December 3, 2005	Saturday	Shawwal 30, 1426

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New GHQ to be eighth wonder: PML-N ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Central leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Friday denounced the government’s plan to construct a new General Headquarters (GHQ) in the capital as a huge housing scheme in the name of building “Defence Services Complex”....		Govt failed to justify purchase: opposition: VVIP aircraft ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The opposition members of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence on Friday said the government had failed to give satisfactory replies to their questions raised in the committee meeting on the issue of purchase of two VVIP aircraft....
Increase in fuel prices offsets PIA operational indicators ISLAMABAD, Nov 2: Global increase in prices of aviation fuel offset Pakistan International Airlines’ improved operational indicators, including a 12 per cent increase in revenues during January-September 2005 compared to the corresponding period last year, says a press release on Friday....		SC may take up OCAC case today ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Supreme Court is likely to take up on Monday a challenge to the composition of a nine-member Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC), which determines oil prices in the country....
Govt hopeful of meeting deadline: Seminary registration ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The government has successed in winning over the largest union of seminaries, the Ittehad Tanzeemat Madaris Deeniah (ITMD), on the registration issue with 8,200 madrassahs, almost half of...		Govt may accommodate opposition’s viewpoint: Committee on relief, reconstruction ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz might announce partial acceptance of the Terms of Reference for the parliamentary committee on earthquake as submitted to him by the opposition parties a...
AJK Council violating rule MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 2: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Friday said the AJK Council had completed its mandated tenure and its continuation was a serious violation of the interim constitution of the state....		Balochistan opposition boycotts meeting QUETTA, Dec 2: The leader of opposition in the Balochistan Assembly has said that opposition parties in the assembly did not attend a meeting recently convened by the provincial government because their conditions for participation had been rejected....
PMAP chief calls for end to army’s role in politics QUETTA, Dec 2: Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai said on Friday that democracy would flourish in the country only when the military ended its interference in political...		New reservoirs needed: Soomro HYDERABAD, Dec 2: Chairman of Senate Mohammedmian Soomro said on Friday that federating units, instead of opposing construction of dams, should talk about their reservations, legislation or formation of a body which allay their fears....
Denmark issues travel advisory over threat ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Denmark said on Friday it had issued a warning to travellers to Pakistan after fundamentalists reportedly offered a reward for the deaths of cartoonists who drew blasphemous cartoons in a Danish newspaper....		Women survivors in state of desperation BALAKOT, Dec 02: Women who survived the Oct 8 earthquake in Balakot but lost their male family members are traumatised and in a state of confusion and hopelessness....
Artificial limbs centre at AMC starts work ABBOTTABAD, Dec 2: A limb loss rehabilitation centre set up at the Ayub Medical Complex Hospital by UK-based-Pakistani doctors has started functioning and providing artificial limbs to earthquake survivors....		Lack of basic amenities in tents village ABBOTTABAD, Dec 2: Earthquake survivors have complained against lack of amenities in the only tent village established by the provincial government at Havelian in Abbottabad district where at least 4,500 displaced persons from all over Hazara were taking shelter....
Tent village for 10,000 victims planned HARIPUR, Dec 2: The district government has planned to settle over 10,000 quake victims in a tent village near Tarbela Lake. Turkish Red Crescent Society (RCS), UNHCR, Unicef and RWSSP will...		Govt urged not to accept soft loans LAHORE, Dec 2: The PPP-SB said on Friday the government should not accept the soft loans offered by various countries and international institutions for the reconstruction of quake-hit areas....
Plastic bags likely to be banned: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The government is considering banning manufacture of plastic bags of less than 30 microns thickness, Environment Minister Maj (retired) Tahir Iqbal said on Friday....		Media asked to create awareness: Impending danger of HIV/Aids ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Federal Minister for Health, Muhammad Nasir Khan said on Friday that the media had a role to play in creating awareness about the impending danger of HIV/Aids with...
Reform needed to keep Muslim youth in Islam’s fold ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: A visiting Norwegian scholar Friday warned that unless the Islamic diaspora in Europe lived Islam in a meaningful way it would lose its youth to the western culture....		Punjab CM announces Rs1bn for Pindi RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday announced that the provincial government would undertake the construction on a flyover from Chandni Chowk to Murrir Chowk to streamline traffic in the city....
Discussion on CSS results sought ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: PML-N MNA Raja Mohammad Asad Khan has submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking a debate on the “poor results” of the Federal Public Service Commission’s competitive examination....		Rs1.23bn for livestock improvement RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: The Punjab government has allocated Rs1,231 million for improvement in livestock production. Director-General Livestock and Dairy Development Sajjad Zaheer Malik said this while speaking at the concluding session of a training course on livestock diseases here on Friday....
APNS to meet Balochistan governor, CM KARACHI, Dec 2: A high-powered committee of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) will meet the Balochistan governor and chief minister to apprise him about problems faced by newspapers in the province....		Anti-drug accord with India ready ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Pakistan and India would shortly sign a memorandum of understanding to enhance co-operation for narcotics control, said a joint statement by the heads of drug control departments of...
VCOAS visits quake-hit areas RAWALPINDI, Nov 2 : Vice Chief of Army Staff General Ahsan Saleem Hyat visited the quake-hit areas of Bagh and Lohar Bela in the Azad Kashmir on Friday....		Air Cmdre promoted ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Air Commodore Tahir Rafique Butt has been promoted to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. Presently, he is performing duties as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Training) at Air Headquarters.—Online...
Demand for local polls in Ghotki SUKKUR, Dec 2: An All Parties Conference (APC) on Friday called upon the Sindh government to hold local bodies elections in 35 union councils of Ghotki in accordance with a verdict of the Sindh High Court....		People’s problems being addressed: Nazim NAWABSHAH, Dec 2: Nawabshah Taluka Nazim Abdul Rauf Khan has said that the TMA was carrying out development works to provide maximum relief to people in Nawabshah....
IT projects reviewed PESHAWAR, Dec 2: NWFP Minister for Science, Technology and IT Hussain Ahmad Kanju on Friday directed authorities to initiate a summary for bringing the service of fixed pay employees of the IT department from PC-I to SNE within one week....		Contractors warned SWABI, Dec 2: District Nazim Shahram Khan on Friday warned contractors to avoid using substandard construction material in buildings. He said the construction material — sand, cement, bricks and iron – should be used keeping in view designs of buildings....
Assurance of free treatment PESHAWAR, Dec 2: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that the government will provide free treatment to people who suffered serious injuries in the earthquake and were admitted to teaching hospitals of the province....		Protest campaign put off on governor’s assurance LANDI KOTAL, Dec 2: An Alliance of councillors in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) has deferred until Dec 20 a protest campaign after NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman assured them of...
Farmers want fair paddy price LARKANA, Dec 2: A complete strike was observed in Shahdadkot on Friday against reduced procurement rates of IRRI-6 and IRRI-9 varieties of paddy. Trade activities came to standstill in the town....		Contempt of court against three police officials GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 awarded contempt of court sentence to three policemen, including an SHO, here on Friday. Reports said that Tetley SHO Malik Fiaz, SI M....
Baloch raps govt for high petrol price MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Dec 2: Jamaat-i-Islami Punjab amir Liaquat Baloch has criticized the government for skyrocketing POL products’ prices, saying the rates in the international market had dropped from $70 per barrel to $56 in a month....		BZU’s Dera campus in jeopardy MULTAN, Dec 2: Delay in the allotment of land may jeopardize the setting up of a sub-campus of Bahauddin Zakariya University on permanent basis in Dera Ghazi Khan....
Four criminals killed in ‘encounter’ FAISALABAD, Dec 2: Four alleged criminals involved in kidnap for ransom, robberies and other heinous crime were reportedly killed in a shoot out here on Friday morning....		Truckload of copper, silver driven away GUJRANWALA, Dec 2: The robbers in half a dozen strikes in the city and its suburban areas robbed five houses and took away a copper and silver laden truck worth Rs4 million....
BZU to hold BA, BSc exams in May MULTAN, Dec 2: The Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) authorities announced that they have decided to hold first annual BA/BSc examinations in May next, earlier than the previous annual examinations, to make more options available for students for post-graduate studies....		Cases against SI, ASI SAHIWAL, Dec 2: The local Anti-Corruption Establishment registered separate cases against an SI and an ASI on the charge of taking bribe here on Friday. Reports said that SI Mushtaq Ahmed...
Second breach in canal in 24 hours TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 2: Another breach on the second consecutive day on Friday in Teku Minor Canal inundated crops on farmlands near Chak 322-JB, Shahzada....		Milkman kills wife, himself SARGODHA, Dec 2: A milkman slit open the throat of his wife and then committed suicide at the Khizarabad Livestock Farm, about 45 kilometres from here, on Friday....
Commuters face host of problems GUJRAT, Dec 2: The National Highway and Motorway Police and the traffic police have failed to control overcharging and overloading by public transporters on various routes in the district....		Infiltration charge rejected LAHORE, Dec 2: There has been no infiltration from Pakistan into India, says Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri. Speaking to reporters at the International Conference on the Future of Schools and...
‘Congo virus’ case detected in LGH LAHORE, Dec 2: The Lahore General Hospital’s neurosurgery department has identified an 18-year-old patient, who is reportedly suffering from Congo virus haemorrhagic encephalitis. The Congo virus, a fatal infectious disease, has...		Continuous update in curriculum urged LAHORE, Dec 2: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said continuous update in curriculum is a must to improve the standard of education. He was talking to reporters at the International Conference on...
37,000 Haj pilgrims to fly from Lahore LAHORE, Dec 2: Of the 150,000 intending pilgrims from Pakistan this year, 37,000 will fly from the provincial capital. Disclosing this at a press conference at the Hajj Camp here on...		Khalil for improved surveillance system: Law and order in Fata PESHAWAR, Dec 2: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has asked law-enforcement agencies to remove shortcomings in the surveillance system for improving the law and order situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata)....
Army expediting transport of GI sheets PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The Pakistan Army has made special arrangements for transportation of corrugated galvanized iron (CGI) sheets to high altitude areas in order to expedite construction of shelters in quake-affected areas of the NWFP....		Plan to ensure regular treatment of TB patients PESHAWAR, Dec 2: The World Health Organization is concerned about the overcrowded condition in the quake-hit areas which, it fears, may lead to a surge in the number of tuberculosis patients....