August 27, 2005	Saturday	Rajab 21, 1426

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Chaos, disruption order of the day ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Chaos, disruption and total mismanagement were witnessed in the recently concluded two phases of local government elections during which over 50 people lost their lives....		Cooperation among OIC states urged: Entry into WTO ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries should extend help to each other in their entry into World Trade Organization (WTO) to increase their share in the multilateral trade regime....
PBC elections in October ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The elections of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) will be held in the first week of October. PBC Secretary Mohammad Arshad said the council’s ex officio chairman Makhdoom Ali...		Leaguers dominate Balochistan: Nationalists retain Makran districts QUETTA, Aug 26: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League and its allies have won most of the union councils in the second phase of the local body elections held on Thursday in 12 districts of Balochistan, according to unofficial results....
Bid to settle differences in PML over nazims’ posts ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) convened an informal meeting on Thursday to review results of local body elections and address the issue of equitable nominations for the posts of nazim in various districts, tehsils and towns....		Poverty on agenda of Washington meeting ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The World Bank is seriously concerned over the extent of poverty in Pakistan and the subject will figure in its annul meetings with the International Monetary Fund, to be held in Washington from September 25 to 27....
MQM bags Hyderabad, PPP loses strongholds HYDERABAD, Aug 26: The Haq Parast Group of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement registered a clean sweep in the second phase of local government polls held on Thursday in the newly created...		PML takes lead in NWFP, JI suffers setback PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League has bagged 114 union council nazim seats followed by the JUI-F with 70 and the PPP-P 65 in the second phase of local...
Educationist Zeenat Rashid passes away KARACHI, Aug 26: Mrs Zeenat Rashid Ahmed, founder of the Pakistan Federation of University Women (PFUW) and one of the co-founders of the All Pakistan Women’s Association, passed away here on Friday....		Japanese teachers missing TOKYO, Aug 26: Two Japanese teachers have been missing in Pakistan and Afghanistan since arriving there on holidays three weeks ago, authorities said on Friday. The man and a woman arrived...
Basic changes in FCR urged LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 26: Speakers at a gathering in Jamrud tehsil on Friday demanded basic changes in the British-era Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) and called for respecting basic human rights of the tribal people....		‘Accused tortured in custody’ PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Local police investigators have been accused of torturing an accused in custody for extrating confessional statement. The accused, Ijaz Khan, told journalists on the premises of district courts...
Govt-backed panel sweeps polls in Larkana, Qambar LARKANA, Aug 26: The People’s Party Parliamentarians in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts suffered a setback as its candidates were outclassed by Muslim League-backed candidates in the local body elections on August 25....		Rare birds found breeding in Nara sanctuary SUKKUR, Aug 26: During a recent ecological survey of the Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary and the Nara Game Reserve, a team of the Sindh Wildlife Department and the Halcrow-Pakistan observed some rare sightings in the area....
Committee to review Fata security plan PESHAWAR, Aug 26: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has constituted a three-member committee to review plan to reorganize the law-enforcement agencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas....		PHC takes up petition against women vote ban PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The Peshawar High Court on Friday put on notice the Election Commission of Pakistan and the deputy attorney-general in a writ petition filed by 11 women challenging ban on female voters in the Swabi district....
PPP threatens to consider ‘other option’ KARACHI, Aug 26: The Sindh chapter of Pakistan People’s Party has accused the government of deliberately unleashing armed attacks on its leaders and activists, killing and injuring many of them in...		Even contest in urban areas of Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 26: Owing to a lengthy counting process and lack of required infrastructure, the local deputy election commissioner and returning officers could not compile results of the local polls till the filing of this report on Friday evening....
Shujaat camp clean sweeps Gujrat dist GUJRAT, Aug 26: The Chaudhry Shujaat group made a clean sweep in the district, especially in Gujrat tehsil where out of total 65 seats, the group got 58 in the local elections....		PML groups bag most of nazim seats in Narowal SIALKOT, Aug 26: Split in the ruling party helped opposition parties little in making an impact, as the PML’s divided groups have won a majority of nazim seats in 74 urban and rural union councils in Narowal, unofficial results say....
Independents’ role vital in Mianwali SARGODHA, Aug 26: Although Awam Khidmat Mahaz headed by federal parliamentary affairs minister Dr Sher Afgan got a slight majority in Mianwali, the Rokhris were still awaiting a miracle to get the coveted district nazim slot....		Govt manipulated election: HRCP LAHORE, Aug 26: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has said the government has attempted to manipulate the local elections in such a way as to ensure that these institutions remain under the influence of the ruling party and its allies....
PTCL takeover may be further delayed LAHORE, Aug 26: The process of taking over the PTCL management by a UAE company is likely to be delayed further, it is learnt....		ANP-Jamaat agreement spurs discord in MMA PESHAWAR, Aug 26: An agreement between Jamaat-i-Islami and Awami National Party to set up the next government in the city district and its four town councils has created a dent between...
Demand for fresh poll in UC: Vote ban on women PESHAWAR, Aug 26: The women wing of Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians organized a demonstration outside Peshawar Press Club on Friday against barring women from casting their votes in union council Sheikhan on Aug 18....		Policemen involved in child sex trade PESHAWAR, Aug 26: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has reprimanded the city police over reports that at least three police stations were involved in promoting child prostitution in Peshawar....
‘Intellectual vacuum stunts scientific development’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Renowned sociologist from the University of Pennsylvania Dr Nomanul Haq here on Friday said Pakistani scholars did not know languages, accepted easy and ‘black and white’ explanations while...		Repatriation of refugees from Afghan Basti starts ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The district administration and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday started voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from the capital by sending 165 refugees living...
309,647 cusecs water released ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Friday released 309,647 cusecs water from various rim stations. Overall water inflow recorded at various reservoirs was 315,852 cusecs....		Govt committed to developing tribal areas, says Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said the government was committed to the development and progress of the tribal areas so that they could benefit from the economic gains made by the country....
Shah Muqeem group leads in Okara OKARA, Aug 26: The Shah Muqeem group is leading in the Okara district, say unofficial results. The district consists of 114 union councils with three tehsils — Okara (41 UCs), Deepalpur (55 UCs) and Renala Khurd (18 UCs)....		Mixed result in Jhang FAISALABAD, Aug 26: None of the groups of the ruling PML could attain clear majority in Jhang, according to information collected from different polling stations. Results of 84 of 122 union...
Two killed, four hurt as girder falls on them SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 26: Two people were killed while four others suffered serious injuries when an iron girder fell on them while working in a steel mill on the Lahore-Sheikhupura road, some 20 kilometres from here, on Friday....		Sattar leads race for Toba nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 26: The ruling party-backed candidates claim a clear-cut victory in Toba Tek Singh. Speaking at a joint press conference on Friday, Punjab Forest Minister and PML District...
‘Watan Dost wins in Lahore’ LAHORE, Aug 26: Seventeen panels backed by the Watan Dost group won in Lahore despite all irregularities committed by the government, three leaders of the Jamaat-i-Islami claimed on Friday....		Free phone connection till 31st LAHORE, Aug 26: The PTCL (LTR south) has announced free telephone connections till Aug 31. A spokesman said on Friday the package had been announced in connection with the Independence Day....
Leopard caught ABBOTTABAD, Aug 26: The wildlife department of Abbottabad has caught a leopard near Kala Bagh-Nathiagali early on Friday, according to Syed Safdar Ali Shah, an official of the department....		Grenade attack GILGIT, Aug 26: Unidentified saboteurs hurled a hand-grenade into the main office of the Northern Areas Development Project (NADP) on Thursday night, damaging the building premises....