January 2, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 1, 1426

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Senate draw today ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The draw for retiring 50 per cent members of the 100-seat Senate will be held here at Parliament House on Monday at 10am in accordance with the Article 59 of the Constitution....		‘CCI to help build trust among provinces’ ISLAMABAD Jan 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday that revival and reconstitution of the 9-member Council of Common Interests as endorsed by the federal cabinet on Saturday would help...
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Call for end to operation in Kohlu, Dera Bugti ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Parlia-mentarians and nationalist leaders from Balochistan on Sunday condemned the ongoing military operations in Kohlu and Dera Bugti and called for its immediate end....		Channels put off air temporarily: Pemra ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has not banned 35 foreign channels but have been put off air temporarily. Pemra executive member Shahid Humayun told reporters that the...
Action against opponents urged: Dera Bugti development QUETTA, Jan 1: Disgruntled tribal elders of the Bugti tribe have urged the government to take action against elements obstructing development projects in the Dera Bugti area....		‘Delay not from Pakistan side’: Safta enforcement ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Pakistan on Sunday denied it was responsible for the delay in the enforcement of the South Asia Free Trade Agreement. A statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce...
Balochistan receives snowfall QUETTA, Jan 1: Northern Balochistan, including Quetta, Panjgur, Kalat and Dalbandin, received snowfall on Sunday as intense cold gripped the region while Khuzdar, Lasbella, Pasni, Turbat, Surab, Nushki, Nasirabad, Zhob and Nokundi received rainfall, local meterological office cofirmed....		Senate body discusses hiring of consultant: Inclusive education ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The Senate standing committee on social welfare and special education on Saturday discussed the matter of hiring of a consultant for pre-project preparatory studies on inclusive education....
‘Liberalism never allowed to grow in Pakistan’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: A lecture on “Public Sphere” - a concept from the 18th century Enlightened Movement in Europe when a well- educated middle class challenged the authority of the church...		Benazir condoles Ramay’s death ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has condoled the death of Hanif Ramay, former chief minister Punjab. In a condolence message the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson said that...
Arrest of 333 human smugglers ordered GUJRAT, Jan 1: The Interior Ministry has directed the FIA’s Gujranwala region office to launch an ‘operation fox hunt’ in the division for the arrest of 333 human smugglers....		2 injured in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Jan 1: A security personnel escorting Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s motorcade on Sunday was hurt when his vehicle skidded off the road near Rawal Lake, a security source said....
‘Consensus reached on big dams’ PESHAWAR, Jan 1: There is a consensus over the construction of major water reservoirs and any decision in this regard will be in the larger national interest, says Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli....		Arbab condoles Ramay’s death KARACHI, Jan 1: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Sunday expressed heartfelt sorrow over the death of former chief minister and governor of Punjab Muhammad Hanif Ramay....
Call for making NALC more effective GILGIT, Jan 1: The Northern Areas Legislative Council members should be conferred the right to move no-confidence motion against the region’s deputy chief executive and formation of opposition benches in the...		‘Govt’s campaign for Kalabagh unconstitutional’ KHAIRPUR, Jan 1: Newly-elected president of the Khairpur District Bar Association, Sher Mohammad Shaikh and senior vice-president Abdul Qayoom Shaikh have termed federal government’s campaign in favour of the Kalabagh dam as violation of the Constitution....
Fruit agents warned against corruption MIRPURKHAS, Jan 1: The assistant director of marketing of agriculture has taken a notice of reports that fruit commission agents were involved in collecting Rs2 per bag illegally from fruit sellers of the main Mirpurkhas vegetable market....		Kidnap case sought against Gojra tehsil nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 1: Gojra Union Council No 12 nai TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 1: Gojra Union Council No 12 naib nazim Sarfraz Rahat Maseeh has warned...
Bandits on the rampage SIALKOT, Jan 1: Four armed dacoits looted ornaments, cash, electronics and other valuables worth Rs5 million from the house of an industrialist in Bharath village on Saturday night....		Three killed as trolley hits car SAHIWAL, Jan 1: Three people were killed and two others sustained serious injuries in an accident on Sahiwal-Pakpattan Road on Sunday. A cell company employee along with his driver was coming...
IUB sub-campus to have new building RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 1: A new building of the Islamia University Bahawalpur sub-campus will be constructed at a cost of Rs200 million. IUB vice-chancellor Prof Dr Bilal A....		Transport network being improved FAISALABAD, Jan 1: Punjab Communications and Works Minister Zaheeruddin Khan has said that development works are being carried out in both rural and urban areas of the district to provide better transportation facilities to the people....
NGOs urged to support CCB GUJRANWALA, Jan 1: The two-day workshop of citizen community board organized under the banner of the National Urban Poverty Programme has pleaded for including non-elected members in the board for supervision of construction work....		Mystery dumping of medicines SIALKOT, Jan 1: Despite a lapse of three weeks, the district health department has failed to find any clue to the nasty incident of throwing the government stock of medicines into the river Tavi near Bajwat along the Sialkot Working Boundary....
Stone suppliers block road SARGODHA, Jan 1: Crushed stone suppliers of Chak No.107 SB and Pull 111 on Sunday blocked Faisalabad Road in protest against what they said levy of Rs200 illegal tax per vehicle by the contractor and employees of the mines department....		Rain, hail add to chill LAHORE, Jan 1: Lahore like the plains of Punjab received its first winter rain on Sunday. The rain coupled with hail added to the chill. According to the meteorological office, it...
Punjab fails to form dist cadre service LAHORE, Jan 1: The Punjab government has failed to form the district cadre service by Dec 31, 2005, in violation of the amended Local Government Ordinance-2001....		Jamaat drive against govt on seminary issue LAHORE, Jan 1: The Jamaat-i-Islami will launch a countrywide campaign against the government’s decision to hand over the educational boards to the Aga Khan University and expelling foreign students from seminaries....
PM all praise for provincial govt LAHORE, Jan 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday paid a short visit to Lahore during which he also met with Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi at his residence....		Ramay’s death condoled LAHORE, Jan 1: The Punjab governor, chief minister and various politicians have expressed their sorrow and grief at the death of intellectual and former Punjab chief minister Haneef Ramay....
Computerized depts LAHORE, Jan 1: Computerization of revenue, health and education departments will be completed by 2007. This was stated by Punjab Management and Professional Development Minister Sardar Hassan Akhtar Mokal while addressing the officers who participated in a six-week course here.—APP...		Tree cutting near Tarbela to affect environment SWABI, Jan 1: Cutting of about 700 trees in two Tarbela dam residential colonies has been started which, according to experts, would disturb ecological order and badly affect the environment....
‘Kalabagh dam not a threat to Swabi, Nowshera’ SWABI, Jan 1: Kalabagh dam project posed no threat to farmlands of Swabi or Nowshera districts, says federal minister for power Amir Muqam. He said this while addressing several public meetings here on Sunday....		Paramedics’ job structure to cost Rs19m PESHAWAR, Jan 1: The approval of new service structure for paramedics would cost an additional amount of Rs19 million annually and benefit 8,790 paramedics working in different health outlets in the province, officials said....
Supreme Court decides 2,923 cases in one month ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: The Supreme Court of Pakistan disposed of 2,923 cases against institution of 1,022 new cases during the month of December 2005. Several benches of the apex court...		Ex-nazim’s role in Lakki poll victory LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 1: Former Nazim of Lakki Marwat Naimatullah Khan Khoidadkhel has said that “we have always strengthened the hands of our allies in elections instead of deceiving them”....
Attock nazim supports dam project ATTOCK, Jan 1: The district nazim on Sunday termed Kalabagh dam a vital national project and said the people of Attock were ready to pay any sacrifice for its construction....		NCHD will speed up relief work, says minister PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Minister of State Dr Nasim Ashraf on Sunday said that the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) would accelerate the rehabilitation work in quake-hit areas to protect the victims from chilly cold and snowfall....
Minor girls burnt to death BATAGRAM, Jan 1: Three minor girls were burnt to death after a fire broke out in their tent in Gul Dera about seven kilometres from Batgram on Sunday....		Another cleric held in Gilgit GILGIT, Jan 1: Law-enforcement agencies detained another Shia cleric from Jalalabad, about 30kms east of Gilgit, under the Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) during a Friday congregation....
Three arrested in Khuzdar KHUZDAR, Jan 1: Police on Sunday arrested three accused from an area about 30 kilometers away from here in connection with killing of two personnel of a law enforcement agency in Khuzdar on Friday last, District Police Officer Aamir Farooqi said....		MC candidate elected AJK assembly member MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 1: Ruling Muslim Conference candidate Shamim Mallick was elected to the AJK Legislative Assembly here on Sunday against a vacant seat reserved for women....
APHC team to visit AJK ISLAMABAD, Jan 1: Chairman of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Sunday he wanted to visit Pakistan and the Azad Jammu Kashmir to express solidarity with the people affected by the Oct 8 earthquake....		‘Kalabagh dam in nation’s interest’ PESHAWAR, Jan 1: Minister of State for Water and Power Engr Amir Muqam has said that President Pervez Musharraf wants progress and prosperity of the country and any decision about construction...
Procession against Kalabagh dam HYDERABAD, Jan 1: Activists of the Sindhi Shagird Tehrik marched from the Hyder chowk to the press club on Sunday. Tehrik leaders Javed Rajpar, Kamran Lakho and Ghaffar Malik accused the...		Ghous rejects Kalabagh project KHAIRPUR, Jan 1: Former Sindh Chief Minister and PML-N leader Syed Ghous Ali Shah has said that construction of Kalabagh dam is not important than integrity of the country....