January 26, 2006	Thursday	Zilhaj 25, 1426

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Majority of senators to get PML tickets ISLAMABAD Jan 25: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League is likely to allot party tickets to a majority of sitting senators who will stand down on March 11 as a result of a draw on Jan 2....		Northern Areas council briefed on Bhasha dam GILGIT, Jan 25: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Tuesday briefed members of the Northern Areas Legislative Council on benefits of the Bhasha dam and its likely effects on the economy of the Northern Areas....
Service charges cut on saving schemes ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 : The government has reduced service charges on Regular Income Certificates, Bahbood Savings Certificates and Pensioners’ Benefit Accounts. A press release issued by the Central Directorate of National...		Opposition stages token walkout in Senate: Punjab’s domination in foreign postings ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Opposition members on Wednesday staged a token walkout from the Senate to register their protest over, what they called, a discriminatory treatment with the people of smaller provinces and domination of the Punjab in foreign postings....
Accused to remain on bail till girl is found ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a man accused of abducting a girl in 2004 would remain on bail until the girl is recovered and confirms the accusation....		Full-dress trial run on 28th: Khokhrapar section LAHORE, Jan 25: A full-dress trial run on the Mirpurkhas-Khokhrapar section up to the Zero Point railway station will be conducted by the Pakistan Railways on Jan 28, it is learnt....
Cases against women, kids be accorded priority: Apex court ruling LAHORE, Jan 25: A Supreme Court bench ordered on Wednesday that criminal cases against women and children must be decided within six months so that they were not kept confined to prisons unnecessarily....		Journalist Zafaryab Ahmad dies LAHORE, Jan 25: Journalist Zafaryab Ahmad died of cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 53. Mr Zafaryab, during his career as journalist, had served the daily Dawn, weekly Viewpoint and daily The Frontier Post....
Balochistan security to be beefed up QUETTA, Jan 25: The government has decided to increase the strength of law-enforcement agencies for protecting railway lines, bridges and tunnels. Chief Minister Jam Yousuf and Railways Minister Shamim Haider attended...		Press Council amendments rejected KARACHI, Jan 25: The standing committee of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has rejected the amendment proposed by the government to the draft governing the working of the Press Council,...
4 die in road accident QUETTA, Jan 25: Four people were killed in a collision between a car and trailer on the Gwadar-Pasni highway. The Gwadar police told Dawn that the car collided with the trailer coming in the Nalat Shatigi area on Tuesday night....		LG training academy for south Punjab BAHAWALPUR, Jan 25: The chief minister has approved a local government training academy here at a cost of over Rs120 million exclusively for the south Punjab....
Execution of murder convicts postponed MIANWALI, Jan 25: Execution of two brothers and their uncle, who have been convicted of murder, has been postponed for the third time just a day before they are to be taken to the gallows....		Bid to disrupt Toba council maiden session TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 25: The inaugural session of the district council on Wednesday was marred by rival political camps in a bid to dictate their terms....
Deadline for shifting industrial units FAISALABAD, Jan 25: The city district nazim has set a deadline of one year for shifting industrial units from the congested areas. Presiding over a meeting of district heads of various...		Report sought from health secretary: Hospital’s landgrabbing GUJRANWALA, Jan 25: The chief minister has sought a detailed report from the health secretary over the landgrabbing issue of Gujranwala DHQ hospital. Reports said a delegation of parliamentarians, led by...
Vehari to get natural gas by July VEHARI, Jan 25: The work on project to provide gas to the district has been started. MNA Aftab Khichi told journalists on Wednesday that over Rs900 million would be spent on the project which would be completed in July....		Baba Farid’s Urs today PAKPATTAN, Jan 25: The 763 annual urs of saint and Punjabi poet Baba Fariduddin Shakar Ganj starts here on Thursday (today). A large number of devotees from different parts of the country and abroad have reached the town....
Scientists for value-added food products FAISALABAD, Jan 25: Renowned food scientists and technologists have stressed the need to introduce value-added food products to compete in international market following the implementation of WTO agreements....		Two sisters kidnapped SIALKOT, Jan 25: Unidentified motorcyclists kidnapped two daughters of a labourer at gunpoint from outside their house in Jinnah Gate locality of Pasrur City on Wednesday....
Late delivery of PTCL bills in Mianwali MIANWALI, Jan 25: The Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Ltd (PTCL) subscribers in the district were sent telephone bills after expiry of the last date for their payment....		Gang smashed SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 25: Syedwala police have arrested four members of an inter-district gang of cattle-lifters and recovered 24 animals and other booty worth millions. Nankana DPO Zulfiqar Hameed said on Wednesday...
Senators slam ministers’ absence from session ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Senators belonging to both the treasury as well as the opposition benches, including a federal minister, on Wednesday took serious notice of the absence of ministers from the...		Train drivers to get pay raise soon: minister ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: The Pakistan Railways will recruit more train drivers with a view to relieve this cadre from long duty hours and to ensure safe travelling facilities....
Corporate lobbyists undermining fight against poverty ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Corporate lobbyists have an undue influence on the current negotiations under the WTO regime contributing to unfair trade rules thus undermining the fight against poverty....		Warrants for Benazir, Asif: counsel contests govt move ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Senator Farooq H Naek, the legal counsel for Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her spouse, Asif Ali Zardari, has asked the government to inform him if...
SC upholds life-term of drug trafficker ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal filed by a drug trafficker and upheld the Lahore High Court’s verdict in which the convict was awarded life-term and fined Rs500,000....		Women’s race: MMA body to devise way LAHORE, Jan 25: The MMA has agreed to form a 10-member committee for devising some way to allow participation of women in marathon in the city....
LPG at Rs23 per kg to be ensured LAHORE, Jan 25: The City District Government Lahore has decided to ensure the availability of liquefied petroleum gas at the federal government rate of Rs390 per cylinder or Rs23 per kg by controlling its blackmarketing....		Govt asked to seek apology from US PESHAWAR, Jan 25: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) will hold a protest rally outside the parliament on Jan 27 to denounce the US air strike on a village in Bajaur Agency....
Rebuilding of Balakot MANSEHRA, Jan 25: MPA Syed Mazhar Ali Qasim has said that all resources are being utilized for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the quake-ravaged areas in Balakot....		NWFP blacklists jerry-builders PESHAWAR, Jan 25: The NWFP government has decided to blacklist contractors, who had constructed sub-standard buildings in the earthquake-hit areas, causing death of hundreds of school children on Oct 8....
TI leader joins PML PESHAWAR, Jan 25: Provincial chairman of the Tehrik-i-Istiqlal (TI) Farhad Ali Khan on Wednesday quit the party and joined the ruling Pakistan Muslim League. “I am resigning from the basic membership...		Larger role sought in rehabilitation PESHAWAR, Jan 25: The Mansehra District Government and six major political parties of the district have demanded a bigger role for the district government in rehabilitation of quake-affected areas....