June 7, 2005	Tuesday	Rabi-us-Sani 29, 1426

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Rs9.4 billion earmarked for health projects ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government has earmarked Rs9.4 billion for the development of health sector in the budget for 2005-06, a 68 per cent increase over the allocation of Rs5.5 billion...		Rs18.7bn allocated for law and order, public safety ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government has allocated Rs18.721 billion for law and order and public safety in the country in the budget 2005-2006. According to the budget documents the allocation is...
Rs1 billion for madressah reforms ISLAMABAD, June 6: The federal education ministry has been allocated Rs4.520 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2005-2006 with an overall increase of 122 per cent over current year’s...		Tax collection target set at Rs690bn ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government has increased the revenue collection target by 16.9 per cent to Rs690 billion for the fiscal year 2005-6 as against the revised target of Rs590 billion...
Presidency’s expenses increase by 179pc ISLAMABAD, June 6: The financial allocations for the presidency increased by 179 per cent to Rs261.61 million in the budget for 2005-06 as compared to Rs93.5 million in 1999-2000. During the...		Autonomy to hospitals: system fails to deliver RAWALPINDI, June 6: The autonomy given to teaching hospitals a couple of years back has failed to improve their working as both the doctors and the patients report a steep decline...
Opposition stages walkout in NA, Senate ISLAMABAD, June 6: Opposition walkouts and other protests greeted the national budget on Monday both in the National Assembly and Senate, where two senators from Balochistan hurled budget documents onto the...		SC grants bail to former MNA ISLAMABAD, June 6: A full bench of the Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to former PPP MNA Aziz Memon on furnishing surety bond of Rs1 million. The former PPP parliamentarian...
Dar slams nominal raise in salaries ISLAMABAD, June 6: The former finance minister and PML-N parliamentary leader, Senator Ishaq Dar, has slammed the government for making marginal increase in the salaries and pensions in the budget 2005-06....		‘Cellphone activation charges cut by Rs500’ ISLAMABAD, June 6: The activation charges of mobile phone connections have been reduced from Rs1,000 to Rs500 per connection, Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan announced here on Monday....
SC summer vacations from 13th ISLAMABAD, June 6: The summer vacations in the Supreme Court will start on June 13 and the court will reopen on September 12. A notification in this regard was issued by...		Recovery of girl urged ISLAMABAD, June 6: PML Public Complaints Bureau Chairman Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmad Ranjha has asked the officials concerned to recover a girl kidnapped in Kohistan and arrest the culprits. According to a...
Investors from Qatar due soon ISLAMABAD, June 6: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Monday said a delegation of Qatari entrepreneurs would visit Pakistan shortly in the wake of President Pervez Musharraf’s visit which imparted a new...		Strategy for Baglihar meeting finalized ISLAMABAD, June 6: Pakistan on Monday finalized strategy to present its case on the Baglihar dam dispute with India before the World Bank appointed neutral expert later this week in Paris....
Rs1.4bn for parliament ISLAMABAD, June 6: The two houses of the federal legislature will get Rs1.4 billion for meeting their expenses during next financial year. In the budget 2005-06, the government has allocated Rs939.6...		Govt employees’ new pay scales ISLAMABAD, June 6: Following are the revised pay scales for government employees....
Joint sitting not mandatory ISLAMABAD, June 6: The government told the Senate on Monday it was only discretionary and not mandatory for President Pervez Musharraf to call a joint sitting of parliament and address it...		APHC leaders to meet Musharraf ISLAMABAD, June 6: The visiting delegation of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference will call on President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Tuesday. “Detailed discussions on fresh proposals...
Gulf visit to increase trade: Musharraf ISLAMABAD, June 6: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday described his three-day visit to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as extremely successful, saying it would further consolidate trade and economic ties...		New uniform for school students opposed CHITRAL, June 6: Qazi Mohammad Ishaque, a local JUI leader, has demanded of the government to revise its decision of changing uniform of government-run schools in the province or at least...
Committee on wage award shortly: PM ISLAMABAD, June 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday that a committee would be constituted to look into the Seventh Wage Board Award’s implementation. Talking to newsmen at the Parliament...		Two Afghans youths seek asylum in Netherlands PESHAWAR, June 6: Two Afghan youths hailing from southern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Monday sought asylum in the Netherlands, saying “our lives are not safe in our homeland”. Addressing a...
‘Work on Chashma N-power plant to begin by year-end’ BEIJNG, June 6: China on Monday announced that work on construction of 300 megawatt Chashma Nuclear Power Plant — Phase 2 will start by the end of this year, or early...		Kasuri leaves for US tomorrow RAWALPINDI, June 6: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri is proceeding to Washington on Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations and international developments with the American leadership, official sources said here on Monday. “The...
Schoolchildren block road in Mohmand Agency GHALLANAI (Mohmand Agency), June 6: The main road in Lakaro tehsil remained blocked for two hours on Monday as a mark of protest by some schoolchildren. The youngsters had blocked the...		200 affected families threaten to migrate CHITRAL, June 6: About two hundred families living in Garam Chashma have warned the government that they would migrate to Afghanistan if channels irrigating their fields were not repaired. They said...
PSF demands judicial probe into varsity violence PESHAWAR June 6: The provincial chairman of the People’s Student Federation (PSF) has demanded of the NWFP governor to restore 29 rusticated students of the Gommal University and constitute an inquiry...		NALC speaker satisfied with pace of uplift GILGIT, June 6: Speaker of the Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC), Malik Mohammad Miskeen, said the government had been giving special attention to improving the lot of the people in the...
Call for effective utilization of water resources PESHAWAR, June 6: Experts at a seminar have stressed the need for an integrated approach for effective utilization of water resources as the population of the country is expected to increase...		LoC not acceptable as permanent border: APHC leaders get warm welcome in Lahore LAHORE, June 6: APHC leaders, during their brief visit to the city on Monday, said they would never accept the Line of Control as permanent border and that they wanted representation...
Gambling racket accused ‘released’ LAHORE, June 6: Police have set free the owner of an alleged gambling den and 13 other people, besides returning them stake money and a large number of weapons ‘on the...		Three POs killed in encounter GUJRANWALA, June 6: Three proclaimed offenders were killed while as many were arrested on Monday following an encounter in Tajpura, Garjakh. Police received information that some POs were present in the...
Recovered child jockey still in govt custody DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 6: A child jockey recovered from Abu Dhabi, whose brother had died during a camel race there, is still in the government custody despite passage of six...		Farmers feel ignored LAHORE, June 6: Farmers’ bodies said on Monday the government had failed to offer anything concrete to the agriculture sector in the budget, and termed it more of a “business as...
Funds for poultry TOBA TEK SINGH, June 6: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has announced providing financial assistance of Rs20,000 each to 100 people from the Baitul Maal funds for the poultry business in Toba...		Delay in medical college construction SIALKOT, June 6: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s local leadership has expressed grave concern over the inordinate delay in starting work on the proposed Sialkot Medical College building. Talking to journalists here on...
High-yielding wheat varieties developed FAISALABAD, June 6: The Wheat Research Institute has developed varieties which can produce 60 to 70 maunds per acre grains. Institute Director Dr Aqil Khan, speaking to the participants of a...		PO killed in ‘encounter’ SAHIWAL, June 6: Farid Town police on Sunday night killed a proclaimed offender in an encounter in Chak 88/6-R. Acting on a tip-off that PO Allah Yar Sanghla was present in...
UAF students stage sit-in FAISALABAD, June 6: Dozens of students of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad held a demonstration and set up a protest camp outside the local press club on Monday in protest against...		School without basic facilities RAHIM YAR KHAN, June 6: The Government Girls Primary School, Kocha Mir Muhammad Husain in Mohallah Kanjooan, is deprived of all basic facilities. Established before partition, the school has only five...
Amended Punjab Local Govt Ord promulgated LAHORE, June 6: Governor Khalid Maqbool promulgated on Monday the amended Punjab Local Government Ordinance. Talking to reporters, Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja said a bill in this respect would be...		Three more join PML LAHORE, June 6: Three important leaders, two from the PML-N and one from the PPP, on Monday joined the ruling PML, expressing confidence in the leadership of President Pervez Musharraf and...
A ‘slight slide’ in wheat yield LAHORE, June 6: Punjab on Monday conceded a slight slide in wheat production and put the final figure at 17.3 million ton against the original target of 17.5 million ton. Counting...		PBC strike against sacrilege on 9th LAHORE, June 6: The Pakistan Bar Council has given a country-wide strike call for June 9 in protest against desecration of the Holy Quran at Guantanamo Bay, saying the sacrilege has...
Sharp fall in mercury brings relief LAHORE, June 6: A westerly system brought clouds which led to a sharp fall in temperature in the provincial metropolis and several other parts of the Punjab. The local met office...		Medical report confirms rape GUJRANWALA, June 6: The medical report of a minor girl, who was kidnapped by a couple and later recovered by police, confirmed that she was raped several times. The DHQ hospital...
No lady doctor for women prisoners PESHAWAR, June 6: Peshawar district and sessions judge Shahjehan Akhunzada has expressed concern that a lady doctor has not been appointed for the women’s section of central prison during the last...		NWFP’s deficit to rise due to pay increase PESHAWAR, June 6: The gap between the NWFP government’s total revenue receipts and expenditure is set to expand further during the 2005-06 financial year due to the federal government’s decision to...