August 31, 2005	Wednesday	Rajab 25, 1426

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Aziz orders probe into Faisalabad woman case ISLAMABAD Aug 30: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Tuesday registered a strong protest against the reported abduction and rape of a woman at the hands of Faisalabad police...		Islamabad to have 5 more sectors soon, says Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday said five more sectors would shortly be opened to meet the housing backlog and stabilise the skyrocketing prices of land in Islamabad....
VCOAS visits forward posts in N. Areas RAWALPINDI, Aug 30: Vice Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat on Tuesday visited the forward posts in Northern Areas and met officers and jawans....		Over 2,400 women barred from voting ATTOCK, Aug 30: As many as 2,423 women voters of two union councils were barred from voting by both the Pakistan Muslim League and other opposition parties-backed candidates, sources told Dawn....
Aziz asks MPs to gird up for 2007 polls ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the parliamentarians to gird up for the 2007 general elections. He said peaceful completion of the second phase of the local bodies...		Shujaat meets Fahim ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: President of the Pakistan Muslim League Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain met ARD Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim during the National Assembly session here on Tuesday and assured him that the...
MQM claims landslide win ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday claimed a landslide victory in the local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad and asked the opposition parties to concede defeat with an open heart....		Makhdoom camp proves its mettle in Jhang JHANG, Aug 30: The Makhdoom group, led by Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat, has emerged as the single largest group in the 130-member strong Jhang district council...
PPP, JUI-F team up in Mardan MARDAN, Aug 30: The People’s Party Parliamentarians and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) have formed an alliance to jointly contest the district and tehsil nazims’ election in Mardan district....		‘Over 40,000 extremists pose threat to Europe’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Some 10,000 active supporters of Al-Qaeda in the United Kingdom and 31,000 Islamic extremists in Germany pose a serious threat to the European security apparatus, said an internationally recognized expert on terrorism, Rolf Tophoven, here on Tuesday....
President urged to grant clemency to Indian convict ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: A non-governmental organization working for prisoners rights has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to accept the mercy petition being submitted by the family of Sarabjit Singh in supreme national interest....		PPP seeks fresh polls in parts of Larkana dist ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Safdar Abbasi has demanded fresh polls in parts of Larkana district due to massive rigging and manipulation by the candidates of the ruling party with the help of the administration....
Labour Force Survey 2005-6 launched ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Federal Bureau of Statistics has recently launched the Labour Force Survey 2005-06. For more timely assessment of the labour, the survey is being carried out on quarterly...		Malaysians keen to invest in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: Malaysian investors are keen to invest in Pakistan and benefit from the vast and bright opportunities available in the country. This was stated by member of Malaysian parliament...
SC help sought for rape victim ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: A local lawyer on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking a suo motu action by the chief justice against the reported rape of a housewife by a police officer of the Faisalabad district....		Withdrawal of cases against journalists ordered KARACHI, Aug 30: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Tuesday ordered withdrawal of cases against journalists in the province. He issued the order at a meeting with the secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists....
Condition for opening bank account relaxed KARACHI, Aug 30: People whose computerized national identity cards do not bear their photographs can open bank accounts, according to the latest State Bank ruling....		Dist nazims’ election on Oct 6 ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The Election Commission on Tuesday revised the schedule for the third phase of the local government elections and announced that the district, tehsil and town nazims would be elected on Oct 6 instead of Sept 29....
Implementation of wage award discussed ISLAMABAD, Aug 30: The parliamentary committee on the Seventh Wage Board Award for newspaper employees held a meeting with representatives of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) and the Council of...		‘Wapda could have averted accident’ MULTAN, Aug 30: The bus accident in Rahim Yar Khan could have been averted had the 11kv high transmission wires were at the minimum prescribed altitude or the Wapda’s protection system against short-circuit working properly....
Food poisoning case registered BAHAWALPUR, Aug 30: The Baghdaul Jadid police on Monday registered a case of food poisoning which had claimed three lives and affected over 50 others at a ‘valima’ at Aghapur on Yazman Road, some 15km from here, on Sunday....		Inquiry into escape of women from Darul Aman GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: A probe into the escape of 15 women along with their nine children from Darul Aman has been started and the entire staff transferred by the competent authority....
Youth shot dead by robbers GUJRANWALA, Aug 30: A youth was shot dead by robbers on offering resistance in Kamoki on Tuesday. Reports said some dacoits were looting passers-by after setting up a picket near ladies park....		MQM being set up in 3 provinces SAHIWAL, Aug 30: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) will be organized in the NWFP, Balochistan and Punjab. After completion of the organizational setup, the party will shift its central secretariat to Islamabad....
PO killed in ‘encounter’ with police TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 30: A proclaimed offender was killed on Tuesday in a police ‘encounter’ in the second biggest government forest of the province near Ravi, Kamalia tehsil....		PML makes two major changes in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 30: Two major changes have been made by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi for the candidatures of towns and city district nazim and naib nazim nominees....
Votes for sale FAISALABAD, Aug 30: The candidates for nazims and naib nazims of the City District Government Faisalabad and all its towns have adopted a novel strategy for electioneering and offering lucrative packages to win support of their voters....		MMA man to join race for nazim office BAHAWALPUR, Aug 30: MPA Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar, MMA deputy parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly, has announced joining the race for the slot of district nazim....
Dacoit killed in clash with villagers KASUR, Aug 30: A dacoit was killed in an encounter between criminals and the villagers at Mauza Chakooki on Monday night. According to police, six dacoits were looting vehicles on Multan Road near Bhonekey when a police party reached there....		PHC dismisses petition for acquittal: Desecration of the Holy Quran PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The Peshawar High Court dismissed on Tuesday a writ petition filed by an accused for quashing an FIR registered against him in a case of desecration of the Holy Quran in Nowshera....
4,000 seminaries apply for registration: Ejaz QUETTA, Aug 30: Minister for Religious affairs, Haj and Auqaf Ejazul Haq said on Monday that 4,000 seminaries had applied for registration while about 5,000 had been registered under the Society Act....		Filing of papers for AJK by-poll starts MIRPUR (Azad Kashmir), Aug 30: The process of submission of nomination papers for by-election to the Muzaffarabad-III seat of the AJK Legislative Assembly started here on Monday....
Tareen backs Raja for nazim’s post HARIPUR, Aug 30: Former NWFP assembly speaker Maj (retd) Habibullah Khan Tareen announced on Tuesday his unconditional support for Dr Raja Amer Zaman for the post of district nazim....		Indians free two Kashmiris taken away from AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 30: Indian troops on Monday released two AJK citizens whom they had taken across the Line of Control more than two weeks ago, officials here confirmed....
Effective change in farming sector mechanization LAHORE, Aug 30: The mechanization of the farming sector has witnessed an effective change in the country during the last decade with the number of tractors rising to 401,663 and the...		Livestock census begins tomorrow LAHORE, Aug 30: The first phase of the Livestock census in the country will begin from Thursday (tomorrow), it is learnt. Livestock moves to the desert for grazing after summer rains...
PML-N to boycott polls under Musharraf LAHORE, Aug 30: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says his party will not take part in the general elections to be held in the presence or supervision of Gen Pervez Musharraf....		Pakistan urged to join SAREC LAHORE, Aug 30: South Asia Regional Energy Coalition director Aram B. Zamgochain has said Pakistan should join the coalition to influence the regional energy policy....
PPP set for third round of polls LAHORE, Aug 30: The Punjab PPP on Tuesday directed its divisional presidents to make preparations for the third phase of the local elections, iterating that the polls held on Aug 18 and 25 were ‘brutally’ rigged....		Pervez Mehdi’s funeral today LAHORE, Aug 30: Pervez Mehdi, the noted ghazal singer who died of cardiac arrest on Monday, will be buried here on Wednesday (today), family sources said....
KPP to form local govts in 20 Sindh districts: CM MIRPURKHAS, Aug 30: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the victory of Khushhal Pakistan Panel (KPP) candidates in the first and the second phase of local government...		Asad, Changez to run for top post DADU, Aug 30: Sindh Dost Panel (SDP) and Khushhal Pakistan Panel have nominated Malik Changez Khan as candidate for the district nazim slot of Jamshoro district while PPP-backed ADP has nominated Malik Asad Sikandar for district nazim....
Former UC nazim, three others die in accident NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 30: Former Nazim of UC Kamal Dero and three others were killed when their car fell in Rian minor near Qazi Ahmed on Tuesday....		Bid to kidnap ADP councillor condemned NAWABSHAH, Aug 30: Former district nazim and a leader of the People’s Party-backed Awam Dost Panel, Faryal Talpur, has called upon the chief election commissioner and the district returning officer, Nawabshah,...
Wassan to contest for nazim seat KHAIRPUR, Aug 30: PPP MNA Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that Awam Dost Panel councillors are being kidnapped and implicated in false cases and families of women candidates are being threatened in Kot Diji taluka....		Intellectuals urged to combat extremism PESHAWAR, Aug 30: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has stressed the need for fighting extremism in all its forms and promoting a culture of tolerance and reason in society which is suffering from poverty and illiteracy....
Petitions seeking union council re-poll dismissed PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The Peshawar High Court has dismissed three identical writ petitions seeking re-polling in different union councils of Peshawar and Nowshera districts....		Woman deported PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The immigration authorities at the Peshawar International Airport have deported a South African woman who landed here on Tuesday morning on forger Pakistani visa....
Baby-girl to be taken to India for surgery PESHAWAR, Aug 30: A 13-month-old baby-girl, Gul Makai, will leave for Banglore (India) for an open-heart surgery on a special initiative of the Indian government. She will leave with her parents on Sept 2....		Amir claims PML to form govt in seven districts PESHAWAR, Aug 30: The Federal Minister of State for Water and Power and the provincial president of Pakistan Muslim League, Amir Muqam, said that the PML-Q-backed Khushhal Pakistan Panel would form independent governments in seven districts of NWFP....