25 May 2004 Tuesday 05 Rabi-us-Saani 1425 Cabinet expansion likely after PM's return ISLAMABAD, May 24: The federal cabinet is likely to be expanded after the return of Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali returns from Saudi Arabia, sources said here on Monday. ... PML activists asked to follow party discipline KARACHI, May 24: President, Pakistan Muslim League, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has said maintenance of party discipline was his top most priority, and that no indiscipline in this regard will be tolerated. ... Hashmi asks Fazl not to accept post: Opposition leader LAHORE, May 24: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has requested MMA Secretary-General Maulana Fazlur Rahman not to accept the post of leader of the opposition in the National Assembly ... PML leader seeks CEC's resignation KARACHI, May 24: Justifying the political parties' demand for resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner and other officials for their alleged partisan role in the recent by elections in the city ... PML-ARD meetings LAHORE, May 24: The parliamentary parties of the PML and the ARD will hold their meetings on Wednesday ahead of the Punjab Assembly session in the afternoon. ... Heads of ARD parties meet today ISLAMABAD, May 24: A meeting of the heads of the component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will be held here on Tuesday (today) to review the political situation ... PPP holds Sindh govt responsible HYDERABAD, May 24: Sindh People's Party Parliamentarians president Nisar Ahmad Khuhro has demanded registration of amurder case against the Sindh government for supplying poisonous water to people of Hyderabad. ... PML-N men's detention orders withdrawn LAHORE, May 24: The division bench of the Lahore High Court, which was constituted for hearing the writ petitions of seven PML-N leaders, three of them MPAs ... Asif moves court against judge's transfer RAWALPINDI, May 24: The jailed PPP leader, Asif Ali Zardari, on Monday filed a petition with the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court, challenging the transfer of the judge of the Accountability Court (AC) number 2 ... Withholding of by-poll results challenged KARACHI, May 24: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidates challenged on Monday the withholding of the May 12 by-election results by the Election Commission and requested the Sindh High Court to order their announcement without further delay. ... PPP submits bills in PA KARACHI, May 24: The Pakistan People's Party MPA, Syed Murad Ali Shah, has submitted to the secretary of the Sindh Assembly, The Sindh Homeless Children (Care and Protection) Bill-2004 ... Lawyers plan to hold symbolic trial: 'Subversion of Constitution' ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme Court Bar Association on Monday announced plans to hold a symbolic trial for the alleged subversion of the 1973 Constitution to replicate the famous 17th century trial of Gen Cromwell in Britain. ... Special plan for smaller provinces sought: Siraj rejects new NFC formula PESHAWAR, May 24: NWFP's Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to sanction a special package for the smaller provinces ... 'Ponam ready for talks on new constitution' QUETTA, May 24: Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) chief Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal said on Monday that the alliance was ready to hold a dialogue with the rulers for the framing of a constitution under a new social contract to take the country out of political crisis. ... Six Harkat militants held 'after encounter', claim police KARACHI, May 24: Police announced the arrest of six suspects belonging to the banned militant group, Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Alami, after an alleged encounter at a house in Kalakot, Lyari, in the small hours of Monday. ... Plan to check cyber crimes in pipeline, says minister ISLAMABAD, May 24: A project to enhance information security and check cyber crimes is in the pipeline and for this purpose the ministry would subsidize a training programme besides paying the certification cost related to the training. ... Rs4.6bn rise in allocation for higher education ISLAMABAD, May 24: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said the government will raise allocation for higher education from Rs5 billion to Rs9.6 billion in the forthcoming budget and this allocation will be increased gradually in the coming years. ... Chinese help for projects reassured QUETTA, May 24: The Chinese government will continue its cooperation in connection with development projects in Balochistan, says Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Zhang Chun Xiang. ... Aziz welcomes Indian PM's remarks NEW DELHI, May 24: Describing Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's remarks on improving Indo-Pakistan ties as very positive and forward-looking, Pakistan's High Commissioner to India, Aziz Ahmed Khan ... Dr Syedna Burhanuddin meets Musharraf ISLAMABAD, May 24: The spiritual leader of Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat, Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin, called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf at the Aiwan-i-Sadr here on Monday. The president welcomed the Syedna and wished him good health and happiness. ... Probe into case against AJK speaker's son completed MUZAFFARABAD, May 24: The Azad Jammu Kashmir Ehtesab Bureau has completed an inquiry into a case involving the son of Legislative Assembly's Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid ... ADB project for AJK MUZAFFARABAD, May 24: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is processing a $80 million multi-sector rehabilitation project for Azad Jammu and Kashmir in what is believed to be the first ever ADB intervention in this region in the wake of the improved India-Pakistan ties. ...

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