March 18, 2006	Saturday	Safar 17, 1427

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Two soldiers injured in attack on forts MIRAMSHAH, March 17: Two paramilitary personnel were injured on Thursday night when two forts came under rocket attack in the Mirali subdivision, sources said here....		NWFP govt urged to scrap campus closure plan TIMERGARA, March 17: Political leaders and students of Malakand have called upon the provincial authorities to withdraw their decision to close down the Sharingal campus of Malakand University....
PPP to involve workers in key decisions: Badr ISLAMABAD, March 17: Secretary general Pakistan Peoples Party Jehangir Badr on Friday assured that the PPP workers would have a say in key party decisions like granting of tickets to candidates....		Sugar crisis: govt colludes with industry RAWALPINDI, March 17: Manipulation of the sugar industry by the government and the mills owners is harming the interests of the consumers and growers, social activists stated at a seminar here on Friday....
10pc seats for women in CSS sought: Summary sent to PM office ISLAMABAD, March 17: The women development ministry has sought reservation of 10 per cent seats for women in the Central Superior Services (CSS) and submitted a summary to the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Dawn has learnt....		‘Under-trial women not to be photographed’: Hudood cases PESHAWAR, March 17: NWFP police chief Muhammad Riffat Pasha on Friday directed district police officers (DPOs) not to allow anyone to photograph under-trial women in cases relating to the Hudood Ordinance....
PPP outlines steps for transparent elections: PML-N doubts rulers will hold free polls LAHORE, March 17: While the PML-N will discuss measures needed to ensure free and fair elections at a meeting of its central working committee to be held in London on March...		SC asks govt to pay diyat to heirs: Killings by twine LAHORE, March 17: A Supreme Court full bench on Friday held the Punjab government responsible for the deaths caused by throat slit due to razor-sharp twine during the period the ban on kite flying was relaxed....
Seniority cannot be revised: FST ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Federal Services Tribunal (FST) has observed that seniority once reckoned by a competent authority cannot be changed at some later stage. The FST bench, comprising Chaudhry Ilyas...		Pakistan to assume CMSF command next month ISLAMABAD, March 17: Pakistan is bracing up to play a major role in maritime counter-terrorism, as it takes over the command of the Coalition Maritime Security Force (CMSF) next month....
PC-I of Pims MRI machine revised, Senate told ISLAMABAD, March 17: Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Friday said a Rs106.3 revised PC-I of MRI machine for Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has been submitted to the Planning and Development Division for approval....		Soomro for inter-faith dialogue ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Senate Chairman Muhammadmian Soomro on Friday called for an inter-faith dialogue between the Muslim countries and the West to promote understanding between the two....
Narcotics seized, 8 arrested ISLAMABAD, March 17: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge quantity of drugs and arrested eight people in different raids on Friday, a spokesman for ANF said....		Engg students to study in S. Korean varsities ISLAMABAD, March 17: South Korea has agreed to facilitate Pakistani students to study in engineering programmes in that country. The HEC would provide scholarships to engineering students for studies in South Korean universities....
Press freedom mission to leave for Nepal on 20th ISLAMABAD, March 17: International press freedom mission comprising 12 international organizations, including a UN agency, global media associations, freedom of expression advocates and media development organizations will visit Nepal from March 20- 25....		Bar urged to cooperate with judiciary ISLAMABAD, March 17: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry called upon the members of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) to extend cooperation to the judiciary and play their role in the establishment of a just and civilized society....
Phony NAB official arrested ISLAMABAD, March 17: The vigilance wing of the National Accountability Bureau Islamabad has arrested a man for impersonating as a bureau official. According to a press release issued here on Friday,...		PFUJ, Apnec to continue struggle for free press KARACHI, March 17: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have declared they will continue the struggle for freedom of the press and free expression, which is essential for any democratic culture....
Demand for arrest of Kakar’s killers QUETTA, March 17: Pakistan Workers’ Party has called for immediate arrest of the killers of the party’s leader, Nasrullah Kakar, and threatened to block highways connecting Balochistan with Punjab and Sindh if the culprits were not arrested immediately....		Two killed as cars collide KOHAT, March 17: Two people were killed and three soldiers were seriously injured in a road accident on the Indus Highway near Karappa on Friday. A car, going to Bannu from...
Operation to continue till camps smashed, says Ghani QUETTA, March 17: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that the Frontier Corps would stop its operations after dismantling of fugitive camps in Dera Bugti and Kohlu....		Indian soldier ISLAMABAD, March 17: Pakistani authorities on Friday returned an Indian army soldier to the Border Security Force (BSF) of India at Wagah Border. Indian Army Sepoy Shashi Kanth had unauthorisedly crossed...
SHC takes notice of missing people HYDERABAD, March 17: A division bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Friday observed that incidents of people disappearing were on the rise. The court said that allegations were...		Bank urged to rescind sacking decision LARKANA, March 17: Leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro warned on Friday that his party would use all forums to put pressure on the Habib Bank management to revoke its decision to sack 3,100 workers....
Scholars pay tribute to Shah Latif HYDERABAD, March 17: Scholars from India and Pakistan on Thursday termed Shah Latif an embodiment of religious tolerance and Sindhiat. They were speaking at a literacy conference held at the Bhitshah...		NAB arrests health department employee LAKKI MARWAT, March 17: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested Ajmal Khan Meenakhel, a senior clerk in the health department, Lakki, on charges of corruption and accumulating assets disproportional to his known income....
One killed, 7 injured in road accident KOHAT, March 17: One person was killed and seven people, including two women, were seriously injured when a car collided with a Karachi-bound bus on the Indus Highway on Friday....		Governor for promotion of IT education GUJRANWALA, March 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has underlined the need to promote engineering technology and computer science education in the province. The governor said that three new engineering universities were...
Kiln workers protest against leader’s arrest SAHIWAL, March 17: Kiln workers on Friday staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club against the arrest of their association president. The protesters were addressed by labour leaders Afzal...		ANF collects information about drug trafficker GUJRAT, March 17: Anti-Narcotics Force’s Rawalpindi officials have started collecting information about the assets of an alleged international drug trafficker. Sources told Dawn on Friday Siddique Dhola of Kharian tehsil was...
27 private schools face closure SIALKOT, March 17: The Sialkot Cantonment Board has issued final notices to the owners of as many as 27 private schools and six academies to wind up their campuses set up illegally by April 10....		ARD activists released MIANWALI, March 17: Seven ARD activists were released from the local central jail on high court orders on Friday. They were among those arrested during and after the Feb 14 violent protest against the publication of cartoons....
Motor vehicles bill LAHORE, March 17: The Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2005 was moved in the Punjab Assembly here on Friday. The Punjab law minister moved the bill as recommended by the Standing Committee on Transport....		Khokhar’s sentence LAHORE, March 17: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday suspended the sentence of Haji Nawaz Khokhar, a PPP leader and a former deputy speaker of the National Assembly....