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Motion against minister rejected: Fauji Foundation issue ISLAMABAD, June 20: Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro on Monday disallowed a privilege motion moved by 12 senators against the defence minister for refusing to appear before the Senate Standing Committee on...		Job promotion plan launched ISLAMABAD, June 20: International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Pakistan here on Monday launched a $370,000 joint project to support the Prime Minister’s Programme...
Sindh seeks funds for agriculture ISLAMABAD, June 20: Sindh has sought substantial additional funds for industrial development and improving its agriculture sector, pending finalization of the 6th National Finance Commission (NFC) award. Informed sources told Dawn...		‘Army will be out of PTCL installations in 2-3 days’ ISLAMABAD, June 20: The management of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company said on Monday that security forces would vacate vital installations of the company within two or three days. PTCL spokesman Ali...
12 lawyers recommended as SC advocates ISLAMABAD, June 20: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has recommended 12 senior lawyers for enrolment as advocates of the Supreme Court. In a statement issued here Monday the PBC enrolment committee,...		Minister for innovative software industry ISLAMABAD, June 20: Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Monday urged local software industry to be innovative in its products and services to strike strategic partnerships with global IT...
Research grant programme for OIC region ISLAMABAD, June 20: Comstech and the Islamic Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) have decided to launch a research grant programme for young researchers in the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)...		Injured woman SHO dies RAWALPINDI, June 20: Hameeda Sardar, the Station House Officer (SHO) of women police station Rawalpindi, died on Monday morning of injuries she sustained in a road accident on Sunday while going...
$0.5m Japanese aid to meet water shortage ISLAMABAD, June 20: The government of Japan has approved the release of $500,000 from its Trust Fund for Human Security to finance UNDP’s Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Facility project dealing...		Condemned prisoner killed RAWALPINDI, June 20: A condemned prisoner was killed by his fellow inmate in Adiala jail on Monday. According to the jail authorities, the condemned prisoner, Mulazim Hussain Shah, was sleeping in...
Gwadar land sale: PM’s ‘timely action’ welcomed ISLAMABAD, June 20: Federal Minister of States and Frontier Regions Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has praised the timely intervention by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the issue of large-scale sale of...		Three injured in fire GILGIT, June 20: Three people were injured when a fire broke out in an explosives depot of the Northern Areas public works department in Gahkuch town of Ghizer district on Monday....
Computer market in Peshawar sealed PESHAWAR, June 20: The political administration of Frontier Region of Kohat has sealed the main market of computer accessories in the city, official sources and traders told Dawn on Monday. The...		APHC not to be involved in talks: India DEHRADUN, June 20: India on Monday rejected the All Parties Hurriyat Conference’s demand for inclusion in the India-Pakistan dialogue process but said the conglomerate could give its suggestions for resolution of...
Six die in coach-trailer collision QUETTA June 20: At least six people were killed and 18 others injured, four of them seriously, when a passenger coach collided with a trailer on the Quetta-Karachi highway near Surab...		‘A.Q. Khan underwent angiography’ ISLAMABAD, June 20: A government spokesman has contradicted a report that Dr A.Q. Khan has undergone angioplasty. The spokesman said that Dr Khan had a chest pain after which angiography was...
Quake jolts Pakistan, Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, June 20: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook northern Pakistan and northwestern Afghanistan on Monday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, an...		‘No PTCL employee will be relieved’ ISLAMABAD, June 20: No PTCL employee will be relieved, the expertise, technical experiences and skills of PTCL employees would be utilized properly, chief executive Etisalat International Obaid Saeed Bin Mes’har said....
Thalassaemia centre in Badin opened by US ambassador BADIN, June 20: US Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C. Crocker inaugurated a thalassaemia care centre here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Crocker said the main objectives of the programme...		644 cases of labour law violation filed HARIPUR, June 20: At least 644 cases of violation of labour laws by industrial units in Hattar estate have been referred to the labour court by the department concerned, official sources...
Nathiagali faces water shortage ABBOTTABAD, June 20: People in Nathiagali have been facing acute water shortage for several days. Tourists who have started coming to the hills with the onset of summer in the planes...		Chhota Lahore tehsil budget approved SWABI, June 20: The Chhota Lahore tehsil municipal administration has approved a Rs16 million budget for 2005-06. Tehsil Nazim Haji Mohammad Amin said on Monday that both the treasury and opposition...
Two killed in Haripur HARIPUR, June 20: A boy and a man were killed and another person was injured in different incidents here on Monday. Police quoted Mohammad Bashir Khan of Brug Nara Amazai village...		Power supply to 150 villages cut LARKANA, June 20: People of different villages of the union council Waris Dino Machi of Ratodero held a demonstration outside the district council hall here on Monday against Hesco officials for...
PPP MPA’s remand extended HYDERABAD, June 20: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Ali Ashraf Shah on Monday extended for seven days the remand of MPA Zahid Ali Bhurgari in police custody in an explosive substance act...		Anti-polio drive inaugurated SUKKUR, June 20: A three-day polio eradication campaign, being launched throughout the district from June 21, was inaugurated by District Naib Nazim Iqbal Dawood here on Monday by administering polio drops...
Two UNHCR workers die in accident MIRAMSHAH, June 20: Two workers of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) were killed and five others injured when their pick-up overturned near the Harmaz village in Mirali tehsil...		Punjab govt to overhaul taxes LAHORE, June 20: The Punjab government will undertake a massive exercise during the next financial year beginning on July 1 to overhaul the provincial taxes to make them more “vibrant and...
Stalemate over MPAs’ ouster mars assembly business LAHORE, June 20: The issue of banishment of 10 MPAs belonging to PPP and PML-N plagued the house proceedings for the fourth consecutive day on Monday as the opposition staged a...		Cement price shoots up to Rs325 LAHORE, June 20: The retail cement price in Punjab has shot up to Rs325 per bag in the recent weeks as a consequence of the shortage created in the market by...
Doctors hold demo against govt LAHORE, June 20: A large number of doctors on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the government’s cold response towards a solution to their longstanding demands. The doctors, protesting under the...		Hottest day in Lahore LAHORE, June 20: As the city experienced the hottest day of the season on Monday with mercury rising to 46 degrees Celsius from Sunday’s 44, the local Met office has forecast...
Robber killed, 3 policemen injured in encounter MANDI BAHAUDDIN, June 20: Police claimed to have killed an alleged robber and seriously wounded another in an encounter, in which three policemen were also injured. Police claimed four dacoits snatched...		Traders invited to Xinjiang fair FAISALABAD, June 20: China’s Xinjiang state collector Younuc Yucup, also heading a visiting Chinese delegation, has said that China and Pakistan are investment-friendly countries. Speaking at a meeting of the Faisalabad...
Man held for burning wife, daughter BAHAWALPUR, June 20: Samasatta police claimed to have arrested on Sunday night two persons for allegedly burning alive a woman and her daughter at Mauza Tibba Miani, about 30 kilometres from...		Concern over increase in cement price SIALKOT, June 20: Public in general and builders in particular have expressed concern over increase in the cement price during the last over a month. The price which was around Rs240...
Patrol post staff nab kidnapper MULTAN, June 20: DIG Malik Muhammad Iqbal said that a patrol post staff in Sahiwal on Monday arrested a culprit who was fleeing after kidnapping a seven-year-old girl, Savera, in Kotla...		Ball now in opposition’s court LAHORE, June 20: As light at the end of the tunnel disappeared, opposition legislators started speaker-bashing outside the Punjab Assembly. Top leaders of both the PPP and the PML-N, it is...
Law exams in English only from next year LAHORE, June 20: English language as the only medium for law examinations is being introduced almost throughout the province from the next year. Besides, the entry test for admission to the...		Heatwave claims six lives SAHIWAL, June 20: Four more deaths from heatstroke were reported at the local DHQ Hospital on Monday. With the fresh casualties, the death toll from heatwave has touched to 21 during...
Paper import from India opposed LAHORE, June 20: Manufacturers opposed the decision to import paper from India, describing it as disastrous for the national industry at a seminar held at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and...		No clue to Parco team DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 20: Police on Monday failed to trace a Parco patrol team which went missing between the limits of Kot Chutta and Drahma police stations at around 1am...
New probe into allegation of immoral trade: Darul Aman may be closed PESHAWAR, June 20: The NWFP government will re-investigate allegations of forced prostitution in a women’s shelter being run by the All Pakistan Women’s Association (Apwa) in the city for decades. Social...		Accused to marry assault victim PESHAWAR, June 20: The alleged rapist of a girl, who was arrested on June 15 soon after the FIR was lodged by the victim’s parents, will marry her in accordance with...
FCPS trainees told to serve in hospitals PESHAWAR, June 20: The provincial health department has made one-year service in peripheral district headquarters hospitals prerequisite for FCPS doctors’ recruitment as senior registrars. The decision was taken in a meeting...		Allocation of funds urged for poverty alleviation PESHAWAR, June 20: The Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party has demanded allocation of funds for poverty alleviation, so that the widening gap between the affluent and the deprived can be reduced in...
Girl killed over ‘honour’ MANDI BAHAUDDIN, June 20: A youth stabbed his sister to death over suspicion of having relations with a man at Chak 22 on Monday morning. Reports said Naveed Akthar suspected his...		Soomro praises staff college faculty LAHORE, June 20: Senate chairman Mohammadmian Soomro on Monday praised the faculty of the Pakistan Administr-ative Staff College for introducing new concepts and methodology in the training of senior civil servants....