February 4, 2006	Saturday	Muharram 5, 1427

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Sacking of 1,100 postal employees stayed ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Federal Services Tribunal (FST) on Friday stayed the termination of services of some 1,100 temporary and daily wage employees of Pakistan Post....		Fund to become active by March end: Awais: Universal Service ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The multi-billion Universal Service Fund (USF), set up with the help of 1.5 per cent of total revenue contributed by the cellphone operators, would become operational by the end of March....
Troops’ withdrawal from Balochistan sought ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Baloch parliamentarians have asked the federal government to withdraw troops from the province and solve the issue through talks. Speaking at a discussion on “Balochistan crisis: the way...		MMA protests against blasphemous cartoons ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) here on Friday staged a protest demonstration against Denmark, France and Norway where newspapers had published 12 blasphemous cartoons and demanded of the government to end diplomatic and economic ties with these countries....
Cheap, safe house designed for quake-prone areas ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Last October’s massive earthquake woke Pakistan to the reality that it lies in a seismically active region and confronted it with the challenge of building cheap, quake-proof and...		Journalists’ entry into commerce ministry restricted ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The commerce ministry has restricted the entry of mediapersons on its premises as an attempt to check reporting on trade related issues, particularly on the ongoing trade negotiations with foreign countries....
Cells to ensure quality education in varsities ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to set up Quality Enhancement Cells (QEC) in public- sector universities to enhance quality of higher education in the country....		Education expo draws crowds on first day ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: Scores of young boys and girls aspiring for higher education mainly at foreign universities visited Dawn Group of Newspapers’ education expo organized at the Jinnah Convention Centre here on Friday....
Saleem Khalid promoted to vice admiral ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The federal government has promoted Rear Admiral Saleem Khalid, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), to the rank of vice admiral. According to a notification issued by the defence ministry here on...		$10m ADB loan for Karachi projects ISLAMABAD, Feb 3: The Asian Development Bank on Friday announced to provide a $10 million loan to Sindh government to meet long-term improvement of Karachi’s infrastructure....
Jirga urges cleric to leave tribal region LANDI KOTAL, Feb 3: A jirga of Afridi tribesmen continued its efforts to persuade a cleric to heed their call and leave the Khyber tribal region as soon as possible, officials and tribal elders said....		PML leaders discuss Senate elections, Balochistan ISLAMABAD Feb 3: All 35 members of the central executive committee of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, including Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML president Chaudhry Shujaat, spoke on the forthcoming...
Compensation paid for Bajaur deaths KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Feb 3: The governor’s Fata secretariat on Friday distributed more than Rs2.7 million as compensation among heirs of the people killed in the US attack on Bajaur....		Brother of Kohlu’s nazim ‘detained’ QUETTA, Feb 3: Ttribal elder Mir Kamal Khan Marri has condemned the arrest of the principal of the Elementary College of Kalat in Dera Ghazi Khan and called it an attempt to pressurize the district nazim of Kohlu....
MMA wants Balochistan situation discussed QUETTA, Feb 3: Provincial Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has assured the opposition that the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will support its move to requisition a session of the Balochistan assembly to discuss...		Yusuf Haroon expresses grief over Wali’s death KARACHI, Feb 3: Senior politician Yusuf A. Haroon has described the passing away of Khan Abdul Wali Khan as marking the end of an era, says a press release....
Section 144 imposed in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: The city district government has imposed section 144 in the city as part of security measures for the Muharram. In a statement issued here on Friday, City District...		Three killed RAWALPINDI, Feb 3: Three persons were killed in different incidents in Islamabad on Friday, police said. In the first incident, Zakaullah, 27, was shot dead by his rivals at a green farm Tarlie Islamabad on Friday....
Track restored after nine hours: Goods train derailment RAHIM YAR KHAN, Feb 3: Rail traffic on the up track on the Rohri-Khanpur section, suspended after the derailment of a goods train wagon on Thursday, was restored after nine hours....		BZU student’s ‘rapist’ held MULTAN, Feb 3: The Khanewal police arrested on Friday night the alleged main culprit involved in the reported gang-rape of a student of the Bahauddin Zakariya University....
Pervaiz takes note of gang-rape LAHORE, Feb 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Friday took note of a Bahauddin Zakariya University (Multan) student’s gang-rape by five people, including her two class fellows, in Kabirwala....		Govt urged to build dams FAISALABAD, Feb 3: The Lyallpur Town Administration on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the government to immediately start construction of Kalabagh dam and other reservoirs....
SZMC meets national standard RAHIM YAR KHAN, Feb 3: The standard of Sheikh Zayed Medical College (SZMC) matches any institute in the country. SZMC principal Dr Eas Muhammad told journalists here that the institute also...		Murder witness detained MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 3: The district and sessions judge on Friday ordered police to proceed against a DSP and an SHO who detained a witness illegally. Allah Wasaya, a resident of Basti...
‘An eye for an eye’ KASUR, Feb 3: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Badardin on Friday sentenced six people to cutting of hands or legs and 54-year collective imprisonment, plus Rs100,000 fine....		Nationalists divided over Khokhrapar train service HYDERABAD, Feb 3: Differences have emerged in the Sindh Qaumi Ittehad over reopening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao rail route with four of the seven affiliated parties are opposing it....
Foreign firms offer modern water filter plants HYDERABAD, Feb 3: In order to ensure installation of three modern and efficient filter plants to supply safe and filtered drinking water in Hyderabad, a series of presentations by foreign experts,...		SHC takes up petition challenging naib nazim’s elections HYDERABAD, Feb 3: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Friday issued notices to Shafiq Ahmed, the Taluka Naib Nazim Mirpurkhas, Engineer Nauman Ahmed, Returning Officer...
Diamer villagers oppose Bhasha dam GILGIT, Feb 3: Poeple of 10 villages of Diamer district have expressed their displeasure over the governments decision to build the Bhasha Dam and said that it would disturb the peaceful lives they had been leading for centuries....		Govt working for strong federation: Sherpao PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Friday said the government was keen to give provinces their due rights as per the provisions of the constitution....
Demand for release of Turkish militant WANA (South Waziristan), Feb 3: Tribal militants on Friday warned the government of ‘dire consequences’ if it did not release a Turkish militant arrested last month....		Two MPAs among 83 booked after raids NAWABSHAH, Feb 3: The Nawabshah police have booked 83 persons, including two MPAs, in 21 different cases relating to breach of the Pakistan Petroleum Act of 1971....
Stance on Iran issue unchanged: Rashid LAHORE, Feb 3: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad reiterated here on Friday that Pakistan would oppose the use of force against Iran and instead call for the settlement of differences on Tehran’s nuclear programme through talks....		KEMU professors to work on deputation LAHORE, Feb 3: The newly-reconstituted King Edward Medical University’s professors have unanimously decided to join the university on deputation. The decision, it is learnt, was taken at the academic council meeting chaired by KEMU vice-chancellor Prof Mumtaz Hassan....
Anti-Benazir moves ‘pre-poll rigging’ LAHORE, Feb 3: The PPP said on Friday the government’s “character-assassination” campaign against Ms Benazir Bhutto amounted to pre-poll rigging of which the chief justice of Pakistan, the chief election commissioner and the world community should take due notice....		PML-N conventions LAHORE, Feb 3: The PML-N will hold conventions at district and divisional headquarters from Feb 15 to March 15 to create an atmosphere for Nawaz Sharif to come back home....
Release of Amanullah, others demanded LAHORE, Feb 3: The Labour Party Pakistan and the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front have condemned baton-charge on an anti-Bhasha dam rally in Rawalpindi and the arrest of its participants, including JKLF leader Amanullah Khan....		Measures to boost healthcare delivery proposed PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Quality medical care in the NWFP is hampered by poor referral and drug prescription systems, absence of management training for health professionals and lack of nursing staff, health experts said on Thursday....
Muharram security plan for Peshawar PESHAWAR, Feb 3: Police have obtained an undertaking from residents and traders in the walled city whereby they would pull down their shop shutters and bolt the doors and windows of...		Attack on Chinese engineers condemned PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has condemned firing on Chinese engineers going to the Gomal Zam dam site to resume work on the project, and said the attack...
990 spots in Punjab sensitive, says IGP BAHAWALPUR, Feb 3: Punjab police chief Major Ziaul Hassan (retired) says that 990 spots of eight districts in the province have been declared as sensitive for Muharram....		Bail of human smuggler rejected GUJRANWALA, Feb 3: A local court rejected the bail application of a human trafficker and granted physical remand of two other accused on Friday. The FIA passport cell had arrested human trafficker Muhammad Yahya last month and sent him to jail....
Call for steps to rehabilitate Manchhar lake DADU, Feb 3: Renowned archaeologist Syed Hakim Ali Shah has said that the Sindh government is not paying attention to rehabilitation of the Manchhar lake as poisonous and salty water of the MNV drain has destroyed it....		Low-intensity tremors in parts of Thar MITHI, Feb 3: Tremors of low intensity were felt for a few seconds here on Friday morning. According to reports, the jolts were felt at 6am for 20 to 30 seconds...
JUI-F holds rally against blasphemous cartoons NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 3: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-(F) activists took out a procession against publication of blasphemous cartoons in western newspapers, on Friday....		Chinese diplomats celebrate New Year PESHAWAR, Feb 3: A 17-member Chinese diplomatic delegation celebrated the Chinese Spring Festival (Chinese new year) here on the invitation of the NWFP chapter of Pakistan-China Friendship Association (PCFA)....
Death sentence upheld by FSC PESHAWAR, Feb 3: A full bench of the Federal Shariat Court on Thursday upheld the verdict of a trial court sentencing a man to death for killing a lawyer....		Woman held for smuggling two children LAHORE, Feb 3: A woman was arrested on Friday for smuggling two children to the Gulf for recruiting them as camel jockeys. Ghulam Fatima Bibi and two children — Asif and Asim — were deported from Dubai on Friday....
Drive against LPG dealers LAHORE, Feb 3: The Mutahidda Mahaz Rickshaw Taxi Drivers Union has welcomed the city district government campaign against LPG dealers and refused to join their strike in protest against the same on Feb 6....		PO among three dacoits killed in ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 3: Mangtanwala police killed three dacoits, including a proclaimed offender, in an encounter at Dhudian village, some 30kms from here on Friday....