September 1, 2005	Thursday	Rajab 26, 1426

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ANP, PML-N reach accord in Swabi SWABI, Aug 31: The Awami National Party (ANP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) have reached an agreement to jointly contest the district nazim election against the nine-party alliance in the district....		18 railway officials transferred LAHORE, Aug 31: The Pakistan Railways on Wednesday transferred and posted 18 officers in a major reshuffle. The services of five railway officers were handed over to the PR Advisory and...
Top-level interference in LB polls alleged SUKKUR, Aug 31: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians women’s wing have alleged that the president, the prime minister and the Sindh chief minister have become a party, due to which...		Thousands of DPs awaiting return PESHAWAR, Aug 31: About 1,000 Afghan refugee families have gathered at a UN makeshift centre near Parachinar in Kurram Agency, waiting for their turn for verification before proceeding to Afghanistan....
PHC declares detention of ‘CM’s rival’ illegal PESHAWAR, Aug 31: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday declared the detention of a political rival of the NWFP chief minister under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance as illegal and unconstitutional....		NCSW works without chairperson, members ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: When the country is witnessing worst kind of violence against women, the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) is running without its chairperson and members, Dawn has learnt....
US scholar says JUI sympathetic to Al Qaeda ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: An American scholar on Wednesday said the Jamiat-i-Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) and several of the extremist militias were suspected of having had direct links with Al Qaeda and were known to sympathize with Al Qaeda ideology....		PIA seeks increase in Haj fares NAIROBI, Aug 31: Pakistan International Airlines will approach the government to allow 15 per cent increase in Haj fares this year due to the continued rise of oil prices in the international market....
Shopkeeper killed in Mastung blast QUETTA, Aug 31: A man was killed and four others injured in a remote-controlled bomb explosion near Mastung on Wednesday. The bomb exploded on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway about 200 yards away from a Frontier Corps mess at around 9am....		Candidates asked to seek remedy from tribunals ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Pakistan Election Commission (PEC) on Wednesday said results of a union council election can only be challenged through an election-petition before recently established election tribunals....
PPP leaders leave for Dubai ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Senior leaders of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) summoned by the party’s chairperson Benazir Bhutto left for Dubai on Wednesday for consultations on the political situation in the country against the backdrop of local body elections....		Chief Justice calls details of rape incident ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday directed the Punjab chief secretary and Inspector-General Police to submit within 10 days a comprehensive report on the reported rape of a housewife by a police officer of tehsil Jaranwala....
Five arrested with charas, weapons QUETTA, Aug 31: Police have arrested five people and seized 160kg of charas, two kalashnikovs, a rifle, two pistols and 60 rounds in Hub. A Hub police official said on Wednesday...		PPP apprises acting CEC of rigging ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: A delegation of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Wednesday met acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and apprised him of the incidents of rigging during the local government elections....
Angiography for Asif advised ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday underwent a “thallium test” in a hospital in New York, says a party spokesman....		IT products: partnership with Japanese firms sought ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Wednesday sought partnership between Japanese IT firms and Pakistan’s software houses to produce high- end products and services that could later be outsourced by the international market....
Appointment of six officers recommended ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) on Wednesday recommended appointment of six officers. A notification issued by the FPSC said Zahid Manzoor (Roll No....		Pakistanis’ love for Turkey puts envoy in a fix ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Turkish Ambassador Kemal Hasan Gur found it hard to pick up the chief guest to cut the cake at the reception his Defence Attache Capt Sayhan Urals hosted...
Groups gear up for election of Lakki Marwat govt LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 31: Two major political groups have accelerated efforts to form district government and have also started making close contacts with other political parties and elected representatives, including nazims,...		MAM’s victory termed verdict against JUI-F MANSEHRA, Aug 31: The Leader of Opposition in the NWFP Assembly, Shahzada Mohammad Gustasap Khan, has hailed the Muttahida Awami Mahaz’s victory in the local government elections here as a public...
Junaidabad voters demand re-election PESHAWAR, Aug 31: People belonging to Sheikh Junaidabad Union Council staged a protest demonstration on Wednesday in front of the Governor House and submitted a memorandum demanding re-election....		Uncertainty in PML Bahawalpur groups: Nomination of candidates BAHAWALPUR, Aug 31: Uncertainty prevailed in the nomination of potential candidates in both the rival groups of the ruling PML — the Bahawalpur Ittehad and the Sadiq Dost for top slots...
Three kids injured as rivals trade fire GUJRANWALA, Aug 31: As many as three minor boys sustained injuries in an armed clash between two rival groups in Aroop area here on Wednesday. Reports said two rival groups, led...		Accused SP also suspended FAISALABAD, Aug 31: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz ordered on Wednesday suspension of SP (Investigation) Abdullah Khalid Warraich for his alleged involvement in the rape-cum-torture of Sonia Naz....
Nishter doctor’s case hearing on 12th MULTAN, Aug 31: The local chapter of the Lahore High Court has fixed Sept 12 the next hearing date in an alleged bogus domicile case on the basis of which the head of Nishter Hospital’s radiology department has obtained the job....		FAP slashes cotton target to 13m bales LAHORE, Aug 31: The Farmers Associates Pakistan on Wednesday revised the cotton production target downwards to 13 million bales for the current year, claiming that the official target of 15 million bales was “too ambitious and impractical.”...
679 villages declared calamity hit LAHORE, Aug 31: The Punjab Relief Department has declared 679 flood-affected villages in 10 districts calamity hit under the directions of the chief minister. Presiding over a meeting of the relief...		Ring Road to have lane for ambulance LAHORE, Aug 31: The toll-free 63.5km Lahore Ring Road would be completed by 2008, having an extra lane for emergency services like ambulances and fire-brigade. This was stated at a meeting...
MRP facilities abroad LAHORE, Aug 31: The National Database and Registration Authority is installing a system for issuance of machine-readable passports in Los Angeles, Washington and New Delhi shortly....		Sindh to appoint 2,000 doctors NAWABSHAH, Aug 31: The Sindh health department would appoint 2000 fresh doctors through Sindh Public Service Commission to meet the shortage of doctors in rural areas....
Protest against Zakat body chief NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 31: About 100 residents of Deh Pir Parto, Naushahro Feroze taluka, took out a rally and blocked the National Highway at Allahwala Chowk here on Wednesday against local...		High court orders release of detainee PESHAWAR, Aug 31: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday ruled that there should be sufficient evidence on record for curtailing the liberty of a person under the laws of preventive detention....
Experts say Annan report favours big powers PESHAWAR, Aug 31: Speakers at a symposium here observed that the United States was responsible for the growing imbalance in world politics, terming the new proposals of United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan tilted towards major powers....		Steps pledged to improve BHU operation PESHAWAR, Aug 31: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that different models of public and private partnership are being explored to use the full potential of under-utilised basic health units (BHUs)....
Pledge to develop Tirah Valley PESHAWAR, Aug 31: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman on Wednesday pledged to remove within five years the 50-year backwardness and deprivation of Tirah Valley in the Khyber tribal region....		52 shops sealed in N. Waziristan MIRAMSHAH, Aug 31: The political authorities sealed 52 shops in the Miradeen area of North Waziristan Agency on Wednesday after a tribe failed to hand over five wanted suspects to the security forces....
21 ‘illegal’ houses bulldozed BAHAWALPUR, Aug 31: About 21 ‘illegal’ houses were bulldozed by TMA squads along with a heavy police contingent at Bhutta Salahuddin in Model Town B here on Wednesday....		French tourist found dead in hotel PESHAWAR, Aug 31: A French tourist died apparently due to excessive use of narcotics at a local hotel here on Tuesday night, police officials said....
Patient alleges rape LAHORE, Aug 31: A 54-year-old doctor allegedly raped a girl in his clinic in the Factory Area on Wednesday night. Hundreds of residents gathered at the place after the girl raised...		Man gets death, son life-term in drug case LAHORE, Aug 31: A local anti-narcotics court on Wednesday sentenced Sheikh Taj Din to death and his son Sheikh Shahid Husain to life imprisonment in a drug case....
Begum Soomro nominated for nazim JACOBABAD, Aug 31: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim nominated Begum Saeeda Soomro, mother of Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro, for the post of Jacobabad district nazim....		Arbab terms allegations baseless LARKANA, Aug 31: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim rejected opposition’s allegations of rigging in the local body elections and termed them baseless. He was addressing a government-sponsored convention of...
Protest against kidnappings KHAIRPUR, Aug 31: The All Pakistan Small Traders and Cottage Industries Association, Sukkur, has decided to launch a protest movement against the attitude of district administration and Khairpur police....		Man shot dead LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 31: One man was shot dead and another was injured in an incident of firing in the district, police sources said on Tuesday....
Suicide GUJRANWALA, Aug 31: A jobless youth committed suicide by taking poison in Satellite Town here on Wednesday. — Correspondent...		SJI candidates win SWABI, Aug 31: Candidates of the nine parties’ alliance — the Swabi Jamhoori Ittehad (SJI) — has won the seats for union council nazim and naib nazim....