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Provinces seek greater share in NFC award LAHORE, May 31: Political leaders of Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP have demanded greater share in the National Finance Commission award for the development of their provinces....		JUI-S Naib Amir held in old case GUJRANWALA, May 31: Punjab JUI-S Naib Amir Dr Ghulam Muhammad was arrested and sent to jail on Friday in a five-year old case after the rejection of his bail application by...
Steps to improve livestock productivity OKARA, May 31: The government is taking steps to modernize livestock productivity to facilitate cattle breeders....		Four murdered on suspicion BAHAWALNAGAR, May 31: Honour killing claimed four lives in two different incidents here on Thursday....
Dacoit dies in shootout with watchmen JHANG, May 31: An alleged dacoit was killed while his two accomplices managed to escape after an exchange of fire between them and two watchmen in the Satellite Town area of...		Woman councillor, son injured by rivals SAHIWAL, May 31: A lady councillor and her son were injured by their rivals in Chak 88/6-R, Naiki, on Friday....
Seminar on Greater Thal Canal MULTAN, May 31: A one-day seminar to assess pros and cons of the Greater Thal Canal project will be held under the aegis of the Pakistan Network on Rivers, Dams and...		Taunsa Nazim, deputy flay dist govt ‘interference’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 31: Taunsa Sharif tehsil Nazim and his deputy have condemned the alleged interference of the district government in the tehsil council’s affairs....
Four get death on 11 counts VEHARI, May 31: A local court on Friday handed down death sentence on 11 counts with a fine of Rs100,000 each to four convicts for murdering 11 members of a family....		Survey of govt schools planned FAISALABAD, May 31: The district council has decided to conduct a survey of government schools to find out what problems they are facing....
Two shot dead by rivals GUJRAT, May 31: Two people, including a bills clerk of the DCO office, were shot dead by their rivals near Kunjahary, Kunjah, on Friday....		Death for killer SIALKOT, May 31: Additional Districts and Sessions Judge Nazir Ahmad Langah awarded on Friday death sentence with Rs150,000 fine to Sher Muhammad for killing shopkeeper Muhammad Iqbal over a minor dispute...
Electricity, gas for Toba villages TOBA TEK SINGH, May 31: The federal government has approved provision of gas and electricity to various villages and localities of the district at the cost of Rs10 million....		BZU declares FSc chemical engg results MULTAN, May 31: The Bahauddin Zakariya University on Friday declared the result of FSc (Chemical Engineering), II professional, first annual examination, 2001....
Chances for All Parties moot dim ISLAMABAD, May 31: The postponement of the government’s all parties conference is attributed to both the indecision of the opposition leadership and the official side, and persistence of this state of...		Indian firing kills one ISLAMABAD, May 31: A civilian was killed and two, including a woman, were wounded on Friday due to unprovoked Indian firing on villages in Phulkian sector, close to the Working Boundary....
Hashmi’s plea for case transfer dismissed ISLAMABAD, May 31: The supreme court on Friday dismissed the petition by Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, imprisoned PML(N) acting president, demanding the transfer of his case to some other accountability court....		Indonesia calls for restraint JAKARATA, May 31: Indonesia on Friday urged India and Pakistan to exercise self-restraint and seek a peaceful solution through diplomatic channels in line with the principles of the United Nations charter....
Early solution to Kashmir issue urged WASHINGTON, May 31: Kashmiri-American Council Executive Director Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai has said the Kashmiris were not asking for a “special dispensation” but for the basic and inalienable right of self-determination....		60 trucks await clearance at Sost border GILGIT, May 31: Around 60 Chinese trucks loaded with import goods from Xingiang have been awaiting clearance for two months at the Sost border because of tussle over the tariffs between...
Jiang likely to meet Musharraf BEIJING, May 31: Chinese President Jiang Zemin and President Pervez Musharraf are likely to have a Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building in Asia (CICA)....		Strike observed HUB, May 31: A strike was observed against frequent unannounced shutdowns by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation at Uthal on Friday....
More phone connections in NAs ordered GILGIT, May 31: Special Communications Organization Director-General Maj-Gen Mohammad Waheed Malik has directed the SCO personnel in Northern Areas to improve the infrastructure by completing the work on various projects....		Indian spy plane crashes near border NEW DELHI, May 31: An unmanned Indian spy plane crashed near Pakistan’s border on Friday during a trial flight along the militarized frontiers, officials here said....
Rumsfeld’s visit prompted by troops redeployment ISLAMABAD, May 31: United States president’s decision to send his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, to Pakistan is prompted by reports of Pakistan thinning out troops deployed on its western borders to...		Five Indian soldiers hurt JAMMU, May 31: Five Indian soldiers were critically wounded when Mujahideen attacked them with rocket launchers in occupied Kashmir, police said....
Sindh ready to counter aggression, says Soomro SUKKUR, May 31: The Governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, said here on Friday that the Civil Defence and other organizations had already been directed to remain alert to meet any eventuality...		ADBP begins loan recovery campaign SANGHAR, May 31: The Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, Sanghar district, has begun a loan recovery campaign....
Survey begins to replace damaged rail tracks SUKKUR, May 31: The Ministry of Railways and Communications has started an extensive survey of railway tracks, besides link-tracks, on Karachi-Peshawar section for the purpose of replacing of damaged ones, it...		CNICs to be issued in Sindhi LARKANA, May 31: The division bench of the Sindh High Court, circuit bench, Larkana, disposed off the petition filed by advocate Khalid Iqbal Memon against Nadra officials asking for issuing Computerized...
Four shot dead over old enmity SUKKUR/SHIKARPUR, May 31: Three men of a family, Gul Mohammad Maher, Irshad Ali and Abdul Rashid, were shot dead near Shikarpur on Friday whereas another man from their rival group, Amir...		Governor visits Qalandar’s shrine DADU, May 31: The Governor of Sindh, Mohammedmian Soomro, has held out the assurance that funds would be released soon to complete the construction work at the shrine of Hazrat Lal...
Villager killed DADU, May 31: A 40-year-old man, Mohammed Ibrahim Jamali, was shot dead in village Bachal Jamali, taluka Johi, on Friday apparently due to an old enmity....		Patients suffer due to faulty machine NAWABSHAH, May 31: Cardiac patients from Nawabshah, Naushahro Feroze, Sanghar, Khairpur, Dadu and Sukkur have been facing many difficulties due to the faulty echo cardiac machine at the cardiology ward of...
Rs130m to be spent on uplift schemes MIRPURKHAS, May 31: The district Nazim of Mirpurkhas, Pir Shafqat Hussain Shah Jilani, has said that the government has allocated Rs130 million under the Khushhal Pakistan Programme phase-III for Mirpurkhas district,...		PTCL version on CSC KARACHI, May 31: The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited has issued its version on a news item captioned ‘PTCL centre without facilities’ appeared in the May 30 issue of Dawn....
Two killed in different incidents SHIKARPUR, May 31: A truck driver, Mir Akram, was killed on the spot, while three passengers of a pick-up identified as Jameel, Gulzada and Dilawar received serious injuries when a truck...		Woman tortured LARKANA, May 31: An unknown woman with visible marks of torture on her body was admitted to the casualty department, Chandka Medical College Teaching Hospital, Larkana, on Friday....
Councillors object to rise in expenses: Haripur Council debate deferred HARIPUR, May 31: Owing to some ambiguities and anomalies felt by some members of the Tehsil Council, could not pass the revised budget of Rs 58.02 million and  deferred it to...		Decision on new taxes to be taken today MANSEHRA, May 31: The Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA), Mansehra, would take a final decision on imposition of proposed taxes and licence fee at a special meeting on Saturday....
Help for new hospital assured MARDAN, May 31: NWFP Minister for Health, Dr Mahertaj Roghani, has said in the wake of limited resources we must try to solve our problems on self-help basis....		Haripur, Mansehra declared calamity-hit ISLAMABAD, May 31: The NWFP government has, through two separate notifications, declared Haripur and Mansehra districts of Hazara division (excluding Balakot tehsil), as calamity-hit areas due to the drought, exempting them...
Qazi warns against compromise on Kashmir NOWSHERA, May 31: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad warned on Friday against any compromise on the Kashmir issue....		Pickpocket gunned down in hospital DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 31: A young pickpocket was gunned down here on Friday morning in the surgical ward of District Head Quarter Teaching Hospital, where he was admitted....
Peshawar needs modern fire-fighting equipment PESHAWAR, May 31: The deplorable condition of the city’s fire brigade needs immediate attention of the authorities  concerned to equip it with  modern fire-fighting equipment, keeping in view the increasing fire...		Secret deal being struck, claims PPP PESHAWAR, May 31: Pakistan People’s Party has alleged that the government is striking a deal with those politicians who had been involved in the Mehran Bank scandal and siphoned off millions...
Assurance CHARSADDA, May 31: District Nazim Nasir Mohammad Khan said here on Wednesday that the district government was determined to eradicate crime from society, and foolproof measures would be taken to...		Puta rejects task force proposals PESHAWAR, May 31: The Peshawar University Teachers Association (Puta) in its general body meeting on Thursday rejected the recommendations made by the Task Force on Higher Education in its present form....
Makhdoom tells govt to contact Benazir LAHORE, May 31: The government should shun egomania and extend an invitation for talks to PPP Chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto if it wants a positive response, party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin...		Prisoners from Afghanistan in bad shape, HRCP report LAHORE, May 31: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday drew government’s attention to the plight of those brought back from Afghanistan and detained at hospitals in Pakistan....