June 23, 2005	Thursday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 15, 1426

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Opposition walks out of budget session QUETTA, June 22: Opposition members in the Balochistan Assembly strongly protested and tore copies of the budget on Wednesday, alleging that the government had failed to get the province’s financial rights from the centre. The opposition parties, except the People’s Party Parliamentarians,...		Budget offers no relief to common man, says NWFP opposition PESHAWAR, June 22: Opposition lawmakers in the NWFP Assembly have observed that the provincial budget for 2005-06, is a document based on assumptions. Initiating a debate on the budget on Wednesday,...
Charges for calls made to cellphones cut by 20pc ISLAMABAD, June 22: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday reduced interconnect charges on calls made to mobile networks by 20 per cent....		Lakhra contract: Sindh govt’s clarification KARACHI, June 22: A spokesman for the Sindh Department of Mines and Mineral Development, reacting to a news item appearing in Dawn’s issue of June 22, under the heading “Award of...
Standard test for doctors soon ISLAMABAD, June 22: The government is contemplating a proposal to introduce a standard national testing and equalization examination for thousands of fresh medical graduates of public and private medical institutions....		Aziz: national interest to guide decision on pipeline ISLAMABAD, June 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the national interest will be kept supreme in taking a decision about the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project....
Bugti’s brother dies QUETTA, June 22: Mir Ahmed Nawaz Khan Bugti, younger brother of Nawab Akbar Bugti and first finance minister of Balochistan, died in Karachi on Wednesday. He was 70. According to reports...		Pakistanis enter ‘not guilty’ plea in terrorism case SAN FRANCISCO, June 22: Defence attorneys entered not guilty pleas on Tuesday in Sacramento federal court on behalf of Pakistani-American Hamid Hayat and his father Umer Hayat, who are charged...
PML-N says it will contest LG polls independently ISLAMABAD, June 22: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chairman Raja Zafarul Haq on Wednesday said the party had decided to contest the forthcoming local government elections independently and it would field candidates...		PDF scheme: SC accepts govt plea ISLAMABAD, June 22: The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted an appeal of the Punjab government against distribution of prizes to winners of the Punjab Development Fund (PDF) scheme....
Association of nazims rejects LG law changes PESHAWAR, June 22: Chairman Tehsil Towns Nazimeen Association Haroon Bilour rejected amendments made in the Local Government Ordinance (LGO), 2001, on Wednesday and asked the government to restore the ordinance in...		Six injured in police firing in Rohri: Move to demolish houses foiled SUKKUR, June 22: Six people, including two women and two children, were injured when police opened fire and used teargas shells to disperse a mob who were resisting demolition of their...
CM backs creation of new talukas MIRPURKHAS, June 22: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said new talukas are being created for the welfare of the masses as they will be provided with basic facilities....		Motorcyclist killed in ‘shootout’ KARACHI, June 22: A motorcyclist was killed in what police described as an encounter in Gulshan-i-Iqbal area on Wednesday night. Police said they sought to stop three men riding a motorcycle...
PML group boycotts session QUETTA, June 22: The group of ‘angry parliamentarians’ of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League on Wednesday boycotted provincial assembly’s budget session to register their protest against what they said non-redressal of...		Democratic UN reforms urged ISLAMABAD, June 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said that the United Nations reforms should extend beyond the Security Council and must address the realities and needs of tomorrow....
PFUJ, Apnec defer protest programme KARACHI, June 22: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have put off their plan to setup protest camps from June 23 to 25...		3 tribesmen killed during jirga WANA (South Waziristan), June 22: Three tribesmen were killed when two groups fired on each other during a jirga convened to discuss the situation in the tribal agency on Wednesday....
Load-shedding sparks protest LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 22: Angry consumers blocked the Peshawar-Torkhum highway in Jamrud on Wednesday for almost one hour to protest against prolonged power shutdown in the area....		Irregular flight schedule hits Skardu tourism SKARDU, June 22: Passengers, including local and foreign tourists, traders and common people, are facing problems as PIA is unable to follow its flight schedule for Northern Areas, especially Skardu....
Funds’ shortage affects police performance MANSEHRA, June 22: DIG of Hazara region Attaullah Wazir has said the police department is facing shortage of funds which is the main hurdle in its efforts to improvr its performance....		Two arrested for car theft MANSEHRA, June 22: Police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a taxi, snatched a day earlier, and arrested two people allegedly involved in the case. Speaking at a press conference at...
Water supply hit by load-shedding ABBOTTABAD, June 22: Life is completely paralyzed in Abbottabad due to unscheduled load-shedding for the last few days. The power outage has also created a shortage of potable water in different...		Inclusion of Gupchhani UC in Nawabshah demanded NAWABSHAH, June 22: Gupchhani Union Council Nazim Engineer Abdul Rasool Brohi has appealed to President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to direct the Sindh government to include the...
Compensation sought for employees killed, injured NAWABSHAH, June 22: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union has demanded compensation for employees who were killed or injured while performing their duty....		Killers of five still at large LARKANA, June 22: Mirokhan police have failed to arrest killers of five members of a family. Sources told this correspondent on Wednesday that the DPO has suspended the SHO Mirokhan police...
Two boys drown LARKANA, June 22: Two boys, Bakhshal Khakhrani, 12, and Abdul Rehman Godrai, 22, were drowned in an irrigation channel near Garilo and the Rice Canal, near Badah, respectively, on Wednesday....		Teacher’s son seeks help MITHI, June 22: Arbab Imdad Ali, resident of Bhukrio village, has appealed to the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the chief justice of the High Court of...
Punjab PA approves local govt bill LAHORE, June 22: The Punjab Assembly on Wednesday adopted the Local Government (amendment) Bill, 2005, repealing the Punjab Local Government (amendment) Ordinance, 2005, promulgated by the governor on June 6....		Lahorites brave another day of power failure LAHORE, June 22: Lahorites on Wednesday braved another day of intense heat made worse by frequent power failures and fluctuations, with Lesco citing the usual excuse of system overloading....
‘80 per cent opposition MPs against disorder’ LAHORE, June 22: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi claims that 80 per cent of the opposition members are against commotion in the house, as the treasury criticized the opposition leader and...		Millers want end to wheat procurement LAHORE, June 22: Flour millers on Wednesday demanded a formal end to official wheat procurement in order to “relax the wheat market and bring the rates down”. Haji Bashir of the...
Policy for state land allotment under way LAHORE, June 22: A uniform policy for leasing and allotment of state land is being formulated, and a minimum price will be fixed after cancellation of the existing lease agreements in...		PBC opinion ‘ignored’ by Senate LAHORE, June 22: The Punjab Bar Council said on Wednesday that its opinion was not incorporated by the Senate while amending the Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Act, 1973....
Govt hints at returning Mukhtaran’s passport MULTAN, June 22: Mukhtaran, who has been facing untold ordeal ever since a village jury left her at the mercy of rapists, has claimed that the government has hinted at returning...		Two yarn dealers jailed in land case FAISALABAD, June 22: Two known yarn dealers, who are allegedly involved in injuring a constable during an assault on police while illegally taking possession of a residential plot and providing shelter...
10 captives, two policemen hurt: Brawl at judicial lockup SHEIKHUPURA, June 22: At least ten undertrial accused and two policemen were injured in a brawl on the premises of Bakhshi Khana (judicial lockup), adjacent to the district courts. Reports said...		Doctors observe strike FAISALABAD, June 22: Doctors, para-medical staff and teaching staff of the Allied Hospital observed a complete strike on Wednesday against the government failure to appoint doctors on permanent basis instead of...
Four fleeing dacoits held after shootout SARGODHA, June 22: Four armed dacoits, who escaped after injuring the gunman and looting Rs3.5 million from UBL’s Satellite Town branch, were arrested after a brief shootout here on Wednesday....		Rs5m PTCL equipment stolen GUJRAT, June 22: Some unidentified gangsters took away equipment and wire worth Rs5 million from the Karsal exchange, Sohawa (Jhelum) on Monday night, rendering 1,000 phones ‘dead.’...
Kidnapped boy, servant reach home DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 22: The eight-year-old boy who was abducted along with a servant from Karor Lal Esan area on June 6, safely reached home here on Wednesday. ...		Land quota of governor, chief minister abolished: Policy by-laws approved PESHAWAR, June 22: The district council on Wednesday approved by-laws of the land disposal policy under which the discretionary quota for plots’ allotment of the governor, the chief minister and ministers...
Flood threat: troops placed on alert PESHAWAR, June 22: Army troops have been ordered to stand by as floodwater inundated several villages and farmland along the banks of Kabul and Swat rivers in different areas of Peshawar,...		Pushto TV channel planned PESHAWAR, June 22: Renowned artiste Jamal Shah is launching a Pushto TV channel with a view to providing entertainment and information to 60 million Pukhtuns. “Pukhtuns have been...
Report on nursing cadre sought PESHAWAR, June 22: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has ordered preparation of a comprehensive and workable plan for improvement in nursing cadre and provision of rapid chances of promotion to nurses....		Workshop on arid zones begins PESHAWAR, June 22: A three-day national workshop on dry land management and rehabilitation began at a local hotel on Tuesday with experts stressing the need for conserving depleting natural resources in...
Tribesmen urged to promote commercial activities PESHAWAR, June 22: Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Safdar Hussain has urged tribesmen of Mohmand Agency to focus on the socio-economic uplift of the area to make it a hub of commerce and trade...		10 computers stolen from school PESHAWAR, June 22: Thieves stole 10 computers from a high school in the Laddah sub-division of the South Waziristan Agency, sources said. Officials in the directorate of education, Federally Administered Tribal...
Canal breach TOBA TEK SINGH, June 22: A 25-foot breach in the Jhang branch canal inundated crops over hundreds of acres in the Nawan Lahore area on Wednesday morning. Irrigation...		Three killed in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 22: Three people were killed and two seriously injured in separate incidents over the past two days. In Jumrud, Mohsin Ali gunned down his elder brother...