January 21, 2006	Saturday	Zilhaj 20, 1426

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Govt warned against use of force to resolve issues QUETTA, Jan 20: Representatives of various political parties said here on Friday that extra-constitutional handling of political issues could harm relations between the federation and smaller nationalities and urged the government to stop the army action in Balochistan....		12,500 cases pending with services tribunal ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Wasi Zafar on Friday informed the Senate that at present 12,500 appeals were pending with Federal Services Tribunal (FST)....
Judgment reserved on Services Tribunal Act issue ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday reserved its judgment on a question whether Section 2A of the Service Tribunal Act 1973 is against Article 212 (administrative courts...		Protest demonstrations held against Bajaur attack PESHAWAR, Jan 20: Outrage continued against the US missile attack on Bajaur Agency and various political parties and civil society groups organised anti-US rallies on Friday in cities and town around the country....
Nato troops start leaving ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The first major contingent of Nato forces deployed in the quake-affected areas left Pakistan after providing necessary rescue, relief and rehabilitation assistance to the survivors....		Donors urged to recognize permanent shelter needs ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The international donors must recognize the urgent need for more permanent shelters for quake victims, says Save the Children, an NGO. More than three months after the worst...
Framework in place for rebuilding, says Erra chief ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: A strategic framework is in place to carry out the challenging phase of reconstruction in quake- stricken areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority Chairman (Erra) Lt-Gen Mohammad Zubair said here on Thursday....		Call to end trade barriers between Pakistan, India CHAKWAL, Jan 20: Border barriers between Pakistan and India are preventing the two neighbouring countries to enhance bilateral trade that in consequent will bring prosperity to the people on both sides....
Mukhtaran Mai’s visit to UN deferred UNITED NATIONS Jan 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s visit to the United Nations was undermined by the controversy over Mukhtaran Mai’s visit to the United Nations which was canceled on the request of Pakistani government, UN officials said....		Protest against marathon LAHORE, Jan 20: On the appeal of MMA, demonstrations were held in Lahore on Friday to protest against the proposed marathon on Jan 29. Holding placards and chanting slogans the demonstrators...
Training imparted to participants LAHORE, Jan 20: Ian Ladbrooke, the director of Lahore Marathon, on Friday imparted training to the participants in the event to be held here on Jan 29....		UK to fund Pakistan MPs training LONDON, Jan 20: The British government has earmarked over 500,000 pounds for capacity building of Pakistani legislators. The information was given in the House of Commons by International Development Minister Gareth...
American relief copters resume operation ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Taking advantage of Thursday’s clear skies, US helicopters flew their 3400th mission and delivered 232 tons of humanitarian assistance, making a new one-day record....		Threat to launch movement against Bhasha dam GILGIT, Jan 20: Elected representatives of Diamer district on Thursday threatened to launch a protest campaign throughout the Northern Areas against the government’s decision to construct Bhasha Dam without taking local people into confidence....
Military operation in Balochistan condemned THATTA, Jan 20: A general body meeting of the District Bar Association, Thatta, through a resolution adopted unanimously here on Friday, condemned the military operation in Balochistan, air attack on civilians...		Need stressed to control population growth rate HYDERABAD, Jan 20: In order to plan development programmes according to population growth rate, the high birth rate has been brought down to 1.9 per cent during 2004-05 and it will...
Tube-well pipe bursts; two dead LARKANA, Jan 20: Two persons were killed and one injured when a pipe of a tube-well burst near Qambar on Friday. The incident took place when farmers were busy irrigating wheat...		Govt urged to restart closed tube-wells in Tharparkar MITHI, Jan 20: The Tharparkar district council has called upon the government to make operational tube-wells installed by Sazda in various villages of Thar. The demand was made in a resolution and adopted at the council session held here on Friday....
Police arrest 3,310 felons in a month FAISALABAD, Jan 20: Police claimed to have smashed 71 gangs, arrested 3,310 hardened criminals, including 1,352 proclaimed offenders, in a month-long campaign launched in the district....		Dark under the lamp SIALKOT, Jan 20: The adage dark under the lamp aptly explains the situation in villages of Bajwat — the hometown of National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Ameer Husain — which lacks even the most basic facilities....
Cargo terminal at Sialkot airport completed SIALKOT, Jan 20: The construction of the cargo terminal has been completed, while the work on passenger terminal is briskly underway as the Sialkot International Airport will be operational in June....		RYK bar members flay US airstrike RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 20: The District Bar Association, Rahim Yar Khan, on Friday held a protest meeting against the US airstrike in Damadola area in Bajaur Agency, which left nearly 20 people dead....
Yet another human smuggler escapes: Third incident in few days GUJRANWALA, Jan 20: Another human smuggler escaped from police custody while two constables guarding him also disappeared from the scene here on Friday. Malik Sheraz, wanted by Punjab and Balochistan FIA...		Book on Kashmiri shawls launched LAHORE, Jan 20: A book titled The Kashmiri shawl: from jamavar to paisley was launched at Sukh Chain in Gulberg here on Friday evening. In attendance were much of Lahore’s glitterati,...
High power transmission of PBC opens today LAHORE, Jan 20: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed will formally inaugurate the country’s first-ever highest frequency ‘High Power Transmission (HPT)’ here on Saturday (today), bringing radical changes...		‘Criminal killed in encounter’ OKARA, Jan 20: A wanted criminal was killed after about one-hour encounter with the police near Qadirabad late on Thursday night. This was claimed by DPO Malik Tahir Mahmood in a press release issued here on Friday....
Three arrested with stolen goods worth Rs1 million KASUR, Jan 20: Police on Friday arrested three members of a gang after an encounter near Khuddian and recovered stolen goods worth Rs1 million from their possession....		Measures to improve law and order SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 20: Thikri pahra (security on self-help basis) has been introduced in rural areas of the district to check robberies and thefts. DPO Aslam Tareen told newsmen on Friday UC...
Loyalty shift TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 20: The grouping in the local politics has taken a twist after joining of the ruling party by the only PML-N MPA....		AJ&K CEC to see Kashmiris in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 20: Azad Jammu Kashmir Chief Election Commissioner Justice Riaz Akhter Chaudhry will hold a meeting with the Kashmiris residing in Punjab on Jan 25 to get their suggestions for updating electoral rolls for next elections....
Fund raiser on 24th LAHORE, Jan 20: The Singers Welfare Association is holding a cultural show on Jan 24 for raising funds for the quake survivors and adopt-a-family programme introduced by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi....		Reduction in water supply being mulled LAHORE, Jan 20: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said the City District Government Lahore is considering reduction in the water-supply hours to check rapid fall in the underground water level....
75,000 govt servants apply for houses LAHORE, Jan 20: The government servants who had applied for the membership of the Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation within the specified period and retired after March 12, 2004, will be eligible for allotment of houses constructed by the foundation....		Peanuts for police volunteers LAHORE, Jan 20: A volunteer working with the Police Qaumi Razakar organization is entitled to a maximum of Rs14 and a minimum of Rs8 as daily allowance....
Where clockwise is anti-clockwise LAHORE, Jan 20: A clock seen in a mosque has raised a question about the definition of the word ‘clockwise’. Its arms move in a direction which on other clocks will be called ‘anti-clockwise.’...		First video conference studio in Lahore LAHORE, Jan 20: The National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC) on Friday launched its first “video conference studio” in the city to provide state-of-the-art telecommunication facilities to public and private sectors....
‘West farm subsidies not acceptable’ LAHORE, Jan 20: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan said on Friday the present level of subsidies in the western world was not acceptable to the developing countries like Pakistan....		Lawyers rap spate of offensives LAHORE, Jan 20: Around three dozen lawyers on Friday marched from the Lahore High Court building to the GPO crossing yelling slogans against the US bombing of Bajaur Agency and unabated ‘military’ operation in Balochistan and the Northern Areas....
PML-N women LAHORE, Jan 20: Leaders of the Lahore PML-N women wing have alleged that Ayesha Javed had brought hired women to her Thursday press conference who had nothing to do with the party....		ANP opposed to Kalabagh dam even after 2016 PESHAWAR, Jan 20: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that no one can build the controversial Kalabagh dam even in 2016, until the followers of Bacha Khan are alive and adhering to his political philosophy....
Militants ‘pursuing agenda of establishment’ PESHAWAR, Jan 20: Speakers at a condolence meeting on Thursday said that tribal areas were passing through a critical phase as militants pursuing the agenda of the ‘establishment’ had made the entire tribal population hostage....		PPP urges 60pc of pool for provinces PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has rejected the fresh National Finance Commission (NFC) award announced by Gen Pervez Musharraf and called upon the government to allocate 60 per cent of the total divisible pool to the provinces....
Police told not to take action against Arab woman PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The Peshawar High Court on Friday directed the Karak district police and other law-enforcement agencies not to take any action against an Arab woman seeking Pakistani citizenship....		Durrani criticizes Bajaur attack PESHAWAR, Jan 20: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani has said the ‘bombing of a Bajaur village by US-led coalition forces’ is a threat to regional peace, and asked the coalition troops to avoid attacking the soil of an independent country....
Hazara Express to be launched on Feb 15 PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The long-awaited Hazara Express will be launched on February 15 and ticket reservation offices for the train service will soon be opened in some towns and cities of Hazara region....		Oxfam plans alliance to curb honour crimes SWABI, Jan 20: A humanitarian group based in Britain will form a regional alliance in seven districts of the NWFP to work for eradication of “honour killings” through opinion-makers and alliance partners....