December 19, 2005	Monday	Ziqa’ad 16, 1426

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Relief work under control: UN official MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 18: United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Pakistan Jan Vandermoortele on Sunday expressed satisfaction over preparations for winter in the areas affected by the October earthquake but called upon donors for more aid....		UN body pledges continued support: Quake relief activities ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: United Nations Foundation on Sunday announced that it would continue its support for earthquake relief activities, saying that it was looking forward to a long- term engagement....
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Frontier workers earning dollars in Afghanistan PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Skilled workers from Frontier are leaving the province in droves to work in Afghanistan and earn better wages. The workers feel comfortable there because they are being paid in US dollars in Kabul and Khost....		The road to Bagh Anybody who has not traversed the road from Kohala to Bagh in Azad Kashmir cannot truly understand the nature of the devastation wrought by the October 8 earthquake....
Life returning to normal in quake-hit villages: Middlemen cashing in on people’s misery SHAWAL MAIDAN (Bala-kot), Dec 18: Life is returning to normal in this quake-hit village as a child is seen running across an abandoned corn field, a foal just bolts away and...		Textile exports face drastic decline: PTEA FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Textile exports have shown a decline of 38 per cent in the first four months of the current fiscal. The decline shows non-competitiveness of Pakistani textiles owing to...
Damaged school buildings to be demolished ABBOTTABAD, Dec 18: Buildings of the Government Girls College and Girls High School No.1, Mansehra, will be demolished immediately and classes will be held in tents to for the sake of people’s safety in the event of another earthquake....		Musharraf to visit all provinces for dams LAHORE, Dec 18: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says President Pervez Musharraf will visit all provinces in the near future to highlight the need for more water reservoirs for the...
Report on reservoirs be sent to CCI: Qazi LAHORE, Dec 18: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad has suggested presenting the report on water reservoirs to the Council of Common Interests. He was talking to reporters after speaking at a...		‘$3bn foreign investment target to be met’ LAHORE, Dec 18: Federal Privatization and Investment Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said the country will achieve the $3 billion foreign investment target during the current financial year....
French aid arrives ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: An Air France cargo plane, carrying 75 tons of relief goods for the quake survivors, arrived here on Sunday. This is the third humanitarian flight sent by the...		Release of Sui hospital doctor sought QUETTA, Dec 18: A tribal elder of Dera Bugti has demanded release of his son, a medical officer of the Sui hospital. Speaking at a press conference at the press club...
Minister, MPs attend lavish valima dinner KOHAT, Dec 18: Despite the Supreme Court ban on wedding meals, a large number of NWFP ministers, MPAs and government officials attended on Sunday a lavish valima dinner hosted by provincial...		Kalabagh dam to destroy economy of Sindh: Qureshi SHIKARPUR, Dec 18: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi has said the Kalabagh dam is a death warrant for people of Sindh. It will destroy economy of the province and lead to water shortage....
Action against illegal FM stations likely LANDI KOTAL, Dec 18: Political authorities in Khyber Agency are likely to take action against illegal FM radio stations which are spreading hatred in the agency....		‘Sindh won’t accept dam on Indus’ HYDERABAD, Dec 18: Director of the Canada chapter of the World Sindhi Institute, Ms Humera Rehman has said that Sindh has an exclusive right over the Indus river and it will not accept any dam on the river....
Vets fleecing breeders, farmers VEHARI, Dec 18: Private veterinary clinics in the district are fleecing livestock breeders and cattle owners. At present there are 20 private veterinary hospitals, 15 dispensaries and 30 centres in the district....		Boy kidnapped for Rs20m recovered: four arrested FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Police claimed on Sunday to have recovered a boy who was kidnapped for Rs20 million and rounded up four accused, including two women....
Cancer experts give wake-up call to govt FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Leading oncologists in the country have underscored the need to adopt measures at the government level and create awareness among the public through non-government organizations to control the high incidence of cancer....		50 PPP supporters hospitalized: Sweetmeat turns poison SARGODHA, Dec 18: Fifty people, including women and children, were brought to the DHQ hospital in serious condition in which they landed after relishing sweats while celebrating the success of PPP nominee in the byelection on Sunday....
Passengers kill driver SIALKOT, Dec 18: A wagon driver was shot dead by three passengers over a fare dispute near Adda Begowala, Sambrial tehsil, here on Sunday. Reports said three people boarded a wagon from Sambrial....		‘Livestock farmers not properly educated’ FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Pakistan is facing challenges to boost agriculture and livestock sectors according to the international standards. This was stated by University of Agriculture vice-chancellor Dr Bashir Ahmad at a...
Drive against encroachments criticized GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: Councillors have criticized the Wazirabad town nazim and the tehsil municipal administration for rendering a large number of vendors and small shopkeepers jobless during an anti-encroachment drive....		Three perish in accident SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 18: Three passengers were killed while another sustained injuries in a road accident on Sunday near Joianwala Morr, some 8km away from here. Reports said a Sheikhupura-bound wagon (LRJ-9717) collided with a tractor-trolley (SAB-6647) near Joianwala....
Poor state of health facility DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 18: The District Headquarters Hospital has been running without facilities and staff for long. Information gleaned by Dawn reveals that the ICU and orthopaedic wards have no equipment....		PML triumph BAHAWALNAGAR, Dec 18: PML-backed Chaudhry Ali Akbar Vaince has won election to the NA-189, Bahawalnagar-II, seat by a thumping majority of 21,316 votes. He bagged 52,405 votes....
Govt ‘not serious’ about issue LAHORE, Dec 18: The Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith says the Kalabagh dam issue has been revived to cover up the government’s failure to provide relief to the quake survivors....		Six Pakistanis held in Afghanistan on timber smuggling charge KHAAR (Bajaur agency), Dec 18: Afghan authorities have arrested six residents of Bajaur agency for allegedly smuggling timber from Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunnar. The six belonging to the Salarzai and...
Tent village planned to promote tourism PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Sarhad Tourism Corporation (STC) will launch the Laramsar tent village project near Ouch in Lower Dir to promote tourism. “We have prepared PC-1 of the project and...		Case registered against nazim candidate, board officials: Certificate forgery PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The anti-corruption department has registered a case against a former nazim and some officials of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on the charge of forgery, it is learnt....
Need stressed for seminars on electronic filing of returns PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Chairman Frontier Customs Agents Group Ziaul Haq Sarhadi has stressed the need for holding seminars to apprise industrialists, importers, exporters and traders electronic filing of returns, introduced by the sales tax department....		Call to preserve 19th Century ‘Sethi Houses’ PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Archaelogists have stressed the need for preserving the Sethi Houses, awe-inspiring architectural specimens combining the Iranian and Gandhara art, to show Peshawarites’ love of art....
Tochi Scouts accused of occupying tribal land PESHAWAR, Dec 18: Some Darpa Khel tribesmen have accused the Tochi Scouts of occupying more than 4,000 acres of their land and said that the force has already started construction over it....		Nine held in Abbottabad for illegally selling blood ABBOTTABAD, Dec 18: Nine people were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in illegal sale of blood to different laboratories in Abbottabad. Assistant Superintendent of Police Athar Hayat, told newsmen...