July 16, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-us-Sani 8, 1426

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Water row could lead to war with India: seminar WASHINGTON, July 15: Linking the issue of Kashmir to the current dispute between India and Pakistan over the water of Indus and its tributaries, speakers at a seminar on Capitol Hill...		Pakistan calls for multilateralism ISLAMABAD, July 15: Pakistan has called upon the 65 member states of the UN Conference on Disarmament to strengthen multilateralism in the realms of international security, disarmament and non-proliferation....
President asks Saarc states to cooperate: Provision of cheap drugs RAWALPINDI, July 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called for cooperation between South Asian countries to ensure availability of inexpensive medicines for their people. Speaking to a delegation of health ministers...		Hasba bill approved for political mileage: Beg LAHORE, July 15: Former army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg says Hasba bill has been passed by the NWFP Assembly for the same objectives for which powers-that-be had launched the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal....
Altaf wants action against jihadis KARACHI, July 15: Founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain on Friday asked the government to take action against all those madressahs which promoted terrorism in the name of jihad....		Project to analyze LG polls launched ISLAMABAD, July 15: Pattan Development Organization on Friday launched its ‘Analysis of Local Election 2005’ project to study and analyze the forthcoming local government polls. The research project, estimated to cost...
SCBA may move SC against Hasba bill ISLAMABAD, July 15: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Qazi Mohammad Jamil on Friday said the association was considering challenging Hasba bill in the Supreme Court or the Federal Shariat Court (FSC)....		Writers urged to stand up, not be contented ISLAMABAD, July 15: World Punjabi Congress (WPC) chairman Fakhar Zaman on Friday voiced his disgust with what he described as a shallow “remix” of literature now generally being produced in Pakistan...
Murree robbed of its beauty: PML-N ISLAMABAD, July 15: Former Punjab forest minister and central leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Raja Ishfaq Sarwar has deplored that Murree, one of the country’s top tourist attractions, had been...		Efforts being made to curb child labour ISLAMABAD, July 15: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has started various programmes to create mass awareness and enhance capacity of media organizations for accelerating efforts against child labour....
Girls bag top 3 positions in Pindi SSC exams RAWALPINDI, July 15: Sadia Ijaz Abbasi of Siddeeq Public School secured top position in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) annual examinations 2005 of Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Educations by securing 783 marks....		Govt asked to take notice of increase in poultry rates ISLAMABAD, July 15: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday urged the government to take serious notice of hike in the rates of poultry. ICCI President Tariq Sadiq, in a...
Pakistan, China may produce hybrid rice ISLAMABAD, July 15: Secretary Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) M. Ismail Qureshi has expressed his hope that Pakistani and Chinese scientists will soon be able to produce rice hybrid on which they are already working....		Rs35m project for air varsity okayed ISLAMABAD, July 15: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved Rs35 million project to provide student services to Air University, Islamabad. Under this project, Air University would have an auditorium, counselling...
Pakistan to participate in US military drills ISLAMABAD, July 15: Pakistan is participating in the military exercises organised by US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), it is learnt. DG Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan told Dawn...		10pc govt employees to get computer training ISLAMABAD, July 15: The government would provide computer literacy to around 10 per cent pubic sector employees in the country under a special programme during the next five years....
Nuclear CBMs talks on Aug 5 ISLAMABAD, July 15: Pakistan and India will hold expert-level talks on nuclear confidence building measures (CBMs) on Aug 5-6, in New Delhi. The talks would be followed by a meeting on...		Text of Hasba bill PESHAWAR, July 15: The following is the full text of the Hisba bill passed on July 14 by the NWFP Assembly: Preamble: Whereas sovereignty over the entire universe belongs to Almighty...
Kulsoom recalls Sharifs’ ordeal after overthrow LAHORE, July 15: Many party leaders, who were very close to Mian Nawaz Sharif when he was the prime minister, and who always showered praise on him, had changed their course...		Two more killed in Gulberg: Stone strikes’ toll 11 LAHORE, July 15: Two more footpath sleepers were killed by a serial killer(s) in Gulberg on Friday, raising toll to 11. A shift in the locality and rapid increase in strikes...
PPP, PML-N leaders meet LAHORE, July 15: Leaders of the PPP and the PML-N decided here on Friday to forge cooperation among various opposition parties to make it difficult for the ruling PML to win the local elections....		PR to verify identity of victims’ heirs LAHORE, July 15: The Pakistan Railways officials will visit the residence of the passengers who were killed or injured in the triple train accidents at Sarhad Railway Station on Wednesday for...
Hashmi’s brother moves court LAHORE, July 15: Nasir Husain Hashmi, the brother of ARD President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, on Friday moved a local accountability court to know why he was being quizzed in the reference...		Police to be involved in Aids control programme PESHAWAR, July 15: The NWFP Aids Control Programme is planning to take into confidence officials of the police department as part of its strategy to check the disease....
NWFP govt vows to defend Hasba bill at all fora PESHAWAR, July 15: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq and Law Minister Malik Zafar Azam said on Friday that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s provincial government would defend the Hasba bill at all fora....		Tax system to be Computerized RAWALPINDI, July 15: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) member sales tax, Shahid Ahmad, said the taxation system would be computerized by 2007. Discussing matters relating to sales tax in wake...
Student killed, 30 others injured as bus overturns ATTOCK, July 15: A 14-year old student of 8th class was killed and 30 others injured in a bus accident near Haro bridge on main GT road, some 22km away from here on Friday morning....		Torrential rains damage 50 houses in Haramoush GILGIT, July 15: Lightning and torrential rains in a village of Haramoush, 60km south of Gilgit, damaged at least 50 huts on Wednesday night. However, no loss of life was reported....
JI, JUI-F announce separate panels QUETTA, July 15: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F), two main components of the MMA , have announced two different panels to contest the local bodies’ polls in Quetta....		Closure of coalmines deplored QUETTA, July 15: Pakistan Mines Security Services Chairman Azam Khan Yousufzai has claimed that the closure of Chamalang coalmine in Loralai causes Rs2.5 billion revenue loss to the government annually and demanded deployment of Frontier Corps to reopen the mine....
Private school boy wins laurels in DG Khan DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 15: The BISE on Friday announced the annual result of secondary school certificate examination, 2005 with overall 52.15 pass percentage. Students of private and public schools have...		Girls excel in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, July 15: Girls captured overall second and third positions in the secondary school certificate (matric) annual examinations, 2005. According to the controller of examinations, at least 57,984 candidates took part...
49.18pc pass in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, July 15: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Gujranwala, on Friday announced the results of matric annual examinations, 2005. According to controller (examinations) Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Awan, around 154,856...		Science students shine in Sargodha SARGODHA, July 15: The overall first three positions were captured by science students in the secondary school examinations, 2005. As many as 62,436 students appeared in the examination out of whom 28,192 were declared successful showing a pass percentage of 45.15....
Two POs killed in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, July 15: Two proclaimed offenders were killed on Friday in an encounter with Barahghar police near Chak 3, some 75kms from here in the jurisdiction of Nankana district....		Health dept distributes ‘expired’ drugs DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 15: Health authorities of Rajanpur have allegedly distributed expired medicines among the flood stricken people of the area, Dawn learnt on Friday....
Faisalabad private school girl tops FAISALABAD, July 15: The BISE on Friday announced annual matriculation results with a pass percentage of 52.13. As many as 105,218 candidates from educational institutions of Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh districts appeared in the examination....		Durrani meets US senator PESHAWAR, July 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani, who is visiting USA, met US Senator Mr Bidden in Washington on Tuesday. He also met senior policy advisor on South Asia Jonah Blank and Senator Sanatorium at Capital Hill....
Balochistan’s inclusion in pipeline talks urged QUETTA, July 15: Leader of the Opposition in Balochistan Assembly Kachkol Ali Baloch has called upon India to ensure that the province was represented in the tripartite dialogue between Pakistan, Iran and India on a gas pipeline project....		Another leopard killed in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, July 15: Personnel of the wildlife department shot dead another leopard in Aliabad village near Donga Gali late on Saturday night. Syed Safdar Ali Shah, DFO wildlife department, told journalists...
‘NWFP to have full literacy by 2015’ PESHAWAR, July 15: ‘Literacy for All’ Project Director Mushtaq Jadoon said on Thursday that the target of 100 per cent literacy rate in the province would be achieved by 2015....		New ANF chief ISLAMABAD, July 15: Maj-Gen Syed Khalid Amir Jafferi has been posted as the new director-general, Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), on secondment basis. According to a notification issued here on Friday, Maj-Gen Jafferi...