September 6, 2005	Tuesday	Shaban 01, 1426

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Stress laid on spirit of ’65: Defence Day messages ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has called upon the countrymen to imbibe the 1965 spirit of unity, faith and discipline at a time when the nation stands at a crossroads....		Nur Khan reminisces ’65 war ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Air Marshal (retired) Nur Khan, the man who led the airforce achieve complete superiority over the three times bigger Indian airforce on the very first day of the 1965 war...
Countrywide movement after Ramazan: Qazi KARACHI, Sept 5: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the National Leaders’ Conference has decided not only to remove President Gen Pervez Musharraf from power by a peaceful movement but also to rid the country of military rule....		Hospital, health unit buildings occupied by police LARKANA, Sept 5: Police personnel, magistrates and private persons have occupied buildings of 14 taluka hospitals and basic health units in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts. Sources told Dawn on Monday that...
MQM hurling death threats, alleges PPP leader NAWABSHAH, Sept 5: People’s Party Parliamentarian Member of the National Assembly Tariq Masood Arain has said that leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement were hurling death threats....		PML-F claims majority in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Sept 5: The candidate of the Khairpur Dost panel for the post of district nazim, Pir Niaz Hussain Jilani, has claimed that more than 75 per cent of councillors are with the group....
Factories of PPP leader in Sukkur raided SUKKUR, Sept 5: Officials of the environment department and taluka municipal administration conducted raids on three factories of PPP leader Khursheed Shah and attempted to seal them saying the plants were spreading pollution....		Incidence of skin disease on rise, say experts LARKANA, Sept 5: Skin disease leishmaniasis is increasing in Sindh and Balochistan, says Professor Yoshihisa Hashiguchi, head of four-member team of experts from Japan. He told Dawn that leishmaniasis was spreading...
‘More districts will be created in Sindh’ SANGHAR, Sept 5: Sindh Home Minister Abdul Rauf Siddiqui has said that more districts will be created in Sindh. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Ishratul Ibad Squash...		Power breakdown hits market SUKKUR, Sept 5: Ten workers fainted in the Agha Qadirabad Khan Date market on Sunday night as a result of a prolonged power breakdown. Activities in the market remained paralyzed....
‘Education system designed to serve rulers’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Pakistan’s ruling elite deliberately adheres to the dual education system in order to continue the class division in society. This was stated by Robina Saigol, Country Director ActionAid,...		Funding of varsities to be based on their performance ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to link funding of universities with their overall performance and compliance with the commission’s policy decisions, an official statement said....
Man faces jail over hoax call KARACHI, Sept 5: A love-struck Pakistani faces up to three years in jail for falsely accusing a brother and a cousin of the woman he hoped to marry of planning a...		Police, agencies come under fire: Senate body takes up Sonia case ISLAMABAD, Sept 5: Government as well as opposition senators on Monday criticized the functioning of the police and intelligence agencies and called for strict check on their activities....
District-level differences in PML being resolved: CM LAHORE, Sept 5: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says all political issues at district level in the province are being resolved with mutual understanding. Speaking to MNAs and MPAs from...		PIMH patient was ‘tortured to death’ LAHORE, Sept 5: The Chief Minister’s Inspection Team has found that Rashid Ahmad, a patient of the Punjab Institute of Mental Health (PIMH), had died because of torture by a ward...
Opposition can’t trust Musharraf now: Imran LAHORE, Sept 5: All opposition parties are now convinced that President Pervez Musharraf cannot be trusted with fair and free elections and he must be thrown out of the system before the next general polls....		Air traffic staff to resume strike LAHORE, Sept 5: The Air Traffic Control Wing has decided to resume its protest campaign against the Civil Aviation Authority by adopting the go-by-book procedure from Sept 11....
Livestock from India may arrive today LAHORE, Sept 5: The first consignment of 324 animals may arrive from India through Wagah on Tuesday (today). According to importer Sheikh Anwar Saeed, the first batch was supposed to cross...		Protocol officer summoned LAHORE, Sept 5: The Lahore High Court on Monday summoned Jameel Tahir, the protocol officer of the chief minister, to explain his conduct in a property dispute....
Action against teachers applying for NGO’s plan LAHORE, Sept 5: The Punjab education department will take action against the teachers of the public sector schools who had applied for in-service training programme offered by a non-governmental organization....		PPP wings urged to make strike a success LAHORE, Sept 5: The Punjab PPP has directed all its wings to make sure that the Friday strike —- call for which was given by the national leaders conference in Islamabad —- is a success....
Banned TNFJ leader allowed bail LAHORE, Sept 5: Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court on Monday allowed Ghulam Raza Naqvi, a leader of the banned Tehrik Nifaz-i-Fiqh-i-Jafria, to be released on bail five years after he was arrested and lodged in jail....		PM recounts his experience of railways LAHORE, Sept 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has his own experience of the railways’ service. “I had an experience of railways service some 15 years ago,” the prime minister said at...
Opp steering body meets today LAHORE, Sept 5: The first meeting of the steering committee set up by the opposition parties at a national leaders conference in Islamabad on Sunday, is being held on Tuesday (today)....		Friendship Rally in Multan MULTAN, Sept 5: The Sydney-bound Friendship Rally reached here on Monday, and the elderly but enthusiastic foreigners driving old cars were accorded a warm welcome on their arrival....
Infant axed to death, nine of family injured MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Sept 5: An infant was axed to death while nine other family members were injured seriously on early hours of Monday by around a dozen people at Mouza Mangit, some 10 kilometres from here....		Sahi’s nomination perplexes PML leadership FAISALABAD, Sept 5: The Punjab chief minister’s decision to nominate MNA Chaudhry Ghulam Rasool Sahi as district nazim candidate and Mian Amjad Yaseen for naib-nazim slot has confused the local PML...
Three die on road CHINIOT, Sept 5: Three people, including an ASI, were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on the Chiniot-Sargodha Road on Monday. A Sargodha-bound bus rammed into a car coming from the opposite side....		Phones out of order TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 5: All telephone lines of Toba and Kamalia went out of order for more than four hours on Monday afternoon. A PTCL official said a fault occurred...
Man, two sons killed over enmity BAHAWALNAGAR, Sept 5: A man and his two sons were killed over an old enmity here on Sunday at Chak Madrissa in Basti Nehalika police limits....		Nursing school closed for fortnight: Students-principal tussle VEHARI, Sept 5: The Health department on Monday closed the DHQ Hospital’s Nursing School for a fortnight in the wake of an ongoing tussle between students and the principal....
Collective efforts urged to protect child rights PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Participants of a consultative workshop here on Monday underlined the need for collective efforts and coordination between government departments and civil society for protection of the rights of children in Pakistan....		Four alleged criminals killed in ‘encounter’ MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 5: Four alleged criminals were killed in an encounter with police at Jakhar Imam Pattan in the Bait Meer Hazaar area on Monday. DPO Kamaluddin Tipu told newsmen that...
Rape victim against multiple inquiries LAHORE/FAISALABAD, Sept 5: Sonia Naz, a housewife who is in limelight after the allegation that police raped her, has moved the Supreme Court with the request that proceedings in the government-appointed inquiry commission should be stayed....		Sialkot Medical College plan shelved SIALKOT, Sept 5: The Punjab government has finally shelved the project of Sialkot Medical College after three years without giving any reason. The district government had decided to undertake the project...
Sami blasts Istanbul initiative LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 5: Central Amir of his own faction of JUI Senator Maulana Samiul Haq has said that the recent meeting between Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and his Israeli...		Fourth phase of excavation starts at Gor Khuttree PESHAWAR, Sept 5: The fourth phase of excavation at Gor Khuttree, for to gather material for compiling the cultural history of Peshawar, started here on Monday....
Changes in Frontier crimes law proposed KOHAT, Sept 5: The Fata Reforms Committee, which met here under the chairmanship of retired Justice Mian Mohammad Ajmal, suggested reduction in punishments for various crimes and right of appeal to...		Nowshera elders meet governor PESHAWAR, Sept 5: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman said on Monday that the government was using all available resources for rapid development of the country. Talking to a 50-member delegation of elders...
Senate committee discusses problems faced by Fata PESHAWAR, Sept 5: The Senate standing committee on states and frontier regions on Monday took note of lack of staff in the education and health institutions in the Federally Administered Tribal...		Demand for action to secure release of Pakistanis held in Iraq PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Relatives of four Pakistanis arrested in Iraq staged a protest rally here on Monday and demanded that the government expedite efforts for their safe return....
Construction work in varsity soon PESHAWAR, Sept 5: Construction work in Peshawar University at an estimated cost of Rs3 million will start soon, sources said on Monday. They said Rs652,000 would be spent on the extension...		Two brothers shot dead KOHAT, Sept 5: Two brothers were killed and two others were critically injured in armed clash between two groups in Mohammadzai on Monday. The brothers, Mumtaz and Jamil, were killed by...
PHC sets aside former nazim’s conviction PESHAWAR, Sept 5: The Peshawar High Court on Monday set aside conviction of a former Peshawar Town Council nazim, Haroon Bilour, by a returning officer in a case relate to the local government elections....		ANP leader killed PESHAWAR, Sept 5: A local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) was killed by his rivals near Nothia railway crossing on Monday morning, police said....