January 19, 2006	Thursday	Zilhaj 18, 1426

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US official to visit Islamabad after N-deal with India WASHINGTON, Jan 18: US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns arrives in Islamabad later this week after finalizing details of an Indo-US nuclear deal with officials in New Delhi....		Germany to write off $128.5m debt: Quake relief ISLAMABAD, Jan 18 : Germany will write off $128 million of Pakistan’s debt to facilitate reconstruction efforts after the earthquake, says a press release issued here by the German embassy....
Fate of appeals of 4,000 employees hangs in balance: SC hears arguments ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the parliament has not yet enacted any law determining the status of the employees of government corporations and the terms and conditions of their services....		Delegates pledge Rs1.5bn at conference ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Delegates at the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies’ donors conference that concluded here on Wednesday pledged Rs1.5 billion for reconstruction of infrastructure in earthquake-affected areas....
Benazir yet to decide on contesting Senate polls ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has not yet decided to contest the forthcoming Senate election, sources close to Ms Bhutto told Dawn on Wednesday....		Knowledge-based economy need of the hour: Atta ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) chairman, Dr Attaur Rehman, on Wednesday said Pakistan’s economy needed to be transformed into a knowledge-based economy to bring the much-needed social change through innovations and research....
Insecurity forcing Waziristan inhabitants to migrate PESHAWAR/BANNU, Jan 18: Growing influence of militants and resultant insecurity have forced tribesmen in the restive North and South Waziristan agencies to migrate to adjacent districts of the NWFP....		India seeks execution of Safta ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: The Indian business delegation on Wednesday urged early implementation of the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) agreement to increase the regional trade particularly between Pakistan and India....
Capital faces quake risk but not being shifted ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Federal Minister for Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has made it clear that the federal capital is not being shifted from Islamabad in the face of heightened risk of earthquakes....		ANP welcomes Bhasha dam, rejects KBD PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Awami National Party has appreciated Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to build Bhasha and Munda dams instead of the controversial Kalabagh dam which has been rejected by the people of the NWFP, Sindh and Balochistan....
UN equipped to help survivors UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18: A top UN official has said that despite continuing logistic and financial challenges, the United Nations is equipped to sustain humanitarian relief work for earthquake survivors in...		Eight booked for vani in Mianwali MIANWALI, Jan 18: A case was registered against eight persons for their involvement in a vani incident in which an eight-year-old girl was given in marriage to a 35-year-old man at Chak 12-DB....
Hopeful leaves PPP, PML-N in the lurch: Withdraws in PML favour FAISALABAD, Jan 18: The local leadership of major opposition parties — PPP and PML-N — have faced a serious jolt as their nominated candidate for the city district’s naib nazim seat...		PML city chief, others boycott convention; Differences with minister SAHIWAL, Jan 18: The district convention of the ruling PML scheduled for Wednesday at the Muslim League House was boycotted by the groups, led by party’s city president Rana Aamir Shahzad...
Hoodbhoy for closure of seminaries LAHORE, Jan 18: All seminaries should be closed down immediately as the students they are producing are a ‘potential threat’ to the solidarity of the country....		PWC rejects policy on reservoirs LAHORE, Jan 18: The Punjab Water Council on Wednesday rejected “Bhasha dam first” policy announced by President Pervez Musharraf terming it “against the national interest and counter-productive for agriculture.”...
PPP ‘exposed’ itself by opposing dam LAHORE, Jan 18: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Wednesday by opposing Kalabagh dam the PPP had reduced itself to a regional party, exposing its real face before the people of Punjab....		Rally in Hyderabad rejects dam on Indus River HYDERABAD, Jan 18: Leaders of component parties of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal and Kalabagh Dam Action Committee have reiterated their resolve not to accept any water project on the River Indus, saying the river is the lifeline of Sindh....
Death of Rabbani’s mother condoled ISLAMABAD, Jan 18: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday telephoned Leader of the Opposition in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani to offer condolences over the death of his mother....		Amputation victim’s plea to president DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 18: The victim of amputation of nose and lips by her brother-in-law has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf to take notice of the police failure to arrest the perpetrator....
SSP leader jailed soon after release FAISALABAD, Jan 18: The chief of the outlawed Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi, was picked up by the police immediately after his release from the central jail after three-month detention on Tuesday night....		PML charged with arm-twisting: Gojra nazim election TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 18: Gojra PPP leader Mian Islam Abid, the tehsil naib nazim candidate, has alleged that the ruling party parliamentarians and police are harassing him to withdraw his candidature in favour of the Warraich group’s Ahsan Akbar....
Lyallpur admin faces tough time without officials FAISALABAD, Jan 18: The working of the Lyallpur Town Administration has almost come to a standstill due to transfers of all the four town officers within a fortnight....		16 women get into Darul Aman GUJRANWALA, Jan 18: At least 16 women, who escaped from their homes due to varied reasons, got protection at Darul Aman through courts here on Wednesday....
People get tax notices despite ‘exemption’ GUJRANWALA, Jan 18: Residents of Ghakkhar and Qila Dedar Singh towns have expressed their resentment over the issuance of final property tax notices despite an announcement of exemption by the Punjab chief minister during his visit some two months ago....		Tehsil nazim, deputy join PML SAHIWAL, Jan 18: The tehsil nazim and naib tehsil nazim on Wednesday joined the ruling PML during the party convention. Nazim Muhammad Umar Ishaq and naib nazim Chaudhry Anwarul Haq expressed...
Seven-year girl found murdered after rape SAHIWAL, Jan 18: A seven-year-old girl who had went missing two days back was found murdered after being raped in chak 158/9-L. Reports said Sana Mukhtar, daughter of one Mukhtar Ahmed, was kidnapped from the village bazaar....		Concern over lawlessness GUJRANWALA, Jan 18: The ruling PML meeting expressed concern over aggravating law and order situation and ignoring party workers by the government functionaries....
Dam issue SIALKOT, Jan 18: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Ameer Hussain has backed President Gen Musharraf’s stand on dam issue. Talking to a meeting of UC nazims, naib nazims, and councillors at Uggoki,...		Department facing shortage of staff, medical equipment PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Shortage of staff, equipment and medicines have been adversely affecting the performance of the gastroenterology and hepatology department of the Hayatabad Medical Complex....
Pledge to provide basic amenities PESHAWAR, Jan 18: NWFP Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Sardar Muhammad Idrees said on Wednesday that the government would use all resources to provide basic amenities to the masses....		Stress on process of consultation PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Genuine democracy, rule of law and consultation process can help the Muslim world meet the present day’s challenges. This was stated by Dr Mohammad Farooq Khan who presided...
JWP criticizes destruction of historic fort QUETTA, Jan 18: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has condemned the destruction of the historic fort of Late Nawab Meharullah Khan Marri and the residence of MPA Nawabzada Balaach Marri in Kahan in shelling by security forces....		India ‘delays’ Khokhrapar rail link resumption LAHORE, Jan 18: Arrangements for the resumption of the Khokhrapar-Munabao rail link have been completed, but the Indian railway authorities are creating hurdles in this regard....
PML-N MPA joins ruling party LAHORE, Jan 18: The PML-N received yet another setback on Wednesday when its MPA from Gojra Azhar Nadeem Gujjar joined the ruling PML, expressing confidence in the leadership of Chaudhry Shujaat Husain and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi....		Marathon route to be cleared of encroachments LAHORE, Jan 18: District Coordination Officer Mian Muhammad Ijaz has ordered immediate removal of encroachments on the Lahore Marathon route and repair of roads....
Protest against felling trees NAWABSHAH, Jan 18: Residents of Bahawal Shah deh and Chhatan Shah of the Sakrand taluka staged a demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday demanding removal of the Chachar tribe from their area....		PPP-SB protests against Balochistan operation SUKKUR, Jan 18: Activists of the PPP (Shaheed Bhutto group) staged a protest demonstration and observed a token hunger strike for two hours in front of the local press club on Wednesday against the Kalabagh dam and army ‘operation’ in Balochistan....
Youth’s death in hospital sparks protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 18: A youth died in the Naushahro Feroze Civil Hospital on Tuesday after being administered an injection....		PPP cancels rally against Kalabagh PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has cancelled its anti-Kalabagh dam rally scheduled for Saturday in Nowshera, after the government put off plan to build the controversial dam....
Bajaur attack: reports of foreigners’ presence denied PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Maulvi Mohammad Sadiq, a Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam MNA, from Bajaur agency has denied the reports that some foreign ‘guests’ were present on the night between Jan 12 and 13 in Damadola village when US jets fired missiles....		Plan to promote tree plantation in Fata PESHAWAR, Jan 18: Farming is an important pillar of the economy of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and a comprehensive plan has been launched for promoting agriculture on scientific lines....
Political agent’s statement criticized KHAR, Jan 18: Elders of Uthmankhel and Tarkani tribes of the Bajaur Agency have criticized Political Agent Fahim Wazir for saying that the US missile attack in the tribal area targeted foreigners....		Two children killed as roof collapses HARIPUR, Jan 18: Two children were killed and their mother was injured when the roof of their room collapsed in village Kholian Bala, some 6km from here, on Tuesday....
Landi Kotal post office without facilities LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 18: The Landi Kotal post office has been operating without any facilities over the last two decades. Established before the creation of Pakistan, the post office...		Two brothers shot dead OKARA, Jan 18: Two young brothers were shot dead by armed men on Tuesday night in Mandi Ahmedabad village. Reports said that Ali Ahmad and Imdad Ali were asleep in their...
One killed, two hurt in wall collapse BAHAWALPUR, Jan 18: One person was killed and two others suffered injuries on Wednesday when the wall of a well collapsed on them at Mauza Jamal Chanar area, Bahawalpur district....		Nazims meet governor PESHAWAR, Jan 18: A delegation of tehsil and union council nazims of Malakand Agency, led by District Nazim Fida Mohammad, called on NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman here on Wednesday to apprise him...