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PTB faces action for textbook shortage ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government will ask the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) to print textbooks for the government’s educational institutions following failure by the Punjab Textbook Board to meet their...		PPP criticizes Rs64 billion subsidy to KESC, Wapda ISLAMABAD, June 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Syed Naveed Qamar has criticized the government for allocating Rs64 billion subsidy for Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and Karachi Electric Supply...
Rs2.7m distributed among M-I project victims ISLAMABAD, June 17: Federal Minister for Communications Ahmed Ali visited the under-construction Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) on Tuesday to review the pace of work, and distributed cheques for Rs2.7 million among 103...		Rs286.2m for Madaris ISLAMABAD, June 17: The government has allocated Rs286.242 million for Deeni Madaris in the current financial year 2002-03....
Tax rebate to be given for setting up schools, colleges ISLAMABAD, June 17: The federal government will give considerable tax rebate for setting up of educational institutions in the private sector....		NA speaker for stronger ties with Turkey ISLAMABAD, June 17: National Assembly speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said interaction between parliamentary groups of Pakistan and Turkey is beginning of a new era and an opportunity to understand and...
Distance learning beneficial, says envoy ISLAMABAD, June 17: Distance learning can provide an answer to major challenges faced by South Asian countries like limited economic resources, population explosion, environmental degradation and regional disparities....		JI resents Musharraf’s statement ISLAMABAD, June 17: Deputy chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmad has expressed disappointment over the tone and content of Gen Musharraf‘s interview on Monday night before embarking on a visit...
New envoys to Australia, Turkmenistan ISLAMABAD, Jun 17: Raana Rahim has been appointed Ambassador to Turkmenistan in place of Babar W. Malik who has been appointed High Commissioner to Australia....		Qesco tells landlords to clear dues by 21st QUETTA, June 17: The Quetta Electricity Supply Company (Qesco) has given four more days for the payment of outstanding dues pending against the Zamindars (landlords) of Balochistan or the power connections...
Muttahida backs Jeay Sindh call: Anti-Thal canal campaign ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has announced its support for Jeay Sindh call for a sit-in against the construction of the Greater Thal Canal....		Defeated elements against democratic setup: Jam Yousaf QUETTA, June 17: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yousaf has blamed some political elements for hatching conspiracy against democracy and development projects in the province....
PPP briefs Washington on LFO issue WASHINGTON, June 17: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) submitted a brief to the White House on Tuesday that describes the Legal Framework Order 2002, as infringing upon the principles of federalism,...		Collective efforts against sectarianism stressed QUETTA, June 17: Participants of a seminar stressed collective efforts against sectarianism to create awareness and frustrate the designs of conspirators who wanted to divide the society on the basis of...
‘Islamabad will not recognize Israel’ ISLAMABAD, June 17: Minister for Information and Media Development Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that Pakistan will not recognize Israel....		Ban suggested on re-employment of govt servants ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Senate on Tuesday deferred a resolution suggesting a ban on re-employment of government servants after reaching the age of superannuation....
Balochistan PA budget session on Friday QUETTA, June 17: The provincial governor has summoned the budget session of Balochistan on Friday, it was officially announced here on Wednesday....		Corruption convict set free QUETTA, June 17: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court on Tuesday suspended the remaining imprisonment of an appellant convicted by an accountability court in a corruption reference....
No-trust motion useless: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the move for tabling a no-trust motion against the speaker will be a useless exercise....		Justice Munir to avail extension ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said Justice Munir A. Sheikh, a puisne judge, will not retire on attaining the age of 65....
Workshop scheduled MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: A three-day technical workshop is being held here from Wednesday under the aegis of the federal ministry of population welfare and the United Nations Fund for Population Welfare...		New NWFP CS PESHAWAR, June 17: The newly appointed chief secretary of NWFP Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi has assumed the charge of his office on Tuesday.—APP...
Lawlessness in Fata will be curbed: governor PESHAWAR, June 17: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that it has become necessary to evoke the law of collective responsibility in certain Federally Administered Tribal Areas to check...		NWFP warns of legal battle over hydel profit PESHAWAR, June 17: The NWFP government has expressed the resolve that if the federal government does not settle the net hydel profit issue it may take the legal route to get...
Cracks appear in AJKPP MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: Differences in the main opposition Peoples Party of Azad Kashmir became exposed on Monday when party’s senior leader and MLA Sahibzada Mohammad Ishaq Zafar distanced himself from a...		Cancellation of liquor licences upheld PESHAWAR, June 17: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday declared the cancellation of liquor licences of two outlets by the provincial government legal and in accordance with a judgment of the Supreme...
Opponents stunned, says Durrani PESHAWAR, June 17: Opponents of the Muttahida Majli-i-Amal are stunned by Frontier government’s achievements, including its unique governance, unanimous approval of the Shariat Bill by the NWFP Assembly, strict financial disciple...		AJKSC seat at Kotli likely MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government is contemplating a fourth seat of the AJK Supreme Court at Kotli, the home district of Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan,...
Fee collection in advance criticized PESHAWAR, June 17: Private schools in the city, especially those having branches across the country, are continuing with the practice of charging two-month (summer vacation) tuition fee from students in advance....		Gilgit without water for three days GILGIT, June 17: Water supply to Gilgit town remained suspended for the third day on Tuesday due to repairing of main water supply channel in Kargah, officials of the Gilgit Water...
Protest observed all over Sindh: Thal canal project DADU, June 17: On the call of the Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee (AGTCAC), token hunger strikes were observed all over Sindh on Tuesday to protest against the construction of the...		Four arrested over oil theft charge DADU, June 17: Four thieves were arrested while stealing oil from a pipeline of the Pak Arab Refinery Company near Bubak on Tuesday and an oil tanker, car, pistol, and machinery...
Three held in DIG killing case SUKKUR, June 17: The Sukkur Region Police on Tuesday arrested three people — Behram Jakhrani, Gadal Jakhrani and Lal Beg Jakhrani — allegedly involved in killing the DIG, Sibi, Abdul Aziz...		Power supply to 51 villages cut JACOBABAD, June 17: The executive engineer, Hesco, Wapda, Dilawar Hasnain Memon, has said that the power supply to 1,200 consumers in Jacobabad city and 51 villages in the suburbs of Jacobabad...
No-trust move adopted SHIKARPUR, June 17: At least 16 out of 22 members of the Taluka Council, Shikarpur, have expressed no-confidence and passed a no-trust motion against the Taluka Nazim, Agha Amjadullah....		Nine get life term in kidnapping, murder cases HYDERABAD, June 17: The Anti-Terrorism Court judge, Hyderabad, Syed Ali Ashraf Shah, on Monday awarded life imprisonment to nine accused, five of whom remain absconding, in two separate cases of kidnapping...
Two die of diarrhoea, over 50 hospitalized KHAIRPUR, June 17: Two children — four-year-old Shaman and three-year-old Saran Shar — died of diarrhea in the Dib Thar village, Nara taluka, on Monday night....		Water shortage slammed BADIN, June 17: The tail-end growers of Karo Ali Wah Bahar sub-division, Kadhan, complained about the water shortage and have demanded the immediate transfer of all the officials of Kadhan sub-division...
Officials accused of encouraging water theft SUKKUR, June 17: A large number of people staged a protest rally in front of the irrigation office in Mirpur Mathelo near Daharki here on Tuesday to protest against shortage of...		Man killed over old enmity LARKANA, June 17: A man was shot dead in village Thori Bajar, Kambar taluka on Monday....
Clarification KARACHI, June 17: Apropos of a news item published in Dawn, on June 15, Sindh Finance Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed has contradicted the remarks of the leader of the opposition in...		Non-bailable warrants for Shahbaz’s arrest LAHORE, June 17: An anti-terrorism court issued on Tuesday non-bailable warrants for the arrest of PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and three others for the second time in a case of killing...
Opposition walks out of Punjab assembly: Budget debate boycotted LAHORE, June 17: The joint opposition in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday boycotted the debate on budget, and walked out of the house to express solidarity with the National Assembly’s opposition...		PFC Award to be okayed this month LAHORE, June 17: The Provincial Finance Commission Award will be finalized before the end of this month for formula-driven resources’ distribution among the 34 districts, 122 tehsil municipal administrations and 3,453...
Govt’s ‘over-ambitious’ crop targets flayed LAHORE, June 17: The farmers’ bodies on Tuesday took exception to the federal government’s ‘over-ambitious’ crop targets for the next year....		Badshahi Mosque body fails to meet LAHORE, June 17: The committee, constituted by the provincial government on May 6 this year to assess the damage done to the Badshahi Mosque, has yet to convene a meeting to...
Award for fireman LAHORE, June 17: Sultan Ahmad, a fireman of the City District Government fire brigade, has been given the National Hero Award 2003 by the National Commission for Human Development constituted by...		Three murder convicts get death SIALKOT, June 17: Shakargarh Additional District and Sessions judge Suba Sadiq Khan on Tuesday awarded death sentence on two counts and Rs400,000 fine to a convict, and 25-year hard jail and...
Cases against 22 motorbike owners: Forged documents FAISALABAD, June 17: The Gulberg police claimed on Tuesday to have registered cases against 22 people who allegedly had forged registration documents of their motorcycles....		TMA audit officer transferred FAISALABAD, June 17: The audit officer, who detected massive financial and administrative irregularities in the affairs of the Tehsil Municipal Administration (city), has been transferred....