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Mangla Dam royalty de-linked from power bills payment MUZAFFARABAD, April 30: Payment of Mangla Dam royalty to AJK government by Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) would be de-linked from payment of electricity bills by the former to the...		PM calls for peaceful solution of dispute: Kashmir issue ISLAMABAD, April 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that Pakistan desired peaceful settlement of the Kashmir issue in line with the wishes of the Kashmiri people. He was talking...
Settlement of Kashmir problem urged SRINAGAR, April 30: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has emphasized the need for peaceful solution of the Kashmir dispute. According to the Kashmir Media Service, Syed Ali Gilani, the chairman of...		NWFP cabinet backs Bhasha dam plan: Kalabagh dam opposed PESHAWAR, April 30: The NWFP cabinet has opposed construction of a large dam at Kalabagh and adopted a joint stand for the execution of the Bhasha dam project to help the...
Blast damages railway track SUKKUR, April 30: The Karachi-bound Shah Rukn-i-Alam Express escaped a disaster when a bomb exploded on the railway track near the Sadiq Abad regulator, two kilometres off the Sadiq Abad railway...		President, PM pledge to end discrimination: May Day messages ISLAMABAD, April 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said the best way to ensure the dignity and welfare of the working class is by adhering to Islamic injunctions. In his message...
Malaysian minister calls on Musharraf ISLAMABAD, April 30: Malaysian Home Minister Dato Azam bin Khalid called on President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday and reaffirmed his country’s desire to forge close economic cooperation with Pakistan....		Parts of lower Sindh still without power MIRPURKHAS, April 30: Vast areas in lower Sindh remained deprived of power supply when high tension electricity poles of were damaged near Hyderabad on Friday. About 40 per cent of the...
Carpet makers told to relocate units PESHAWAR, April 30: A local municipality has warned hundreds of Afghan hand-knot carpet manufacturers to close their business in residential areas within 10 days or face action, sources said....		Three ‘Bosan gang dacoits’ killed in encounter: Two policemen hurt VEHARI, April 30: Three members of the Bosan dacoit gang were killed while two constables were injured in an encounter at College Town area here on Saturday. Seven members of the...
Local people’s right over jobs in gas unit stressed HYDERABAD, April 30: Leaders of an organization – Shah Bukhari Human Voice, Qasimabad – have lashed out at a group of people putting pressure on the management of the Jamshoro Joint...		US holds Pakistan in high esteem, says Hadley WASHINGTON, April 30: Stephen Hadley, National Security Advisor to President Bush, has said that the United States considers Pakistan its “strategic partner.” He said this in a meeting with Ambassador Jehangir...
Legislator allocates fund for Tharparkar KARACHI, April 30: A woman MNA from Karachi has allocated the entire amount of her development fund for electrification of villages in Tharparkar. MNA Gul-i-Farkhanda, vice-president of Baanhn Beli, at a...		Rusticated CMC students asked to vacate hostel rooms LARKANA, April 30: The four medical students who were rusticated on Friday for varying period from Chandka Medical College ,CMC, Larkana were asked on Saturday to vacate their hostel rooms immediately....
Man killed KHAIRPUR, April 30: A man was gunned down over an old enmity in the Parto Wahan village on Saturday morning. He was identified as Barkat Mangnejo....		Call to line canals before watercourses SANGHAR, April 30: Members of farmers’ organizations have demanded lining of main and branch canals in the first phase, instead of watercourses. They were speaking at a seminar on “Sindh On-Farm...
Police suspends search for bandits THATTA, April 30: Police on Saturday suspended the search operation after five-day efforts in Khaddi and Jurar forests along the left bank of the Indus River to arrest bandit Fida Mirjat....		Man killed, 2 wounded in accident KOHAT, April 30: A police inspector was killed and two other persons were seriously injured in an accident involving three vehicles that took place on the Indus Highway in the Darra...
Truck catches fire KOHAT, April 30: The Friendship Tunnel on the Indus Highway remained closed for three hours after a trawler caught fire a kilometre away after its entrance in the early hours on...		‘Bandit’ killed GILGIT, April 30: A bandit was killed reportedly by his accomplices early Friday in Konodas Colony in a dispute over distribution of looted amount, police sources said....
Two get life-term in kidnapping case PESHAWAR, April 30: A local court here convicted two accused in a kidnapping for ransom case and sentenced them to life imprisonment and confiscation of their movable and immovable properties....		Mob attacks police station, injures staff TIMERGARA, April 30: Several policemen were wounded when a mob attacked a police station in the Samar Bagh area of Lower Dir district on Friday, witnesses said. They told Dawn that...
Eight suspects held in Gilgit GILGIT, April 30: The Northern Areas police have claimed that they had arrested four suspected militants involved in different cases of murder and bomb blasts following Jan 8 sectarian violence in...		Three hurt as shell explodes PESHAWAR, April 30: Three persons including two Afghans were wounded, one of them seriously, when an explosive device went off in a scrap store in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency on Friday,...
Poverty drives mechanic to kill wife, 3 daughters GUJRANWALA, April 30: A man gagged his wife and three daughters to death in a fit of frustration over poverty at Falewala village. Reports said Ehsan Ullah, a mechanic of harvester...		PTCL to offer three-in-one facility MULTAN, April 30: The Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) would soon launch a three-in-one facility to enable its subscribers to enjoy telephone, cable television and DSL (Internet) services through one line....
No clue to missing student FAISALABAD, April 30: Police have allegedly buried the case of mysterious missing of a University of Agriculture student by declaring it a non-cognizable offence, and refused to proceed further....		Indian CEC visits election office LAHORE, April 30: Indian Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) T.S. Karishna Murthy visited the office of the provincial election commissioner here on Saturday. Pakistan Acting CEC Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Election Commission...
Two POs shot dead in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, April 30: Two proclaimed offenders involved in over 100 cases of murder, dacoity, highway robbery and attack on police parties were killed on Saturday in an encounter with police near...		Three farmers kidnapped for ransom DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 30: Members of the Bosan gang on Saturday kidnapped three farmers for Rs5 million ransom from the fields of a landlord in Qadirwah Kotla Sher Muhammad in...
Bus terminal to be ready by June 30 MULTAN, April 30: The modern bus terminal would be opened to facilitate passenger buses’ operation after its completion by June 30....		Plan to bring down population growth rate PESHAWAR, April 30: With indications that Pakistan’s population will be doubled during the next 32 years, the population welfare department, NWFP, has chalked out a plan to bring down the population...
FC recovers anti-aircraft rounds QUETTA, April 30: Frontier Corps, Zhob Militia, recovered thousands of rounds of anti aircraft guns from Qamadin Karez area. According to an FC spokesman, Commandant Zhob Militia got a tip off...		DCO warns absentees SWABI, April 30: The district coordination officer has warned government employees of disciplinary action if they proceed on leaves without prior permission from a competent authority....
Officials exchange lists of next Kashmir bus passengers MUZAFFARABAD, April 30: Officials of Azad Kashmir met those of Indian held Kashmir across the Line of Control on Saturday and exchanged with them verified lists of intending travellers for the third trans-Kashmir bus scheduled to roll out on May 5....		Fata doctors warned against absenteeism LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 30: The Parliamentary leader of tribal senators in Senate, Hamidullah Jan Afridi, has warned the doctors that disciplinary action would be taken against those who were...
PA body backs rise in tender rates PESHAWAR, April 30: The Standing Committee of the NWFP Assembly on Works and Services department has advised the chief minister to approve a summary about an increase in tender rates in...		Patrolling enhanced GILGIT, April 30: The Northern Areas police chief has directed all the district police officers (DPOs) to enhance patrolling and checking along roads, particularly on Karakoram Highway, during the night to...
Asif due in Karachi today KARACHI, April 30: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari is arriving here from Lahore on Sunday evening on a few days’ visit during which he will attend to various party-related...		NA session summoned ISLAMABAD, April 30: President General Pervez Musharraf, in exercise of power conferred on him by article 54 (1) of the Constitution, has summoned the National Assembly to meet in the Parliament...