June 8, 2005	Wednesday	Rabi-us-Sani 30, 1426

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Timeframe sought for Kashmiris’ inclusion ISLAMABAD, June 7: The visiting delegation of leaders from occupied Kashmir led by All Parties’ Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday called for a roadmap and timeframe for inclusion...		Mosque blast: two suspects arrested KARACHI, June 7: Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two suspected militants of a banned organization, claiming they were involved in the suicide bomb attack on a city mosque on...
Pakistan asked to defend Iran’s right to N-energy ISLAMABAD, June 7: Three former foreign ministers have urged the governments of Pakistan and Iran to reconsider their recent policies of estrangement in view of common interests of both the countries....		PMDC secy records evidence: Senate body meets ISLAMABAD, June 7: Startling disclosures about collusion of health ministry and private medical institutions to influence the Senate were made before a sub-committee of the Senate standing committee on health as...
Poor bidding threatens Neelum project ISLAMABAD, June 7: A poor response from bidders has put in jeopardy the $1.6 billion Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHPP) in Azad Kashmir. A senior government official when contacted said the president...		Dar challenges budgetary figures ISLAMABAD, June 7: The former finance minister and parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Senate, Ishaq Dar, has challenged the budgetary figures presented by the government and said...
Rs2bn for clean drinking water ISLAMABAD, June 7: The government has earmarked an amount of Rs2 billion under the Public Sector Development Programme 2005-06 for the clean drinking water project. Under the project, which will be...		Advani’s resignation surprises Rashid ISLAMABAD, June 7: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday described the reported resignation of L.K. Advani from the President-ship of Bharatia Janata Party (BJP) as surprising. Talking...
Normality in Afghanistan soon, hopes US general ISLAMABAD, June 7: Deputy Commander of US Central Command (Centcom), Lt-Gen Lance L. Smith, separately met the interior minister, the chief of general staff of Pakistan Army and the chief of...		CPNE, APNS demand restoration of ads KARACHI, June 7: The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) have decided to form a joint action committee to initiate a series of protest...
Gas pipeline bursts near Larkana LARKANA, June 7: A 20-inch gas pipeline near Fatehpur village, some six kilometres from here, burst on Tuesday. The damage to the pipeline between Punjab and Karachi was caused by increased...		NA to start debate on budget tomorrow ISLAMABAD, June 7: The National Assembly will start discussion on the Federal Budget here from June 9. In this connection a meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee was held here...
Baltistan public transport in bad shape SKARDU, June 7: The people of Baltistan have expressed concern over the indifferent attitude of the authorities of Northern Areas Transport Corporation (NATCO) in providing services in Baltistan. They said the...		Tribes asked to ensure sectarian cohesion PESHAWAR, June 7: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has warned that no one would be allowed to carry out his agenda in the name of the Taliban movement in Orakzai Agency. He stressed...
Durrani’s plea for early NFC award PESHAWAR, June 7: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Tuesday that the provincial government was in a difficult situation where preparing the next budget was concerned due to the...		Traders call for withdrawal of ‘discriminatory’ tax GILGIT, June 7: Northern Areas’ traders who have been importing goods from neighbouring China have expressed grave concern over the resumption of levying the so-called Dassu tax in Kohistan district on...
Workshop for policemen SWABI, June 7: Majority of police personnel here are unaware of the juvenile justice system and feel hesitant to inform the probation officers concerned about the detention of juvenile offenders. It...		Military convoy escapes blast in N. Waziristan MIRAMSHAH (North Waziristan), June 7: A military convoy survived a bomb explosion in the Mirali sub-division of the North Waziristan Agency on Tuesday, officials said. They said that an explosive device,...
Three women among 7 kidnapped NAWABSHAH, June 7: Seven people, including three women of a family, have been kidnapped from the Bachalpur village. Mohammad Soomar Mallah, a relative of the kidnapped, lodged an FIR at Bachalpur...		Qaim rejects changes in local govt law KHAIRPUR, June 7: The president of the People’s Party Parliamentarian, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has rejected the amendments to the Sindh Local Government Ordinance introduced by the Sindh governor. Talking...
24 held in Kohat operation KOHAT, June 7: The political authorities with the help of khasadar force arrested 24 criminals in an operation launched in Darra Adam Khel, on the directives of NWFP governor on Tuesday...		12 outlaws held as police raid forest DADU, June 7: Police on Tuesday arrested six bandits and six absconders and recovered a huge quantity of arms from them. On a tip-off, a strong contingent of police, led by...
Jirga member accused of protecting kidnappers PESHAWAR, June 7: NWFP police chief Raffat Pasha on Monday directed the Kohistan police to use all available resources and ensure early recovery of a girl of Malakand Agency who was...		Afghan govt handed over 10 ambulances PESHAWAR, June 7: Pakistan on Tuesday handed over 10 well-equipped ambulances to Afghanistan’s government, according to an official handout. Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, deputy chief of protocol, ministry of foreign affairs...
Reaction mixed to federal budget HYDERABAD, June 7: The federal budget 2005-06 received a mixed response from different quarters here. In their comments obtained by Dawn on Tuesday, opposition parties rejected the budgetary proposals on the...		Health, education priority issues, says governor KHAIRPUR, June 7: Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad has said that the government is giving top priority to health, education and focusing on provision of basic facilities to people in rural...
Schedule of local polls this month, says Arbab NAWABSHAH, June 7: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said DCOs will replace nazims as district administrators after announcement of the schedule of the local bodies’ election this month....		Five bandits killed SHIKARPUR, June 7: Five bandits allegedly involved in kidnapping of two judges were killed in an encounter with police near Jatan-ji-Kiri village, Garhi Yasin taluka, on Tuesday afternoon. On a tip-off,...
Sundrani quits Mahars’ group, joins PPP SUKKUR, June 7: Parting ways with the Mahars of Ghotki, a prominent figure of the Sundrani tribe, Mr Ehsan Sundrani, joined People’s Party Parliamentarian, PPP, at a public meeting held in...		20,000 jobs for teachers promised LAHORE, June 7: Punjab government’s education reforms programme has been a success, says Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi. “It has enabled us to provide missing facilities in schools,” the chief minister told...
‘No legal status of women chamber’ LAHORE, June 7: The Commerce Ministry has questioned the legality of the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (north zone) and termed it only a “proposed organization with no legal status”....		Rail traffic resumes via Dharampura today LAHORE, June 7: Rail traffic will resume via Dharampura from Wednesday (today). Karakurram Express will be the first train to roll on to the track that links Lahore Cantonment and main...
Measures to prevent flood reviewed LAHORE, June 7: Flood protection arrangements in the province were reviewed at a high-level meeting here on Tuesday. Provincial Relief Commissioner Safdar Javed Syed chaired the meeting in which the City...		Fine to sugar mills void: LHC LAHORE, June 7: Declaring that the imposition of the maximum penalty amount on as many as 10 sugar mills in the province was unlawful, Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore...
PPP MPAs criticize government LAHORE, June 7: Two PPP MPAs, nominated as party’s spokespersons for various departments, criticized the government for its alleged failure to do what the Social Welfare, Women Development, Baitul Maal and...		Opposition ‘unlikely’ to disrupt Punjab budget session LAHORE, June 7: Opposition parties will not be able to create any problem for the government during the budget session because of a lack of cohesion in their ranks, a senior...
Minister holds open court LAHORE, June 7: The Punjab government is working to rehabilitate the poor on a permanent basis as part of its poverty alleviation strategy. This was stated by Punjab Health Minister Dr...		11 judges may be appointed in LHC LAHORE, June 7: The Lahore High Court may have 11 more judges, as efforts are being made that they are appointed before the summer vacation beginning in the second week of...
Four gangsters escape railway police custody FAISALABAD, June 7: Four criminals escaped from the Railway Police custody while the fifth was overpowered and arrested by a constable in Jaranwala. Reports said Jhang district police rounded up alleged...		45 criminals surrender in Gujrat GUJRAT, June 7: As many as 45 proclaimed offenders of different rival groups, including the one which murdered former Punjab law minister Chaudhry Farooq, surrendered before the DPO on Monday. They...
School performs well despite lack of facilities OKARA, June 7: A high school in the district is running short of human and material resources for long, as the authorities concerned have failed to provide facilities there. The issue...		THQ hospital in a state of neglect SIALKOT, June 7: Members of the Daska Civil Hospital Patients Welfare Society have expressed grave concern over the public complaints about unavailability of doctors, paramedical staff and life-saving drugs at the...
31 schools running without heads SIALKOT, June 7: Out of the 31 Government Girls High Schools in Daska tehsil, 24 have been running without headmistresses since long. Similarly, the seven boys high schools of six Daska...		25,000 apply for FDA housing scheme FAISALABAD, June 7: Over 25,000 applications have been received for the allotment of plots in the FDA City Housing Scheme. The housing scheme is being developed along the Motorway-3 on 1,218...
Water-borne diseases on the rise in NWFP PESHAWAR, June 7: Pakistan being a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals is supposed to implement its programmes and meet the target set forth at the world summit on sustainable...		Concern over high dropout rate among girls PESHAWAR, June 7: Corporal punishment and schools located in far off places in rural areas are the main reasons for the highest dropout rate among girls of NWFP. The dropout rate...
Working children exposed to lead poisoning PESHAWAR, June 7: A survey conducted by medical students has indicated that most of the children working in local automobile workshops are suffering from a host of medical problems because of...		Protest against AKU-EB ISLAMABAD, June 7: Activists of Islami Jammiat Talaba (IJT), Punjab, staged a protest rally against Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) here on Tuesday. The protesters led by Nazim-i-Aala Zubair Ahmed...
Adib Rizvi honoured by US varsity WASHINGTON, June 7: Prof Adibul Hasan Rizvi, Director of the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, has been conferred an honourary PhD degree by the University of Massachusetts at a...		‘All retired employees can operate benefit account’ QUETTA, June 7: A division bench of Balochistan High Court has disposed of a constitutional petition after the standing counsel submitted proof that the Benefit Account Rules 2003 would apply to...