January 4, 2006	Wednesday	Zilhaj 3, 1426

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Minister for production of CNG kits in a year ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon on Tuesday stressed the need for local manufacturing of CNG kits within a year to cut the import bill and make the country environment friendly....		SC censures filing of ‘frivolous’ petition ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure at a “frivolous” petition filed by a senior government employee in violation of the relevant rules and regulations to block the absorption of a public servant in a government department....
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Pakistan seeks Austria’s help to set up varsity ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Pakistan has sought help from Austria to set up a world class engineering university in the country. It was discussed on Tuesday during a meeting between a six...		Musharraf to retain army post till 2007 ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said Pakistan’s integrity was more important than retaining the post of the army chief....
NCSW gets new chief after all ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Dr Arfa Sayeda Zehra, an educationist from Lahore took over as chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) on the new year....		Stance on Kashmir clear, says official ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Foreign Secretary Riaz Ahmed Khan told a sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday that Pakistan wanted right to self-determination for Kashmiris....
35 Kashmiri children die of pneumonia GILGIT, Jan 3: 35 children have so far died of pneumonia in three mountain villages of Kashmir since last week after heavy snowfalls, an official said here on Tuesday....		‘Army doing best to save quake victims’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Army is committed to ensure safety of quake victims in winter, Director General ISPR Major General Shaukat Sultan said here on Tuesday....
‘Kirmani was given Rs1.2m reward by PSO’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: A spokesman for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has said a reward of Rs1.2 million was given to PIA Chairman and Chief Executive Tariq Kirmani by the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and not PIA....		Common crime but uncommon victim ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Mobile phone-snatching is common in the large cities of the country but this time the victim was uncommon. Ms Nilofer Bakhtiar, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Women...
PAC resents misuse of phone by FO officials ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The special sub-committee of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday resented the loss of Rs850 million to the national exchequer by telephone misuse by officers of the foreign ministry and diplomatic staff in foreign countries....		JWP blames FC for hostilities QUETTA, Jan 3: The Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) has blamed the recent clashes in Dera Bugti on the Frontier Corps’ violation of an agreement between security forces and tribesmen....
Decline in sectarian incidents: Sherpao ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The outgoing year saw a 30 per cent drop in terrorist and sectarian incidents against the previous year, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday....		New tent villages set up in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 3: Aid workers on Tuesday set up new camps for survivors of the South Asian earthquake whose tents collapsed in heavy rain and snow, as bad weather disrupted relief operations for a third day....
WFP needs $10m for wheat supply to quake survivors PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The World Food Programme (WFP) needs $10 million to meet the expenses associated to the grinding and transportation of 46,000 metric tons of wheat to be sent to earthquake survivors in the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir....		Highway connecting Punjab with Gwadar blocked; Anti-Kalabagh dam protest LARKANA, Jan 3: A large number of activists in the lead of Bashir Qureshi, central chairman of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, blocked the Indus Highway on Tuesday in protest against the Kalabagh dam and military ‘operation’ in Balochistan....
Arrest of 40 people sparks protest in Pir-Jo-Goth KHAIRPUR, Jan 3: Police on Monday conducted raids on the Kot Pul area of the Kingri taluka and arrested some 40 people. There were reports that notorious bandit Ghazi Jagirani, allegedly...		Construction of dam necessary, says Aziz SUKKUR, Jan 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that he and President Gen Pervez Musharraf are trying hard to remove reservations of the provinces about the Kalabagh dam because construction of dams is necessary for the country....
Professionals to get funding for training in IT: Awais ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday said the government was willing to provide financial assistance for capacity-building and training of professionals in any specific area required by the telecom and IT industry in Pakistan....		Medicines rot as the sick suffer BAGH, Jan 3: A heap of ‘garbage’ inside the District Headquarters Hospital of the earthquake-devastated city of Bagh would shock anyone....
Pindi Distt, town naib nazims take oath RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: The newly-elected naib nazims of the district and five towns were administered oath of their offices on Tuesday. Afzal Khokhar took the oath as naib nazim of the city district government....		Senate membership for minorities sought ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) chairman, Shahbaz Bhatti, says the religious minorities living in Pakistan should be given representation in the Senate so that they can also play their role in the legislation process....
New Delhi’s remarks disappointing, says Aziz ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked India not to vitiate the atmosphere for the ongoing peace process between the two countries by issuing statements on Islamabad’s internal affairs urging New Delhi to ‘mind its own business’....		Heating in tent villages poses major problem PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Making heating arrangements in tent villages in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP has become a major concern for relief organizations and the army as the survivors are living in freezing cold....
Private college in Abbottabad slammed for duping students PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The parents of youths enrolled in an unrecognised private medical college of Abbottabad have called upon the government to take legal action against its owner for wasting three years of its students....		Alarming rise in suicides in Haripur HARIPUR, Jan 3: At least 25 people, including seven women, committed suicide and 19 others were found dead in mysterious circumstances during the year 2005, according to statistics released by a Haripur-based non-governmental organization here on Monday....
Snowfall paralyzes life in N. Areas GILGIT, Jan 3: The hilly areas of Gilgit and Baltistan are in the grip of severe cold, where snowfall has been recorded at three to five feet after Sunday’s rains....		CM urges release of Rs1bn under ADP PESHAWAR, Jan 3: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has issued directives to release Rs1 billion for expediting work on on-going schemes under the Annual Development Programme throughout the province....
Transporters block highway in protest: Rivalry among two groups LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 3: Transporters blocked the Peshawar-Torkhum Highway for at least five hours on Tuesday after their rival group forcibly disembarked some passengers, including ladies, from their vehicles in Zakhakhel area....		Nazims hand flour over to undeserving ABBOTTABAD, Jan 3: Nazims and members of the provincial and national assemblies in all the union councils of Abbottabad district are distributing the flour sent by Turkey for earthquake-affected people among non-deserving people....
Hydropower project set to displace 35 families GILGIT, Jan 3: At least 35 families have been asked to vacate their houses to complete work on a 16-megawatt hydel power project in Naltar, 35km northwest of Gilgit....		Vaccination plan for quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The NWFP health department has planned to carry out vaccination drive in the five quake-hit districts. “Keeping in view the winter and snowfall season in the quake-...
Protest against deployment of rangers in campus DADU, Jan 3: Students of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences in Jamshoro on Tuesday staged a demonstration outside the main campus to protest against deployment of Rangers at the campus....		Naib nazims in Sindh take oath NAWABSHAH, Jan 3: District and taluka naib nazims of Nawabshah took the oath here on Tuesday. The first additional district and sessions judge, Amjad Ali Qazi, administered the oath to district...
Completion of shrine uplift work in time ordered HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Jamshoro DCO Dr Mohammad Khawar Jameel has directed companies concerned with ongoing development work of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine to complete it by January 15 at the latest....		Man seeks help for release of son THATTA, Jan 3: A man has appealed to the president, prime minister, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, HRCP and the Amnesty International to ensure release of his son allegedly detained by police at an undisclosed place....
Free eye camp planned for Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Jan 3: A free eye camp would be organized by the District Red Crescent Society in collaboration with the provincial health department in February in Mirpurkhas where prominent eye surgeons would operate eye patients free of cost....		Rs180m to be spent on Mithro Canal remodeling SANGHAR, Jan 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that remodeling of the Mithrao Canal will be carried out at a cost of Rs180 million to provide water to tail-end growers....
Demo held against alleged highhandedness BADIN, Jan 3: Some 40 followers of Syed Pir Ghulam Jilani staged a demonstration on Shah Latif Road here on Tuesday against some influential persons of Thatta for implicating his sons and their Jamaat men in false criminal cases....		Serious water shortage looms large LAHORE, Jan 3: Punjab Irrigation Minister Chaudhry Amer Sultan Cheema has said Pakistan will be included in the list of the countries facing water shortage if it fails to augment its water resources by building new dams by 2012....
Pervaiz seeks explanation from SSP, three DPOs: Dacoity-cum-murders LAHORE, Jan 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday expressed ‘displeasure’ over five dacoity-cum-murders that took place on Monday....		MMA components to decide NSC meeting issue LAHORE, Jan 3: Four components of the MMA will decide here on Wednesday (today) whether opposition leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman and NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani should attend the National Security Council meeting(s) or not....
Proposal to waive taxes sent to govt: Construction material for quake-hit areas PESHAWAR, Jan 3: The government has been sent a proposal to waive off duty and taxes on construction material in the quake-hit areas of the NWFP and Azad Kashmir....		Industrial estate for auto part makers LAHORE, Jan 3: Punjab Industries, Commerce and Invest-ment Minister Muhammad Ajmal Cheema has said the government will establish a common facility centre for auto parts manufacturers at Kot Lakhpat and develop an industrial estate for them....
Six suffer burns in furnace explosion GUJRANWALA, Jan 3: Six workers sustained burn injuries following an explosion in the furnace of a steel factory on Sialkot Road on Tuesday....		Fertilizer workers’ concern MIANWALI, Jan 3: Workers of the Pak-American Fertilizer, Iskandarabad, have chalked out a protest strategy against the privatization of the factory....
Loadshedding creates problems FAISALABAD, Jan 3: Unscheduled loadshedding and trippings in the city and its adjoining rural areas during the last three days has perturbed the people and affected business activities....		Governor for semester system in IUB BAHAWALPUR, Jan 3: Governor Khalid Maqbool reiterated on Tuesday the government’s intention to eliminate politics from universities....
Plan to set up sports industry trust SIALKOT, Jan 3: The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association have decided to establish a sports industry development trust to cope with...		Lyallpur TMA recovery drive soon FAISALABAD, Jan 3: Lyallpur Town Nazim Rana Zahid Mehmood has said a comprehensive plan had been chalked out to recover Rs220 million from various defaulters, and the campaign would be launched soon....