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Deputy speaker decides to quit QUETTA, June 17: Balochistan Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Aslam Bhootani has announced that he will quit his post as differences between him and Speaker Jamal Shah Kakar had resurfaced this week....		LG polls schedule to be announced soon: EC ISLAMABAD, June 17: A high level delegation comprising members of different foreign missions in Pakistan was told here on Friday that the schedule for the Local Government elections would be announced...
ISI trained Kashmir militants, says JKLF ISLAMABAD, June 17: Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence gave military training to Kashmiri militants battling security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir, a Kashmiri leader has revealed for the first time....		Ban on child miners to be enforced: PM ISLAMABAD, June 17: Describing children as an invaluable asset to the country, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday said the government would ensure all basic facilities and education to help them...
Nawaz deplores suspension of 9 Punjab MPAs ISLAMABAD, June 17: The PML-N chief and the former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, has criticized the decision of the Punjab Assembly speaker for suspending the membership of nine opposition MPAs, including...		Litigation brings Rs4.8bn loss to exchequer : Construction of Karachi terminal ISLAMABAD, June 17: The national exchequer has suffered an accumulated loss of Rs4.86 billion because of the Civil Aviation Authority’s mishandling of a litigation regarding the construction of the Jinnah Terminal...
PPP MNA for abolishing information ministry ISLAMABAD, June 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Naheed Khan has criticized the huge budgetary allocation for the ministry of information and broadcasting and demanded that the ministry should be abolished....		Production of Dr Khan in SC demanded ISLAMABAD, June 17: Muhammad Ikram Chaudhry, the legal attorney for Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, on Friday feared for the life of Dr Khan and demanded his production in the Supreme Court....
NGOs barred from survey in schools ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Education Ministry has issued directives to all the educational institutions not to allow any organizations or NGO for distributing questionnaires or sample surveys among the students and...		5 Pakistanis being deported from Egypt RAWALPINDI, June 17: Egyptian authorities have caught five Pakistani nationals for travelling on forged documents and are deporting them, sources told Dawn. The sources said since the five, hailing from...
Ministry mulls MPs exemption from toll GUJAR KHAN, June 17: The Ministry of Communications is considering a proposal to exempt the members of parliament from paying toll at the National Highway Authority (NHA)’s toll plazas, sources in...		Rs515m for IT projects in N. Areas ISLAMABAD, June 17: The federal government has earmarked over Rs515 million for the ongoing projects, improvement and expansion of telecommunication systems in Gilgit-Baltistan in the Public Sector Development Programme 2005-06....
Speakers blame US, UK injustices for terrorism ISLAMABAD, June 17: A new book Terrorism or Awakening launched here on Thursday carries the message that the rise of terrorism in the post-9/11 world may be an awakening call for...		Ophthalmology lab to be set up at Jamshoro varsity ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will establish Scientific Ophthalmology Laboratory at Liaquat University....
Hashmi seeks mutiny case hearing on 27th ISLAMABAD, June 17: Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has filed an application with the Supreme Court seeking fixation of June 27 for hearing of his...		ATC blamed for airliners’ near-collision KARACHI, June 17: Preliminary investigations into Tuesday’s near-miss involving PIA and Airblue aircraft has established that the incident took place because of a mistake of the air traffic controller who failed...
Sindh govt accused of planning to rig polls QUETTA, June 17: The Pakistan People’s Party will fully participate in the upcoming local council elections despite obstacles being created by the government, the party’s general secretary in Sindh said on...		Opposition to chalk out joint strategy ISLAMABAD, June 17: Condemning the suspensions of seven Punjab MPAs and government’s inability to restrain Punjab and Sindh governments from victimising political rivals, the combined opposition in the National Assembly on...
AJK budget today MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: The AJK budget for the 2005-06 fiscal year will be presented in the Legislative Assembly here on Saturday by Finance Minister Raja Nisar Ahmed Khan. An official notification...		Party launches protest against NIC for aliens HYDERABAD, June 17: Activists of the Sindh National Party (dissident group) took out a protest procession from Hyderabad Chowk to the local press club here on Friday. They...
Six killed, 10 injured in accident MIRPURKHAS, June 17: Six people were killed and ten others seriously injured when a speedy truck collided head on with a pick-up near Jamrao bridge on Mirpurkhas-Sanghar road, 17 kilometres off...		Over 11bn loans likely for NWFP projects, budget support PESHAWAR, June 17: The NWFP government will obtain loan more than Rs11 billion from international lending institutions and bilateral donors during...
Concern over wellbeing, safety of Dr Khan PESHAWAR, June 17: General Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, has expressed concern over the ailment of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and warned that the...		Tarbela lake declared out of bounds for bathers SWABI, June 17: Bathing in and strolling around the Tarbela Dam downstream lake and Ghazi Barotha water storage area have been strictly prohibited by the authorities and the staff deputed there...
Shortage of water hits crops in Warah LARKANA, June 17: Acute shortage of irrigation water would render thousands of acres of land uncultivated in Warah and Gaji Khuhawar of Qambar district. This was stated by Manzoor Chandio, Nazim...		Jatoi-Mahar feud claims one life SHIKARPUR, June 17: One person was killed and another injured in a deadly clash between Jatoi and Mahar tribesmen in the Chand Mahar village, Lakhi taluka, on Friday....
Three bandits, villager killed in encounter SUKKUR, June 17: Three bandits and a villager were killed and two others injured in an encounter between police and the bandits in Mohammad Pur Village in the jurisdiction of Ghemro...		Merging schools into colleges criticized SWABI, June 17: The Subject Specialists’ Association has criticized the government’s decision to set up colleges on playgrounds of higher secondary schools, saying it will deprive students of the opportunity to...
DIK declared calamity-hit district; water tax waived DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 17: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has declared Dera Ismail Khan district as calamity-hit area and waived water tax in PF-66 constituency for the current year....		Worksop for political workers today PESHAWAR, June 17: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) for International Affairs in collaboration with the Centre for Civic Education Pakistan will hold training workshops for political activists here on Saturday and...
Nazim presents surplus budget for Khairpur KHAIRPUR, June 17: The budget for district Khairpur, with a surplus of Rs1.871 million for 2005-06, was presented by the District Nazim Khairpur, Ms Nafisa Shah, here on Friday. Total receipts,...		Protest against killing of brothers NOWSHERA, June 17: Residents of Risalpur and adjoining villages on Friday blocked the Mardan-Nowshera Road to protest against the killing of two brothers and demanded the arrest of attackers....
Shifting of girls’ school opposed ABBOTTABAD, June 17: Students and teachers of the Government Girls Primary School Kunj took out a procession and staged a sit-in outside the office of naib nazim Abbottabad district in protest...		Levy constable killed KHAR, (Bajuar Agency) June 17: A levy head constable was gunned down by unknown pillion riders at the Chamyar Jauhar village at Mamoond sub-division of the Bajuar Agency. Sources said...
Alleged activist of outlawed LJ being grilled: Blast near shrine FAISALABAD, June 17: The federal government security agencies claimed on Friday to have rounded up an alleged activist of the outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi for his involvement in a blast near Hazrat Bari...		Two maternity centres for Bajwat villages SIALKOT, June 17: Two maternity hospitals will be established in Bajwat area to provide timely and quality medical care to the women in need at a total cost of Rs0.5 million....
Bahawalpur still short of cotton sowing target BAHAWALPUR, June 17: The agriculture department has not so far achieved the 698,000 acre target of cotton sowing in the Bahawalpur district. It was learnt here on Friday that as of...		Feud between kiln owners, labourers resolved SHEIKHUPURA, June 17: A two-member conciliatory committee comprising Government College principal Prof Ghulam Rasool Azad and MPA Mian Khalid Mahmood has succeeded in resolving a dispute between kiln owners and labourers...
Woman commits suicide along with 3 children JHANG, June 17: A housewife allegedly committed suicide after throwing her children into the Haveli Canal on Thursday. It is learnt that Hafeezan of Qasimabad, a colony in the suburbs of...		10 injured in firecrackers’ blast MULTAN, June 17: As many as 10 marriage party participants were injured, three of them seriously, when a bundle of firecrackers placed on the rooftop of a bus caught fire on...
Two labourers drown SIALKOT, June 17: Two labourers drowned in the BRB Canal in Daska on Friday afternoon. Usman, 24, and Darwaish, 25, had jumped into the canal from a bridge for taking...		Wheel-jam strike against new THQ SHEIKHUPURA, June 17: A wheel-jam strike was observed in Safdarabad and some other localities on Friday against the notification of Sangla Hill’s status as tehsil headquarters of Nankana Sahib....
Gastroenteritis claims four lives in RYK RHAIM YAR KHAN, June 17: At least four people died of gastroenteritis in Rahim Yar Khan on Thursday night. According to an official handout, four patients suffering from gastroenteritis were expired...		Two suspected saboteurs held DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 17: The Border Military Police (BMP) arrested on Friday night two suspects involved in a powerful explosion which damaged an electricity tower on Thursday. It is learnt...
Opposition asked for it: Sahi LAHORE, June 17: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi declared on Friday that he would not mind running the house even without the entire opposition....		Who is the main loser? LAHORE, June 17: A leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal told Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi that opposition legislators respected him and that some other people were bent on tarnishing his image....
A raise for MPAs announced LAHORE, June 17: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday announced a raise for MPAs corresponding to the increase allowed by the federal government. The chief minister was speaking to the...		Anti-cyber crime unit at FIA LAHORE, June 17: An anti-cyber crime unit is being set up at the Federal Investigation Agency next month, it is learnt. After losing its anti-crime and economic-crime wings to the...
Doctors observe black day LAHORE, June 17: Doctors on Friday observed a black day to press the government to accept their longstanding demands. They attended to patients while wearing black armbands on the appeal of...		Zaeem condemns action LAHORE, June 17: New Punjab PML-N secretary-general Zaeem Husain Qadri on Friday condemned the Punjab Assembly speaker’s action against various opposition lawmakers, alleging that he was trampling the Constitution and encouraging...