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May 01, 2007	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 13, 1428

Members resent ministry’s bid to control PMDC ISLAMABAD, April 30: Mem-bers of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) expressed concern on Monday over the growing influence of the health ministry and the resulting ‘loss of autonomy’ of the profession’s regulator....		New aviation policy proposes 100pc local registration: Airlines’ fleet RAWALPINDI, April 30: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has proposed that all airlines currently operating foreign registered aircraft will register their 100 per cent fleet in Pakistan by June 30, 2007, according to the draft national aviation policy 2007....

‘Contacts’ meant for transition to democracy: PPP ISLAMABAD, April 30: Back channel contacts with the government are meant for transition to democracy and not for personal reprieve, according to the Pakistan People’s Party....		Bill against women models in ads planned PESHAWAR, April 30: Women MPAs belonging to the Jamaat-i-Islami will soon introduce a bill in the NWFP Assembly to declare the use of women models for promotion of products in advertisements a crime....

Tenet showed nuclear blueprints to Musharraf WASHINGTON, April 30: It was at a one-on-one meeting in New York that former CIA chief George Tenet convinced President Pervez Musharraf that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was heading an international ring of nuclear smugglers....		Assurance to protect workers’ rights ISLAMABAD, April 30: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have claimed that the government will protect the working class’s rights and genuine interests and urged the workforce to play its due role in national development....


PPP leader gets bail QUETTA, April 30: The Balochistan High Court granted bail to Nawab Aslam Raisani, PPP’s parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly....		Registration of false cases alleged QUETTA, April 30: All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Secretary-General Michael Javaid has criticised registration of “biased cases” against people of minority communities and warned that they would not tolerate the discrimination or victimisation....

‘Ex-terrorist’ threatens city courts RAWALPINDI, April 30: A hand-written note threatening suicide attacks on two local courts on Monday triggered a security sweep through the district courts overnight and vigilance during the day but the threat proved hollow....		Call to abolish army’s quota in civil services HYDERABAD, April 30: Former judge of Sindh High Court Rasheed A. Razvi on Monday called for abolition of 20 per cent quota for army officers in civil services arguing that the...

Breaches in canals flood villages, crops SANGHAR, April 30: The Tando Adam-II branch on Monday developed an 80 foot wide breach at RD-38 inundating three villages and standing crops of cotton, sugarcane and banana on hundreds of acres....		Pathanay Khan’s relics up for auction MUZAFFARGARH, April 30: Iqbal Pathanay Khan, son of famous Saraiki folk musician Pathanay Khan, said that he will auction his father’s tabla, harmonium, a crutch and 79 awards in front of...

Demolished DDT factory area termed hazardous ISLAMABAD, April 30: Pointing to hazardous effects of a demolished DDT factory in Amangarh in the district of Nowshera, experts have demanded that the factory area be declared as dangerous and called for a ban on its sale without comprehensive cleaning....		Four killed in accident QUETTA, April 30: Four people were killed in a road accident in the Bolan Valley on Monday. According to reports, members of a family were going to Sibi from Quetta in a car....

Research in social sciences stressed ISLAMABAD, April 30: President of Higher Education Commission (HEC)’s Council for Social Sciences Dr Ishrat Hussain on Monday said that the world was moving towards a knowledge-based economy and Pakistan would...		Use of new technology in farm sector urged RAWALPINDI, April 30: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (retired) Khalid Maqbool has said the education sector reforms have started yielding results as universities are now producing quality researchers, scholars and scientists to lead the country to progress and prosperity....

Rape victims record statements JHELUM, April 30: Two sisters, who took refuge in Jamia Hafsa in Islamabad after allegedly having been assaulted in Jhelum, recorded their statements with the court of Judicial Magistrate Mumtaz Tarar here on Monday....		738 schools remain non-functional: Nazim’s survey in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, April 30: At least 738 boys and girls primary schools out of a total 2109 remain closed in Nawabshah district, revealed a survey conducted by a team constituted by the District Nazim in collaboration with the Education Department....

Govt urged to enforce EFA goals MITHI, April 30: Speakers at a seminar on Monday urged the government to take initiatives to implement Education For All (EFA) goals and strategies agreed upon by 185 countries in Dakar in April 2000....		Women protest against ‘illegal detention’ KHAIRPUR, April 30: Protesting the highhandedness of the Sukkur police, three women along with their children staged a demonstration outside press club here on Monday and also observed a hunger strike on court road on Monday....

Collective marriage planned KARACHI, April 30: The Pasban organisation announced on Monday holding a ceremony for collective marriages of 200 couples in Thatta on May 13....		Growers slam auction of property BADIN, April 30: The growers took out a rally against the Zarai Taraqqiati Bank, Talhar, which auctioned certain lands to recover outstanding loans....

Man kills wife LARKANA, April 30: A man Syed Rakhiyal Shah clubbed to death his wife Ms Nagma in Arzi Bhutto town in the jurisdiction of Sujawal Junejo police station allegedly for serving meal to him a little late....		Workers bear the brunt of loadshedding TOBA TEK SINGH, April 30: Workers of cotton and silk powerlooms, sizing and other units related to this business have been rendered jobless as a result of frequent loadshedding of four to five hours a day....

‘Peanuts’ in return for potato OKARA, April 30: Potato growers in the district are facing financial worries as the bumper crop is fetching low rates and the government is indifferent to the situation, according to growers.“This...		Robbers deprive man of life and living SHEIKHUPURA, April 30: Three robbers shot dead a shopkeeper and decamped with Rs1 million in cash, 13 mobile phones and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees in a broad daylight robbery on Monday....

Youth ‘shoots himself’ in custody DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 30: An under-investigation youth died at Saddar Police Station on Monday night. Police claimed the accused committed suicide in the lock-up while his relatives refuted the police’s claim and alleged he was killed by police....		Industrial policy a standing joke LAHORE, April 30: The provincial government is yet to frame bylaws and rules for the operation of the Punjab Industrial Policy enforced in 2003 as a result of which the owners of industrial units are allegedly committing illegalities....

It’s protest day for worker LAHORE, April 30: Workers in the provincial metropolis will observe May Day as a protest day on Tuesday (today) by taking out processions and holding meetings to express resentment against the...		Consumer court’s maiden hearing LAHORE, April 30: The District Consumer Court of Lahore heard the first-ever case on Monday since its inception on Feb 27 last....

Meeting prior to CJ’s visit LAHORE, April 30: Punjab PPP President Shah Mahmood Qureshi will be presiding over a meeting of party leaders here on Tuesday (today) to finalise preparations to receive Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the city on May 5....		Two property dealers on ECL LAHORE, April 30: The names of two property dealers of Defence Housing Society, Lahore, have been placed on the Exit Control List....