November 15, 2005	Tuesday	Shawwal 12, 1426

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Shujaat ready to reconcile with party dissidents ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The chief of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML), Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, on Monday expressed willingness to reconcile with the ‘forward bloc’ within his party and offered to meet the dissidents in “an atmosphere of their choice”........		Senior US diplomats, business leaders visit AJK tent school MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: US Under-secretary of State for public diplomacy and public affairs Karen Hughes and Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian affairs Christina Rocca flew into the capital of...
Rs2.92bn paid as compensation in affected areas ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: An amount of Rs2.92 billion has been distributed among quake-affected people of the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) the...		PM to appear in CNBC launch Q&A session today ISLAMABAD Nov 14: The CNBC is starting its broadcast in Pakistan from Tuesday with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz appearing in its live launch programme — Question and Answer session — at 7:30pm....
Neelum Valley road opened RAWALPINDI, Nov 14: Pakistan Army Engineers have opened the Neelum Valley road from Muzaffarabad to Nauseri, said an ISPR press release here on Monday. The 41-km long patch of the Neelum...		US think-tank praises HEC chairman ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The Brookings Institution, a major US think-tank, has published a comprehensive document titled “Untapped Potential: US Science and Technology Cooperation with the Islamic World”....
Christians to mourn attack on churches ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Christians in the country would observe a day of mourning on Thursday to protest last week’s attacks on their churches in a Punjab town, the All Pakistan Minority Alliance (APMA) announced on Monday....		Cultural accord signed BEIJING, Nov 14: Pakistan, China and 20 other Asian countries have pledged to join hands in promoting peace and tranquillity in the region through cultural exchanges....
Departments asked to cut expenditures QUETTA, Nov 14: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has directed the provincial departments to take concrete steps for keeping non-development expenditures at a minimum level and enhancing provincial receipts....		Victims being taught to build shelter from ruins MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 14: Thirty thousand quake-hit families in country’s wintry mountains are being taught to build shelter from the rubble of their homes under a new UN programme launched on Monday....
2,500 villages to get power QUETTA, Nov 14: The Quetta Electric Supply Company (Qesco) plans to provide electricity to 2,500 villages in the next two years, whereas the target for the current financial year is 1,600 villages....		Package demanded for quake-victims PESHAWAR, Nov 14: The combined opposition in the NWFP assembly has called upon the provincial government to announce an economic package for quake-affected people who are not in a position to pay loans and taxes after shifting into tents....
Families moving out of Hazara ABBOTTABAD, Nov 14: Migration of people from earthquake-affected areas is on the rise and 400 to 500 families from different parts of Hazara are moving every day to other areas of the country, most of them to Karachi....		Video and music shops attacked in Bajaur KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 14: Political authorities closed video and music shops here after a spree of bomb attacks and asked shopkeepers throughout the Bajaur Agency on Monday to wind up their businesses within a week....
Police officers to be tried in Sonia case ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: Police team investigating allegations of rape of Sonia Naz has finally asked the police station concerned to register rape case against two Faisalabad police officers, although the team...		Report to be presented at donors meeting: Damage to schools, colleges ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The education ministry will present a damage assessment report about schools and colleges in the earthquake-hit areas at the international donors conference scheduled to be held on the 19th of this month....
AIOU’s exams for spring semester start ISLAMABAD, Nov 14: The examination for all programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open University for spring semester 2005 started from Monday. Roll number slips have already been dispatched to all the...		Four killed as rival groups clash SHIKARPUR, Nov 14: Four people were killed and two others injured in a clash which took place between Marfanis and Chandios near Pathan Wah in the jurisdiction of Humayoon police station here on Monday....
Performance of 70 teachers criticized BADIN, Nov 14: Around 70 primary school teachers are not doing thier job properly in the district and some of them are doing second jobs at other places....		Power supply cut MIRPURKHAS, Nov 14: Power supply to Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar districts was suspended on Monday morning from the Hala grid station, Hyderabad. Report said the supply suspended at 9am could be restored at 12.30pm....
Seminar on psychological effects of earthquake THATTA, Nov 14: Speakers at a seminar on ‘psychological effects of earthquake’ appealed to media to call those dead as Shaheed (martyr) to give some relief to their relatives and other survivors of the October 8 earthquake....		Four members of a family die as damaged house collapses MANSEHRA, Nov 14: Four members of a family were buried in the debris of a house when the damaged house collapsed while they were moving goods out of the house in...
Prisoner escapes KHAIRPUR, Nov 14: An under-trial prisoner escaped from a court in Gambat on Monday. The prisoner, Irshad, had been brought to the court of the additional sessions judge, Gambat, in a...		MPAs offered revision of privileges LAHORE, Nov 14: Punjab Assembly members were asked on Monday to table a bill in the house for increasing their privileges if they are not satisfied with the present one....
Will ‘shut-up’ call normalize situation? LAHORE, Nov 14: While the proceedings of the Punjab Assembly on the first day of the last session of the third parliamentary year were rather boring, discussions in the cafeteria were quite lively....		Three hotels for Sikh pilgrims LAHORE, Nov 14: The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has decided to construct three hotels to provide better accommodation facilities for the comfort of visiting Sikh pilgrims during their stay in Pakistan....
Media urged to help remove HIV/AIDS stigma LAHORE, Nov 14: The New Light AIDS Control Society (NLACS), an NGO working for the welfare of HIV/AIDS infected people, has stressed upon the media to help remove the stigma attached to the fatal illness....		24 teachers dismissed from service LAHORE, Nov 14: The Punjab education department dismissed on Monday 24 schoolteachers from service for absenteeism and maladministration. The increments of 22 teachers and other staff of various schools have also...
Trade in services must for economic growth: minister LAHORE, Nov 14: Punjab Finance Minister Sardar Hasnain Bahadar Dareshak has said a thriving trade in services is indispensable for the economic growth of the country and a necessary condition for poverty alleviation....		How PA standing committees work LAHORE, Nov 14: Ruling party’s Humaira Awais Shahid voiced her concern at the “non-functioning” of standing committees of the Punjab Assembly. She told the house on Monday that her bill concerning...
Affected areas to have skill development centres LAHORE, Nov 14: The Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company will establish skill development centres in quake-affected areas of Muzaffarabad, Bagh, Batgram and Balakot by March....		Two friends shoot each other LAHORE, Nov 14: Two friends shot dead each other at Jallo Morr in Batapur on Monday. Police said Faryad Husain, 25, and Sanaullah, 28, were playing billiard at a club when they indulged in an argument over a minor issue....
Amrita called conscience of Punjabi language LAHORE, Nov 14: In these times of mediocrity, Amrita Pretam was a larger-than-life figure and she was an institution which impressed generations. World Punjabi Congress chairman Fakhar Zaman said this while...		Punjab govt fails to shift industry from city FAISALABAD, Nov 14: The Punjab government plan to shift industrial units from populated areas of the city seems to have failed due to lukewarm attitude of the authorities concerned and the industrialists....
13 robbers arrested after ‘encounters’ GUJRANWALA, Nov 14: The raiding parties of three police stations claimed on Monday to have arrested 13 robbers in ‘encounters’ and recovered illicit arms and looted goods from their possession....		74-day delay in kidnap case SAHIWAL, Nov 14: Harappa police on the orders of district and sessions judge Dr Riaz Mahmood have registered a kidnap case of two women and a girl after 74 days of the incident....
Abduction of woman from sessions court premises BAHAWALPUR, Nov 14: A woman was kidnapped from the sessions court premises here on Monday in the presence of police, lawyers and other people. According to eyewitnesses, two people subjected the...		Peshawar nazim stops work on burns hospital PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Construction of the first-ever burns hospital in Peshawar suffered a setback when the city development and municipal department asked the contractor to stop work on the project....
Compensation for damaged court buildings approved PESHAWAR, Nov 14: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has approved compensation for the damaged buildings of the subordinate judiciary to enable the courts to start functioning again....		‘110 cases of Aids reported in Fata’ PESHAWAR, Nov 14: At least 110 HIV/Aids cases have been reported in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Officials say non-government organizations involved in spreading awareness about the disease are not operating in the region....
Ration cards for affected people PESHAWAR, Nov 14: The government has decided to issue ration cards to all survivors in the earthquake-affected areas to ensure continuous supply of foodstuff. The step will not only make the...		New vehicle registration system being introduced PESHAWAR, Nov 14: The provincial excise and taxation department will soon introduce a new motor vehicle registration system aimed at ensuring transparency. The work will be fully computerized....
Need for diabetes awareness stressed PESHAWAR, Nov 14: Director of the Abasin Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Malik Javed Iqbal, said on Monday that around 20 per cent of the country’s population suffered from diabetes and...		Zakariya Express coach derails MULTAN, Nov 14: The departure of 26-down Zakariya Express for Karachi was delayed for four hours when one of its coaches derailed at the washing yard of the Cantonment railway station, officials said on Monday....