January 23, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 22, 1426

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AJK quake-survivors to get free land MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 22: The AJK government will provide land free of charge for construction of houses to the quake survivors, Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat announced here on Sunday....		Military drive in Fata bogged down: NYT NEW YORK, Jan 22: Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in tribal border areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know...
Balochistan poorest among provinces: HRCP report ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The incidence of poverty is higher in Balochistan than any other province despite the fact that it is endowed with rich reserves of gas, oil, coal, gold and copper....		ARD wants SC to take notice of US attack LAHORE, Jan 22: ARD Information Secretary Syed Zafar Ali Shah has urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the recent US attack on Bajaur Agency, which had killed 18 innocent people....
Tribal leaders demand US apology KHAR, Jan 22: Tribal leaders belonging to various political parties have vowed to continue their protests against the US unless the Bush administration tendered a public apology for the killing of innocent people in Bajaur Agency on Jan 13....		Kurd elected vice-chairman of PBC ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Sunday unanimously elected Ali Ahmad Kurd, a member from Quetta, as council’s new vice-chairman and adopted three resolutions condemning military action in...
Teachers term education policy ambiguous RAWALPINDI, Jan 22: The Punjab government is following the policy of denying education to the poor children, terminating teachers from their jobs and depriving them of pensions and graduity....		ICCI to set up help desk to support rehab efforts ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has decided to set up a help desk with 24-hour helpline to facilitate relief and rehabilitation operations in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir and NWFP....
Post office dept computerizing pension record ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Pakistan Post has started a programme to computerize pension record of about one million pensioners in the country. According to official sources in the post office department, in the first phase military pension record is being computerized....		FST building ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: The PC-I of new Federal Service Tribunal (FST) building has been referred back to the Public Works Department (PWD) for modification, it has been learnt....
Bid to smuggle heroin foiled ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had foiled bid to smuggle heroin and arrested husband and wife, an ANF spokesman said here on Saturday. He said the ANF, Rawalpindi, on a...		Lawyer shot dead ISLAMABAD, Jan 22: A man was shot dead by unknown persons in Daman-i-Koh on Sunday, police said. The deceased was identified as Barrister Arshad Sheikh, 45, a resident of Asghar Mall Chowk....
‘Women get Rs250m loan’ QUETTA, Jan 22: Grant of micro loans to women in Balochistan is on the rise and the Khushhali Bank has disbursed Rs250 million among them. This was said by the bank’s...		Qazi blasts govt’s pro-US policies KOHAT, Jan 22: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the present military set-up has made Pakistan a puppet in the hands of US establishment....
Bomb blast in Quetta Quetta, Jan 22: A bomb exploded in the city on Sunday night but did not cause any loss of life or damage to property. The device which had been planted in...		Pledge to defend Sindh’s rights KHAIRPUR, Jan 22: The Sindh National Front has criticized the government for denying Sindh its rights and said all such moves will be resisted. Speaking at a press conference here on...
Commission formed to prepare Sindh’s case HYDERABAD, Jan 22: Formation of a high-powered commission comprising technocrats and experts to prepare Sindh’s case on socio-economic sectors was announced here on Sunday at a consultative workshop on ‘socio-economic challenges of Sindh’....		Demonstration against Swabi hospital SWABI, Jan 22: The Swabi Union of Journalists staged a demonstration in protest against closure of the operating-theatre in the district headquarters hospital since Jan 13....
‘Sindh pays Rs11bn to Rangers per year’ SHIKARPUR, Jan 22: A one-day seminar was held on “Economy of Sindh” at the press club here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Naveed Ahmad Shaikh of the Shah Abdul...		Regular job for N.A. doctors GILGIT, Jan 22: The federal government has regularized the services of all doctors employed by the health department on contract, official sources said. Sources said that all doctors had been regularized...
Bomb recovered from Chenab Express TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 22: Railway police on Sunday recovered a bomb from a compartment of the Chenab Express going to Karachi from Peshawar. Reports said as soon as the train...		Five killed as coaster overturns in Jhang JHANG, Jan 22: Five people were killed and four sustained serious injuries in an accident on Sargodha Road, some three kilometres from here on Saturday afternoon....
‘Opposition men more loyal to ruling party’ FAISALABAD, Jan 22: Former PML-N MNA Chaudhry Sher Ali said on Sunday five PPP and PML-N politicians had literally hijacked the parties and were running the affairs for their vested interests....		Kamil wants numerical strength of PML KASUR, Jan 22: The ruling PML members who had voted for the ARD candidates in the local elections would be taken to task, warns CM’s chief coordinator Kamil Ali Agha....
Anti-labour laws GUJRANWALA, Jan 22: A labour convention organized by the Pakistan Workers Federation has called upon the government to repeal the anti-labour laws. The convention, held on Sunday at Bakhtiar Labour Hall, was presided over by federation secretary-general Khursheed Ahmad....		Hameed Gul raps stand on Kashmir SIALKOT, Jan 22: Former ISI chief Lt-Gen Hameed Gul (retired) has said the present rulers have made the burning Kashmir issue complicated by displaying unnecessary flexibility on it just to appease the US and anti-Muslim powers....
MMA men to reach Lahore to stop race FAISALABAD, Jan 22: Hundreds of activists and workers of the Mutahidda Majlis-i-Amal will reach Lahore on Jan 29 to stop the mixed marathon by force. At a press conference here on...		Man recovered GUJRANWALA, Jan 22: A Lahore High Court bailiff raided the Garjakh police station on Saturday and recovered a man detained there without registration of any case against him....
Hashmi for no-trust motion against Aziz LAHORE, Jan 22: ARD President and acting PML-N President Javed Hashmi has advised the opposition parties to move a no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to give the world a...		MMA men to march on venue of marathon LAHORE, Jan 22: The MMA activists will march on the venue for the mixed marathon in a bid to disrupt the international event being organized in the city on Jan 29 (Sunday)....
PPP criticized for views on dams LAHORE, Jan 22: Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja on Sunday said the PPP had deceived the people of Punjab by showing its dual stance on water reservoirs and by doing so one could not claim love for Pakistan....		Fata health centres hit by absenteeism PESHAWAR, Jan 22: Scores of employees of the health department of the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas receive salaries without reporting for job, hence, affecting the healthcare delivery system, sources said....
Medicine quality board almost non-functional PESHAWAR, Jan 22: Poor infrastructure and staff shortages have affected the performance of the drug quality control board, health officials told Dawn. The board does not have necessary equipment and chemicals required for drug analysis....		US varsity to help set up conservation faculty PESHAWAR, Jan 22: The government is working to set up a biological conservation faculty at the Pakistan Forest Institute (PFI), Peshawar, with the help of the University of Montana (USA)....
Move to streamline Peshawar traffic PESHAWAR, Jan 22: The city traffic police have issued an order declaring several roads as one-way to streamline traffic and end congestion, says a press release issued here on Sunday....		Suspension of telegraph service irks users SWABI, Jan 22: The suspension of telegrph and telex services has created problems for users because modern communication services have not been provided at customer service centres of the PTCL....