August 14, 2005	Sunday	Rajab 8, 1426

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President confers 192 civilian awards ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on the occasion of Independence Day, has conferred the following Civil Awards on 192 citizens of Pakistan and 15 foreign nationals for excellence in...		24,603 policemen on election duty PESHAWAR, Aug 13: A total of 24,603 policemen would be deployed at 7,650 polling stations in the NWFP to maintain law and order during the two phases of local government elections to be held on 18th and 25th of this month....
Nation urged to blaze new trail of progress ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in their Independence Day messages called upon the nation to renew their efforts to make Pakistan “a progressive, democratic and...		LB election under army supervision demanded HYDERABAD, Aug 13: Former Karachi city nazim Naimatullah Khan has demanded that Karachi and Hyderabad districts be declared sensitive and the local body elections be held under the supervision of the army....
Protest against Kalabagh dam planned HYDERABAD, Aug 13: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee has criticized President Gen Pervez Musharraf for his statement about the Kalabagh dam....		Changed scenario in R.Y. Khan RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 13: The political scenario of the district has changed altogether with change of heart at the provincial PML level. The ‘all-strong’ former district nazim Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood...
President confers awards on armed forces personnel RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: The president of Pakistan has conferred awards in the Order of Imtiaz (Military) on Independence Day to the officers of the armed forces:...		PPP MNAs submit motion to NA sect: Power outages in Karachi ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNAs have submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly Secretariat...
MMA demands govt to follow constitution: Police officers meeting in GHQ QUETTA, Aug 13: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has alleged that President Musharraf, by calling a meeting of police officers in Islamabad, has not only violated the constitution but also infringed upon provincial autonomy....		Altaf demands ban on JI KARACHI, Aug 13: Founder of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Altaf Hussain has demanded ban on the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) for its alleged conspiracy of terrorism and bloodshed....
Candidates hold joint canvassing session HARIPUR, Aug 13: Local government candidates at a joint canvassing session on Thursday promised to raise the standard of life of people of their constituencies by ensuring provision of basic amenities...		DRO stops minister from opening hospital plan HARIPUR, Aug 13: The District Returning Officer (DRO) of Haripur prevented Provincial Minister Akhtar Nawaz Khan from laying the foundation stone of a hospital on the complaint of a local body’s election candidate here on Friday....
EC receives no complaint from women PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The provincial Election Commission (EC) has not so far received any complaint from any woman candidate contesting the Local Government polls, official sources told Dawn....		PHC calls record in murder case PESHAWAR, Aug 13: The Peshawar High Court on Friday sought record in a petition seeking cancellation of the bail granted by a lower court to four people in the murder case of a 10-year-old girl....
Peace committee chief kidnapped LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 13: Bara Peace Committee chief Mulana Ahmad Khan has been kidnapped. The committee’s spokesman Mustamin Khan told journalists in Bara that the maulana had been missing for the past two days....		Ex-councillor given in police custody MANSEHRA, Aug 13: A former member of the Mansehra tehsil council and his brother, who were arrested on charges of car-lifting and involvement in other offences, were remanded to five days police custody by a judicial magistrate here on Saturday....
Archaeological sites discovered MARDAN, Aug 13: Two new archaeological sites of Gandhara and Hindu-Shahi civilizations have been discovered at Hunza and Dir districts. An archaeologist Usman Mardanwi said he had gone to Hunza three...		‘US embassy receives threatening letters’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Federal Minister for Interior Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Saturday said the US embassy in Islamabad recently received threatening anonymous letters after which the US government advised its citizens not to travel to some parts of Pakistan....
Quetta rocked by blast QUETTA, Aug 13: A powerful bomb exploded in Habib Nullah close to the Police Line on Saturday night and rocked the city. According to police, a local made bomb was planted...		Political leaders greet nation ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, has said there is little to rejoice on the 58th Independence Day as the country and its institutions have been...
BSO and JWP call off hunger strike QUETTA, Aug 13: The Baloch Students Organization (BSO) and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) have called off their 11-day hunger strike unto death following the production of three arrested activists before the court....		Musharraf grieved over Sri Lankan FM’s death ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has expressed condolence over the assassination of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar and condemned the act of terrorism....
President, PM felicitate Indian leaders ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: President Pervez Musharraf has congratulated Indian President Abdul Kalam on the occasion of India’s independence day on August 15....		Passenger dies in attack on wagon GILGIT, Aug 13: One passenger was killed and four others injured when unidentified gunmen ambushed a passenger wagon on Saturday, on the Gilgit-Ghizer road near Hanzal, 16kms away from here....
Candidates among 150 booked THATTA, Aug 13: Police on Saturday registered an FIR against 150 people, including candidates for the local body elections, a local reporter and activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians....		Crop, huts inundated after canal breach NAWABSHAH, Aug 13: A 60-foot breach developed at RD-65 in the Nusrat Canal near 60-Miles on Saturday, inundating 25 huts, standing cotton crop and hundreds of acres of land....
Killing of woman teacher decried SUKKUR, Aug 13: Activists of Aurat Foundation and Rural Development Organization Coordinating Council staged a protest demonstration against the killing of a school teacher, Jannat Bibi in Ghotki on Saturday....		Time bombs planted at power pylons defused DADU, Aug 13: Police here on Saturday foiled a sabotage attempt by defusing heavy time bombs planted at 500kv transmission pylons of the Dadu-Guddu section between Kishawar Chandio and Ali Ahmad Ghallo villages by some miscreants....
Shortage of polling staff in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 13: The local election commission authorities and the returning officers are facing innumerable problems owing to shortage of staff for the local election scheduled to be held on Aug 25 for the 289 union councils in the district....		30 arrested for code violation TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 13: Chuttiana police arrested on Friday night 30 supporters of a candidate for the office of a union council for violation of code of conduct near Shorkot cantonment....
Snake creates panic at tax office GUJRANWALA, Aug 13: A seven-feet-long snake created panic when it entered the Income Tax department’s refund section located near Upper Chenab canal on the GT Road, forcing the staff to leave the office here on Saturday....		Christians to back PPP in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Aug 13: The Christian community has announced its support to the PPP in local bodies election throughout the district. This was stated by All Pakistan Minorities Alliance chief coordinator Rafiq...
Two women of a family in the run SIALKOT, Aug 13: Two women of a family are in the run for the slots of nazim and naib nazim of Ballugan-Sambrial union council and their campaign is in full swing for the Aug 18 showdown....