January 22, 2006	Sunday	Zilhaj 21, 1426

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Bhasha or Diamer dam: Royalty is the name of the game ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: An organization which objects to the name of the Bhasha Dam has demanded that the royalty of the dam should be paid to Northern Areas and not to...		Admin’s failure to submit comments annoys FST: Irregular appointments in PTV ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Federal Service Tribunal (FST) on Saturday took serious notice of the failure of the PTV management to submit comments on a petition against the alleged irregular appointments...
11 camps destroyed in Kohlu, Dera Bugti: Bugti violated agreement: FC KOHLU, Jan 21: Law-enforcement agencies have smashed 11 ‘farari camps’ in Kohlu and Dera Bugti out of a total 29 in the two districts, says Lt-Col Naeem Masood of the Frontier Corps....		Contacts between govt and Bugti denied QUETTA, Jan 21: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousuf has not said that contact existed between him and the JWP leader Nawab Akbar Bugti, the chief minister’s spokesman clarified here on Saturday....
Senate body for efforts to upgrade TIP ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The Senate standing committee on information technology on Saturday stressed the need for efforts to make the Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) a profit-oriented organization, capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century....		Govt will compensate Bajaur victims PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The NWFP government has decided to offer compenstion to families of the victims of the Jan 13 air strike on Bajaur Agency....
NFC award without provincial mandate rejected NAWABSHAH, Jan 21: Sindh PPP-SB president Meon Khan Rind has said that announcement of the National Finance Commission award by President Gen Pervez Musharraf without mandate of provinces has proved that the three provincial assemblies have no value in the country....		No plan to regularize teachers’ services; Minister defends contractual employment ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Federal Minister for Education Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi on Friday defended the government policy to hire services of teachers on contract basis and claimed that the contractual teachers were “more happy than those working on regular basis”....
Minister status to non-MPs criticized ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The powers of the government to confer the status of a minister on an unelected person came under scrutiny in the Senate on Friday as both treasury and...		Call to end mly indulgence in politics: Amend Army Act ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: With a dismal law and order situation, corrupt bureaucracy, lack of justice and blurred lines between military and civilian authorities, Pakistan’s democracy index stays at the bottom compared with other countries of the region including Bangladesh....
Philosophy needed to break away from dogma ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: A gathering of the city’s intellectuals on Friday called for promoting the study of philosophy to open the heart and minds closed by dogmatic thinking....		78 killed in Haripur accidents last year HARIPUR, Jan 21: At least 78 passengers, including 13 women and four children, were killed and 211 injured in road accidents at different places in Haripur during 2005, according to a local NGO....
Main accused in kidnapping case held MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 21: Two people involved in a kidnapping for ransom case were arrested near the Chakwal crossing off the G.T. Road, police officer told a news conference the other day....		Iran team due today to discuss gas plan ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: A six-member Iranian delegation headed by Deputy Minister for Petroleum Nejad Hosseinian is arriving here on Sunday to told talks on multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
‘No room for complacency in education’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat has said there is no room for complacency in the dynamic field of education....		‘Patience key to appreciate classical music’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: A living exponent of classical music Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan has counselled music enthusiasts to develop patience to appreciate the subtleties of classical music....
US invites woman councillor PESHAWAR, Jan 21: A local leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and member of the Peshawar District Council has been invited by the US government for a capacity-building programme about local government system....		Trade ties with Kabul to be reviewed ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Pakis-tan and Afghanistan will consider measures next month to increase bilateral trade and cooperation between the two countries....
Decision on dam praised QUETTA, Jan 21: Chief Minister Jam Yousuf has praised President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to resolve the reservoirs issue and said that the new NFC award will benefit Balochistan....		Lawyers’ body polls on 28th MARDAN, Jan 21: The Mardan Bar Association will hold its annual election on Jan 28, said a statement issued here on Saturday. A six-member committee has been constituted to conduct the election.—Correspondent...
PA session postponed QUETTA, Jan 21: The provincial assembly session that was summoned for Jan 27 has again been postponed till Feb 27, an official statement issued said here on Friday night....		Call for talks on Kashmir issue PESHAWAR, Jan 21: French Ambassador to Pakistan Regis De Belenet has urged the governments of Pakistan and India to initiate dialogue in a bid to resolve the Kashmir issue....
Security beefed up for protests KHAR, Jan 21: Security has been tightened in and around government buildings, offices of non-governmental organizations and shopping centres in the Bajaur Agency following violent protests against a US air-strike here....		Closure of brick kiln ordered PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The NWFP environmental tribunal on Saturday ordered sealing of a brick kiln charged with polluting the atmosphere in Nowshera....
New site for Nadra centre proposed PESHAWAR, Jan 21: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman on Saturday paid a surprise visit to Nadra’s swift registration centre in Peshawar Cantt. The governor, accompanied by his secretary Arbab Muhammad Arif, apprised himself of the documentation and registration procedures on the spot....		Group of GIK friends to be formed: minister SWABI, Jan 21: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli on Friday said a group of friends of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and...
11 colleges to be set up in NWFP: minister PESHAWAR, Jan 21: NWFP Minister for Education Maulana Fazle Ali Haqqani has said that the provincial government will establish 11 colleges, including nine for women, in the next financial year....		Bandits loot valuables NOWSHERA, Jan 21: Bandits took away cash and jewellery from a house after making the whole family hostage in Dagikhel village in Nowshera Kalan on Friday night....
Anti-dam body says struggle to continue HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee has reiterated that the people of Sindh will not accept construction of any dam, including Kalabagh, on the River Indus....		Issue of assets to be resolved HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The chief of the transition wing, Qabool Shaikh, will hold separate meetings with officials of district governments of Dadu, Jamshoro, Mirpurkhas and Umerkot for resolving issues regarding distribution...
‘4-year degree equivalent to masters’ HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Higher Education Commission has recognized all bachelor degrees awarded after four years or eight semesters of studies as equivalent to MA or MSc degrees....		Students’ seminar held HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Pakistan (IEEEP), organized the 21st All-Pakistan Students’ Seminar-2006 at the Jamshoro campus on Saturday....
Protest against naib nazim SHIKARPUR, Jan 21: Opposition members of the district council held a meeting on Saturday to protest against the attitude of the district naib nazim. They criticized adoption of a resolution giving...		Two traders killed KHAIRPUR, Jan 21: Two cloth traders were killed when their car overturned near Tando Masti on Friday night. Asif Memon and Khushhal Das left Sukkur for Gambat in a car to recover their money....
Villagers block road to protest mills’ effluent SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 21: Hundreds of residents of Ziabad Town and adjoining villages on Saturday blocked the GT Road near Kala Shah Kaku for several hours to protest discharge of toxic waste by a chemical factory....		ARD urges govt to exercise restraint PESHAWAR, Jan 21: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy said on Saturday that the “incumbent unconstitutional and unlawful ruler” has put the country’s sovereignty at stake and also turned the country into an “American colony”....
Justice for all apex court’s mission: CJ LAHORE, Jan 21: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said here on Saturday that justice to all was a challenge which the superior judiciary was trying to ensure....		UNHCR to launch projects for locals MIANWALI, Jan 21: The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) will launch projects to benefit the people on whose lands camps for Afghan refugees are set up....
Rape case after months SAHIWAL, Jan 21: On the orders of the Chichawatni additional district and sessions judge, the Saddar police on Friday registered a gang-rape case after over three months of the incident....		Four killed, 20 hurt as bus overturns SARGODHA, Jan 21: Four people were killed while 20 others sustained injuries, five of them serious, in an accident on Bhera Chak Ramdas Road, some 50 kilometres from here on Saturday....
10 villages without power for 20 days SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 21: Residents of 10 villages on Saturday demonstrated against Wapda for suspending electricity for the last 20 days. The angry villagers came to Farooqabad SDO and Sheikhupura SE offices...		100 vehicles impounded for tax default GUJRANWALA, Jan 21: The excise and taxation department launched an operation against defaulters and seized over 100 vehicles on charges of non-payment of token tax and other dues here on Saturday....
Gang of kidnappers busted SIALKOT, Jan 21: The Motra police claimed on Saturday to have smashed an inter-province gang of kidnappers and arrested its six members. Sialkot DPO Dr Tariq Khokhar told the press that...		Information technology moot begins LAHORE, Jan 21: The largest Information Technology (IT) park of the country is being established in the city at a cost of Rs1.5 billion. This was stated by Punjab Information Technology...
Councillor injured GUJRANWALA, Jan 21: A UC councillor and his two cousins were injured by their rivals over an election row at Lohianwala village here on Saturday....		Youth dies in celebration fire GUJRANWALA, Jan 21: A youth fell victim to celebration firing at a marriage ceremony at Naushera road late on Friday....
Safta wont tilt trade balance in favour of Pakistan LAHORE, Jan 21: The fate of the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (Safta) is likely to be decided at the next federal cabinet meeting, Secretary Ismail Qureshi of the federal food, agriculture and livestock ministry says....		Promotion chances stir policemen to action LAHORE, Jan 21: Senior police officers have started preparing themselves for their expected promotions to BS-21 and 20 in the wake of the decision by the Punjab IGP to appoint five additional IGs and five new DIGs in the field....
APC urged to ensure fair polls LAHORE, Jan 21: PML-N parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly proposed on Saturday that an all-party conference should be convened by the rulers to suggest measures to conduct 2007 general elections in a free and fair manner....		Work on road network for Bhasha dam LAHORE, Jan 21: Senior officers of Wapda and the National Highway Authority met here on Saturday to discuss commencement of work on road network required for the construction of Bhasha dam....