PPI - Pakistan Press International articles from September 2005

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District: Harsco lineman electrocuted.
September 1, 2005... Tando Adam, September 01 (PPI): An employee of Hyderabad Electric Company was electrocuted while working on a transformer here Wednesday. Ghulam Rasool, 35, assistant lineman of HESCO Subdivision Udero Lal, died on the spot after being...

NAB holds talks on 'Role of Civil Society in Eradicating Corruption'.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): National Accountability Bureau (Sindh) is arranging a talk on the 'Role of Civil Society in Eradicating Corruption' on Monday September 5, 2005 at 1800 hrs at a local hotel in Karachi. Justice (retired) Hazikul...

Emirates to facilitate Pakistanis travelling to New York.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Emirates Airline will add a second non-stop A340-500 flight from Dubai to New York on November 7th;, making it easier for Pakistani travellers visiting the Big Apple. Emirates Vice President Pakistan, Adnan...

District: Two kids die in firing incidents.
September 1, 2005... Jacobabad, September 01 (PPI): Death of two kids in separate incidents of firing Thursday created a wave of sadness in the area. According to details, two cousins were quarrelling over a money dispute at Village Ali Nawaz Gollato, when one of...

District: Moro closed to protest growing lawlessness.
September 1, 2005... Moro, Sindh, September 01 (PPI): Moro citizens closed their business and took to streets on Thursday against growing lawlessness in the town. According to details, a gang of armed robbers robbed a shopkeeper, Ghulam Shabbir Memon in the Shahi...

HU complete fourth round of polio drive.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Faculty of Eastern Medicine Hamdard University in collaboration with Govt. Rural Health Centre Manghopir (RHC) completed its fourth round of anti-polio drive. The medical teams of HU visited houses in different...

Gulab Devi Postgraduate Medical Institute invites applications.
September 1, 2005... LAHORE, September 01 (PPI): Gulab Devi Postgraduate Medical Institute, a leading educational medical institute in Lahore, has invited applications in DTCD, DIP-Cardiology, MD Cardiology and MS Cardiology Surgery. Last date for submission of...

Legislation for National Commission for Human Rights underway.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): The speakers at a seminar highlighted the importance of National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and its role as independent organisation."These commissions are less time consuming, les expensive and less...

Sassi asked to revitalize itself according to ILO concept.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Sindh Minister of Labour, Transport, Industries and Commerce and Chairman Governing Body Sindh Employees' Social Security Institution (Sassi) Muhammad Adil Siddiqui Thursday urged Sassi to revive and revitalize...

Karachi to have Warm, Humid Weather.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): The Met. Office has forecast warm and humid weather for Karachi and hot and dry weather for rest of the region on Friday. The maximum temperature in the city is expected to be 32 to 43 degree Celsius. The highest...

Fuel price hike termed anti-people decision.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): National Transport Ittehad Thursday termed recent hike in fuel price an anti-people decision and said that it would further increase problems faced by both transporters and commuters. In a statement issued...

Federal Education Minister opposes status of varsity for SMI, says reforms like changes in education curricula to continue.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Federal Education Minister Lt. General (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi Thursday opposed elevation of Sindh Madrassatul Islam (SMI) to the status of University and asked its management to strive for transforming alma...

US govt. to assist WCCI for strengthening role in economic arena.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Acting US Consul General Ms. Kay Anske Thursday pledged all-out assistance of her government to Pakistani women entrepreneurs in strengthening their role in male-dominant economic system. Speaking to members of...

Nadir Akmal Leghari opens floral design exhibition.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): Floral Design, a leader in floral arts, has organized an exhibition of imported dry flowers, floral arrangements and urns from September 01 to 08, 2005, at Floral Design, 6-B, Block-6, P. E. C. H. S, (Near Delhi...

FUUAST announces results of M. Sc Environmental Science.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Examinations Department of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Karachi Thursday announced the results of First Semester M. Sc in Environmental Science 2005. According to FUUAST...

Renovation of Kothari parade project in full swing.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Renovation work of Kothari Parade at Clifton is going on round-o-clock basis, so that to provide citizens with quality recreational facilities. According to a Governor's House press release issued here on...

Renovation of Governor House begins.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): On instructions of Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan renovation work of Sindh Governor House has been initiated, a Governor House press release said here on Thursday. In the renovation of this historic...

10,000 more Baloch youth would be recruited in Frontier Corps: President Musharraf.
September 1, 2005... QUETTA, September 01 (PPI): President Gen. Pervez Musharraf has said that ten thousand more Baloch youth would be recruited in the Frontier Corps to overcome the problem of unemployment in Balochistan. He was addressing the passing out parade...

Army Selection and Recruitment Centre sets up camps in district Thatta.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Army Selection and Recruitment Centre will set up temporary selection camp in different union councils of Thatta districts on Wednesday and Thursday. A team of Army Selection and Recruitment Centre Karachi will set...

Sports: Cricket: Akhtar excels in CDGKS Layari's big win.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Dashing century by Akhtar Faheem and a four-wicket haul by M Adil helped City District Government Karachi School (CDGKS) Layari outclassed Deewa Academy by a mammoth margin of 305 runs in NBP-KCCA Inter School...

No teaching at FUUAST on Friday.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Teaching activities at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) will remain suspended on Friday, September 02, 2005. According to a notification issued from the office of FUUAST on...

CS orders steps against illegal use of LGP.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): A strategy to take steps against illegal and unsafe use of LPG and resultant loss to human life and property was chalked out in a high-level meeting held here Thursday with Sindh Chief Secretary Fazal-ur-Rehman in...

Com. FGPL & HBL sign cash management agreement.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Fed Globe (Pvt) Limited (FGPL) and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) recently entered a cash management agreement signed by Seema Kamil, Corporate Head, HBL and Hozefa Punawala, CEO, FGPL. According to the agreement,...

Talks with PPP could be held for rights of Sindh: Mumtaz Bhutto.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): Chairman, Sindh National Front, Sardar Mumtaz Ali Khan Bhutto said on Thursday that although he had been criticizing the PPP leaders for the 'known facts', however the PPP and SNF could hold dialogue aimed at...

ISO launches campaign against secularization, establishment of AKUEB.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Imamia Students Organization (ISO) Thursday announced to take out rallies, hold protest demonstrations and meetings against establishment of Agha Khan University Examination Board (AKUEB) and changes in education...

Life prison for kidnappers.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Anti Terrorism Court in Karachi Saturday sentenced two men to life prison having found guilty them in kidnapping a school boy for ransom. Announcing judgment today, ATC Judge Arshad Noor Khan also ordered attachment...

Sports: Squash: Shahid falls; Mansoor improves in world squash rankings.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Pakistan number one Shahid Zaman has dropped to No. 18 in the latest international squash rankings announced by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Thursday. According to the new September rankings,...

SHC notices to NAB on plea of Shoro against harassment.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Sindh High Court Thursday issued notice to regional director NAB for September 13, 2004 on petition filed by estate agent Abdul Hafeez Shoro against harassment. The estate agent, who was recovered from...

Health: CPSP to organize workshops on CME.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) is organizing two workshops on "Continuing Medical Education (CME) accreditation policy and guidelines" in Karachi and Lahore in the month of September. According to...

Sports: Basketball: AKU basketball event from Friday.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): As many as twenty Under-17 teams of Boys and Girls are taking part in All Karachi Inter School Basketball Tournament starting from September 2 (Friday) here at Agha Khan Sports Centre. The Agha Khan University (AKU)...

Health: Effective control of infections in burn patients stressed.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Senior doctors working at various tertiary level hospitals of city for infection control Wednesday urged healthcare workers including doctors to adopt simple and cost-effective steps to minimize infection risk in...

Farooq Sattar assures new projects in Landhi, Korangi.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): MQM MNA Dr. Farooq Sattar Thursday assured residents of Landhi and Korangi towns that incomplete development projects would be completed soon. Talking with residents of Landhi town who called on him here he assured...

Sports: Cricket: Players to be selected on performance and fitness: Waseem Bari.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Pakistan's chief selector Waseem Bari on Thursday said that the team for forthcoming home series against England in October-November would be selected totally on performance and fitness of the players. Talking to...

Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, Israel meet in Istanbul.
September 1, 2005... JERUSALEM, September 01 (PPI): The foreign ministers of Israel and Pakistan met in Istanbul on Thursday. The talks between Israeli Foreign Minster Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri were the first-ever...

Karachi to be made pollution-free city, Noman.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy Noman Saigol Thursday said that Karachi would soon be made a pollution-free city. Talking to a delegation of industrialists that called on him...

SHC disposes of plea against detention.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Sindh High Court Thursday disposed of petition against detention of an alleged activist of banned outfit, under anti-terrorism laws. The petition was filed by Shakir Khan against detention of his son Kashif Khan who...

Sports: Cricket: Zone II (W) grabs yet another title.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Zone II (Whites) secured third major title under Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) talent Hunt Programme Tournaments when they won the final of Woodward Trophy Under-17 contest by overcoming Zone I (W) by 28...

SBP takes note of Deposit Mobilization Schemes of banks/DFIs.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): The State Bank of Pakistan has noted with concern that some banks/DFIs are publicizing their deposit mobilization schemes without disclosing the correct & complete terms and conditions with regard to the rate of...

Traffic police sets timing for inter-city movement of heavy vehicles, dumpers.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Following directives of Sindh Home Department, Karachi Traffic Police Thursday re-imposed ban on movement of heavy vehicles and dumpers in inter-city streets during peak rush hours. DIG Traffic Capital City...

SBP seeks quarterly financial statements from banks.
September 1, 2005... KARACHI, September 01 (PPI): The State Bank of Pakistan has decided that all banks and DFIs, including the branches of foreign banks operating in Pakistan, shall prepare their quarterly financial statements within 30 days of the end of the...

Sports: Cricket: GIACC reaches semi-final of KU Inter-Collegiate tournament.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Spinners Mustafa Hasan and Abdullah Akhtar claimed three wickets apiece to help Govt. Islamia Arts and Commerce College (GIACC) got superior over Govt. Commerce and Economics College (GCEC) by seven wickets in the...

District: One dies, 100 hospitalized due to gastroenteritis in Moro.
September 1, 2005... Naushehro Firoz, September 01 (PPI): Gastroenteritis and other waterborne diseases broke out in 15 villages of Taluka Moro where one person has died and more than 100 patients admitted at Taluka Hospital Moro, reports said Thursday....

SHC adjourns hearing of Harkat's men appeal in US consulate car bombing case.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Sindh High Court Thursday adjourned hearing of appeals filed by activists of banned Harkatul Mujahidin Al-Alami, convicted in US consulate car bombing case. The matter could not proceed as one of defence counsel...

Sports: Football: National Youth Camp to commence on Sunday.
September 1, 2005... Lahore, September 01 (PPI): The National Youth Camp for the selection of Pakistan Youth team will commence at Lahore's Punjab Stadium from Sunday, 4 September 2005. Siddique Sheikh, who represented Pakistan in 1973 Asian Youth Championship,...

Pakistan, India to sign agreement on notifying each other missile testing.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, September 01 (PPI): In a breakthrough in bilateral relations, India and Pakistan will soon sign an agreement to notify each other before all types of missile testing. The agreement will be signed later this year, possibly in...

Seminar on preparedness against tsunami on Sep 15.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) have arranged a seminar on Disaster Preparedness and Development of a Warning System for Coastal Regions in its premises on September 15, 2005, SSUET press...

Transporters hint at nationwide protest against fuel price hike.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Karachi Transport Ittehad Thursday hinted at launching a nationwide protest against recent raise in fuel prices by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee and in this regard summoned an emergency meeting in Karachi...

Steps finalized to celebrate Shab-e-Meraj.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): In order to celebrate Shab-e-Meraj with traditional sanctity, Town Municipal Administration Orangi Town, Karachi has illuminated all the mosques and took steps to clean all streets around them here on Wednesday. ...

'Issuance of defence training certificate only on completion of training course'.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Director Civil Defence Sindh Matanat Ali Khan has directed the officers of his department to issue civil defence training certificate only on completion of the training course and warned that stern action will be...

Sindh local government election rules amended.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Government of Sindh Thursday made the following amendments in the Sindh Local Government Elections Rules, 2005. The following amendments had been made: 1. After rule 51 a new rule 51-A shall be added as...

Oath taking of acting Chief Justice of SC.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Justice Rana Bhagwandas of Supreme Court of Pakistan will take oath as acting Chief Justice of Pakistan on Friday in the absence of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who is scheduled to precede China for ten...

Holiday declared in relevant UCs on occasion of re-polling.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Government of Sindh has declared September 03, 2005 (Saturday) and September 05, 2005 (Monday) as close holiday in the following union councils of districts of Sindh on the occasion of Re-Polling 2nd Phase: ...

No fee from Class I to students in govt schools.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh has informed the parents and students that the Government of Sindh do not charge any fee under any head from the students studying in class I to Class X in...

Sports: Hockey: Pakistan Steel, PTCL in final of Junior Hockey Championship.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Pakistan Steel and PTCL confirmed their berth in the final of Junior Hockey Championship after winning their respective semi-final matches on Thursday at Faisalabad Stadium. According to the details reached here...

Forest & Wildlife dept contradicts news item.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): A spokesman for Forest & Wildlife Department, Government of Sindh and Thursday contradicted a news item captioned 'Water Shortage Cause of Vanishing Forests in Sindh' appeared in a section of press on September 1,...

Balochistan to become economic hub of Pakistan: President Musharraf.
September 1, 2005... QUETTA, September 01 (PPI): President Pervez Musharraf says Balochistan is to become the economic hub of the country for which conscious efforts are being made to accelerate the developmental process in the province. He was addressing prominent...

Duty Free Import of Cement Allowed.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, September 01 (PPI): The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet Thursday decided to allow duty free import of cement and release fifty thousand tons of sugar from TCP stocks two weeks before Ramzan to ensure stability in...

District: Strike, demos, sit-in against HESCO detection bills, unannounced load shedding.
September 1, 2005... Naushehro Firoz, September 01 (PPI): General strike was observed against issuance of detection bills and unannounced load shedding by HESCO Naushehro Firoz in Mathiani, here on Thursday. A large number of people held demonstration, staged...

JAC slams govt efficiency to curb violence against women.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Joint Action Committee (JAC) for people's rights Thursday flayed government for its inefficiency to curb violence against women and criticized the 'apathetic state response' to the survivors of violence. As...

Foreign Ministers` meeting does not imply recognition of Israel: Foreign Secretary.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, September 01 (PPI): Commenting on Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri and his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalon's meeting in Istanbul this morning, the first contact at this level between Pakistan and Israel, Foreign Secretary...

District: Woman body found.
September 1, 2005... Naushehro Firoz, September 01 (PPI): A body of unidentified woman was found from cane crop field near railway line in Mehrabpur here on Thursday. The body was which was told three-day old was taken to Kandio Hospital for autopsy. (THROUGH...

Health: Awareness about migraine in general public stressed.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Neurologists Thursday said some food contents, cheese, chocolate, delay in meals, chronic fatigue, emotional stress, hormonal fluctuations, seasonal or altitude changes in weather, red wine, beer, flickering lights,...

Sports: Boxing: Abid, Mir Vaiez face defeat in quarterfinals.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Two of the Pakistani pugilists Abid Ali and Mir Vaiez on Thursday lost their respective quarterfinals bouts in the ongoing Asian Boxing Championship in Vietnam. According to the details available here, Abid Ali...

No recognition of Israel till establishment of independent Palestinian state: President Musharraf.
September 1, 2005... QUETTA, September 01 (PPI): President Gen. Musharraf says Pakistan will not recognize Israel until the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Addressing a gathering of the tribal notables in Quetta on Thursday, the president said he...

PAF to undertake exercise "High mark - 2005" from September, 04.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, September 01 (PPI): Pakistan Air Force will undertake exercise "High mark - 2005" from the 4th of this month. The exercise follows a war game "tempest-I" which is focused on employment concept of air power by the P. A. F. Deputy...

Adviser orders early completion of road projects.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister for Local Bodies Waseem Akhtar taking stern notice of traffic jams due to ongoing uplift projects in the city Thursday undertook three-hour visit to various localities of the city....

District: Five-year-old girl outraged.
September 1, 2005... Talhar, September 01 (PPI): A 40-year-old man allegedly subjected a five-year-old girl to sexual abuse in Ward No. 6 here the other day, while the girl was admitted to hospital in critical condition, police said Thursday. According to details,...

Liquid foreign reserves stand at $12,239.6 mn.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): According to a report of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released here on Thursday, the total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $12,239.6 million on August 27, 2005. The break up of the foreign...

District: One killed, 3 injured in road mishap.
September 1, 2005... Khairpur, September 01 (PPI): A woman was killed while three passengers including two children were seriously injured when a truck collided with their bike head-on, here at Kotdiji-Soara Link Road on Thursday. Muhammad Ali Bugti, Ms....

MMA gives call for nation-wide protests against Kasuri-Shalom meeting.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) Thursday gave call for holding nation-wide protests and observing coming Friday as 'black-day' against Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri's meeting with Israeli Foreign...

District: PML-F hints at making seat adjustments with ADP in third phase of LB polls.
September 1, 2005... Nawabshah, September 01 (PPI): Local leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) Thursday claimed that their supported panel had won 40 seats of councillors, two seats of naib nazims and one seat of nazim in 51 union councils of...

Hammas leader terms Kasuri-Shalom meeting 'deplorable'.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Damascus-based leader of Palestinian resistant movement Hammas, Khalid Meshaal Thursday deplored Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri's meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in Istanbul, Turkey...

District: 40 growers booked for water theft.
September 1, 2005... Khairpur, September 01 (PPI): As many as 40 growers were booked by Faiz Gunjj Police Station on Thursday on the report of Assistant Engineer Faiz Gunjj Ghulam Nabi Babar for stealing water. According to police, 27 growers including Aziz...

NUJ requests PM for implementation of 7th wage board award.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The National Union of Journalists in the UK and Ireland has requested Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to help in implementation of the 7th wage board award. Jermy Dear, the general secretary of National Union of...

PPP denounces petroleum price increase.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): The Pakistan Peoples Party Thursday denounced the latest rise in petroleum prices and asked the regime to withdraw the price increases announced on Wednesday. Within barely two months the Oil Companies Advisory...

JI, PPP agreed fielding joint candidates for slots of Towns, City Nazim.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Jamat-e-Islami JI and Pakistan People Party PPP Thursday agreed on fielding joint candidates for the slots of Towns and City Nazim elections. The proposal came at a meeting between JI's Karachi Amir Dr. ...

Muslims not happy with ties with Israel: MMA.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) vice-president and Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP) president Prof Shah Farid-ul-Haq Thursday said that Muslims all over the world had denounced what he called "unconditional recognition...

Muttahida Talba Mahaz slates Kasuri-Shalom meeting.
September 1, 2005... Karachi, September 01 (PPI): Chief of Muttahida Talba Mahaz and Nazim-e-Aala Islami Jamiat Talba Zubair Ahmed Gondal Thursday expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over meeting of Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri with...

Arbab names Arif Maher as proposed KPP candidate for Shikarpur nazim slot.
September 1, 2005... Shikarpur, September 01 (PPI): Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim Thursday announced name of Arif Khan Maher as proposed candidate of ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) backed Khushhal Pakistan Panel (KPP) for Shikarpur district nazim...

PPP leader arrested, released after three hours of detention.
September 1, 2005... Thatta, September 01 (PPI): Jharak Police on Thursday detained Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and former Sindh minister Dr Abdul Wahid Soomro and other eight persons belonged to Soomro community in Village Haji Jaffar Halaya near Kenjhar...

MANMOHAN: Man Mohan Singh meeting APHC leaders.
September 1, 2005... (ISLAMABAD, Sept 1 PPI) Prior to his departure for New York where Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh is scheduled to meet President Pervez Musharraf on September 14 on the side line of United Nations General Assembly session, Indian Prime Minister...

Politics: PML leader hints at new Frontier coalition.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, Sept 1 (PPI) A central leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Syed Kabir Ali Wasti has hinted at formation of a new provincial coalition in the Frontier province comprising JUI-F, PPP-Sherpao, PML and liberal forces. Central...

Politics: ARD heads meeting tomorrow.
September 1, 2005... Islamabad, Sept 1 (PPI) The heads of the component parties of the Alliance for Restoration of democracy (ARD) would meet here tomorrow (Saturday Sept 3), under the chairmanship of Makhdoom Amin Fahim. PPI learnt that opposition stalwarts would...

CITY (20 mud houses demolished, mosque razed).
September 1, 2005... ISLAMABAD Sep. 01(PPI) The enforcement department of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in its ongoing drive against the mud houses, bulldozed the other day 20 more mud houses Katchi Abadi, Afghan colony I-11/ 1. The mud houses were...