December 20, 2005	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 17, 1426

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Frontier CM favours Bhasha dam PESHAWAR, Dec 19: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Monday that the federal government should construct Bhasha dam instead of building the controversial Kalabagh dam....		‘Pakistan remains in low-level skills trap’: Development economists conference opens ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Economic experts told a conference here on Monday that low standards of vocational, creative and cognitive skills had resulted in huge losses to Pakistan in output, exports and...
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Teachers salary increased under TTS ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday enhanced the salary package of the faculty members of the universities working under the Tenure Track System (TTS). The increase in the salary package had been...		PM calls for revamping Pakistan Railways ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday stressed the need for revamping, restructuring and corporatizing Pakistan Railways. Prime Minister Aziz said it was the only way to organise the...
All legislatures to be consulted on dam issue, says minister PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the federal government would take all provinces and parliament into confidence if it decides...		ANP calls for dialogue to resolve political issues PESHAWAR, Dec 19: The Awami National Party (ANP) has expressed concern over the military operation in Balochistan and has asked the government to stop it and start political dialogue for the resolution of the dispute....
Govt accused of fomenting hatred among provinces: Construction of Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, Dec 19: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Kalabagh dam was a matter of serious concern to the people of Sindh but the rulers...		Strike against dam today LARKANA, Dec 19: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi has called for a complete strike across Sindh on Tuesday (today) to protest against Kalabagh dam....
Kalash celebrate winter festival CHITRAL, Dec 19: The traditional winter festival opened on Monday in the three Kalash valleys of Bumburate, Birir and Rumboor in the south of Chitral district....		Taunsa rehabilitation to take two years: CM DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 19: Chief Minister Perviz Elahi says his government is committed to the development of southern Punjab. He was addressing a big gathering, also comprising parliamentarians and nazims...
‘Banks ready to advance loans to kite dealers’: Alternative business LAHORE, Dec 19: Banks have shown willingness to advance loans up to Rs500,000 to persons related to kite production and trade without collateral against personal surety....		First Sikh officer in Pakistan Army LAHORE, Dec 19: Harcharan Singh, 19, of the Nankana Sahib, is the first Pakistani Sikh in the country’s 58-year history who has been commissioned in the Pakistan Army as an officer....
Expat doctors visit Jinnah, Rescue 1122 LAHORE, Dec 19: A delegation of Pakistani doctors working abroad visited the central station of Rescue 1122 and emergency wards of the Jinnah Hospital on Sunday evening....		5 shot dead QUETTA, Dec 19: Three women, a child and a man were shot dead in their house in the Mito village of Jhal Magsi district on Monday....
Teachers urged to avoid corporal punishment SWABI, Dec 19: Corporal punishment in schools is a major cause of the rising dropout rate in the country, according to speakers at a workshop held on Monday....		Turner praises survivor’s fightback MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 19: Chairman of the United Nations Foundation Ted Turner, UN secretary general’s special adviser Dr Nafis Sadiq and eight members of the foundation visited the quake-hit capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday....
Two university employees jailed for seven year PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Judge Jamaluddin Khan of the additional district and sessions court on Monday awarded seven-year jail terms to two employees of a private university for falsifying their academic records and fined them Rs700,000 each....		Two killed in shootout PESHAWAR, Dec 19: A shootout between two rival groups in the village of Takhtabad has claimed the lives of two persons, police said on Monday. One person was injured in the clash, police said....
One dies in road accident PESHAWAR, Dec 19: One person was killed and two others injured when a pick-up collided with a passenger bus near Shah Alam Bridge on the Charsadda Road, police said....		Farmers demand fair price for sugarcane SANGHAR, Dec 19: The Sindh Abadgar Board and the Small Growers Association have alleged that sugar mills have been closed to deprive farmers of a fair price for their produce....
Call for protection of wildlife in Thar MITHI, Dec 19: Speakers at a seminar held here the other day expressed concern over alarming depletion in population of wild species in Thar. They demanded that relevant authorities should give...		Manufacturing, sale of gutka continue MIRPURKHAS, Dec 19: Manufacturing and sale of gutka and mainpuri is going on in full swing with the open support of the police in violation of the ban imposed by the Governor of Sindh, Dr Ishrat-ul-Ibad....
Schools in Larkana reopen LARKANA, Dec 19: Primary schools reopened in the Larkana district after remaining closed for 17 days due to stand-off between the leadership of two groups of primary schoolteachers....		One killed, three held LARKANA, Dec 19: A motorcyclist was killed in firing and three outlaws were arrested when police tried to arrest some of the outlaws near the Tatri village (Dokri) on Monday....
No layoffs in tax depts: CBR chief: Reforms programme LAHORE, Dec 19: No employee of any tax collection department will be retrenched during the implementation of the restructuring and reforms programme. This was ensured by Central Board of Revenue chairman...		LHC orders girl’s checkup to determine age: Marriage on free will LAHORE, Dec 19: Justice Khwaja Mohammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court on Monday sent Tayyaba Zulfiquar, who had contracted marriage on her free will, to Darul Aman for the purpose of medical examination to determine her age....
Corporate lawyer shot dead LAHORE, Dec 19: A renowned corporate lawyer was shot dead outside his house in Block-L of Faisal Town on Monday night. Barrister Saleem Sehgal, 50, had just reached near his house when his car was intercepted by another car....		Kamran Rasool relieved of his duties LAHORE, Dec 19: Former chief secretary Kamran Rasool (SG/BS-22) was relieved of his duties in the Punjab government with effect from Dec 10, 2005, the date when he relinquished charge to...
Notice to govt on Zardari’s application LAHORE, Dec 19: A special court on Monday issued notice to the Punjab government on an application through which Asif Zardari has sought exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds....		PA body clears bill LAHORE, Dec 19: The Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Health on Monday cleared the Punjab Emergency Services Bill 2005 after suggesting some amendments to it. The committee, which met with Dr...
Kalabagh dam vital to federation: Afgan SARGODHA, Dec 19: Kalabagh and other dams are not only vital to the agriculture sector, but also indispensable for the existence of federation of Pakistan. This was said by Law Minister...		WTO regime threat to soccer industry SIALKOT, Dec 19: A global shift from hand-stitched soccer balls to the machine-made under the WTO regime can jeopardize the future of the local industrialists and exporters, besides about 100,000 workers...
Concern over hike in gas prices FAISALABAD, Dec 19: The Federation of Pakistan Dry Ports has expressed concern over increase in gas prices from Jan 1, and urged the president and the prime minister to take stock...		Fishermen against new water projects MULTAN, Dec 19: People living along the left bank of the Indus held a rally on the eve of Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi’s visit to the Taunsa barrage to protest against proposed construction of new dams/projects on the river....
Four gangsters being interrogated TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 19: Arrouti police were questioning four members of a gang involved in selling cars on instalment and whenever purchasers failed to pay an instalment they forcibly snatched cars and confiscated previously paid money....		Constable and wife murdered KHANEWAL, Dec 19: A police constable and his wife were shot dead by unidentified people here on Sunday night. Jahanian police told newsmen on Monday that Constable Pervez Ahmad and his...
Tribesmen block highway in protest against load-shedding LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 19: People of Sultan Khel on Monday blocked the Peshawar-Torkhum highway for two hours to protest against unscheduled load-shedding and shortage of potable water....		Petitions challenging entrance test rejected PESHAWAR, Dec 19: The Peshawar High Court on Monday dismissed nine identical writ petitions challenging the entrance test held by the Education Testing and Evaluation Authority (ETEA) for the public sector medical colleges in the province....
Nations need to learn lessons from history: VC PESHAWAR, Dec 19: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peshawar Mumtaz Gul has said the Ummah is facing a difficult period and needs to unite to meet challenges of the future....		PQP urges Durrani to oppose Kalabagh PESHAWAR, Dec 19: The Pukhtunkhwa Qaumi Party (PQP) has urged the NWFP chief minister, Akram Khan Durrani, to oppose the Kalabagh dam like his counterpart in Sindh province....
WPF wants change in syllabus PESHAWAR, Dec 19: The World Population Foundation (WPF) has urged the government to amend syllabus to make it more suitable for adolescents. The syllabus which we have developed is aimed at...		Two arrested in sexual assault case KOHAT, Dec 19: A schoolboy was allegedly molested by his class fellow and a land revenue official, police said. The city police arrested both the accused, identified as Syed Karamt Ali...
Free transport in Balakot, Kaghan ABBOTTABAD, Dec 19: The International Organization of Migration will hire 20 vans and three jeeps to provide free transport to the people of Balakot and Kaghan and will soon launch a free bus service from Ghari Habibullah to Balakot....		Gas supply restored LAHORE, Dec 19: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited on Monday restored supply to 44 power units in the Lahore region. According to a company spokesman, the SNGPL had to curtail...
Spanish envoy LAHORE, Dec 19: Spanish ambassador Jose Maria Robles Fraga has invited Pakistani entrepreneurs to invest in joint ventures in windmill energy, agro-based industry, cold storage and steel sectors in his country....		Prayer leaders booked GUJRANWALA, Dec 19: Five prayer leaders were booked on the charge of violating a ban on the use of loudspeakers here on Monday. Those booked were: Maulana Abdul Aziz, Hafiz Muhammad...