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October 04, 2006 Wednesday Ramazan 10, 1427   Building code approved for AJK, says Attique ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: A post-quake building code for Azad Kashmir has been approved for adoption to ensure reconstruction of buildings capable of withstanding tremors.... US assures support for reconstruction ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The United State has assured continued support to Pakistan in the reconstruction of the areas affected by last year’s devastating earthquake.... Quake survivors shifted to new camp MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 3: The AJK government Camps Management Organisation (CMO) has started shifting nearly 167 families from a public park to a new site along the bank of River Jhelum here on Tuesday.... Baloch jirga forms body QUETTA, Oct 3: The grand Baloch tribal jirga has formed a six-member supreme council headed by Khan of Kalat Mir Suleman Daud, to implement the decisions taken by an earlier session of the jirga last month.... Govt ready for talks with any party: Jam QUETTA, Oct 3: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said that the government is ready to hold talks with anyone willing to discuss people’s problems.... WB offers $125m for telecom growth ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The ministry of information technology will shortly launch a multi-billion-rupees project with the help of the World Bank (WB) to accelerate growth of telecommunication in remote areas of the country.... Tabling of bill to amend Hudood laws delayed: minister ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: A five-member ministerial committee, tasked to table the draft legislation on amendments to Hudood laws in parliament, has not been able to agree on a timeframe to do that.... Cane-crushing date will not be extended, says CM HYDERABAD, Oct 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim warned on Monday that the government would neither bring down the sugarcane price fixed at Rs67 per 40kgs nor extend the date for the start of crushing season.... CM for revamping criminal intelligence system LAHORE, Oct 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday ordered revamping of the criminal intelligence system in Punjab, asking the police authorities to prepare complete record of outlaws in the province to help check their involvement in crime again.... Law on traditional drugs on anvil ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Ministry of Health is preparing a law to regulate and promote the use of traditional medicine, which would soon be sent to National Assembly for approval... DFID, UNDP sign agreement on environment assessment ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on environmental assessment for three of the co-funded projects.... Nespak set to prepare building code ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The National Engineering Services of Pakistan (Nespak) says it is all set to prepare a new building code for the country to avoid a repeat of the large-scale... Senate body briefed on 4-year degree programme ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: The Senate Standing Committee on Education and Science and Technology which met here on Tuesday with Senator Razina Alam Khan in the chair has underlined the need of... Suicide attempt makes life more painful for Niaz ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Niaz Mohammad Khaskheli, who tried self- immolation in front of the Supreme Court on Monday to attract attention to his miseries, is struggling for life in a private... Minorities’ representation in CII sought ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) has called for expanding the scope of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) by giving representation to the minorities in it with a view to promoting inter-faith harmony.... Chinese pilgrims to get Haj visa ISLAMABAD, Oct 3: Nearly 6,000 Chinese intending pilgrims, who had gathered a few days ago in front of the Saudi embassy, demanding Haj visas were shifted to Madinatul Hujaj (Haji Camp) near Golra on Tuesday night.... Closure of FM radio in Balakot condemned KARACHI, Oct 3: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has condemned the closure of FM-103 radio station in Balakot by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) at a time when... S. Korean’s likely election as UN chief welcomed UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3: Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram has welcomed the prospect of South Korean Foreign Minister Ban ki-Moon becoming the next UN Secretary-General and assured him of his government’s full support.... Quake baby to spend first birthday in shabby refugee tent MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 3: Shah Murad’s first birthday is on Sunday but there will be no cake and few celebrations — it’s also the anniversary of his father’s death in last year’s earthquake.... Delay in crushing to affect farmers KHAIRPUR, Oct 3: The leaders of the Abadgars Action Committee (AAC) and the Abadgar Ittehad (AI) expressed fear on Tuesday that sugar mills’ dilly-dallying on the issue of crushing would badly affect farmers in the district.... Sectarian clashes leave two dead PESHAWAR, Oct 3: An armed clash erupted between supporters of two rival sects in Orakzai Agency on Monday night. Two people were killed and 12 others were injured, sources said.... Official robbed near Mirali MIRAMSHAH, Oct 3: Masked men deprived a government official of Rs105,000 near Mirali in the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday, officials said.... Two polio cases found in Fata PESHAWAR, Oct 3: Two new cases of polio were found in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) this month, officials said, adding that the number of polio victims in the NWFP and Fata had reached 10.... Warring clans decide to stop hostilities SHIKARPUR, Oct 3: A high-level meeting of the chieftains of several warring clans decided on Monday to stop hostilities immediately and announced that a ‘jirga’ would be held in a week... Woman ‘tortured to death’ LARKANA, Oct 3: A woman who had married a man she loved about six months ago was found dead in Ali Khan Brohi village on Tuesday.... Man kills stepbrother and niece KHAIRPUR, Oct 3: A man shot dead his stepbrother and an 18-year-old niece after declaring them karo-kari on Tuesday evening in Shambhani village near Faiz Wah in the jurisdiction of Tando Masti Khan police station.... Development funds to be released PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The NWFP Assembly’s standing committee on the local government department has decided to release the amount sanctioned for community infrastructure projects so that construction work on the development schemes may begin.... 118 lecturers appointed on contract PESHAWAR, Oct 3: The NWFP Higher Education Department has appointed 118 female lecturers on contract basis for a period of six months or till availability of candidates selected by the provincial Public Service Commission.... Woman seeks protection SUKKUR, Oct 3: A divorced woman appealed to the Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court on Tuesday to order police to protect her and her family from her former husband... Man kills brother KOHAT, Oct 3: A man on Tuesday killed his brother in Charbagh area of Jangle Khel following a dispute in the family, police said.... Kidnapper of boy arrested LAHORE, Oct 3: Police claimed to have arrested an accused involved in the kidnap of a boy and recovered ransom money from his possession.... 100pc raise in pension for widows rejected LAHORE, Oct 3: The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday rejected a resolution moved by the opposition to increase family pension for widows of government employees from 50 per cent to 100 per cent of the amount their husbands were getting during service.... Opposition protests delay in replies LAHORE, Oct 3: Opposition members walked out of the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday in protest against what they called `poor performance’ of the ministers in the house.... Cable operators fined for Pemra code violations LAHORE, Oct 3: The Council of Complaints of the Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority on Tuesday slapped fines on cable operators for showing proscribed channels and violating the limit of in-house ones.... Teachers’ boycott continues LAHORE, Oct 3: Schoolteachers continued academic boycott on Tuesday to protest against the government policies causing discouragement among 400,000 primary, middle and secondary teachers.... Outages LAHORE, Oct 3: Trippings and low voltage in various parts of the city caused problems for the people on Tuesday.... 7 shot dead in clash over teasing of girl: Nine suspects arrested MULTAN, Oct 3: Seven people were killed and three others injured in an armed clash between two parties following incidents of teasing of a girl in Bhakkar on Tuesday.... Gojra farmers worried about water shortage TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 3: Hundreds of Gojra farmers blocked the Gojra-Jhang Road near Chak 359 JB, some 10 kilometers from Gojra, on Tuesday afternoon for more than three hours in protest against shortage of irrigation water.... Teachers held for taking bribe SIALKOT, Oct 3: The Sialkot district monitoring officer on Tuesday caught red-handed two schoolteachers taking Rs1,000 from the headmistress of a girls school.... Two killed, six injured as rivals clash GUJRANWALA, Oct 3: At least two people were killed and six injured when two rival groups indulged in an armed clash at Broki Gosaian village on Tuesday.... Murder witness, two children kidnapped GUJRANWALA, Oct 3: The police failure to initiate timely action against criminals induce them to commit one offence after another to silence the complainants, as yet another incident has taken place in Gujranwala district.... Outlaw kills two in Syedwala SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 3: Two people were gunned down by their rivals over an old enmity on Tuesday at Syedwala in Nankana Sahib district limits.... Clean cotton project now in seven districts LAHORE, Oct 3: In view of `successful’ results in a pilot project, the government has launched a programme to produce clean and contamination free cotton in seven cotton growing districts of Punjab this year.... Youth commits suicide after killing mother FAISALABAD, Oct 3: A youth allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train after killing his mother for contracting second marriage in Chak 202-RB, Bhaiwala, on Tuesday....

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