March 22, 2006	Wednesday	Safar 21, 1427

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PPP discusses party reforms, national politics ISLAMABAD, March 21: A meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party was held in Dubai on Tuesday to discuss some “issues of urgent nature,” sources told Dawn....		SC declines to stay polls; seeks reply from govt: Reserved seats in NALC ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay elections for the reserved seats in the Northern Areas Legislative Council. The court, however, asked the government lawyer to give...
USAID clears irrigation canals in Batagram ISLAMABAD, March 21: A United States Agency for International Development (USAID) cash-for-work programme has cleared nine kilometres of two of the most-blocked irrigation canals in Batagram District and re-opened water for...		Benazir for building small dams ISLAMABAD, March 21: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday called for raising awareness about water issues throughout the world, in general, and in Pakistan, in particular....
Thousands attend Mohammad Ali’s funeral LAHORE, March 21: Acting legend Mohammad Ali, who passed away on Sunday, was laid to rest in the Ahata of Hazrat Mian Mir Sahib’s tomb here on Tuesday....		Hashmi laid to rest KARACHI, March 21: S.H. Hashmi, one of the pioneers of Pakistan’s advertising and marketing industry, who passed away on Monday, was laid to rest in the Defence Housing Society Graveyard on Tuesday afternoon....
Open-ended cooperation in war on terror opposed ISLAMABAD, March 21: In the face of dangers posed by the Indo-US nuclear deal, Pakistan should expand its options and rethink its “open-ended cooperation” in the US-led war on terror....		Akbar Bugti’s grandson attacked KARACHI, March 21: An attempt was made on the life of Talib Bugti, alias Talha Bugti, grandson of Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akber Bugti, on Tuesday, police said....
‘Global Action Day’ for missing journalist KARACHI, March 21: A “Global Action Day” was observed on the appeal of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation on Tuesday to...		US society’s branch opened at GIK SWABI, March 21: The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has become the second university in the country to open a branch of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)....
Pakistan, Bosnia discuss air link ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pakistan and Bosnia-Herzegovina on Tuesday agreed on broad parameters of the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between the two countries, a statement issued after the initial round of talks here said....		Commuters suffer as transport disappears: Convoys planned for PML convention MIANWALI, March 21: Punjab police and the district administration almost paralysed the public transport system in the province in their desperate bid to arrange buses and wagons to carry PML...
Transporters also hit hard LAHORE, March 21: Miseries of those using public transport multiplied as traffic police and other government agencies impounded hundreds of wagons and buses in the city on Tuesday....		Kuldip’s formula on Kashmir LAHORE, March 21: Veteran Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar has presented a step-by-step formula for Kashmir solution. “The governments on both sides (of the Line of Control) should first end visa restrictions...
Parent’s help sought to curb student politics PESHAWAR, March 21: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has stressed the need of making concrete efforts to eradicate politics from educational institutions. Speaking as chief guest at the Convocation-2005 of Islamia College...		Court seeks comments in plea on Senate polls PESHAWAR, March 21: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought comments from central and provincial election commissioners on a writ petition challenging the recent Senate polls in the NWFP....
Cut in GST on sugar mills proposed ISLAMABAD, March 21: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Tuesday floated a proposal of bringing down the rate of general sales tax (GST) on sugar mills from 15 per cent to a reasonable level aimed at reducing the sugar prices....		Hearing of N.As police officials adjourned ISLAMABAD, March 21: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal filed by some officials from the Northern Areas police against their conviction...
Teenage girl undergoes sex change ISLAMABAD, March 21: A teenage girl turned into a boy after undergoing a sex-change operation here at Railway General Hospital the other day. The 16-year-old girl, a resident of Chicha Watni Tehsil, was operated upon by a team of surgeons....		Nobel laureates to give online lectures in 18 varsities ISLAMABAD, March 21: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has initiated a programme to provide online lecturing and video conferencing facilities to 18 pubic-sector universities and degree-awarding institutions by September this year....
Clean drinking water becomes reality ISLAMABAD, March 21: Even a couple of years back, clean drinking water was just a dream and a remote reality for the common man. People simply had to depend on tap...		UK to give $400m for poverty alleviation ISLAMABAD, March 21: Pakistan and the United Kingdom on Tuesday signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to develop a long-term development partnership between the two countries, especially focusing on alleviating poverty....
PML centenary plan PESHAWAR, March 21: Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam has said that Pakistan owes its existence to the sacrifices rendered by the Muslim League....		SHC summons 17 policemen LARKANA, March 21: The Sindh High Court, Larkana bench, on Tuesday summoned 17 policemen on March 28 in connection with a petition filed by Jawed Ahmad Soomro of Bhando Qubo, Ratodero....
DCO criticized for non-release of funds THATTA, March 21: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA Humera Alwani has alleged that DCO Mohammad Usman Panhwar is obstructing release of funds for ongoing development schemes in areas of Mirpur Sakro, Keti Bunder and Kharochhan being carried out under MPA’s funds....		18 hurt as van plunges into ravine MANSEHRA, March 21: At least 18 people, including four women, were injured on Tuesday when a passengers van plunged into a ravine near Chatta Batta Rairh in Mansehra district....
Hepatitis cases on the rise in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, March 21: An increase in the number of hepatitis cases has created an alarming situation in the district as a large number of patients have been admitted to the People’s Medical College Hospital....		Oil firm urged to carry out welfare work BADIN, March 21: Residents of Ahmed Rajo Circle, Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka, staged a sit-in on Ahmed Rajo Road outside the Ghunghro oilfield on Tuesday bringing the traffic to a halt...
Call for indigenous medical research LAHORE, March 21: Health services in developing countries like Pakistan are suffering because of little effort to benefit from continuing medical education (CME) based on solid scientific evidence....		Business of banned pesticides continues VEHARI, March 21: Despite a ban by the food, agriculture and livestock ministry, the manufacturing, sale and use of 34 pesticides and chemicals continue in the district and adjoining areas....
Rs850 million for flyover FAISALABAD, March 21: District Nazim Rana Zahid Tauseef has said that a flyover will be constructed at the Abdullahpur intersection with an estimated cost of Rs850 million and the affected people...		Doctors stage sit-in OKARA, March 21: On the appeal of the Pakistan Medical Association, Punjab, doctors observed a three-hour token strike and staged a sit-in in front of the PMA’s house in Fateh Town on Tuesday for the acceptance of their demands....
Four gunmen kidnap trader SIALKOT, March 21: Four gunmen kidnapped a trader from his brother’s house in Jinnah Chowk locality of Daska City on Monday night. Accused Arshad, Khurram Adnan and their accomplices stormed into the house and kidnapped Shaikh Sajid....		Data Sahib’s Urs ends LAHORE, March 21: The three-day annual Urs of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh concluded here on Tuesday night with special prayers for national solidarity and welfare of ummat....
Incentives, jobs likely for PML workers: Better results in polls LAHORE, March 21: The ruling PML will give various incentives to its workers to motivate them to give better results in the next general elections, on which will depend the political future of President Pervez Musharraf....		MMA to stay intact despite rift: Qazi LAHORE, March 21: MMA president and Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad says the six-party religious alliance will remain intact notwithstanding differences among its members. According to him, the differences spoke of...