November 24, 2005	Thursday	Shawwal 21, 1426

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Opposition for civilian control of relief work ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The opposition has rejected proposed terms of reference (ToR) presented by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz for the parliamentary committee on earthquake relief and rehabilitation and termed them ‘confused and ambiguous.’...		Govt offers debate on privatisation ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Privatisation and Investment Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh told the Senate on Wednesday that the government would welcome any debate on its programme for the privatisation of state enterprises...
Punjab, Sindh lose seats on Nepra ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has practically become ineffective as the two larger provinces - Sindh and Punjab - have lost their representations....		Archbishop for enhancing interfaith understanding ISLAMABAD, Nov. 23: Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, believes that building greater understanding between different faiths and trust between their followers can diminish religious conflicts and defeat religious extremism....
Nespak accused of charging high fees ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak) is charging exorbitant consultancy fees for preparing reports about the condition of highrise buildings and other structures in the aftermath of October...		Steps taken to protect gas ferms’ assets ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Mohammad Nasir Mengal on Wednesday informed the Senate that 47 incidents of gas pipeline damage occurred in Balochistan in the last four years....
$ 4.2m hospital, tent structures inaugurated ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: US Ambassador Ryan C Crocker and Alaska Structures Founder Richard Hotes on Wednesday inaugurated in Puthian a $4.2 million worth of hospital complex, school and 117 family unit tent structures....		Nepalese team in Muzaffarabad MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 23: Four members of a Nepalese NGO, specializing in earthquake-resistant constructions, arrived here on Wednesday under the aegis of a United Nations agency for training local engineers in their area of expertise....
‘Situation alarming in mountain regions’: Aid agency lays stress on shelter PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The situation in isolated villages in mountainous regions is quite alarming and can turn into a nightmare if shelter is not provided to quake survivors before it starts...		NCHD appeals for shelters PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The National Commission for Human Development has appealed for providing more shelters to quake-affected people as the winter season is approaching. The appeal was made by NCHD...
Afghan govt agrees to open Kunar road, says MNA PESHAWAR, Nov 23: MNA Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali has said that the Afghan government has agreed to open the Kunar-Nawa Pass road for during the season of intense snowfall....		Over Rs2bn paid to victims: ISPR PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The civil administration, with the help of the armed forces, has disbursed Rs2794.39 million among affected people in the earthquake-hit areas of the NWFP, says an ISPR press release....
Quake survivor to walk with artificial leg LAHORE, Nov 23: The first of the earthquake victims, who lost their limbs, will be able to walk with the help of an artificial leg at the physical medicine and rehabilitation department of the Mayo Hospital on Friday (tomorrow)....		Body to run familyadoption project LAHORE, Nov 23: The Punjab government made on Wednesday Disaster Relief Management Society which would initially run its ‘Adopt-a-Family’ programme but eventually provide relief in all calamities in future....
‘No rift in PML-N ranks’ GUJRANWALA, Nov 23: PML-N city president ex-MPA Abdul Rauf Mughal and former federal minister Ghulam Dastagir Khan have said that there is no rift in the party’s ranks over nominations for naib nazims of the district and towns....		HEC seeks control of centres of excellence ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has asked the federal education ministry to hand over centres of excellence to it for their better functioning, a well-placed source in the commission told Dawn....
Ministry not happy with PTCL performance: Broadband policy ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The ministry of information technology is not happy with the performance of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) in meeting obligations set out under the broadband policy announced by the government earlier this year....		5 policemen held for negligence RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: Five police officials posted at Murree police station were arrested after one of the accused in a murder and kidnapping case slipped away from the police lockup on Wednesday....
Steps urged to end water shortage QUETTA, Nov 23: A seminar organized by political parties here on Wednesday adopted a 14-point resolution, calling upon the government to bring an end to water shortage in the provincial capital....		Car thief arrested LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 23: The Bara Peace Committee on Tuesday recovered a pick-up and arrested a carjacker hours after the vehicle had been snatched on gun-point in Shalobar area....
Call for setting up Passco centres LARKANA, Nov 23: Rice traders, millers and growers have demanded that the government should establish Passco centres in the rice-growing belt of the interior of Sindh and Balochistan to procure paddy....		MMA demands incentives for growers SUKKUR, Nov 23: Secretary General of the Sindh chapter of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and prominent leader Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam (JUI) Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro has alleged that the government is intentionally causing damage to the agriculture sector of Sindh....
LBOD employees demand payment of salary NAWABSHAH, Nov 23: A large number of employees of the Left Bank Outfall Drain, Nawabshah division, held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against non-payment of salaries....		Teachers observe hunger strike DADU, Nov 23: The affected SMC teachers of Dadu district observed a token hunger strike on Wednesday and vowed to continue protest till payment of salary of last eleven months....
Coastal zone master plan reviewed BADIN, Nov 23: A nine-member team of consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), sought suggestions from people concerned and NGOs at a meeting held here at Darbar Hall to finalize a master plan for coastal areas of Badin district....		Kidnapped woman recovered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 23: A woman, who had been kidnapped and sold for Rs50,000 was recovered by the Naushahro Feroze police after a raid near Rind Mori on Tuesday night....
Seminar on harvesting wheat NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 23: A seminar on harvesting wheat was organized here on Wednesday by the district agriculture office. It was presided over by District Nazim Ghulam Rasool Khan Jatoi....		Bail plea rejected PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahid Khan on Wednesday rejected the bail petition of a person charged with having desecrated of the holy Quran....
Poppy crops destroyed PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Security forces have destroyed poppy crops over 200 acres of land in the lower Orakzai Agency, official sources said on Tuesday. More than 150 tribesmen have been held...		59 outlaws arrested KOHAT, Nov 23: Police have arrested 59 outlaws during a drive against anti-social elements and seized arms and CDs of obscene films, according to a press release here on Wednesday....
Nazims call for bridge collapse inquiry SWABI, Nov 23: Union council nazims on Wednesday demanded an inquiry against the contractor and officers concerned who, they said, were responsible for the collapse of a bridge on Swabi-Topi road....		The magic of love LAHORE, Nov 23: Love has the power to create beauty and happiness out of nothing but hate, embodied in war, can destroy everything. This is one of the many messages intended...
Rs3 million looted from bank LAHORE, Nov 23: Dacoits on Wednesday looted Rs3 million from a bank on the Jail Road in Shadman. Manager Rana Sabqatullah told police that the crime had been committed with the...		Criminal bill introduced in assembly LAHORE, Nov 23: Punjab Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raja Basharat on Wednesday introduced the Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (constitution, functions and powers) Bill in the provincial assembly....
SC moved against cement plants LAHORE, Nov 23: The Pakistan Environmental Law Association and residents of Kallar Kahar have moved the Supreme Court against the proposed construction of cement plants and a paper mill in Kahoon Valley of Chakwal district....		Four held for ‘anti-state activities’: Raider among three hurt SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 23: A Military Intelligence team handed over four people to police who were arrested in a raid during which three other men, including an MI personnel, were injured near the Ravi Riyan Colony on Wednesday....
Girl students stage demo against ‘land occupation’ BAHAWALPUR, Nov 23: Students of the women polytechnic and government vocational institutes on Wednesday threw traffic out of gear on the Sadiq Avenue Road by demonstrating against ‘illegal’ occupation of one...		Mianwali: another ‘vani’ case reported MIANWALI, Nov 23: Another man has given his two minor daughters in ‘vani’ to unmatched spouses as compensation to his rivals for settling some 50-year-old issue....
Students held for damaging buses: Protest over fellow’s killing TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 23: Several students of the Government Degree College in Gojra suffered minor injuries when police baton-charged them to stop them from damaging buses on Wednesday....		Case against 27 shopkeepers FAISALABAD, Nov 23: Police registered a case against over two dozen shopkeepers of Karkhana Bazaar on Wednesday for attacking the land branch employees of Lyallpur Town Administration during an operation against encroachments....
PHC requested to vacate stay on college admission PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The chairman of the joint admission committee of public sector medical colleges on Wednesday requested the Peshawar High Court to vacate its order staying the process of admission...		Demand for release of tribal elder PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The Awami National Party has demanded release of tribal elder and political activist Fazl Hameed arrested by the authorities in the North Waziristan Agency....
Plan to provide free treatment PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has directed the authorities concerned to chalk out a plan to provide free treatment to poor patients suffering from dangerous diseases....		Hospital mosque expansion opposed OKARA, Nov 23: Scores of people, including the Okara District Headquarters Hospital employees, have protested against the hospital mosque expansion. They contend that the mosque has blocked the access road...
1,000 students admitted to PU campus GUJRANWALA, Nov 23: As many as 1,000 students have been admitted to various disciplines at the Punjab University campus here during the last one year. This was stated by university director-general Prof Dr....		EPZ approved for Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Nov 23: The federal government has approved an Export Processing Zone for Sahiwal. The district nazim has arranged 40 acres of land while the government had asked for 100 acres for this purpose....
Son of Wapda employee kidnapped MULTAN, Nov 23: The five-year-old son of a Wapda employee was kidnapped by three people from the New Multan area while he was going home after attending the school on Wednesday, police said....		Killer hanged FAISALABAD, Nov 23: A condemned prisoner was hanged in the district jail on Wednesday. Ghulam Murtaza, 25, had shot dead his cousin, Yaseen, over a petty dispute in Chak 191-RB of Chak Jhumra Town in 1994....
Two brothers shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 23: Two brothers were shot dead by some unidentified assailants in Chak 4 on Shahkot Nankana Road on Wednesday night. Tanveer and Javaid were present in their house when armed men came there and opened fire on them....		Fata MNAs call on Aziz ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: A delegation of MNAs belonging to Fata called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the Prime Minister’s House on Wednesday and discussed development schemes for their constituencies....