December 23, 2005	Friday	Ziqa’ad 20, 1426

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Kasuri pins hope on third round: Pakistan-India dialogue ISLAMABAD Dec 22: Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri on Thursday expressed the hope that the third round of Pakistan-India dialogue, starting from January 2006 in New Delhi, would take the...		Opposition wants Senate body to meet again: VVIP aircraft ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Three opposition members of the Senate Standing Committee on Defence on Thursday requisitioned a committee meeting to discuss the validity of the approval given by a minority of...
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Accord signed with Germany: Classified military information ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Pakistan and Germany on Friday signed an agreement on protection of classified military information. The agreement was signed by German Defence Minister Dr Franz Josef Jung and Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal....		Senate session: fireworks likely over dam and draw ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The raging controversy over the proposed Kalabagh dam and a key draw of lots that can radically change the shape of the Senate loom large as the upper house begins a short winter session on Friday....
Islamabad high court proposed, PM told ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was told here on Thursday that a Islamabad high court was being proposed to save heavy expenses of the government....		Madressahs: govt to introduce new law LAHORE, Dec 22: The government and leaders of five main chains of seminaries reached an agreement here on Thursday under which a new legislation will be introduced for enlisting madressahs....
PAC questions PTV board’s decisions of 1998-99 ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Thursday took serious notice of the “irregular decisions of the Board of Directors of the Pakistan Television (PTV)...		ATC judge faces disciplinaryaction ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Supreme Court has ordered disciplinary action against an Anti-Terrorism Court judge for granting bail to a woman in a blasphemy case when a bail petition on her behalf was pending before the apex court....
MMA, opposition to meet soon: Qazi NOWSHERA, Dec 22: Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad said on Thursday that the alliance and the combined opposition would take a decision about launching a movement against the government at a joint meeting to be held soon....		PML MNA denies being part of forward bloc: All eyes on naib-nazim polls TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 22: Mian Farhan Latif, a ruling party MNA, has assured Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi that he has nothing to do with the campaign launched against the provincial government top brass by the forward bloc....
Gas tariff raise a blow to industry FAISALABAD, Dec 22: The local chamber of commerce and industry has expressed concern over raise in the tariff of Sui gas and extortionating petroleum product prices....		Computerized system introduces in NWFP: Vehicle registration PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Acting Director General Excise and Taxation NWFP Mohammad Nasir Khan said on Thursday that an error-free computerized motor vehicle registration system had been introduced in the province to...
Punjab PPP to support Sindh on Kalabagh LAHORE, Dec 22: The Punjab PPP will join hands with party’s Sindh leader Qaim Ali Shah when he visits the city to protest against the construction of Kalabagh Dam....		Closure of sugar mills criticized MIRPURKHAS, Dec 22: A meeting held under the banner of Abadgar Action Committee of Sindhri and Mirpurkhas on Thursday reviewed strategy to take control of the Mirpurkhas sugar mill....
Musharraf announces grant for Sukkur SUKKUR, Dec 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that all villages of Sindh would have electricity by year 2007. He said the government was vigorously working for social and...		S&T ministry okays research project ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Ministry of Science and Technology has approved a project worth Rs195.867 million for research and fabrication of scientific devices using nanotechnology. “The government has recently constituted a National Commission for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NCNST)....
Tax claim against PPP leader dismissed ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a Rs2.5 million tax claim by Karachi Wealth Tax Department against Nahid Khan, the political secretary of ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto....		EC annuls Jacobabad by-poll results ISLAMABAD, Dec 22: The Election Commission of Pakistan (EC) on Thursday cancelled the results of Dec 10 by-election for the National Assembly’s NA-210 Jacobabad-III seat. “Grave illegalities and violation of the...
1,675 Gepco employees regularized GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: Around 1,675 employees of the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco), including 35 junior engineers, were regularized while 489 employees of various cadres were promoted during the current year....		Theft case registered after a year SIALKOT, Dec 22: The Satrah police have registered a theft case after over a year of the incident. According to FIR, unidentified people had driven away with a tractor-trolley of a...
Four more held for theft in railway yard SAHIWAL, Dec 22: Police arrested four more people in connection with a scam involving theft of locomotive parts and equipment from local railway yard. As many as five accused had already been arrested for their alleged involvement in the scam....		Govt depts. give little respect to CM’s orders SIALKOT, Dec 22: The chief minister has issued 446 directives to various district government departments during the last two years of which only 38 have so far been implemented....
Contempt of court notice issued to SI GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: The contempt of court notice was issued against an FIA passport cell sub-inspector for disobeying court orders of releasing an accused of human smuggling on parole....		Eight held in quadruple murder case LAHORE, Dec 22: The Kasur police conducted raids in the city on Wednesday night and arrested eight people, including four hired assassins, in a quadruple murder case....
Extortionists torch two tractors of kiln owner SIALKOT, Dec 22: Six armed men set fire to two tractors of a kiln owner after opening an indiscriminate fire at the kiln in Gojra village, Daska, late Wednesday night....		Carjackers’ gangs busted SARGODHA, Dec 22: Police claimed to have smashed two gangs of car lifters and seized stolen cars and tractor from their possession. DPO Naeem Khan told journalists on Thursday evening that...
Academic Group wins BZU polls MULTAN, December 22: The Academic Group swept annual elections of the Bahauddin Zakariya University Academic Staff Association here on Thursday. There were three panels of the BZU faculty members for 11 ASA positions, including six executive committee slots....		Forged ID card: UK national acquitted PESHAWAR, Dec 22: A local court on Thursday acquitted a British national, Zeeshan Siddiqui, in a case charging him with possessing forged Pakistani national identity card....
Video-shop blown up near Bajaur Scouts camp KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Dec 22: A video-shop was blown up and a number of other shops were damaged when an explosive device went off at a shopping centre near the Bajaur Scouts camp here on Wednesday night....		Programme for Quaid’s Day in NWFP PESHAWAR, Dec 22: The NWFP Government has decided to celebrate the birthday of the Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of the nation, falling on Sunday 25th December 2005....
Order on plea against ‘political’ appointment PESHAWAR, Dec 22: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered to fix for hearing in the first week of January a writ petition challenging the appointment of Mr Ziaur Rehman, brother...		Councillors of Fata plan to meet president LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 22: A delegation of at least 50 tribal councillors left for Islamabad on Thursday in a bid to meet the president to request him to solve their problems....
Electioneering hots up for naib nazim race HARIPUR, Dec 22: Electioneering has gained momentum in Haripur following the announcement of an election schedule for the posts of district and tehsil naib nazims. The election of naib nazims could...		High land price affects stadium construction plan BANNU, Dec 22: District Nazim Azam Khan Durrani has said that the district government will purchase land soon to construct sports stadiums in six villages. He was speaking at a meeting...
Minister for transparent distribution of Zakat PESHAWAR, Dec 22: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has asked Zakat chairmen to ensure just and transparent distribution of Zakat funds as well as help the government to further simplify the...		PTDC hotel employees seek job regularization CHITRAL, Dec 22: Employees of hotels operated by the state-run tourism body in Chitral have appealed to the government to regularize their service. A group of workers told Dawn on Thursday...
Court issues notice to zakat dept officials PESHAWAR, Dec 22: A two-member bench of Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued notices to the secretary and chief administrator for zakat and ushr in the NWFP and other respondents after...		PFC approves mechanism for grants: Local governments LAHORE, Dec 22: The newly re-constituted Provincial Finance Commission on Thursday approved the mechanism for conditional grants for local governments to be released under the Punjab Devolved Social Services Programme....
Marathon made a fund-raiser LAHORE, Dec 22: Around 150 athletes, including 50 world renowned runners will take part in the second Lahore Marathon to be held on Jan 29 next....		Fresh doctors to serve in villages LAHORE, Dec 22: The Punjab government is considering to make one-year service in rural areas compulsory for fresh doctors. This was stated by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi while talking to Brunei ambassador Abdul Jalil who called on him here on Thursday....
PR team’s India visit delayed again LAHORE, Dec 22: The visit of a Pakistan Railways delegation to India to finalize modalities for resuming the Khokhrapar-Monabao rail link has been delayed for the third time, it is learnt....		Housewife, maid shot dead in Mozang LAHORE, Dec 22: A woman and her maid were shot dead in mysterious circumstances at Chah Pichwara in Mozang on Thursday. Shamim Tariq, a trader, told police that he had left his house for morning walk when the incident took place....
CAA installs system for safe landing, take-off LAHORE, Dec 22: The Civil Aviation Authority has installed an instrument landing system (Cat-II) at the Allama Iqbal airport for safe take-off and landing of planes during fog....		Christians to get alternative land LAHORE, Dec 22: The Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company reached an agreement with the Christians on a small piece of land in the periphery of Sundar Industrial Estate....
Activists await permission: Peace festival HYDERABAD, Dec 22: The federal interior ministry has not till Thursday night granted permission to peace activists who intended to gather at the zero point on the Pakistan-India border on Friday to hold a peace mella there....		Protest against Kalabagh dam SHIKARPUR, Dec 22: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and its affiliated organizations observed a token hunger strike to protest against construction of Kalabagh dam at the Lakhi gate tower chowk on Thursday....
Steps urged to redress patients’ complaints PESHAWAR, Dec 22: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has called upon doctors to provide better services to patients and dispense medicines free of charge to the poor....		‘PICIC to invest in tourism’ PESHAWAR, Dec 22: Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation’s managing director Mohammad Ali Khoja has pledged support for the tourism sector. He said his corporation had played a vital role in...
ANP sets up committees for rally against dam PESHAWAR, Dec 22: The Awami National Party has reiterated its opposition to the construction of the Kalabagh dam and has asked party workers to participate in the anti-Kalabagh dam rally to be held on Dec 29....		Two killed in Thatta THATTA, Dec 22: A peasant woman identified as Gharib Khatoon, 27, died of bullet wound while trying to stop her brother from committing suicide in the Ali Bahar village, seven kilometres off here, on Thursday....