March 21, 2006	Tuesday	Safar 20, 1427

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Blasphemous net sites blocked ISLAMABAD, March 20: The Supreme Court was told on Monday that all 12 websites displaying sacrilegious cartoons of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) on the internet had been blocked....		Rs35bn road network for Gwadar: PM ISLAMABAD, March 20: The government is building a network of roads at a cost of Rs35 billion to provide better links with Gwadar port which already has access up to Chamman...
Prospects for manpower export widen, says minister RAWALPINDI, March 20: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis, Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Monday said prospects for increase in country’s manpower export had brightened as South Korea had decided to include Pakistan in its source list of countries....		USAID helps 4,000 survivors return home ISLAMABAD, March 20: USAID in collaboration with Save the Children has helped more than 4,000 residents of Mehra Relief Camp return to their villages since March 10....
Weed Sciences can help boost agriculture: Atta ISLAMABAD, March 20: Weed Sciences can play an important role in the improvement of agricultural economy of the country, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Attaur Rehman said....		1 million texts downloaded from HEC website ISLAMABAD, March 20: Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) digital library was being extensively visited by the researchers in the universities throughout the country. There had been a phenomenal increase in the total...
PML centenary celebrations to kick off from 23rd ISLAMABAD, March 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Monday reviewed the preparations for the party’s centenary celebrations which will start with a mammoth public rally in Lahore on March 23....		LHC bench appoints inquiry officer: Alleged rape, blackmailing ISLAMABAD, March 20: A bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered for an inquiry into the alleged gang rape and blackmailing of a woman NP by some police officials....
Two siblings killed in police firing KARACHI, March 20: A man and his sister were killed and his daughter critically injured on Tuesday night in a police firing incident in the city’s North Nazimabad locality....		Agencies told to enforce law and order QUETTA, March 20: The Balochistan government has asked police and other law-enforcement agencies to take stricter measures to ensure protection of people, national installations and foreigners working in the province....
Harassment of journalist: mediapersons in Senate stage walkout ISLAMABAD Mar 20: The journalists covering Senate proceedings on Monday staged a walkout at the upper house to protest, what was termed as, administrative harassment of a fellow journalist working in Karachi....		Opposition boycotts NALC session GILGIT, March 20: Opposition members belonging to PPP and PML-Nawaz walked out of the Northern Areas Legislative Council session on Monday when they were not allowed to speak on the issue of creation of technocrats seats....
Francophone week opens in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 20: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro inaugurated the Francophone week here on Monday featuring the Pakistani participation in the worldwide celebrations of French arts and culture....		‘Chinese help to continue’ QUETTA, March 20: The Chinese Consul General in Karachi, Mr Sun Chunye, has said that the killing of his country’s engineers in Hub will not have an adverse impact on the Pakistan-China friendship....
Sri Lankan president due on 31st ISLAMABAD, March 20: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be visiting Pakistan from March 31 to April 2. Announcing the visit at the outset of a weekly briefing on Monday, Foreign...		Tent city closed; quake victims move to their areas SHINKIARI, March 20: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli said on Monday that the government was committed to rehabilitating the people affected by the Oct 8 earthquake....
‘Implementation of Police Order a gigantic task’ FAISALABAD, March 20: Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah admits that the Police Order 2002 has not been implemented so far in its true spirit due to a variety of reasons....		Law against ‘wheelie’ passed amid protest LAHORE, March 20: The Punjab Assembly, amid protest and walkout by the opposition, on Monday passed the Provincial Motor Vehicles (amendment) bill banning ‘wheelie’. The violators may be jailed for up...
Railway station for Thar Express at Zero Point LAHORE, March 20: A railway station of international standards will be constructed at the Zero Point for the passengers of the Thar Express running between India and Pakistan....		Nawaz says PML-N not to join hands with turncoats LAHORE, March 20: Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday ruled out the possibility of his PML-N contesting the 2007 general election in alliance with the ruling party, saying his...
Invasion of Iraq: bar for trial of state heads LAHORE, March 20: The Lahore High Court Bar Association on Monday called for the constitution of an international tribunal to try for war crimes US President George Bush, UK Prime Minister...		People holding jirga, karo-kari killers to be punished KARACHI, March 20: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui has said that action will be taken against holders of jirga and murderers of women on the pretext of karo-kari....
Man killed by friend ISLAMABAD, March 20: A man was shot dead by his friend over some dispute here on Monday. Police said Saghir along with some accomplices intercepted Tariq Mehmood (30), a property dealer, at Karal Chowk and opened fire on him....		Discrimination alleged ISLAMABAD, March 20: Religious violence and discrimination against the Ahmadis in the country increased in 2005, claiming 11 lives and indictment of 60, according to the Jamaat Ahmadiya’s annual report....
ZTBL told to hire more staff ISLAMABAD, March 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed Zarai Taraqiati Bank (ZTBL) to recruit 500 officials in order to expand its outreach programmes and assist farmers with proper utilisation and repayment of agricultural loans....		Tehsil administration, college in dispute over rest-house SWABI, March 20: A dispute between the Tehsil Municipal Administration and the Frontier Education Foundation Degree (Girls) College of Topi over the rest-house of the former International Regional Development Project (IRDP)...
Drug ban divides militants PESHAWAR, March 20: With their long flowing hair, beards and boots, they could resemble the hippies of yesteryears. Except that these hippies from the wild western borderland of Pakistan are gun-toting, rocket-carrying militants ready to kill or be killed....		‘Bhasha-Diamer dam to bring prosperity’ GILGIT, March 20: Northern Areas Deputy Chief Executive Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan has aid that construction of Bhasha-Diamer dam will bring progress and prosperity to the region....
‘Struggle to continue’ QUETTA, March 20: Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) president Sardar Akhtar Mengal has said that military rulers do not want democracy and development and they are depriving the people of Balochistan of their rights....		Three killed in road accident DERA ISMAIL KHAN, March 20: Three people were killed and eight suffered injuries when a bus overturned after crashing onto a tree near Mandhran village here on Sunday night....
Literacy centres planned LAKKI MARWAT, March 20: Sector director of Literacy For All project, Bannu/Lakki Marwat chapter, Saleem Khan Marwat, has said that the government is using available resources to achieve 100 per cent literacy rate....		2 motions kept pending PESHAWAR, March 20: The NWFP Assembly has kept pending two adjournment motions about non-appointment of teaching staff for a primary school and non-execution of development schemes under various development programmes....
Rs90 million allocated for uplift plans LAKKI MARWAT, March 20: Tehsil Nazim Fareedullah Khan Meenakhel said on Monday that a sum of Rs90 million would be spent under the provincial urban development programme on drinking water supply and other development projects in the Lakki city....		Engineering varsity to be set up in Haripur HARIPUR, March 20: District Nazim Yousaf Ayub on Monday said that the federal education ministry would establish an engineering university in Haripur at a cost of Rs21 billion....
Rs20m in cash, gold stolen from bank VEHARI, March 20: Unidentified thieves took away around Rs20 million in cash and gold jewellery from UBL Imambargah Road branch in Burewala on Sunday night....		Commuters’ sufferings multiply GUJRANWALA, March 20: There is no let-up in the suffering of commuters across the province as the traffic police and other government departments continued impounding the public transport vehicles on Monday...
Policemen await reward: Rs36m railway robbery MULTAN, March 20: The policemen who tracked down last month the main character of the robbery of multi-million rupees in the Railways’ Lahore Mughalpura workshop are waiting for the cash reward....		‘Ancient’ coin found in Sargodha SARGODHA, March 20: Ghaus Muhammad, a booking clerk posted at the local railway station, claimed to have found a coin belonging to 13th century A.H....
Students block road in protest TOBA TEK SINGH, March 20: Students of Government Prem Sati College, Kamalia, on Monday brought traffic to a halt for about half an hour on Kamalia-Chichawatni Road for kidnapping and torturing their fellow by outsiders....		Industrial exhibition concludes GUJRANWALA, March 20: Pakistani products are competing China and other industrial countries at international market despite limited resources. This was stated by Pakistan Steel Mills chairman g Qayyum while speaking at...
No dispute over tariff, says Wapda chairman FAISALABAD, March 20: Wapda chairman Tariq Hameed has said that there is absolutely no dispute among power distribution companies (Discos) over the issue of tariff and the government has finalized its rates for various companies which will be notified soon....		DHQ staff on strike against city nazim OKARA, March 20: The paramedical staff of the DHQ Hospital went on strike against the city union council nazim who allegedly beat up a dispenser two days ago when he was going home after duty....
Mai’s school completes a year MULTAN, March 20: The first annual function of Mukhtar Mai’s school scheduled for Tuesday (today) has drawn foreign press and NGOs to Meerwala, Muzaffargarh....		Two traders robbed of Rs1.3m GUJRANWALA, March 20: An industrialist and a scrap dealer were robbed in separate incidents here on Monday. Industrialist Amir Sohail was on his way after withdrawing Rs700,000 from a bank on GT Road by a motorcycle....
Suigas regional office in Okara demanded OKARA, March 20: Citizens have called upon the Sui gas authority to establish its regional office in Okara as the town is situated in the heart of the district while work...		Loans for small industrialists LAHORE, March 20: Punjab Industries, Investment and Commerce Minister Muhammad Ajmal Cheema has said that a loan scheme will soon be launched for small industrialists with Rs1 billion allocation....
Father of murdered girl seeks help for FIR registration NAWABSHAH, March 20: A resident of Allah Ditto Bhutto village of the Doulatpur taluka, Mr Ghulam Mustafa Bhutto, has appealed to the prime minister, the Sindh chief minister and the provincial...		Drivers block road against police behaviour SUKKUR, March 20: Hundreds of vehicles were stranded between Shikarpur and Jacobabad on Monday when buses blocked the road in protest against mistreatment by police of a cleaner who, with wagon...
Glowing tributes paid to Sooriah Badshah: Scholars call for rewriting history SANGHAR, March 20: It is unjustified that during the last 58 years while writing about Pakistan’s independence, the historians did not mention sacrifices rendered by Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashdi alias Sooriah Badshah and his companions....		Demolition of old villages in Karachi condemned NAWABSHAH, March 20: Activists of the Pakistan People’s Party-SB held a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Monday in protest against bulldozing of old villages of Sindhis in Karachi....