September 4, 2005	Sunday	Rajab 29, 1426

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Hearing in FPSC tenure petition on 7th likely ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court is likely to hear next Wednesday (Sept 7) the challenge to President Pervez Musharraf’s ordinance recently promulgated to slash the...		PML women lawmakers told not to air grievances ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Women parliamentarians from the Pakistan Muslim League on Friday complained that they were being ignored in party matters, on policy issues, foreign tours and other matters concerning the government....
Ticket for by-poll creates rift in party MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 3: The award of the Muslim Conference ticket for by-election on AJK Legislative Assembly seat LA-25 to Syed Murtaza Gillani on personal intervention of the ruling party’s president Sardar...		5 tribesmen escape from lock-up PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Five prisoners escaped from a lock-up of the political administration of South Waziristan Agency in Tank district on Saturday morning, sources said....
Cooperation with US termed satisfactory ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday expressed satisfaction that Pakistan-US relations “have acquired a mutually beneficial strategic dimension”....		Candidates for 3rd phase discussed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and president of ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Saturday had a detailed meeting with President General Pervez Musharraf to discuss...
‘40,000 Afghans to go home by year-end’ QUETTA, Sept 3: Over 60,000 displaced Afghans have been repatriated to their homeland since March and another 40,000 will return to Afghanistan by the end of the current year....		PML ministers criticize party MNA QUETTA, Sept 3: Pakistan Muslim League’s provincial Ministers Mir Shoaib Nausherwani and Mir Amanullah Notezai on Saturday accused the party’s MNA Sardar Fateh Mohammad Hasni of causing dissent in party ranks....
Couple sent into police custody SWABI, Sept 3: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday remanded a couple accused of desecrating the Holy Quran in police custody for four days. The police had arrested Chaman Lal and his wife Krishna on charges on Thursday night....		EC orders recount of votes BANNU, Sept 3: The chief election commissioner has ordered recounting of votes in all polling stations of Bazaar Ahmad Khan union council in Bannu. Candidates for nazim and naib nazim seats...
PML-backed candidates assured support LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 3: Newly elected Nazim Haji Asparali Khan and Naib Nazim Habibur Rehman from the Tajazai union council have decided to support the candidates of Muttahida and Khushaal Pakistan groups for the posts of district and tehsil nazims....		Probe ordered MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 3: The AJK government has constituted a two-member committee to initiate inquiry under Removal from Service (Special Powers) Act 2001 against three serving and one retired employee of the AJK Electricity Inspectorate....
Kenya flights part of expansion plan: PIA chief NAIROBI, Sept 3: Chairman Pakistan International Airlines Tariq Kirmani said on Saturday that addition of Nairobi on PIA network was part of the national flag carrier’s expansion plan....		‘No war between West & Muslims’ LONDON Sept 3: There is no war between the West and the Muslims hence the British multicultural society should stand up against the terrorists who wanted to kill innocent people without...
Three activists of banned group held NOWSHERA, Sept 3: Police on Saturday arrested three activists of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and sealed its office in Nowshera cantt, officials said. The raiding party seized Jihadi material, including magazines, Islamic literature and...		Colleges urged to make up for shortcomings CHITRAL, Sept 3: The Vice-Chancellor of Malakand University, Dr Jahandar Shah, has called upon teachers and college administrators to impart quality education to women in underdeveloped areas like Chitral....
Natural resources exploration stressed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday Balochistan was endowed with immense natural resources which needed to be explored at a much faster pace for the benefit of the province and the country....		ARD names candidates for Gujranwala race GUJRANWALA, Sept 3: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) nominated its candidates for seats of the district nazim and town nazims in Gujranwala here on Saturday....
Political bigwigs, anchor in the dock: Live telecast from Lahore Fort LAHORE, Sept 3: Former city district nazim Mian Amer Mahmood, PML-N’s Tehmina Daultana, PPP’s Jehangir Badr, MMA’s Amirul Azeem and Dr Shahid Masood of a private TV channel are likely to...		Six killed in road accident in Okara OKARA, Sept 3: Six people were killed and three others suffered injuries on Saturday when a wagon rammed into a motorcycle-rickshaw on the Renala-Shergarh Road near Renala Khurd, some 15 kilometres from here....
By-poll schedule for PP-97 GUJRANWALA, Sept 3: The chief election commissioner on Saturday announced by-poll in PP-97 on Oct 22 after a ruling party MPA Mian Mazhar Javid was disqualified by the Lahore High Court for having a fake BA certificate....		Teachers for quashment of ‘false’ FIR MIANWALI, Sept 3: Teachers of the local Government High School for Boys have demanded quashment of a fabricated FIR lodged against their headmaster Abdul Rashid....
DIG, DPO summoned in Sonia Naz case FAISALABAD, Sept 3: The two-member investigation team constituted by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi to probe the Sonia Naz’s rape allegation against two police officials and the motor registration scandal has asked...		Three of a family perish as car overturns SAHIWAL, Sept 3: Three family members were killed and as many sustained injuries in a road accident here on Friday night. The family of Mauza Alam Shah (Faisalabad) was returning from Sahiwal by car (ESA-3910)....
Electrician dies in ‘explosion’ SIALKOT, Sept 3: An electrician died in an ‘explosion’ at his house-cum-workplace in Khanpur Syedaan-Chawinda village, Pasrur tehsil here on Saturday. Reports said Rajab Ali Shah (21) was working at his...		Constable, dacoit die in encounter OKARA, Sept 3: An Elite Force headconstable and a dacoit were killed in an encounter on Saturday evening near Chak 35/2-L, some 15 kilometres from here....
Rebate cut in surgical goods slated SIALKOT, Sept 3: The Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan has expressed grave concern over reduction in the industry’s rebate from 1.47 per cent to 0.90...		PML-N proposes to convert ARD into poll alliance: PPP reacts positively LAHORE, Sept 3: PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq has proposed that the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy should be converted into an election alliance for a better performance in the next polls....
Democracy linked to political parties’ growth Lahore, Sept 3: Pakistan People’s Party Secretary-General Jehangir Badar has said that democracy cannot flourish in a country under dictatorship. Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the training workshop of workers...		Closure of 256 illegal engine oil shops LAHORE, Sept 3: City District Government Caretaker District Coordination Officer Khalid Sultan has ordered a crackdown on sub-standard engine oil business in Badami Bagh and winding up of 256 shops in this connection within a week....
Army troops leave for Congo LAHORE, Sept 3: The first batch of Pakistan Army troops on Saturday left for Congo to perform peace-keeping duties under the United Nations Mission. According to an ISPR release, Brigadier Tariq...		‘People want movement against despotism’ LAHORE, Sept 3: People want all opposition parties to get united and launch a movement against dictatorship, a PML-N leader said here on Saturday. Information Secretary Siddiqul Farooq said at a...
Drive against water theft in rice areas LAHORE, Sept 3: A special campaign to check water theft will be launched in rice-growing areas under the auspices of agriculture, irrigation departments and the local police....		Royal Swedish institute to help set up engg varsity ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, will provide all possible help to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in setting up a world class university in Pakistan....
West told to solve Palestine, Kashmir issues ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: It is imperative that western powers play their role for the settlement of Kashmir and Palestine to discourage extremism and promote harmony and tolerance at international level between followers of different religions....		PPP MNA refutes charges of violating party discipline ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA from Mirpurkhas Syed Qurban Ali Shah, who was issued a show cause notice by the party leadership, has refuted charges of violating party...
Strings to sing a new song ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Unicef Pakistan on Saturday appointed Strings, one of the leading Pakistani pop group, as national ambassadors for HIV/Aids. The group’s stars, Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood, and Unicef Pakistan Representative Omar Abdi signed an agreement in this regard....reement in this regard....		French climbers plan to scale prejudices in Northern Areas ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Four French climbers have arrived in Pakistan with plans for a joint “peace expedition” with five locals to the Diran peak in Nagar-Gilgit area....
Body to check HR violations urged ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: A national human rights commission with the representation of the civil society should be formed to check human rights violations in Pakistan. This was stated by Stephen Clark,...		Diversity of American literature discussed ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: A three-day International Conference on ‘Contemporary American Literature’ concluded here on Saturday. The event was organized by National University of Modern Languages (Numl) in collaboration with Higher Education...
262,533 cusecs water released ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Saturday released 262,533 cusecs water from various rim stations. Overall water inflow at various reservoirs was recorded at 221,333 cusecs....		Pet dogs — best friend can be worst enemy ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: Keeping pet dogs for security or pleasure is on the rise, but experts warn that people run the risk of the best friend becoming the worst enemy....
Over 5,000 watercourses improved ISLAMABAD, Sept 3: As many as 5,014 watercourses in the country have been improved under the president’s programme for improvement of watercourses. A meeting of the federal steering committee held to...		Norwegian council suspends legal aid to Afghan refugees PESHAWAR, Sept 3: A Norwegian organisation has suspended its free legal assistance service to Afghan refugees in the NWFP due to “administrative reasons”, officials said....
ANP hails Istanbul initiative as good omen for peace PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has welcomed the formal round of talks between Israel and Pakistan and expressed hope that the initiative will promote peace in the Middle East....		WB urged to do more PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has urged the international donor agencies to extend practical and sincere support for uplifting the masses in developing countries....
People suffer as power breakdown continues LANDI KOTAL , Sept 3: Power supply to Loe Shalman remained suspended for the fifth day on Saturday, as the Wapda authorities in Landi Kotal failed to repair the damaged lines....		Technical programmes hit by staff shortages PESHAWAR, Sept 3: The NWFP is unlikely to get the desired results from the prime minister’s special programme of technical and vocational education due to lack of facilities, according to sources....
Killing triggers protest PESHAWAR, Sept 3: Residents of Kachi Mohalla in Hashtnagri area of walled-city on Saturday staged a protest rally against the killing of a minor boy and demanded the arrest of the culprits....		PML candidate for Peshawar nazim post PESHAWAR, Sept 3: PML provincial information secretary MPA Nighat Yasmeen Aurakzai has been nominated as candidate by the Khushhal Pakistan Panel for the post of Peshawar district nazim....