June 2, 2005	Thursday	Rabi-us-Sani 24, 1426

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Standoff continues: PTCL privatization opposed ISLAMABAD, June 1: The standoff between the management and workers of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company continues, with the legislators, concerned citizens and trade unionists opposing the largest public utility’s privatization while...		Last date for bidding extended: Neelum- Jhelum project ISLAMABAD, June 1: The federal government has decided to extend by four months the last date for submission of bids in respect of $1.5 billion Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project near Muzaffarabad in...
India hopes to reach pipeline accord NEW DELHI, June 1: Indian Oil Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar is hopeful talks with Pakistan on a proposed route for a gas pipeline from Iran will lead to an agreement that...		100 scholarships for IHK students okayed ISLAMABAD, June 1: Pakistan has finalized plans to award 100 scholarships to students from Indian-Held Kashmir (IHK) in information technology, engineering and medicine both at graduate and post-graduate levels. Education Minister...
Committee system comes under fire in Senate ISLAMABAD, June 1: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro on Wednesday observed that the issue of president’s address to the joint sitting of parliament would be discussed at an appropriate time. “We will...		Trade promotion policy criticized ISLAMABAD, June 1: Participants at a seminar pointed out lack of long-term vision in Pakistan’s trade policies and urged the commerce ministry to be extra cautious while negotiating preferential trade agreements...
Probe against Islamia varsity VC ordered ISLAMABAD, June 1: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Education on Wednesday directed the Higher Education Commission and the Punjab education department to hold an impartial inquiry into the allegations of...		PML group to continue assembly boycott QUETTA, June 1: The parliamentary group of Pakistan Muslim League ministers and MPAs has decided to continue its boycott of the current session of the Balochistan Assembly till acceptance of their...
Only 10pc of worker welfare fund used in Balochistan QUETTA, June 1: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that the federal government has approved a grant of Rs515 million from the workers welfare...		Pakistani sailor sent home to face charges WASHINGTON, June 1: A Pakistani sailor who was arrested last Thursday for allegedly assaulting a teenaged girl in Central Park, New York, has been deported to Pakistan. Earlier this week, he...
Senate seeks probe into desecration of Quran ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning desecration of the Holy Quran by the US troops at the Guantanamo Bay prison and demanded an independent inquiry...		‘Varsity grants will be linked to performance’ PESHAWAR, June 1: Chairman of Higher Education Commission Prof Dr Attaur Rehman said the government was likely to give special consideration to universities in the public sector in the NWFP. During...
Man found innocent remains in lock-up KOHAT, June 1: A young Nigerian man booked under section 40 of the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FRC) is undergoing illegal detention in Kohat despite having been declared innocent by the authorities...		Emergency in Kohat hospitals KOHAT, June 1: The provincial health department declared emergency in the two hospitals of Kohat on Wednesday after a breakout of gastroenteritis in the city. The hospital sources said that 41...
PTCL workers may be offered some shares ISLAMABAD, June 1: The government is expected to offer some shares of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) to workers to end an ongoing strike against the company’s privatization, sources told Dawn....		Over 400 booked, five held: ‘Attack on police’ GUJRANWALA, June 1: Civil Lines police on Wednesday booked over 400 people, including two women, for attacking a police party, injuring three policemen and setting ablaze an official van. The police...
New technology to fabricate fuel cell developed ISLAMABAD, June 1: Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (Pinstech) has developed a new technology to fabricate fuel cell indigenously, taking lead in the development...		‘JI trying to benefit from terrorist acts’ ISLAMABAD, June 1: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Kunwar Khalid Younus has criticized Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) for trying to get political advantage from the recent terrorist acts in Karachi. Talking to Dawn...
Shifting of ATC cases GILGIT, June 1: The government has directed the local administrations in districts Gangche, Skardu and Ghizer of the Northern Areas that the cases of detainees recently booked on account of terrorism...		PPP leader calls for polls this year to avert crisis QUETTA, June 1: The general secretary of PPP Sindh, Nafees Ahmed Siddique, said here on Wednesday that fresh, free and fair elections needed to be held this year as the present...
Aziz orders probe into violence ANKARA, June 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday ordered a thorough enquiry into the recent incidents of violence in Karachi. The prime minister, who is on a three-day official visit...		Turkish firms invited to invest in Pakistan ANKARA, June 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday invited Turkish entrepreneurs to invest in Pakistan because it provides a unique opportunity to investors through its strategic location, growing economy and...
Special PIA package for Dubai flights KARACHI, June 1: The Pakistan International Airlines has started special flights to Dubai offering reduced fare from Wednesday. According to a press release, PIA Chairman Tariq Kirmani inaugurated the maiden flight...		CEC stops new projects in by-poll constituency ISLAMABAD, June 1: Acting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Wednesday directed the government to stop announcing fresh development projects or floating tenders for constituency PF-66 D.I.Khan unless...
Demo held against terrorist attacks PESHAWAR, June 1: On the call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Jamaat-i-Islami and its youth wing Shabab-i-Milli held a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest against terrorist...		Farmers urged to use modern techniques PESHAWAR, June 1: Provincial Minister for Agriculture Qari Mahmood has said the government is trying to help farmers get their due share in the production process. He was addressing a seminar...
Homage paid to 1930 firing victims PESHAWAR, June 1: The Gandhara Hindko Board, a literary-cum-cultural organization, on Tuesday paid homage to those 10 people who were killed when the British soldiers opened fire on peaceful citizens of...		Jobless youths offer kidneys for sale SIALKOT, June 1: Three unemployed youths of Daska have sold their kidneys for sustenance of their families. Three friends — Munawar alias Piply, Waqas and Zafar Butt have sold their kidneys...
Security beefed up in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, June 1: The district administration and police have heightened security here in the wake of terrorism wave across the country. Police commandos have been deployed at all sensitive places, including...		Passco, food dept fall short of target: Wheat drive in RY Khan RAHIM YAR KHAN, June 1: The Punjab Food Department has achieved only 53 per cent of the wheat procurement target for the district, while Passco has touched just 60 per cent...
Four members of a family kidnapped SIALKOT, June 1: Six armed men on Wednesday kidnapped four family members, including a woman, over a love-marriage issue in Kishangarh-Begowala village, Daska tehsil. In the FIR, Nasreen Bibi said that...		Landlord, ASI killed in clash GUJRANWALA, June 1: A landlord and an ASI were killed here on Wednesday during an exchange of fire between two rivals groups and the police at Rohhay village, Nosheran Virkan over...
Tehsil Nazim’s bail cancelled HARIPUR, June 1: A local court cancelled the bail of Haripur tehsil nazim in an attempt to murder case and remanded him to judicial custody on Tuesday. On May 13, complainant...		Student beaten up by teacher FAISALABAD, June 1: A nine-year-old student was allegedly tortured by his teacher over a minor mistake here on Wednesday at Government High School No.2, Samundri. Reports said Muhammad Sufian, a class...
Unicef finds 43 types of punishment in schools PESHAWAR, June 1: A study conducted by Unicef in three districts of the Frontier province has identified 43 types of punishment being given to students at schools and asked the government...		Seven die, 24 hurt in three accidents SARGODHA, June 1: Seven people were killed and 24 sustained injuries here on Wednesday in three road accidents in and around the city. Reports said a Bhagtanwal-bound bus (FDJ-1495) collided with...
Youth kills father, three others MANDI BAHAUDDIN, June 1: A youth axed to death his father, step-mother and two sisters over the second marriage by his guardian at Mauza Kattowal Dakhli on Tuesday night. Reports said...		No provision of caretakers in LG law, says Nazim PESHAWAR, June 1: There was no provision of appointing administrators or caretakers in the Local Government Ordinance 2001 and any such decision would be opposed and resisted, said Peshawar district Nazim...
Justices of peace ‘not like courts or police’: LHC ruling LAHORE, June 1: A full bench of the Lahore High Court pronounced here on Wednesday that district and sessions judges, in their capacity as ex-officio justices of peace, could in no...		Qazi’s letter to MMA LAHORE, June 1: Qazi Husain Ahmad’s no to a National Security Council meeting is a symbol of MMA’s opposition to ‘dictatorial’ attitude of Gen Pervez Musharraf and any change in the...
Law officers appointed LAHORE, June 1: Najeeb Faisal Chaudhry has been reinducted as an additional advocate-general ‘in the public interest’, the adage also used in an earlier notification under which his services were terminated...		PTA may stop cellphone firm from issuing new connections LAHORE, June 1: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority may stop a leading cellular phone company from issuing further connections to customers from June 15. A senior officer of the PTA told Dawn...
HIV/Aids control programme in dists LAHORE, June 1: The Punjab Health Department will provide district governments comprehensive guidelines and help to control and prevent HIV/Aids at district level. This was stated by Punjab Health Minister Dr...		Registration of blood banks stopped PESHAWAR, June 1: The NWFP Blood Transfusion Authority has stopped registering blood banks in the province because of ambiguity in the law, sources said. The BTA, which was supposed to register...
Benazir rejects fishing rights auction in Sindh ISLAMABAD, June 1: Former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, has rejected plans for auctioning fishing rights in Sindh and said that it amounts to depriving...		Call to bifurcate Ghotki district SUKKUR, June 1: Elected representatives of Ghotki district have demanded that the government bifurcate the district and make Mirpur Mathelo a new one, as was done in Hyderabad, Larkana and Jacobabad....
Akil-Agani embankment threatened: River water flow rises to 65,000 cusecs LARKANA, June 1: Substantial erosion has been noticed on a two to three kilometre stretch of the Akil-Agani loop bund of the River Indus after a rise in water flow on...		Four booked for water theft MIRPURKHAS, June 1: Four landlords including a councillor, were booked by Samaro police, for stealing irrigation water. Noor Mohammad Khoso, the Darogha of Nabisar Wah of sub-division Kunri, lodged a case...