January 30, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 29, 1426

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NAB plans new cases against Benazir, Asif ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The National Accountability Bureau is likely to open new cases of corruption against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari in the near future, sources told Dawn on Sunday....		Shifting of Bugti sub-clans will worsen situation: JWP QUETTA Jan 29: The Jamhoori Watan Party has criticized the government’s decision to settle Bandulani and Masuri sub-clans of Bugti tribe in Sui and Bekar respectively and said that it would intensify its confrontation with Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti....
Compensation termed insufficient: Reconstruction of houses in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Hundreds of women from eight quake- affected union councils of Abbottabad and Mansehra districts have termed the government-announced amount of Rs175,000 for reconstruction of each house as ‘insufficient...		UN official satisfied with relief operation UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29: A top UN official coordinating the relief operations in the earthquake-devastated areas in Pakistan on Saturday expressed optimism that the massive humanitarian effort was clearly moving forward....
Marathon declared annual event LAHORE, Jan 29: The third Lahore Marathon would be held here on Jan 14 next year, Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Sunday. Speaking at the concluding ceremony of the second...		A failed show: MMA LAHORE, Jan 29: The MMA claims that its anti-marathon campaign has been a success as the government could not bring women on roads despite use of all resources and vowed to continue their opposition to all such events....
Governance is weakest link The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Dr Mubashir Hasan: QUESTION: How do you look at the prevailing highly polarised situation in the country and how the present crises — Balochistan, water issue, constitutional amendments — can be resolved?...		Kasuri to lead team at Afghan conference LONDON, Jan 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri will represent Pakistan at a two-day international conference on Afghanistan which begins here on Tuesday (tomorrow)....
Police detain two sons of suspect NOWSHERA, Jan 29: People of Badrasha locality on Sunday staged a demonstration in protest against what they called illegal detention of two sons of an alleged drug pusher by Nowshera cantonment police....		Tarar condoles Wali Khan’s death CHARSADDA, Jan 29: Former president Mohammed Rafiq Tarar visited Wali Bagh on Sunday and offered Fatha for the departed soul of veteran politician Khan Abdul Wali Khan....
PFUJ units polls today KARACHI, Jan 29: Affiliated unions of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) will hold elections on Monday in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Peshawar and Abbottabad....		Muharram moon QUETTA, Jan 29: The moon sighting Committee will meet here at the office of Deputy Chief Administrator Auqaf here before Maghrib prayers on Monday for the Muharram-ul-Haram crescent....
Enhanced trade ties with China stressed RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Shanghai Economic Technique Development Area Management Department (Setdam) Director Ye Li Xin said it was imperative for business leaders of China and Pakistan to explore new avenues of investment and trade and help each other in different ventures....		Efforts needed to bring normalcy to survivors’ lives RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Sustained involvement of media, NGOs and psychiatrists is required to bring the quake-affected people back to normal life....
MQM criticized for opposing KBD RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan on Sunday blasted the MQM for opposing the construction of Kalabagh dam and accused it of working on a foreign agenda....		No rule violation in exam criteria: official TAXILA, Jan 29: The General Staff Officer (GSO), directorate of educational institutions (Cantonment/Garrison), Lt-Col Mohammad Tayyab, has said no violation of rules has been committed while sending the names for the...
Consignments of arms held up at Karachi seaport ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Lack of coordination between the commerce ministry and the customs department has led to arms consignments being held up at Karachi seaport....		HEC to increase PhDs to 1,500 ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is making strenuous efforts to enhance the country’s total PhD holders up to 1,200 to 1,500 per annum within four years....
Organized parties must for democratic stability ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Well-organized political parties and trained political activists are vital to continuity and stability of democracy in a country, said Tony Worthington, former Labour Party member of the British parliament....		JI activists booked for holding demo RAWALPINDI, Jan 29: More than two dozen activists of Jamaat- i-Islami were booked by Waris Khan police on charges of violating a ban on protest demonstration and holding an anti-government rally on Murree Road on Saturday, police said....
Country may face loadshedding by year’s end LAHORE, Jan 29: The country will enter power deficit regime by the end of the current year and face a shortage of some 1,700mw by the end of next year, if present load-growth trend continues....		Appointment of police AIGs, DIGs approved LAHORE, Jan 29: The Punjab government has approved a proposal by the IGP to appoint five additional IGs and nine DIGs under them in the field, forwarding it to the federal government for the creation of vacancies....
Teachers’ protest tomorrow LAHORE, Jan 29: The Punjab Teachers Action Committee has announced an educational boycott on Tuesday (tomorrow) to protest against the anti-teacher policies....		Pervaiz orders rescue LAHORE, Jan 29: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday night regretted the train accident near Jhelum directing the authorities concerned to immediately join the rescue operation....
‘116 kanals of land in posh area sold to Nab’ PESHAWAR, Jan 29: The City Development and Municipal Department (CDMD) sold land measuring 116 kanals to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) much below the market rate in the posh Hayatabad area, sources said on Sunday....		Religious polarization intensifies in Bara LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 28: Things seem to be going out of control of the administration in Bara as a religious leader has warned the area’s elders, MNA, senator, councillors...
Research centre’s Aids data misleading: officials PESHAWAR, Jan 29: Misleading data about HIV/Aids patients is affecting government’s efforts to create awareness about the disease and provide symptomatic treatment....		Woman convict’s appeal pending for six years PESHAWAR, Jan 29: A woman on death row in the Kohat prison has been awaiting a decision on her appeal for the six years, it is learnt....
‘Legitimate struggles cannot be termed terrorism’ SWABI, Jan 29: Legitimate struggles in Kashmir, Palestine and Iraq cannot be termed terrorism, says the president of International Islamic University Islamabad and Director-General of Dawa Academy, Dr Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi....		Relief flights suspended due to bad weather MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 29: American helicopters flew two sorties into the quake-hit zone of Azad Jammu and Kashmir early on Saturday and further relief flights were suspended by aid officials due to bad weather....
NGOs wind up activities in Bajaur KHAR, Jan 29: Non-governmental organisations wound up their activities in the Bajaur Agency after receiving threats from various militant outfits, sources said....		Food plan for earthquake survivors approved ABBOTTABAD, Jan 29: The NWFP government will provide sugar, cooking oil and other food items to affected people in earthquake-hit areas not covered by the World Food Programme....
20 injured in road accident MARDAN, Jan 29: Twenty commuters, six of them women and three children, were injured when two speedy coaches collided near Shergarh, a village 25 kilometres from here....		Army team finds three rockets KOHAT, Jan 29: An army team has found three unused rockets in the Darpa Khel area left behind by terrorists who had attacked military installations in Thall cantonment on Wednesday morning....