June 24, 2005	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1426

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Bhootani quits as deputy speaker: Kakar denies allegations QUETTA, June 23: The Deputy Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, has resigned from his office on the grounds of what he called serious differences with Speaker Jamal Shah...		Sindh’s NFC proposal on income tax backed QUETTA, June 23: Balochistan Finance Minister Syed Ehsan Shah has shown inclination to Sindh’s proposal to make personal income tax one of the criteria for distribution of resources among provinces under...
USAID gives $10m grant to Smeda: Development of SMEs ISLAMABAD, June 23: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide a grant of $10 million to the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) to help Pakistani businesses...		Religious scholar shot dead KARACHI, Jun. 23: A religious scholar was shot dead and his son and an associate were wounded when gunmen on a motorcycle sprayed them with bullets near Burns Road on Thursday...
APNS defers protest KARACHI, June 23: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) has provisionally withdrawn its protest day call for June 25, on assurances given by the prime minister that the issue of ban...		‘Presidential system not under consideration ISLAMABAD, June 23: Senior Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs and Law Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada said on Thursday that introduction of presidential system in the country was not under consideration....
PIA asked to get high degree of professionalism ISLAMABAD, Jun 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday asked national flag carrier PIA to achieve a high degree of professionalism and be prepared to meet competition. He was addressing a...		PR to be a corporation in three months: minister MULTAN, June 23: Railways Minister Mian Shamim Haider has said arrangements are afoot to make Pakistan Railways a corporation within three months. He told journalists here on Thursday the PR would...
Sialkot nazim’s panel ‘annoys’ Pervaiz SIALKOT, June 23: A delegation of parliamentarians from the area which met the Punjab chief minister a few days back in Lahore has claimed that Mr Elahi has taken notice of...		Sialkot jail case main accused flees again GUJRANWALA, June 23: The main accused of the Sialkot jail tragedy, former inspector Zulfikar Virk, escaped from police custody here on Thursday. Virk was reportedly being driven back to the Central...
Call for independent election commission ISLAMABAD, June 23: Various political leaders and representatives of civil society organizations on Thursday called for an independent election commission to discourage rigging in the forthcoming local bodies polls as well...		PPP rules out deal with govt ISLAMABAD, June 23: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has condemned the government for carrying out “political victimization” of the party leaders and parliamentarians and ruled out any possibility of striking a...
Nasreen’s poetry wins her standing ovation ISLAMABAD, June 23: Celebrated Punjabi (and Urdu) poet Nasreen Anjum Bhatti read her poems at the Islamabad Cultural Forum here on Wednesday, winning a standing ovation from the participants. She also...		10 students to meet Nobel laureates ISLAMABAD, June 23: A group of 10 students will visit Germany from June 24 to July 15 to meet 53 Nobel prize winners. The visit is sponsored by the Higher Education...
‘No wrong blasphemy case to be registered’ ISLAMABAD, June 23: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr Ijazul Haq has said no wrong case would be registered against any individual after some procedural changes made by the...		Consistent policy on Kashmir urged ISLAMABAD, June 23: The parliamentary committee on Kashmir on Thursday said Pakistan should not deviate from its principled stand of demanding a plebiscite under UN resolutions to resolve the Kashmir issue....
Salik sits on ash to press for demands ISLAMABAD, June 23: Former minorities minister and candidate for Nobel peace prize Julius Salik has started sitting on ‘ash’ at his residence from Thursday to press the government for the rights...		APMA seeks CII abolition ISLAMABAD, June 23: Chairman of the All Parties Minorities Alliance (APMA) Shahbaz Bhatti has demanded of the government to abolish the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and establish an “Inter-Religion Council.”...
Meeting of MMA council abruptly cancelled ISLAMABAD June 23: A scheduled meeting of MMA’s supreme council was abruptly cancelled on Thursday amid reports of deepening differences between its two main components, the JUI (F) and the Jamaat-i-Islami....		By-polls will be fair: CEC QUETTA June 23: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has said that the administration has been directed to ensure that the by-elections in PB-12 Qila Abdullah-II are held in...
Human trafficking racket unearthed RAWALPINDI, June 23: The Pakistani mission in Cairo has unearthed a racket engaged in human trafficking and has reported that 90 per cent of cases of sending illegal Pakistani immigrants to...		Lahore-Dubai PIA flight lands in Karachi KARACHI, June 23: A Dubai-bound PIA flight from Lahore had to land at Karachi airport after it developed a technical fault on Thursday. Flight PK-209 had taken off from Lahore airport...
Rising river inundates villages in Gilgit GILGIT, June 23: Hundreds of people living in low-lying areas of Gilgit and Ghizer districts along the Gilgit river have been asked to vacate their homes as the water level in...		Deputy chief for NAB soon ISLAMABAD, June 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is likely to appoint deputy chairman of the National Accountability Bureau soon, Dawn learnt on Thursday. According to the NAB Ordinance, the post has...
Increase in funds for social sector urged: Budget debate in NWFP assembly PESHAWAR, June 23: Opposition lawmakers in the NWFP Assembly have criticised what they see as contradictory aspects of the annual development programme (ADP) and have called upon the government to increase...		Workshops held for health staff: Rain-hit areas PESHAWAR, June 23: The World Health Organization has begun holding a series of workshops in the six districts, that were worst-hit by rain and snowfall, to build capacity of healthcare professionals...
Petition challenging detention disposed of PESHAWAR, June 23: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday disposed of a writ petition challenging the alleged illegal detention of a chemical industry official as the petitioner decided to withdrew the...		Chaos mars council budget session HARIPUR, June 23: The Haripur Tehsil Council’s budget session was prorogued sine die on Thursday remarks of a union council naib nazim against the rural union councils provoked and uproar and...
NGO office premises declared commercial PESHAWAR, June 23: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ruled that places rented out to non-government organizations should be treated as commercial units for the levy of property tax. A bench...		Flood water hits power generation at Warsak PESAHWAR, June 23: Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam has said that flood water has hampered power generation at the Warsak power house, forcing the Peshawar Electric Supply...
Kohat university expels 10 students KOHAT, June 23: The Kohat University of Science and Technology on Thursday expelled 10 students as boycott of classes continued for the second day in protest against lack of facilities. Vice-Chancellor...		Call to let Benazir, Nawaz return PESHAWAR, June 23: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Thursday demanded that the government should allow exiled leaders Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif to return to the country...
Bandhi town without power for two days NAWABSHAH, June 23: Hundreds of residents of Bandhi town, led by Ahsan Jamali and Raza Jamali, blocked the Nawabshah-Kumb link road to protest against the Hesco for unannounced load-shedding and issuance...		Doctors’ strike continues FAISALABAD, June 23: Doctors of Allied Hospital continued their strike on Thursday to press the government to make their appointments on permanent basis and increase their salaries. Protesting doctors also held...
Role of media highlighted: Human development THATTA, June 23: A seminar on the ‘role of media in human development’ called for coordinative volunteer services of media people to yield better results of the governmental and non-governmental welfare...		Growers protest against water shortage LARKANA, June 23: Growers took out a procession in Warah town on Thursday to protest against shortage of water. Led by Warah Taluka Nazim Manzoor Ahmad Cholyani and Abdul Khaliq Bughio,...
Naushahro Feroze budget presented NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 23: The district nazim presented a budget of Rs1942.182 million for the year 2005-06 at the district council session on Wednesday. According to budget documents, Rs1730.007 million have...		Sukkur budget approved SUKKUR, June 23: The budget of the Sukkur district council for the year 2005-06 was approved on Wednesday. District Nazim Nasir Hussain Shah presented the surplus budget while convener Iqbal Dawood...
Wife of Nisar Khuhro passes away KARACHI, June 23: Shahnaz Nisar Khuhro, wife of the leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, passed away on Thursday after kidney failure. She was 53. Mrs...		Rs2.72bn for Sargodha council budget SARGODHA, June 23: District Nazim Malik Amjad Ali Noon has presented a Rs2.72 billion district council budget for the year 2005-06. District Naib Nazim Chaudhry Hamid Salim Warraich presided the meeting....
Police kill six alleged robbers: ‘Encounter’ after SI’s killing LAHORE, June 23: Police on Thursday killed six robbers in an “encounter” after they had allegedly shot dead a sub-inspector late on Wednesday night in Kahna. The alleged robbers had reportedly...		PU once again switches to semester system LAHORE, June 23: All departments and constituent colleges of the Punjab University have been directed to switch to the semester system, it is learnt. Officials told Dawn on Thursday that the...
LDA exceeds commercial fee target LAHORE, June 23: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has exceeded by almost 300 per cent the target set for the collection of commercialization fee for 2004-05. The authority has so far...		Regulatory authority for cement urged LAHORE, June 23: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has demanded creation of a regulatory authority to control the cement price for checking its blackmarketing. Expressing concern over the sharp...
UHS dental degree recognized LAHORE, June 23: The General Dental Council (GDC), UK, has recognized the dental degree of the University of Health Sciences and allowed its graduates to apply for registration in Britain. According...		Punjab to be made hub of IT: Pervaiz LAHORE, June 23: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the Punjab will be made the hub of information technology. He was speaking at a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between the...
Rivers’ flow healthy LAHORE, June 23: Four of the country’s rivers on Thursday received 499,342 cusecs of water with the Kabul river being in high flood at Nowshehra, Swat in low flood at Munda...		Insurance claims denied LAHORE, June 23: Families of 15 farmers are facing problems in securing life insurance claims from a private company. Farmers had bought life insurance policies from the Karachi-based Metropolitan Life Assurance...
Survey of illegal medical colleges LAHORE, June 23: The federal government has directed the provinces to carry out a survey of non-registered medical colleges and advised the students to check whether an institution has PMDC affiliation...		Lesco chief lauds ‘smooth’ power supply LAHORE, June 23: Lesco chief Akram Arain awarded cash prizes and certificates to the line staff for their efficiency in repairing transformers and replacing cables. The staff was lauded for restoring...