November 12, 2005	Saturday	Shawwal 9, 1426

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Questions referred to Senate body: Rs2bn loan waiver, PHDF audit ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The government on Friday came under fire in the Senate for writing off Rs2 billion loans extended to influential people by the National Bank of Pakistan and keeping...		Disaster relief agency to be set up: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The campaign to register with the National Volunteer Movement got under way on Friday with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz announcing that a ‘Disaster Relief Agency’ would be established...
Political imperatives drive Wapda, KESC to impose high tariffs: ADB ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pointed out that political imperatives drive the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and the Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) to impose high tariffs on their customers....		Work complete on all crossing points RAWALPINDI Nov 11: Eengineers of Pakistan army have successfully completed the work on road links at five crossing points on the Line of Control (LoC), which Pakistan and India have agreed to open....
Trout fishing banned GILGIT, Nov 11: The Northern Areas Fisheries Department has banned the fishing of endangered trout in all rivers, streams and reservoirs in the region with immediate effect....		Rs25,000 given to families of deceased policemen MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 11: AJK Inspector General Police Shahid Hasan distributed, on Thursday, cheques for Rs25,000 among dependents of 40 police personnel killed in Azad Kashmir....
Traders observe strike in Quetta QUETTA, Nov 11: On the call of action committee of political parties and a traders’ organization, businessmen observed a strike here on Friday to protest against the killing of a city resident a by officials of an intelligence agency....		Pro-govt tribal elder killed WANA (South Waziristan Agency), Nov 11: Masked men killed a pro-government tribal elder near Kalosha on Friday. Malik Allah Gai was on his way to Kalosha from Wana bazaar when the masked men opened fire on him from a car....
SC orders probe into ‘leakage’ of entrance test papers ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Punjab government to hold an impartial inquiry into the leakage of entry test papers for admission to the medical colleges and...		150 high risk villages identified ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: About 150 high risk villages have been identified as civil and military authorities in quake-affected Bagh have compiled a list of vulnerable villages to facilitate coordination among national and international relief partners....
Kashmir solution key to peace ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Chairman of Special Committee of the Parliament on Kashmir Hamid Nasir Chattha has said that peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue was vital to durable peace and prosperity in the region....		High Court reprimands ASI, disposes of petition LARKANA, Nov 11: The District Police Officer of Qambar-Shahdadkot and SHOs of Warah and Gaji Khuhawar police stations appeared before the Sindh High Court circuit bench Larkana on Friday and denied keeping three persons in wrongful confinement....
50 arrested for attacking gas pipeline JACOBABAD, Nov 11: Police and Rangers launched a joint search operation in the border areas of Sindh and Balochistan following an attack on a gas pipeline in the Kashmore district on Friday and arrested 50 persons....		530,000 tons of wheat for affected areas ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The ministry of food, agriculture and livestock (MINFAL) is taking steps to provide relief to quake-affected people and assess their needs and damage they have suffered....
Accused held after rejection of bail PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Police arrested Ijaz Ali Shah, allegedly involved in the Hashtnagri incident that claimed the life of a 10-year-old boy, in the court premises after his bail before arrest...		Ex-Guantanamo detainee seeks compensation from US KOHAT, Nov 11: A former Guantanamo Bay camp detainee has demanded compensation from the US government and help from human rights organizations to overcome a four-year trauma of confinement without trial and lead a normal life again....
Frustrated youth dies of burn injuries DADU, Nov 11: Manzoor Ali Solangi, son of Ahmed Khan Solangi, succumbed to his burn injuries on Friday night and died in the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital in Jamshoro....		Peace jirga contacts aggrieved families GILGIT, Nov 11: A grand jirga that which signed a peace agreement on November 7 has constituted two committees, each comprising 18 members, to contact the aggrieved families who have lost...
Students’ role in relief work praised PESHAWAR, Nov 11: NWFP’s Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has appreciated the role of students taking part in relief work in earthquake-affected areas. He acknowledged that students had always played a key role at every critical juncture....		150 outlaws arrested in Mardan MARDAN, Nov 11: The Mardan police arrested 150 outlaws, including 14 proclaimed offenders, and recovered arms and ammunition during raids....
DCO office ‘allows outlets to proliferate’: Illegal petrol storage DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 11: The district coordination officer is alleged to have issued a large number of licences for storage of petroleum products in small outlets during the days he served as the district caretaker....		10,000 quilts for victims catch fire SAHIWAL, Nov 11: As many as 10,000 quilts prepared for quake victims were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in the godown of the Harappa Textile Mills here on Friday....
Five named in nazim’s murder case FAISALABAD, Nov 11: Five people, including an aspirant for the union council 155 nazim office, have been nominated in the nazim’s murder case....		Temporary police posts in Kasur LAHORE, Nov 11: Three temporary police posts were set up in Kasur on Friday to help control crime and improve patrolling in the crime-prone areas. The decision was taken at a...
Accounts office staff ends strike SAHIWAL, Nov 11: District and Sessions Judge Dr Riaz Mahmood has ordered exhumation of the body of sub-accountant Muhammad Iqbal of the district accounts office....		Case against 15 for keeping two CNICs SIALKOT, Nov 11: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) continues its campaign against the dual computerized national identity card holders. The police have registered cases against 15 people on the complaint of Nadra for holding more than one cards....
Zayed centre to be tallest shockproof building: Pervaiz LAHORE, Nov 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Friday the Sheikh Zayed Trade Centre of Lahore would be completed at a cost of Rs20 billion, and it would be the tallest shockproof building in the country....		‘WTO can help sort out business problems’ LAHORE, Nov 11: Pakistan’s ambassador to the WTO in Geneva Dr Manzoor Ahmad has said the important areas in the WTO negotiations for Pakistan are agriculture, NAMA, GATS and Rules....
Younas Masih: victim of Blasphemy Act? LAHORE, Nov 11: It happened on September 9 in Amar Sadhu, Factory Area, on Ferozepur Road. After making the headlines for a couple of days, the case was not to be heard of again....		PPP calls for renaming president’s relief fund LAHORE, Nov 11: The Punjab PPP Executive Committee demanded on Friday that the president’s relief fund should be renamed as it was because of its nomenclature that not many people were making donations....
Friends seeing Nawaz LAHORE, Nov 11: Friends and well-wishers of Mian Nawaz Sharif are meeting him at the Saroor Palace, Jeddah, these days after the issuance of passports to the exiled family and preparations to leave for London....		Nazim for buildings to withstand earthquakes LAHORE, Nov 11: District nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has stressed the need for a change in the construction culture in the aftermath of the earthquake. He said at a meeting held...
Performing Arts gala to start from 19th LAHORE, Nov 11: The 10-day World Performing and Visual Arts Festival will begin at the Alhamra Cultural Complex on Nov 19....		NWFP asks centre to cancel orders for armaments PESHAWAR, Nov 11: The NWFP government has asked the federal government to cancel orders for new armaments and divert more funds for rehabilitation of people affected by last month’s earthquake....
Damaged buildings pose hazard as schools in quake-hit areas reopen ABBOTTABAD, Nov 11: Life of more than 50,000 students and teachers of government schools has been put on risk as classes have been started in damaged school buildings....		Germany pledges 6.1m euros for anti-TB campaign PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Germany will provide a 6.1 million euro grant to the NWFP health department to strengthen its TB control programme. An agreement to this effect was signed here on...
Electricity theft cases lodged against 243 subscribers HARIPUR, Nov 11: Members of Pesco’s electricity theft detection squad have issued bills amounting to Rs1.23 million to 243 subscribers who used illegal means to siphon off power though different means...		Weather-resistant shelters for survivors PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Army engineers have completed construction of 44 shelters made of corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets in quake-hit areas to provide proper cover to survivors from rain, snowfall and cold weather....
276 schools opened in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Nov 11: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has re-opened 276 schools in the earthquake-hit areas and 6,259 children have been enrolled in the schools so far....		Rs250m water projects for Northern Areas GILGIT, Nov 11: The federal government is spending Rs250 million to provide clean drinking water to the people of six districts of the Northern Areas. Official sources told APP that Rs70 million had been earmarked for Gilgit district and Rs62.50...
Minor girl assaulted, killed in Haripur HARIPUR, Nov 11: A minor girl was killed after being criminally assaulted in the City police station area on Thursday night, official sources said. Police quoted one Mohammad Ayub of Shah...		Rally against arrest of PPP leader KHAIRPUR, Nov 11: The Khairpur chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party took out a procession and staged a demonstration in Pir-Jo-Goth on Friday against arrest of PPP leader Syed Zaman Shah Rashidi and registration of a case against him....
Three drug smugglers jailed for 25 years NOWSHERA, Nov 11: A local court on Friday awarded 25 years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs10,000 each to three members of an inter-provincial gang of narcotics smugglers....		Two bandits arrested SHIKARPUR, Nov 11: Two bandits were arrested after an encounter with Rangers and police on Friday morning. The bandits identified as Hidayatullah alias Hidu Shar and Laung alias Loangan Shar, ...
Jail case hearing continues GUJRANWALA, Nov 11: The local anti-terrorism court No 1 continued hearing of the Sialkot jail incident here on Friday and recorded the statements of various witnesses, including civil judge Javed Ahmad Warraich....		21 booked for demolishing rival’s house GUJRANWALA, Nov 11: The Wahando police on Friday registered a case against 21 people, who plundered cash and gold ornaments from their rival’s house and demolished it....
Lawyer sentenced LAHORE, Nov 11: The Lahore High Court on Friday sentenced Advocate Mehr Zakir Husain to contempt of court. Advocate Zakir, who had been appearing as a counsel for Mohammad Rafiq, was...		Tribute to Amrita LAHORE, Nov 11: Glowing tributes were paid to Amrita Pritam at a literary reference arranged by the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture at the Alhamra Art Centre here on Friday....
Killers of inspector at large LAHORE, Nov 11: None of the alleged killers of Inspector Naveed Saeed, who along with two other men was shot dead on Thursday, was arrested on Friday....		Groom, two others killed in car crash VEHARI, Nov 11: Three people, including groom, were killed in an accident and six others injured on the Burewala-Chichawatni road on Friday. Police said a car carrying groom and eight others,...