July 27, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 19, 1426

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Islamabad, Kabul to enhance legal trade, curb smuggling ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to curb cross-border smuggling and boost legal trade between the two countries. Official sources told Dawn that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and...		PM claims press is completely free ISLAMABAD, July 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday claimed that the press in Pakistan enjoyed complete freedom and said the government was encouraging electronic media and had given licences to...
Pakistan not doing enough to fight terror: US paper WASHINGTON, July 26: The Pakistani government is not doing enough to eradicate terrorist groups that have taken roots in the country, says an influential US newspaper....		MMA meets today ISLAMABAD July 26: Meeting of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leadership will be held here on Wednesday to chalk out strategy to meet the challenge of a countrywide crackdown on seminaries....
Women quota in civil services to be doubled, says minister ISLAMABAD, July 26: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli said on Tuesday the government was making allout efforts for the socio-economic uplift of women with increased opportunities of advancement on equitable basis....		Minister for raising skilled manpower RAWALPINDI, July 26: State Minister for Finance Omar Ayub Khan has expressed concern over shortage of technical and vocational work force in the country and stressed raising skilled manpower for the industrial sector....
PPP informs CEC about ‘pre-poll rigging’ ISLAMABAD, July 26: Members of the Election Monitoring Committee of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Tuesday met acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar and apprised him about...		Local polls a test for workers: Nawaz QUETTA, July 26: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has called upon democratic political parties to join hands to rid the nation of autocratic rulers and announced that his PML-N in collaboration...
ARD meeting to discuss LB election strategy LAHORE, July 26: An emergency meeting of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy is expected to be held on Sunday to discuss the alleged corrupt practices being used by the government to win local elections at all costs....		Karachi Express driver ‘not only one to be blamed’: NA body on PR meets LAHORE, July 26: National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways chairman Sardar Tufail Ahmad Khan said on Tuesday the Karachi Express driver alone was not responsible for the fatal accident at Sarhad station....
Signalling LoI yet to be approved by govt: PR LAHORE, July 26: The Pakistan Railways authorities claim the modern signalling project’s Letter of Indent (LoI) was cancelled as it was yet to be approved by the government....		Challenge to ECL proves challenging ISLAMABAD, July 26: A constitutional petition before the Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, challenging the alleged arbitrary exercise of power by the interior ministry for putting a citizen’s name on...
KSE crash victims want manipulators punished ISLAMABAD, July 26: Affected investors of the March Karachi Stock Exchange crash in the civil and military bureaucracy have started mounting pressure on the government to divulge the names of individuals...		Robbers come calling for phone cards RAWALPINDI, July 26: After mobile phones, phone calling cards also have caught the eye of robbers. Three robbers posing as customers entered a mobile phone shop in Satellite Town and looted...
Timely project completion stressed ISLAMABAD, July 26: National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Gen Farrukh Javed has stressed timely and quality completion of national highways and motorways projects and said all the resources would be utilized to achieve this objective....		Rs3.6m loss to PR: two jailed for 7 years ISLAMABAD, July 26: A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday sentenced a contractor and a co-accused to seven years rigorous imprisonment each for causing a loss of Rs3.6 million to the railways....
CJP calls for observing law in letter, spirit ISLAMABAD, July 26: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said observing the law in letter and spirit without making compromises for petty gains is the solution to most of our problems....		‘PM’s visit to Kabul boosted ties’ ISLAMABAD, July 26: Pakistan Muslim League Vice-President Syed Kabir Ali Wasti has said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to Kabul has led to strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries....
Shujaat proposes Security Council seat for Ummah KUALA LUMPUR, July 26: The head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League on Tuesday called upon Muslim countries to make a joint plea for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council....		DCO warns of action against profiteers QUETTA, July 26: District Coordination Officer Rao Shakeel Ahmed has vowed to ensure supply of unadulterated food items to the people at approved government prices....
Two victims of accident buried MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: Two of the four people killed in a road accident here on Monday were buried in the evening after the administration resolved an ownership dispute on a piece of land which the government had declared a Christian cemetery....		‘Work on 72 small dams under way in Balochistan’ QUETTA, July 26: The provincial irrigation department said on Tuesday that the construction of new dams was likely to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year in 2006....
Govt urged to stop use of colonial methods KARACHI, July 26: The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors which met here on Tuesday with CPNE president Arif Nizami in the chair, called for immediate release of...		Computerized salary payment system introduced MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: The office of the accountant-general Azad Kashmir has made arrangements for payment of salaries to government employees through a computerized salary payment system....
Ijaz says operation not aimed against seminaries PESHAWAR, July 26: Federal Minister for Haj, Zakat and Religious Affairs Ijaz-ul-Haq has said that crackdown against banned organisations should not be mistaken for an action against madressahs....		EC urged to take notice of Arbab’s campaign SUKKUR, July 26: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has urged the Election Commission to take notice of Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim’s campaign for the local body election and arrests and harassment of candidates....
‘Polls to be held in peaceful manner’ MIRPURKHAS, July 26: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, has said that local body elections will be held in a peaceful manner under the supervision of police and...		ANP allows poll accord at union council level SWABI, July 26: The Awami National Party (ANP) has allowed its candidates to enter into alliances at the level of union councils with like-minded groups or political parties, keeping in mind advantages and disadvantages of such accords....
Guddu Barrage water level declines SUKKUR, July 26: The level of the Guddu Barrage declined by 45,000 cusecs over the past 36 hours. On Tuesday evening, water flow at upstream Guddu Barrage was 503,655 cusecs and...		Women crisis centre PESHAWAR, July 26: The adviser to the prime minister for social welfare and women development, Nilofar Bakhtiar, inaugurated a district resource and women crisis centre, at Hayatabad, on Tuesday....
Tribesman killed in clash SUKKUR, July 26: One person died and another kidnapped in an armed clash between Chachar and the Sundrani tribesmen in the Andal Sundrani village, Ghotki district, on Tuesday evening. ...		Convict can’t be penalized twice for same offence: SC LAHORE, July 26: Declining to grant leave to appeal in a petition, the Supreme Court has held that a person cannot be penalized twice in one offence....
New culture of decency at grassroots LAHORE, July 26: The forthcoming local body polls are bringing about a new culture of decency, polity and cooperation in politics at the grassroots. Workers of different political parties having divergent...		No water for four days LAHORE, July 26; Serai Ata Muhammad and Omar Colony residents remained without water for the fourth day running on Tuesday due to the failure of the Water and Sanitation Agency to repair the damaged pipeline....
Group gets stronger for Okara LB polls OKARA, July 26: The Shah Muqeem group, which enjoys political strength in Okara, got a further boost when former Okara tehsil nazim Chaudhry Nadeem Abbas Rubera and MPA Chaudhry Iftikhar Husain...		Objectionable material seized from presses FAISALABAD, July 26: Police seized objectionable material during raids on a number of printing presses and offices of publishers and arrested their owners on the charges of creating religious hatred among the people....
Farmers deny wheat shortage in country MULTAN, July 26: Farmers Vision Forum chairman Khwaja Muhammad Shoaib has urged the government to allow only as much import of wheat as is required to bridge the demand and supply gap for 2005-06....		Politics hits Mianwali schools MIANWALI, July 26: The secondary school examination results announced a couple of weeks ago once again portray poor state of education in this region of the Punjab....
ARD to field joint candidates GUJRANWALA, July 26: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will nominate joint candidates for the local bodies election in the district....		PAEC plans five more medical centres FAISALABAD, July 26: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission would establish five more medical centres in the country and train the staff of other health institutions about nuclear medicines and methods....
Woman being ‘forced’ to withdraw candidature MULTAN, July 26: A female contestant for the forthcoming local polls has accused the ruling PML local leadership of pressuring her to withdraw her candidature....		Toba exchange out of order TOBA TEK SINGH, July 26: The district headquarter lost contact with the outside world on Tuesday afternoon when the main telephone exchange stopped working....
Statements recorded in lip-stitching incident VEHARI, July 26: Judicial magistrate Abdur Rehman Bodla who is conducting judicial inquiry into alleged stitching of lips of a prisoner by police completed recording of statements by witnesses on Tuesday....		Turncoats have no future: PPP FAISALABAD, July 26: Punjab PPP Secretary-General MPA Rana Aftab Ahmed Khan has said the present so-called democratic setup is about to collapse and there will be no room for turncoats in the future political set up....
Panel’s nomination papers held valid HARIPUR, July 26: The district returning officer on Tuesday declared valid nomination papers of a panel of candidates for nazim and naib nazim and dismissed appeals against some of the candidates filed by their opponents on Monday....		Father denies daughters were suicide bombers: Petition for girls’ release PESHAWAR, July 26: The case of two sisters suspected of plotting suicide attacks took a new twist on Tuesday when their father appeared before the Peshawar High Court and stated that...
Goods transportation to Kabul resumes LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 26: Trailer drivers resumed transportation of goods to Afghanistan via Torkhum after successful negotiations with their contractors on Tuesday....		Trainee medical officers’ stipend increased PESHAWAR, July 26: The NWFP government is reported to have decided to raise the monthly stipend of trainee medical officers in the teaching hospitals. “In this connection, a summary has been...
JUI-S, PML-N forge alliance LAKKI MARWAT, July 26: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Sami) has entered into an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) for the local body elections, it was learnt on Tuesday....		Police officials rewarded PESHAWAR, July 26: Inspector General of Police, NWFP, Muhammad...