January 20, 2006	Friday	Zilhaj 19, 1426

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Govt rebuilds clinics in quake zone MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 19: The government has started to rebuild clinics destroyed by October’s huge earthquake as harsh winter fuels fears of disease outbreaks, officials said on Thursday....		JWP chief vows to continue struggle QUETTA, Jan 19: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said he will continue his struggle for the rights of the Baloch people. Talking to journalists in Dera Bugti...
Earthquake survivors’ rally ABBOTTABAD, Jan 19: Thousands of earthquake survivors held a rally in Balakot and blocked the city’s main road for more than two hours in protest against alleged discrimination in distribution of relief goods....		10 injured in Kashmir SRINAGAR, Jan 19: Six Muslim civilians and four security personnel were injured in two shooting incidents in occupied Kashmir, the army and police said on Thursday....
Karakoram Highway ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Vehicular traffic on Karakoram Highway between Pattan, Kohistan and Rawalpindi has been restored. Talking to Radio Pakistan, an FWO spokesman said that it was still busy in removing debris and landslides from other sections of the road.—APP...		UK, EU convey concern over blasphemy laws LONDON, Jan 19: Britain and the European Union issued a demarche to Pakistan in December on its blasphemy laws and expressed concern over 19 registered cases of blasphemy in 2005, according to officials here....
Hazara rally in support of Baloch struggle QUETTA, Jan 19: Members of the Hazara tribe on Wednesday took out a protest rally against the military operation in Kohlu and Dera Bugti and demanded that the government should stop the operation....		Senate moved to reject FPSC law ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) member on Thursday moved a resolution in the Senate to disapprove the ordinance promulgated on December 22 last by President Gen Pervez Musharraf...
Heavy snowfall blocks road to Kalam MINGORA, Jan 19: The Kalam hill station remained cut off from Mingora with the road having been blocked due to heavy snowfall and rain over the past two days....		Poor people should get justice on doorstep: CJ ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday stressed that justice should be provided to the poor on doorstep and if an employee was removed from...
Canadian aid for special children school ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The Canadian High Commissioner to Pakistan David B Collins on Thursday presented a cheque of Rs950,000 to Umeed-e-Noor School which would go towards purchase of audiology and physiotherapy equipment for special children....		South Korea donates 1,100 DNA test kits ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: South Korea has donated 1,100 Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test kits to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for the identification of unclaimed bodies and earthquake survivors on Thursday....
Austerity to mark SC golden jubilee ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A full court meeting of the Supreme Court on Thursday decided to celebrate its Golden Jubilee this year in a simple and austere manner....		Probe into reports of Zawahiri’s death RAWALPINDI, Jan 19: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said here on Thursday that investigations were continuing to determine whether Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri was among the foreign militants killed in last week’s US missile attack in Bajaur....
Dialogue key to stability in Balochistan: Qazi MULTAN, Jan 19: MMA chief Qazi Husain Ahmad has stressed the need for a political solution to the crisis in Balochistan, saying the armed conflict between military and the tribesmen is not in the interest of the country....		No outrageous US conduct in terror case, says judge SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 19: A federal judge rejected a motion on Thursday to dismiss a terrorism-related case against a Pakistani-American father and son in which the defence alleged “outrageous” conduct by federal prosecutors....
Mukhtaran Mai arrives in New York NEW YORK Jan 19: Mukhtaran Mai arrived in New York from Paris on Wednesday on a 10-day trip to the United States where she will be feted at many events organised...		Revenues law amended ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promulgated the Distribution of Revenues and Grants-in-Aid (Amendment) Order 2006, further amending the Distribution of Revenues and Grants-in-Aid Order, 1997....
Demand for abolition of anti-labour laws NOWSHERA, Jan 19: The National Labour Federation (NLF) has asked the government to withdraw the laws that benefit the employer but deprive employees of their rights....		Confirmation of five FIA officials recommended PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has recommended confirmation of five ad-hoc assistant directors of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), according to official sources....
Four polio cases reported in Sindh SUKKUR, Jan 19: The in-charge of the WHO’s Sindh chapter, Dr Yahya Mustafa, on Thursday said four polio cases had been reported in Sindh – two in Larkana and one each in Ghotki and Sanghar districts....		Release of Mannu Bheel’s family urged MITHI, Jan 19: The Tharparkar district council has demanded that the government should locate family members of Mannu Bheel and get them released. Moving a resolution in the session on Thursday,...
Khairpur budget presented KHAIRPUR, Jan 19: District Nazim Syed Niaz Hussain Jilani presented a Rs3.43 billion budget for the district in the first session of the Khairpur District Council on Thursday....		Farmers urged to form watercourse associations SUKKUR, Jan 19: Brig (rtd) Abdul Haq, vice chairman of the Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority, has called upon farmers to form watercourse associations to struggle jointly for bringing change in the irrigation system....
Protest against attack on journalist NAWABSHAH, Jan 19: Journalists of the city observed a token hunger strike here on Thursday to demand arrest of attackers of a local journalist. The strikers were led by Akhtar Rind and Zulfiqar Ali Khaskheli....		Deadline set to return cheques ABBOTTABAD, Jan 19: The district relief committee Mansehra has set Jan 31 deadline for return of cheques received by quake victims in addition to their claims....
Private varsities unlikely to meet HEC criteria ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The private sector universities operating within the limits of the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) are unlikely to meet the criteria set by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) by February 2007, sources in the commission told Dawn....		PTI for framing rules of business: Council of Common Interests ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) has asked the government to frame rules of business to carry out the working of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) in accordance with the 1973 Constitution....
Lyari expressway Eviction of settlers criticized ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The All Pakistan Alliance of Katchi Abadis has criticized mass eviction of people in Karachi due to the Lyari Expressway Project. In a statement here, the alliance chairman,...		Bhasha dam also not acceptable, says PPP LAHORE, Jan 19: The PPP is against the construction of Bhasha dam too. Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, Punjab PPP chief and opposition leader Qasim Zia said the...
Health officials taken to task LAHORE, Jan 19: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has taken a strong notice of only 20 per cent utilization of the Rs3.61 billion health development budget for the 2005- 06 financial year....		Shujaat’s nephew found dead LAHORE, Jan 19: Chaudhry Habib Riaz (27), the nephew of PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, was found dead in mysterious circumstances here on Thursday. He was the son of Riaz Akhtar, the Mandi Bahauddin district nazim....
MMA rallies today LAHORE, Jan 19: The MMA will hold demonstrations here on Friday in protest against the marathon. Central and provincial leaders of the alliance, including Liaqat Baloch, Farid Piracha, Qari Zawwar Bahadur,...		Fined LAHORE, Jan 19: Some 1,225 passengers have been found travelling without tickets in express and special trains since Jan 1. Officials said on Thursday a fine of...
Amjad Yaseen elected Faisalabad naib nazim FAISALABAD, Jan 19: The ruling party nominee and former MNA Mian Amjad Yaseen was elected city district naib nazim on Thursday. Voting through a show of hand was held at a local educational institution amid tight security....		Statements in cult case completed FAISALABAD, Jan 19: All 13 witnesses, the complainant and the investigation officer in the self-proclaimed Imam Mehdi case completed their statements before the Anti-Terrorism Court on Thursday....
Two DHQ hospitals denied autonomy SIALKOT, Jan 19: Three years have passed but no autonomy has yet been given to the two district headquarters hospitals due to reasons best known to the high-ups of the district government....		PML has the last laugh in Gojra TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 19: In the run-off elections for the Gojra tehsil naib nazim seat here on Thursday, Mian Ahsan Akbar of the Warraich group defeated PPP’s Mian Islam Abid with a margin of only two votes....
ARD wins Kasur seat KASUR, Jan 19: M. Jamil Khan of the ARD defeated Chaudhry Khushi Muhammad of the PML in the elections for Kasur tehsil naib nazim seat. While for the Chunian tehsil naib...		Probation directorate suffers from shortage of funds and staff PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The provincial directorate of reclamation and probation has not been able to function properly due to lack of funds, staff and other office facilities, officials said here....
Shopkeepers renting out pavements SWABI, Jan 19: The tehsil municipal administration has failed to remove encroachment in congested bazaars of the district headquarters. In the city’s main bazaar and Kernel Sher Chowk, each shopkeeper...		Erratic power supply torments Kohat KOHAT, Jan 19: Despite several ‘warnings’ by the district nazim and elders of the area to Pesco officials, long spells of load-shedding in the city continue....
NWFP’s first kidney centre nearing completion PESHAWAR, Jan 19: NWFP Minister for Labour and Industries Malik Zafar Azam has said that the province’s first kidney centre would be functional soon and transplantation and other services would be offered to patients at nominal charges....		Minister urges autonomy for teaching hospitals PESHAWAR, Jan 19: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said granting complete autonomy to teaching hospitals is necessary for bringing about a change in the health system and ensuring better delivery of services....
District council holds first session HARIPUR, Jan 19: District Nazim Yousaf Ayub Khan has said that the district government was committed to resolving people’s problems putting aside party affiliations and political differences....		Road blocked LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 19: Traffic on the main Torkhum-Peshawar highway remained suspended on Thursday for nearly three hours when Zakha Khel tribesmen blocked the road at Chingai in a...