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Amended Hasba bill tabled amid rumpus PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Amid a rumpus created by a hitherto docile opposition, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) government laid a slightly amended version of the Hasba bill in the NWFP Assembly on Monday....		Shujaat criticizes ARD LAHORE, Oct 31: PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain says that in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake when thousands of people have been killed, it is ‘criminal’ on the part the...
Body formed to assess level of preparedness: Avian flu ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: There is no evidence to establish the presence of bird flu in Pakistan, a meeting was told here on Monday that was called to assess the level of preparedness in the wake of the threat....		Relief activities need $2bn: UN ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The United Nations believes Pakistan would require at least $2 billion for the relief and recovery phase alone in the aftermath of the Oct 8 earthquake till the end of the winter....
More planes with relief goods arrive ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: More planes with relief goods and relief teams from various countries arrived at Chaklala airbase on Monday. The eighth UAE Red Crescent Society plane with 20 tons of...		Quake victims in hospitals hope relatives spot them ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: More than 30 women and child victims of the October 8 earthquake are lying in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), Rawalpindi General Hospital and Holy Family Hospital with no trace of their relatives....
PTCL employees face crunch time LAHORE, Oct 31: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited employees have been paying the price of the government’s failure to privatize their organization for the last four months or so....		Punjab cabinet okays emergency service act LAHORE, Oct 31: The Punjab cabinet on Monday approved the “Punjab Emergency Service Act-2005”, which will be tabled in the next session of the provincial assembly....
Ban on sale of tents being flouted TAXILA, Oct 31: Tent manufacturers and traders of Taxila and Wah Cantonment are hoarding and selling tents and water proof sheets at exorbitant prices, violating the ban imposed by the Punjab government on selling of tents in the open market....		NA body raises Rs13 million for quake victims ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Member of Parliament and private donors had donated Rs13 million in the National Assembly relief fund for quake victims. This was stated by Speaker Amir Hussain while presiding over the National Assembly Relief Committee....
Aftershocks to continue for a few more weeks: expert ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Aftershocks of October 8 earthquake will continue for few weeks but with low intensity, says Meteorological Department chief. Meteorological Department Director-General Dr Qamaru Zaman Chaudhry said on Monday...		Jail officials operation ends RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Jail officials team on Monday concluded its three-day search operation in Adiala jail, but failed to find any narcotics from inside, apparently due to “hide and seek” being...
Shaukat Mehmood promoted to AVM ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Air Commodore Shaukat Mehmood has been promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, says a notification issued by the Public Relations Department of Pakistan Air Force here on Monday....		Four alleged terrorists arrested RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Rawalpindi police claimed to have arrested four terrorists, belonging to a banned sectarian organization, involved in the murder of religious leader Agha Ziauddin in Gilgit....
Delhi blasts condemned ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto has condemned blasts in New Delhi on Saturday that killed scores of innocent people....		Passengers urged to make room for goods WASHINGTON, Oct 31: The Pakistan embassy in the US has urged PIA passengers of Pakistani origin to reduce their luggage and enable the airline to carry more relief goods for quake survivors....
Qayyum wins SCBA polls LAHORE, Oct 31: Former Lahore High Court judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum was elected on Monday president of the Supreme Court Bar Association defeating Malik Saeed Hassan by a margin of about...		NAB chairman retires ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt-Gen Munir Hafiez on Monday retired simultaneously from his office and the army, an official of the bureau said....
Protest rallies planned in Quetta, Islamabad QUETTA, Oct 31: Relatives of two detained men have announced plans to hold two demonstrations, one in Quetta and the other in Islamabad, on Tuesday in protest against failure of the authorities to bring them before a court of law....		PIA gets first woman captain KARACHI, Oct 31: Ayesha Rabia Naveed has become the first woman captain of a commercial aeroplane in Pakistan. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association...
Eid shopping picks up in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Oct 31: Shopping for Eid has picked up, though there is not the traditional rush in almost all markets owing to the recent tragedy that struck areas in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP....		‘No plan to hire prayer leaders’: Population welfare projects GUJRANWALA, Oct 31: The Population Welfare department has no plan to hire prayer leaders in remote areas and it is running its projects in accordance with government policy....
10 water filter plants for Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 31: Tehsil nazim Engineer Bilal Virk said at a meeting here on Monday a laboratory would soon be installed in the Government High School in collaboration with the Unicef to test the quality of drinking water....		Alleged smuggler gasping for life FAISALABAD, Oct 31: The condition of an alleged woman smuggler of an international gang has deteriorated owing to alleged negligence of the district jail staff. According to reports, the Anti-Narcotics Squad...
Child buried alive GUJRANWALA, Oct 31: A boy was buried alive under a heap of bricks on Ratta Road here on Monday. Ali Akbar was playing on a stack of bricks along with his friends....		Response mixed in AJK to LoC accord MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 31: Political leaders and common man in Azad Kashmir gave a mixed response to an agreement between Pakistan and India to open the Line of Control to enable people...
Quake victims get Rs45m in Battagram ABBOTTABAD, Oct 31: The government has distributed about Rs45 million among quake-affected families in Battagram district during the last couple of days. District Coordination Officer (DCO) Abdul Aleem Khan said that...		Pollution-free rickshaw made HARIPUR, Oct 31: Local auto- mechanic Jehangir claims to have successfully converted the old-fashioned tri-wheeler into country’s first environment-friendly auto-rickshaw....
Scholarship winners’ names announced PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Abbottabad, has announced the names of the students who have won the National Talent Scholarship....		PPP demands probe into Gilgit killings GILGIT, Oct 31: The president of Pakistan People’s Party, Northern Areas, and former member of Northern Areas Legislative Council, Syed Jafar Shah, has called upon the government to constitute a high-powered...
Samanabad — haven for encroachers, outlaws LAHORE, Oct 31: Samanabad, once a modern and peaceful locality of Lahore, has now become a safe haven for encroachers and criminals, making the life of the residents and visitors miserable....		Reasons for ‘abnormal’ fruit prices listed LAHORE, Oct 31: Low yield, high transportation cost and extra demand created by Ramazan have abnormally hiked prices of fruit this year....
Shujaat gets Rs1,000 from each visitor for victims LAHORE, Oct 31: PML president Shujaat Husain gets at least Rs1,000 from every person who comes to meet him these days....		No fault in meters: Wapda LAHORE, Oct 31: All electro-mechanical meters purchased by Wapda are according to specifications and the recent finding of a fault is a clear case of tampering and must not be linked to manufacturing of the meters, according to an authority’s committee....
Eid packets to be collected for victims LAHORE, Oct 31: The Shabab-i-Milli will organize an “Eid caravan” on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in the city to collect donations for quake victims....		Three killed, six injured as bus hits motorcycle MITHI, Oct 31: Three motorcyclists were killed and six passengers were injured here on Monday evening when a bus hit a motorcycle at a turn near the DCO office on the Mithi-Naokot road....
Protest against ‘police excesses’ NAWABSHAH, Oct 31: Resid-ents of the 68-Mori staged a demonstration on Monday in protest against alleged atrocities of police. Hundreds of residents of the area including Dr Abid Brohi, Kashif Arain and Gohram burnt tyres and blocked the 68-Mori-Nawabshah road....		Sale of unscreened blood on the rise SUKKUR, Oct 31: Sale of unscreened blood is on the rise in Sindh by blood banks. As a result, patients receiving tainted blood are contracting deadly diseases like cancer, HIV, hepatitis-B and C....
Mirpurkhas faces grave pollution problem MIRPURKHAS, Oct 31: Peo-ple are expressing concern over growing pollution in the city caused by cotton and ginning factories. Manik Laghari, Ghulam Rasool Mugheri, Noor Mohammad, Ahmad Shar and others criticized the district government for not paying attention to the problem....		Rehiring of EC officers challenged in PHC PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Re-employment of the secretary of Election Commission of Pakistan, Mr Kunwar Muhammad Dilshad, has been challenged in the Peshawar High Court (PHC)....
Prisoners moved out of quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Hundreds of prisoners have been shifted from the earthquake-hit areas to other prisons after authorities declared them (prisons) unsafe for inmates, officials said....		Army’s role opposed in rehabilitation: Parliament bypassed: Qazi PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Central president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Qazi Hussain Ahmad has opposed involvement of army in rehabilitation work in the quake-devastated areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
Relief efforts lauded PESHAWAR, Oct 31, 2005: Jamaatud Dawa chief Prof Hafiz Mohammad Saeed said here on Sunday that rescue and relief operations conducted by religious organizations in the quake-affected areas of the NWFP...		Opposition stages walkout PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The opposition on Monday staged a token walkout from the NWFP Assembly against the government over its failure to issue a notification for declaring the quake-battered districts as calamity-hit areas....
Minister calls for more aid from Muslim world PESHAWAR, Oct 31: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has regretted what he calls cool response of the world community to suffering of the people affected by the October 8 earthquake....		Ex-UC nazim, secretary charged with corruption GUJRAT, Oct 31: A former nazim and secretary of Ajnala union council have been accused of illegally drawing Rs225,000 from the UC treasury. These allegations were levelled by Gujrat Tehsil Nazim...
Kiln workers’ strike enters eighth day SIALKOT, Oct 31: Strike of brick kiln workers against price hike and low wages entered its eighth day on Monday. At a meeting held here on Monday at the district labour...		Vindictive acts are continuing, says ex-nazim KHAIRPUR, Oct 31: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has criticized what she called continuation of a series of vindictive actions by the district government and district administration against government employees whose relative are affiliated with the PPP....
Man shot dead by daughter’s abductor OKARA, Oct 31: A man was allegedly shot dead when he was chasing some outlaws who had kidnapped his daughter on Monday. Reports said one Liaqat alias Mirza allegedly entered the...		Four killed in Rahim Yar Khan accident RAHIM YAR KHAN, Oct 31: Four people were killed when their car dashed against a tractor-trolley near Fatehpur Panjaian Basti, about 16 kilometres from here, on Monday....