July 28, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-us-Sani 20, 1426

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President asks youth to reject obscurantism RAWALPINDI, July 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday called on the youth of the country...		Pakistan to lead OIC group in Geneva ISLAMABAD, July 27: Pakistan has been chosen to lead the OIC group at the United Nations offices in Geneva for one year, a message received here from Geneva on Wednesday said....
Suicide blasts conspiracy against Islam: MMA ISLAMABAD, July 27: Strongly condemning recent suicide bombings in Britain and Egypt, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal...		Low flood at Guddu ISLAMABAD, July 27: A low flood situation was recorded at Guddu Barrage as water level was at 490,809 cusecs on Wednesday. According to an official of the Indus River System Authority,...
Computerized monitoring of irrigation: Project launched LAHORE, July 27: The Punjab government has launched a project aimed at computerizing the irrigation system for equitable distribution of water and extensive monitoring of the water use for agricultural purposes....		49,205 gastroenteritis cases reported from 38 districts ISLAMABAD, July 27: An emergency meeting that was held to review the outbreak of diseases due to the recent floods in the country was told here on Wednesday that 49,205 cases...
PTCL takeover by Etisalat to be resisted RAWALPINDI, July 27: The Anti-Privatisation Alliance (APA) on Wednesday vowed to launch coordinated protests to resist the takeover of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) by Etisalat....		PM urged to help evict 400 police from houses ISLAMABAD, July 27: A helpless Ministry of Housing and Works has gone knocking at the door of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in desperation after failing to evict over 400 policemen occupying government dwellings ‘illegally’....
Benazir assails harassment of LB candidates ISLAMABAD, July 27: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the continued harassment and intimidation of ‘Awam Dost’ candidates in the local bodies polls and urged the chief election commissioner and the judiciary to take note of these incidents....		CJP asks lawyers to help curb crimes ISLAMABAD, July 27: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday asked lawyers to help curb crime in the society by discouraging criminals. He made this...
‘Accountability must to bring improvement to society’ ISLAMABAD, July 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said good governance and improvement in the society can be achieved if accountability is carried out in a fair, transparent and effective manner....		Turkish team climbs G-II ISLAMABAD, July 27: The first-ever Turkish expedition, comprising six members, successfully reached the summit of Gasherbrum-II making history for their country, says a press release...
62pc pass FBISE HSSC part-I exams ISLAMABAD, July 27: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) on Wednesday announced the result of Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) examinations part-I in which 20,657 candidates passed out of 33,360 who appeared....		Advani to lose job after Jinnah remarks: analysts NEW DELHI, July 27: Two months after India’s Hindu nationalist party chief Lal Krishna Advani lauded Pakistan’s founder as a “great man,” the fire-storm his praise sparked appears ready to engulf him....
Higher education budget to reach Rs90bn in 7 years ISLAMABAD, July 27: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Attaur Rahman has said that Pakistan’s higher education budget has been planned to reach Rs90 billion in the next seven years....		PM orders inquiry into dispute over girls hostel ISLAMABAD, July 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday ordered a fresh inquiry into a dispute concerning the Breton Carey Girls Hostel in Karachi which was attacked by unknown people a few months ago....
Imran Farooq named new MQM convener     KARACHI, July 27: Dr Imran Farooq has been brought back as convener of the reconstituted coordination committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, party sources confirmed to Dawn....		CPNE criticizes anti-press actions KARACHI, July 27: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Wednesday said freedom of the Press in the country was precariously poised and actions taken against newspapers, arrest of their...
PML meeting to discuss polls QUETTA, July 27: A meeting of the provincial council of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League will be held in the first week of August to discuss ‘coming local body elections’ in Balochistan....		Three killed over marriage dispute QUETTA, July 27: Three people, two of them women, were gunned down on Wednesday in Sanjavi area of the Loralai district. Two men opened fire at the house of one Shah...
Proposals to boost tourism in Northern Areas GILGIT, July 27: A number of proposals and suggestion were presented on Wednesday for developing tourism in the six districts of Northern Areas at end of a four-day high level meeting...		60 women to contest polls despite ‘ban’ TIMERGARAH (Lower Dir), July 27: The hopes of political parties intending to keep women out of the local government elections were shattered on Wednesday when about 60 women filed their nomination papers for different seats....
11 election appeals rejected HARIPUR, July 27: The District and Sessions Judge Haripur on Wednesday dismissed 11 appeals against acceptance of nomination papers and allowed all the respondents to contest the polls....		20 addicts sent to hospital PESHAWAR, July 27: Police and social welfare department officials on Wednesday picked up 20 heroin addicts from the premises of the University of Peshawar and shifted them to the detoxification ward of the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH)....
Old panels file papers in 10 union councils HARIPUR, July 27: There are only 10 union councils out of the total 45 in Haripur district where old panels of union nazims and naib nazims are intact and are contesting the forthcoming local body polls....		Tribal elders hail removal of FC from checkpoints LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 27: Tribal elders, parliamentarians, political activists and councillors have welcomed the removal of the Frontier Constabulary from checkpoints in tribal areas....
Seven excise officials issued notices in scam DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 27: A district excise officer and six other officials have been issued notices after a Rs5 million scam has been detected at a token branch....		Candidate for nazim’s office kidnapped SHEIKHUPURA, July 27: A candidate for the office of union council nazim, his covering candidate and a supporter were kidnapped allegedly by their rival group to force them to withdraw on Wednesday....
Gastroenteritis lands another 62 in hospital MULTAN, July 27: About 2,100 patients of gastroenteritis have been admitted to Nishtar Hospital’s emergency ward ever since it broke out in mid-June in the city....		Two murder accused freed MIANWALI, July 27: A local court on Wednesday set at liberty two accused in an honour killing case, as the victim’s legal heirs pardoned them. According to the prosecution, Shah Jehan...
‘Fire’ claims three lives in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, July 27: A ‘mysterious’ fire at the house of Khalid Jajja, son of former MNA Mumtaz Ahmed Jajja, here on Wednesday evening at Adil Town claimed three lives....		60 cases against water thieves SHEIKHUPURA, July 27: The Nankana and Sheikhupura police claimed to have registered 60 cases against water thieves during the current paddy season. Nankana Sahib DPO Tahir Aalam Khan told Dawn here...
PO killed in encounter GUJRAT, July 27: An alleged proclaimed offender was shot dead while another was injured in an encounter with Tanda police near Kasab Wajeed village here on Wednesday....		Lawyer jailed for contempt BAHAWALPUR, July 27: Mr Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali of the Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur bench, jailed a lawyer for one month for contempt of court on Wednesday....
Action against schools for poor matric results MULTAN, July 27: The district education authorities have almost finalized the reports identifying the government schools, which have shown poor results in the class ninth and matriculation examination....		Nominations MIANWALI, July 27: A large number of local-body election candidates filed their nomination papers on the last day for the purpose on Wednesday. The sessions courts witnessed a great rush of people....
Environment act has lacunae, LHC told LAHORE, July 27: The Lahore High Court was told on Wednesday that the Pakistan Environment Protection Act adopted by the National Assembly in December 1997 lacked procedural discipline and had lacunae in rules and regulations....		PR fails to satisfy NA committee LAHORE, July 27: Most members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways are not satisfied with the reasons given by the authorities for the appointment of junior officers in place of seniors and inductions from outside the organization....
Loco staff not allowed to meet NA committee LAHORE, July 27: For the first time, the lunch break of the Mughalpura Workshop workers was delayed by an hour to “facilitate” the visit of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways on Wednesday....		Land levelling scheme starts LAHORE, July 27: Punjab Agriculture Minister Arshad Lodhi has said laser land levellers will help farmers save 30 per cent water and increase yield up to 25 per cent....
Govt urged to withdraw notice to PU professor LAHORE, July 27: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association has warned the government to withdraw the show-cause notice it had issued to Mass Communication Department Associate Prof Dr Mujahid Mansoori for...		MMA’s letter to EC LAHORE, July 27: The MMA has suggested summary anti-terrorism courts for speedy trial of people who will display or use arms on the polling day for the local elections....
Effective flood warning, relief system stressed LAHORE, July 27: Need for the establishment of an effective flood warning and relief system was stressed at a seminar on “Safeguards against flood ravages” here on Wednesday....		Bifurcation orders in abeyance LAHORE, July 27: The Pakistan Railways has held in abeyance its earlier orders to bifurcate any of its divisions by posting two divisional superintendents in Karachi, it is learnt....
NWFP govt works out plan for flood-hit areas PESHAWAR JULY 27: NWFP chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that his government has evolved a comprehensive plan to tackle flood related problems on a permanent basis....		Ban on women against PHC verdict: lawyers: Local govt polls PESHAWAR, July 27: Agreements reached among political and religious parties in some NWFP districts to keep women out of local elections are against rulings given by the Peshawar High Court last year, said legal circles....
PPP complains of harassment KARACHI, July 27: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has provided a long list of alleged government excesses against Awam Dost Panel candidates for the local body election and complained that victimization of candidates and their supporters is continuing....		Call for action against water thieves, officials HYDERABAD, July 27: Growers have urged the government to take action against landlords depriving tail-end growers of their water share and irrigation officials selling water and involved in corruption....
CM promises package for Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, July 27: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said he will announce a development package for Mirpurkhas. Speaking at a press conference at the circuit house here on...		Strike against police observed LARKANA, July 27: A complete shutter-down strike was observed in Qambar town on Wednesday in protest against police failure to act against criminals. A procession was also taken out which...