August 22, 2005	Monday	Rajab 16, 1426

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UK Muslims slam BBC ‘witch-hunt’ programme LONDON, Aug 21: Britain’s largest Islamist organisation has accused the BBC of conducting a ‘witch-hunt’ against Muslims in a documentary to be broadcast on Sunday, which questions the group’s determination to tackle extremism....		NP claims victory, PMAP alleges rigging QUETTA, Aug 21: The National Party (NP) has said that despite riggings, it has succeeded in winning local body seats in several districts of Balochistan whereas the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party...
Provincial govts told to prevent post-poll rallies ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The federal government has instructed all provincial authorities to take appropriate steps to prevent successful poll candidates from staging rallies and processions, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told Dawn on Sunday....		Maltreatment of journalists condemned KARACHI, Aug 21: Newspaper editors and journalists on Sunday boycotted Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s news conference to register their protest against what they called the insulting attitude of officials at the Governor’s House....
Electioneering cripples ministries’ working ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Official work in most of the federal ministries has almost come to a standstill due to engagement of the ministers in the election campaign of their candidates in their respective constituencies....		World Bank wants a say in placement of bureaucrats ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The World Bank seeks a say in placement of bureaucrats, who are due next month after getting training abroad, Dawn has learnt. The first batch of 125 bureaucrats...
LG system failed to deliver: Allah Yar ATTOCK, Aug 21: Chairman Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and leader of Ehtesab Group Malik Allah Yar Khan says the objective behind formation of his independent group is to provide justice to...		ANP demands Akora Khattak violence probe PESHAWAR, Aug 21: Awami National Party (ANP) central president Asfandyar Wali Khan has demanded a judicial probe into the killing of four people in Akora Khattak during polling on Aug 18, 2005....
President felicitates Altaf ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: President General Pervez Musharraf has congratulated Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader Altaf Hussain on the victory of the Haq Parast group in the first phase of local body polls....		Asif in NY for medical tests NEW YORK, Aug 21: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Saturday to continue treatment of his heart condition, informed sources here told Dawn....
Adviser expresses regrets KARACHI, Aug 21: Sindh Adviser for Information Salahuddin Haider has expressed ‘deepest’ regret over the unfortunate incident of maltreatment of journalists at the Governor’s House in Karachi on Sunday....		PR board meeting ignores core issues LAHORE, Aug 21: None of the 20 items discussed during a recent meeting of the Pakistan Railways Board’s executive committee were related to the core issues concerning the organization at present, it is learnt....
15 Pakistani prisoners arrive from Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Aug 21: A batch of 15 Pakistani prisoners released from the notorious Pul-i-Charkhi jail in Afghanistan arrived at the Torkham border checkpoint on Saturday night....		Body formed to strengthen institutional capacity of FJA ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has constituted a special committee that will make recommendations to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA)....
Intellectual property body functions notified ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The government has notified the functions of the newly-established Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) set up to protect and strengthen intellectual property rights (IPRs)....		QAU, AIOU still without VCs ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and the Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) are yet to get new vice- chancellors and are being run on a stopgap arrangement basis....
Man held for links with UK bombings suspects GUJAR KHAN, Aug 21: The police and officials of a security agency on Saturday picked up a man from Bewal area over suspicions of having telephonic contact with the UK bombers, sources said....		Three die as truck hits power cable MARDAN, Aug 21: The driver of a truck and two women in the vehicle were burned to death after their vehicle struck a low-hanging power cable near Bilal Masjid here on Sunday afternoon....
Aishwarya to boost Pakistan’s anti-polio drive NEW DELHI, Aug 21: India and Pakistan will trade entertainment superstars in an effort to fight polio in the two countries, Indian media said on Sunday....		Afghans hand over bodies of four Pakistanis PESHAWAR, Aug 21: Bodies of four Pakistani drivers, who were killed on Aug 15 in a suspected Taliban attack in Kandahar, were brought home on Sunday, officials said....
204 polling stations set up in Chitral CHITRAL, Aug 21: About 155,800 people of Chitral district will use their right to vote in the forthcoming local bodies’ polls to elect nazims, naib-nazims and 266 councillors for 24 union councils....		Call to streamline trade with Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Aug 21: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has said that land route export from the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) Risalpur could increase the country’s export to Afghanistan....
Youth found dead in police custody HARIPUR, Aug 21: A young man was found dead in the lockup of Khanpur police station here on Saturday evening. The youth, identified as Mohammad Saleem of Pind Gakhra village, had...		Women poll personnel avoid training LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 21: The District and Session Judge Lakki Anwar Ali Khan has taken serious notice of the absence of the female polling staff from the training programme, it was learnt here reliably....
Tough fight likely in two Mansehra UCs MANSEHRA, Aug 21: There will be a tough contest in two of the four union councils of Mansehra in the second phase of the local body elections....		Arrangements for LB polls’ second phase completed PESHAWAR, Aug 21: Arrangements have been completed for the second phase of the local body elections in 12 districts of the NWFP. Polling will be held in Hangu, Kohistan, Batgram, Lakki...
Recompilation of revenue record ordered ABBOTTABAD, Aug 21: Provincial Minister for Revenue Maulana Asmatullah has asked the local revenue office to recompile the revenue record of Abbottabad district, which has been damaged due to fire in the record room in April....		ANP ready for talks with other groups: leaders SWABI, Aug 21: The Awami National Party after claiming victory on majority of union council nazim seats in Swabi has announced that it is ready for talks with all groups to form district government....
Old wine in new bottle SARGODHA, Aug 21: Despite emergence of 112 new faces as union council nazims in the first phase of local polls in the district, the analysts here foresee no change in local...		Patients suffer as health officials perform poll duty FAISALABAD, Aug 21: The patients at the DHQ and Allied hospitals are suffering due to non-availability of doctors and paramedical staff as the officials have been called to attend training camps in connection with the election duty....
Man killed in thunderstorm FAISALABAD, Aug 21: A man was killed while five others sustained serious injuries when over a dozen publicity boards uprooted in different parts of the city during a thunderstorm here on Sunday....		PML groups eye top slots in Sialkot SIALKOT, Aug 21: All the five PML groups in the district are making efforts for the nomination of their respective candidates for the top slot and various tehsil nazim offices....
Supporters hail CM’s decision TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 21: As Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced the ruling PML’s support for former MNA Chaudhry Abdul Sattar for the district nazim’s slot, hundreds of workers of...		Re-polling in three UCs ordered GUJRANWALA, Aug 21: District Returning Officer Mazher Husain on Sunday ordered re-polling at seven booths of polling stations in three union council on Aug 25 following violence and suspension of polling....
Anomalies in LB service structure LAHORE, Aug 21: Anomalies in the service structure of the local bodies are not only creating unrest among their employees but also hampering flow of official work, official sources claimed on Sunday....		EC asks MPs to file returns by Sept 13 LAHORE, Aug 21: The Election Commission has directed all MPs to submit their yearly statements of assets and liabilities by Sept 13 otherwise they will cease to function as member of the relevant house....
PML choice for Toba dist nazim LAHORE, Aug 21: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi announced on Sunday the ruling PML’s support to Toba Tek Singh district nazim’s candidate Chaudhry Abdus Sattar, former MNA....		High-level probe into derailment LAHORE, Aug 21: A high-level inquiry has been ordered into the derailment of nine wagons of the Parcel Express near Malir, says Railways State Minister Ishaq Khakwani....
DGR staff threaten campaign against Nadra PESHAWAR, Aug 21: Employees of the Directorate General Registration (DGR), NWFP, have announced that they will launch a legal and constitutional campaign against what they described as ‘anti-human’ policies of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra)....		House of mills’ director looted SAHIWAL, Aug 21: Four masked bandits looted the house of a textile mills’ director and took away cash and valuables here on Sunday in old Civil Lines area....
Traders’ strike against killing OKARA, Aug 21: Most of the city markets remained closed on Sunday in protest against a dacoity-cum-murder incident occurring two days back in which a prize-bond dealer was killed while his father was severely injured....