August 3, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-us-Sani 26, 1426

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US to help Pakistan meet energy needs ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The US Assistant Secretary of State, Christina Rocca, on Tuesday said the US realised Pakistan’s energy needs and would begin a dialogue to assist Islamabad meet its growing energy needs. Answering questions through a video conference by Pakistani journalists at the US embassy...		Hasba bill is for enforcing laws, says NWFP govt ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The NWFP government on Tuesday claimed that the purpose of introducing the Hasba bill was to enforce the existing laws for the good of the people through an office having links with them....
MMA has chosen wrong path: Omar HARIPUR, Aug 2: Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan has said the provincial government of the MMA has chosen the wrong course by adopting the controversial Hasba Bill. “But we are not going to allow them to enforce a law which is repugnant to the constitution...		10pc quota allocated for women in CSS: Fatima Jinnah Award given to 59 personalities ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The federal cabinet has approved 10 per cent quota for women in Central Superior Services, said secretary Ministry of Women Development Sohail Safdar....
Banned outfits activists ousted from contest: 11 papers rejected RAWALPINDI, Aug 2: Intelligence agencies detected 18 aspirants for the local government seats in Rawalpindi region belonging to the banned religious groups and consequently the nomination papers of 11 were rejected, security sources told Dawn on Tuesday....		Political campaigns Workshop seeks equitable coverage on TV, radio ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Radio and TV stations in Pakistan have been advised to put “equitable focus on the campaigns of all political parties” in their coverage of the forthcoming local government...
NAB starts inquiry against 15 nazims ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated investigation against 15 district and tehsil nazims but they would not be barred from taking part in the forth coming elections,...		Closer Pakistan-India cooperation stressed ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The close cooperation between India and Pakistan and resolution of disputed issues, including the core issue of Kashmir, was in the interest of people of both the countries...
Compliance urged with weapons convention ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Pakistan has called on the international community to implement earnestly instruments on prohibition or restriction of the use of ‘Certain Conventional Weapons’ (CCW) to effectively address humanitarian and security concerns of states....		More research to attain food self-sufficiency urged ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Participants of a meeting on Sunday stressed the need for conducting more research in the agriculture sector to achieve self-sufficiency in agri products and improve the country’s economy....
Rashid’s brother joins PPP LAHORE, Aug 2: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s brother Sheikh Aleem joined the PPP on Tuesday, saying Ms Benazir Bhutto’s party alone was working for the rights of the downtrodden....		169 MOs not paid salaries ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: The medical officers (MOs), appointed by the health ministry in different state-run hospitals in May, have not been paid salaries since their joining, sources told Dawn....
Pakistan ideal for investors, says UK diplomat RAWALPINDI, Aug 2: Deputy High Commissioner and Director Trade of British High Commission (BHC) Hamish Daniel visited the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) here on Tuesday and held discussions...		PPP questions EC ability to hold LG polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has questioned the ability of the Election Commission (EC) to hold free, fair and impartial Local Government elections, as according to the party the...
Body formed to make arrangements: League centenary ISLAMABAD, Aug 2: Quaid Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has constituted a 15-member committee to make arrangements for celebration of the party’s centenary foundation anniversary next year in a befitting manner....		Detention of Fazl in UAE condemned RAWALPINDI, Aug 2: Several top leaders of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have criticised the detention of opposition leader in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the Dubai Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....
People repose confidence in PML: minister RAWALPINDI, Aug 2: Provincial Minister for Local Bodies Mohammad Basharat Raja has said unopposed election of nazims and naib nazims is a proof of the fact that people repose confidence in...		Deputy speaker’s petition admitted QUETTA August 2: A division bench of Balochistan High Court on Tuesday admitted for regular hearing a writ petition filed by deputy speaker Balochistan Assembly questioning appointments made in the assembly secretariat....
Nine hurt in football clash GILGIT, Aug 2: At least nine spectators were injured when violent supporters of rival teams clashed during a football match in a stadium on Monday. The match was being played between the Eidgah and Chungarah teams....		Need for population control stressed QUETTA, Aug 2: Governor Balochistan Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that without resolving the problem of increasing population, it will be difficult to achieve...
Maternal care project launched in Buner PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The United States Agency for International Development has formally launched a five-year project for improving maternal and neonatal health in Buner district under the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers...		Nomination papers of 487 candidates rejected: Local body polls in Mansehra MANSEHRA, Aug 2: Out of about 2,500 nomination papers filed for different seats in 60 union councils of the district, 487 have been rejected and 2,007 accepted, according to the data available at the office of the assistant election commissioner Mansehra....
113 elected unopposed in Swabi SWABI, Aug 2: The district election commission released on Tuesday a list of 113 candidates who returned unopposed in the district. Among them are 106 women, six minority members and one nazim....		Group fields 200 candidates PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Pakistan Muslim League (Constitutional Group) has fielded over 200 candidates, including 50 women, in the local body polls. This was stated by the group’s provincial president Zakaria Khan at a news conference here on Tuesday....
Militancy has no future: ANP MARDAN, Aug 2: Awami National Party leader Azam Khan said Monday’s deportation of Maulana Fazalur Rehman from the United Arab Emirates proved that the noose was tightening around religious leaders in the world....		President to visit DI Khan, says minister PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The provincial president of the ruling PML, Amir Muqaam, has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf would soon announce an uplift package for DI Khan....
Guideline for epidemics control PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The National Institute of Health has issued guidelines for doctors on management of epidemics in the monsoon season. A four-page booklet has been issued to the health departments...		Demand for action against ministers: Rigging of LB polls alleged HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Sindh People’s Youth has demanded that the Chief Election Commissioner should take action against the Sindh cabinet, including the chief minister, for allegedly rigging the local body elections....
Rains, power failure hit lower Sindh HYDERABAD, Aug 2: Different regions in lower Sindh received heavy rains on Tuesday, followed by power breakdowns. A day-long power breakdown in Hyderabad and adjoining towns followed a heavy downpour...		Five drown in flood water KHAIRPUR, Aug 2: At least five people drowned in flood waters of the Indus River and canals on Monday and Tuesday. The body of Shaman Shah, 30, was fished out from a lake near the Landhio police station....
Load-shedding sparks protest SHIKARPUR, Aug 2: People of Shikarpur took out a procession and staged demonstrations outside two complaint centres and offices of executive engineer and SDOs of the Hesco to protest against unscheduled...		Boat sinks near Sann: two dead DADU, Aug 2: Two villagers drowned in the Indus River near Sann on Tuesday. Reports said that seven people of a family were on their way to Sann from Manjhand on a boat....
Boy killed after criminal assault NAWABSHAH, Aug 2: A boy was strangulated after criminal assault by some men in Sangrah village near Daulatpur on Monday. The body of Zahid Sangrah, 15, was found in a field....		Negligent officials warned HYDERABAD, Aug 2: The Chief Minister of Sindh, Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, has said that he believes in good governance to ensure better delivery system for people of the province and...
162 forms of ADP candidates rejected LARKANA, Aug 2: One hundred and sixty-two forms of Awam Dost Panel (ADP) candidates for nazims, naib nazims and councillors have been rejected in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts....		Inquiry ordered SUKKUR, Aug 2: The Sindh IG Prison has ordered an inquiry into the recent rioting in the Sukkur central jail-I. He ordered to implement the jail manual and to take action...
Independent status of CRDC to be restored LAHORE, Aug 2: The independent status of the Curriculum Research and Development Centre (CRDC) is being restored, it is learnt. The CRDC was merged with the Punjab Textbook Board some three...		‘Lacunae in laws against gender discrimination’ LAHORE, Aug 2: Supreme Court Bar Association President Qazi Muhammad Jameel said here on Tuesday the constitutional guarantees against gender discrimination were of little help in view of the social and cultural taboos that placed women at a disadvantageous position....
Irrigation water board formed LAHORE, Aug 2: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has constituted the Punjab Irrigation Water Regulation Advisory Board for ensuring canal water distribution in the province especially in its southern parts....		PR updates list of train crash victims LAHORE, Aug 2: The Pakistan Railways has issued a list of 153 people killed in the triple-train accident at the Sarhad railway station on July 13....
Lalamusa press club’s ex-president slain: Involved in litigation with former in-laws GUJRAT, Aug 2: A journalist was shot dead by three assailants along the GT Road in front of the Saddar police station in Lalamusa on Monday night....		Four killed in fireworks’ explosion in shop GUJRANWALA, Aug 2: An explosion, allegedly caused by fireworks, claimed the lives of four persons, while another was injured in Ali Pur Chattha here on Tuesday....
Execution puts boy’s life in jeopardy: Kidnap by convict’s kin SAHIWAL, Aug 2: A murder convict, whose execution was put off almost a month ago after his brother and accomplices kidnapped a child of the complainant party, was hanged in the Sahiwal Central Jail on Tuesday....		EC urged to take note of violations: Violence ‘feared’ in Barkhan DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 2: Senior vice-president of PPP and former federal minister Mir Baz Khan Khetran demanded the chief election commissioner of Pakistan to take notice of the alleged use...
Body of doctor’s daughter found OKARA, Aug 2: The body of a girl who had fallen into an open manhole in Medical colony on Friday night, was recovered here on Tuesday....		‘PO’ killed, policeman injured in encounter TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 2: An alleged proclaimed offender was killed in an encounter with Nawan Lahore police while a constable was seriously wounded on Tuesday morning....
WCCI chief demands incentives for businesswomen SIALKOT, Aug 2: Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) Central President Dr Shehla Javaid Akram has said that women entrepreneurs are playing their pivotal role in strengthening the economy by accelerating the pace of trade activities....		Applications for changing poll symbols rejected PESHAWAR, Aug 2: District returning officer Shahjehan Khan Akhundzada has rejected 35 applications filed by candidates for changing their election symbols. The DRO, who is the Peshawar district and sessions judge,...
Suspected suicide girls’ father made party in petition PESHAWAR, Aug 2: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday included the father of two sisters suspected of plotting suicide attacks as a party in a writ petition challenging their detention by an intelligence agency....		Prayer leaders held at checkpoint PESHAWAR, Aug 2: A federal intelligence agency arrested two prayer leaders and teachers of a religious school from Jharian checkpoint in Haripur district on the border between the NWFP and Punjab, sources told Dawn here on Tuesday....