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November 11, 2005 Friday Shawwal 8, 1426   Provinces told to improve monitoring system: Unauthorized plots sale ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The centre has directed provincial governments to improve the present regulatory framework and monitoring system to check unauthorized sale of plots and low standard development in private housing... Save education from globalization sharks: Social scientists say ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Scholars and social scientists warned at a conference here on Thursday that globalization’s agenda was to reduce education to a market commodity in the Third World and called for a struggle against the trend.... SC takes suo motu notice of medical colleges entry system ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Supreme Court has summoned on Friday the secretaries of the Punjab Health Department and the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council on a suo motu notice against the system of entrance examination for admission to medical colleges.... Relief agencies asked to seek Saudi help: Water, sanitation management ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: National as well as international relief agencies should seek assistance from Saudi government with their experience of managing water and sanitation at thousands of tent accommodations during Haj.... Need to develop earthquake science stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Pakistani scientists must make efforts to meet the challenges posed by forces of nature in the form of earthquakes and tsunamis, Minister of Science and Technology Chaudhry Nauraiz A.... Senators plan to grill govt on relief issue ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Senate is likely to take up a number of issues relating to the October 8 earthquake disaster in its session starting on Friday, sources told Dawn here on Thursday.... Fuel surcharge imposed on train tickets LAHORE, Nov 10: Rail authorities have decided to impose a fuel surcharge on the train tickets of those who travel more than 51 kilometres. Every rail passenger whose travel distance exceeds... American aid group to raise awareness about quake devastation WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Members of an earthquake relief fund set up by President George W Bush on Wednesday have pledged to use an expected trip to Pakistan to raise awareness in the US about the Oct 8 disaster.... UK to pledge funds at donors’ conference LONDON Nov 10: Britain will pledge funds for reconstruction of the quake-hit areas at the donors conference being held in Islamabad on Nov 19, said British Secretary of State for the Department of International Development (DFID) Hilary Benn.... Seismic workshop from 12th in China PESHAWAR, Nov 10: The fifth workshop on seismic analysis in South Asia will be held from November 12 to 16 at Xian in China. Experts from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India,... Japan gives $6.5 million for polio eradication ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Japan on Thursday extended $6.5 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) to procure 46 million doses of oral polio vaccine to be administered to 34.3... 150 factories declared security risk in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 10: The department of Civil Defence has declared 150 factories as security risk demanding for immediate shifting of them from residential areas of the city.... Political leadership to converge on London in few weeks ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: London would be the centre of political activities in the next few days, as a number of leading politicians, both from the government and opposition, are planning to visit the city for various reasons.... Nato has legal status to stay in Pakistan for 90 days: envoy ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) troops have a legal status to remain in Pakistan for 90 days, Polish Ambassador to Pakistan Bodgan Marczewski said here on Thursday.... Norway pledges $3.8m to gender programme ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The Norwegian Government and UNDP have joined hands to address political, economic and institutional issues impeding gender equality efforts in Pakistan.... 18 ventilators donated ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday donated 18 ventilators and 18 monitors to the health authorities for treatment of tetanus patients. WHO Representative Dr Khalif Bile handed... SHC notice on PHPL ad ban petition KARACHI, Nov 10: The Sindh High Court on Thursday asked the provincial government to file, within two weeks, its comments on a writ petition against the withholding of Sindh government advertising from Dawn since June 2005.... Boeing and PIA set endurance record LONDON, Nov 10: A Boeing 777 wide-body aircraft set an endurance record for a non-stop commercial flight on Thursday, travelling more than 22 hours eastwards from Hong Kong to London.... Section 144 in Muzaffarabad MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 10: The Azad Kashmir administration has imposed Section 144 CrPC and banned all processions and public meetings in Muzaffarabad for two months.... Ambassador welcomes US relief fund WASHINGTON, Nov 10: Pakistan has appreciated the initiative of US President George W. Bush on the South Asia Earthquake Relief... ADB to okay emergency loan of $300m ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: An Asian Development Bank fact-finding mission on Thursday held a meeting with adviser to prime minister on finance Dr Salman Shah and Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) chairman Lt-Gen Mohammad Zubair.... Donors call for reforms in health sector PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Inter-national donor organisations have asked the NWFP government to introduce reforms in the health sector so that quick rehabilitation of damaged health-care units be undertaken.... SHC issues notices to NGOs working on Aids LARKANA, Nov 10: The division bench of the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit, on Thursday issued notices to the heads of five Larkana-based non-governmental organizations to appear before the court on November 24.... Gas plant attacked with rockets and grenades SUKKUR, Nov 10: A gas plant, G-2 point, situated at the border of Sindh and Balochistan, in the jurisdiction of Bhittai colony police station, was attacked with rockets and hand-grenades late on Wednesday night.... Foreign Office strategists pull a fast one ISLAMABAD, Nov 10: Foreign Office strategists pulled a fast one last week by announcing Pakistan’s ratification of the ‘Saarc Additional Protocol on the Convention on Suppression of Terrorism’.... Housewife killed by gunmen JACOBABAD, Nov 10: A woman, Makhni, 25, wife of Mohammad Hashim, was killed on Thursday in her house in the Gulan Mazari village in the jurisdiction of Kashmore police station on the pretext of karo-kari.... AJK minister says Rs30bn needed for shelter KHOI RATTA, Nov 10: AJK Law Minister Raja Nisar Ahmed Khan has said that Rs30 billion is required to provide temporary dwellings to quake-hit people in Azad Kashmir.... PPP assails scrapping of major projects THATTA, Nov 10: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that if successive governments had not scrapped mega projects to be implemented by the then Benazir Bhutto... Nazim suspends officials SANGHAR, Nov 10: Officials of the education department, including district officers, were suspended on Thursday for not attending a meeting called by District Nazim Khuda Bux Rajar at the Darbar Hall.... Chandios resolve differences LARKANA, Nov 10: Nawab Shabbir Ahmad Chandio, chief of the Chandio tribe, and his nephews – Malik Gaibi Khan Chandio and his brother, Shahnawaz Chandio – have resolved their differences.... 23 polling stations ‘sensitive’: PP-97 bypolls GUJRANWALA, Nov 10: As many as 23 out of 163 polling stations for by-election to the Punjab Assembly seat (PP-97) have been declared sensitive. The district administration and police have been... Conference on women opens MULTAN, Nov 10: An international conference on women organized by the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) opened at the the State Bank auditorium here on Thursday.... PMA concerned at robberies GUJRANWALA, Nov 10: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has expressed its concern over the rising incidence of robberies in the district. Speaking at a meeting held here on Thursday, PMA president... Alleged peddler loses fight against death FAISALABAD, Nov 10: An alleged trafficker, who has for a month been fighting for life at the Allied Hospital, breathed her last on Wednesday night.... Nazim pledges gas for every house FAISALABAD, Nov 10: District Nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef has said that a master plan will be announced soon for provision of gas facility to each and every house of the district.... Daska policemen in the dock LAHORE, Nov 10: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered the Sialkot police to register criminal cases against three Daska police officials, who had arrested a citizen and implicated him in drug trafficking.... Punjab takes over district monitoring system: Education reforms LAHORE, Nov 10: The Punjab government on Thursday decided to control by itself the district monitoring system for the education-sector reform programme and appoint monitoring assistants in every tehsil.... Inspector, two others shot dead: Property dispute LAHORE, Nov 10: A police inspector, notorious for staging fake encounters and links with underworld, and two others were gunned down on Raiwind Road in Sattukatla on Thursday.... Over 4,000 Indian Sikhs arrive in Lahore LAHORE, Nov 10: More than 4,000 Indian Sikh pilgrims, including women and children, arrived here on Thursday to attend the 536th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak.... Food dept delays wheat release yet again LAHORE, Nov 10: The Punjab food department has delayed issuance of wheat yet again, which it promised to do from Nov 10 — a third miss of deadline in the last month or so.... Court to review NAB statement: Hashmi’s trial LAHORE, Nov 10: A local accountability court said on Thursday it would review the statement of charges that the NAB had submitted against ARD President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, observing that it seemed incomplete.... Administrative shake-up in PU LAHORE, Nov 10: The Punjab University administration has removed controller examinations Prof Dr Ehsan Malik and hall council chairman Prof Dr Mugeesuddin Sheikh.... Relief work needs coordination PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Lack of coordination among relief agencies involved in extending health services in the earthquake-affected parts of the Frontier province has led to undermining the effectiveness of relief work, representatives of foreign relief agencies told Dawn on Thursday.... Tribesmen warn against wall around Hayatabad PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Tribesmen from Khyber Agency have threatened to use force if a project of erecting a boundary wall around Hayatabad Township is not stopped forthwith, said Fata Senator Hameedullah Afridi.... Steps proposed to build safe structures PESHAWAR, Nov 10: Most of the buildings in the quake-hit areas of NWFP and Muzaffarabad were not constructed under a proper building code and in most cases seismic features were not taken into account, experts said here on Thursday.... City govt taking care of victims PESHAWAR, Nov 10: The city district government’s social welfare department is running and coordinating social welfare services for the quake-hit people by providing residential facilities to them and coordinating dietary and other supplies to victims hospitalized here.... Court proceeds against fraud co-accused LAHORE, Nov 10: An accountability court on Thursday started proceedings to declare two co-accused proclaimed offenders in a reference, which charges five officials of the government treasury in Lahore with appropriating... PAC settles home dept, police dispute LAHORE, Nov 10: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Punjab Assembly on Thursday settled a row between the home and police departments by giving the ruling that the former was... Corrugated sheets ideal for shelter LAHORE, Nov 10: The Lahore High Court lawyer from Azad Kashmir Ishaq Khan has called for facilitating the provision of corrugated sheets and fibreglass shells for protecting earthquake survivors from inclement weather.... Conference to boost Hindko language, culture PESHAWAR, Nov 10: A two-day Hindko conference to be held here from November 19 to 20 will give a boost to work being done for preservation and promotion of Hindko language and culture....