December 8, 2005	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 5, 1426

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Steps to improve security reviewed: Inter-provincial conference KARACHI, Dec 7: An inter-provincial conference reviewed here on Wednesday the law and order situation in the country. It described the overall situation as satisfactory, but expressed concern over increasing incidents of street crime, particularly in big cities....		CSS interviews may affect general recruitment: Shortage of FPSC members ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The interviews of the candidates who have passed the written portion of the competitive examination-2005 may affect the general recruitment process because of shortage of Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) members....
UN ready to feed quake survivors through winter ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The United Nations said on Wednesday it was ready to feed 1.3 million earthquake survivors through the winter, but called for more money to maintain helicopter airlifts needed to reach remote areas....		Pakistan waiting for UN reconstruction envoy ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Pakistan on Wednesday said it was awaiting appointment of United Nation’s special envoy for reconstruction to coordinate the international rebuilding efforts. Secretary General Kofi Annan, during his recent...
Japan gives $34m for highway project ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Japan on Wednesday extended an initial grant of $34 million for the construction and extension of 94-kilometre track of the Kararo-Wadh section of the National Highway N-25 project....		Opposition holds protest against NA speaker ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Opposition leaders on Wednesday staged a demonstration outside the Parliament House building in protest against National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain for “not allowing discussion on national issues and running the house for three days a week”....
MQM to submit bill to repeal Hudood laws ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Kunwar Khalid Yunus has said he will soon submit a bill to the National Assembly Secretariat to repeal Hudood laws....		‘Sustaining economic growth big challenge’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Adviser to the prime minister on finance Dr Salman Shah on Wednesday said the government was trying to sustain the economic growth it had achieved last year....
Draw to retire 50pc senators next month ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Draw to retire 50 per cent of senators from the 100-seat upper house will be held in the first week of January while by-election to fill the vacant...		Nationwide agitation planned, says Fazl: MMA council to meet on 19th BANNU, Dec 7: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly and chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) would adopt...
16,000 shelters built: ISPR PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Army engineers with the help of NGOs are constructing shelters for people rendered homeless by the October 8 earthquake and so far around 16,000 shelters have been built...		Research project with US university SWABI, Dec 7: The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and the Amercian University of Illinois are launching a Rs30 million joint research project....
Punjab varsity radio station in Muzaffarabad LAHORE, Dec 7: Punjab University mass communication department is launching an FM radio station in Muzaffarabad on Saturday. Prof Dr Mugheesuddin Shaikh, the department chairman, told a press conference here on Wednesday that the test transmission of the FM 104.6...		Pak studies, history may be excluded from 2007: Intermediate syllabus LAHORE, Dec 7: The Pakistan studies and history subjects are likely to be excluded from the intermediate syllabus after upgradation of their syllabi in the secondary school certificate course from 2007....
SC to proceed on kite issue today LAHORE, Dec 7: A full bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled to proceed here on Thursday (today) on the issue of dangerous aspects of kite-flying with a view to determine some sort of regulatory regime for the sport....		Indian train with relief goods ‘stranded’ LAHORE, Dec 7: An Indian freight train carrying around 1,320 tons of relief supplies has been standing at the yard of the Lahore railway station since Nov 23, it is learnt....
Five Uzbek girls held ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The police have arrested five girls from Uzbekistan who were staying illegally in the federal capital. According to details, Shalimar police stopped a car in the posh F-11/2...		Book sends nationalist sparks flying ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: A book on the Sindhi nationalist leader G. M. Sayed touched off a heated debate on the question of ‘national identity’ at its launching ceremony here on Monday....
SC disposes of paper leakage case: No discrepancy in marking ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of test papers leakage case after a report showing no discrepancy in the marking was submitted in the apex court....		New plea filed against OCAC composition ISLAMABAD, Dec 7: Chairman of the Awami Himayat Tehrik Pakistan, Maulvi Iqbal Haider, on Wednesday filed a fresh a petition challenging the composition of the Oil Companies’ Advisory Committee (OCAC)....
Lahore rape accused in police custody LAHORE, Dec 7: The Punjab government on Wednesday launched a probe into the reported rape of a Kashmiri quake victim by a Mayo Hospital surgeon. The accused who was said to...		Creation of more union councils opposed SUKKUR, Dec 7: Hundreds of people held demonstrations in Mirpur Mathelo, Daharki, Reharki, Ubauro and other parts of the Ghotki district against the Sindh government’s reported plan to create more union councils in the district....
Protest against removal of PPP office-bearers KHAIRPUR, Dec 7: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians took out a procession from Luqman to the press club here on Wednesday to protest against removal of district party president Sajid Bhambhan and general secretary Shafqat Shah....		Govt urged to scrap dam plan LARKANA, Dec 7: Activists of the Sindh National Party and the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Students Federation took out a procession here on Wednesday to protest against the proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam....
Seminar on rights of women SHIKARPUR, Dec 7: A seminar on “Human rights of women” was held here on Wednesday. The seminar was organized by the Sindh women development department in collaboration with the district social...		Taxi hijacked NAWABSHAH, Dec 7: Two men and a woman hijacked a taxi in Qadir Ji Khoi in the jurisdiction of the Pubjo police station near Daulatpur on Monday....
Three ‘dengue fever cases’ in hospital LARKANA, Dec 7: Three people suspected to have dengue fever have been admitted to the Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana. Prof Wazir Mohammad Shaikh, head of the department of medicine, told...		Teachers demand salary payment NAWABSHAH, Dec 7: Primary school teachers held a demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday, demanding issuance of their posting orders and release of their salaries....
Rs26 million allocated for 150 projects DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 7: The District Development Committee has sanctioned Rs26 million for 150 development projects. This was stated by District Coordination Officer Khuda Dad Khan Mehsud while speaking at a meeting here on Wednesday....		Stress laid on women’s role in Afghan reconstruction PESHAWAR, Dec 7: The Afghanistan Consul General Abdul Khaliq Khan Farahi has urged Afghan women to play their part in the reconstruction of their war-torn country....
French team visits quake areas MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 7: A five-member French delegation led by Ms Cristel Peridon arrived here on Wednesday to assess the extent of damage and needs for reconstruction and rehabilitation in quake-hit areas....		EC official’s plea disposed of PESHAWAR, Dec 7: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by an official of the Election Commission of Pakistan challenging re-employment of retired officials of the commission....
Probe ordered into vehicle smuggling PESHAWAR, Dec 7: The Governor’s Fata Secretariat has directed political authorities in the Khyber Agency to hold an inquiry into smuggling of non-custom duty paid vehicles from Afghanistan via Torkham border check-post, sources said....		ICC can’t try Saddam: Justice Kirsch LAHORE, Dec 7: International Criminal Court head Justice Phillipe Kirsch said here on Wednesday that Iraq’s former president Saddam Hussein could not be tried by the ICC because he was facing...
LHC seeks Wapda policy on cable operators LAHORE, Dec 7: Justice Ali Nawaz Chauhan of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought a report from Wapda if it had worked out a policy to ensure safety of life...		‘Vani — imprisonment unto death’ MIANWALI, Dec 7: There is no let-up in sentencing women to the horrific tradition of vani in this rugged district of Punjab, as four such incidents have come to the surface here within the last couple of weeks....
Toba farmers want water theft checked TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 7: Despite being known for producing the bumper wheat crop in the district, the irrigation water requirement of Toba farmers have never been met for the last three decades....		Litigants beat lawyer in police presence: Protest by colleagues FAISALABAD, Dec 7: Scores of lawyers threw traffic out of gear by demonstrating on the sessions court road in protest against attack on a lawyer by a litigant and his accomplices in the district courts here on Wednesday....
Water project for Faisalabad in fortnight FAISALABAD, Dec 7: Punjab Environment Minister Makhdoom Ashfaq said on Wednesday the combined effluent water treatment plants would be installed in four major cities of the province to control industrial pollution and save the underground water from chemicals....		Case against SheikhupuraEDO for corruption SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 7: The local Anti-Corruption Establishment on Wednesday instituted a case against the EDO (education) for illegally promoting 160 elementary English teachers on behalf of the DCO after taking Rs1.6...
Human smuggler arrested GUJRANWALA, Dec 7: A human smuggler, who got crossed the Iranian border to 10 youths after receiving Rs3.5 million from them, was arrested by an FIA raiding team here on Wednesday....		Qualified youths go through the mill FAISALABAD, Dec 7: Up in arms against financial constraints, nearly 413 jobless youths have applied for six vacant posts of clerical nature in the police department....
Need for skilled teachers stressed PESHAWAR, Dec 7: Acting Governor Justice Tariq Parvez Khan has said skilled teachers are needed to achieve the objective of quality education. He said called for consolidated efforts to motivate educators...		Troops off to Congo LAHORE, Dec 7: A batch of 200 troops of Pakistan Army left for Congo on Wednesday as a part of United Nations relief-rotation programme. Brig Tariq Mahmood Minhas bade them farewell....
Gas pipeline project LAHORE, Dec 7: The board of directors of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited on Wednesday approved Hattar-Abbottabad pipeline project. The project, which has already been submitted to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority will cost over Rs701 million....		Ramay improves LAHORE, Dec 7: Former Punjab chief minister Haneef Ramay, under treatment at a private hospital for the last five days, showed signs of improvement on Wednesday, his son Ibrahim said quoting doctors....
Protest against doctor for not confirming rape NAROWAL, Dec 7: Scores of people took out a protest procession on Wednesday in Abbasnagar against a DHQ hospital lady doctor in the rape case of a girl....		Two sisters among three kidnapped KOHAT, Dec 7: Three girls, two of them sisters, were kidnapped on Wednesday. The father of the first victim, a schoolteacher reported to the Saddar police that his daughter Khalida...