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November 10, 2005 Thursday Shawwal 7, 1426   CM assures quake-hit people of houses, jobs CHAKWAL, Nov 9: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Ellahi on Wednesday assured the earthquake affected people that they would be shifted from tented village to colonies.... Curriculum teaching liberal values urged ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: There is an urgent need to introduce drastic changes in the curricula with main focus on inclusion of liberal values of peace and tolerance to make younger generation educated in real terms.... Diarrhoea breaks out in affected areas ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea in Muzaffarabad and other quake-hit areas, and underlined the need to scale up efforts to provide... Seminary registration in Balochistan made compulsory QUETTA, Nov 9: The Balochistan government has made registration of seminaries compulsory under the Societies Registration (Balochistan Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2005.... Muttahida resumes relief work KARACHI, Nov 9: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) which had suspended on Tuesday its relief work in quake-hit areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir following alleged attacks on its camps... Arbitration tribunal meets today ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The five-member arbitration tribunal haded by former chief justice Ajmal Mian will hold its first meeting here on Thursday to resolve the dispute between the NWFP and the... SC orders IB to probe axing of two ASIs ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The Supreme Court has directed the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to hold a detailed inquiry into removal of two officials from service for unlawfully raiding the bureau office of Turkish daily Zaman International in December 1999.... Nadra prepares database of survivors ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) is preparing a database for implementation of Punjab government’s “Support a Family” programme aimed at rehabilitation of the earthquake survivors.... Sikh yatrees visit camp hospital ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: A 32-member Sikh delegation from the US and Canada on Tuesday visited the cinema-turned-hospital in Melody Market and enquired after the injured.... Aid through air-bridge pours in ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Aid for the Oct 8 quake victims continues to arrive at the Chaklala air base through ‘air-bridge’ while a Swiss delegation has called on the foreign minister here in the federal capital.... Gen Hyat visits quake-hit areas in NWFP RAWALPINDI, Nov 9: Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCAS) Gen Ahsan Saleem Hyat visited quake-hit areas of Garhi Habibullah, Kawai, Paras and Kashtra in district Mansehra, NWFP, said an ISPR press release here on Wednesday.... Transparency in compensation process sought ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Secretary-General Iqbal Haider has expressed serious concern over the rehabilitation and reconstruction activities and called for transparency in the distribution of compensation in the earthquake stricken areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP.... Qazi slams appointment of army men on key posts ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmed has criticized Gen Pervez Musharraf for appointing military men on key positions in various institutions.... Titwal crossing point ready for opening, says ISPR ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Director General Interior Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan has said that the Titwal crossing point along the Line of Control (LoC) from Pakistani side was ready for opening.... India says abduction charge fabricated NEW DELHI, Nov 9: India on Wednesday denied allegations by the Pakistan High Commission that the son of a staff member was abducted under bizarre circumstances on Tuesday, and described the entire story as fabrication.... Lt-Gen Shahid appointed NAB chairman ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Lt-Gen (rtd) Shahid Aziz has been appointed new Chairman of the National Accountability (NAB) for a period of four years. According to a notification issued by the establishment... Iron exploration site attacked QUETTA, Nov 9: Over 100 people attacked an iron exploration site in Dilband area of Mastung district with bombs and rockets on Monday night, destroying machinery worth millions of rupees of... China sends 100 containers GILGIT, Nov 9: The Chinese government has sent 100 containers carrying relief for the quake victims in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP. Sources said the Northern Area administration had received 50 containers of goods, mainly foodstuff and woollies, on Wednesday.... S. African air chief arrives ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: Chief of South African Air Force Lt-Gen Carlo Gagiano along with his wife Mrs Leonie has arrived in Pakistan on a six-day visit from November 9-14.... Parliamentary party meeting ISLAMABAD, Nov 9: A Parliamentary Party meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its allied political parties in the Senate is to be held here on Nov 11, at 2.15pm.... Hurdles being created in relief work: Qaim KHAIRPUR, Nov 9: The Sindh president of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (ppp), Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has said that hurdles are being created in carrying relief goods to earthquake-affected areas and... Families at relief centre reluctant to go home PESHAWAR, Nov 9: Families from quake-hit areas residing in a relief centre, a makeshift accommodation facility at Hayatabad, are reluctant to return to their home-towns as they want to settle down in cities.... 32,000 Afghans still living illegally in Bajaur Agency KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 9: More than 32,000 Afghan nationals are still residing illegally in the Bajuar Agency despite closure of refugee camps in the tribal area, official sources said.... Govt urged to let Benazir, Nawaz return PESHAWAR, Nov 9: The Pakistan People’s Party has demanded that the government should withdraw ‘fabricated’ cases against two former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif, and allow them to return to their homeland.... New nationalist alliance being formed: Mumtaz LARKANA, Nov 9: Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said a new alliance of nationalist parties of Sindh will be formed within three weeks which will work to protect geographical, economic, political and cultural rights of the province.... Bhatti assails plan for new grouping HYDERABAD, Nov 9: Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement’s Sindh chapter general-secretary Qamar Bhatti has alleged that five of eight parties affiliated with Ponm are of the considered opinion that Sindh National Front... Local leaders quit MQM, close units in Dadu DADU, Nov 9: Fourteen local Muttahida Qaumi Movement (mqm) leaders and 100 activists have resigned from the basic membership of the party to protest against the party’s stand on the language issue.... Former MNA Afroze Nazeer passes away SHIKARPUR, Nov 9: Former MNA Afroze Nazeer Ahmed Chaudhry, elder sister of Aftab Shaban Mirani and mother of Salik Nazeer, died of a heart attack on Wednesday afternoon in Karachi.... Centre seeks report on jail incidents SUKKUR, Nov 9: The federal government has asked the Sindh government to submit a report about the unrest and lawlessness prevailing in various jails of the province.... Police officials asked to appear before court SUKKUR, Nov 9: The division bench of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur, has directed the DPO of Sukkur, the DPO of Khairpur, the Kotdiji TPO and the Rohri TPO to appear... Engine fault delays rail traffic THATTA, Nov 9: Railway passengers had to face inconvenience on Wednesday morning when a locomotive of the Bolan train developed a fault and remain stranded for over four hours at the Ran Pathani railway station near Jangshahi.... Bosan gang chief, four aides shot in encounter RAHIM YAR KHAN, Nov 9: The ring leader and four members of Bosan gang were killed and two constables injured after a five-hour encounter in tehsil Sadiqabad on Wednesday morning.... Legs of 16 victims amputated in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Nov 9: Legs of at least 16 quake victims have so far been amputated at the CMH in Gujranwala while 133 patients have been discharged after treatment.... Grenade injures 2 constables SIALKOT, Nov 9: Two policemen were injured in a hand-grenade attack by a notorious proclaimed offender and his two accomplices after an exchange of fire in Daska city’s congested College Road near Jamia Masjid Noor late on Tuesday night.... Four of a family found murdered GUJRAT, Nov 9: Four members of a family, including three women, were found murdered in their house at Dilo village, Kharian on Wednesday. Mian Khan (60), his wife Manzoor Begum (55),... SI dismissed for helping SHO in case probe FAISALABAD, Nov 9: Sub-Inspector Abdul Rauf has been terminated from service for concealing facts while conducting investigation of a case registered against former Jaranwala SHO Jamshed Iqbal Chishti.... Criminal case registered against PML activist SAHIWAL, Nov 9: Carrying out court’s orders, Harappa police on Wednesday registered a case after about one year against a PML activist for injuring a PPP leader over a political rivalry.... Rokhari denied permission for meeting MIANWALI, Nov 9 District Nazim Obaidullah Shadikhel has not allowed provincial Revenue Minister Gul Hameed Rokhari to hold an official meeting in the committee room of the district courts.... Iqbal’s birth anniversary observed SIALKOT, Nov 9: The 128th birth anniversary of poet-philosopher Dr Muhammad Iqbal was observed in his native city here on Wednesday. The day dawned with the special prayers and Quran Khwani in almost all the mosques in the district.... Training of intending pilgrims from today LAHORE, Nov 9: The Federal Religious Affairs Ministry will launch a 22-day programme for training and inoculation of intending pilgrims against meningitis in Punjab from Thursday (today).... First open heart surgery on newborn in Pakistan LAHORE, Nov 9: For the first time in Pakistan, a four-month-old child underwent an open heart surgery, according to an Ittefaq Hospital Trust press release issued on Wednesday.... Call to revoke deal with Sweden LAHORE, Nov 9: The PPP (Shaheed Bhutto), the Labour Party and some civil society organizations have demanded that Islamabad should cancel the agreement it had signed with Sweden for the purchase of costly planes.... PR to discuss revenue crisis LAHORE, Nov 9: The high-ups of the Pakistan Railways will be gathering here on Thursday (today) to find out “reasons for failure to meet the revenue targets set by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for the organization.”... Cyprian murder case filed with ATC LAHORE, Nov 9: The Model Town police have submitted incomplete case of the murder of former minister Dyrick Cyprian in an anti-terrorism court.... Quake-affected may be settled in other areas: Durrani PESHAWAR, Nov 9: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that he may ban reconstruction of houses in the quake-hit areas and rehabilitate the affected people in other places if seismologists suggest their areas are unsuitable for resettlement.... Court grants bail to two Algerians PESHAWAR, Nov 9: A local court on Tuesday granted bail to two Algerians allegedly picked up by an intelligence agency more than a year ago on suspicion of having links with Al-Qaeda.... 8,000 people still missing PESHAWAR, Nov 9: About 8,000 people are still missing in parts of the NWFP hit by the devastating earthquake on Oct 8, while another 29,306 have been reported dead and 37,364 wounded so far, according to official reports.... Kuwaiti NGO sends drugs PESHAWAR, Nov 9: The Kuwait-based Marafie Foundation has handed over medicines worth more than Rs 40 million to the Relief Commission of the NWFP for distribution among the earthquake affected people of the northern districts of the province.... Balakot sisters open school in relief centre PESHAWAR, Nov 9: Two sisters from Balakot, a town badly hit by last month’s quake, started a temporary school at a relief centre for earthquake survivors in Hayatabad to help children of school-going age to spend a normal life.... 830 houses for quake survivors SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 9: The Punjab government has decided to allocate 830 houses for the rehabilitation of quake survivors in Labour Colony in Rana Town. At least 1,660 families could temporarily be settled in these houses for about one year....

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