January 5, 2006	Thursday	Zilhaj 4, 1426

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Children’s death toll rises to 42 in N. Areas GILGIT, Jan 4: Number of children who died due severe cold and pneumonia in the Northern Areas rose to 42 as another six children expired in Gultari sector of Baltistan....		PIA completes pre-Haj operation ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The PIA on Wednesday completed its pre-Haj operation as its last Haj flight with 435 intending pilgrims on board left here for Jeddah....
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Media wrapping itself in self-censorship: report ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Pakistan’s media remained critical and vibrant during the year 2005, but are being “entrapped in an elaborate system of self-censorship”. This was observed in a report titled “Media...		ECC decision on wheat termed anti-grower LAHORE, Jan 4: Farmers on Wednesday criticized the ECC decision to continue duty-free wheat import, terming it “anti-growers and counter-productive for agriculture of the country.” On the other hand, the government...
Naib nazim polls in Punjab on 7th ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Wednesday fixed January 7 for naib nazims elections in different tehsil councils of the Punjab....		President, PM condole Maktoum’s death ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have expressed their deep sorrow over the death of Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai....
29 brigadiers promoted as major general RAWALPINDI, Jan 4: The Selection Board of Pakistan Army has approved promotion of 29 officers from Brigadier to Major General. A meeting of the board was held here at the GHQ...		Honour killing is straight away murder: expert ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: A lady professor of the International Islamic University has decried honour killing as “straight away murder.” “There are instances in which women were killed by their own family...
PPP vows to fight against mly rule ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Wednesday pledged to get rid of military rule and restore the Constitution in its original form and declared 2006 as the year of general elections....		Minister gets green signal for Senate ticket ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Federal Education Minister, Lt-Gen (Retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi, whose name is among the senators who would be retiring on March 11, has been given green signal by the...
Tourism institutes to be set up in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Tourism Minister Dr G.G. Jamal said the government would set up four tourism skill development institutes in the earthquake-hit areas to bring economic stability in the region....		Quake moot from 15th RAWALPINDI, Jan 4: A three-day conference on “Earthquake 10/8: Social, human and gender issues”, organized by Fatima Jinnah Women University and University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission, will kick off here on January 15....
Two infants die of cold ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: Two minor girls died in H-11 tent village here on Wednesday due to severe cold. The deceased were identified as three-month-old Sania and nine-month-old Nosheen....		Model villages to be set up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning to set up more model villages in the federal capital’s rural belt designated as zone-IV, sources said on Wednesday....
Women to run in separate groups LAHORE, Jan 4: Women will run in separate groups in the Lahore Marathon-2006. This was said by Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood on Wednesday at a press conference held here to...		Lahore airport partially closed LAHORE, Jan 4: Poor visibility led to the temporary closure of the Allama Iqbal Airport on Wednesday, disrupting the arrival and departure of almost all domestic and international flights....
Gas supply to industry partially shut down LAHORE, Jan 4: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) on Wednesday partially shut down supply to general industry as domestic demand rose due to persistent cold wave....		PU to market research projects LAHORE, Jan 4: The Punjab University will market its research projects to make them commercially viable. This was decided at a meeting of senior faculty members presided over by vice-chancellor Arshad Mahmood here on Wednesday....
Suicide LAHORE, Jan 4: A woman allegedly committed suicide in her house in the Lower Mall police area on Wednesday. Police said Rakhshanda, 30, had an argument with h.er husband.—Staff Reporter...		Case against tehsil nazim, accomplices: Kidnap of UC naib nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 4: Gojra city police on Wednesday registered a case against tehsil nazim Asad Zaman Cheema and his accomplices for allegedly kidnapping UC-12 naib nazim Sarfraz Rahat Masih after protest by the Christian community....
2,400 villages to be electrified in a year BAHAWALPUR, Jan 4: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said 2,400 villages in the district will be electrified in a year at a cost of around Rs2 billion....		Six dacoits arrested KASUR, Jan 4: Kasur police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested six members of a gang of robbers. Kasur DPO Ahmad Mobin said the gang known as Jabro Gang had made various strikes in the district in the last two months....
No progress in Lalamusa gang-rape case GUJRAT, Jan 4: Police have failed to arrest the outlaws who gang-raped a married woman during a dacoity bid in Theekarian village of Lalamusa some ten days ago....		Camp removed from Clock Tower lawns FAISALABAD, Jan 4: The anti-encroachment squad of the Lyallpur Town Administration on Wednesday removed the model house set up by the MQM activists on the lawns of the Clock Tower intersection....
15 villages without power NAROWAL, Jan 4: Fifteen villages are without electricity for a week as 2,400-meter power supply wire had been stolen from poles in Wapda subdivision No 3....		Religious scholar shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 4: Noted religious scholar Sufi Muhammad Boota was shot dead by unidentified assailants near Mujahidnagar locality city area on the Jandiala Road early on Wednesday....
Wagon drivers beat police SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 4: A wagon driver and his colleagues beat up traffic policemen, tore their uniforms and ransacked furniture at the Chowk Pir Bahar Shah check post while reacting to an altercation on road here on Wednesday....		Two hydel stations in Punjab GUJRANWALA, Jan 4: At least Rs750 million are being spent on the establishment of two hydel stations in Punjab for the provision of power supply to industrialists on cheaper rates....
Gang-raped KASUR, Jan 4: The daughter of a farmer was kidnapped and gang-raped on Wednesday in Mainwalla village, Khudian. The victim, ‘S’, was kidnapped by Amjad Ali and his accomplices and subjected her to gang-rape at a deserted place....		M.Com student shot by dacoits SAHIWAL, Jan 4: Dacoits shot dead an M.Com student and looted cash and valuables of over Rs0.5 million in six different strikes here on Tuesday night....
All set for DBA polls FAISALABAD, Jan 4: All is set for the District Bar Association elections to be held here on Thursday (today). The three candidates in the field for the DBA presidential slot concluded their campaigns with claims of reasonable support....		China will resume work on Gomal dam: minister PESHAWAR, Jan 4: State Minister of Water and Power Engineer Amir Muqam on Wednesday said the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) had reached an agreement with China to restart work on Gomal Zam dam by March....
Torkhum road blocked at two sites LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 4: Peshawar-Torkhum road, leading to Afghanistan, was blocked at two sites on Wednesday by protesting transporters Authorities had to call out paramilitary forces after an armed...		PHC seeks comments PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday stayed the admission of two students recommended by the FATA Secretariat for admission to public sector medical colleges against FR Bannu seats and issued notices to the respondents....
Home ministry put on notice in detention case PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday put on notice the home ministry and the DIG of Police, Malakand range, in a habeas corpus petition challenging the alleged detention...		PTB to help tobacco farmers obtain loans PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) will facilitate grant of agricultural production loans to tobacco growers by banks. According to a PTB press release issued on Wednesday, the board...
32 UCs of Kohat receive development funds KOHAT, Jan 4: The Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment has distributed the first instalment of discretionary fund among the nazims of 32 union councils of Kohat....		Kidnapped teacher not recovered PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The family of a kidnapped school teacher has been constantly approaching the police and the political administration in the Khyber Agency to secure his release from the kidnappers but to no avail....
Swabi women councillors to get Rs5.5m for uplift work SWABI, Jan 4: Women councillors of Swabi Tehsil Council would soon get Rs5.5 million for development works in their respective areas. This was stated by Tehsil Nazim Hanif Gul Jadoon on Wednesday....		Training on psycho therapy begins PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Human Resource Development Network on Wednesday launched a series of training workshops on socio-psycho therapy for the field staff and volunteers of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) in Mansehra....
43,265 tents distributed PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has facilitated the record target of 64,000 earthquake affected families in NWFP and distributed 43,265 tents and 3,22,598 blankets....		Convict in murder case awarded life term PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Additional District and Session Judge Wajehuz Zaman on Wednesday awarded life term to accused, Iqbal, a resident of Mathra for murdering one Hidayatullah in the jurisdiction of Kabuli police station....
Seven die of suffocation Bureau Report PESHAWAR, Jan 4: Seven people including five women of a family died of suffocation when a fire broke out in a house at Jankot village in Central Kurram tribal agency on Tuesday....		City Museum to open on Pakistan Day PESHAWAR, Jan 4: The Department of Archaeology and Museums, NWFP, is going to open the City Museum at Gor Khuttree on Pakistan Day this year. The project will be completed at a cost of Rs32 million....
Two robbers awarded jail terms GILGIT, Jan 4: The anti-terrorism court judge, Mohammad Jamshed Khan, awarded seven and four years’ sentence to two convicts, Sayed Hussain and Ibrar Hussain, respectively, for robbing a Korean tourist in Bar Valley of Nagar, 60kms north of Gilgit....		Naib nazim takes oath TIMERGARA, Jan 4: The newly elected naib nazim of Lower Dir district, Zahir Shah, took oath of his office at the district council hall here on Tuesday....