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Lawyers vow to wage anti-LFO struggle ISLAMABAD, June 16: Former president of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Rawalpindi Bench, Mohammad Ikram Chaudhry has pledged that the lawyers will continue their ongoing anti-LFO “struggle” till its withdrawal....		PML-N criticizes hike in petroleum prices ISLAMABAD, June 16: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz secretary general and MNA Khawaja Saad Rafiq has criticized recent increase in the prices of petroleum products only three days after the passage of federal...
Special persons’ law to be submitted to cabinet soon: official ISLAMABAD, June 16: Draft law to ensure greater opportunities to special persons regarding their employment and rehabilitation will soon be submitted to the cabinet to replace the existing ordinance....		PPP to back no-confidence move against speaker: Asif RAWALPINDI, June 16: People’s Party Parliamentarians will back opposition if it tabled a no-confidence motion against the speaker of the national assembly, jailed PPP leader and former senator Asif Ali Zardari...
Extension in RCB board term sought RAWALPINDI, June 16: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) has requested the defence ministry to extend the term of the mini-board that had expired about a month ago, it has been learnt....		Overbooking causes delay in PIA flights RAWALPINDI, June 16: Pakistan International Airlines planes bound for London off-loaded huge quantity of fuel from the jets due to high temperature and over-booking, which has also been causing delay in...
Rs14.69bn allocated for NWFP ADP: Education, social sector get major chunk PESHAWAR, June 16: The NWFP government unveiled on Monday Rs14.696 billion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the 2003- 4 fiscal year specifying a major chunk of the ADP’s funding line to...		Nine-hour power failure hits life in Kohat KOHAT, June 16: A nine-hour power breakdown hit the whole district and the adjoining tribal areas, causing water shortage and badly affecting the routine of the office-goers and the business community...
MMA focussing on petty issues, says Sherpao NOWSHERA, June 16: Federal Minister for Water and Power Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Monday the NWFP government is concentrating on petty issues instead of focusing on good governance and...		Politicking in Mansehra picks up MANSEHRA, June 16: With the announcement of election schedule for by-election on the vacant post of district Nazim, political activities in the Mansehra district have started gaining momentum....
Mobile phone business faces slump PESHAWAR, June 16: The Mobilink dealers in the city are facing a slump for the last six months owing to non-availability of new connections since December 2002....		150 refugee families to return home LANDI KOTAL, June 16: At least 150 Afghan refugees’ families would be repatriated to their homeland from the Shalman refugee camp in the Khyber Agency....
23 injured in accident ABBOTTABAD, June 16: At least 23 schoolchildren were injured when the coaster they were travelling in fell into a deep ditch near Batangi village of Abbottabad on Saturday evening....		Border to open after Centre’s approval GILGIT, June 16: The Sost border crossing in Khunjerab valley will open after the arrival of the WHO-designed health kits, officials said on Monday....
Irregularities in TMA affairs unearthed FAISALABAD, June 16: The Local Fund Audit branch of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (City) has detected massive irregularities, appropriation of funds, maladministration and gross violation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance,...		US delegation visits Okara farms MULTAN, June 16: A three-member American delegation from its diplomatic mission to Pakistan visited the Okara military farms on Monday to witness human rights’ violation amid massive build-up by the Rangers...
Lawyers divided over LFO issue BAHAWALPUR, June 16: Sharp differences have cropped up among local lawyers over the LFO issue....		Villagers attack exhumation team GUJRANWALA, June 16: Scores of villagers on Monday attacked a team of doctors and police, headed by judicial magistrate, which had gone to exhume a body at Chak Aziz, Wazirabad....
Police kill man FAISALABAD, June 16: A man was allegedly tortured to death by police here on Monday....		Industrial package on 24th MULTAN, June 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will announce a package for industrialists on June 24, in order to boost the export-based industry....
Man burnt alive in fireworks explosion FAISALABAD, June 16: A man was burnt alive in a fireworks explosion in Chak 203-RB here on Monday....		Blockade to protest driver’s killing DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 16: Truck drivers kept the inter-provincial Dera-Quetta road blocked for 15 hours on Monday to protest against the killing of a fellow by robbers....
Six die in accident SHEIKHUPURA, June 16: Six people were killed and 13 others injured in a head-on collision between a wagon and a coach near Nabipura on Lahore Road on Monday....		Women prisoners to be provided free legal aid LARKANA, June 16: A team consisting of the district police officer, Larkana; the president, Larkana Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and members of the District Public Safety Commission on Monday visited...
Rs11bn allocated for PSDP in Sindh KARACHI, June 16: In the public sector development programme for the Sindh province for the year 2003-04, the total budget outlay is Rs11,000 million, which includes a grant of Rs22.5 million...		Plea to halt work on Thal canal DADU, June 16: The activists of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party staged a demonstration on Sunday outside the Johi press club and demanded stoppage of work on the greater Thal canal....
Water shortage deplored MIRPURKHAS, June 16: The growers, who get their water supply from the Mirpur distributary, held a demonstration outside the press club on Monday in protest against the acute water shortage....		Man kills wife over Karo-kari SUKKUR, June 16: A man, Mando Jakhrani, shot his wife dead and injured another person on the pretext of Karo-kari in Bakhshapur on Monday....
Passenger dies of heatstroke SANGHAR, June 16: A passenger of the Karachi-bound Tezro express, Liaquat Ali Shaikh, died at the Shahdadpur railway station on Friday after sustaining heatstroke in the train....		Govt can’t survive sit-in: Qazi LAHORE, June 16: MMA vice-president Qazi Husain Ahmed says the government can’t survive a sit-in in Islamabad by the religious parties alliance, but the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal will discuss all possible implications...
Musharraf has imposed autocracy: Nawabzada LAHORE, June 16: The ARD chairman, Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, on Monday accused President Gen Pervez Musharraf of having enforced autocracy in the country after seizing all executive and legislative powers from...		Farmers slam flat rate of abiana LAHORE, June 16: Various farmers’ bodies criticized on Monday the government’s decision to impose flat rate of abiana in the province....
Increase in existing pay, pension demanded LAHORE, June 16: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro-Electric Central Labour Union has urged Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali to order 15 per cent increase in the existing basic salaries and pensions besides regularization...		PPP’s reception LAHORE, June 16: The PPP held a reception on Monday to praise party workers arrested recently for protesting outside the Punjab Assembly, and released subsequently....
Measures urged for protection of IPRs LAHORE, June 16: Pakistan needs to take measures for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in order to woo much-needed foreign investment....		Budget focuses on priorities: Pervaiz LAHORE, June 16: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Monday the proposed provincial budget for 2003-04 reflected priorities and national reconstruction vision of the PML-Q, and aspirations of the people....
Opposition to boycott PA debate on budget LAHORE, June 16: The joint opposition in the Punjab Assembly will boycott debate on the budget to show solidarity with the opposition in the National Assembly and in protest against the...		LHC expresses reservations about amend to Sales Tax Act LAHORE, June 16: The Lahore High Court on Saturday expressed reservations on the amendment to the Sales Tax Act 1990 which authorized the sales tax department to raid the premises of...
Labour Party pledges support to tenants LAHORE, June 16: The Labour Party held a peaceful demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club here on Monday to show solidarity with tenants of the Okara military farms....		NA speaker’s ruling may be challenged LAHORE, June 16: Some opposition parties are seriously thinking of challenging the NA speaker’s ruling on the LFO in a court of law. A decision in this respect is expected during...
Robbers kill two people LAHORE, June 16: Robbers shot dead two men on resistance in different parts of the city on Monday....		Chemists’ demand LAHORE, June 16: The Pakistan Chemists Retailers Association has demanded the government should allow category-C holders to appear for category-B examinations....
Differences surface between Sindh, local govts ISLAMABAD, June 16: Differences have developed between Sindh government and local governments of the province over various issues including distribution of funds and posting/transfers, chairman of National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), Daniyal...		President to seek aid during visit ISLAMABAD, June 16: President Pervez Musharraf would seek financial assistance, investment and greater market access for Pakistani products during his visit to the United States, Britain, Germany and France, starting from...
PPP to stage demo ISLAMABAD, June 16: The UK Pakistan People’s Party general council has decided to hold a series of protest demonstrations in London on the eve of Gen Musharraf’s visit to United Kingdom....		36 held in connection with Sariab incident QUETTA, June 16: The law enforcement agencies have arrested 36 persons in connection with the Sariab firing incident....
MMA to meet tomorrow ISLAMABAD, June 16: The supreme council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will meet on Wednesday to chalk out strategy for launching the proposed mass mobilization campaign against the Legal Framework Order...		ANP to rejoin ARD ISLAMABAD, June 16: Awami National Party (ANP) has in principle agreed to rejoin the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) which it had left in the initial stages of the alliance,...
HSFO prices KARACHI, June 16: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has decided to continue with the same lower price for both local and import High Sulphur Furnace Oil (HSFO) despite an increase in the...		IT allocated Rs2.1bn ISLAMABAD, June 16: The government has allocated an amount of Rs2.1 billion in order to promote IT and telecom sector in the fiscal year 2003-04....