June 17, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 9, 1426

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Musharraf calls for flexibility: ‘I’m qualified to play peacemaker’s role’ SYDNEY, June 16: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that Pakistan’s military had ‘broken the back’ of Al Qaeda and reduced the organization to small isolated bands hiding in the...		Nawaz appoints new office-bearers: PML-N reorganization at dist, provincial level ISLAMABAD, June 16: Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has finally appointed new office-bearers in 104 districts of the country, Islamabad city and all the four provinces after...
Shabab Milli chief vows to continue struggle against rulers QUETTA, June 16: Shabab Milli chief Syed Shahid Shah Gailani said on Thursday that he would press ahead with his struggle against “anti-people rulers” who had put the country’s integrity at...		Shujaat rules out change in govt, party leadership ISLAMABAD, June 16: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday rejected speculations about the change of prime minister or the president of the party. Speaking at a...
Senators allege role of agencies in sectarian violence ISLAMABAD, June 16: Opposition in the Senate on Thursday questioned the role of intelligence agencies in the incidents of sectarian violence in the country in the wake of arrest of a...		CII okays draft bill to stop ‘marriage with Quran’ ISLAMABAD, June 16: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has unanimously approved a draft bill aimed at eliminating the inhuman customs of marrying a woman to the Holy Quran and “Haq...
CSOs slam ministers’ remarks about NGOs ISLAMABAD, June 16: Several civil society organizations (CSOs) here on Thursday denounced the remarks of two federal ministers against Pakistani NGOs in the Senate on Monday and demanded them to publicly...		No change in plan despite controversy, says Rashid ISLAMABAD, June 16: Information Minister Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday he planned to go ahead with his visit to Srinagar on June 30 despite allegations about his running training camps for...
APC for end to privatization LAHORE, June 16: An all-party conference on Thursday demanded that the government should stop selling out national assets like the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd. Through a unanimously adopted resolution, the conference...		Slanging match in Punjab assembly LAHORE, June 16: The opposition resorted to slogans in the Punjab Assembly when speaker Afzal Sahi on Thursday put for voting the resolution condemning ‘indecent’ remarks by Rana Sanaullah. The slogans...
Govt blamed for misuse of anti-terrorist laws ISLAMABAD, June 16: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto, has accused the government of exploiting the war on terror to fabricate false terrorist charges against political...		French firms keen to invest in power sector ISLAMABAD, June 16: French companies are keen to invest in joint ventures in hydro-power sector in Pakistan, French Ambassador Pierre Charasse said on Thursday. He was talking to Minister for Water...
Two SNGPL officials suspended ISLAMABAD, June 16: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines has suspended the duty supervisors of its consumer service centres in Muslim Town Rawalpindi and I-9 Islamabad for not acting promptly on gas...		UAE deports Pakistani national, 5 others: Human trafficking ISLAMABAD, June 16: The UAE immigration authorities caught a Pakistani human trafficker at Dubai airport for trying to smuggle an Afghan woman and four children to Britain and deported all of...
HEC to sponsor PhD students abroad ISLAMABAD, June 16: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited applications from PhD students for sponsorship in foreign universities under its “International research support initiative programme”, says a press release issued...		FDE gets Rs593m budget ISLAMABAD, June 16: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has been provided a record development budget of Rs593 million under the financial year 2005-06. The amount, termed by the FDE a...
UHS to have new dept ISLAMABAD, June 16: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will establish department of allied health sciences at the University of Health Sciences, Lahore. A press release issued by the HEC said the...		Need stressed to create civic sense ISLAMABAD, June 16: Secretary Interior Syed Kamal Shah has said his ministry will give priority to imparting basic training on civic sense to the citizens including law-enforcement agencies. Speaking at a...
‘Biotechnology solution to salinity’ ISLAMABAD, June 16: Biotechnology has the potential to evolve salinity/drought-tolerant crops to help attain national food security. The technology can offer urgent and indigenous solutions to salinity and low rainfall threatening...		Sindh’s stand on NFC award unchanged, says Sardar KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Senior Minister for Finance Syed Sardar Ahmed on Thursday described as incorrect the reported statement of Dr Salman Shah, adviser to the prime minister, that the Sindh...
Soomro wants shrine work completed on time DADU, June 16: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro has expressed dissatisfaction over the ongoing construction work at the shrine of Qalandar Lal Shahbaz in Sehwan. He directed officials concerned to complete the...		SC wants wage award case disposed of within 6 weeks ISLAMABAD, June 16: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court directed the Sindh High Court on Thursday to dispose of the Seventh Wage Board Award case field by the All Pakistan...
Demand for action against landlord SANGHAR, June 16: The staff of six irrigation sub-divisions continued their protest against a landlord and his farm manager for the third day in Tando Adam on Thursday. More than 50...		Water rotation programme HYDERABAD, June 16: The executive engineer of Guni Canal division, Shaheed Fazil Rahu, has chalked out a rotation programme for the Guni Canal division due to shortfall in pond level of...
Close contest expected in DIK by-elections DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 16: A close contest is expected in the PF-66 Dera Ismail Khan by-elections tomorrow (Saturday). The seat became vacant on the death of Sardar Inayatullah Khan...		Nadra official arrested PESHAWAR, June 16: A federal intelligence agency is reported to have arrested a senior official of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) on suspicion of having links with Afghan narcotics...
Murderer sentenced to death HARIPUR, June 16: Additional District and Sessions Judge Haripur Mohammad Yousaf Khan on Thursday convicted Mohammad Imran alias Noshi of killing a minor girl and sentenced him to death. He...		Vaccination campaign from 21st KOHAT, June 16: The health authorities have finalised arrangements for vaccinating 1,66,000 children against polio in a special three-day campaign starting from June 21. Dr. Inayatullah Orakzai told a meeting chaired...
Women asked to fight sexual harassment HARIPUR, June 16: Speakers at a workshop on Thursday emphasized that protection of women’s basic rights, bringing an end to sexual harassment and ensuring them equal treatment and a congenial atmosphere...		Businessmen protest against desecration PESHAWAR, June 16: The business community of the NWFP has demanded that criminals involved in desecration of the Holy Quran should be tried in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The...
Staff’s share in ‘user’s charge’ yet to be paid PESHAWAR, June 16: Staff members of the three teaching hospitals of Peshawar are yet to get their share from the so-called “user’s charges” despite its restoration by the government two months...		Bomb explosion damages power facility: Three other devices defused DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 16: A powerful bomb explosion on Thursday damaged one pillar of the tower supporting the main power transmission line at Kher near Fort Munro, a tribal area...
Five killed in Shujabad over land dispute MULTAN, June 16: Five people, including a woman, were gunned down in a ‘shootout’ between two rival groups over a land dispute near Shujabad on Thursday. Reports reaching here said...		Nazim held for double murder BAHAWALPUR, June 16: A union council nazim and his companion were arrested on Thursday by Hasilpur police for their alleged involvement in a double murder. Pallah union council Nazim Inamullah Khan...
Daska hospital asked to improve facilities SIALKOT, June 16: The provincial health minister and secretary have directed the authorities concerned to improve facilities at the Daska Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. The health functionaries have taken a prompt action...		No clue to kidnapped youth FAISALABAD, June 16: Police are still clueless about the abducted son of a local industrialist despite the passage of 48 hours. Sources said that the police were in a fix after...
Kharian’s ex-nazim on physical remand GUJRAT, June 16: The Baghbanpura police have obtained a three-day physical remand of ex-Kharian tehsil nazim Nadeem Asghar Kaira in an abduction case registered against him on the complaint of Mian...		‘Investment at stake’ MANDI BAHAUDDIN, June 16: Around Rs70 million collected from some 300 citizens for Satellite Town residential scheme seems to be at stake owing to lack of interest showing by the Housing...
Police may sweep plot case under the rug FAISALABAD, June 16: The ‘influential’ traders and policemen, who have been nominated in an FIR lodged against them in a case of a plot possession, are yet to be arrested. A...		Protest against Sangla Hill’s THQ status continues SHEIKHUPURA, June 16: People from all walks of life gave vent to their disquiet in Safdarabad on Thursday against the Punjab government’s decision to declare Sangla Hill the tehsil headquarters of...
Traders share experience with Indian experts SIALKOT, June 16: A study about the Indian leather technology will be helpful to enhance the performance of Cleaner Production Centre (CPC) and Leather Products Development Institute (LPDI) at Sialkot. This...		Unicef to launch child health week PESHAWAR, June 16: The United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) has decided to launch a special awareness campaign entitled “child health week” in areas that are inaccessible to vaccinators and lady health...
New district named as Qambar-Shahdadkot KARACHI, June 16: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim held a meeting at the Chief Minister’s House here on Thursday to end a dispute over the name of the newly-created...		Mahar-Jatoi feud claims three lives SHIKARPUR, June 16: Three people were killed by some armed men in the Samano Kharos Jatoi village near Habibkot on Thursday morning. About 10 people, allegedly belonging to the Mahar clan,...
Power for tube-wells at flat rate urged PESHAWAR, June 16: Anjuman-i-Kashtkaran Khyber Agency on Thursday urged to supply electricity to their tube-wells on the same rates as are charged from farmers of Wana, the South Waziristan Agency headquarters....		Protests held in Sindh against arrest of MPA HYDERABAD, June 16: On the call of the provincial leadership of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, party activists brought out processions and held demonstrations in different parts of the interior Sindh on...