November 18, 2005	Friday	Shawwal 15, 1426

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Uproar in Senate over Luck Pass Tunnel ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Senate on Thursday witnessed an uproar by treasury and opposition members when Minister of State for Communications Shahid Jamil Qureshi could not give a proper reply to a question about construction of Luck Pass Tunnel....		Govt to deploy FC at project sites QUETTA, Nov 17: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao announced here on Thursday that the Frontier Constabulary would be deployed at national installations and mega projects sites in Balochistan....
SC to take up urgent cases next year ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Supreme Court will hear six types of cases urgently from January next year including those concerning maintenance charges and custody of minors....		484 doctors paramedics being recruited ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Ministry of Health would recruit 484 the doctors and paramedical staff under a crash programme for early rehabilitation of earthquake victims who have either lost their limbs or suffered spinal injuries....
Senate body requisitioned over hiring of consultants ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The opposition in the Senate has requisitioned a meeting of the Senate committee on social welfare and special education to probe the alleged hiring of foreign consultants by the ministry for its various projects....		Pakistani-Swedish brings 147 huge thermal tents ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: A Pakistan-origin Swedish woman Saema Beg has brought 147 huge thermal tents from Sweden for establishing tent schools and hospitals in earthquake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and North West Frontier Province (NWFP)....
First wedding in shattered AJK capital MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: Azad Kashmir’s quake-hit city of Muzaffarabad on Thursday celebrated its first wedding since last month’s massive tremor reduced it to rubble, with the ceremony geared towards boosting morale....		Annan’s early arrival creates commotion ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s arrival at the Chaklala Airbase on Thursday morning, 45 minutes ahead of schedule, created a commotion at the Foreign Office, Press Information Department and in media circles....
16 Pakistanis arrested in Morocco RAWALPINDI, Nov 17: As many as 16 Pakistanis have been arrested by Moroccan authorities on charges of entering the country without valid documents on Oct 24, Dawn has learnt....		Attempt to reunify JKLF hits snags MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 17: An attempt to reunify the two factions of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) appear to have hit snags and a leader of the Amanullah Khan led-faction accused the...
FSC upholds bonded labour act: Eight pleas dismissed LAHORE, Nov 17: A full bench of the Federal Shariat Court has upheld the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1992 with the observation that the law as a whole is...		Riaz Fatiana’s conviction set aside, case reopened LAHORE, Nov 17: An Ehtasab bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday set aside the conviction of MNA Riaz Fatiana and remanded the reference against him to be opened for retrial....
Sindh irrigation system needs improvement: WB official HYDERABAD, Nov 17: The task leader of the World Bank-funded on-farm water management project in Sindh, Mr Usman Qamar, has noted shortcomings in the irrigation system of the province....		Ministry works out $4m rehabilitation plan ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The federal education ministry in collaboration with international agencies has worked out over $4 million plan for the rehabilitation of educational facilities in tremor-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, a well-placed source told Dawn....
Industrialists asked to improve products quality ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: A British management expert has asked Pakistani industrialists to improve quality of their products to compete in the world market and avoid imitation of other countries’ products....		Pims justifies official’s hiring ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Thursday said the appointment of Dr Raja Amjad Mehmood as Deputy Executive Director was regular and legal....
Minister sees progress on gas pipeline project ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Minister for Petroleum Amanullah Jadoon has expressed the hope that soon there will be positive development on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project. “We are taking discussions towards final...		Aziz calls for improving police image ISLAMABAD, Nov 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday that maintenance of public order, combating crimes and providing speedy justice were the top priorities of the government and it would spare no efforts to achieve the objectives....
Resolution of gas royalty issue urged QUETTA, Nov 17: Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has said that a mediation committee headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry should be formed to resolve the gas royalty issue....		Group formed for struggle against arrests QUETTA, Nov 17: An action committee set up by political groups including the JUI-F, ANP and BNP-Mengal and the Anjuman-i-Tajran has decided to convene a grand meeting of all political parties...
Move to merge inter boards of Kohat, Peshawar criticized KOHAT, Nov 17: Representatives of political and social circles have expressed concern over a decision to merge the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Kohat with the BISE of Peshawar....		By-poll candidate’s papers rejected LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 17: Additional District and Sessions Judge-I Lakki Abdul Ghafoor Qurashi, who also holds the office of Returning Officer PF-75 (Lakki Marwat-II), rejected the nomination papers of Malik Noor...
128 affected families await compensation GILGIT, Nov 17: About 128 families whose land was taken over in 1948 for an airport project are still waiting for compensation. Some of the affected people told Dawn that 12...		Sports budget to be used for relief work SWABI, Nov 17: The provincial government has decided to spend the funds allocated for holding sports competitions in schools on quake survivors because all annual tournaments have been postponed....
Woman seeks court’s help for son’s recovery QUETTA, Nov 17: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court comprising Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai and Justice Kelash Nath Kohli has issued notices to the Advocate General of Balochistan...		Thousands leave for Raiwind KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Nov 17: Thousands of people set out for Raiwind from different parts of the tribal agency on Wednesday and Thursday to attend the annual Tablighee congregation there....
Most rural areas short of basic amenities HARIPUR, Nov 17: Shortage of potable water, poor communication and inadequate education and health facilities are major problems faced by people of remote areas of the Haripur district, said social activists on Thursday....		Talks urged with Baloch leaders QUETTA, Nov 17: The Leader of Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly, Mr Kachkol Ali, said on Thursday that the law and order situation in the province was quite bad and the...
Firm to donate 1,000 shelters QUETTA, Nov 17: A multinational pharmaceutical company working in Balochistan has announced that it will provide 1,000 insulated winter shelters to earthquake victims in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and other areas of the country....		Foreign experts term Pakistani silver fibre best RAHIM YAR KHAN, Nov 17: The quality of Pakistani silver fibre is the best in the world. This was stated by Gen Herwig M Strolz, the director-general of the International Trade Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), Switzerland....
All acquitted in marathon violence case GUJRANWALA, Nov 17: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 on Thursday acquitted all the accused, including MMA MNA Qazi Hamidullah and his son Mufti Kifayatullah, of the marathon race violence....		Naib Nazim accused of stopping road work MIANWALI, Nov 17: District Naib Nazim Malik Tariq Masood Kund is alleged to have forcibly stopped construction of a portion of Dhok Ghazan Road in Chakrala police station precinct....
Sodomy-cum-murder case against juvenile: Legal opinion sought FAISALABAD, Nov 17: Investigation police have sought medical and legal opinion in a sodomy-cum-murder case registered against a juvenile, Muzammal Ali, 12. Reports said Tarkhani police had registered a case under...		ASF baton-charge 20 protesting passengers: Delay in Karachi flight LAHORE, Nov 17: The Airport Security Force thrashed some 20 passengers, two of them women, for protesting against delayed departure of their Karachi-bound flight early on Thursday....
Anti-encroachment drive in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Nov 17: The operation against encroachments continued in eight main bazaars and adjoining commercial areas of the city on Thursday. The Land Branch teams, headed by Town Nazim Rana Zahid...		Ihjaz Hussain passes away LAHORE, Nov 17: Brig (retd) Ihjaz Husain, a steward of the Lahore Race Club and a former secretary, Livestock & Dairy Devel-opment, Punjab, died here following heart and kidney complications late last night....
Conscience falls into deep slumber LAHORE, Nov 17: Najf Sial, who had brought embarrassment to the ruling PML on Wednesday, was a changed man on Thursday. He was as soft on Thursday as aggressive he was a day before....		Punjab sends more goods LAHORE, Nov 17: Total number of truckloads of relief goods sent from Punjab to the quake-hit areas so far increased to 8,811 on Thursday after departure of 72 trucks carrying 12,500 tents....
Churches’ protest LAHORE, Nov 17: Churches throughout the country observed a token protest and prayers day on Thursday to highlight the gro-wing insecurity among minorities and stressed the need for long-term solution of the problems created due to religious intolerance and discriminatory laws....		SHC orders case against 36 policemen LARKANA, Nov 17: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Thursday hearing a petition of Ms Yasmin, daughter of Hassan Khoso, ordered registration of an FIR against 36 policemen, including a town police officer....
ADB survey for water project NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 17: A six-member team of the Asian Development Bank held a meeting with the district administration and visited the Naushahro Feroze town to conduct a survey for a...		Medical facilities offered at reduced rates PESHAWAR, Nov 17: A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Peshawar Medical College and the health department under which the former will extend treatment and diagnostic facilities to people at its teaching hospital at charges less than of government-run hospitals....
School employees cleared in abuse case PESHAWAR, Nov 17: An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday acquitted eight former employees of a state-run school who had been charged with abusing students....		Concern over maternal mortality rate PESHAWAR, Nov 17: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has stressed the need for providing more training to gynaecologists, midwives and nurses to reduce the mortality rate among mothers....