September 7, 2005	Wednesday	Sha’aban 2, 1426

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Govt willing to discuss national issues: Shujaat: ‘Strike call to get no response’ LAHORE, Sept 6: The government gives no importance to the opposition parties’ strike call, but is willing to discuss any national issue with them, the ruling PML president said....		Nawaz asks people to take part in strike ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has appealed to the nation to observe a complete strike on Friday against, what he said, dictatorship in the country....
Mobilization for Friday strike urged ISLAMABAD Sept 6: The 12-member steering committee constituted by the National Leaders’ Conference met here on Monday to endorse the call for a strike in the country on September 9 (Friday) given by opposition parties....		All parties’ conference backs Sept 9 strike call HYDERABAD, Sept 6: Supporting the strike call given by the National Leaders’ Conference for September 9, an all-parties conference held at the press club here on Tuesday rejected results of the local body elections....
Govt to collect data on violence against women ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The government has decide to develop a centralized data of women victims of violence, an official source at the women development ministry told Dawn....		Chishti’s gunmen say husband of Sonia was arrested FAISALABAD, Sept 6: Two gunmen of Jamshed Iqbal Chishti, the suspended inspector facing trial on the allegation of Sonia Naz’s rape, on Tuesday confessed before the one-man tribunal that Asim Yousaf...
Sonia seeks more time for evidence FAISALABAD, Sept 6: The two-member investigation team constituted by Chief Minister Prevaiz Elahi could not complete its proceedings owing to Sonia Naz’s request for grant of further time to produce some witnesses in support of her allegations....		Flood-hit families seek help from federal govt ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: At least 60 homeless families displaced by floods in the Brep village of Chitral district, who have been living in camps in a desert for nearly two months,...
Proclamation notice issued to Asif ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Accountability Court-II Rawalpindi on Tuesday issued a proclamation notice to PPP Senator Asif Zardari, directing him to appear before the court in the BMW case within 30 days,...		ASI held in gang-rape case, 3 cops absconding ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: A police officer has been arrested in Rawalpindi and hunt for two others in a gang-rape case in the second case in a week, police sources told Dawn late on Tuesday....
‘British climber died of ulcer’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The autopsy report of the British mountaineer, who died at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Skardu on September 2, suggested that he might have died from gastric ulcer, sources told Dawn....		Mansurul Haq’s name removed from ECL ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: The interior ministry on Tuesday removed the name of retired Admiral Mansurul Haq from the Exit Control List (ECL), a source in the ministry told Dawn on Tuesday....
Hearing on FPSC issue likely today ISLAMABAD, Sept 6: Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench is likely to take up on Wednesday the challenge to President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s ordinance promulgated to...		HBFC plea dismissed KARACHI, Sept 6: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday rejected a House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) plea to bar 718 of its employees from taking part in trade union activities....
Road closure to affect Chitral valley’s potato farmers CHITRAL, Sept 6: The closure of the Garam Chashma road to heavy traffic will cause losses of millions of rupees to farmers of the valley as they will face problems in transporting their potato-crop to other districts....		ANP, PML-N fall out in Swabi: Candidates for nazim polls SWABI, Sept 6: The Watan Dost group of the Awami National Party on Tuesday announced names of its candidates for the posts of nazims of the Swabi district, Swabi tehsil council and Chota Lahor tehsil council....
Baloch women song writers praised QUETTA, Sept 6: Despite being part of tribal society, women of Balochistan have been expressing themselves through the medium of folk and wedding songs, said speakers at a one-day seminar on “Women and Literature in Balochistan” held here on Monday....		Strike paralyses parts of Ghotki district: Changes in dehs’ delimitation SUKKUR, Sept 6: A complete strike was observed in Daharki, Ubauro, Jarwar, Yaroo Lund, Keenjhar and some others parts of the Ghotki district on Tuesday in protest against change in delimitation of several dehs by the Sindh government....
Recognition of Israel to harm Pakistan’s interests: Ghinwa HYDERABAD, Sept 6: The chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto), Ms Ghinwa Bhutto, has said that the Istanbul meeting between foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel has created a...		FIR against nazim registered KHAIRPUR, Sept 6: Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh, reader to the Additional Sessions Judge-III and the Returning Officer of the Khanpur union council, has lodged an FIR under section 353, 342, 506/2 of...
Khokhrapar track: work to be completed by December MIRPURKHAS, Sept 6: Plan to replace the meter gauge railway track with broad gauge between Khokhropar and Mirpurkhas will be completed by December 2005....		No second thoughts on Chakwal: CM: Warning for Majeed Malik LAHORE, Sept 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Tuesday the PML would fully patronize and honour its assembly members and office-bearers, who would abide by its discipline....
Ring Road plan modified, length shortened LAHORE, Sept 6: The Ring Road now being built under the revised plan does not form a ring around the outer periphery of the city. Experts say that half of the...		PML likely to name surprise candidates: Lahore town nazims LAHORE, Sept 6: The ruling PML is likely to make some ‘surprise changes’ to the list of its supported candidates for the Lahore town nazim seats, giving preference to the mighty and powerful mainly dealing in real estate business....
Pleas against re-polling to be decided today LAHORE, Sept 6: A full bench of the Lahore High Court will adjudicate on Wednesday if re-polling or recounting of votes is admissible after the presiding officer had issued unofficial result of the vote count to candidates....		Four ‘human traffickers’ held in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Sept 6: A Federal Investigation Agency team on Tuesday claimed to have busted a four-member human smugglers’ gang in a raid and recovered passports, identity cards and other documents....
Biradarism merit for Sialkot nominations SIALKOT, Sept 6: The nomination of provincial minister Ajmal Cheema’s younger brother Muhammad Akmal Cheema as candidate for the district nazim slot has compelled many to say that what really matters...		56 TMA pensioners denied gratuity OKARA, Sept 6: More than 65 low-grade tehsil municipal administration pensioners have been deprived of their gratuity funds to the tune of Rs8000,000, by the TMA since their retirement about four to five years back in violation of prime ministers’ orders....
Toba nazim aspirant announces withdrawal TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 6: Former district nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq on Tuesday announced withdrawal of his candidature for the top slot. Speaking to journalists, he claimed that he would fully...		Trader shot dead by political rivals SIALKOT, Sept 6: A trader, Nasir Mahmood, was shot dead allegedly by some armed men of his rival political group in Gojra, Daska, on Tuesday. Bambanwala police have registered a case....
JI candidates for seven towns GUJRANWALA, Sept 6: The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced its candidates for seven town nazims of the district and directed them to start their campaign for the third phase of local polls....		182 held for illegal border crossing QUETTA, Sept 6: Border security forces have arrested at least 182 people on the Pakistan-Iran border and handed them over to Taftan Levies. The District Coordination Officer (DCO), Chaghi, Qamar Masood said these people were crossing the border without legal documents....
Three killed by poisonous gas in well MANSEHRA, Sept 6: Three persons died and four others fainted after inhaling poisonous gas in a well on the Akbar Khan road here on Tuesday....		PML group in Haripur backs ex-nazim HARIPUR, Sept 6: An MPA of the ruling PML has announced to support the candidature of Dr Raja Amer Zaman and to work for his success....
World Literacy Day PESHAWAR, Sept 6: World Literacy Day will be observed in Peshawar on September 8, like other parts of the country, for highlighting the importance of education....		Committee on Fata secretariat set up PESHAWAR, Sept 6: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has constituted a sub-committee that will work to strengthen and restructure the governor’s secretariat in order to enable it separately deal with various affairs of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
Effective capacity building stressed PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Peshawar University Vice-Chancellor Mumtaz Gul has said that capacity building for effective planning and implementation is need of the hour and developing countries like Pakistan must needed to pay serious attention to it....		PHC issues notice on union leader’s petition PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday put on notice the federal interior secretary in a writ petition challenging detention of the chairman of Habib Bank Employees Union, Aurangzeb Khan, by an intelligence agency....
Two workers deported from Saudi Arabia PESHAWAR, Sept 6: Saudi immigration authorities have deported two Pakistani labourers on charges of travelling on fake passports. However, the labourers, who returned to the provincial capital on Tuesday by a...		Schoolboy commits suicide PESHAWAR, Sept 6: A ninth class student of Collegiate School committed suicide in his house in the Hayatabad township on Monday night, police officials said. Sulaiman Shah had been reprimanded by...
Defence Day tribute paid to Sher Khan PESHAWAR, Sept 6: The Defence Day was observed with traditional fervour and solemnity in all cantonments in the province on Tuesday. Special durbars were held in Peshawar, Mardan, Risalpur, Cherat, Nowshera,...		Role of student societies discussed SWABI, Sept 6: Student societies promote co-curricular activities and literary and artistic potential and make their stay in the campus a rich experience of multi-dimensional growth....
Khursheed Shah’s business partner booked SUKKUR, Sept 6: Police on Monday registered a case against a business partner of MNA Khursheed Shah, a nazim, naib nazim and a councillor of Ali Wahan union council on charges of kidnapping a councillor of the Khushaal Pakistan panel....		Independence Day function HYDERABAD, Sept 6: A colourful function ws held at the Qasimabad branch of the St. Bonaventure’s Boys High School to celebrate the Independence Day. Catholic Bishop of Hyderabad Bishop Max was the chief guest....
Protest against arrest LARKANA, Sept 6: People from Gaibidero, the ancestral village of Nawab Shabbir Ahmed Chandio, held a demonstration outside the Qambar press club on Monday in protest against the arrest of Suleman Chandio....		Girl shot dead by brother NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 6: A teenage girl was killed by her brother in the Ali Sanderlo village in Moro on Tuesday. Manzoor Ahmed Sandrello opened fire and killed her sister, Zahida, 15....
Opposition committee LAHORE, Sept 6: The PPP, the PML-N and the MMA set up a coordination committee on Tuesday to work out a strategy to make the Friday strike a success....		Traders ‘reject’ strike call LAHORE, Sept 6: City traders have rejected the opposition’s strike call for Sept 9 and appealed to the government to provide them security for keeping their shops open....
Friendship Rally LAHORE, Sept 6: A caravan of 12 old classic cars participating in the London to Sydney Friendship rally arrived here from Multan on Tuesday. Besides, the 12 cars, three backup cars...		Robbery SAHIWAL, Sept 6: Bandits on Monday night looted cash and valuables worth more than Rs150,000 in two hits. Three dacoits looted a factory owner in Small Industrial Estate....