bus reached...
10 drug shops sealed GUJRANWALA, July 8: A health department team sealed at least 10 drug shops and five clinics of quacks on Friday. The team sent samples of various drugs taken from DHQ hospital pharmacy to Lahore laboratory for analysis....		Hisba Bill termed ‘censorial’ law ISLAMABAD, July 8: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Qazi Muhammad Jamil, terming Hasba Bill ‘censorial’ law said there was no need to enact such laws....
Purchase of tobacco begins today SWABI, July 8: The purchase of flue-cured virginia (FCV) tobacco will begin on Saturday. Companies and traders have been notified to begin purchasing tobacco from July 9....		Parliamentary party clears Hasba bill PESHAWAR, July 8: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s parliamentary party on Friday cleared the Hasba Bill for tabling in the provincial assembly in its current session, according to a handout....