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Gwadar, Qila Saifullah to get varsity campuses QUETTA, June 18: Balochistan University Vice-Chancellor Ghulam Mohammed Taj has said that sub-campuses will be set up in Gwadar and Qila Saifullah to provide higher education facilities to students of remote...		Bugti urges greater Baloch unity QUETTA, June 18: Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Nawab Akbar Bugti Chief has reiterated his call for merger of the Baloch nationalist parties into a single party while clarifying that he...
MMA candidate wins by-poll DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 18: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal candidate Maulana Lutfur Rehman on Saturday won the by-election in the PF-66 constituency by securing 9,777 votes. Maulana Lutfur Rehman is the step-brother of...		2 Pakistanis indicted for lying to FBI SAN FRANCISCO, June 18: Two Pakistani Americans, father and son, were indicted on Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges that they lied to the FBI investigating links to terrorist...
KSE member found dead KARACHI, June 18: A member of the Karachi Stock Exchange, who had gone missing on Saturday afternoon, was found dead in the evening in Gulistan-i-Jauhar. According to police and family sources,...		CAA air traffic controller withdrawn KARACHI, June 18: The director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority has ordered high-level inquiry to investigate the incident of the loss of separation between two flights of the PIA and Air...
FM returns from US, Qatar visit ISLAMABAD, June 18: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri is back in Islamabad after an important bilateral visit to the US and Qatar where he led Pakistan’s delegation at the Second South Summit...		NWFP to allocate Rs20bn for uplift: Next year’s budget today PESHAWAR, June 18: The NWFP government will present its budget for the financial year 2005-06 here on Sunday, projecting its revenue and capital receipts at the highest-ever level of over Rs60...
Seven killed in two accidents QUETTA, June 18: Seven people, including a girl, were killed and 45 others injured in two accidents which took place near Sibi and Khuzdar on Saturday. A Quetta-bound coach coming from...		Effective use of uplift funds stressed PESHAWAR, June 18: Speakers at a seminar on the NWFP budget for 2005-06 stressed the need of enhancing efficiency and capacity of line departments to ensure prompt and effective utilization of...
Archaeological sites discovered PESHAWAR, June 18: The provincial directorate of archaeology and museums has found 92 archaeological sites in the Malakand region, said a press release issued here on Friday. The directorate has started...		Two shot dead WANA, June 18: Meanwhile, two tribesmen were killed and another suffered injuries when unidentified masked men attacked them on Saturday. Abdur Rehman, who reportedly worked for Military Intelligence, was going in...
Militant leader’s death anniversary observed WANA, June 18: Thousands of tribesmen on Saturday thronged at Azam Warsak, 30km from here, to observe the first death anniversary of Nek Mohammad, a tribal militant who was killed during...		Two held, weapons seized LAKKI MARWAT, June 18: The Serai Naurang police claimed to have busted a gang of outlaws and arrested the ring leader with another accomplice after exchange of fire here on Saturday....
Armed men beat up 3 women LAKKI MARWAT, June 18: Three women were allegedly disgraced at gunpoint in Sur Band, a remote village in the district of Lakki Marwat, sources said on Saturday. They quoted a statement...		Man murdered, boy dies in accident KOHAT, June 18: A man was murdered, and a boy was crushed to death by a coaster on Saturday. One Sher Ali was murdered by unknown men while he was asleep...
US offers scholarships to Pakistani graduates ABBOTTABAD, June 18: Hundreds of Pakistani graduates will be provided an opportunity under the Fulbright Scholarship programme worth $75 million to get higher education in American universities, United States Ambassador Ryan...		Speaker’s conduct damaging for PML LAHORE, June 18: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Saturday fired a mortar shell of sorts on the opposition but it hit the edifice of the ruling party, damaging it beyond...
Surplus budget for Sukkur announced SUKKUR, June 18: District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Saturday announced a surplus and tax-free budget for the district for 2005-2006. Convener Iqbal Dawood Pakwala presided over the session. The...		Sniffer dogs bring police to dock again SIALKOT, June 18: In yet another shocking incident for police, sniffer dogs on Saturday led an investigation team to a police check post while tracing the footsteps of some dacoits. The...
3 workers die in wall collapse near Dadu DADU, June 18: Three labourers were killed and another was injured when a wall fell on them in the Samtani village, 20 kilometres off here, on Saturday. Those killed were identified...		Man charged with forcing daughter to take poison THATTA, June 18: In pursuance of the outcome of an inquiry conducted by Sujawal TPO Mujahid Ali Shah, a murder case was registered against Soomar Chang for allegedly forcing his teenage...
Privatization of PTCL condemned HYDERABAD, June 18: District Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Maulana Abdul Waheed Qureshi has condemned the privatization of the PTCL. Speaking at a protest meeting held at the Jamaat-i-Islami office here on Friday,...		Three LHCBA men revolt against president LAHORE, June 18: Three office-bearers of the Lahore High Court Bar Association on Saturday pronounced a revolt against president Fakharunnisa Khokhar, alleging that she hardly worked under the bar rules and...
Wattoo’s trial in Baitul Maal case to resume LAHORE, June 18: A local accountability will resume the trial of former Punjab chief minister Mian Manzoor Ahmad Khan Wattoo in the Baitul Maal reference from July 9. A NAB prosecutor...		‘Negligence’ cost sports dept a raise in grant LAHORE, June 18: Negligence cost the Punjab Sports Department a raise in its annual grant-in-aid. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi had announced doubling the annual grant from existing Rs18 million in 2003....
Centre asked to transfer LBs to provinces PESHAWAR, June 18: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Saturday urged the federal government to hand over the local government system to provinces as it was a provincial subject under the...		Chinese firm likely to resume work on Gomal dam PESHAWAR, June 18: The Sino Hydro Corporation {SHC), a Chinese construction company in the public sector, and the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) are close to an agreement to restart...
Man charged with setting wife on fire refused bail PESHAWAR, June 18: An additional district and sessions judge, Farhatullah Khan, on Saturday dismissed bail application of a person charged with killing his wife by setting her on fire. The court...		Extension of refugee repatriation pact urged PESHAWAR, June 18: Participants of a dialogue on the future of Afghans in Pakistan called for extension in the tripartite agreement to pave way for safe repatriation of the remaining three...
Police officials transferred PESHAWAR, June 18: Hangu District Police Officer Zaibullah Khan has been transferred and posted as DPO of Nowshera in place of Mazharul Haq Kakakhel, who has been posted as DPO, Hangu....		NWFP governor, PM discuss NFC issue ISLAMABAD, June 18: The NWFP Governor Commander (retired) Khalilur Rehman and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday discussed in detail the progress on the National Finance Commission (NFC). The governor called...