February 16, 2006	Thursday	Muharram 17, 1427

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Ban on internet sacrilege sought ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Supreme Court was requested on Wednesday through a petition to direct the government to discharge their lawful duty by prohibiting the broadcast of blasphemous material through internet services, infringing religious rights of Muslims in Pakistan....		FC soldier hurt in gun battle QUETTA, Feb 15: A Frontier Corps soldier was injured in heavy exchange of fire between security forces and armed tribesmen in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti District, on Wednesday....
Police chiefs, nazims responsible for enforcing kite-flying law: SC LAHORE, Feb 15: A full bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has held, in its detailed judgement in kite-flying case, that IGPs and DIGs of police, district, town and union......		Babar questions plots allotment to militarymen ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Farhatullah Babar on Wednesday questioned the policy of giving costly plots to army officers during their service and called for reviewing the criteria for allotment of plots by the federal government........
Reports sought from provinces by 27th: Ban on wedding meal ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the chief secretaries of the Punjab and Balochistan to submit compliance reports by February 27 regarding implementation of court’s ban on serving meals at wedding receptions....		Uncertain future lies ahead for people of Balakot ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The future of Balakot, the town once most picturesque and now most devastated by October 8 earthquake, hangs in balance as the affected people look towards the government...
Demonstrations held in Sindh towns: Blasphemous cartoons THATTA, Feb 15: Protest demonstrations continued against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers as people in different parts of Sindh took to the streets on Wednesday....		Unrecognised colleges cannot admit students PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that no professional college shall commence admission process unless it is recognised by the concerned professional controlling authority concerned....
UN helicopters to curtail service ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The United Nations Helicopter Assistance Service (UNHAS) has decided to curtail its services in the quake zone because of funding shortfall....		Senate polls: papers’ rejection criticized ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) leader Dr Israr Shah has criticized the Election Commission of Pakistan for rejecting his nomination papers for the forthcoming Senate polls from Punjab and...
13 injured as protests continue FAISALABAD, Feb 15: About a dozen rallies that were taken out in and around the city on Wednesday left seven people, including two policemen, injured....		BSO plans rallies from 21st QUETTA, Feb 15: The Baloch Students Organization said on Wednesday it would hold a series of rallies in the province from Feb 21 to create awareness among the Baloch people about ‘excesses of the state’....
40,000 new cases of TB each year PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Annually 40,000 people in the NWFP become new patients of tuberculosis, and the establishment reference laboratory would be helpful in diagnosis of TB patients, prove to be helpful...		Canal breach plugged NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 15: Sindh Irrigation Secretary Ashfaq Memon visited the site of a breach in the Rohri canal near Kandiaro on Wednesday where the irrigation staff plugged the breach....
Phone sims being sold in violation of rules PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Dealers of many cellphone companies are selling Subscriber Identity Module (sim) cards without keeping proper record of their customers, which is giving rise to misuse and creating security problems....		Inmates booked for attacking jail staff KHAIRPUR, Feb 15: Thirty-five prisoners of the Khairpur Central Jail have been booked for attacking and injuring jail staff. Jail chief warden Dilawar Hussain lodged the case with the A-section police...
Govt blamed for sectarian clashes in Hangu HANGU, Feb 15: District Nazim Ghaniur Rehman has held the provincial government and the district administration responsible for sectarian clashes in the city....		Rs40m relief goods provided by NGO MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 15: Midland International Aid Trust, a UK-based NGO, has provided relief goods worth Rs40m, including shelters and food stuff, in quake-hit areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir since the October 8 earthquake....
Court calls city officials in manhole tragedy case RAWALPINDI, Feb 15: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench judge Abdul Shakoor Paracha has taken suo motu action against the civic bodies concerned for their negligence causing the death of an 18-month-old girl who fell into an open manhole....		Stronger trade relations with UAE stressed ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Chamber of Commerce and its counterpart in Islamabad would jointly take measures for promoting trade between the two countries....
Traders for shifting of food outlets: Compensation demanded LAHORE, Feb 15: Representatives of traders’ organisations have demanded compensation for the damage they suffered during Tuesday’s protest, shifting of fast food chains’ outlets from The Mall and protection against any such violent acts in the future....		Fear grips PU New Campus LAHORE, Feb 15: Fear gripped the Punjab University’s New Campus following the killing of a cafetaria employee during a protest rally taken out by a student wing to condemn the blasphemous caricatures here on Wednesday....
‘MMA’s protest plan intact’ LAHORE, Feb 15: MMA president Qazi Husain Ahmad has criticized the government for banning protest rallies against the blasphemy issue and vowed to defy it....		Seminaries resolve to resist expulsions LAHORE, Feb 15: Leaders of the MMA and seminaries have pledged to forcefully resist the government’s decision of expelling foreign students....
Lawyers rally against cartoons LAHORE, Feb 15: The Lahore Bar Association took out a peaceful procession on the Shahrah-i-Quaid-Azam on Wednesday to condemn the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Europe....		Passenger facilitation LAHORE, Feb 15: The commercial management and passenger facilitation of Chenab and Rohi expresses were handed over to a private company on Wednesday....
Daawa LAHORE, Feb 15: The Jamaatud Daawa has alleged that Indian and other foreign agencies are involved in the recent rioting during the protest rally against blasphemy....		Announcement LAHORE, Feb 15: After a long and meritorious association with Dawn, Mr Z. I. Mirza has retired as Resident Editor, Lahore. He will be succeeded as Resident Editor by Mr Murtaza Razvi, currently Assistant Editor with Dawn, Lahore....
Bus accident leaves 30 hurt GUJRANWALA, Feb 15: Over 30 people were injured after a bus overturned while saving a wagon on the GT Road near Amritpura Cantonment on Wednesday....		Action sought against DSP JHANG, Feb 15: Various groups have joined the Jhang Union of Journalists in their demand for action against the city DSP for his alleged maltreatment of newsmen during a Muharram procession....
Cartoons termed a challenge for Ummah PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The Jamaat-i-Islami has vowed that it will not abandon Jihad against infidels and their masters as it is mandatory for every Muslim to sacrifice his life in defence...		Educational institutions closed in NWFP PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The NWFP government has ordered closure of all educational institutions in the province. In the wake of the violent demonstrations against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in some...
Journalists condemn blasphemy PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Speakers at a dialogue on the Responsibility of Media have condemned the publication of sacrilegious cartoons in some European newspapers, terming it a bad omen for the fragile world peace....		Rioting a conspiracy against province, says Durrani PESHAWAR, Feb 15: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that ‘the Wednesday rioting in Peshawar’ is a conspiracy against the province, saying that a handful of the miscreants are behind the violent agitation....