August 13, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 7, 1426

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PML rejects rigging allegations ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) on Friday rejected All Parties Conference’s (APC) allegations of pre-poll rigging in local body elections and challenged opposition lawmakers to act on their threats of resigning from assemblies....		Adjournment motion filed with NA Sectt: Expulsion of foreign students ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday filed an adjournment motion with the National Assembly Secretariat under Section 92 of the Rules of Business 1992, seeking debate on the expulsion orders of the foreign students studying in the seminaries....
Fazl asks West to engage in dialogue QUETTA, Aug 12: The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, on Friday invited Western powers to open dialogue with the “true representatives of Islamic forces” in order to “peacefully resolve” their disputes with them....		Govt given four days to file report: Detention of suspected suicide sisters PESHAWAR, Aug 12: The Peshawar High Court on Friday directed the deputy attorney general of Pakistan to contact the federal interior ministry and intelligence agencies and file a report regarding the...
New passport rule perturbs Pakistanis in UAE DUBAI, Aug 12: Pakistani expats are worried about the possibility of their families returning from vacation in Pakistan being stopped by Dubai Immigration for not acquiring separate passports for their dependents....		Musharraf backs removal of slur against Punjabis NEW DELHI, Aug 12: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has backed a move to expunge a 1924 ruling by a British judge making derogatory remarks against the Punjabi community....
Unity, hard work key to progress, says governor QUETTA, Aug 12: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on Friday called upon the masses to serve the country like dutiful sons and daughters who look after their mother and protect her from harm....		PTCL starts regularizing daily wagers LAHORE, Aug 12: The PTCL has finally started the process of regularizing its daily wagers who are 2,700 in number across the country, it is learnt....
‘Riggings mostly take place in women’s polling stations’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Most of the rigging on election day takes place at women polling stations and during the closing hours, reveal interviews with activists and workers of political parties who...		Speakers for promoting interest-free banking ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Speakers at a seminar called for promoting interest-free banking in Pakistan to ensure maximum benefits to the common people. The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) had...
No intention to start arms race: minister RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said testfiring the cruise missile was not aimed at starting an arms race with India but upgrading Pakistan’s defence capabilities....		Over Rs234m arid varsity’s budget okayed RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: The syndicate of University of Arid Agriculture (UAA) approved the university’s Rs234.828 million surplus budget for 2005-06 here on Friday, official sources told Dawn....
14 suspected militants detained in Gilgit GILGIT, Aug 12: Police have detained 14 people in connection with a recent spate of sectarian killings here. The suspects were picked up during a series of swoops on different areas of the city, police sources said....		Meeting on voluntary pension system ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) organized a one-day conference in Karachi to launch the Voluntary Pension System (VPS)....
Paediatric conference begins QUETTA, Aug 12: A three-day national paediatric conference began here on Friday. The conference is being attended by over 300 doctors and experts from all over the country and abroad....		AJK by-poll on Friday MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 12: The by-election for the LA-25 Muzaffarabad seat, which fell vacant due to the death of AJK senior minister Syed Mumtaz Ali Gillani, will be held on Sept 26, the AJK election commission announced here on Friday....
Balochistan rain losses estimated at Rs810m DERA MURAD JAMALI, Aug 12: Balochistan suffered a loss of Rs810 million due to heavy rains and flood, Minister for Relief and Revenue Mir Asim Kurd said here on Friday....		Over Rs7.5bn schemes in Northern Areas GILGIT, Aug 12: Over Rs7.5 billion is being spent on 49 development schemes in the Northern Areas for socio-economic development. Superintending Engineer Shafqat Wali told APP that 33 projects would be completed soon....
UK offers loan for AJK bridge project MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 12: The United Kingdom has offered a soft loan of 20 million pounds sterling for a rural bridge rehabilitation project in Azad Jammu and Kashmir....		Railways to remove encroachment QUETTA, Aug 12: The Pakistan Railways and Quetta district government have decided to remove all encroachments on the railway land near an under-construction flyover....
Candidate, nephew killed PESHAWAR, Aug 12: A candidate for a union council seat and his nephew were killed in an attack on Palosi Road here on Thursday. The other nephew was injured and admitted to hospital, police officials said....		Security tightened for elections QUETTA, Aug 12: The Balochistan government has decided to take additional security measures to ensure peaceful local bodies elections. Chief Minister Jam Yousuf presided over a meeting held here on...
489 polling stations to be set up in Swabi SWABI, Aug 12: In all 489 polling stations would be set up in the Swabi district for the first phase of the local government elections on Aug 18....		Misuse of funds alleged ABBOTTABAD, Aug 12: The former union council nazim and a candidate for the nazim post from Dasu, Abrar Khan, has accused MPA Sardar Mohammad Ayub of using public development funds to support his brother, Gulab Khan, in the local bodies elections....
Man shot dead RAWALPINDI, Aug 12: A man was gunned down in a robbery attempt, while two houses were ransacked here on Friday, police said. Khuda-i-Noor, 65, was heading towards a bank in Sadiqabad...		Seminary management on judicial remand: Torture of students FAISALABAD, Aug 12: Horrifying tales of physical and sexual abuse of minor students at a seminary in Dijkot, 25km from here, have come to light after the arrest of its management five days ago....
Feudals lose ground to industrialist MULTAN, Aug 12: Landlords of this predominately rural district are all set to abdicate the throne of the city government to the scion of an industrialist family who has, according to...		Missing BSO activists surface MULTAN, Aug 12: Three Baloch Students Organization leaders, missing for the last four-and-half-month, surfaced on Friday but only in the Punjab police custody in Sadiqabad area of Rahim Yar Khan....
Six caught stealing phone machinery MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Aug 12: Police claimed to have nabbed six dacoits who were allegedly stealing Rs1.5 million Helan telephone exchange machinery on Thursday night....		Ambivalence surrounds Shalamar Town polls LAHORE, Aug 12: The newly re-formed Shalamar Town, comprising 17 union councils, seems to be heading for an interesting contest. Traditionally a PPP stronghold, the area fell to the Muslim League-N...
Pervaiz denies APC charges LAHORE, Aug 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi denied on Friday the allegations levelled by the APC regarding the local elections, saying all steps were being taken to hold them in an impartial and transparent manner....		One-sided trade ‘harmful’ LAHORE, Aug 12: The Consumer Rights Association on Friday asked the government to make trade with India a bilateral affair as one-sided trade could hurt Pakistan’s economy....
Clarification LAHORE, Aug 12: With reference to the news item appearing in Dawn on Aug 11 about alleged violation of sanctity of the Andrew’s Church by the administration of the Beaconhouse School...		TI, PML-N men join PML LAHORE, Aug 12: Some activists of the PML-N and the Tehrik-i-Insaaf called on Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here on Friday and joined the ruling PML. Prominent among them were PML-N Sports...
PML Youth Wing rally LAHORE, Aug 12: The PML Youth Wing held a rally on Friday in connection with Independence Day celebrations. Provincial president Zafarullah Alvi, Senator Kamil Ali Agha, minister Mian Aslam Iqbal,...		Imposition of governor’s rule urged in NWFP PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Central president of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan (Constitutional Group) Maulana Muhammad Shoaib has praised the Supreme Court verdict on the Hasba bill and said that the MMA government had...
Ministers, advisers accused of violating poll code PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Former District Nazim Azam Khan Afridi has alleged that the federal and provincial governments are working for some candidates in the local government elections....		Youth-centred steps to fight Aids urged PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Health experts have called for coordinated efforts to prevent youths from contracting the deadly HIV/Aids diseases. A comprehensive strategy should be evolved to achieve the objective, they said....
Development package for Fata likely PESHAWAR, Aug 12: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf is likely to announce a development package for tribal areas soon....		Nadra cases through police opposed PESHAWAR, Aug 12: The district prosecutor has asked the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) not to register cases through police as charges under Section 30 of the Nadra Ordinance are non-cognizable....