November 30, 2005	Wednesday	Shawwal 27, 1426

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Democracy is about civilians: Howells ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Observing that there was no genuine democracy in Pakistan, British Minister of State for South Asia Dr Kim Howells said here on Tuesday the United Kingdom would do...		Delay in NFC award hurting provinces: Fazl QUETTA, Nov 29: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday renewed his appeal to President Pervez Musharraf to announce the National Finance Commission (NFC) award immediately and ease the financial hardship of smaller provinces....
PML to hold Kashmir peace conference in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has decided to hold a Kashmir peace conference in Islamabad in which besides national politicians, the leadership from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Indian-held Kashmir and India will also be invited....		AKDN support for relief, rehabilitation ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The $50 million pledged by the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) at the donors’ conference here on November 19 is a three-year commitment to support rehabilitation, socio-economic development...
MQM welfare offices in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday announced that it would establish its permanent welfare offices in the quake-ravaged NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir aimed at extending their services to the reconstruction and rehabilitation phase....		Belgian team to raise funds ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: A 17-member Belgian delegation on Tuesday announced that it would raise funds for Pakistani earthquake victims in their country and other parts of the European Union after they returned from Pakistan....
Nazims protest against inadequate gas supply QUETTA, Nov 29: Nazims of different union councils of the city staged demonstrations against the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) for supplying inadequate quantity of gas to consumers in the provincial capital affecting their heating and cooking systems....		NA session summoned on Dec 5 ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has summoned the next session of the National Assembly on Dec 5 for its fourth parliamentary year, says a notification....
Five sentenced to death QUETTA, Nov 29: Anti-Terrorist Court Quetta on Tuesday sentenced five people to death for killing five army personnel and another man near Khuzdar....		Govt set to produce new vaccine to treat rabies ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The government is replacing the current sheep brain vaccine with a more potent and efficacious vaccine produced through the tissue culture technique to treat rabies....
Warning of major quakes over 50-year period PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Indian plate is drifting towards the Eurasian plate and may cause three or four more major earthquakes in the region over the next 50 years....		NA body takes notice of PTV, PIA chiefs’ absence ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures and Privileges on Tuesday took a serious notice of absence of the chairman of Pakistan International...
CJP stresses merit to strengthen judiciary ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday said appointments on merit strengthen judicial independence and the capacity of courts to dispense justice expeditiously and fairly....		MQM to set up welfare offices ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday announced that it would set up its welfare offices in the earthquake-ravaged NWFP and AJK on permanent basis....
Lankan doctors arrive RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: A 13-member team of doctors from Rotary Club Sri Lanka has arrived here to treat the quake injured admitted to different hospitals of the city....		Quake relief fund audit assured Islamabad, Nov 29: The president, Pakistan Muslim League and former Prime Minister Ch. Shujat Hussain assured the Belgium Parliamentary delegation here on Monday that of complete transparency, monitoring and auditing of relief funds....
$4bn investment in IT sector likely: Awais ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday said Pakistan was likely to attract up to $4 billion investment in the telecom sector in the next three to four years....		Plan to meet energy needs, says Aziz LAHORE, Nov 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Tuesday the government was pursuing a comprehensive programme to meet the country’s energy requirements with special focus on participation of the private entrepreneurs in the sector....
Peace process furthered, says Amrindar LAHORE, Nov 29: Indian Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amrindar Singh said here on Tuesday the friendship started by him and his counterpart Pervaiz Elahi had furthered the peace process between Pakistan and India, leaving a good impact on their peoples....		Sikh pilgrims reach Nankana SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 29: A group of 1,500 yatrees, led by Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee of India chairman Perm Jeet Singh Sarna, reached the Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib on Tuesday evening in 40 special buses....
Wapda clarifies tariff report ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Commenting on a report, Wapda has clarified that since the inception of Discos, all kinds of tariff related subsidies/waiver of debt liability by converting the GoP equity in Wapda were passed on to Discos....		124 rural projects launched in Chitral CHITRAL, Nov 29: The Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has launched a number of programmes for poverty alleviation through community mobilization....
CAA-ASF land dispute affects airport plan PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Airport Security Force (ASF) are at loggerheads over a plot of land at the Peshawar International Airport....		Jail authorities accused of torturing inmates SUKKUR, Nov 29: Prisoners of the central jail-I have alleged that they were subjected to inhuman torture during the search operation to find prisoners involved in the bomb blast destroying jail’s wall....
Students being used as servants, allege parents ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Parents of school students in the upper Chitral valleys have alleged that government schools in their areas have become ‘labour camps’ as teachers take children to their house...		Kohat gets Rs10m for electricity supply KOHAT, Nov 29: District Nazim Kohat Seth Gohar Saifullah has allcated Rs 10 million for upgrading the electricity supply system in 20 backward union councils and released another Rs 3.5...
Probe into nurses’ complaints begins KHAIRPUR, Nov 29: Two teams on Tuesday started investigations into alleged baton-charging of nurses and use of teargas against them. One team, comprises the DDO, revenue, DSP, city, and Dr Mohammad...		Two teachers sacked; notice served on 11 LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 29: The Education Officer of the Khyber Agency has terminated the services of two community school teachers and served show-cause notices on 11 regular teachers in Loe Shalman for being absent from duty....
MNA opposes increase in train fares LARKANA, Nov 29: MNA Anwar Bhutto has said increasing train fares without taking the National Assembly’s standing committee on railways into confidence will be unfair....		Manu Bheel assured of justice MIRPURKHAS, Nov 29: Pro-vincial Police Officer Asad Jehangir has said he is striving to recover eight members of the family of Manu Bheel on the directives of the Supreme Court....
Warning issued to four blood banks LARKANA, Nov 29: The Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority has issued warnings to four blood banks of the district to meet criteria of the authority. The blood banks have been given one month for the purpose....		Naib nazims to be elected by show of hands; NWFP cabinet approves amendment PESHAWAR, Nov 29: In the next local government elections in the NWFP, naib nazims of district, tehsil and town council would be elected by show of hands and not through secret ballot....
Judicial probe into Sangla Hill incident sought ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: President of the Central Policy Planning of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Sherry Rehman has criticized the government for what she said its inaction in arresting the...		8 states join hands to clean polluted rivers ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Three developed European states have joined hands with five developing South Asian nations to clean up polluted rivers in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan regions....
Ban on shopping bags from January LAHORE, Nov 29: Punjab Environment Minister Makhdoom Ashfaq Ahmad has said two-stroke engine rickshaws would be banned in January 2007 and polypropylene bags by January next year....		Islamic banking gains popularity LAHORE, Nov 29: Islamic banking is fast gaining ground in Pakistan and needs a wider debate involving all the stakeholders for translating it into easy and understandable language....
Fair wages needed to increase productivity LAHORE, Nov 29: International Labour Organization Policy Integration director Mrs Azita Brar Awad has said fair wages, safe working conditions and cordial industrial relations were necessary for raising productivity....		Closed coal-mines to restart production LAHORE, Nov 29: The Punjab government is implementing a scheme to restart production from coal mines lying closed for long. According to an official report, production from a number of mines was suspended owing to water seepage or other technical problems....
Corruption: 1,184 held in 90 days LAHORE, Nov 29: The Anti-Corruption Establishment arrested 1,184 government officials for corruption during the last three months in the Punjab. Those arrested include 1,094 officials of BS-1 and BS-15, 36 of BS-16, 36 of BS-17 and 18 of BS-18....		Meetings held in tense atmosphere: Rokhri-Shadikhel differences MIANWALI, Nov 29: Punjab Revenue Minister Gul Hameed Rokhri on Tuesday broke open the lock of the district courts’ committee meeting room to hold two meetings against the will of District Nazim Obaidullah Shadikhel, who had locked the place....
Scrap blast leaves labourer dead GUJRANWALA, Nov 29: A labourer was killed in an explosion in a scrap godown in Samanabad here on Tuesday. Mubashar was sifting the scrap when the explosion took place....		Yarn market not out of the woods yet FAISALABAD, Nov 29: Business activities in the local cotton yarn market remained dull on the fifth consecutive day on Tuesday, as the case of ‘bankruptcy’ and disappearance with a hefty amount of a yarn dealer remained unresolved....
PO killed, ASI injured in ‘encounter’ GUJRANWALA, Nov 29: A proclaimed offender was killed while an assistant sub-inspector sustained injuries in an ‘encounter’ near Nosheran Virkan here on Tuesday evening....		Factory owner injured, robbed of Rs2m BAHAWALPUR, Nov 29: Two gunmen shot and injured a factory owner and took away Rs2 million in cash from him on Tuesday. Police said Mian Khalid Hamid was on his way...
‘12 hardened criminals arrested’ FAISALABAD, Nov 29: District Police Officer Muhammad Amin Wains claimed on Tuesday to have busted a 12-member gang of hardened criminals involved in dozens of dacoity and murder cases....		Board to take re-test of drivers GUJRANWALA, Nov 29: On the orders of IGP Maj Ziaul Hassan (retired), scrutiny of driving licences has been started. Reports said traffic police had formed a board, comprising two DSPs, for re-test of drivers in six districts....
EDO blamed for closure of schools SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 29: Over 200 educational institutions in the district have been closed while scores of others are short of staff. In a report to the special secretary (schools), Government of...		Six of a family to be hanged today FAISALABAD, Nov. 29: Six murder convicts belonging to a family will be hanged in the local district jail on Wednesday (today) morning for killing three of their rivals....
Students hit by increase in exam fee PESHAWAR, Nov 29: Increase in examination fee by the University of Peshawar has led to decrease in the number of students appearing in exams, an official at the university said....		PMAP plans Samad Khan anniversary meeting PESHAWAR, Nov 29: The Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has decided to observe the 20th death anniversary of Abdus Samad Khan Shaheed and organize a public meeting in the city on Dec 8....