December 6, 2005	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 3, 1426

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Fazl urges govt to take up Bhasha first: Kalabagh issue divisive ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rahman has opposed construction of Kalabagh dam without creating a consensus among small provinces “which have serious reservations about it”....		Opposition withdraws privilege motions ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Opposition members on Monday staged a walkout from the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules of Business and Privileges to condemn the attitude of the police...
Separate jails for terrorists planned ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The government has decided to establish High Security Jails (HSJs) along with the existing jails for terrorists and hardened criminals, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Monday....		WB approves over $27m for AJK ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The World Bank (WB) has approved a $27.153 million project to assist Azad Jammu and Kashmir government to restore vital economic and social infrastructure damaged or destroyed by the October-8 earthquake....
SCBA plans to challenge extension of judges ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) plans to challenge the government’s practice of extending tenure of additional judges of the high courts in the Supreme Court....		Ministry, Unicef sign MoU: Hygiene awareness ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The environment ministry and Unicef have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to increase awareness on hygiene, safe drinking water, sanitation and waste management among the quake-affected people....
‘Possible to raise quake funds at home’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Funds needed for rebuilding the infrastructure and lives destroyed by the earthquake should better be generated at home rather than abroad, a NGO executive said here on Monday....		Transparency in reconstruction pledged ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday lauded the contribution of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in the country’s socio-economic uplift and its support in the relief and...
First Haj flight leaves Quetta QUETTA, Dec 5: The first Haj flight of Pakistan International Airlines carrying 207 pilgrims left here for Jeddah on Monday. Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, Haj and Auqaf Minister Maulvi Dur...		Anti-OCAC petitioner told to file plea afresh ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Supreme Court on Monday asked a petitioner to file an amended petition, challenging composition of a nine-member Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) that determines oil pricing in the country....
Aga Khan pledges continued support MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 5: Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Ismaili community, on Monday visited a camp of earthquake survivors in the devastated capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir...		Comprehensive plan for reconstruction ready, says Aziz: New tent village opened MANSEHRA, Dec 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said the government had prepared a comprehensive plan to provide assistance and rebuild infrastructure and houses in the quake-affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
Volunteers given awards for rescue, relief work PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Speakers at a seminar called upon community organizations on Monday to speed up voluntary services and ensure timely development of various areas. The seminar on “Volunteerism for peace...		112 adult literacy centres closed SWABI, Dec 5: The NWFP government has closed down 112 adult literacy centres in the district after the federal government stopped funds for the project, Dawn has learnt....
Joint efforts to reduce digital divide urged ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Monday called for joint efforts by governments and private sector in the Asia-Pacific region to reduce the digital divide....		Man shot dead in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A man was shot dead by some armed persons here on Monday. Police said Abdul Razzaq, 40, a resident of Mirpur, suffered a bullet injury in his chest when gunmen opened fire on him in Sector I-9/1....
JCSC chief meets CM, governor QUETTA, Dec 5: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Ehsanul Haq met Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani and Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf here on Monday....		Law, order to be reviewed ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A two-day inter-provincial conference on law and order will be held in Karachi from December 7-8 to evaluate the outcome of a recently conducted crackdown against extremists and...
PCSIR lab receives ISO-17025 certification PESHAWAR, Dec 5: The National Accreditation Council has accredited the Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s (PCSIR) laboratories complex to ISO-17025 certification. PCSIR is the first public sector organisation in...		Two officers summoned in ‘fake’ FIR case PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Addit-ional district and sessions judge Ahtesham Ali on Monday summoned two police officers accused of implicating some people in a fake case of gold theft....
Gilgit in grip of water shortage GILGIT, Dec 5: With the onset of winter, the city is again facing a severe shortage of water and the main reason again is considered to be theft of water by influential people through illegal connections....		Rs80bn projects approved for NWFP ABBOTTABAD, Dec 5: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that with the support of President Gen Pervez Musharraf, the NWFP government has received approval of rehabilitation projects of over Rs80 billion for quake-affected areas....
Students block highway KOHAT, Dec 5: The Indus Highway was blocked for two hours by students of the Darra Adam Khel College in protest against heavy load-shedding over the past three days....		Rail traffic resumes HARIPUR, Dec 5: Rail traffic on the Havelian-Rawalpindi section was restored here on Monday morning after the authorities repaired the track that had been damaged when a freight train plunged from a bridge near Haripur railway station on Sunday.—Correspondent...
Protest strike in Qambar against low paddy price LARKANA, Dec 5: A strike was observed in the Qambar town on Monday in protest against the low rate of paddy varieties IRRI-6 and IRRI-9. The strike was observed on a call of the Save Sindh’s Agriculture Committee....		Court issues notices to education officials on teachers’ petition HYDERABAD, Dec 5: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, here on Monday issued notices to secretary education and literacy department, EDO and education officials from the Mirpurkhas district to appear...
Irrigation employees stage protest SUKKUR, Dec 5: About 400 irrigation employees held a demonstration and staged a sit-in in front of the Sukkur Barrage office for about three hours on Monday, demanding acceptance of their demands....		Traders’ help sought in removing encroachments LARKANA, Dec 5: The district government has sought assistance of trade bodies in removing encroachments in the city before launching a new drainage scheme. Speaking at a reception hosted by the...
Tough contest in Kashmore by-election expected JACOBABAD, Dec 5: Candidates in the by-election for the NA-210 Kashmore seat have geared up their campaign for the polling to be held on December 10....		Plea to enforce court order THATTA, Dec 5: Three retrenched employees of the PTCL, whose reinstatement orders had been issued by the Supreme Court of Pakistan recently, threatened here on Monday to commit self-immolation outside the Thatta press club if the court orders were not implemented....
JSSF activists hold rally in Dadu DADU, Dec 5: A large number of JSSF activists took out a procession here on Monday to protest against the construction of Kalabagh Dam. They marched on different roads of the...		Union council opposes new dam NAWABSHAH, Dec 5: Members of the union council of Daleldero in Sakrand taluka passed a unanimous resolution against the construction of Kalabagh Dam. A meeting of the union council was held...
STPP rejects Kalabagh SUKKUR, Dec 5: Activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party held protest demonstrations in Sukkur, Shikarpur, Jacobabad and other areas on Monday against the Kalabagh dam....		Maqbool sees off first Haj flight LAHORE, Dec 5: Governor Khalid Maqbool saw off the first Haj flight from Lahore to Madina at the Haj terminal here on Monday. Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq, airport manager and other officials were also present on the occasion....
Line losses further down: Wapda LAHORE, Dec 5: System losses have further been reduced by 0.9 per cent in the first four months against the target of 1.2 per cent for the current year and a substantial increase in billing has been achieved....		Private sector invited to operate trains LAHORE, Dec 5: The Pakistan Railways has taken the first step towards implementation of the ‘open tracks policy’ by inviting private sector to operate goods and passenger trains on its infrastructure....
Hepatitis-B cases decreasing, says expert LAHORE, Dec 5: Pakistan Society of Hepatology head Prof Syed Sibitul Hasnain has claimed the incidence of Hepatitis-B is decreasing in the country owing to the awareness created among masses during the last one decade....		AKB-like body for seminaries: Ijaz LAHORE, Dec 5: Federal Religious Affairs Minister Ijazul Haq says the forward bloc has no roots in the party as everyone accepts the leadership of Chaudhry Shujaat Husain....
Compost plant near completion LAHORE, Dec 5: The Mahmood Booti compost plant is nearing completion and will start operating from January. The executive district officer (municipal services) inspected the plant along with the district officer...		Call to make ARD election alliance LAHORE, Dec 5: The PML-N and the PPP, two major components of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, should seriously think of converting the 16-party grouping into an election alliance...
Multan rich in tourism, agriculture: PM MULTAN, Dec 5: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Multan is an important agricultural, industrial and tourist region. The prime minister was in the city on Monday to attend the valima of MNA Khwaja Muhammad Sheraz....		Jewellers observe strike against colleague’s murder GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: Jewellers and other shopkeepers of Sarafa Bazaar continued for the second successive day on Monday shutter down strike in protest against the killing of a jeweller by robbers....
Three more girls defy vani rite MIANWALI, Dec 5: Three more girls of Wandha Saroowala, Musakhel, 15 kilometres from here, have refused to become victims of vani, a cruel tribal rite, and appealed to President Gen...		Criminal activities in refugee camps on the rise PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Refugee camps are becoming a breeding ground for crimes since the Commissionerate for the Afghan Refugees (CAR) retrenched security staff owing to shortage of funds....
Two arrested for travelling on fake passports PESHAWAR, Dec 5: FIA immigration authorities at the airport arrested one person on Monday who was trying to go to Saudi Arabia on a bogus passport while another person who had...		Rs5.25bn distributed in quake areas PESHAWAR, Dec 5: Joint teams of civil administration, army and elected local representatives have so far disbursed Rs5252.1 million among the people who suffered human and material losses in the October...
Court issues warrants for CID officials PESHAWAR, Dec 5: A trial court on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for five officials of the Crimes Investigation Department (CID) during the trial of a British national, Zeeshan Siddiqui....		GCCI opposes proposed gas tariff hike GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry has expressed its concern over the proposed increase in gas tariff. Speaking at a meeting held here on Monday with chamber...
Traders reject strike call FAISALABAD, Dec 5: Shopkeepers and vendors rejected the strike call given by the Traders Alliance Faisalabad and continued their business in Eight Bazaars here on Monday....		Police claim arrest of four gangsters OKARA, Dec 5: Police claimed to have busted a four-man gang and recovered illicit weapons and Rs90,000 received as ransom from the family of a kidnapped man....