March 11, 2006	Saturday	Safar 10, 1427

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Leaders want to forget past, think of future ISLAMABAD, March 10: A dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri for participants of the Pugwash-sponsored International Conference on Kashmir here on Friday ended on a frenzied note....		Action against MPs in Sindh criticized in Senate: Farewell for outgoing senators ISLAMABAD, March 10: Action taken by the special branch of sindh police against provincial assembly members during the upper house election on March 6 came under fire in the Senate when it started its 27th session here on Friday....
Assemblies should be sent home: Qazi ISLAMABAD, March 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed said on Friday that present assemblies had become ineffective and better be sent home....		Survivors’ return must be voluntary: UNHCR ISLAMABAD, March 10: The United Nations High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR) on Friday stressed the need of informed and voluntary return of the people displaced by the October 8 earthquake to...
Health, education revival plan ready: PRCS chief ISLAMABAD, March 10: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has drawn out a provisional plan of action for reconstruction in the quake-hit areas, with special focus on health and education....		Cuban medical team services lauded ISLAMABAD, March 10: After working in adverse weather conditions for five months in the remotest areas of Azad Kashmir and the NWFP devastated by the October 8 earthquake, the Cuban Medical Brigade has taken the decision to leave....
‘PML forward bloc to expand’ ISLAMABAD, March 10: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-N said on Friday that the forward bloc in the ruling PML would expand as many members of the party were living under harassment....		Government blamed for Dera Bugti explosion QUETTA, March 10: Leader of Opposition in Balochistan Assembly Kachkol Ali has blamed the government for the Dera Bugti landmine blast that claimed 28 lives on Friday....
Kite traders will be compensated, says Pervaiz LAHORE, March 10: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the traders whose business has been affected by the ban on kite flying will be compensated....		Biography of Sir Abdullah Haroon launched LAHORE, March 10: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi and other speakers paid tribute to the late Sir Abdullah Haroon at the launch of his biography here on Friday....
Extradition of Margalla Tower builder sought ISLAMABAD, March 10: The residents of Margalla Tower, an apartment building that partly collapsed during October 8 earthquake, have sought early extradition of Ramzan Khokhar, the first owner and builder of...		AIOU extends admission date to 25th ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has extended the last date for submission of admission forms for the spring semester upto March 25....
Japan wants long-term ties with Pakistan ISLAMABAD, March 10: Japanese ambassador Nobuaki Tanaka on Friday said that his country wanted long-term cultural ties with Pakistan along with trade....		Faulty propeller led to copter crash ISLAMABAD, March 10: Relief helicopter of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) crashed due to fault in the propeller, sources told Dawn here on Friday....
SC dismisses plea against N.As judges’ appointment ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a constitutional petition against appointment of two judges to the Northern Areas Chief Court....		Lunar, solar eclipses this month KARACHI, March 10: There will be a lunar and a solar eclipse during the current month. This was stated by the in charge of the Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA), University of Karachi, M....
Taliban-linked traders found involved in illegal sugar sale PESHAWAR, March 10: A counter-terrorism unit has uncovered sale of sugar meant for Afghanistan in local market by a company allegedly linked with remnants of the Taliban....		Watercourse closure probe begins in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, March 10: An inquiry committee visited watercourses originating from the Faiz Nahar canal on Friday. The committee is headed by the chief engineer of the Sukkur Barrage, Mohammad Nawaz Memon....
Call for resuming water project TIMERGARA, March 10: Farmers have called upon the central and provincial governments to resume construction work on the Gopalum irrigation project....		Uproar in Larkana council meeting LARKANA, March 10: A pandemonium erupted in Friday’s session of the district council when pro-government members and opponents of the government started shouting slogans against each other....
‘Allocation of funds for Chitral reduced’ CHITRAL, March 10: Heads of government departments briefed the district council about functions and problems of their departments here on Friday. The session was chaired by convener Sultan Shah....		JSQM leaders still untraced HYDERABAD, March 10: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz observed a token hunger strike outside the press club for the second day on Friday to protest against disappearance of the general secretary of the party, Dr Safdar Sarki....
Imran demands end to military operation PESHAWAR, March 10: Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan has called upon the government to stop the military operation in the North Wazirtistan Agency, saying that it is creating hatred among the tribal people for the armed forces....		Man, woman killed JACOBABAD, March 10: A man killed his wife and another person on the pretext of karo-kari in Arbab Ali village in the jurisdiction of Dera Allahyar on Friday....
Teachers not paid salary for 14 months DADU, March 10: A large number of teachers observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Friday to protest against non-payment of their salary for 14 months....		Spiteful man shoots six dear ones: Farmland dispute TOBA TEK SINGH, March 10: Six members of a family were killed over a simmering farmland dispute at Chak 314-GB, about 15 kilometres from here, on Friday....
Kites fly in the face of ban across province FAISALABAD, March 10: Basant celebrations in many parts of the Punjab exposed the government’s limitations as the law enforcers could arrest very few of the kite-flying enthusiasts, who flagrantly violated the ban on the sport on Friday....		All set for ruling PML showdown GUJRAT, March 10: As the byelection day arrives, a tough fight is expected among the four candidates of the ruling PML for the slots of Khohar UC nazim and naib nazim in Sarai Alamgir....
Rs1 million house robbery SAHIWAL, March 10: Six masked bandits robbed the house of a trader in Chak 19/11-L on Thursday night. The bandits reportedly entered the house of Ramzan at around midnight....		200 meters burnt in rain VEHARI, March 10: More than 200 electricity meters were burnt in Thursday night’s rain in various locality of the city and its adjoining area, specially in union council No 1, 9-1/WB Danyal, Liaquatpura, Pir Murad and People’s Colony....
Three killed in road accident KASUR, March 10: Three people were killed and 40 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a van at Thatha Dogran, seven kilometres away from here, on Lahore-Kasur Road on Friday....		Absconding convict arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, March 10: The Gojra city police arrested on Friday a convict who was handed down 172 years rigorous imprisonment by different courts in 43 cases after three years....
Dacoits’ gang busted GUJRANWALA, March 10: Satellite Town police claimed on Friday to have busted a four-member gang of dacoits after a brief encounter and recovered looted goods from their possession....		PML meeting LAHORE, March 10: Punjab PML secretary-general Chaudhry Zaheeruddin on Friday presided over a meeting of various wings of the party and discussed with them steps to bring maximum people to the March 23 convention....
Three held for lawyer’s murder PESHAWAR, March 10: The city police have arrested three alleged murderers man on the charge of killing senior lawyer Mohammad Amin Khattak and his brother Abdul Qayyum Khattak, said a press release here on Friday....		Pushto word coined for thalassaemia PESHAWAR, March 10: The provincial health department has decided to use a Pushto name for thalassaemia to spread awareness about the disease. The health department had decided to launch a project...