June 11, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 3, 1426

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Kasuri warns against extremists designs WASHINGTON, June 10: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has suggested taking the Pakistan-India process forward at a greater speed so that it is not “hijacked” by extremists....		US to give $200m budget support ISLAMABAD, June 10: The United States will provide Pakistan an additional $200 million to support the social and economic investments envisaged in the budget. An agreement to this effect was signed...
‘$50m planes to be purchased for president, PM’ ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government has arranged loans to import special planes worth $50 million for the president and prime minister, Senator Enver Baig told the Senate here on Friday....		MQM wants military pensions drawn from defence budget ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has asked the government to draw pensions of retired military officials from the defence budget, as it was the practice a few years...
Rs68 million for paramilitary forces’ schemes in N.Areas ISLAMABAD, June 10: The federal government has earmarked Rs68 million for various projects to be implemented by the interior and defence division in Northern Areas under the Public Sector...		NFC award not in sight: minister KARACHI, June 10: For Sindh’s Finance Minister Syed Sardar Ahmad a consensus award of the National Finance Commission (NFC) is not in sight and he gave a vent to his frustration and disappointment by saying ‘Hunooz Dilli door ast’....
5 killed in firing over matrimonial dispute NOWSHERA, June 10: At least five people were killed and six others wounded in an exchange of fire between two groups over a matrimonial dispute in Adamzai village, police said....		Wage board issue raised in Senate ISLAMABAD, June 10: People’s Party Parliamentarians Senator Enver Baig on Friday raised the issue of nonimplementation of the 7th Wage Board Award for newspapers employees...
Call for release of BSO leaders QUETTA, Jan 10: Baloch Students Organization leaders Dr Allah Nazar Baloch, Ali Nawaz Gohar and Akhtar Nadeem Baloch have called upon the government to release their members arrested in Karachi on...		Postponement of interviews criticized QUETTA, June 10: The Balochistan Unemployed Agriculture Graduates Association on Friday criticized the postponement of interviews for appointments in the water management project....
Paramedics want service structure MIRPURKHAS, June 10: A procession was taken out by the Pakistan Paramedical Staff Association, Mirpurkhas district, on Friday demanding approval of their service structure....		Price control preferred over pay raise PESHAWAR, June 10: Public sector employees are of the view that the federal and provincial governments should control prices of essential items instead of raising salaries which, they believe, will be...
Development, Zakat funds may lapse DADU, June 10: Funds amounting to Rs180 million, earmarked for various development projects in the district, have not been utilized by the departments concerned in the current fiscal year ending on...		Hesco yields to protests, restores power supply SANGHAR, June 10: A large number of people of Khan Mohammad Khaskheli, Misri Qambrani and Gulan Baladi villages staged a sit-in in Jhol town on Friday to protest against disconnection of...
Mother of three seeks protection LARKANA, June 10: A mother of three children has expressed apprehensions that she may be killed by her husband and father-in-law and has approached the DPO to seek protection....		Wanted man arrested DARRA ADAMKHEL (FR Kohat), June 10: A wanted man was arrested here on Thursday, raising the number of detained tribesmen to 55, as a crackdown on criminals believed to be hiding...
Lawyers stage protest rally CHITRAL, June 10: Lawyers in Chitral boycotted court proceedings on Thursday and took out a procession to protest against the desecration of the Holy Quran by US soldiers in Guantanamo Bay....		Tribesmen accuse FC of grabbing their land PESHAWAR, June 10: The Darpakhel Dawar tribesmen have accused the Frontier Corps (FC) of occupying 35,000 kanals of land in Miramshah, North Waziristan Agency’s headquarters....
Faisalabad to have new complexion: TMA demarcation plan FAISALABAD, June 10: The demarcation of the ‘biggest’ Tehsil Municipal Administration in the country will be made afresh after which the areas falling under the TMA Saddar will become part of...		Girls’ plea for science teacher LAKKI MARWAT, June 10: Girl students and their parents have demanded that the government should appoint a science teacher at the Ghaznikhel girls’ high school at the earliest....
3-tier formula approved for specialists, says minister PESHAWAR, June 10: Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah Khan announced on Friday that a 3-tier formula had been approved in principle for district specialists....		Case against TMA official leads to mudslinging FAISALABAD, June 10: The Sargodha Road police on Friday registered a case against the chairman of the TMA’s monitoring committee for finance on the charges of extorting money from people....
Mukhtaran ‘confined to house for 10 days’: Vows to fight for justice MULTAN, June 10: Mukhtaran, the Meerwala gang-rape victim, has accused the government of forcibly restricting her movement so that she could not meet her lawyers and sympathizers....		Duststorm claims seven lives BAHAWALNAGAR, June 10: Thursday evening’s dust storm that disrupted life in the entire Punjab also claimed seven lives, including six in Bahawalnagar district alone....
Building laws’ violation threat to aircraft SARGODHA, June 10: The aircraft are threatened by illegal constructions going on in Sargodha with impunity owing to the alleged corruption of tehsil municipal administration officials....		One killed as roof caves in FAISALABAD, June 10: A man was killed while two others hurt when the roof of a house caved-in at Ghulam Muhammadabad here on Friday....
Scrap blast claims yet another life LAHORE, June 10: A labourer was killed and two others suffered injuries in a scrap blast at a godown in Misri Shah on Friday night....		Interests of provinces to be protected: Dareshak on NFC award LAHORE, June 10: Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshek said on Friday that he was hopeful that the “interests of all provinces would be protected in the sixth NFC award”....
Mangla Dam raising contract awarded on merit LAHORE, June 10: The contract for the Mangla Dam raising project was awarded in a transparent manner after meeting all contractual obligations, claims Wapda Chairman Tariq Hameed....		Woman deported from Dubai LAHORE, June 10: Immigration authorities arrested on Friday a woman for allegedly taking a minor boy to the United Arab Emirates for camel race....
JI protests killings in Karachi LAHORE, June 10: The Jamaat-i-Islami demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club on Friday to condemn the recent killings in Karachi and sacrilege of the Holy Quran at Guantanamo Bay....		Indian jurists LAHORE, June 10: A delegation of Indian jurists arrived here on Friday on a week-long visit. Led by Utter Pradesh Advocate-General Zuanda Bharata, the delegation members are due to visit Islamabad,...
Delay in NWFP budget assailed PESHAWAR, June 10: The provincial government’s decision to present its budget for the next financial year on June 19 has been viewed by leaders of the combined opposition in the NWFP...		Tributes paid to Maulana Popalzai PESHAWAR, June 10: Speakers paid tribute to freedom fighter, religious scholar, poet and journalist the late Maulana Abdur Rahim Popalzai at a reference held here on Thursday....