December 16, 2005	Friday	Ziqa’ad 13, 1426

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Khokrapar train service delayed, says minister LAHORE, Dec 15: The resumption of Khokhrapar-Monabao rail service is delayed by a month and it will now be inaugurated on Jan 31, announces Minister for Railways Mian Shamim Haider....		PTV stricture against MNAs makes waves ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: A privilege question raised by the “Forward Bloc” in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) resounded in and out of the National Assembly on Thursday even before a...
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Senate body to take up VVIP aircraft issue today ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Senate Standing Committee on Defence will again take up the issues of the purchase of two aeroplanes on Friday, Dawn has learnt....		Shariat court dismisses petition: Death sentence for rape ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Thursday dismissed a petition challenging capital punishment for the offence of rape on the grounds that sections of the 1979 Zina Ordinances and the 1997 Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) were repugnant to Islam....
Survivors need proper mental health plan RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: The disaster-affected people need a wider crisis intervention programme including education, social and psychological support as well as effective primary health care. This was stated by Dr Rachel...		CPNE to help quake-hit journalists KARACHI, Dec 15: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) will take all-out measures to rehabilitate journalists affected by the Oct 8 earthquake. This was decided at CPNE’s executive council meeting held in Karachi with Arif Nizami in the chair....
UN seeks $22m for homeless people NAIROBI, Dec 15: The United Nations on Thursday launched an urgent appeal for more than 20 million dollars to build shelter for people left homeless in Pakistan by a devastating earthquake and in Zimbabwe by a controversial demolitions campaign....		Benazir says Kalabagh a threat to national solidarity WASHINGTON, Dec 15: The Kalabagh dam issue may pose a serious threat to national integrity and Pakistan People’s Party is committed not to damage the country’s solidarity, says PPP-P chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
Tripartite commission meets in Kabul ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Tripartite Commission, comprising senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan, held its 14th meeting in Kabul on Thursday....		Newspaper to close on Dec 25 KARACHI, Dec 15: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) announced on Thursday that its member publications would observe Sunday, December 25, as a closed holiday on account of the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah....
‘Govt chooses dialogue over conflict’ QUETTA, Dec 15: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said that anti-development elements should not misconstrue the government’s earnest desire to resolve all issues through negotiations as a sign of weakness....		Judgment on FPSC ordinance reserved ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Thursday reserved its judgment on a petition challenging an ordinance promulgated by President Pervez Musharraf that slashed the tenure of the...
Two relief flights arrive from Qatar ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Two flights carrying relief goods for the earthquake affected people arrived here from Qatar on Thursday. The flights are the first major step by the recently-launched ‘Reach Out to Asia’ charity to help those in need....		Unicef, NCHD sign accords ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Thursday signed two agreements to provide education and health facilities in the quake affected areas of NWFP and Azad Kashmir....
Gas price issue irks exporters FAISALABAD, Dec 15: Enhancement of gas rates by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority would adversely affect exports. This was apprehended by All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) chairman Dr Arshad...		PAFWA sale gala ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistan Air Force Women Association (PAFWA), has organized a three-day exhibition/sale gala for ladies at Air Headquarters Officers Mess just to support “National Earthquake Relief Operations”....
Heroin seized, 3 arrested ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) seized heroin, and arrested three persons in a smuggling attempt, a spokesman said here on Thursday. On a tip-off that narcotics was being smuggled...		Joint naval exercise ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Pakistan and French Navies conducted four-day-long exercises at sea. According to the Pakistan Navy’s Directorate of Public Relations, a French frigate took part in the naval exercises....
Four alleged kidnappers arrested PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The city police on Thursday claimed to have arrested four alleg-ed kidnappers from Hayatabad township before they could kidnap a local trader for ransom....		Pakistani peacekeepers FREETOWN, Dec 15: Some 300 Pakistani soldiers, the last contingent of what was once the world’s largest peacekeeping operation helping Sierra Leone recover from a decade of horrific civil war, on Thursday flew out of the west African state....
Iranian FM calls on Musharraf RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday called on President General Pervez Musharraf and discussed ways to enhance economic cooperation between Iran and Pakistan and other issues of common interest....		Miners recognized as industrial workers PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Mine labourers in the NWFP were on Thursday given the status of industrial workers and a minister announced that Rs17.85 million would be paid in compensation to the...
Court sends woman to crisis centre Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Dec 15: A court on Thursday sent to a relief centre a woman who had been allegedly forced into prostitution by her husband. Judicial Magistrate Malik Amjid Raheem ordered that...		Rs4.8bn projects planned ABBOTTABAD, Dec 15: The Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates has planned to spend over 300 million dirhams (approximately Rs4.8 billion) on different projects in Balakot, including construction of schools and mosques and providing medical facilities....
Nazims warn of road blockade PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Nazims of three union councils on Thursday warned the Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) that roads in the city would be blocked on Dec 25 if it did not stop loadshedding....		Tirah road blocked in protest against anti-poppy drive LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 15: The road to the Tirah valley has been lying blocked for the past one week because of a protest launched by the Sipah tribesmen against...
Trainee medics call off strike PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Trainee Medical Officers (TMOs) attached with the Lady Reading Hospital, the Khyber Teaching Hospital and the Hayatabad Medical Complex have unconditionally called off their strike on the assurance of Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah....		Demand for rise in paddy price LARKANA, Dec 15: A large number of growers from different parts of Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts, demanding procurement price for paddy at Rs400 per 40 kilogram, blocked the Indus Highway for...
Judge apprised of prisoners’ problems SUKKUR, Dec 15: Sukkur District and Sessions Judge Aftab Ahmed Khan, along with the district nazim, DIG prisons, Sukkur DCO and DPO, visited the central prison-II here on Thursday to apprise himself of problems being faced by prisoners....		Call to shelve Kalabagh dam project NAWABSHAH, Dec 15: Activists of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Students Federation staged a demonstration outside the press club on Thursday in protest against construction of the Kalabagh dam....
TMO, others booked for lodging ‘false’ cases DADU, Dec 15: The Mehar police on Thursday booked the Taluka Municipal Officer of Mehar and the Dadu Ittehad Panel Naib Nazim of the Qazi Arif Union Council, Mehar taluka, and...		Increase in gas tariff opposed HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The industrial units in Hyderabad and Kotri have strongly opposed increase in the gas tariff. They said the increase would be extremely detrimental for the country’s economy....
Land-owners await compensation LARKANA, Dec 15: The land acquisition office, Hyderabad, has failed to pay compensation for the land acquired in 1990-91 for a road between Shahdadkot-Bagodaro via the Rap Wato Village in Qambar district....		Official denies embezzlement allegation HYDERABAD, Dec 15: The Mirpurkhas TMO denied a claim made in the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Wednesday that statements of utilization of funds for various schemes were not displayed at required places....
Sonia moves LHC against policemen’s bail LAHORE, Dec 15: Sonia Naz, a housewife from Faisalabad who hit the headlines after levelling charges of her rape by police, has moved the Lahore High Court in a writ petition...		Crime against property on the rise, admits IG LAHORE, Dec 15: Punjab police IG on Thursday said an upsurge in crime against property, especially vehicles, in Lahore had adversely affected overall situation in the province....
Housing policy not implemented in four years LAHORE, Dec 15: Federal Housing and Works Minister Syed Safwanullah says the national housing policy announced some four years ago is yet to be implemented owing to procedural snags....		Police recover boy, nab a captor LAHORE, Dec 15: Police on Thursday thwarted a kidnap-for-ransom bid by recovering a schoolboy, within one-and-a-half hour of his abduction, besides rounding up one of his alleged captors from Multan Road....
Three students expelled, six rusticated LAHORE, Dec 15: The Punjab University administration on Thursday expelled three students and rusticated (suspended for one year) another six for indulging in “political activities” on the Campus....		Rs15m given to the deserving LAHORE, Dec 15: Punjab District Baitul Mal committees have distributed Rs15.358 million among 2,746 deserving people in the province during the current financial year. This was disclosed during a meeting held...
Four captives ‘escape’ from lock-up: Six policemen arrested SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 15: As many as four hardened criminals escaped from the Saddar police station on Thursday after cutting lock-up bars, resulting in a case against eight police officials for showing negligence....		Bank scam suspect still at large GUJRAT, Dec 15: The Dinga police have failed to arrest a bank manager, who had absconded with millions of rupees he had fraudently drawn from the accounts of various clients....
Hospital waste a major threat to environment PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Out of about 9,291 tons of hospital waste generated in the NWFP every year, only 89 tons is incinerated. This was disclosed at a one-day workshop jointly organized...		Kalabagh to trigger ‘water war’, warns PMAP PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has warned that the construction of Kalabagh dam “will destroy the federation of Pakistan and trigger world’s first war over water”....
NGO launches trauma and psychotherapy services PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) on Thursday launched trauma and psychotherapy services for quake-hit people in Mansehra district. The UK-based chairman of British-Pakistani Psychiatrists Association, Dr...		NWFP seminary registration ordinance ready PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The NWFP government has moved a summary for promulgation of an ordinance for making registration of seminaries in the province compulsory. A law department official said the labour...
Need stressed to encourage research PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Any activity promoting research and reading must be encouraged, says NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan. He was inaugurating a book fair arranged by the Study Aid Foundation For Excellence of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talba, Khyber Medical College, on Wednesday....		Display of fireworks continues GUJRANWALA, Dec 15: The MMA has urged the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take a suo motu notice of displaying fireworks during wedding ceremonies as the government has allegedly failed to implement the marriage ordinance....
Case against four for rape bid VEHARI, Dec 15: The Danywal police on Thursday registered a case against four people, who had allegedly attempted to rape two girl students at the DHQ hospital surgical ward the other day....		Couple abducted for pursuing murder case SAHIWAL, Dec 15: A villager was kidnapped along with his wife for pursuing the murder case of his brother at Chak 20/14-L. The couple was later freed after severe physical torture....