December 9, 2005	Friday	Ziqa’ad 6, 1426

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Plan devised to check human smuggling ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The government has formulated a National Action Plan (NAP) to combat human smuggling and illegal immigration, a senior official of interior ministry told Dawn on Thursday....		UNICEF starts delivery of 50,000 warm clothing kits ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The UNICEF on Thursday started delivering the first batch of over 50,000 warm clothing kits to children affected by the Oct 8 earthquake....
UN takes steps to check tent fires ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The United Nations (UN) on Thursday worked out contingency plans to pre-empt fires in the tents of earthquake survivors. The UN concerns come in the wake of tent fire incidents that have claimed precious lives....		Information ministry criticized in NA ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) MNAs on Thursday criticized the performance of the information ministry and called for constituting a special committee of the National Assembly to look after the ministry’s affairs....
Minister downplays ‘forward bloc’ threat PESHAWAR, Dec 8: A 17-member breakaway group of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has unsettled the provincial government with its vigorous media campaign against the MMA policies. The group, led by Mohammad Ibrahim...		Camps of outlaws in PML areas, says Bugti QUETTA, Dec 8: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that he will not oppose any operation against camps of outlaws said to have been detected in Balochistan,...
3 BSO factions to merge QUETTA, Dec 8: Three factions of the Baloch Students’ Organization (BSO) have agreed to dissolve themselves and unite on Dec 10 and form an organizing committee to run the united organization till the convening of a national council session....		Protests against speaker hit NA proceedings ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The combined opposition in the National Assembly on Thursday twice staged walkout and informed Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain that the house lacked quorum, delaying the proceedings by half an hour....
Lawmakers come to blows in NA ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Krishan Bheel, a minority MNA of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Thursday came to blows with Qari Gul Rahman, a Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) lawmaker from Karachi, after...		Israeli diplomats not invited: FO ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The Foreign Office moved swiftly to reject reports in a section of the local media on Thursday that Pakistani embassies abroad, on instructions from Islamabad, had started issuing invitations to their Israeli counterparts for official functions....
Steps urged to protect children’s rights ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Speakers at a sustainable development conference here on Thursday stressed the need to take stringent measures for safeguarding children’s rights and protecting them against diseases....		Dynamics and dilemmas of local government ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Would the local government system introduced in 2001 outlast its creator, President Gen Pervez Musharraf? This question was raised and debated at a roundtable organized by the International...
Judges file petition against govt, police SUKKUR, Dec 8: Two judges who had been kidnapped and released two months later after paying ransom field a petition in the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, on Wednesday against the...		11 varsities awarded FM radio licences ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has so far awarded FM radio licences to as many as 11 universities in the country. In response to a question, the National...
Punjab cuts a sorry figure on kite ban LAHORE, Dec 8: The Punjab government on Thursday cut a sorry figure before the Supreme Court for not enforcing a regulatory regime on kite-flying and undertaking the legislation of a comprehensive...		LHC begins probe against ex-judge: Vehicles’ auction amount embezzlement GUJRANWALA, Dec 8: Lahore High Court Additional Registrar Mian Manzoor Ahmad on Thursday started a probe into embezzlement charges against former district and sessions judge Riazul Hassan Alvi....
Legharis point fingers at incumbent set-up DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 8: After winning the slot of Dera Ghazi Khan tehsil nazim, the Jamal Leghari group has thrown down the gauntlet to the district nazim and his administration...		PML-N calls for Rs17 per litre cut in POL prices ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: Information Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Siddiqul Farooque has demanded reduction in petrol price by Rs17 per litre. In a statement here on Thursday, the PML-N...
PAEC offers technology on molecular diagnostics ISLAMABAD, Dec 8: The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) will provide modern technology on molecular diagnostics to local laboratories, hospitals and research organizations. This was stated by Dr Kauser Abdullah Malik,...		Trader deprived of Rs4 million RAWALPINDI, Dec 8: Four robbers looted Rs4 million from a trader in the city on Thursday, police and the victim said. Khwaja Adnan Butt along with one of his relatives and...
MBBS classes from Dec 12 HYDERABAD, Dec 8: The Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences has announced that classes of MBBS first year will start from December 12. Students were advised to submit their documents before Dec 20....		Workshop on gender justice concludes SHIKARPUR, Dec 8: A four-day training workshop on Gender Justice Through Musalihat Anjuman (GJTMA) concluded here on Thursday. The workshop was organized by the local government and rural development department, Sindh,...
PMAP blames Punjab for Pukhtuns’ woes: Samad Khan’s death anniversary observed PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The Pukhtunkhawa Milli Awami Party has urged Islamabad to drop the idea of building the Kalabagh dam as the NWFP, Sindh and Balochistan were opposed to it...		New dams needed for development: Soomro JACOBABAD, Dec 8: Acting president Mohammedmian Soomro has said dams are necessary for the future development needs of the country. He was talking to journalists at the town hall here on Wednesday....
Water shortage in three talukas of Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Dec 8: Khairpur DCO Qazi Shahid Pervez has said that there is shortage of irrigation water in three talukas of the district — Sobhodero, Mirwah and Faiz Ganj....		Nazim, councillor booked DADU, Dec 8: The Dadu town police on Thursday booked the naib nazim and a councillor of UC-III along with their three relatives on charges of injuring the nazim of the council....
Medical store owner held LARKANA, Dec 8: Police and health officials sealed two warehouses of a medical store here on Tuesday and arrested its owner for allegedly selling spurious drugs and medicines which were government property....		SNP protests against Kalabagh JACOBABAD, Dec 8: A procession was taken out by the Sindh National Front here on Thursday in protest against construction of the Kalabagh dam. The rally was started from the party...
New credit plan for farmers in 3-4 years KOHAT, Dec 8: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is planning to offer financial assistance to 5.5 million people in the agricultural sector in three to four years through 19...		Demand for probe into misuse of relief funds ABBOTTABAD, Dec 8: Leaders of public opinion have demanded a judicial inquiry into alleged embezzlement of funds earmarked for distribution among earthquake-affected people of Abbottabad district by the district government and Baitul Mal....
Media role stressed in raising family planning awareness PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Speakers at an orientation workshop on “Population and development issues for the media” have called upon newsmen to spread awareness about family-planning issues in order to check the rising rate of population growth....		Power supply to 5 villages cut LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 8: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) on Thursday shut off power supply to five villages in this area for unauthorized use of electricity....
Govt responsible for deaths: SC LAHORE, Dec 8: The death of two-year old Tehreem from Shad Bagh, whose throat was slit by a razor-sharp string a few days ago, reverberated through the Supreme Court during its proceedings in the kite-flying case....		64 absentee teachers dismissed LAHORE, Dec 8: The Punjab Education Department has dismissed 64 schoolteachers from service on charges of absenteeism and maladministration. The decision was taken at a meeting with Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood in the chair on Thursday....
Rape victim to ‘appear’ before police LAHORE, Dec 8: A self-proclaimed kin of the Kashmiri girl, who was allegedly raped by a Mayo Hospital surgeon, promised on Thursday to produce her before police on Friday (today)....		Drive against WTO LAHORE, Dec 8: The Labour Party plans to organize a campaign against WTO and privatisation. The first conference in this regard will be held in Multan in the first week of February, in Kasur in March and in Faisalabad in April....
Govt giving a tough time to nazim: PPP FAISALABAD, Dec 8: PPP MPA Raja Riaz Ahmad has alleged that the provincial government is creating hurdles in the way of ARD-backed District Nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef to force him to join the ruling party....		Mixed marathon not planned: Baloch OKARA, Dec 8: MMA provincial chief Liaquat Baloch has claimed that Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi and PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain have assured him that there will be no combined marathon on Jan 29, 2006....
School found closed, staff absent SIALKOT, Dec 8: Executive District Officer (Education) Dr Saifullah Cheema on Thursday conducted a surprise raid at the ‘closed’ Government Girls Primary School, Rawal Kakar-Sialkot and found its headmistress, all the teaching and clerical staff absent from duty....		Pakistan, India volleyball tie DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 8: National teams of India and Pakistan will play a volleyball match in Company Bagh here on Dec 15. This was informed in a meeting held here on Thursday under the chair of DCO Pervaiz Khusrao....
Lawyers’ protest SIALKOT, Dec 8: Dozens of lawyers, led by DBA President Mehmood Bhatti, on Thursday afternoon took out a protest procession from district courts to DPO office here against the rising incidence of robberies....		Stress on seeking guidance from Quran in solving problems PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Speakers at a seminar held for the religious cadre of Pakistan Air Force at the Air Headquarters here on Thursday said that Islam provides solutions to all problems...
Duty and rights of teachers discussed PESHAWAR, Dec 8: Speakers at a workshop here on Thursday urged teachers to do their job conscientiously and also spoke about factors which hindered them from fulfilling their responsibility....		Campaign to clear debris launched PESHAWAR, Dec 8: The National Commission for Human Development, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization, launched a debris removal campaign in the earthquake-affected areas of Mansehra district on Thursday, says a press release....
Three killed in accident HARIPUR, Dec 8: Two women and a man were killed and 14 others injured, nine of them seriously, when a Rawalpindi-bound coach smashed into a roadside tree near Jamu village in the Ghazi area on Thursday....		Tribal chief freed to attend funeral KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Dec 8: Chief of the Salarzai tribe and Chairman of the Tribal Peace Committee Shahabuddin Khan was released on parole from Haripur jail on Thursday to attend the...