July 29, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-us-Sani 21, 1426

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Bombings shouldn’t be used to malign Muslims, says envoy ISLAMABAD, July 28: Pakistan has cautioned the world community that recent spate of terrorist attacks in London and other places can be used as ammunition by peddlers of hatred against Islam...		US losing fight for public opinion in Pakistan: report WASHINGTON, July 28: The United States appears to be losing ground in the fight for public opinion in Pakistan, the government-run Voice of America radio reported on Thursday....
Hasba law may cripple judiciary, seminar told PESHAWAR, July 28: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that the Hasba Bill would bring a parallel judicial system...		No change in UK visa policy for Pakistanis LAHORE, July 28: Britain has no plan to change its visa policy for Pakistanis in the wake of London bombings. British Deputy High Commissioner Simon Butt stated this during a meeting...
Gulf within Lollywood widens LAHORE, July 28: While the Pakistan film industry is passing through its worst crises, artistes working for it have become divided down the line and a number of them have joined...		ISPs unhappy at PTCL-Paknet deal on broadband services ISLAMABAD, July 28: Differences have emerged between the Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (Ispak) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) over an agreement under which PTCL would provide financial back-up...
EC warns Sindh of action: Non-compliance of directive ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday warned the Sindh administration of stern action if it did not send detailed reports on allegations that candidates were prevented from filing nominations for the local polls....		Crackdown on gas cylinder shops GUJRANWALA, July 28: The district administration and TMA have jointly launched a crackdown on gas cylinder shopkeepers for allegedly selling defective cylinders without getting any no objection certificate (NOC) from the department concerned....
Call to raise allocation for adult education ISLAMABAD, July 28: Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday said more than 52 million illiterate people lived in Pakistan and the government would have to increase allocation for adult education...		Let’s change the world: Kamla Bhasin ISLAMABAD, July 28: The idealism to change the world and to make it a better place for the oppressed is one aim which has defined the life and times of author, song-writer and social activist, Kamla Bhasin....
Kofi Annan’s reform package termed impracticable ISLAMABAD, July 28: Participants at a roundtable discussion on United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s reform proposals “In Larger Freedom” termed the recommendations deficient and impracticable....		Changes in police order politicize the force again, says report ISLAMABAD, July 28: The police order promulgated in 2002 was intended to depoliticize police but the changes made in it last November have politicized the force more than ever, according to a study done by an NGO....
Baroghil festival from July 29 ISLAMABAD, July 28: Baroghil Festival scheduled for July 29- 31 will promote tourism, culture of the valley and create awareness of drug menace afflicting the youth, says a press release issued by the festival organizers....		No corruption evidence against Nawaz: PML-N ISLAMABAD, July 28: PML-N Additional Secretary-General Chaudhry Mohammad Jaafar Iqbal has rejected President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s allegation of corruption against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif....
Govt using state resources in polls: PPP ISLAMABAD, July 28: Central Monitoring Committee of the PPP for the local bodies elections on Thursday denounced, what it termed, continued victimization of opposition by the ruling party, its supporters and officials....		Senate panel calls for changes in FCR ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has observed that amendments in the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) were the need of the hour, as various provisions of the FCR flagrantly violated fundamental human rights....
Probe into alleged rape in AJK ISLAMABAD, July 28: Military authorities are investigating a 30-year-old woman’s gang rape allegedly committed by three men of the Mujahid Battalion in Azad Kashmir, Director-General of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan told Dawn on Thursday....		Pearl case suspect being grilled LAHORE, July 28: Punjab police and intelligence agencies have launched a hunt to capture accomplices of an arrested militant allegedly involved in the kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl....
UK Muslims shouldn’t be stigmatized: Maleeha LONDON, July 28: Pakistan’s envoy in London Dr Maleeha Lodhi has said the acts of a few individuals allegedly involved in the London bombings should not be used to stigmatize the Muslim community in Britain....		Condolence messages sent to India ISLAMABAD, July 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday sent separate messages of condolences to their Indian counterparts over the loss of life and property in Maharashtra in rain-related incidents....
IFJ condemns arrest of journalist KARACHI, July 28: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), which represents more than 500,000 journalists in 110 countries, has strongly condemned what it called the illegal detention by police of Rasheed Channa, a reporter of daily The Star....		Militants, troops trade fire MIRAMSHAH, July 28: Security forces on Thursday exchanged fire with suspected militants hiding in a house, officials and witnesses said. The sources said that the security forces had besieged the house...
Shopkeeper shot dead in Gilgit GILGIT, July 28: A shopkeeper from Astore district was shot dead by two gunmen in Konodas when he was going to his house after closing his shop on Wednesday night, police said....		PAF Mirage crashes ISLAMABAD, July 28: A fighter aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed on Wednesday evening, some 80 kilometres south-west of Islamabad, officials said here on Thursday....
Religious leaders’ help sought in fighting TB PESHAWAR, July 28: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has directed the officials concerned to seek religious leaders’ help in awareness campaigns and treating tuberculosis (TB) in pilot districts....		202 papers filed for 51 posts of nazims ABBOTTABAD, July 28: A total of 202 nomination papers were filed for the posts of nazims and naib nazims of 51 union councils of Abbottabad district till Wednesday midnight....
Union councils of N. Areas demand devolution plan GILGIT, July 28: The union councils of Northern Areas have demanded that the devolution plan should be extended to the six districts of the region. The executive committee of over 280...		53.5kg of heroin seized in 6 months PESHAWAR, July 28: The Anti-Narcotics Force seized 53.5kg of heroin during the first half of the current year in the province and reduced poppy cultivation in the tribal areas, said ANF regional chief Brig Najmul Hassan Jamil....
2 Khasadars shot dead by robbers MIRAMSHAH, July 28: Four people, including two members of Khasadar force, were killed and three others wounded when armed men robbing a bank opened fire here on Wednesday....		Magsi Ittehad candidate elected unopposed HYDERABAD, July 28: Following withdrawal of candidature by an Awam Dost Panel nominee for the seat of nazim of the Piaro Lund Union Council, Tando Allahyar, Zeeshan Mastoi, Mohammad Qasim Lund of the Magsi Ittehad has won the seat....
Coordinationwith Spanish, French police discussed PESHAWAR, July 28: Frontier IGP Riffat Pasha said on Thursday that no car bomb and suicide attacks had taken place in the NWFP over the past two years, due to better policing....		Workshop for CBO leaders CHITRAL, July 28: Representatives of 20 community-based organizations (CBOs) have attended a workshop on leadership and management skill training organize by the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) in the provincial headquarters of the organization....
25 more housing schemes declared illegal FAISALABAD, July 28: The Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) has declared 25 more under developed housing schemes, including Lawyers Housing Scheme and Telecom Employees Cooperative Housing Scheme, as illegal....		Candidates try to seek minorities’ support FAISALABAD, July 28: The Election Commission of Pakistan has decided at the last moment to conduct local-body elections on the basis of joint electorate. The decision emerged through the recent amendments to the Punjab Local Government (Amended) Ordinance 2001....
Police ‘rescue’ married girls SAHIWAL, July 28: A patrol police team on Wednesday night picked up two married sisters who were chased by their husbands. Fauzia and Bushra, who ran away from their house...		Industrialist injured in Rs8.9m robbery LAHORE, July 28: Robbers took away Rs8.9 million from an industrialist and shot at and wounded him on resistance near the Lahore Stock Exchange in the Civil Lines police area on Thursday....
Candidate shot dead in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, July 28: A candidate for the office of general councillor of Aroop Town was shot dead while his supporter seriously injured by rival panel over an election row on Thursday....		Rs4.835m taken away from bank KHANEWAL, July 28: Three robbers took away Rs4.835 million in cash from Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB), Ghalla Mandi branch, on Thursday. Manager Chaudhry Anwar said the robbers entered the bank as...
MMA’s group forges seat-adjustment accords in 65 UCs LAHORE, July 28: The MMA has announced that the Watan Dost Group, being backed by it in the local polls, has made electoral adjustments with other groups of the opposition parties in 65 union councils of the city....		Decision withdrawn after five days: Doctors’ service structure LAHORE, July 28: The Punjab government has withdrawn the doctors service structure policy on merely fifth day of its announcement that included clauses regarding recruitment of teaching cadre doctors and senior medical officers on regular basis....
Another teacher gets notice LAHORE, July 28: The education department has served a notice on Associate Prof Dr Ajmal Niazi of the government College, township, for writing a column for an Urdu language daily “against the government’s polices”....		More garlic imported from India LAHORE, July 28: Two truckloads carrying 12 tons of garlic crossed into Pakistan on Thursday. According to quarantine department officials, this was in addition to 30 tons already brought into the country by importers during the last two days....
PTI opposes Hasba Bill LAHORE, July 28: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has opposed the Hasba Bill recently got passed by the MMA government from the NWFP Assembly. PTI chairman Imran Khan said at a press conference...		Plea to remove names of voters without NICs KARACHI, July 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Thursday demanded that the chief election commissioner should order removal of thousands of names from additional voters’ list that had no NIC number and address of residence....
Soomro defends performance of senate panels SUKKUR, July 28: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has defended the role of senate’s standing committees, saying they are fully independent and can probe corruption cases referred to them....		‘Water level of four canals being reduced’ HYDERABAD, July 28: Sindh Irrigation Secretary Shuja Ahmed Junejo has ordered an immediate reduction of the water level in the four off-taking canals of the Kotri barrage in the wake of a forecast of heavy rains by the meteorology department....
‘ADP candidates being victimized’ THATTA, July 28: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA and district women’s wing president Humera Alwani has accused the district administration of harassing and victimizing Awam Dost Panel candidates at the behest of the Shirazi group....		Major cities face high polio risk PESHAWAR, July 28: Peshawar, Bannu, South Waziristan, Tank, North Waziristan, Bajaur, D I Khan, Khyber, Upper Dir and Fata have been identified as high-risk areas in respect of polio in the NWFP....
‘Population control an uphill task in NWFP’ PESHAWAR, July 28: NWFP Minister for Population Welfare and Women Development Kashif Azam has conceded that it an uphill task to reduce the rate of population growth in the religious and Pukhtun-dominated society....		Former UC nazim’s degree valid: PHC PESHAWAR, July 28: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday set aside disqualification of a former union council nazim and declared his Madressah Sanad (degree) valid for contesting polls....