December 21, 2005	Wednesday	Ziqa’ad 18, 1426

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Altaf suggests resumption of talks on Balochistan KARACHI, Dec 20: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has opposed the policy of punishing the entire Balochistan population for crimes committed by a handful of individuals and called for resuming negotiations to solve the problem of the south-western province....		BNP-A calls for negotiations QUETTA, Dec 20: The Balochistan National Party (Awami) has urged the federal government to resolve all issues of the province through negotiations. The party’s central executive committee, in a meeting held...
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VVIP, Saab planes okayed ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Reversing on its earlier recommendations, the Senate Standing Committee on Defence, which met here under its chairman Nisar Memon, on Tuesday okayed the government’s decision to purchase VVIP aeroplanes and Saab aircraft with surveillance system from Sweden....		Sherpao says opponents of development targeted ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday the paramilitary force had taken target-specific action in Balochistan against anti-development elements....
Call to set up ‘Indus water authority’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Senator S.M. Zafar on Tuesday proposed setting up of an ‘Indus water authority’ through an act of parliament which should take decisions about construction of reservoirs and provide constitutional guarantees to stakeholders if needed....		ANP plans anti-dam conference ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Awami National Party (ANP) president Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan has alleged that the controversial Kalabagh dam was being built to hand over control of the Indus river water to Punjab at the cost of three smaller provinces....
Nato ‘copters surpass 1500 ton mark ISLAMABAD, Dec. 20: The German helicopters belonging to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Disaster Relief Team have transported more than 1500 tons of relief goods to and over 3500 victims from the quake-hit areas of Kashmir....		Senate draws on Jan 3 ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: The Election Commission of Pakistan will hold a draw on Jan 3 to decide the retirement of 50 senators after completion of their three-year term on March 13....
German defence minister arrives today ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: German Defence Minister Dr Franz-Josef Jung will visit Pakistan and Afghanistan from December 21 to 23, said a statement issued by the German embassy here on Tuesday....		Expatriates’ role in uplift lauded ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday lauded contribution made by overseas Pakistanis to socio-economic development of their motherland and urged them to benefit from investment opportunities in the country....
Salarzai tribesmen agree not to grow poppy KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Dec 20: Tribesmen signed an agreement with the political authorities on Tuesday and promised not to grow poppy in the Salarzai subdivision in return for some incentives....		Regular service from first week of January: Lahore-Amritsar bus LAHORE, Dec 20: Pakistan and India are believed to have agreed to launch the regular Lahore-Amritsar bus service from the first week of the next month....
‘President yet to make up mind’: SCBA on uniform LAHORE, Dec 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is yet to decide if his casting off the Chief of the Army Staff uniform will serve the national interest, says Malik Muhammad Qayyum, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association....		Operation in Balochistan condemned ISLAMABAD, Dec 20, 2005: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has criticised the deployment of military in Balochistan....
Abolition of Levies system opposed QUETTA, Dec 20: Traders in Pishin observed a strike on Tuesday against abolition of Levies system in the area. All business centres and shops in the city remained closed in response...		Registration ordinance approved in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP cabinet met here on Tuesday and approved the Amended Madaris Registration Ordinance, upgrading Arabic teachers from BPS-9 to BPS-15 and theology teachers to BPS-14 from BPS-7....
Turkish engineer’s death condoled ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: Pakistan Ambassador to Turkey Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah and some embassy officials on Tuesday visited the residence of second Turkish engineer Ufuk Arsalan who died on Monday of...		‘Labour laws being ignored in Gadoon estate’ SWABI, Dec 20: Labourers have to work in an exploitative environment in the Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate as there is no authority to keep a check on employees....
Girl students facing boarding problems PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Girl students of the University of Peshawar enrolled in the evening programme are facing accommodation problems and are forced to reside in private hostels....		700 shelters completed in Chatter Plain area HARIPUR, Dec 20: The army has constructed 700 shelter homes in the quake-hit areas of Chatter Plain in Mansehra district. Army engineers are working on another 300 such shelters, said Brig...
Governor says education system to be overhauled KOHAT, Dec 20: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman on Tuesday said the government wanted to overhaul the system of education and help teachers and students to keep up with the latest developments taking place in the field of science....		Construction of mosque: status quo ordered HARIPUR, Dec 20: The court of senior civil judge Haripur on Tuesday issued status quo order against the construction of a mosque in a disputed plot in Khalabat Township and asked...
Computer certificates given to child prisoners HARIPUR, Dec 20: Haripur jail authorities here on Tuesday awarded certificates to 45 juvenile prisoners who had completed their computer training courses. Superintendent central prison Haripur Malik Fakhar-e-Alam was the chief...		Transporters protest BANNU, Dec 20: Transporters blocked the Indus Highway near Azeem Kala here on Tuesday to protest against the shifting of transport stands of Karak and Thal area by the Serai Naurang tehsil municipal administration....
Strike observed in Sindh against Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, Dec 20: A complete strike was observed in upper Sindh on Tuesday while there was a mixed response to the strike call given by the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz in areas of Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar....		Lukewarm response in Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 20: A complete shutter-down strike was observed on Tuesday in Shikarpur, Kand- hkot, Kash-more, Thull, Garhi Khairo, Karampur, Ghotki, Mir- pur Mathelo, Daharki and other parts of interior Sindh,...
A matter of life and death: PPP MIRPURKHAS, Dec 20: PPP provincial president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Kalabagh dam project is a matter of life and death for the people of Sindh....		Anti-dam struggle to continue: JSQM LARKANA, Dec 20: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi has termed the strike against the Kalabagh dam a big success and said struggle against such proposals will continue....
APC urges govt to shelve dam plan DADU, Dec 20: An All Parties Conference (APC) has demanded of the government to shelve the Kalabagh dam plan and warned the federal government that the controversial dam would harm integrity of the country....		Body set up to solve civic problems KHAIRPUR, Dec 20: The District Nazim has constituted a committee comprising two members each from three major political parties to solve civic problems facing the district....
Bus set on fire in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, Dec 20: A group of armed men set a bus on fire at the Qazi Ahmed-More late on Monday night. The bus (P-0932) reduced to ashes after the incident....		DPOs to face music for failing to control crime: Pervaiz’s warning LAHORE, Dec 20: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday severely reprimanded senior police officials for failing to control law and order. He directed them to improve law and order and arrest outlaws within a month or face action....
Export duty on flour may go LAHORE, Dec 20: The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) has moved a summary to the finance ministry for the removal of 15 per cent regulatory duty on export of flour to Afghanistan....		LPG price up by Rs40 per cylinder in six days LAHORE, Dec 20: The LPG marketing companies have unilaterally raised the ex-plant price of a 11.8kg domestic cylinder by another Rs20 from Wednesday (today)....
Court seeks Ogra report on POL price raise LAHORE, Dec 20: Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a detailed report from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority on the revision of POL prices and the reason for raising the same....		Police teams probe lawyer’s murder LAHORE, Dec 20: Police on Tuesday launched investigation into the murder of corporate lawyer Saleem Sehgal who was shot dead outside his house in Faisal Town on Monday night....
Power misuse charge: Wattoo acquitted LAHORE, Dec 20: An ehtasab bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday acquitted former chief minister Manzoor Wattoo of the charge of misuse of the authority....		Lawyers for countrywide strike against murder LAHORE, Dec 20: Barrister Saleem Sehgal’s murder shocked the legal fraternity to a degree that its representative bodies gave a countrywide strike call for Wednesday (today)....
Probe by high court judge demanded: Sangla riots FAISALABAD, Dec 20: Christian leaders have demanded the government should depute a high court judge to conduct a probe into Sangla Hill incident so that the real culprits could be taken to task....		Three POs killed in ‘encounter’ GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: Three proclaimed offenders were killed while five others, including a constable, sustained injuries in a police ‘encounter’ at Chenab Bela Sodara, Wazirabad on Tuesday....
Chamber backs govt on Kalabagh FAISALABAD, Dec 20: The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) has announced a full support to the government for the completion of Kalabagh dam. FCCI chief Mian Hanif said at...		Seminar on export marketing opportunities SIALKOT, Dec 20: The UNIDO has offered advanced export marketing opportunities for sports goods and sports wear industry through Smeda, enabling them to explore and capture international markets....
Sanitary workers await salary GUJRANWALA, Dec 20: Sanitary workers of seven towns have protested against the tehsil municipal administration for not paying their salaries before Christmas. At a meeting here on Tuesday, the participants said...		Cult leader’s accomplice arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 20: A Faisalabad police team on Tuesday arrested an alleged accomplice of self-styled ‘Imam Mehdi’ Shahbaz Ahmad from Gojra....
Man, son killed by robbers FAISALABAD, Dec 20: A robbers’ gang shot dead a house-owner and his son on Monday night at Malikpur in Nishatabad police limits. Reports said the robbers forced their entry into the...		Committee discusses law, order in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Dec 20: A meeting of the NWFP assembly’s standing committee on law and order on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over lawlessness in the city and directed police officials to take immediate steps in this regard....
WB report stresses private sector’s role: Privatization of Bank of Khyber suggested PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The NWFP economic report unveiled here on Tuesday has underlined the need for economic growth, improvement in education and health sectors and strengthening of safety nets to protect...		Reused syringes major cause of hepatitis: experts PESHAWAR, Dec 20: Experts attending a workshop said that reuse of syringes, multiple injections and transfusion of unscreened blood were major causes of the spread of hepatitis B and C....
Mansehra workshop for political workers PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The National Democratic Institute conducted its first workshop for political parties in Mansehra district under the third phase of its capacity building programme....		Food distributed in quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Dec 20: The Pakistan Army has distributed 1.5 million tons of food items among victims as part of its ongoing air and ground relief operations in the earthquake-hit districts of...