November 4, 2005	Friday	Shawwal 1, 1426

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429 prisoners freed, 501 given remission in sentence RAWALPINDI, Nov 3: The Punjab government has ordered the release of 429 prisoners and remission in sentence of 501 on the eve of Eidul Fitr, official source said on Thursday....		Volunteers — a godsend for hospitals ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The contribution of volunteers, especially of the students, to sharing the workload in the twin cities’ hospitals had been a godsend given the magnitude of the October 8 quake....
3 minors die after tent catches fire ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Three minor children died and two others suffered burn injuries when fire broke out in a tent at Bagh on Wednesday night. Asghar Hayat, a family member of...		Pro-active role sought for UN rights council UNITED NATIONS, Nov 3: Pakistan on Thursday called for a pro-active role for the newly created United Nations Human Rights Council while addressing situations of armed conflict and foreign occupation....
President, PM urge people to celebrate Eid with simplicity ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Presi-dent Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have appealed to the nation to celebrate Eidul Fitr with simplicity and deposit Fitrana, Zakat and generous donations in the president’s relief fund....		AJK people to get 5,000 transistors MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 3: Quake survivors in the capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will shortly receive around 5,000 transistors from the organizers of a radio channel to keep themselves aware...
FWB donates Rs5m to relief fund ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Local financial institutions and non-government organizations continue to contribute generously towards the relief of the quake-hit people. FWB: President of the First Women’s Bank, Ms Zareen Azim, called...		PRCS to set up orphan, widows tent village ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) will set up a separate orphans and widows tent village at Chakoti sector besides rehabilitation of the affected population of the area....
People throng bus terminals, railway station ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: People thronged the bus stands in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and the Rawalpindi railway station on Thursday to reach their hometowns to celebrate Eid with their families....		‘90pc quake victims wantto stay back’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Over 90 per cent earthquake victims want to stay back at their respective villages during the winter despite huge devastation, says a survey report....
Nawaz expresses solidarity with victims ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Former premier and exiled PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has asked the nation to share the sorrows of the people affected in the Oct 8 quake....		Benazir wants help for quake victims ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto has offered her sympathies to the quake victims on Eidul Fitr. In her message, she said: “I wish to extend,...
MQM leaders to celebrate Eid with affected people ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Mutt-ahida Qaumi Movement MNA Kunwar Khalid Yunus has said party legislators and leaders will celebrate Eidul Fitr in the quake-affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Jammu and...		Court orders probe into plots’ case QUETTA, Nov 3: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court has directed the provincial government to investigate and submit a comprehensive report regarding conversion of a blacktop road into commercial plots at the Hazarganji bus stand by the Quetta Development Authority....
Damage assessment ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the latest reports on damage assessment. The reports were based on surveys conducted by the government, authorities and donor agencies....		Three girls die in mudslide KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 3: Three girls were killed and two others received injuries when a sand dune fell on them at Mianghano village here on Wednesday....
No official functions ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: No Eid function will be held at the President’s Secretariat or the Prime Minister’s House, it was officially announced on Thursday. The decision has been taken in the...		Youth, mother, sister slaughtered GUJRANWALA, Nov 3: A youth along with his mother and young sister were slaughtered on Thursday by his friend on suspicion of having relations with his sister in Wazirabad on Thursday....
Ruling party MNA denies UC naib nazim’s kidnap TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 3: Ruling party MNA Amjad Warraich has said his group had nothing to do with the kidnap of Gojra Union Council No 3 naib nazim Chaudhry Younis Jat and opposition parties unjustifiably blame him and his brothers....		DSP booked for violating police order SAHIWAL, Nov 3: Farid Town police on Thursday registered a case against a DSP (investigation), crimes branch, Multan, for violation of Police Order 2002 on the orders of additional district & sessions judge Khalid Naveed Dar....
ACE inspector held for graft OKARA, Nov 3: An Anti-Corruption Establishment officer of Okara circle was arrested on Thursday in Lahore for taking bribe from a patwari. According to reports reaching here, ACE inspector Khalid Mehmood...		Captives freed on president’s orders GUJRANWALA, Nov 3: As many as 257 captives of the central jail were released by the jail authorities following the president’s pardon on the occasion of Eid....
Man, robber injured SIALKOT, Nov 3: A robber and a passer-by sustained bullet injuries during a robbery in Hajipura locality of Daska city on Wednesday night. Five robbers reportedly stormed into the public call...		Wheat to be released after Eid: Punjab CM LAHORE, Nov 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi assured millers on Wednesday that the Punjab Food Department would start releasing wheat two days after Eidul Fitr. The millers, who called on him...
Poor family being ‘browbeaten’: Child’s killing by DIG’s jeep LAHORE, Nov 3: Will the policeman who had killed a 10-year-old boy while recklessly driving the official jeep of a DIG on Abbott Road on Wednesday be brought to book?...		No festivals organized LAHORE, Nov 3: Shopping for the Eidul Fitr continued here even after midnight on Thursday after the sighting of the moon in the evening. Eid shopping remained in low-key this year...
Bill for amendments to Hudood laws in NA LAHORE, Nov 3: The federal government is learnt to have moved a bill in the National Assembly which seeks to amend the Hudood laws with the purpose of making rape and gangrape an offence non-cognizable by police....		Ministers to observe Eid with victims LAHORE, Nov 3: PML president Shujaat Husain, Senator Mushahid Husain and members of the Punjab cabinet will observe Eid in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP to show solidarity with the affectees....
Thai delegation due today LAHORE, Nov 3: A Thai Airways delegation will arrive here on a three-day visit on Friday. According to a handout issued here on Thursday, the delegation is led by Vice-Minister for Office of Prime Minister Somchainuk Engtrakul....		Poisonous food; another child dies LAHORE, Nov 3: Another resident of Sodiwal died of food poisoning at the Mayo Hospital here on Thursday. Fayyaz, 12, and his sister, Mahaq, 6, and 10 other children fell unconscious after eating poisonous ‘kheer’ on Wednesday....
Plan being made to reunite families PESHAWAR, Nov 3: With the number of quake-stricken people in two shelter homes in Peshawar on the rise, the provincial government has been working out a plan to reunite families separated by the Oct 8 disaster....		Bus terminal project may be scrapped PESHAWAR, Nov 3: The Peshawar City District Government is likely to scrap proposed Rs1 billion bus terminal project in the provincial capital. Predecessor district government had planned the terminal aimed at providing all modern facilities to commuters and transporters....
Teachers sought for tent village ABBOTTABAD, Nov 3: The NWFP Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Sardar Moham-mad Idrees, has directed the Abbottabad district administration to arrange regular paid teachers and doctors for the tent...		Governor stresses steps for development PESHAWAR, Nov 3: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has urged district governments to utilize their available resources and funds for the development of their areas....
Nazim gets bail before arrest MARDAN, Nov 3: District and sessions judge Irshad Qaiser granted bail before arrest to district nazim Himayatullah Mayar following a quarrel between the latter and a police operator....		Three of a family shot dead BANNU, Nov 3: Two brothers and their uncle were shot dead in Haji Khel village on Thursday. According to police, Gul Janat Shah, his brother Salam Shah and uncle Shah Faisal...