July 10, 2005	Sunday	Jumadi-us-Sani 2, 1426

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Pakistan team to visit Baglihar site ISLAMABAD, July 9: A high-level Pakistani delegation would be visiting New Delhi and the site of controversial Baglihar hydropower project on the river Chenab in the occupied Kashmir in the last week of this month, Dawn has learnt....		Govt freezes account of Afghan DPs’ body PESHAWAR, July 9: The federal ministry for state and frontier region has frozen about Rs250 million in the sales proceeds account of the commissionerate for Afghan refugees, Peshawar office, and requested...
LB polls: legislators’ dilemma PESHAWAR, July 9: A serious contradiction between the code of conduct and Local Government Ordinance relating to the non-political nature of local bodies polls may either cause disqualification of national and...		Soldiers hunt killer leopard ISLAMABAD, July 9: Troops are hunting a leopard that has killed six women in the mountains of Abbottabad, police said on Saturday. The killings began early this month and the latest...
15 terror suspects taken to Peshawar KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), July 9: Fifteen Afghans suspected of involvement in terror acts have been taken to Peshawar by a federal intelligence agency for further interrogation, sources told Dawn on Saturday....		Rift widens among PPAJK leaders MUZAFFARABAD, July 9: Nomination of district and city level and some central office-bearers has apparently widened the division in the ranks of the main opposition People’s Party in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (PPAJK)....
AJK PM to visit US, UK ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan is to undertake a two-week tour of the United Kingdom and the United States to project...		FO to have new spokesman ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Foreign Office will have a new spokesman next month as Jalil Abbas Jilani has been nominated for a 10-month course at the National Defence College, it is learnt....
Nawaz wants dist party leaders to choose candidates PESHAWAR, July 9: Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has asked the PML-N central leadership in the country to delegate powers to district office-bearers so that they could choose suitable candidates for the forthcoming local bodies polls....		Agri, research projects in Balochistan launched ISLAMABAD, July 9: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc) has launched various agricultural research projects across the country, besides mega research projects in Balochistan at a cost of Rs614 million, to meet the challenges of WTO regime....
HEC hired 105 foreign teachers in one year ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) under its programme, Foreign Faculty Hiring, has recruited more than 100 foreign professors in various universities of the country during the last one year....		Operations to nab criminals ordered RAWALPINDI, July 9: The Inspector-General of Police of Punjab has directed all deputy inspectors-general (DIGs) of police to launch inter- range joint operations to hunt down proclaimed offenders and to check crime....
Senate body reviews implementation: Govt assurances in parliament ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Senate Functional Committee on Government Assurances on Saturday reviewed the implementation status of various assurances given on the floor of the house from time to time relating...		Hasba Bill to paralyse judicial system’ ISLAMABAD, July 9 (APP): The proposed Hasba Bill in the NWFP Assembly would create further problems in the dispensation of justice by paralyzing the present judicial system in the country....
London blasts perpetrators enemies of humanity’ RAWALPINDI, July 9: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said perpetrators of London blasts were enemies of humanity who wanted to push the world into another crisis....		PHA completes four housing projects ISLAMABAD, July 9: The Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has handed over to people all the housing units constructed at prime locations in the federal capital. The authority had initiated 18 projects...
‘Brain drain being discouraged’ ISLAMABAD, July 9: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Nauraiz Shakoor said the government had taken various steps to discourage brain drain in the country....		Computerized vehicle testing centres LAHORE, July 9: Computerized vehicle fitness checkup centres will soon be set up in every district of Punjab with British technical assistance. Punjab Environment Minister Makhdoom Ashfaq Ahmad told this to...
All transfers cancelled LAHORE, July 9: The Election Commission has directed that transfer orders of employees in various departments issued before the announcement of local body elections schedule but have not yet been implemented shall stand cancelled....		Sahi gives final ruling on Zia, Sana LAHORE, July 9: The Punjab Assembly speaker has refused to accept Qasim Zia, Rana Sanaullah and Asghar Gujjar as parliamentary leaders of the PPP, the PML-N and the MMA, respectively, in his formal ruling....
Research for health trainers stressed LAHORE, July 9: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has directed the officials to conduct research in various public health disciplines for the benefit of master trainers....		Blasts crime against humanity: Mowahid LAHORE, July 9: The Punjab chief minister’s special adviser Mowahid Husain says the terrorist attacks on London are a crime against humanity, the biggest casualty of which will be the Muslims....
Drive against Pos LAHORE, July 9: The Punjab police will launch an inter-range joint operation to arrest proclaimed offenders and to check crimes in the province. The decision to this effect was taken at...		Tesco cuts off power to 60 industrial units LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 9: The Tribal Areas Electricity Supply Company (Tesco) disconnected the power supply to at least 60 industrial units in the Malagori area of Khyber Agency after their failure to pay electricity bills....
Re-election in ordered HARIPUR, July 9: The director of the Trade Organization, Islamabad, has declared the election of Haripur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) as against the rules and ordered re-election within the next 30 days....		Azerbaijan Airlines flights from 19th KARACHI, July 9: The Azerbaijan Airlines will commence its flight operations from Karachi to Baku from July 19. Initially, two flights would be operated every week, a press release on Saturday...
Govt planning to rig polls, alleges PPP KHAIRPUR, July 9: Sindh PPP president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that people of Sindh will reject supporters of Kalabagh dam, Thal canal and other anti-Sindh projects in local body elections....		Police official awarded for detecting thieves THATTA, July 9: A senior police official, Ghulam Nabi alias Babli, who was assigned to detect and expose actual hands behind frequent theft of the costly machinery of the Thatta sugar...
Exploration of coal at Lakhra begins HYDERABAD, July 9: The Fateh Group has started coal exploration at the Lakhra coal field after being awarded a license by the Sindh government. It plans to ensure 450 megawatts of...		Larkana’s division criticized LARKANA, July 9: A large number of people protesting over inclusion of some union councils of the Larkana district into the Shikarpur district held a rally in Naudero on Saturday....
Rs5m robbery in phone exchange GUJRAT, July 9: Unidentified people robbed Bokan telephone exchange near Jalalpur Jattan and made off with machinery, equipments, cables and accessories worth around Rs5 million on Friday night....		Applicants attack passport office SIALKOT, July 9: A number of people on Saturday attacked the regional passport office located on Khadim Ali Road against what they said inordinate delay in the issuance of passports to them and the alleged corruption....
Case registered against SI: Abduction, torture of 2 brothers SAHIWAL, July 9: Noorshah police, on the orders of the district and sessions judge, have registered a case against a sub-inspector and his three accomplices for abducting and detaining two brothers at a ‘forced labour camp’....		Division of Gujranwala opposed GUJRANWALA, July 9: The local chamber of commerce and industry opposed the division of Gujranwala into four towns and termed the decision unjustified. These views were expressed by participants of a...
12 of family faint after taking mad cow’s milk GUJRANWALA, July 9: A dozen members of a family fainted after drinking milk of a mad cow in Mandiala Ponich, Kamoki, on Friday night. Farmer Aish Muhammad and his family members drank milk of the cow at night and fainted....		Man stabbed to death over land row MANDI BAHAUDDIN, July 9: A man was stabbed to death over a land dispute on Saturday near the district courts. Reports said Mohammad Walayat and Akhtar Mehmood, residents of Dhok Jauri, had litigation over a land dispute....
14 outlaws arrested MULTAN, July 9: The police claimed to have arrested 14 outlaws involved in robbery, theft and burglary cases. SSP Sikander Hayat told reporters that some 14 outlaws belonging to six different...		Three family members strangled FAISALABAD, July 9: Three family members, including two women, were strangled in Liaquat Town in Jhang Bazaar police station precinct on Friday night. Reports said some unidentified people entered Malik Muhammad...
25 robbers loot six houses OKARA, July 9: A gang of about 25 robbers went on a looting spree at 52/2-L village, taking away cash and valuables worth two million rupees from at least six houses after taking hostage the watchmen....		LG system a provincial domain: speakers: Seminar on amendments PESHAWAR, July 9: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday demanded that the federal government should stop a tempering with the local government system and allow the provinces to make legislations according to their own needs....
Plea for better mother and child care PESHAWAR, July 9: Speakers at a workshop stressed awareness regarding pre- and post-natal care. “It is a matter of concern that the women do not visit health facilities for pre- and...		Customs arrest four smugglers, seize hashish PESHAWAR, July 9: The anti-smuggling unit of Customs Collectorate seized 1,180kg of hashish from a van having a fake monogram and a number plate of a sensitive government agency and arrested four smugglers on the Kohat Road on Saturday....
Two acquitted in arms case PESHAWAR, July 9: An additional district and sessions’ judge, Ahmad Sultan Tareen, on Saturday acquitted two persons charged with trafficking in drugs and arms. The court observed that the prosecution could not prove its case against the two accused....		Land transfers stalled in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, July 9: Residents of Abbottabad are finding it difficult to obtain loans, endorse land transfers or clear their mortgaged properties in the wake of a deadly fire that erupted at the revenue department’s offices last May....
Girls freed LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 9: Authorities here have released two Afghan girls who were arrested at Torkham for trying to smuggle eight Kalashnikovs into Pakistan....		Foundation for peace set up HYDERABAD, July 9: Eminent Sindhi writers, scholars, intellectuals and activists of the civil society have set up a foundation to supplement the efforts of Pakistan and Indian governments for the promotion of peace through Sindhi language and literature....
Promotion of tourism urged HYDERABAD, July 9: Renowned scholar Dr Nabi Bux Khan Baloch has said that in addition to promotion of literature and culture of Sindh, the Bhitshah Cultural Centre should also help promote tourism because the centre is ideally located....		Recovery MULTAN, July 9: The local Anti-Corruption Establishment recovered Rs2.73 million of alleged embezzled amount in various cases in the month of June. Multan region’s ACE additional director Dilawar Abbas said that...