December 29, 2005	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 26, 1426

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HRCP calls for talks on Baloch concerns QUETTA, Dec 28: The Human Rights Commission team visiting Kohlu has pleaded for a political dialogue between the government and the Baloch political leadership to normalize the alarming situation in the province....		N-energy ties with China to boost: PM ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Pakistan and China enjoy a unique and multifaceted relationship and both have agreed to enhance cooperation in the utilization of nuclear energy for peaceful purpose....
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SC disposes of plea on bus fire incident ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked two lawyers who had invited the attention of the court through an application towards the December 11 Lahore bus inferno to approach the Lahore High Court....		ANP vows to oppose Kalabagh Dam ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The Awami National Party (ANP) has said Kalabagh Dam is a matter of life and death for the people of NWFP and they will stop its construction at any cost....
Pakistan Steel: pre-bid conf likely in Jan ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: The final pre-bid conference for the privatization of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is expected to be held in the first week of January 2006, says a statement here on Wednesday....		PML ‘divided’ over KBD LAHORE, Dec 28: The ruling PML is facing opposition within the party on the Kalabagh dam issue and is unlikely to table a resolution in parliament fearing defeat....
MMA to resist deportation of students LAHORE, Dec 28: MMA president and Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has said that Gen Musharraf is not sincere about Kalabagh or any other water reservoir as the issue has been raised only to divide the opposition parties....		Wapda team briefs MMA on dams LAHORE, Dec 28: Wapda chairman Tariq Hameed along with a technical team gave a briefing to the MMA’s Punjab Council at Mansoora here on Wednesday as the alliance demanded setting up...
Ruling coalition’s candidates win majority of seats: Election of naib nazims HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Elections for seats of district and taluka naib nazims were held in all districts of Sindh on Wednesday. In Hyderabad, Haq Parast Panel candidate Zafar Rajput was elected the district naib nazim....		PML man wins Pindi dist naib nazim slot RAWALPINDI, Dec 28: The ruling PML-backed candidate Afzal Khokhar was on Thursday elected as district naib nazim without any fight with his ARD-backed rival Ziaullah Shah, who was kidnapped on Wednesday night by “unidentified men”....
$80,250 grant for Balochistan hospital ISLAMABAD, Dec 28: Japan on Wednesday extended $80,252 to an NGO for provision of medical equipment for a hospital in Kuchlah, Balochistan....		Govt asked to protect tribesmen’s land QUETTA, Dec 28: Shahwani tribal elders have demanded action against tehsil staff and police officials supporting land mafia in occupying the land of tribesmen....
Govt urged to give up dam plan QUETTA, Dec 28: The Sindhi Adabi Sangat has demanded of the government to give up the idea of constructing the Kalabagh dam owing to the shortage of water in the Indus river....		Razaullah elected Peshawar naib nazim PESHAWAR, Dec 28: With the election of naib nazims of district, tehsil and town councils, the fourth and final phase of the local governments in all the 24 districts of Frontier province was completed on Wednesday....
Govt to support farm sector: Durrani PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Wednesday said the provincial government would support agriculture sector development and give concessions and incentives to boost its productivity....		Media urged to focus on juvenile rights PESHAWAR, Dec 28: Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday asked media to focus on juvenile reforms to bring about change in society. The day-long workshop on ‘juvenile justice system’ was held...
10th NPTC camp begins SWABI, Dec 28: A week-long training and testing camp of the 10th National Physics Talent Contest (NPTC) began at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Wednesday....		Chitral termed a welfare state CHITRAL, Dec 28: Speakers at a book launching ceremony said Chitral was a welfare state over the past few centuries despite under-development. The governance in Chitral had been more people-friendly during...
Pandemonium mars Faisalabad election: Naib nazim seat declared vacant FAISALABAD, Dec 28: The seat of naib nazim for the City District was declared vacant by the returning officers due to ‘law and order problem in the house’ on Wednesday....		Khosa camp’s ties with PML improve: Legharis ‘deserted’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 28: The naib nazim elections here deepened rift within the PML but brought the Khosa camp led by Punjab PML-N president Zulfiqar Ali Khosa closer to the ruling party....
Election held despite kidnap of candidate SARGODHA, Dec 28: District naib nazim candidate Malik Tasawar Husain Awan, supported by district nazim Sheikh Inamul Haq Piracha, was kidnapped on Tuesday night by six unidentified people....		‘Missing’ candidate wins in Deepalpur OKARA, Dec 28: Tamir-i-Watan group’s Syed Maratab Ali Kirmani, who was reportedly ‘kidnapped’ by police last evening, won Deepalpur tehsil naib nazim election by securing 53 votes against Shah Muqeem’s Mian Fakhar Masood Bodla who managed 24 only....
66 prisoners released GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: Sixty six prisoners involved in minor offences were released on the orders of district and session judge during his visit to the prison on Wednesday. — Correspondent...		UAE president in Rajanpur DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 28: UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed arrived in Rajanpur from Rahim Yar Khan on Wednesday on a hunting trip. He reached Arabi Teela in Rojhan tehsil by road from RY Khan under a heavy security cover....
Two women die in accident SAHIWAL, Dec 28: Two women were killed and 16 others injured when a tractor-trolley carrying a marriage party overturned near Bhojian on Tuesday....		23 UC naib nazims looted on motorway GUJRANWALA, Dec 28: Over 23 naib nazims of Aroop Town union councils and ARD leaders were deprived of cash, jewellery and mobile phones by highwaymen on the motorway on Wednesday morning....
Naib nazim wanted by police DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 28: District naib nazim-elect Dost Muhammad Khan Khosa is a proclaimed offender and wanted by Sakhi Sarwar police, it is learnt....		Punjab can strengthen national economy LAHORE, Dec 28: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said Punjab could play a pivotal role in strengthening national economy by promoting agriculture and livestock sectors, and the provincial government should take measures in this regard on priority basis....
Education census LAHORE, Dec 28: For the first time, data about all kinds of public and private sector institutions in the country, including religious seminaries, is being collected....		Karafilm in Lahore DAWN was the official print media sponsor for the 5th Karafilm Festival - the international film festival which was held in Karachi from Dec 1-11, 2005, screening 150 features, documentaries and...
Protest against Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Activists of the Sindh National Party held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against the Kalabagh dam and the military operation in Balochistan....		Water shortage in three talukas HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Wasa has notified that there is shortage of water in areas of Latifabad, Qasimabad and City talukas on account of annual closure of Kotri Barrage canals by irrigation authorities from Dec 26 to Jan 10....
Railway track blown up SUKKUR, Dec 28: A two and a half feet portion of a railway track was blown up on Wednesday evening around one kilometre away from Kandhkot at the Jacobabad - Kashmore intersection....		Minister supports Bhasha dam SHIKARPUR, Dec 28: Federal Minister for Narcotics Ghous Bux Mahar has said that Sindh has been deprived of its due share of water for years and added that a step-motherly treatment is being meted out to the province....
Arbab promises jobs NAWABSHAH, Dec 28: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said more than 50,000 jobs will soon be given in different departments on merit....		Stay vacated against elections for naib nazims PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday vacated a stay order issued against elections of district naib nazims in the four districts of Peshawar, Battagram, Lower Dir and Malakand....
Immigration inspector suspended PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has suspended an inspector at Peshawar international airport on charges of helping an Afghan national fly to United Kingdom on bogus travel documents, sources said on Wednesday....		HIV treatment programme launched PESHAWAR, Dec 28: National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) in collaboration with the World Health Organisation have launched three-year anti-retroviral therapy (ART) programme....
Vanity number-plate holders warned PESHAWAR, Dec 28: The excise and taxation department has drafted a law proposing penalty for those using unregistered or fake number-plates on their vehicles, say official sources....		Awareness urged to control TB PESHAWAR, Dec 28: Lack of awareness among general public is one of the main reasons hampering efforts aimed at controlling tuberculosis (TB) in the province....
Quake-affected women shown helpless: expert PESHAWAR, Dec 28: A cultural anthropologist on Wednesday alleged that the state had used print media to project quake-affected women as helpless and identity-less to allow foreign intervention in the area....		Conference MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 28: The AJK government has decided to convene a national conference on revival of the economy of the earthquake-hit region, according to an official spokesman....