September 5, 2005	Monday	Rajab 30, 1426

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FBI springs into action on Bush’s intervention: Kidnapping of WB staffer RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Following intervention of President George W. Bush into a case concerning kidnapping of a World Bank security guard from Rawalpindi, an FBI team has started investigation to recover the missing man, a source said on Sunday....		Jamalis, Khosos end political rivalry QUETTA, Sept 4: Arch rivals Jamalis and Khosos have ended the politics of rivalry in Jaffarabad district and reconciled by nominating joint candidates for district nazim, naib nazim and four tehsil nazims....
Demonstrations against Kalabagh dam, greater Thal canal HYDERABAD, Sept 4: A large number of writers, intellectuals, professors and political activists under the banner of Sindhi Adabi Sangat held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday in...		Sonia case: HRCP urges tribunal not to start probe FAISALABAD, Sept 4: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s lawyers have reportedly decided to ask the one-member inquiry tribunal not to initiate an inquiry into the rape-cum-torture allegations levelled against a former...
Another setback for opposition LAHORE, Sept 4: The PPP of Benazir Bhutto was dealt a blow on Sunday when the party’s central finance secretary Ahsanul Piracha, along with other members of his group, met Punjab...		Law to curb domestic violence on cards ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Adviser to Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar on Sunday said the government would soon introduce a law regarding domestic violence. She was speaking at a press...
Convict a mental patient: family: Plot to kill Musharraf PESHAWAR, Sept 4: Family members of Adnan Khan, convicted of an attempt to kill President Gen Musharraf, have claimed that Adnan is innocent and intelligence agencies have implicated him in the case....		DNA test to clear controversy over climber’s death ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: A DNA test on the remains of a climber found recently on Naga Parbat would decide conclusively whether he was the brother renowned Italian mountaineer Reinhold Messner had lost on Nanga Parbat 35 years ago....
China assured of support on Taiwan, Tibet issues BEIJING, Sept 4: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has said that Pakistan will continue to support China on the issues of Taiwan, Tibet and human rights....		Doctors seek renewal of contracts ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Services of several contractual doctors working at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have been terminated. As many as 14 doctors were issued termination of service orders out of which eight were dismissed with immediate effect....
Two killed in road accident RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Two persons were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger wagon and a bus on Pirwadhai Road on Sunday....		Hasba bill criticized at seminar HARIPUR, Sept 4: Speakers at a seminar on Hasba bill termed the act violative of the state’s constitution and the essence of Islam and the Holy Quran....
PM to visit Chitral this month: MNA CHITRAL, Sept 4: Federal lawmaker Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali announced on Sunday that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had accepted his invitation to visit Chitral in the last week of September....		No paucity of funds for development, says Durrani PESHAWAR, Sept 4: Chief Minister Akram Durrani has said protection of peoples’ rights and meeting their needs, giving preference to national interests over personal interests, maintaining close coordination with people and running government affairs through consultation are characteristics of his government....
Imtiaz Shaikh backs joint candidate of PML-F, PPP SUKKUR, Sept 4: Following the nomination of Yar Mohammad Ghumro as district nazim by Pir Sahib Pagaro, an important meeting was held in Sukkur at the residence of Mr Ghumro on Saturday....		Protest against kidnapping of trader KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: Leaders and members of about 20 trade unions of Sukkur and Khairpur districts took out a procession against police and the district administration here on Sunday....
PML and JUI reach accord in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, Sept 4: A new election alliance between PML’s Khushhal Pakistan Panel and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-backed Insan Dost Panel has been formed to contest elections for district and taluka nazims....		Boy dies, mother injured in accident HARIPUR, Sept 4: A boy was killed and his mother was injured when their car fell from a bridge after colliding with a speeding truck near Sera-i-Gadai village on GT Road on Saturday....
Hunt for man accused of killing in-laws BANNU, Sept 4: Three members of a family were shot dead in a monetary dispute here on Sunday. The victims were identified as Zarwali Shah, his wife Gulmir Jana and young son Khalid Khan, residents of Basiakhel village....		MMA to form govt in most districts: Shuja MARDAN, Sept 4: Member National Assembly (MNA) Maulana Shujaul Mulk has claimed that people have rejected secular and progressive forces in the local bodies’ election and claimed that in most of the districts the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) would make their government....
Afgan refuses to give in over Mianwali nazim MIANWALI, Sept 4: Federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan refused to accept Humair Hayat Khan Rokhri as the ruling party nominee for the district nazim despite a clear announcement from the PML leadership from Lahore on Sunday....		Assets of accused SP under review FAISALABAD, Sept 4: On the directive of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, special teams of various government agencies have started collecting evidence pertaining to alleged malpractice and excesses committed by SP Abdullah Khalid, and the allegations levelled by Sonia Naz....
Candidate lays claim to PML support SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 4: Noor Ahmed Sura, a prominent Muslim League activist, has announced his candidature for the Ferozewala tehsil nazim seat. Talking to reporters at his residence here, the old leaguer...		Police station ‘attacked’ in protest MULTAN, Sept 4: Scores of villagers allegedly attacked Khanpur Saddar police station in Rahim Yar Khan district on Sunday while protesting against police ‘high-handedness.’...
PR freight trade hit by vehicle shortage LAHORE, Sept 4: Shortage of locomotives and wagons at the Karachi Port Trust is badly affecting the freight operations of the Pakistan Railways, resulting in decrease in its earnings....		Education plan for 150 Unicef schools LAHORE, Sept 4: Unicef Punjab chief Dr Deepak Bhattacharya said on Sunday that the daily lesson planning prepared by the donor coordination wing of the education department will be introduced at 150 child-friendly schools of the body....
Lahore hit by frequent power breakdown LAHORE, Sept 4: Frequent power failures in many parts of the city on Sunday landed people in a great deal of inconvenience. The power interruptions or loadshedding for hours has become...		Three trains have narrow escape LAHORE, Sept 4: Three Lahore-bound passenger trains had a narrow escape near Shahdara railway station on Sunday....
Medical colleges entrance test LAHORE, Sept 4: The entrance test for admission to medical colleges would be held at five centres in Punjab on Oct 2, King Edward Medical College principal Prof Mumtaz said on Sunday....		Women urged not to desert party SWABI, Sept 4: Women councillors should stick to party discipline and avoid selling their votes in the district and tehsil councils’ election. The observation was made by speakers at the first...
‘PPP to set up govt in 10 districts’ PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has claimed that it is in a position to set up government in 10 of the 24 districts of the province....		Project to restore glory of Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The Directorate of Archaeology and Museum NWFP is working on a project to restore the old glory of Peshawar by re-erecting the city wall and gates and preserving the archaeological monuments....
Bank staff union’s leader ‘detained’ PESHAWAR: A retired banker and lifetime chairman of Habib Bank Employees Union (CBA), Aurangzeb Khan, was picked up on Saturday afternoon by intelligence agency officials from a house in Hayatabad Township....		One injured in firing LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 4: A man was seriously injured when two groups of people exchanged fire in Khoidadkhel area here on Sunday. Police said that supporters of PML-N, led by Naimat,...