July 22, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 14, 1426

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Ties with Pakistan unique, vital: US WASHINGTON, July 21: The United States has assured Pakistan that its agreement on nuclear cooperation with New Delhi will not affect the ‘unique relationship’ it has with Islamabad....		PPP to apprise CEC of pre-poll ‘rigging’ today ISLAMABAD, July 21: Members of the election monitoring committee of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) will meet acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar on Friday (today) to apprise...
Govt committed to curbing extremism: NA speaker ISLAMABAD, July 21: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said the government is making efforts to curb extremism in the country besides extending help to the international community in its fight against terrorism....		President’s address criticized as ‘mere rhetoric’ ISLAMABAD, July 21: Leaders of major opposition parties on Thursday expressed disappointment over President Pervez Musharraf’s address to the nation and described his remarks about religious organizations and seminaries as a...
HEC to hire 150 PhD teachers for varsities ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Higher Education Commission will hire services of 150 eminent scholars and researchers holding PhD degrees for teaching, guidance in research work and dissertation in universities, degree-awarding institutions and research centres....		AJK bureaucrats seek jobs in Pakistani missions MUZAFFARABAD, July 21: The AJK bureaucracy has urged the government to take up with the centre the issue of their representation in the staff posted in Pakistani missions abroad, Dawn learnt on authority here on Thursday....
LHC takes up plea against diplomat today LAHORE, July 21: Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa of the Lahore High Court is due to take up on Friday a writ petition, which seeks the court instructions to the foreign...		Aziz says Pakistan a democratic polity ISLAMABAD, July 21: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said Pakistan had a functioning parliament, a vibrant opposition and a free press, reflecting a democratic polity....
‘Afghan polls require world support’ ISLAMABAD, July 21: Afghan elections require international support as the costs for allowing Afghanistan’s political transition to falter would be too high for international community to ignore, said Samina Ahmed, director for International Crisis Group’s South Asia Project....		LHC sets aside Punjab govt’s notifications: Pindi tehsil bifurcation RAWALPINDI, July 21: Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside Punjab government’s notifications regarding bifurcation of Rawalpindi tehsil into two towns and delimitation of four union councils....
Minister for building more dams ISLAMABAD, July 21: Federal Minister for Environment Tahir Iqbal here on Thursday said hydro-power, including micro hydro, could meet the ever-growing energy demands of the country in future....		Police looking for rape accused ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Rawalpindi police are looking for a man who allegedly raped his daughter and killed the child she gave birth to. Sub-Inspector Mirza Kifayat told Dawn that ‘Y’,...
Crackdown on madressahs condemned ISLAMABAD, July 21: The activists of Jamiat Tulba Arabiyya here on Thursday condemned the police crackdown on Madressah Hafsa, Lal Masjid, and manhandling of girl students and asked the Western countries to reconsider their policies vis-a-vis the Muslim world....		Technical education authority okayed ISLAMABAD, July 21: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan here on Thursday said the federal cabinet had approved formation of a national technical education and vocational training authority to train labour workforce across the country....
Qazi convenes MMA meeting on 27th ISLAMABAD, July 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Thursday called a meeting of the supreme council of the alliance in Islamabad on July 27 to discuss ongoing crackdown on ‘madressas and religious organizations’....		Officials appointed QUETTA, July 21: The Balochistan government has appointed Captain (retired) Qayyum Nazar Changezi as additional chief secretary, planning and development, to replace Major (retired) Nadir Ali, whose contract has been terminated....
Justice Saad Saood Jan passes away ISLAMABAD, July 21: Saad Saood Jan, former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, passed away in Lahore after protracted illness. He had been suffering from diabetes and was admitted to...		Senate session postponed indefinitely ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Senate session scheduled to be held on Friday was postponed on Thursday, said State Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Senator Tariq Azeem. Talking to Dawn, the minister said...
Angiography for Asif likely NEW YORK, July 21: People’s Party Parliamentarians leader Asif Ali Zardari is expected to undergo angiography at a local hospital to determine whether he has more blockages of arteries in his heart, according to informed sources....		JTI holds protest march in Peshawar PESHAWAR, July 21: Students of local seminaries, run by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), and public schools staged a protest demonstration on Thursday against police raids on seminaries across the country and arrest of their colleagues....
Leasing out of gas station land sparks protest GUJRAT, July 21: Residents of various localities, who are experiencing the gas shutdown and low pressure, have given vent to their disquiet over leasing out of a piece of land in Lalamusa where a ‘regulating station’ is installed....		MMA leaders accuse SHO of settling score: Crackdown intensifies SAHIWAL, July 21: As the swoop against suspected militants continued on Thursday, two MMA leaders in Sahiwal denied the charges levelled against them and accused the SHO of settling an account with them....
Body to ascertain identity of deceased: Cheques for Ghotki victims LAHORE, July 21: A five-member committee has been constituted by the railway authorities to ascertain the identity of the unidentified passengers buried at a Ghotki graveyard for compensation payment, it is learnt....		Waris Shah’s urs begins tomorrow SHEIKHUPURA, July 21: The 207th annual three-day urs of Sufi poet Syed Waris Shah will begin on Saturday (tomorrow) at Waris Shah Memorial Complex in Jandiala Sher Khan, 14km from here....
Lesco chief demands raise in tariff LAHORE, July 21: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority should increase tariff keeping in view the hike in oil prices, says Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) chief executive Akram Arain....		A fresh setback for varsity LAHORE, July 21: The University of Education’s plan to set up its main campus in Okara has been rejected by the education department, it is learnt....
CM for daily inspection of hospitals by heads LAHORE, July 21: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said medical superintendents of government hospitals should undertake daily inspections for improvement in functional and administrative affairs as well as ensuring cleanliness in their respective hospitals....		HRCP slams raid on seminary LAHORE, July 21: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has cautioned the government against using the battle against terrorism for creating a reign of fear in the country....
PPP for CEC’s intervention LAHORE, July 21: Complaining about grave irregularities in local body polls process, the PPP has demanded that the chief election commissioner should immediately take notice of the situation....		Supreme Court ruling on remission LAHORE, July 21: A full bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday held that remission in prison terms was available only to convicts and they did not extend to under-trial prisoners....
Labour laws LAHORE, July 21: The Pakistan Transport Workers Federation has demanded implementation of labour and social security laws on 10,000 workers of transport sector. Voicing the demand at a press conference here...		MPs not interested in law making LAHORE, July 21: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raja Basharat laments that a majority of parliamentarians do not take interest in law making process. He was speaking at a workshop on Parliamentary Reporting and Media here on Thursday....
PU semester system from September LAHORE, July 21: The Punjab University academic council on Thursday approved the launch of the semester system in all departments from the next session, starting in September this year....		Mufti Naeemi’s assets case LAHORE, July 21: A civil judge on Thursday restrained a son-in-law of religious scholar Mufti Mukhtar Ahmad Naeemi from taking possession of the property, which he allegedly got transferred in his name through bogus documents....
Tribes told to keep militants out: North Waziristan PESHAWAR, July 21: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has urged the tribesmen of North Waziristan Agency not to provide shelter to foreign elements, warning more search operations will be conducted in the agency if the tribal elders fail to fulfil their responsibilities....		Mothercare project launched in two districts PESHAWAR, July 21: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a project in the NWFP to improve the mothercare and neo-natal health situation....
23,866 file papers in 12 NWFP districts: Local body elections PESHAWAR, July 21: A total of 23,866 men and women have filed nomination papers for various positions in union councils in 12 districts of the NWFP....		Arbab claims widespread support for PML HYDERABAD, July 21: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has observed that people of the province are more conscious now than in the past and they are backing the government to continue the local bodies system....
Policemen held over Kandhrakillings SUKKUR, July 21: Four policemen, including the in-charge of the Choondko judicial lockup, were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the killing of eight people near Kandhra....		PPP accuses police of kidnapping candidates SANGHAR, July 21: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians have accused police of kidnapping candidates to restrain them from filing nomination papers for the local bodies’ election....
Mardan students face uncertain future MARDAN, July 21: A large number of girls and boys in Mardan district are facing an uncertain future after many of them failed to gain admission to government degree colleges this year....		River eroding spur of bridge at Dadu-Moro DADU, July 21: The Indus River is in medium flood at the Dadu-Moro bridge and water is eroding the J-spur. Sources told this correspondent on Thursday that the river flow had...
List of militant leaders sought SUKKUR, July 21: In connection with a crackdown on banned extremist organizations, a high-level meeting was held here on Thursday. Sukkur regional police officer Niaz Siddiqui presided over the meeting which...		Tourists flee as tension mounts in Gilgit GILGIT, July 21: Hundreds of foreign and domestic tourists have left Gilgit and adjoining areas due to escalating tension in the town that persisted on the fourth day on Thursday....
Three journalists booked NAWABSHAH, July 21: Members of the Nawabshah Press Club have strongly condemned registration of an FIR against Bux Ali Jamali, Khalid Ahmed Farooqui and Ahmed Zia, president, general secretary and treasurer...		Three postal employees released KHAIRPUR, July 21: The A-section police released on Wednesday night three postal employees, Azizullah Channa, assistant post master, mail sorter Subhan and mail peon Abdul Samad Soomro of the General Post Office, Khairpur, after interrogation on Wednesday night....
Jamaat, JUI-F fail to reach accord CHITRAL, July 21: The district Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (JUI-F) have failed to form an alliance for local body elections. The two parties discussed the issue in a meeting....		98 vacancies of MOs, specialists approved GUJRANWALA, July 21: Around 98 more vacancies of medical officers and specialists for the DHQ Hospital have been approved by the Punjab government. According to a notification issued here on Thursday,...
GT Road expansion delayed GUJRANWALA, July 21: The construction of GT Road — from Gujranwala to Lahore — has been delayed as the forest department failed to complete the tree cutting work within stipulated time, it is learnt here on Thursday....		Seven villages without power SAHIWAL, July 21: The power supply to seven villages in Dad Baloch and near Chak 44/12-L could not be restored despite the passage of some 36 hours....