August 28, 2005	Sunday	Rajab 22, 1426

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Standoff on madressah registration continues ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: A state of confusion continues to bedevil the nation’s madressahs on the question of getting registered under the newly amended ordinance while a standoff lingers on the decision of repatriation of some 1,400 foreign students....		24 election tribunals formed for NWFP ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has appointed 24 tribunals in the NWFP to dispose of election petitions. The tribunals have been appointed to receive, try and...
28 election tribunals set up in Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has appointed 28 tribunals in Balochistan to dispose of election petitions arising out of the first two phases of local government elections....		MMA fully intact, says JI chief PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The Supreme council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will meet in Islamabad on Monday to discuss the post-local government elections scenario and widening differences among the alliance’s component parties....
Pakistan can’t do more in nuclear probe, says envoy WASHINGTON, Aug 27: The United States should realise that Pakistan has extended maximum possible cooperation to the international effort to dismantle the Khan network of nuclear proliferators and cannot go beyond what it has already done, says Ambassador Jehangir Karamat....		Pakistan House to be set up in Karbala, says minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq has announced that the government would soon construct a “Pakistan House” for its pilgrims in Karbala, Iraq. The official Iranian news agency IRNA...
Varsity to send 40 teachers abroad for PhD research QUETTA, Aug 27: Vice-Chancellor, Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences (BUITNS), Dr M Abbas Chaudhry, has said that the Higher Education Commission would provide Rs131 million for construction of a students hostel and other works....		Sami criticizes JI’s alliance with ANP QUETTA, Aug 27: Senator Maulana Samiul Haq, a leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), has criticized the alliance between the Awami National Party (ANP) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) for the Peshawar Nazim slot....
Benazir asks leaders to expose officials: Large-scale manipulation DADU, Aug 27: People’s Party Parliamentarians chairperson Benazir Bhutto has directed ADP candidates and PPP leaders to file petitions with the chief election commis-...		Maltese summit to offer opportunity to boost ties ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri will leave for Malta on Sunday possibly to discuss Pakistan’s participation in the next Commonwealth summit there, after years of its suspension from the 53-nation organization....
2 MDA officials held on graft charges MIRPUR, Aug 27: Police on Saturday arrested two sitting officials of the Mirpur Development Authority and two other men who once served the authority on charges of corruption and misuse of powers....		Pakistan, Guinea vow to enhance relations ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the United Nations should not lose sight of its real goals and any formula for the expansion of the UN Security Council has to be democratic, representative and transparent....
Pakistan, China strengthen ties: Soomro BEIJING, Aug 27: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro said on Saturday that Pakistan and China have strengthened their bilateral cooperation to deal with various global issues, including terrorism....		Transfer of case: SHC suspends ITNE orders KARACHI, Aug 27: The Sindh High Court has suspended the orders passed by the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees to transfer the cases of Dawn employees to a labour court....
APNS invites entries for Journalist Awards KARACHI, Aug 27: Secretary-General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Kazi Asad Abid, on Saturday invited entries for seven categories of the 17th APNS Journalist Awards....		Rs12.9m for feasibility reports on power projects GILGIT, Aug 27: A comprehensive plan is under consideration to harness the natural resources in order to generate electricity in Northern Areas. The government is spending Rs12.9...
Irregularities found in irrigation project MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 27: The AJK planning and development department has identified a number of flaws and irregularities in a Rs85.852 million irrigation project initiated in March 2002 with funding from the federal government, Dawn has learnt....		‘No facility for disabled children’s education’ PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Children with disabilities in the Frontier province have no facilities of getting education, said a report compiled by an NGO. “The NWFP has some 3.7...
Integration of highways accelerated, says NHA ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Chairman National Highways Authority Farrukh Javed said on Friday that the NHA was expediting efforts to integrate the main highways network in minimum time under the directive of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz....		Voters reject 200 ex-UC nazims in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 27: Voters rejected over 200 old faces participating in the race for nazim slots in the 289 city district union councils, re-electing only 72 candidates....
Sons eager to see fathers elected: Narowal dist nazim SIALKOT, Aug 27: Tension mounted in Shakargarh tehsil when the ruling PML’s two leading rival groups on Saturday locked horns over the issue of nomination for the Narowal district nazim office....		Sher Afgan also alleges rigging MIANWALI, Aug 27: Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Khan alleged that his rival group led by Provincial Revenue Minister Gul Hameed Khan Rokhri employed every negative tactic to win his home seats at Rokhri....
Report on water quality scary: PM LAHORE, Aug 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday gave go ahead for the construction of new building for Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute and an additional storey on the existing...		Re-polling in 22 UCs in Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 27: District Returning Officer (DRO) Allah Bukhsh Ranjah has ordered re-polling in 56 polling stations of 22 union councils in the district on Sept 1....
CM warns PPP against agitation THATTA, Aug 27: Sindh Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the general public in Sindh has reposed confidence in the government by massively electing the groups and panels affiliated with...		Former nazim alleges rigging in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Aug 27: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that the local body elections were rigged by government-backed candidates with the connivance of police. Speaking at a press conference here...
Opposition demands polls under impartial CEC LAHORE, Aug 27: Rejecting local polls results, opposition parties have demanded immediately general election under a chief election commissioner who enjoys the trust of the opposition....		Explanation sought on two-stroke rickshaws LAHORE, Aug 27: The Punjab environment tribunal on Saturday directed the provincial transport secretary to explain the reasons for availability of new two stroke rickshaws in the market despite a ban on their manufacture and registration....
SC orders arrest of nazim for murder LAHORE, Aug 27: The Supreme Court has taken a strong exception to the inaction of the Punjab police for not arresting a murder accused while he was busy in his electioneering....		Naib nazim’s appeal put off: Sanad issue LAHORE, Aug 27: The Supreme Court has adjourned till Sept 22 a petition for leave to appeal moved by Shahid Khalil, since elected naib nazim from a union council in Faisalabad...
Political change, not loans, needed to fight poverty ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: A political revolution, and not foreign- fed privatization and structural adjustment programmes, can rid Pakistan of its elitist economy and introduce an equity-based economy....		PML wins 42 seats, opposition 24 in Chakwal CHAKWAL, Aug 27: Two dissent factions of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML), Sardar group and General group, bagged 42 out of 68 seats for the slots of union council nazims, unofficial results and independent sources told Dawn....
Baring women from vote termed unconstitutional ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Senate’s functional committee on human rights has observed that amendments in Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) would bring a change in the life of tribal man and he would be able to adjust himself in changing socio-political environment....		Rs1.5bn okayed for procuring contraceptives ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved Rs1.509 billion, including a $25.154 million foreign exchange component, for the procurement of contraceptives, official sources told Dawn....
PAC chief concedes defeat in LG polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) MNA Malik Allahyar Khan, who had fielded his candidates against former district Nazim Maj (Retired) Tahir Sadiq in Attock, on Saturday...		PHA to hand over 1,900 housing units by December ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: The Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has so far handed over 2,500 housing units to the buyers. Talking to APP here on Saturday, a PHA official said out of...
Re-election in Swabi demanded SWABI, Aug 27: The Aurat Foundation and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) demanded on Saturday that election in those union councils be declared null and void where women were not allowed to vote....		Road link with Gardez to boost business: CM BANNU, Aug 27: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the construction of a dual carriage way from Gambela to Bannu and onward to Ghulam Khan in North Waziristan Agency...
Re-polling ordered in three union councils MANSEHRA, Aug 27: The Election Commission of Pakistan while barring the district returning officer Mansehra from official announcement of the results of two union councils of the district has ordered re-elections in three polling stations....		3 Afghans held with fake papers at airport PESHAWAR, Aug 27: Immigration authorities at the Peshawar international airport arrested three Afghan nationals, including a nine-year-old boy, who were attempting to travel to Saudi Arabia on fake documents....
Municipal workers plan protest PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The United Municipal Workers’ Association announced on Friday that it would launch a protest campaign for acceptance of its demands. The association’s chairman Malik Naveed said at a...		New syllabus for SU finalized HYDERABAD, Aug 27: The Sindh University Academic Council has approved a four-year bachelors degree programme from 2006 in eleven institutes and departments of the faculty of social sciences....
Train passenger found injured NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 27: Police have found a seriously injured passenger on railway track on Saturday. Officials of the Mehrabpur railway police identified him as Ashfaq Waraich....		PML-N’s Haji Imdad joins ruling party LAHORE, Aug 27: The man who was among the few to challenge the dictatorship and who had held high the flag of the PML-N even when he was severely tortured, switched loyalty and joined the ruling PML on Saturday....
Cement research institute LAHORE, Aug 27: Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Jahangir Khan Tareen will inaugurate rehabilitated Cement Research and Development Institute (CRDI) here on Sept 9....		Couple killed ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: A couple was killed in a road accident on the motorway about 7kms from here on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred on Jhang 72 bridge when a...
Bail of accused in abuse case challenged PESHAWAR, Aug 27: An inmate of the Welfare Home for Children, Kohat, has filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court, requesting cancellation of the bail granted to a former official of the centre charged with abusing him....		Candidate alleges rigging CHITRAL, Aug 27: A candidate for Chitral-I union council nazim on Saturday alleged rigging in the election and demanded fresh polling in four polling stations. Speaking at a press conference, Shahzada...
FPSC amended ordinance promulgated ISLAMABAD, Aug 27: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday promulgated the Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005, stating that a member of the commission after completing a three-year term would not be re-appointed....		Sherpao’s role praised PESHAWAR, Aug 27: The local government system is one of the most effective vehicles for strong democracy since it facilitates leadership at the grassroots level, said Nasreen Khattak, MPA....