June 15, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1426

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‘NFC Award finalized by Musharraf not acceptable’ ISLAMABAD, June 14: Combined opposition in the Senate on Tuesday announced that it would not accept the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award expected to be finalized by Gen Pervez Musharraf. Speaking...		Mukhtaran demands removal of name from ECL ISLAMABAD, June 14: Meerwala gang-rape victim Mukhtaran Mai on Tuesday demanded removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL) and urged the government to let her live as a...
38,000 more telephone lines for AJK soon MUZAFFARABAD, June 14: At least 38,000 more telephone lines will be added to the existing 70,000 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) by the end of the current fiscal year with...		PPP, PML-N discuss charter of democracy ISLAMABAD, June 14: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), two major components of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), have agreed on most of the...
Credibility problem on Gwadar KARACHI: A credibility problem exists between the rulers and the people regarding the development of Gwadar town, with deep-rooted suspicions on both sides. This reporter went to the town after a...		‘Fears need to be addressed’ KARACHI: The district nazim of Gwadar stresses the need for effective cooperation among government agencies and stakeholders to integrate development activities in the town. Nazim Baboo Gulab, who was on a...
Senator acts to end Quetta PML row QUETTA, June 14: The central leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has intervened to resolve the ongoing tussle between Chief Minister Jam Yousuf and some of PML’s parliamentary party...		Over Rs996m RCB, CCB budgets unveiled RAWALPINDI, June 14: The budgets of Rawalpindi and Chaklala cantonment boards for the year 2005-2006, totalling Rs996.210 million, were unveiled here on Tuesday. An amount of Rs622.400 has been allocated for...
Remand of ex-SC official, 2 accomplices extended ISLAMABAD, June 14: A Rawalpindi accountability court on Tuesday remanded former Supreme Court registrar and his two accomplices in the custody of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for another 10 days in...		NWFP AG told to continue PESHAWAR, June 14: The Governor’s House on Monday confirmed that the NWFP advocate-general had resigned, however, he had been asked to continue till further orders. An official statement said AG Hamed...
Protest against govt ad ban on June 25 KARACHI, June 14: The APNS and the CPNE have decided at a joint meeting to observe a protest day throughout the country on June 25 against the government’s ban on advertisements...		Inspector shot dead KARACHI, June 14: A police inspector was killed and his three friends were injured when some motorcyclists opened fire on them in the Boulton Market area late on Tuesday night, police...
Three killed in clash QUETTA, June 14: Three men were killed and eight others injured in a clash between two groups of tribesmen at the cattle market near the eastern bypass of the city on...		NWFP fails to spend Rs469 million development grants PESHAWAR, June 14: The provincial government has failed to utilize over Rs469 million which foreign donors had extended to it as grant for development activities during 2004-05, according to official record....
Power failure delays surgery PESHAWAR, June 14: Doctors in the Lady Reading Hospital had to postpone many operations on Tuesday because of power failure and non-supply of water, doctors and patients told Dawn ....		Three killed in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 14: At least three people, including nephew of a former MNA, were killed in two incidents of firing here on Tuesday. Families of Malik Saaduddin and...
Darul Aman: Apwa awaiting probe report PESHAWAR, June 14: The All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa) is contemplating closing down its decade-old shelter in the city following allegations that women living there are forced into prostitution. Apwa chairperson...		Four die in road accident DARRA ADAMKHEL, June 14: Four people were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a trailer near Thandi Kallay on the approach road to the Friendship Tunnel here on...
SC upholds death penalty in multi-murder case PESHAWAR, June 14: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition of the mother of a juvenile offender and upheld the death penalty awarded to him on five counts. A two-member...		Bail granted to former Pakistan Steel GM PESHAWAR, June 14: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former general manager of Pakistan Steel Mills, Mian Hissamuddin, convicted in an accountability case. The...
Communication network hit by sabotage in Kohat KOHAT, June 14: Unknown miscreants damaged the main optic fibre cable near the KDA Township, disrupting the communication system on Monday night. Besides, mobile telephone services and internet facilities also remained...		Accident claims two lives CHITRAL, June 14: Two people were killed and five sustained serious injuries when a jeep fell into a ravine while negotiating a sharp turn at Barenis, some 49 kilometres from here,...
Kidnapping, murder case registered PESHAWAR, June 14: The Matani police have registered a case of kidnapping and murder of two persons, whose bodies were found near the Arat Baba shrine in Adizai village two...		MSc results KOHAT, June 14: The Kohat University of Science and Technology declared results of the first term of MSc zoology, physics and mathematics on Monday. According to a press release issued here,...
Cantt officials slammed MARDAN, June 14: People have condemned cantonment officials for illegally renting out space along the road, except for The Mall, in the area to vendors and pushcart owners. A group of...		Faisalabad traders threaten strike: ‘Murder over land’ FAISALABAD, June 14: The local trade bodies have threatened to observe a complete strike if a case is not registered against the three people and the policemen who killed a man...
Sacked Kharian nazim held GUJRANWALA, June 14: Police on Tuesday arrested the sacked Kharian tehsil nazim during a raid and the anti-corruption establishment registered a case against him. Reports said Nadeem Asghar Kaira had allegedly...		Arrest of journalist condemned SHEIKHUPURA, June 14: Punjab Correspondent Union has demanded immediate release of an editor of a fortnightly newspaper, Faisal Javaid, who has allegedly been detained by Race Course police, Lahore...
Owners warn of powerlooms closure FAISALABAD, June 14: The Powerlooms Association has threatened to close down units in protest against what they called threatening attitude of some labour leaders and failure of the administration to resolve...		Trader kidnapped over rivalry GUJRANWALA, June 14: A commission agent of the Kamoki grain market was kidnapped for ransom by his rivals from his Mangal Doona Singh village here on Tuesday. Reports said Abdul Hamid...
Five injured by dacoits GUJRANWALA, June 14: Dacoits looted two houses and injured five people, including a woman, here on Tuesday. One of the robbers was also caught after being injured in a shootout with...		Bodies of two boys recovered SIALKOT, June 14: The divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two schoolboys who had drowned in the Tavi River on Monday. The students, Waris Suleman and Kashif Bashir of Miani...
MIC outpatient department to take off in July MULTAN, June 14: The outpatient department (OPD) of the under-construction building of the Multan Institute of Cardiology is likely to start serving the area people from the next month....		Accident claims life GUJRAT, June 14: One person was killed and three others injured in a road accident near Khokhar Colony in Jalalpur Jattan on Tuesday. Two motorcycles rammed into an official vehicle as...
PPP wants fair local polls LAHORE, June 14: PPP Secretary-General Jehangir Badr said on Tuesday that the local elections should be free, fair and transparent, and the official machinery should not be allowed to interfere in...		Minister for collection of research works LAHORE, June 14: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has called for collection of past research works to make them available to young researchers to avoid duplication and wastage of...
Punjab told to ensure free flow of wheat LAHORE, June 14: The federal government on Tuesday intervened to stop ‘aggressive buying’ of wheat by the Punjab Food Department and asked it to ensure ‘free flow of the...		Uproar mars budget debate LAHORE, June 14: Deputy Speaker Shaukat Mazari had to shout down everybody in the house to control the chaos caused by treasury benches desiring the chair not to give floor to...
Opposition stages walkout LAHORE, June 14: Opposition members walked out of the house on Tuesday to protest alleged victimization at the hands of government agencies. As the session started 35 minutes late on Tuesday...		Use of force against PTCL employees condemned LAHORE, June 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has condemned what he termed use of force against Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited workers and advised the government to resolve the dispute...
Law-enforcement must to curb child labour LAHORE, June 14: Poverty alone cannot be blamed for forcing children to become labourers, say panelists at a discussion on Tuesday. Lack of awareness among the parents, education system without scope...		PPP meeting postponed LAHORE, June 14: A meeting of the PPP ‘s central leaders scheduled for July 4 and 5 in London has been postponed because of the local elections, the party’s provincial information...
Taxpayers’ Unit opens tomorrow LAHORE, June 14: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool will inaugurate ‘large taxpayers unit’ (LTU) at the Tax House, Nabha Road, here on Thursday (tomorrow)....		Protest against water shortage in Sukkur SUKKUR, June 14: Hundreds of people of Old Sukkur and New Pind, including women and children, staged a protest demonstration and sit-in on the Jail road on Tuesday following the non-supply...
Case registered against doctors THATTA, June 14: The Makli police have registered a case against two medical officers and a dispenser of the Makli Civil Hospital for their alleged negligence resulting in the death of...		Need stressed to make full use of resources PESHAWAR, June 14: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has said the Frontier province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) offer the most conducive environment for establishing businesses and industrial units. “The geographic...
Education key to progress: minister PESHAWAR, June 14: Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that the era of fighting wars with weapons has long ended and now people all over the world arm themselves with...		Two lightning victims die KOHAT, June 14: Two of the five sepoys of the Khyber Rifles, who were struck by lightning, died in the Orakzai Agency late in Sunday night. One of the deceased, Jehanzeb,...