November 26, 2005	Saturday	Shawwal 23, 1426

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UN warns against shifting focus from urgent relief ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The United Nations warned on Friday against shifting focus from urgent relief to reconstruction in quake-ravaged areas where thousands of children are still struggling to stay alive....		Rs4.5m to be spent on AJK high court rebuilding ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Faisal Saleh Hayat on Friday announced Rs4.5 million for Azad Kashmir High Court. During his visit to the high court,...
Quake survivors pouring into Pindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: The quake survivors are pouring into the city for sheltered accommodation after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) banned further creation of tented villages in the federal capital....		Commission answerable to govt, not to GHQ: Farooq ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Chief Relief Commissioner Major General Farooq Ahmad Khan has said that he and his team are answerable to the political government. “The opposition is wrong when it says...
NWFP Assembly urges govt to hold next LB polls on party basis PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The NWFP Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the federal government to hold the next local body elections on party basis. It also called for direct polls....		Plea for more planes on Chitral route ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Local government representatives and traders of Chitral have demanded induction of more planes on the Peshawar-Chitral route as the Lowari Pass, linking the Chitral valley with other parts...
Dissidents to show strength in NA LAHORE, Nov 25: The “forward bloc” of the ruling PML will remove all ambiguities about its strength when the National Assembly goes into session on Dec 5, group’s spokesman Farooq Amjad Mir said on Friday....		Nawaz Sharif’s plea against income tax fixed LAHORE, Nov 25: The Lahore High Court registrar office on Friday fixed before Justice Nasim Sikandar as an objection case a writ petition through which former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has...
Probe into burning of land record ordered RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: City Nazim Raja Javaid Ikhlas on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the burning of land record in a fire at the revenue office and sought report within three days about the incident....		Soomro criticized for disallowing question ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro has disallowed a question of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Enver Baig about the high- rises in Karachi, Dawn has learnt....
Baghwandas to take oath as acting CJP today ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Justice Rana Baghwandas, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court after Chief Justice of Pakistan, will take oath as the acting CJP here on Saturday....		Gangs storing relief goods in Muzaffarabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: A number of gangs backed by some political parties and local administration have stored huge quantity of relief goods in various buildings in Muzaffarabad at a time when...
Reduction in sentence of rapists challenged ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday admitted an appeal against the reduction of sentence of two rapists of a 13-year-old girl by the Federal Shariat Court....		183 police officers qualify UN test RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: A three-member United Nations selection team on Friday concluded selection tests of 416 police officers for deployment in UN peacekeeping mission. But out of the 416, the 183 could qualify the selection tests, Dawn has learnt....
Unwed mother asked to appear in SC on Dec 1 ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Supreme Court Friday ordered an unwed mother to appear before it to clear her elder sister’s claim that a former naib nazim of Okara had fathered her child....		Senate committee stresses need for sustainable plan ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The senate standing committee on social welfare and special education has underlined the need for a comprehensive and sustainable plan for the rehabilitation of people disabled in the earthquake....
‘Single Baloch party move making progress’ QUETTA, Nov 25: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti has described as positive the outcome of meetings his party leaders have held with Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and Sardar Ataullah...		Nato plane arrives with sleeping bags, blankets ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: A NATO relief plane carrying 3,070 thermal sleeping bags and 3,730 blankets arrived in the country. A press release issued on Friday by the embassy of Pakistan in...
Lawyers call for action against police QUETTA, Nov 25: The Balochistan Bar Association has demanded action against police officials who arrested on Thursday a lawyer and his two clients from the premises of court in violation of rules....		‘JUI-F against destabilizing political situation’ QUETTA, Nov 25: Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, the provincial Amir of JUI-F, has alleged that some political groups were trying to create an atmosphere of uncertainty in the province to gain political advantage....
116 prisoners shifted to other jails : Sukkur jail searched SUKKUR, Nov 25: More than 2,000 personnel of police, Rangers, FC and jail officials carried out an extensive search in the central jail-I of Sukkur on Friday and shifted around 116 prisoners to other jails of Sindh....		Need stressed to achieve wheat target HYDERABAD, Nov 25: Adviser to Sindh chief minister for agriculture and food, Mir Murtaza Khan Jatoi, has called upon officials of the agriculture extension wing to use all resources and energies for meeting the wheat cultivation target of 900,000 hectares....
Situation in village tense after murder LARKANA, Nov 25: Tension gripped the Banho Jatoi village following the murder of Shahan Jatoi in an exchange of fire between two groups on Thursday. The firing continued on Friday....		Court orders cases against police officials DADU, Nov 25: The First Civil Judge Johi on Thursday ordered the DPO operation, Dadu, to register an FIR under sections 220 PPC and article 155/1C of PO against Dadu SP and TPO investigations....
Jirga mulls reopening of Gilgit mosques GILGIT, Nov 25: A grand peace jirga that has succeeded in restoring peace to Gilgit is considering to reopen of two central mosques in the city which were sealed after sectarian clashes on October 13....		Poll symbols allotted in Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 25: Returning Officer Abdul Ghafoor Qureshi on Friday allotted election symbols to candidates contesting in the by-election for the (Lakki). After withdrawal of nomination papers by former federal...
One-to-one contest in Swabi SWABI, Nov 25: The Swabi Jamhoori Ittehad (SJI) claimed on Friday it would inflict a crushing defeat on the Watan Dost Group (WDG) in the naib nazim election in the district and its two tehsils....		Fata reforms panel member released KOHAT, Nov 25: Authorities on Friday released a member of the Fata reforms committee, who had been arrested under the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) for attending a meeting in Afghanistan a few days ago....
Field hospital set up in Battagram PESHAWAR, Nov 25: Non-government organizations of Austria and Germany in collaboration with the NWFP health department, Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology (PICO) and Aid to Leprosy Patients have set up a field hospital for quake-affected people in Battagram....		Ladies Club case: SHC issues notices HYDERABAD, Nov 25: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday issued notices to the Evacuee Trust Property Board chairman, Karachi administrator of the ETP, deputy administrator of the ETP,...
Combined SSC examinations from 2007 SUKKUR, Nov 25: According to a notification issued by the EDO, education, combined examinations of SSC I and II will be held from 2007. He notification said class IX students will...		Nine criminals escape from police custody FAISALABAD, Nov 25: Nine criminals escaped from police custody while being taken to Sargodha on Friday. Reports said a Sargodha police team visited Faisalabad and received six prisoners from the...
LHC bench in Sargodha not workable, says judge MIANWALI, Nov 25: Lahore High Court judge Mian Najamuz Zaman has said establishment of the LHC bench at Sargodha is not workable as the same demand has already been made by the Faisalabad bar....		Encounter leaves policeman killed, two injured SARGODHA, Nov 25: A constable was killed and two sustained injuries in an encounter with outlaws near Pull-111 on the Sargodha-Faisalabad Road on Friday night. As per details, a highway patrol party was intercepted by three motorcyclists who opened fire....
Multan sanitation problem worsens: Half of solid waste not lifted Multan, Nov 25: The city having a population of 1.8m souls is facing a serious sanitation problem because half of the solid waste thrown out in the streets is not removed....		PO got freed by family GUJRANWALA, Nov 25: A proclaimed offender was got freed by his family members after launching an attack on a raiding police party in Kamoki on Friday....
The wand that made a girl speechless SIALKOT, Nov 25: A vegetable vendor’s 13-year-old daughter on Friday lost her speaking power after a self-proclaimed spiritual healer literally whipped her with hot iron rods for three hours at Bilalpura-Adalatgarh locality in Sialkot tehsil....		Witness testifies in jail case GUJRANWALA, Nov 25: An anti-terrorism court No 1 continued the hearing of Sialkot prison case and recorded the statement of additional district and sessions judge Nazir Ahmad on Friday....
6 of family to be executed FAISALABAD, Nov 25: Six condemned prisoners, all belonging to a family, will be executed in the district prison here on Nov 30. According to superintendent prison, Ghulam Mustafa alias Pappu, Muhammad...		Christians’ role in health, education lauded LAHORE, Nov 25: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Friday said Christians were playing a commendable role in educational and social development in Pakistan and it was enjoying equal rights along with...
Artificial limbs’ project LAHORE, Nov 25: The Hope Society for Rehabilitation of Disabled has decided to launch a “New life project” in collaboration with the Punjab Baitul Maal to provide artificial limbs to quake victims....		More child jockeys arrive LAHORE, Nov 25: Another batch of 64 Pakistani child jockeys arrived here from Abu Dhabi on Friday. Officials of the Overseas Pakistani Foundations, Unicef and Child Protection Welfare Bureau received them at the Allama Iqbal International Airport....
Education body planned LAHORE, Nov 25: The Punjab government is considering to establish an education commission which will set uniform question papers for class V and VIII for assessing educational abilities of all students by the same standard....		ETEA plans to restore credibility of tests: Admission to medical, dental colleges PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The Education Testing and Evaluation Authority (ETEA) is planning to introduce a series of measures to make the test for admission to medical and dental colleges more transparent and foolproof, officials said on Friday....
Draft law ready for livestock sector PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The federal government plans to improve the performance of veterinary institutions and control animal diseases to enhance productivity of the livestock sector, officials said....		Workshop on labour protection policy PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) will hold a joint workshop on the labour protection policy at a local hotel on Dec 1....
Road closed in shootout PESHAWAR, Nov 25: Teh Peshawar-Kohat road remained closed for vehicular traffic for about two hours on Thursday due to heavy firing between two groups in the Darra Adamkhel area, residents of the area told Dawn....		Notification on teachers withdrawn, LHC told LAHORE, Nov 25: The Lahore High Court was told on Friday that the chief minister had withdrawn a notification regarding reinstatement of teachers, upon which the court disposed of the petitions seeking reinstatement....
Health dept to help district govts control Aids LAHORE, Nov 25: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed says the health department will provide comprehensive guidelines and help to district governments to control HIV and Aids....		15 deported from Turkey in Wazirabad GUJRANWALA, Nov 25: Some 15 youths deported from Turkey reached Wazirabad on Friday A human smuggler sent them to Greece, but they were arrested by the border security in Turkey and were later deported to Pakistan....