August 20, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 14, 1426

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Provinces get fresh chance to forge consensus on NFC ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The federal government has decided to give a fresh and final opportunity to the provinces to reach consensus on National Finance Commission (NFC) award before President Musharraf presents his solution to the issue....		MMA sure SC verdict won’t hit its MPs ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) believes that the Supreme Court’s recent decision on seminary sanad will not affect its parliamentarians and that the government will ensure that they are...
Aziz lauds peaceful conduct of polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has commended the peaceful and orderly conduct of the first phaseof local bodies elections in the NWFP and rest of the country....		EC asked to nullify results: Barring of women from vote ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Women Development has condemned the barring of women from voting in the local bodies elections in certain parts of the country and...
Independents outdo parties in Kohat KOHAT, Aug 19: Of the 64 nazims and naib nazims elected in the district, 10 belong to the Jamiat Ulema–i-Islam, six each to the Awami National Party and the Jamaat-i-Islami, four...		ANP-backed group makes major gains in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Awami National Party-backed Watan Dost group has secured major gains in the first phase of the local government elections in Peshawar city district followed by the Jamaat-i-Islami’s Al-Khidmat group and the People’s Party Parliamentarians’ Awam Dost group....
Voter turnout claim challenged ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Opposition leader in the Senate and deputy secretary general of the People’s Party Parliamentarians Raza Rabbani has challenged the acting chief election commissioner’s claim that the voters’ turnout...		4,039 return unopposed in LG polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A total of 4039 candidates, including full panels in 76 districts, returned unopposed during the first phase of local government elections held in 53 districts of the country on Thursday....
Re-election ordered in six poll stations HYDERABAD, Aug 19: DRO Zaheeruddin S. Leghari of the newly-created Tando Allahyar district has ordered fresh election for six polling stations of two UCs of Tando Allahyar city taluka on Aug 25....		Changed New Murree plan to make news ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The controversial New Murree Project is likely to again hit headlines when the National Assembly’s standing committee on environment meets on August 29, Dawn has learnt....
‘Senate deputy chief’s election likely in Sept’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has said the election of the deputy chairman will be held in the next session expected to be held in mid-September....		Niwani-Dhandla strife goes on in Bhakkar: Second phase of election BHAKKAR, Aug 19: The two main rival groups in the district— ruling PML-backed Niwani Awami Mahaz and PML-N affiliated Dhandla’s Awami Khidmat Mahaz— have been bagging a major chunk of votes,...
NGOs to hold protest against court verdict: Blasphemy case ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A number of local NGOs would hold a protest demonstration in front of the Supreme Court here on Saturday against the decision of a court in Karachi that sentenced a man to death on charges of blasphemy....		Six PCRWR labs to check quality: Bottled water ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has designated six laboratories of the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) to test bottled drinking water for impurities....
Literacy campaign to be intensified, says NCHD chief PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Minister of State Dr Nasim Ashraf pledged on Thursday to intensify the literacy campaign in the province and make each and every individual literate....		Aishwariya, Jawad to lead anti-polio campaign ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The government is contemplating giving a fresh look to its drive against polio by inviting top Indian film diva Aishwariya Rai to participate in the next round of immunization campaign along with pop singer Jawad Ahmed....
MMA minister vows to promote education PESHAWAR, Aug 19: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has lauded the role of the private sector in promotion of education in the province and announced that the MMA government would continue its encouragement....		MMA asks govt to release workers RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has warned the district administration to stop arresting innocent people and release those held in connection with local bodies elections....
Govt-backed panels sweep polls in interior of Sindh HYDERABAD, Aug 19: The PPP-backed Awam Dost Panel has been almost wiped out in the interior of Sindh where the govt-backed Khushhal Pakistan Panel and Haq Parast Group have registered a clean sweep in first phase of local body elections....		Spain institutes official due on Sept 11 ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The director of Casa Asia of Barcelona, Ion De la Riva, will be visiting Pakistan from September 11 to 15, says a Press release issued by the Embassy of Spain here on Friday....
ANP lawmaker faces charge of ‘killing’ four opponents PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Awami National Party leader MPA Abbas Khalil Khattak and his four aides were arrested on Friday on charges of killing four people in election-related violence in Akora Khattak town of Nowshera district....		3 children hurt in firing near polling office PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Seven people, three of them children, were injured in two separate incidents related to local body elections in the city, eyewitnesses said. Police have registered a case under...
Speakers of BD, Maldives arrive ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Speaker of the People’s Majlis of Maldives Ahmed Zahir and Deputy Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Muhammad Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui arrived here on Friday to participate in the CPA Asia Region National and Provincial Legislatures’ conference....		Ex-nazim sceptical of second phase KHAIRPUR, Aug 19: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that the first phase of local body elections was conducted amid bloodshed, rigging and harassment of opposition candidates and voters....
Woman dies as bus hits tree SUKKUR Aug 19: A woman was killed when a passenger bus rammed into a tree on the National Highway near Rohri on Friday. The passenger bus (AB-0370) was on its way from Karachi to upcountry from Karachi....		Staff shortage delays official results MULTAN, August 19: Lengthy counting process and staff shortage have been causing inordinate delay in announcing official results of the first phase of the local elections held in all the thirteen districts of southern Punjab....
All PML groups claim majority: Incomplete unofficial results SIALKOT, Aug 19: None of the divided groups of the ruling PML could get majority, though each of them claimed so, according to reports pouring in from different stations....		Three killed in car cylinder explosion SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 19: Three people burnt alive when the CNG cylinder of their car exploded after being hit by a bus near the city toll plaza on motorway early on Friday....
Dacoits kill prize bond dealer in Okara OKARA, Aug 19: A prize bond dealer was killed and his father and a passerby injured by dacoits at Venus Chowk here on Friday. Reports said Javaid along with his father,...		Police fail to recover ballot boxes, papers GUJRANWALA, Aug 19: The Gakkhar police failed to recover till Friday night the ballot boxes and papers taken away by some supporters of a candidate from the Union Council No 1 polling station....
Supporter of nazim-elect shot dead GUJRANWALA, Aug 19: A supporter of a nazim-elect was killed while his son and four others injured when rivals opened fire on their victory procession on Friday....		1,451 elected unopposed for second phase LAHORE, Aug 19: As many as 1,451 candidates contesting on reserved seats for Muslims, peasants, workers and the minorities, including 66 nazims and naib nazims, have returned unopposed in the second...
Probe ordered into train accident LAHORE, Aug 19: An inquiry has been ordered into a collision between a train and a truck near the Sahianwala railway station on Friday. Lahore divisional superintendent Shafqat Rabbani held the...		Foreign firm to review light rail project LAHORE, Aug 19: The Punjab Transport Department has entrusted the review and improvement of the light rail transit project to a foreign company for its implementation....
High security for sensitive UCs in Lahore LAHORE, Aug 19: A meeting on Friday decided to provide extra security to 189 sensitive polling stations in Lahore for the second phase of the local-body elections on Aug 25....		Computerized monitoring system for patrol posts LAHORE, Aug 19: A computerized monitoring system has been devised to assess working of the police patrol posts, 22 of them have already been put to operation....
356 villages in 7 dists declared calamity hit LAHORE, Aug 19: The Punjab Relief Department, on the directive of the chief minister, has declared 356 villages of seven districts calamity hit. This was announced at a meeting of the...		Software campaign LAHORE, 19: The conference and public awareness campaign on recent trends and practices in free and open source software technologies concluded at the PU’s College of Information Technology on Friday....
Power rates for Sundar LAHORE, Aug 19: Industries in the Sundar Industrial Estate will be supplied electricity at the international rates to enable them to compete in the world market....		Election in Kasur UC suspended by SC LAHORE, Aug 19: The Supreme Court suspended election to the office of nazim and naib nazim in union council No 63 in Kasur district on Friday....
Former council nazim released on bail PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Peshawar High Court on Friday suspended the conviction of former Peshawar Town Council nazim, Haroon Bilour, in an election-related offence and released him on bail....		Sensitive polling stations MANSEHRA, Aug 19: Seventy-eight polling stations have been declared highly sensitive and 133 sensitive out of the 486 of 59 union councils of the district for the second phase of local body elections on Aug 25....
NGOs demand rights for NAs SKARDU, Aug 19: Various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have criticised the government policy of not allowing representation of Northern Areas. Mohammad Zia Mustafa, who represents the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU),...		Shaikhabad UC candidates accuse staff of polls rigging PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Defeated candidates in the Shaikhabad Union Council have accused the election staff of rigging the polls and have demanded re-election under the supervision of the army....
Bogus voting alleged PESHAWAR, Aug 19: A defeated candidate on Friday accused his rival of organizing bogus votes in his favour and asked the Election Commission to nullify the result and order re-election....		Adult literacy programme launched in NA GILGIT, Aug 19: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has started a programme to disseminate education in Northern Areas and is paying special attention to promotion female education and their welfare....