January 6, 2006	Friday	Zilhaj 5, 1426

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Heavy snow restricts UN, IOM staff to bases ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Heavy snow and rainfall that have triggered many landslides and uprooted thousands of tents in Kashmir and the NWFP have also created security concerns for the United Nations...		Survivors brace for another disaster BALAKOT, Dec 5: Thousands of quake survivors living in flimsy tents and enveloped in thin blankets are at a risk of suffering from cold-related diseases. There are no heating arrangements in...
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Marriage hall fined over Rs5 million RAWALPINDI, Jan 5: A civil judge on Thursday directed the owner of Milan Marriage Hall to pay Rs50,48,000 as commercialisation fee to the Rawal Town municipal administration for using the residential building for commercial purpose....		Absence of MMA ministers from PA criticized QUETTA, Jan 5: Opposition parties on Wednesday criticized MMA ministers for abstaining from provincial assembly session. Opposition leaders were speaking at a press conference and a protest rally after the speaker...
Award unlikely in six months: Arbitration on net hydel-profit distribution ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The arbitral tribunal led by Pakistan’s former Chief Justice Ajmal Mian has asked the NWFP government and Wapda to submit details of their respective interpretation of AGN Kazi...		Inquiry report on Gilgit clashes submitted GILGIT, Jan 5: The judicial inquiry report of regarding the clashes in Gilgit on Oct 13 last year was submitted to the federal government. At least 13 people, including two rangers, were killed and more than 25 injured in the clashes....
Rafique Jabir passes away KARACHI, Jan 5: A senior journalist, economic writer, columnist and poet, Mr Rafique Jabir, died here on Thursday after a brief illness. He was 75. A former editor of the defunct...		APNS holidays for Eid KARACHI, Jan 5: Secretary-General of All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) Kazi Asad Abid has announced that member publications of APNS will observe two closed holidays on Wednesday and Thursday (Jan 11...
ADB, SBP reports expose govt’s claims, says PML-N ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Information Secretary of Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Siddiqul Farooque on Thursday said that the recent reports of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)...		Pakistanis hold demo for voting right in BD DHAKA, Jan 5: A group of Urdu-speaking people, said to be stranded in Bangladesh for more than three decades, demonstrated in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding civic rights, including the right to vote in the next general elections....
Mediation body on Pemra bill meets tomorrow ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Mediation Committee of the National Assembly and Senate will meet on Saturday to take up the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) bill that was passed by...		Rs2.5bn soft-term loans for victims announced KARACHI, Jan 5: Local banks have agreed to provide Rs2.5 billion soft loans to quake-affected people in the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to help them establish businesses like hotels, motels, and transport....
Bilingual mode of education up to inter LAHORE, Jan 5: A bilingual mode of teaching is being introduced from primary to intermediate level from the next academic session starting in September this year....		Govt divided nation on KBD issue: PPP: Bhutto’s birth anniversary observed KHAIRPUR, Jan 5: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto played a remarkable role in stability of the country by making it an atomic power and giving a consensus constitution....
Nadra seeks punishment for fake cards ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The National Database and Registration Authority (CDA) has sent a proposal to the interior ministry, demanding that submission of fake applications for Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) should...		NA session expected from 18th ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The National Assembly session on the requisition of the opposition is expected to be held from January 18, as Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain is proceeding to Saudi Arabia for performance of Haj....
Call for independent EC ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has called for a powerful and independent Election Commission (EC) rejecting results of the naib nazims’ elections held recently in the country, says a statement issued here on Thursday....		Ban on marriage meals: SC issues warrants against violator ISLAMABAD, Jan 5: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday issued bailable arrest warrants against Hadi Bakhsh Jatoi, a close relative of a federal minister and summoned Fakhar-i-Azam, brother of the...
US opposes gas pipeline project WASHINGTON, Jan 5: The United States said it was ‘absolutely opposed’ to a natural gas pipeline project linking Iran with Pakistan and India, even though it was seen as feasible by an Asian Development Bank (ADB) expert....		Multan sport officials in ungainly altercation MULTAN, Jan 5: The ongoing row between top functionaries of the District Cricket Association is being seen in the sports circle as an ungainly situation ahead of the ODI fixture to be played here next month between Pakistan and India....
Luxury cars at voters’ disposal TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 5: As run-off poll for Gojra tehsil naib nazim slot gets closer, the two major rival groups have tightened their ‘control’ over their potential voters....		Crime at its worst GUJRANWALA, Jan 5: Residents of Kamoke and Garjakh on Thursday protested against killing of four people, including a couple, and injuring a dozen others on resistance by bandits during dacoity bids on Wednesday night....
Diplomat’s remarks shock BCCI hosts BAHAWALPUR, Jan 5: A select gathering at a dinner function was in disbelief when German ambassador to Pakistan Dr Gunter Mulack levelled allegations of corruption against the country....		Notices issued to developers, plazas: Violation of by-laws FAISALABAD, Jan 5: The Lyallpur Town Administration has issued notices to all commercial buildings having more than three storeys and under-developed housing schemes to present their legal documents within a week otherwise their premises would be sealed....
Better yield of vegetables sought FAISALABAD, Jan 5: Scientists should make efforts to produce high-yielding disease-free seed of vegetables for the benefit of the farming community. This was stated by Ayub Agricultural Research Institute director-general Dr...		Faisalabad DBA body elected FAISALABAD, Jan 5: Talib Husain Chatha, a senior lawyer and former Punjab Bar Council member, has been elected District Bar Association president with a narrow margin of 15 votes....
Fifth PTCL cable theft in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Jan 5: About 400 telephones turned mute here on Tuesday night as some unidentified thieves took away the underground PTCL cable near Mission Chowk. Reports said most of the affected...		Wasa staff threatens protest GUJRANWALA, Jan 5: Wasa employees have threatened to suspend the disposal work and water supply pumps if their salaries are not disbursed before Eidul Azha. At a meeting held here on...
Risking life and limb GUJRANWALA, Jan 5: A flea market on both sides of the railway track in front of Sheranwala Bagh is nothing short of a danger zone for the shopkeepers as well as...		2,475 POs arrested in Vehari last year VEHARI, Jan 5: Vehari police claim to have arrested 2,475 proclaimed offenders and recovered illegal weapons, vehicles and other valuables worth Rs14 million during the last year....
Three POs arrested after ‘encounter’ SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 5: Narang Mandi police claimed to have arrested three proclaimed offenders after an encounter in Adhian and recovered two hand-grenades, as many Kalashnikovs, a 44 bore riffle and four luxury vehicles from their possession....		ARD-backed DBA chief elected KASUR, Jan 5: Chaudhry Munir Ahmed of the Mian Nayar group has been elected as District Bar Association president. According to unofficial results, Mr Ahmed secured 221 votes while his opponent Bashir Sindhu obtained 193 votes....
ACE retrieved 200 acre land last year SARGODHA, Jan 5: The Anti-Corruption Establishment had helped retrieved over 200 acres of state land in one of the two big land scams while the government officials involved in it were taken to task during the last year....		Two killed in as many incidents SARGODHA, Jan 5: Two people were killed and three injured in separate incidents here on Thursday. Syed Waqar Hyder, reporter of a TV channel, was killed and his two companions seriously...
Security guard killed in clash LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 5: A tribal security guard was killed in a clash between Khasadaar force and a group of kidnappers in Bara tehsil on Thursday....		‘Shocked by devastation caused by quake’ MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 5: The president, Earth Aid Society Japan and wife of former Indonesian president, Rata Sari Dewi Sukarno on Thursday said she was shocked by the devastation caused by the October 8 earthquake....
Warrants of Sui SHO issued QUETTA, Jan 5: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday issued warrants of the SHO Sui for avoiding appearance before the court in the detention case of a doctor....		‘Mineral production in Fata rises to 1.2m tons’ PESHAWAR, Jan 5: Mineral production in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas has risen to 1.2 million tons during last year, according to a government official. He told Dawn Rs118.450...
Court dismisses bail petition of security guard PESHAWAR, Jan 5: A local court on Thursday dismissed the bail petition of a security guard charged with attempting to rape an American female official of an international humanitarian organization....		49 profiteers arrested in Mansehra ABBOTTABAD, Jan 5: The Mansehra police arrested at least 49 profiteers on the complaints of foreign aid workers. Hundreds of foreigners working for different relief organizations of Germany, Cuba, Holland, Italy,...
Decision on dams soon: governor KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), Jan 5: The NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has said construction of new water reservoirs has become imperative and the government will shortly take suitable decisions in this regard in the best interest of the people....		Protest at CM secretariat QUETTA, Jan 5: Women and children staged a demonstration outside the main gate of the Chief Minister’s Secretariat against the detention of Ali Asghar and Saeedur Rehman Bungulzai....
Bomb hoax delays train departure LAHORE, Jan 5: A hoax call delayed the departure of the Shalimar Express by one and-a-half hours on Thursday. The 28-down left the Lahore railway station at 8am instead of its scheduled time of 6:30am....		Escape bid: case against 15 prisoners LAHORE, Jan 5: Lower Mall police on Thursday registered a case against 15 under-trial prisoners on charges of attempting to escape from Lahore district courts lock-ups....
Bodies to reorganize Punjab PML LAHORE, Jan 5: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says committees have been formed for accelerating the pace of PML reorganization and membership in Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Sargodha and Bahawalpur regions....		Wheat support price to be maintained: Bosan LAHORE, Jan 5: The government will ensure that the wheat price does not fluctuate below the support, come what may, Federal Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Sikandar Hayat Bosan said here on Thursday....
Water report: PWC questions ministry’s move LAHORE, Jan 5: The Punjab Water Council (PWC) on Thursday condemned what it called “irresponsible behaviour of the ministry of water and power” saying it published the seven-member majority report of...		Cold, high prices keep buyers away LAHORE, Jan 5: Sacrificial animals have started arriving in the city in large numbers but sales are not picking up due to high prices being demanded by traders....
Call to construct dam in Thar’s mountain range MITHI, Jan 5: Speakers at an all-parties conference held here on Wednesday said that if the government sincerely wanted prosperity of Sindh, then it should construct dams in the Karoonjhar mountain range instead of at Kalabagh....		Procession against Kalabagh project SUKKUR, Jan 5: More than 50 women activists of the Awami Sindhiani Tehrik took out a procession and staged a protest demonstration at the clock tower in Sukkur on Thursday against proposed construction of the controversial Kalabagh dam....