March 5, 2006	Sunday	Safar 4, 1427

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Scores held: police bust anti-Bush demos RAWALPINDI, March 4: Police beat up and arrested 80 political workers, human rights activists and writers to prevent them from staging anti-Bush demonstrations here on Saturday....		Imran put under house arrest ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan was picked up and put under house arrest here on Friday night, barring him from staging a protest march against the visit of United States President George W....
MMA condemns arrest of PTI chief RAWALPINDI, March 4: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Rawalpindi has condemned the house arrest of Pakistan Tehrik-i- Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and MNA Mohammad Hanif Abbasi....		Purchase of wheat at Rs415 per 40kg ordered ISLAMABAD, March 4: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday asked provincial governments and the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation (Passco) to procure current seasons’ wheat crop at the minimum guaranteed...
PPP ridicules govt’s probe into sugar scam ISLAMABAD, March 4: The announcement by the cabinet’s Economic Coordination Committee to hold investigation into profiteering by sugar mills is yet another joke played with the people, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)...		Spring festival opens today LAHORE, March 4: The annual spring festival opens today with an official ceremony at the Jilani Park in the evening while Basant will be celebrated in the city on March 12....
Pervaiz leads rally outside assembly LAHORE, March 4: The treasury and opposition benches in the Punjab Assembly on Saturday jointly staged a rally to condemn the publication of sacrilegious caricatures of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) in European newspapers....		Black day observed against Bush’s visit LAHORE, March 4: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and Tehrik-i-Insaf observed black day on Saturday against the arrival of US President George W.Bush in the country....
321 held for using banned twine for kite flying LAHORE, March 4: City police on Saturday arrested 321 people for using metal wire, twine and glass powder-coated string in kite flying. Of them, 71 were arrested from the cantonment, 94...		Musharraf doctrine has failed: Fazl MULTAN, March 4: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that the American President’s South Asian visit has exposed the ‘position’ Islamabad and Gen Musharraf held before the international powers....
Code of ethics binds journalists ISLAMABAD, March 4: Ethics of the profession of journalism were reviewed at a discussion session at the Scientists Club here on Saturday. A senior editor told the audience that society considered...		Closure of GT Road angers commuters ATTOCK, March 4: The vehicular traffic from the NWFP to Punjab remains suspended for last 42 hours due to closure of all entry points on GT Road, including Attock bridge, to...
Text of Pakistan-US joint statement ISLAMABAD, March 4: Pakistan and United States on Saturday affirmed the long-term strategic partnership between the two countries. A joint statement issued following the talks between US President George W....		A cheerless welcome for Bush ISLAMABAD: US President George W. Bush arrived here on his first visit to Pakistan on Friday night to a cold and colourless welcome. In sharp contrast to his arrival at New...
30pc mothers die of iron deficiency ISLAMABAD, March 4: Over 40 per cent of the women in reproductive age in Pakistan suffer from iron deficiency anaemia (IDA), a condition that claims the lives of 30 per cent mothers in the country....		Islamabad remains tense but calm ISLAMABAD, March 4: The overall law and order situation remained tense but clam in the federal capital on Saturday during the visit of US President George W....
Reception DHIR KOT, March 4: Muslim Conference (Dhir Kot chapter) will host a reception in the honour of the newly-elected members of the Kashmir Council on Sunday....		Bid to hand over girl in swara foiled MARDAN, March 4: The handing over of an eight-year-old girl to the rival family in swara was averted here at Mayar village due to the successful intervention by a non-governmental organisation last week....
Violent protests in Bara continue LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), March 4: The Khasadar force and Mehsood Scouts resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shelling to disperse protesting students as violent protests continued in the Bara area of Khyber Agency for third day on Saturday....		JI demands relief for people BAGH, March 4: A former chief of Jamaat-i-Islami’s Azad Kashmir chapter, Abdul Rashid Turrabi, has urged the government to resolve people’s problems and compensate them on family rather than on individual basis....
Pre-arrest bail confirmed PESHAWAR, March 4: An additional district and sessions judge, Syed Ahtesham Ali, on Saturday confirmed pre-arrest bail to three persons, including a juvenile, in a theft case....		4-year plan presented to Erra MUZAFFARABAD, March 4: The Department of Public Works and Communications (DPWC) of Azad Kashmir government has presented a four-year comprehensive plan to ERRA for repair and reconstruction of roads and bridges destroyed in the earthquake....
Coordination between teachers, parents urged SWABI, March 4: Specialists in the education sector said on Saturday that effective coordination and meaningful interaction between parents and teachers was essential for children’s education and would ultimately help secure the country’s future....		SCCI to help solve tax issues PESHAWAR, March 4: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) will arrange a meeting for businessmen to address income and sales tax-related problems and to gather proposals for the forthcoming federal budget and trade policy....
WHO’s plan to strengthen health uplift facilities PESHAWAR, March 4: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is strengthening a basic development need project in Nowshera and Fata, an official said....		PPP workers oppose appointment CHITRAL, March 4: The tehsil and union nazims of the PPP here have rejected the appointment of district president of the party by the provincial and central leaders....
Swabi Model School to cost Rs200m SWABI, March 4: The Swabi Model School, which would be constructed by the NWFP government, is to cost Rs200 million, it is learnt. A 100-kanal land has already been acquired free of cost for the project from the Kotha College....		‘Black day’ observed in Sukkur against Bush’s visit SUKKUR, March 4: Three protest processions were taken out here on Saturday as black day was observed against the visit of US President George W. Bush and publication of blasphemous cartoons....
Team formed to probe bird flu in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, March 4: The district administration has formed a four-member team which will visit poultry farms and hospitals to investigate if bird flu existed in the district....		Tribute paid to anti-One Unit activists HYDERABAD, March 4: Two functions were held here on Saturday to mark the day of March 4, 1967, when students protesting against One Unit were mercilessly beaten by police on the Hyderabad-Jamshoro road....
Plan prepared for polio vaccination HYDERABAD, March 4: A plan to vaccinate 297,020 children under five years of age during a three-day anti-polio campaign in the district was finalized at a meeting held here on Friday....		Kalabagh dam opposed DADU, March 4:A meeting of Union Council-III, Dadu, was held here on Friday. The members of the union council unanimously passed a resolution against construction of the Kalabagh dam....
Bikers throng auto shops to get protective antennas LAHORE, March 4: For motorcyclists, the first week of March has become a difficult period for the last one year. In the last March, hundreds of motorcyclists had to buy helmets...		Look who is rallying behind whom LAHORE, March 4: Unbelievable. Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi led a rally on the issue of blasphemous cartoons and legislators from the ruling party, the ARD and the MMA participated....
Warning LAHORE, March 4: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has said City District Government Lahore will not spare those found flying kites with metal wire and chemical twine in violation of the Supreme Court directions....		Students take to street LAHORE, March 4: Activists of various students wings held a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Saturday against US President Bush. Meanwhile, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam claimed that police had arrested its 19 activists during a protest demonstration in Ghoray Shah....
Visitors suffer as town staff continue strike FAISALABAD, March 4: The Madina Town Municipal Administration staff have threatened to stage a demonstration, block traffic and suspend the sanitary work if a case is not registered against the people who had attacked town employees and snatched their valuables....		Anti-Bush rally in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, March 4: Several NGOs organized an anti-Bush rally here on Saturday....
Crime graph up in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, March 4: In some 161 dacoity and robbery incidents during the month of February, bandits decamped with cash, jewellery, cell phones, vehicles, bikes and other valuables worth over Rs24 million, showing a rise in the crime graph....		Nazim wants PR night coach facility for Sargodha SARGODHA, March 4: Route of Karachi-Faisalabad night coach should be extended to Sargodha so that people of Mandi Bahauddin, Khushab, Mianwali and Bhakkar districts could avail the facility....
32 vehicles registered for Cholistan jeep rally LAHORE, March 4: The Tourism Development Corporation Punjab is organizing the second Cholistan Jeep Rally to start from Derawar Fort on March 12....		Free medical camp at Jampur DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 4: A free medical camp will be held at Jampur (Rajanpur) on March 11 in collaboration with Indo-Pak Punjab Psychiatric Society and NGO Gul-i-Fatima Development Organisation in which a 10-member delegation of Indian doctors will participate....
Budget meeting GUJRANWALA, March 4: The City District Government budget meeting will be held on March 9 at 11am at the local chamber of commerce and industry auditorium in Trust Plaza....		Four boys injured in rocket attack HANGU, March 4: Four boys were injured when a rocket shell exploded in the courtyard of their house in Pass Kallay on Saturday afternoon. The boys, Hussain Ali, Amjad Ali, Bilal...