August 17, 2005	Wednesday	Rajab 11, 1426

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Plan under study to expand energy sector: Report on industrial vision ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The government is contemplating to expand energy resources and enhance their use in order to achieve the objectives of the ‘industrial vision’ programme, it is learnt....		PFUJ criticizes govt’s move to gag press KARACHI, Aug 16: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the cancellation of the declaration of the weeklies Friday Special and Wajood and the daily Zarb-i-Islam under the Press...
PML condemns attack on Adil Sheikh ISLAMABAD Aug 16: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) on Tuesday condemned attack on a leader of the party’s Sindh chapter, Haleem Adil Sheikh, and termed it a shameful act....		Election campaign reaches its peak PESHAWAR, Aug 16: The election campaign reached its peak in the city and the NWFP on Tuesday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the local body elections to be held on Thursday....
Governor asks tribal elders to abide by accord PESHAWAR, Aug 16: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman said on Tuesday that the government would honour its agreements with Ahmad Zai Wazir tribes but called upon the other side to fulfil the conditions laid down in the mutually agreed documents....		AJK PM’s adviser made minister MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 16: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Tuesday inducted his Information Adviser Noreen Arif into the cabinet and accorded the status of senior minister to Food Minister Raja Abdul Qayyum Khan....
‘Agencies not aware of suicide sisters’ detention’ PESHAWAR, Aug 16: The federal interior ministry has told the Peshawar High Court that it knows nothing about the illegal detention or whereabouts of four detainees, including two sisters, suspected of plotting suicide attacks in Karachi....		EX-MNA Gool Rustomji dies QUETTA, Aug 16: Ex-MNA and former editor of the Quetta Times weekly, Gool Rustomji, who died here on Monday, was laid to rest in the Parsi graveyard. She was 92....
DRO summons minister on candidates’ complaint SWABI, Aug 16: Khalid Amin Khan, district returning officer (DRO) of Swabi, summoned provincial Education Minister Maulana Fazal Ali on Tuesday on the complaint of some candidates who alleged that the...		Five killed in armed clash LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 16: Five people were killed in a clash between Paakhel tribesmen and a gang of kidnappers in Lakki Marwat on Tuesday. There was a heavy exchange of gunfire...
Reopening of library sought MARDAN, Aug 16: Members of the Public Library Town Hall have demanded reopening of the library and repair of the building, which has been closed since an attack by a mob two months ago....		Minimizing expenditure costs millions ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has said “efforts are being made to minimize the expenditure of the Senate to remain within the available budgetary allocations,” a press release issued by the Senate said on Tuesday....
Speaker urges rehabilitation of flood victims GILGIT, Aug 16: Northern Areas Legislative Council Speaker Haji Malik Miskeen has urged the federal government to take immediate steps to rehabilitate flood-affected people in the Northern Areas....		‘Violation’ of polls conduct PPP asks EC to issue notice to Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Secretary-General Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to issue a notice to Gen Pervez Musharraf for campaigning for the...
HEC to fund research work of young faculty ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will fund “innovative research projects” of young faculty members of public-sector universities, a statement issued here on Tuesday said....		Kashmir missing from Pakistan’s map ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The invitation brochures sent out for Pakistan’s Infrastructure Projects Conference 2005 do not include parts of occupied Kashmir in an image of Pakistan’s map, causing embarrassment to the organizers, Dawn has learnt....
Work on Lowari tunnel to start soon: NHA chief ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Maj-Gen Farrukh Javed has said keeping in view the significance of national highways and motorways in economic progress, particular attention is being paid towards the development of this sector....		Parents of 30 child jockeys held: Human trafficking LAHORE, Aug 16: The Federal Investigation Agency took on Tuesday 24 persons into custody on the charges of transporting children to the United Arab Emirates for camel race....
Nawaz for loyalists LAHORE, Aug 16: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will bring dedicated party workers to the fore as replacement to the legislators who have left the PML-N to join hands with the ruling party....		Ruling PML ‘manipulating’ local polls LAHORE, Aug 16: The PPP, alleging that the ruling party was trying to manipulate the local elections, said on Tuesday the opposition would resist “goondaism” with public support....
Registration in seminaries’ own interest: Rashid LAHORE, Aug 16: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday urged managements of religious schools to get their institutions registered “in their own interest.”...		Derailment: PR engineer suspended LAHORE, Aug 16: A divisional engineer was given warning while an assistant engineer was suspended from service on Tuesday for negligence which resulted in derailment of three Khyber Mail bogies on Aug 13 near the Cantt station....
Biradari factor causes rift in ruling PML BAHAWALNAGAR, Aug 16: The party-less elections are pushing the Jatt-Arain strife in the district to an alarming magnitude, further strengthening biradarism in the local politics....		Plea to PML president LAHORE, Aug 16: The Chaudhry Rehmat Ali Society has urged Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to announce the date for bringing the remains of Chaudhry Rehmat Ali from England for burial in Pakistan....
Pervaiz seeks report on student’s gang-rape SIALKOT, Aug 16: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has taken a serious notice of alleged gang-rape of a student by six dacoits at her house in Jandiyala-Zafarwal village and sought a report from the Narowal DCO and DPO within three days....		Code violation continues FAISALABAD, Aug 16: Efforts made by the Election Commission and the district administration for the implementation of the code of conduct for the candidates have proved futile both in rural and urban areas of the district....
Tough contest HARIPUR, Aug 16: A tough contest is likely in the local body elections for various union council seats here. Haripur north, south and central, Kalabat and Tarbela are among the councils where a tight competition is expected....		Women may not cast vote in some Swabi UCs SWABI, Aug 16: In some union councils of Swabi district, women may not be able to exercise their right to vote in the local body election on Aug 18....
Admission policy reforms proposed: Medical colleges PESHAWAR, Aug 16: The NWFP health department has recommended that the girls’ campus of the Khyber Medical College (KMC) be given the status of a full-fledged medical college....		Court grants bail to woman PESHAWAR, Aug 16: A local court granted bail here on Tuesday to a 35-year-old woman who gunned down a prayer leader who had allegedly intruded into her house at around 2am on Monday with evil intentions....
Monthly grant for ailing govt employees PESHAWAR, Aug 16: Some 70 government servants suffering from serious diseases will get a monthly grant of Rs1,000, an official handout said here on Tuesday. The decision was taken after the...