September 2, 2005	Friday	Rajab 27, 1426

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MMA calls for protest today ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistani religious organizations vehemently condemned Islamabad’s first high-level diplomatic contact with Israel on Thursday and said they would launch nationwide protests....		PPP supports interfaith dialogue ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarian’s spokesman Senator Farhatullah Babar, while commenting on Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri’s meeting with his Israeli counterpart in Istanbul, said: “In the new world order, interfaith dialogue is the need of the time.”...
PML-N to seek polls under UN supervision: Sept 4 JI-sponsored conference LAHORE, Sept 1: The PML-N will formally propose in the Sept 4 conference of political leaders, intellectuals and professionals, being hosted by the Jamaat-i-Islami, that all participants should demand that the...		Sonia will appear before probe team FAISALABAD, Sept 1: Sonia Naz, who has brought two policemen in the dock on the allegation of raping and torturing her, has expressed willingness to appear before the investigation team for recording her statement....
LHC record belies claim of accused policeman FAISALABAD, Sept 1: The Lahore High Court record in the Sonia Naz case negates the claims of SP Abdullah Khalid and Inspector Jamshed Iqbal Chishti who had apprehended in advance before...		Plea to maintain MMA unity PESHAWAR, Sept 1: NWFP Senior Minister and provincial chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami Sirajul Haq has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is an asset of the Muslim world and the only united forum against imperialism in Pakistan....
Talks on with Sweden to set up engg varsity: Atta ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: A world class engineering university will be set up either in Sialkot or Faisalabad in near future, said Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman....		Deadline for DPs camps not extended PESHAWAR, Sept 1: The commissioner of Afghan refugees, NWFP, Sahibzada Mohammad Anis, said on Thursday that the Aug 31 deadline for the closure of camps in Kurram and Bajaur agencies had not been extended....
Call to ensure standards of WTO ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan will have to ensure standardisation, certification, testing, inspection and accreditation of its products to survive in the WTO and live up to the expectations of consumers....		Asif discharged after angioplasty NEW YORK, Sept 1: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari was discharged from a hospital here on Thursday after he had angioplasty to relieve his heart condition....
Govt mulls alternative route for Salt Range ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government is considering an alternative route for the motorway in the Salt Range area to minimise fatal accidents in future. Federal Minister for Communications Mohammad Shamim Siddiqui...		Pakistan freest Muslim democracy: PML ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General and chairman senate foreign relations committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has claimed that Pakistan is the freest Muslim democracy in the world....
Benazir condemns rape incident ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed shock and grief over the plight of Sonia Naz of Faisalabad who was allegedly raped and tortured by police...		‘Majority dissatisfied with police services’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: As many as 93.5 per cent of 76,520 households have expressed dissatisfaction over the police services in both rural and urban areas of the four provinces, says a survey report....
Road in capital being named after Justice Sir Abdul Rashid ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The government has decided to honour the first chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Sir Abdul Rashid, by naming a road after him in the federal capital....		Re-polling in 11 UCs LAHORE, Sept 1: Repolling was held in 11 union councils in the city district on Thursday. Polling was by and large peaceful, but voter turnout remained lower than the second phase...
Minister stresses need to promote e-govt PESHAWAR, Sept 1: NWFP Health Minister Innayatullah Khan has underlined the need for launching the e-government system in health department, it would help society to overcome numerous fatal diseases....		Slow pace of work criticized LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 1: Members of the Agency Council from Bara tehsil have expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of work on development schemes in the remote Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency....
Complaints of inflated power bills in Swabi SWABI, Sept 1: Electricity consumers are receiving inflated bills for a few months and have to run around offices. Once a consumer gets trapped in the Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco)...		Highmark-05 without embedded journalists ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: The chief spokesman for the armed forces, Major-General Shaukat Sultan, on Thursday said no policy on embedded journalists had been formulated as part of any media strategy with...
Four Wapda employees suspended MARDAN, Sept 1: Wapda authorities have suspended four employees of City-I division, including a senior official, over an incident in which three people were electrocuted some ten days back....		Four TNSM leaders held SWAT, Sept 1: The Swat police arrested four leaders belonging to the banned Tehrik-i-Nifaaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) on Thursday. Acting in accordance with the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Swat police took the four...
Demand to withdraw POL price increase PESHAWAR, Sept 1: The Muttahida Labour Federation of Pakistan has called upon the government to withdraw the recent rise in the petrol and diesel prices and take steps to reduces ratio of unemployment in the country....		Tormented girl seeks retrial of accused PESHAWAR, Sept 1: A girl allegedly forced into prostitution in Punjab has moved the Peshawar High Court requesting a retrial of six accused who were acquitted during her disappearance....
Need stressed to resolve conflicts in mining areas PESHAWAR, Sept 1: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has stressed the need for conflict resolution in the areas having mineral resources in Fata and directed the authorities to stop illegal mining, particularly in the Orakzai Coal Project area....		2 families stopped at airport PESHAWAR, Sept 1: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday claimed to have stopped two families from travelling to Germany and Canada on forged documents....
Experts’ team deputed to catch leopard PESHAWAR, Sept 1: The NWFP wildlife department has sent its team of experts to catch a leopard that has been attacking the Marghzar zoo in Islamabad for a few days....		PHC upholds cleric’s death sentence PESHAWAR, Sept 1: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday upheld capital punishment awarded to a cleric by a trial court for killing one of his colleagues....