November 16, 2005	Wednesday	Shawwal 13, 1426

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NAB clueless about loan defaulters’ names ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has claimed to have recovered Rs110 billion in defaulted bank loans within a period of four years and two months from defaulters whose names are not known to the bureau....		President calls for generous help, assures transparency ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday appealed to the world community, international financial institutions and donors to participate in the November 19 international donors’ conference in a big...
Media to help restore quake survivors’ mental health ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Psych-ologists worried about the earthquake survivors slipping into stress disorders on Tuesday enlisted media’s help in fighting the looming danger. They warned the participants of a workshop that...		Chaudhrys major hurdle in president’s agenda: Wasti RAWALPINDI, Nov 15: Pakis-tan Muslim League vice-president Syed Kabir Ali Wasti has said Chaudhrys are a major hurdle in the implementation of President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s liberal agenda....
Backlog hinders speedy justice, says CJP ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday said dispensation of justice in the country was not expeditious as courts operated under heavy backlog....		Political groups criticize govt for ‘illegal’ arrests QUETTA, Nov 15: Leaders of the National Party, Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and Balochistan National Party-Mengal have accused the government of giving secret agencies a free hand to arrest political activists and interfere in political affairs....
UK urged to seek more EU market access for Pakistan LONDON, Nov 15: The United Kingdom will offer its resolve to support the post-quake reconstruction in Pakistan during the international donors’ conference in Islamabad on Nov 19....		Feudalism hindering progress: Shaikh ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission, M Akram Shaikh on Tuesday said the policy makers had failed to eradicate feudal system, poverty, illiteracy and socio-economic injustices....
Muttahida condemns Karachi blast ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentary leader in the National Assembly Dr Farooq Sattar has condemned the Karachi blast and termed it an attempt to ‘sabotage peace’....		Nato-Pakistan teams evacuate hundreds ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Nato forces on Tuesday airlifted hundreds of earthquake victims from remote mountain villages by helicopter as the alliance stepped up relief efforts both in the air and on the ground....
Quake damage estimated at Rs70 billion PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The World Bank has estimated the destruction of government and private property in the NWFP at Rs70 billion. The loss to property has been included in the recommendations...		ICRC using giant MI-26 helicopters PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has inducted MI-26 helicopter in its fleet to expedite relief work in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir....
Fata elders, students reject new policy: Admissions to medical colleges PESHAWAR, Nov 15: Tribal elders and students have rejected the new policy regarding admissions of students from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to medical colleges of the province and have asked the government to restore the old admission policy....		NCHD to set up 0.2m literacy centres in five years ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The National Commission on Human Development (NCHD) plans to open 200,000 literacy centres throughout the country in the next five years. This was said by NCHD Chairman Dr...
Students criticize imposition of fine KOHAT, Nov 15: Students of computer science in the Kohat University of Science and Technology have threatened to stage a sit-in outside the Governor’s House in Peshawar against imposition of fines by the administration....		Maid’s kidnap case exposes police laxity MULTAN, Nov 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has accused the district police of showing ‘traditional’ negligence in probing the alleged kidnapping of a teenaged girl who hails from a humble background....
Pirachas again go for NA-64: A test of voters’ memory SARGODHA, Nov 15: PML nominee Haroon Ehsan Piracha filed his nomination papers for NA-64 by elections, while his cousin Hassan Inam Piracha and Rao Tahir Musharaf, who claims to be ARD nominee, also filed their papers for the National Assembly seat....		Mob damages buses after woman’s death in accident FAISALABAD, Nov 15: A mob damaged windowpanes of three buses and tortured the crew when a bus crushed to death a woman in Ghulam Mohammadabad here on Tuesday....
Kidnapped boy found in MPA’s outhouse GUJRAT, Nov 15: The city police on Monday raided the outhouse of PML MPA Khalid Asghar Ghurral, recovered a kidnapped man and arrested seven people with weapons while two proclaimed offenders and five unidentified criminals managed to escape....		Pilgrims take out Palky procession SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 15: The Sikh pilgrims visiting Nankana Sahib to celebrate the 536th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee, took out a Palky procession as the main rite of the festival on Tuesday....
Six file papers for NA-189 BAHAWALNAGAR, Nov 15: Six candidates have filed nomination papers for by-election to NA-189, Bahawalnagar-II, scheduled to be held on Dec 10. The seat had fallen vacant after MNA Mumtaz Ahmad Matiana...		Raise in cement price worries traders GUJRANWALA, Nov 15: Cement traders have expressed their concern over Rs18 increase in the price of a cement bag by manufacturers and demanded import from India at the earliest....
Man killed OKARA, Nov 15: A man was killed while his son suffered severe injuries in an accident they met with on their way home on Tuesday. According to reports, Sawar Din, his...		Artiste absolved of murder plot charge LAHORE, Nov 15: Additional district and sessions judge Rana Jamshed Hasan on Tuesday acquitted artiste Tammy Sikandar, the daughter of the late artiste Sikandar Shaheen, of charges of hatching a conspiracy to murder her husband Samar Tiwana....
PML-N’s plea to nation LAHORE, Nov 15: Punjab PML-N secretary-general Zaeem Qadri has appealed to the nation to continue helping quake victims with the same spirit as they had started on the day the calamity had hit....		BRB canal’s banks in dire need of repairs SIALKOT, Nov 15: Neglecting orders of the chief minister, the Daska-based irrigation officials have still not started repair of the BRB canal’s banks. On Sept 27, a van had plunged into the canal leaving eight people dead....
Badr allowed to go abroad LAHORE, Nov 15: A local accountability court on Tuesday allowed People’s Party secretary-general Jahangir Badr to proceed abroad to work in a campaign aimed at raising funds for the earthquake victims....		Pilot’s body due today LAHORE, Nov 15: The body of the pilot of a cargo plane which crashed in Afghanistan five days ago will reach Lahore on Wednesday noon, family said....
Man acquitted of ex-Narowal DPO murder GUJRANWALA, Nov 15: The anti-terrorism court No. 1 on Tuesday acquitted Sahibzada Ghulam Rasool Shah in the murder case of former Narowal DPO Tayyab Saeed and SI Muhammad Boota by giving him the benefit of the doubt....		‘Victims’ also to face sentence: Human trafficking LAHORE, Nov 15: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law has approved certain amendments to the Immigration Ordinance of 1979 and the Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance of 2002....
Relief efforts: MQM ready to work with JI, PPP LAHORE, Nov 15: MQM leader Altaf Husain says that his party is ready to work with the Jamaat-i-Islami, the PPP, the PML-N and other parties for the welfare of the quake- hit people....		WWF-India to assess Hudiara pollution LAHORE, Nov 15: WWF-India is launching a project to assess water quality of Hudiara drain on Indian side so that pollution (on the Pakistani side) can be reduced....
Bar elections: poor response from Sindh, Frontier LAHORE, Nov 15: Senior lawyers from Sindh and the NWFP are least interested in elections to the 22-member general council of the Pakistan Bar Council for the next five-year term....		New posts sanctioned for city districts LAHORE, Nov 15: The Punjab government sanctioned on Tuesday new posts of executive district officer (municipal services) and district officer (solid waste management) in five city district governments in the province, including Lahore....
Work on light rail next year: Pervaiz LAHORE, Nov 15: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said work on the light transit rail project will begin next year while the ring road will be completed in 2007....		Sharif family expected to move to UK within week LAHORE, Nov 15: The Sharif family is expected to move from Jeddah to London in about a week’s time, says the son-in-law of the former prime minister....
Rangers, Indian BSF meeting LAHORE, Nov 15: The biannual meeting between the Pakistan Rangers and the Indian Border Security Force is being held in Chandigarh, India, from Nov 16 to 19....		NA’s parliamentary year ends with confused debate ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The National Assembly ended its third parliamentary year on Monday with a confused debate during which even a minister complained about perceived arrogance of a senior government official and the speaker threatened to suspend an opposition member....
Rice millers criticize purchase monopoly HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association has criticized what it called destructive and dishonest practices of rice purchasers. In a communication addressed to the prime minister, federal...		Ombudsman’s office opens in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Nov 15: The objective of setting up the office of the provincial ombudsman is to provide a palce where aggrieved parties having complaints about maladministration in the province can get their grievances redressed....
Rs60 billion needed for quake victims, says Durrani PESHAWAR, Nov 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani, who on Tuesday wound up a house debate on the relief and rehabilitation work in five quake-hit districts, said that at least Rs60 billion was needed to rehabilitate the affected....		‘VIP duty’ copters to raise NWFP’s expenses by Rs80m PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The NWFP government’s move to buy two Alloute helicopters for ‘VIP duty’ will cost it more than Rs80 million per annum, according to sources....
JUI-F names candidate for Lakki by-poll LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 15: The district chapter of the JUI-F on Tuesday nominated Maulana Ahmad Ali as its candidate for by-election on the provincial assembly seat PF-75 (Lakki-II)....		Hospitals in need of Orthopaedic surgeons ABBOTTABAD, Nov 15: Doctors involved in relief work here have called for appointment of fulltime orthopaedic and plastic surgeons to save victims of last month’s earthquake from limb amputation....
High Court summons Hesco officials LARKANA, Nov 15: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Tuesday issued notices to the chief executive of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company, superintending engineer of the Larkana operation circle,...		Migratory birds taken for bird flu test DADU, Nov 15: A team of six production and research officers, Sindh, took samples of migratory birds from the Manchhar Lake on Tuesday to check if there were any traces of bird flu....
Larkana MQM women wing’s leaders join PML LARKANA, Nov 15: The in-charge of the women wing of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Larkana city, Ms Alia Rizvi, and 100 workers parted ways with the MQM and joined Pakistan Muslim League (PML) here on Tuesday....		Women take over Ladies Club HYDERABAD, Nov 15: Office -bearers and members of the Ladies Club, Hirabad students of the school run by the club and social activists here on Tuesday broke the locks of the main gate and took over the club’s possession....
Court issues notices HYDERABAD, Nov 15: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad, on Tuesday ordered the chairman, administrator, Karachi, and the deputy administrator of the Evacuee Trust Property and the SHO...		Reconstructive surgery teams, equipment needed PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The Plastic Surgeons’ Association of Pakistan has appealed for urgent donation of medicines and equipment to save the lives of survivors of last month’s earthquake without limb amputation....