February 1, 2006	Wednesday	Muharram 2, 1427

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FSC sets guideline for trial courts: Misuse of Zina Ordinance ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: In zina cases, delay in lodging of FIR does not necessarily mean that the complaint was false or the complainant was a consenting party, said a Federal Shariat Court (FSC) judgment in a zina case....		Lobbying for Senate tickets intensifies ISLAMABAD Jan 31: Lobbying for party tickets for the 46 vacant seats of the Senate intensified following the announcement of elections on March 6....
Priviliges of MPs be codified: Senate body ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Senate Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has underlined the need for identifying and codifying the privileges of the members of parliament....		Government to complete drinking water project by end-2007 ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government has voiced optimism to complete the Rs21 billion Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA) Project by December 2007....
$100m rehabilitation project launched ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) on Tuesday launched a ‘Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project’ for quake-affected areas with a funding of $100 million from the World Bank....		Proposal to set up medical university in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The government plans to set up a federal university of medical sciences at the National Institute of Health (NIH) complex in Islamabad to provide quality postgraduate medical education to healthcare professionals....
MPAs condemn police for excesses against citizens PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Members of the NWFP assembly have condemned the police for committing excesses against citizens across the province and admitted an adjournment motion against a raid on a former MPA’s residence in Mardan....		Sials want to rename Jhang JHANG, Jan 31: The demand to rename Jhang Sadar as Mighiana, the name by which the town was known till 1954, is gaining strength. Most of Sial tribesmen inhabiting vast areas...
No separatist movement in Balochistan, says Jamali HYDERABAD, Jan 31: Former Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said there is no separatist movement in Balochistan....		Implementation of FST decisions sought ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Federal Services Tribunal (FST) Chairman Chaudhry Arif on Tuesday stressed on implementation of tribunal’s decisions....
N.As students body rejects Bhasha dam ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Gilgit-Baltistan Students Forum has rejected the construction of Bhasha dam terming it a violation of basic rights of the local people....		Present assemblies can re-elect Musharraf: MPs ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Some senior ruling party parliamentarians, including federal ministers, on Tuesday claimed that present assemblies could elect Gen Pervez Musharraf for another five-year term before the next general elections....
Minister asks for Munda dam feasibility by May ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi on Tuesday directed the concerned quarters to expedite progress on the Munda dam project....		Varsities to be linked with British institutions ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to expand the links of the public sector universities with reputed British universities....
Speakers for robust foreign policy RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: International politics is in its transitional phase and multilateralism would be the future international order, said speakers at “Hamdard Thinkers Forum” here on Tuesday....		Japan govt gives $81,000 to set up women centre ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Japanese government has provided a financial assistance of $81,915 for the establishment of a women development centre in Thatta....
‘WTO members dissatisfied with outcome’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The 148 WTO member countries are not fully satisfied with the outcome of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration as it only ensures the survival of the multilateral trading regime....		Nawaz calls for making Pakistan a welfare state ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has called for efforts to promote peace, brotherhood and tolerance in the society and to transform Pakistan into an Islamic welfare state....
Resettlement of Bugti tribe’s sub clans hailed QUETTA Jan 31: The Pakistan Workers Party (PEP) has hailed the government’s decision to provide protection to the Kalpar and the Masuri sub-clans of the Bugti tribe to return back to their homeland in Sui and Bekar respectively....		‘Nato not to maintain covert presence in Pakistan’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The Commander of Nato forces in Pakistan, Air Commodore Andrew J. Walton, has said Nato will not maintain covert presence in Pakistan....
Gilgit jirga postponed due to Muharram GILGIT, Jan 31: The grand peace jirga has postponed its public gathering in Gilgit that was due to be held on Tuesday in connection with furthering peace efforts in the city....		Detention under FCR declared illegal PESHAWAR, Jan 31: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday accepted a writ petition and declared as illegal the detention of five people for the last seven months...
Death sentence awarded to appellant PESHAWAR, Jan 31: The Federal Shariat Court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to an appellant charged with sexually molesting and killing his minor cousin. A full bench of the court with...		US official visits FC headquarters PESHAWAR, Jan 31: US Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International Narcotics Law Enforcement Affairs, Anne W. Patterson, with a six-member delegation visited Frontier Corps headquarters in Balahisar Fort on Tuesday....
More uplift funds sought for Lakki LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 31: The Lakki Marwat District Council approved annual budget for 2005-06 on Tuesday after a two-day heated debate....		Army to oversee security in 16 districts: Muharram arrangements in Punjab LAHORE, Jan 31: The Punjab government has called in 48 companies of the Pakistan Army in reserves for 16 districts of the province to meet any eventuality during Ashura....
NAB seizes city tehsil council record: Embezzlement reference GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: A team of National Accountability Bureau, Islamabad on Tuesday seized the record of former city tehsil council regarding auction of contracts and various development schemes....		No clue to railway robbery LAHORE, Jan 31: No clue to robbers who looted over Rs36.1 million railway employees’ salaries could be found even after the lapse of a month....
PPP sets up protest camp FAISALABAD, Jan 31: Hundreds of PPP activists demonstrated outside the press club and set up a protest camp on Tuesday against, what they called, a media trial of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....		71 Cholistan villages to be electrified BAHAWALPUR, Jan 31: As many as 71 remote villages in Cholistan desert will be electrified during the current year. Official sources said on Tuesday that the work on the project was going on under Mepco’s construction division....
Action plan to improve environment MULTAN, Jan 31: The district government has outlined a comprehensive action plan to improve environment conditions. District nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar on Tuesday directed the departments concerned to play their active role in making the plan a success....		Three katchi abadis’ survey begins today LAHORE, Jan 31: A joint survey of three katchi abadis in the cantonment will commence from Wednesday (today) and will be completed in eight days....
Hotels still violating wedding meals ban FAISALABAD, Jan 31: A special team, headed by the deputy district officer (revenue), raided two hotels here on Monday night and found their managements serving meal to marriage guests....		Medical students protest FAISALABAD, Jan 31: Students of a private medical college held a demonstration and blocked traffic in protest against the failure of the college’s management to get them enrolled with the University of Health Sciences....
Senior officials reject PR claim LAHORE, Jan 31: The derailment of nine coaches of Lahore non-stop near Domeli station was not an act of sabotage, senior retired and serving railway officials believe....		Security on high alert during Muharram NAWABSHAH, Jan 31: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said the government has taken strict security measures to control any untoward incident during the month of Muharram....
Council flays Balochistan operation, dam project NAWABSHAH, Jan 31: The Nawabshah Taluka Council at its first session held on Tuesday condemned the proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam and the army operation in Balochistan....		Three women, man killed over karo-kari SHIKARPUR, Jan 31: Four persons, including three women, were killed on pretext of karo-kari in different places of the district on Tuesday. According to reports, one Kabil Soomro and Ms Amna,...
Officials asked to combat crime SUKKUR, Jan 31: District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has exhorted police officers, taluka nazims and taluka municipal officers for playing their role in combating terrorism and sectarianism....		Fatwa against construction of dams on Indus issued NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 31: Provincial and district leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F have issued a "Fatwa" here on Tuesday against construction of Kalabagh, Bhasha and other dams on the Indus River....
Arrangements for Muharram finalized KHAIRPUR, Jan 31: The district government of Khairpur has finalized arrangements for Muharram in a meeting. It was attended by Khairpur DPO Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh, SP investigation Javed Jiskani, all TPOs of the district and DSP headquarters....		Man injured in encounter dies in hospital KHAIRPUR, Jan 31: One Ghulam Sarwar Shaikh died in the Khairpur civil hospital on Tuesday. He was injured in a police encounter at the National Highway near Therhi on Monday....
Plea for uplift plan in underdeveloped areas PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Councillors and nazims on Tuesday criticised the district government for ignoring rural parts of Peshawar district and appealed to the government to evolve a plan for the uplift of backward areas....		Gas supply to Swabi will begin today PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam will inaugurate gas supply to Swabi district on February 1. The inauguration was earlier scheduled for January 31 but was delayed due to engagements of the minister....
Convict files appeal before Federal Shariat Court PESHAWAR, Jan 31: An Afghan national sentenced with the amputation of his limbs by a trial court filed an appeal before the Federal Shariat Court here on Tuesday....		PML to hold reference in memory of Wali Khan PESHAWAR, Jan 31: PML secretary-general Senator Mushahid Hussain said on Tuesday that the PML would hold a reference in memory of veteran politician Khan Abdul Wali Khan at the PML House in Islamabad....
Farooqabad SHO, ASI suspended LAHORE, Jan 31: Sheikhupura Deputy Inspector General of Police Pervez Raheem Rajput has suspended Farooqabad police station SHO Inspector Ejaz Ahmed Khan and ASI (Investigation) Muhammad Ejaz for registering a false...		Tannery workers strike KASUR, Jan 31: Hundreds of tannery workers went on strike in Niaz Nagar here on Tuesday. Reports said more than 400 workers announced that they would observe strike for an indefinite...