June 16, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 8, 1426

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Senators condemn denial of US visa to Javed Iqbal ISLAMABAD, June 15: The treasury and opposition senators on Wednesday joined hands to condemn the US treatment of Pakistani citizens in general and denial of visa to Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal...		Normality has returned to PTCL: Awais ISLAMABAD, June 15: Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Wednesday said security forces could now be withdrawn from the Pakistan Telecommunication Company installations as issues between the...
Opposition for curbing army’s political role ISLAMABAD, June 15: Leaders of major opposition parties on Wednesday vowed to continue their struggle against military dictatorship and called for unity on a one-point agenda of permanently eliminating the role...		Govt to launch campaign against quacks ISLAMABAD, June 15: The government on Wednesday announced to launch a country-wide campaign for curbing the mushroom growth of quacks soon after the fiscal budget for 2005-06 is passed. This assurance...
‘Mukhtaran puts off US visit owing to mother’s illness’ WASHINGTON, June 15:The Pakistan embassy said on Wednesday that the government had not stopped Mukhtaran Mai from travelling abroad and she had postponed her trips due to her mother’s illness. The...		CAA to spend Rs14m to upgrade bay for PIA jets RAWALPINDI, June 15: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will spend Rs14 million on upgradation of the aircraft parking bay at the Islamabad airport to accommodate PIA’s new jets. Airport Manager Farooq...
3.58m people jobless in country, NA told ISLAMABAD, June 15: Some 48,000 postgraduates and 186,000 graduates form part of the 3.58 million jobless people in the country. This was revealed before the National Assembly by ministry of labour,...		Haqiqi sector in-charge convicted in US SAN FRANCISCO, June 15: A federal jury in Chicago has convicted Mohammad Azam Hussain, a sector in-charge of the MQM Haqiqi for lying to US immigration officials of concealing his membership...
Shujaat, Aziz discuss budget ISLAMABAD, June 15: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at the PM’s parliament house chamber and discussed a host of issues including the...		PFUJ, Apnec to hold protests KARACHI, June 15: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (APNEC) will organize protest camps and rallies between June 23 and June 25 at...
2 killed in Karachi late-night shooting KARACHI, June 15: Two people were gunned down on M.A. Jinnah Road near Radio Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday in what is believed to be part of the ongoing...		PM allows Rashid’s visit to Srinagar ISLAMABAD, June 15: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed will travel to held Kashmir on June 30 by the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service in his personal capacity. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has allowed...
Ponam plans protest rallies against govt ISLAMABAD, June 15: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) has decided to hold country-wide protest demonstrations after budget session, to press the government to accept its demands viz-a-viz provincial autonomy and...		Boards to oversee private hospitals QUETTA, June 15: Provincial Health Minister Hafiz Hamadullah has said that a medical board will be constituted in every district of Balochistan to monitor the working of private hospitals. He said...
EC to seek report on law, order ISLAMABAD, June 15: The Election Commission of Pakistan would seek written declarations from the provinces to ensure law and order situation for holding local government elections in the country, Acting Chief...		NWFP hopes for Rs8.8bn grant PESHAWAR, June 15: The NWFP government will receive over Rs8.89 billion in special grants, including Rs3.89 billion subvention in accordance with the existing National Finance Commission (NFC) award, during 2005-06 to...
Plea against appointment of Fazl’s brother admitted PESHAWAR, June 15: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday admitted for full hearing a writ petition challenging the appointment of a brother of the leader of the opposition Maulana Fazlur Rehman...		PTCL system in Karak in disarray for six months PESHAWAR, June 15: At least 1000 telephone lines of different exchanges in Karak tehsil are non-functional for the last more than six months, causing great inconvenience to the people besides incurring...
Rs274m surplus budget for Haripur district HARIPUR, June 15: A revised surplus budget of Rs274 million of the Haripur district council for the year 2004-5 was presented here on Wednesday. The revised outlay of total income for...		Goldsmiths robbed of 4.5kg ornaments PESHAWAR, June 15: Two Afghan goldsmiths were deprived of 4.5kg gold ornaments worth around Rs5 million by four robbers on the Hospital Road near Sarafa Bazaar on Wednesday morning. Afghan gold...
Body set up to curtail tehsildars’ powers PESHAWAR, June 15: The NWFP government has constituted a high level committee to suggest a mechanism to curtail the powers of tehsildar and patwaris. An announcement to this effect was made...		Chamber team for Xinjiang GILGIT, June 15: A free trade zone will be opened at Tashqurghan town in the western Xinjiang autonomous region of China near Khunjerab border to boost bilatral border trade between the...
Bahawalpur just short of wheat target BAHAWALPUR, June 15: The Food Department is reportedly experiencing a shortfall of about 8,000 metric tons of wheat in Bahawalpur district as against the fixed target of 190,000 metric ton. However,...		Call for Chiniot’s upgradation as district JHANG, June 15: The movement for conversion of Chiniot tehsil into district has picked up steam here, as rallies to press the authorities concerned for fulfilling the demand entered eighth day...
Minister visits site for new Cantt SIALKOT, June 15: State Minister for Defence Zahid Hamid on Wednesday visited the site for army’s new Cantonment near Pasrur. Giving a briefing, the officials concerned said as many as 3,000...		Human smuggler held, 52 rescued GUJRANWALA, June 15: An FIA (passport cell) team arrested a human smuggler here on Wednesday. The team also raided various places and recovered 52 people being sent abroad through Quetta and...
Three ‘garment cities’ in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, June 15: Three ‘garment cities’ will be established in Faisalabad to boost exports and earn foreign exchange. This was stated by Ministry of Textile Industry Secretary Masood Alam Rizvi while...		Girls’ college lacks staff for MA classes SIALKOT, June 15: Despite a passage of two years, the education department has not appointed teachers for the post-graduate classes at the Government College for Women, Daska. It is learnt...
Dera DCO asked not to go by fresh budget DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 15: Dera district naib nazim and district council convener Javed Iqbal Qaisrani on Wednesday conveyed to the DCO and all EDOs through an official letter not to...		Another youth kidnapped: Rs50m ransom demanded FAISALABAD, June 15: Unknown abductors kidnapped the young son of a local industrialist and demanded Rs50 million ransom for his release here on Tuesday night. Farhatullah (24) was on way from...
‘Sweeping powers’ to tax officials decried FAISALABAD, June 15: Trade leaders and industrialists have criticized the government’s step to delegate ‘sweeping powers’ to income tax commissioners through latest amendments. Speaking at a post-budget seminar held here at...		Man, infant die on road GUJRANWALA, June 15: A man and his six-month-old son were killed while his four other family members sustained injuries in a road accident here on Wednesday. Reports said Obaidullah was on...
Meeting on flour price remains inconclusive LAHORE, June 15: A meeting between the Punjab Food Department and millers to discuss rising flour prices on Wednesday remained inconclusive as far as the stated purpose of lowering the rate...		Budget debate turns ugly LAHORE, June 15: Deputy Opposition Leader Rana Sanaullah Khan’s remarks about ‘turncoats’ provoked the treasury benches to the extent that they rushed to thrash the PML-N leader during the budget debate...
CDGL pockets revenue from general bus stand LAHORE, June 15: The City District Government has raised income from the Badami Bagh General Bus Stand fee from Rs100 million to Rs150 million during the past four years without providing...		HRCP slams minister’s remarks against NGOs LAHORE, June 15: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has taken exception to the remarks made by a minister of state and an adviser to the prime minister on the role...
Duty-free import of food items opposed LAHORE, June 15: The government’s recent decision to allow duty-free import of vegetables and livestock from neighbouring countries will have disastrous implications for the farming sector in the country. This was...		Case against hundreds of law-breakers: Indecision on Nankana tehsils SHEIKHUPURA, June 15: The Safdarabad police on Wednesday registered a case against hundreds of people for creating violence while marking their protest against the provincial government’s decision to abolish Safdarabad’s status...
Boy dies on board flight LAHORE, June 15: A minor died on board a PIA flight (Karachi-Lahore-London) because of illness on Wednesday. Officials said that two-and-half-year-old Ameer Umar was travelling along with his mother on PK-787....		Lineman’s body left hanging for 5 hours SUKKUR, June 15: Kandhra police, after five hours of hectic effort, managed to lower the body of a Hesco lineman, Allah Warrayo Khaskheli, who was electrocuted while working on a high-tension...
Power supply to three villages cut NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 15: The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Tharushah sub-division) disconnected power supply to three villages on Wednesday. Consumers from Zubair Panhwar, Moosa Panhwar and Sadiq Ujjan villages approached the...		Over Rs1.6bn budget for Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, June 15: District Nazim Faryal Talpur presented a budget of Rs1679.688 million, with a surplus of Rs97.18 million, for the year 2005-06 here on Wednesday, which has been unanimously approved...
Erring officials will face action: nazim DADU, June 15: Zila Nazim Dadu, Malik Asad Sikandar, has said that development works initiated in the district during the last five months of his suspension were illegal. He said that...		Mill managementcriticized HYDERABAD, June 15: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Workers Federation has criticized the management of the Army Welfare Sugar Mills, Badin, for not accepting demands of the union. In a statement issued...
Police officials want action against MQM SUKKUR, June 15: Kandhkot DPO Ferozuddin Abbasi has left the charge and gone to Karachi to meet the Sindh IGP to ask him for action against the leadership of the Muttahida...		Hearing of Sherpao’s petitionadjourned PESHAWAR, June 15: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a writ petition filed by Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao seeking exemption from payment of wealth tax on...
Governor for raising education standard KOHAT, June 15: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has stressed the need for achieving the highest degree of professionalism in educational institutions. Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony marking the conclusion of a staff...		Rocket attack accused take refuge in Bara PESHAWAR, June 15: The political administration in Khyber Agency has failed to arrest six accused who have taken refuge in Bara tehsil after a rocket attack on a house in Pakha...
Rape accused held PESHAWAR, June 15: Police on Wednesday arrested the main accused who had allegedly raped a teenage girl at gunpoint at her home in the Notia locality. The Bhanamari police station registered...		Four people freed after raid on police station SUKKUR, June 15: The first judicial magistrate of Sukkur on Wednesday raided the Site police station and recovered four persons, including the son of SNP leader Muneer Ahmed Shaikh, who had...