November 13, 2005	Sunday	Shawwal 10, 1426

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Health sector yet to draw firm assurance from donors ABBOTTABAD, Nov 12: The NWFP health department’s bid to win support of foreign relief agencies in respect of running health care system in the earthquake affected areas fell short of yielding the desired results....		Repair of court buildings urged ABBOTTABAD, Nov 12: President Peshawar High Court Bar Association, Abbottabad Circuit bench, Adam Khan Jadoon has lashed out at provincial and federal law ministries for not taking care of the damage done to court buildings in five quake-hit districts of NWFP....
Probe begins into Gilgit violence GILGIT, Nov 12: The investigation tribunal comprising Northern Areas Chief Court members Sahib Khan and Muzaffar Ali has started to investigate the causes that led to the killing last month in...		Plan for fibre sheet rooms PESHAWAR, Nov 12: NWFP Minister for Law and Industries Malik Zafar Azam on Saturday directed the authorities concerned to design fibre sheet rooms for earthquake victims within a week time....
Sharifs to apply for UK visas tomorrow LAHORE, Nov 12: The family of Mian Nawaz Sharif is expected to apply for British visas on Monday (tomorrow), after completing some formalities about the passports of their servants....		Warrants for arrest of Zardari issued LAHORE, Nov 12: A district and sessions judge on Saturday issued warrants for arrest of Asif Ali Zardari because of his absence. The court, which is trying him in a narcotics...
BD journalist Enayetullah Khan dies ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: South Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA), which is now meeting in Dhaka, has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of Enayetullah Khan, chief editor of Holiday, Dhaka’s most influential news weekly....		Cancer awareness drive launched ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has launched a campaign to create awareness of cancer, especially breast cancer, to promote information on timely diagnosis for effective control and cure....
Doctor sacked PESHAWAR, Nov 12: The Provincial Health Department has terminated the services of Dr Raham Badshah, senior medical officer (BPS-18), DHQ Hospital Timargara Dir Lower, for his wilful absence from duty, with immediate effect....		Eyewitness says police firing caused deaths: Sialkot jail riot GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: The prisoners as well as the judges who died during an operation in Sialkot jail were killed as a result of police firing....
No arrests in girl’s murder, torture of family SARGODHA, Nov 12: Police failed to arrest nine alleged drug peddlers and a former UC nazim who reportedly killed a teen-aged girl and injured her three sisters and their blind father at Chak No 109 SB two days ago....		Writ for case against PML men quashed GUJRAT, Nov 12: District and Sessions Judge Ali Hasan Rizvi quashed a petition filed by PPP politician Mian Fakhar Pagganwala for registration of a case against MNA Wajahat Husain and 34 other nominated men, Dawn learnt here on Saturday....
Guru Nanak’s birth festival SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 12: More than 16,000 Sikhs from abroad, besides 10,000 local pilgrims, are expected to reach Nankana Sahib to attend the 536th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee to begin at Gurdawara Janam Asthan....		Political row claims three lives NAROWAL, Nov 12: Three people, including a man and his son, were killed in two incidents here on Saturday. Reports said Muhammad Arshad and his son Azhar Mahmood were coming towards...
13 injured as bus overturns SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 12: As many as 13 passengers, including two women, sustained injuries when a bus overturned here on Saturday near Shahkot in Nankana Sahib district limits....		Farm research needs joint efforts FAISALABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council chairman Dr Ihsan Tasnim has said cooperation between research institutions could help increase per acre yield....
Christians assured of security LAHORE, Nov 12: Sheikhupura Range DIG Pervaiz Rahim Rajpoot on Saturday visited Sangla Hill and assured Christian community of action against miscreants who damaged religious buildings....		Principal dies VEHARI, Nov 12: The divisional public school (DPS) principal died of cardiac arrest on Saturday. Reports said Rao Mohammad Yousaf was on duty when he felt pain in his chest and was rushed to the DHQ hospital....