June 13, 2005	Monday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 5, 1426

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Rashid hints at flexibility on Kashmir: LoC not acceptable as border LAHORE, June 12: Pakistan adheres to its point of view that solution to the Kashmir dispute lies in the implementation of the UN resolutions, but it may show flexibility...		Mukhtaran being shifted to Lahore MULTAN, June 12: Mukhtaran Mai, the victim of Meerwala gangrape, has reportedly been informed by the police authorities that she would be driven to Lahore amid tight security at midnight...
Takeover of PTCL facilities criticized ISLAMABAD, June 12: A large number of trade unions and civil society organizations here on Sunday criticized the countrywide arrest of Pakistan Telecommunication Company workers,..		Iesco seeks hike in power tariff ISLAMABAD, June 12: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) has sought an increase of 14 to 83 paisa per unit for the consumers of various categories. The company has filed a petition...
Opposition terms budget anti-people TAXILA, June 12: People from various walks of life, including politicians, trade union leaders and traders, have shown mixed response to the federal budget with the ruling party leaders...		President’s help sought for recovery of money ISLAMABAD, June 12: An American Muslim here on Sunday sought the help of President Gen Pervez Musharraf and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to recover $5million...
CSOs resent govt decision: Mai’s name on ECL ISLAMABAD, June 12: The representatives of various civil society organizations (CSOs) on Saturday expressed their “extreme outrage and disgust” over the treatment of a gangrape victim,...		Group threatens to approach opposition QUETTA, June 12: A group of dissident ministers and MPAs of the Pakistan Muslim League has decided to work out a joint strategy in consultation with opposition parties regarding the provincial...
PPP legislator arrested HYDERABAD, June 12: People’s Party Parliamentarians MPA from Hyderabad, Mr Zahid Bhurgari, was arrested by the Latifabad police on Sunday evening. Mr Bhurgari, who is also president of the party’s city...		Mother, son electrocuted CHAMAN, June 12: A woman and her son were electrocuted here on Sunday when a 11000 KV, high voltage wire fell on their house. Noor Bibi and her son Noor Ali...
Bomb blasts near Sann station damage pylons DADU, June 12: Two electricity pylons of 500kv high transmission line were damaged near the Sann railway station when bombs exploded on Sunday morning. A Wapda team led by executive engineer...		Councillors threaten to launch movement PESHAWAR, June 12: Councillors belonging to tribal agencies have asked the government to give them necessary powers to serve the masses. They threatened to launch a protest movement if the demand...
Steps urged to end child labour PESHAWAR, June 12: Speakers at a seminar on child labour have reminded the government of its “constitutional obligation” to provide free education to children, extend proper facilities...		Rain, storm in Sindh interior NAWABSHAH, June 12: Different parts of the interior of Sindh received rains on Sunday. In the Nawabshah district, Shama, 15, daughter of Jamal Qureshi,...
Most of Sukkur without power SUKKUR, June 12: Power supply to a major part of the city could not be restored on Sunday even after 24 hours after a breakdown caused by a storm...		Police harass PTCL staff’s relatives LAHORE, June 12: Police during its desperate hunt for PTCL employees on Saturday kept harassing and humiliating relatives and family members of the ‘wanted’ in the wake of the takeover...
Draft law on PR returned LAHORE, June 13: The federal law ministry has returned the draft law sent to it by the railways ministry for vetting to make the railways a corporation. Sources told Dawn on...		Two PTCL workers arrested LAKKI MARWAT, June 12: Two employees of the PTCL were arrested as law enforcement agencies continued a crackdown on striking workers ahead of the sell-off date...
House job doctors’ strike continues PESHAWAR, June 12: A strike being held by house job doctors at the Khyber Teaching Hospital in protest against the government for not raising their monthly stipend entered its fourth day...		Gen Hayat visits North Waziristan PESHAWAR, June 12: Vice Chief of Army Staff Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat on Sunday visited the troops in North Waziristan. During the visit Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat was given a briefing...
Man challenges alimony ruling PESHAWAR, June 12: A man has requested a local court to absolve him from paying dower and alimony to his former wife on the grounds that she was his foster sister....		DPO’s car taken away TOBA TEK SINGH, June 12: Thieves drove away the car of Dera Ghazi Khan DPO when he was on a private visit here on Sunday. DPO Tariq Masood Yasin...