July 15, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 7, 1426

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Aziz warns against use of force : Iran’s N-programme ROME, July 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday cautioned against the use of force to resolve the nuclear issue with Iran and said that Pakistan supported the European Union’s initiative to resolve the issue through negotiations....		Speakers dub Hasba bill un-Islamic ISLAMABAD, July 14: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday dubbed the Hasba bill “unconstitutional, un-Islamic and anti-humanity” and termed it an attempt at Talibanization of the NWFP....
Hasba bill will be blocked: governor PESHAWAR, July 14: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has warned the provincial government to desist from enacting the ‘unconstitutional’ Hasba bill or the federal government would use its constitutional powers to block it....		Stopping women from casting votes opposed ISLAMABAD, July 14: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Thursday said they were in favour of women’s participation in every sphere of life and against stopping them...
List of dead so far in train crash LAHORE, July 14: The Pakistan Railways has issued a list of people who died in the triple-train crash at Sarhad railway station near Ghotki on Wednesday....		Triple train crash: list of injured LAHORE, July 14: The Pakistan Railways on Thursday issued a complete list of the injured in Wednesday’s train accident at Sarhad railway station. The names of the injured with their addresses...
Tribal women not to be allowed to take part in LB polls: Local political leaders reach consensus PESHAWAR, July 14: Some liberal and religio-political parties in Lower Dir district have entered into an agreement to bar women from exercising their right to participate in local body elections....		Ethanol blending to boost petrol production ISLAMABAD, July 14: The government is finalizing a plan to mix locally- produced surplus alcohol (ethanol) with petroleum to reduce its dependence on imported fuel. Pakistan exports around 80,000 tons of...
Jirga of Baloch leaders soon ISLAMABAD, July 14: A grand jirga of Baloch tribal leaders is being convened shortly to discuss issues related to Balochistan and to facilitate reconciliation between the government and tribes, sources said here on Thursday....		Sukkur, Sarhad staff responsible for crash LAHORE, July 14: The Sukkur control office and the Sarhad railway station staff is responsible for three trains’ collision, according to a preliminary report. Sources told Dawn on Thursday that the...
PR gives no figure of missing people LAHORE, July 14: There has been no word from the railways about the people missing in the accident at the Sarhad railway station. Officials said that on Wednesday Tezgam began its...		Relatives endure agony on second day GHOTKI, July 14: Relatives desperately sought news of their loved ones on the second day as medical workers struggled to identify mangled corpses of around 150 people died in Pakistan’s first triple-train crash....
Mukhtaran faces ‘threat to her life’ LAHORE, July 14: Mukhtaran Mai says that all her efforts are aimed at making the oppressed women, especially rape-victims, united against the feudal system. “Any punishment to the accused in my case will not bring me back my honour....		Police to get necessary equipment, says PPO PESHAWAR, July 14: Provincial Police Officer (PPO) Muhammad Raffat Pasha said on Thursday that police would be equipped with all necessary facilities so that it was able to perform duties in an effective manner....
Autonomous board to be set up soon: minister: Livestock, dairy development ISLAMABAD, July 14: A fully autonomous livestock and dairy development board will be established in the coming few months and a livestock development policy is on the cards to address the...		Philanthropist to help Mai expand school ISLAMABAD, July 14: A UAE philanthropist has agreed to give Rs6 million for the expansion of Mukhtaran Mai’s school in Meerwala after a senator apprised him about the plight and courage...
Rs24m project okayed for Sargodha varsity ISLAMABAD, July 14: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project worth Rs24 million for University of Sargodha under which four-year BS, MPhil and PhD programmes will be started from the fall of 2005, an official statement said....		IIU to launch course on media laws ISLAMABAD, July 14: The International Islamic University (IIU) is launching the country’s first ever university-level course on media laws. In this regard, the university is collaborating with Pakistan office of Internews Network, an international media development organization, says a press release....
Teenager dies ISLAMABAD, July 14: Negligence on the part of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) claimed the life of a teenage boy here on Thursday. According to police, Mir Sher Jan, 14, fell...		Traffic police introduces ticket system QUETTA, July 14: The Quetta traffic police has introduced ticket system replacing the production of charge sheet before a magistrate for violation of traffic rules in order to save the precious time of people from a lengthy court process....
Two PML-N factions unite in Gujranwala: Local body polls GUJRANWALA, July 14: The two factions of the PML-N led by former federal minister Ghulam Dasatgir Khan and former provincial minister Barrister Usman Ibrahim, pledged to jointly contest the local polls against the ruling PML candidates in the district....		TMA employees without salaries FAISALABAD, July 14: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has reportedly failed to disburse salaries for the month of June to its employees for paucity of funds....
Killer of dancer held after two months SAHIWAL, July 14: Grain Market police on Thursday solved the mystery behind the murder of a dancing girl that had occurred some two months back. The police claimed to have arrested the murderer, who happened to be a slain’s lover....		UHS deficit budget approved LAHORE, July 14: The University of Health Sciences board of governors on Thursday approved Rs0.309 million deficit budget for the financial year 2005-06. The UHS estimates an income of Rs137.878...
Pir of Qabula to field 200 candidates LAHORE, July 14: The Pir of Qabula Sharif, Syed Salman Mohsin Gilani, has announced fielding candidates for 200 union council nazims for assuming control of the district governments in Bahawalnagar, Sahiwal, Okara, Vehari and Pakpattan....		Police act beyond law, duty: LHC LAHORE, July 14: Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court observed on Thursday the people had no trust in police and its image stood tarnished in society because the...
Contempt notice to three PIA officers LAHORE, July 14: The Lahore High Court on Thursday issued contempt notices to three officers of the PIA Corporation for not complying with its order to regularize the services of daily wagers....		‘Vulnerable embankments being repaired’ THATTA, July 14: Kotri Barrage chief engineer Manzoor Ahmad Shaikh has said embankments of the Indus River in the district are under strict vigilance. He was talking to journalists at the irrigation office here on Thursday....
40pc work on Thal canal completed: minister DADU, July 14: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has said 40 per cent work on the greater Thal canal has been completed....		Amendments to Wages Act FAISALABAD, July 14: Minimum Wages Board Punjab (MWBP) Chairman Labibur Rehman has claimed that the government is contemplating a number of amendments to the existing Wages Act 1936 to meet the modern era requirements and provide better facilities to working class....
Marbled teals found breeding in Sindh SUKKUR, July 14: The marbled teal, a globally threatened waterfowl that visited and bred at the now dry Zanginawar Lake in Balochistan till the 1980s, is nowadays breeding in the Deh...		Three of a family killed as car overturns SAHIWAL, July 14: Three teenagers of a family were killed while two children sustained injuries in an accident on Sahiwal-Faisalabad Road near Chak 45/GD on Wednesday night....
BISE scam probe transferred to NAB BAHAWALPUR, July 14: The probe into Rs3.3 million alleged scam in postal stamps in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has been transferred to the National Accountability Bureau from Anti-Corruption Establishment....		Case against 5 policemen SIALKOT, July 14: Phalora police have registered a case against five of its officials, including a sub-inspector, on the orders of the Lahore High Court for keeping a man in illegal detention and torturing him....
Rs2 million trees illegally chopped off GUJRAT, July 14: An influential contractor with the connivance of some officials of the forest department has illegally chopped off trees worth over Rs2 million from both sides of the Shadiwal-Qiladar Road-Mohla Road area, it is learnt here on Thursday....		Small hydel power dams being planned SIALKOT, July 14: The government has planned to establish small hydel power dams in the Punjab in collaboration with the private sector. It will soon announce a special package for the private sector for this purpose....
New varsities: students’ interest to be watched LAHORE, July 14: The government will keep in view the education standard and the interest of students in the setting up of new universities and awarding of charter and a legislation will also be carried out for the purpose....		Ex-nazim injured by rivals HAFIZABAD, July 14: Qamar Javaid Gujjar, former Kot Nakka union council nazim and former Pindi Bhattian bar president, was shot and injured seriously by his rivals here on Wednesday night....
Couriers asked to use Nadra software PESHAWAR, July 14: The Anti-Narcotics Force has asked courier companies to install National Database and Registration Authority’s software at their offices in the provincial capital to verify computerized national identity cards of people booking parcels for other countries....		Relief for flood-hit people urged PESHAWAR, July 14: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan, appreciating the activities being carried out by the Abaseen Foundation for the relief of flood affected people, has appealed to other welfare bodies...
Traders demand end of withholding tax QUETTA, July 14: Pakistan Traders Alliance and Anjuman-i-Tajiran, Balochistan, have demanded the government to withdraw withholding tax from account holders to cash their amount otherwise the traders would opt for strikes....		Focus on polio affects routine vaccination PESHAWAR, July 14: Health department officials have complained that international donor agencies are ignoring routine vaccination in the province and concentrating on anti-polio campaigns. “About a dozen donor agencies, mainly the...
Commissioner commutes sentence PESHAWAR, July 14: The Commissioner of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) on Thursday commuted the sentence of more than 40 years’ imprisonment awarded to a person by the tribal administration of the Kurram Agency about 15 years ago....		Two killed in road accidents BANNU, July 14: Two persons were killed in different accidents in district Bannu on Thursday. Gul Khan, driver of a trailer, was killed on the spot after his vehicle collided head-on with a truck on the main Bannu-Dera Ismail Khan road....
Resolution of teachers’ problems assured PESHAWAR, July 14: NWFP Minister for Science and Technology Hussain Ahmed Kanju has said that the MMA government is doing its level best to provide better working conditions to the teacher...		Police use teargas to disperse protesters SUKKUR, July 14: Police resorted to aerial firing and used teargas to disperse over 600 people who attacked the Hesco office on Thursday night. The protesters, raising slogans against Hesco officials,...
Mahars, Lunds at odds over seats in LB polls SUKKUR, July 14: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim failed to resolve a political dispute between Mahars and Lunds at a three-hour meeting with elders of the two groups on Thursday....		Election cell set up in Larkana LARKANA, July 14: Ensuring better coordination among all departments for local body elections, DCO Ahmed Bakhsh Khokhar has established an election cell at his office. The cell will work under the supervision of DDO Asad Abro from 9:00am to 4:00pm daily....
Shah Nawaz Junejo passes away SANGHAR, July 14: Veteran politician Shah Nawaz Junejo died of cardiac failure at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday. He was 73. Arrangements are being made to bring the body which will reach here on Friday....		Pandemonium mars lawyers’ meeting PESHAWAR, July 14: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association’s meeting on Thursday over the issue of the proposed Hasba Act ended amid pandemonium with conflicting claims by different groups regarding the decisions taken there....