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Reforms on track, says World Bank ISLAMABAD, April 30: There has been a political decentralization in Pakistan as the reforms taken by the present government are on track, says the World Bank....		Voters’ poor response in NWFP, Fata PESHAWAR, April 30: The presidential referendum was held in a peaceful manner recording a low turnout across the NWFP and its adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Tuesday....
Healthy trade unionism to be promoted, says president ISLAMABAD, April 30: President Pervez Musharraf has said the government is committed to promote healthy trade unionism and expressed his hope that workers will strengthen the country’s institutions by striking a...		Polling in Balochistan moderate QUETTA, April 30: Moderate polling for referendum was witnessed on Tuesday in this provincial capital and other parts of Balochistan amid strike and boycott calls by the three main political alliances....
PPP hails boycott of referendum ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Pakistan People’s Party has saluted the democratic and valiant people of Pakistan for boycotting, what it called, the comical referendum, on Tuesday....		Gas well attacked QUETTA, April 30: Gas pipeline caught fire in the Sui gas field area when a gas well came under heavy on Tuesday....
Chinese FM due in May BEIJING, April 30: Chinese foreign minister Tang Jiaxuan will visit Pakistan in the third weed of May, a spokesman of the Chinese foreign ministry told newsmen here Tuesday....		Low turnout in Punjab SIALKOT, April 30: There was low voters’ turnout in the presidential referendum in most of the Punjab on Tuesday....
‘Not more than 7pc votes cast’ FAISALABAD, April 30: Major political parties said on Tuesday that the turnout of voters in the referendum was not more than 7 per cent....		Villager injured in Indian firing SIALKOT, April 30: A Pakistani villager was injured by Indian shelling on border village Patoli of the Bajwat sector here on Tuesday....
Killer awarded death sentence TOBA TEK SINGH, April 30: An additional district and sessions judge on Tuesday handed down death sentence and Rs100,000 fine in a murder case....		Impounded vehicles released GUJRANWALA, April 30: Public transport vehicles, impounded by the district administration and police during the last three days for referendum, were released on Tuesday....
Off-season vegetables give more net returns: Parc researchers conduct study PESHAWAR, April 30: The climatic zones in the NWFP have comparative advantage in producing variety of off-season vegetables which gives 15 times higher net returns compared to produce of normal season...		Swift offices to facilitate issuance of NICs MANSEHRA, April 30: Brigadier Mohammad Anwar, director-general of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), NWFP has said that the Nadra’s swift office will be established in Mansehra in the next...
People reject referendum, says PPP NAWABSHAH, April 30: The district president of the Pakistan People’s Party, Ghulam Qadir Chandio, has said that the people of Nawabshah have rejected the referendum by remaining indoors....		Referendum a turning point, says Ajmal NOWSHERA, April 30: Pervaiz Musharraf’s leadership is the need of the time for progressive Pakistan, Ajmal Khattak, president of National Awami Party Pakistan, told newsmen here at government high school, Akora...
Armed men kill two SUKKUR, April 30: A woman aged 40 and her son aged 15 were gunned down by armed persons in Mirpur Mathelo on Tuesday....		Cadet college to be set up in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, April 30: Sindh finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said that the government is determined to design many long and short term development schemes....
Boy kills himself accidentally SUKKUR, April 30: A six-year-old boy was killed while playing with the loaded pistol of his father on Tuesday in Rohri....		Mixed response in parts of Sindh SANGHAR, April 30: There has been mixed response by people to the third presidential referendum in the interior of Sindh on Tuesday....
Multiple voting: order of the day ISLAMABAD, April 30: Pro-Musharraf parties and businessmen had made elaborate arrangements on Tuesday for multiple voting in presidential referendum to show their performance....		Low turnout witnessed in Pindi, Islamabad ISLAMABAD, April 30: The voters turnout remained low in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad during the presidential referendum as people showed little enthusiasm in casting their votes on Tuesday....
Rs22m biogas project for rural areas soon ISLAMABAD, April 30: The government is considering to introduce biogas technology in the rural areas through the production of bio-fertilizer and bio-fuel. The project will cost Rs22 million....		CPC condemns Bhakkar incident ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Citizens’ Peace Committee (CPC) of the twin cities has condemned the recent attack on a religious congregation in Bhakkar and demanded that perpetrators of this crime should...
Egyptian defence team arrives ISLAMABAD, April 30: A four-member Egyptian defence delegation arrived here on Tuesday morning....		ICAO head due today ISLAMABAD, April 30: Dr Assad Kotaite, the President, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), is reaching Islamabad on Wednesday to review issues related to the closure of airspace between India and Pakistan....
Japan provides over $1m grant ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Japanese government has decided to finance eight social sector development projects in Pakistan under its Grassroots Assistance (GRA) programme....		MoU signed ISLAMABAD, April 30: The Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Science and Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake joint projects with the French University of Limoges....
Polling in Lahore lacks lustre LAHORE, April 30: The polling for the Presidential Referendum, 2002, in the Punjab capital on Tuesday lacked lustre and enthusiasm to the extent expected and claimed by the government....		No untoward incident reported LAHORE, April 30: Except for some minor clashes, no untoward incident was reported during the referendum polling in the city on Tuesday....
Voluntary turnout very low: HRCP LAHORE, April 30: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) regrets that the irregularities witnessed during referendum exceeded its worst fears....		JI, PPP greet people on ‘boycott’ LAHORE, April 30: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad greeted the nation on Tuesday for boycotting what he said called a bogus referendum....
City Nazim inspects Wasa men’s thumbs LAHORE, April 30: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood visited selected polling stations in the provincial metropolis on Tuesday and expressed satisfaction over the turnout....		Data Sahib’s Urs tomorrow LAHORE, April 30: The 958th annual Urs of the patron saint of the Punjab, Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh, will start from May 2....