June 25, 2005	Saturday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1426

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Shujaat rejects calls to postpone LB polls ISLAMABAD June 24: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan on Friday held meetings with President General...		Federal court bill to be introduced soon: Wasi ISLAMABAD, June 24: The government will shortly introduce a revised bill to establish a federal court for settlement of financial disputes in the country. A draft proposal was earlier withdrawn owing...
‘Privatization ploy to protect interests of multinationals’ ISLAMABAD, June 24: Speakers at a discussion here on Friday said privatization was part of neo-liberalization agenda of the capitalists to reduce the welfare role of the state and use its...		Mushahid to visit Quetta to resolve PML row QUETTA, June 24: The secretary-general of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, is arriving here on Saturday to help resolve a row between Chief Minister Jam Yousuf and...
High-level talks in Kazakhstan capital on July 5 ISLAMABAD, June 24: Pakistan and India will have high-level contact early next month at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan where both are invited as observer nations....		Opposition slams Indian decision: Rashid’s Kashmir visit ISLAMABAD, June 24: Opposition parties on Friday criticized the Indian refusal to allow Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to visit Srinagar while the foreign office said the peace process would continue...
PRCS sends relief goods to Jalalabad ISLAMABAD, June 24: A ceremony was held at the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) head office on Friday to witness the dispatch of a consignment of relief goods worth Rs1.5 million...		NA body for safeguarding intellectual assets ISLAMABAD, June 24: National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has observed that it is imperative to safeguard the intellectual assets of the country in prevailing economic scenario....
Over Rs13m spent on ministry officials’ trips ISLAMABAD, June 24: From secretary to section officer, the officials of the commerce ministry consumed Rs13.14 million of the taxpayers’ money on the foreign trips the undertook during the last two...		MNC’s appeal rejected ISLAMABAD, June 24: A local court on Friday rejected an appeal of a multinational company seeking quashment of a petition of a Pakistani doctor accusing the defendant of infringement of Intellectual...
PPP deplores corruption in dist govts ISLAMABAD, June 24: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has expressed concern over the reports of ‘massive frauds, embezzlements, bogus payments’ and other financial irregularities in several district governments of Punjab and...		Monsoon delay forecast, heatwave to persist PESHAWAR, June 24: People in the northern and north-eastern regions of the country will continue to suffer the sizzling weather as the ongoing heatwave is likely to persist in July also...
Inmate dies in Sargodha prison clash SARGODHA, June 24: Hostile inmates fought a pitched battle with jail staff and police in Sargodha district jail on Friday after taking two assistant superintendents and four other employees hostage....		Further rise in level of Kabul river feared PESHAWAR, June 24: The River Kabul was in high floods at Nowshera and irrigation officials expect further increase in its level during the next 24 hours. According to sources, Kander Koroona...
‘Steps taken to boost Fata economy’ PESHAWAR, June 24: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has said the government has initiated measures to promote economic activities in Fata by purposeful utilization of indigenous resources....		Govt schools fare badly in SSC exams SWABI, June 24: Government-run educational institutions have fared badly in the secondary school certificate examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education in Mardan, according to data collected by ...
Karo-kari: two women injured NAWABSHAH, June 24: Two women were injured when they were shot at after being dubbed as karis in Moharram Shar village near Kot Laloo about 60kms from here on Thursday....		Corruption in distribution of wheat alleged CHITRAL, June 24: A district government official has accused the local food department officials of being involved in corruption in distribution of wheat from government godowns....
Tribesmen block road, halt anti-polio drive LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 24: Tribesmen on Friday prevented health teams from carrying out the polio vaccination campaign in a number of villages here. The tribesmen hailing...		People swindled by bogus agent seek help CHITRAL, June 24: People cheated by a fake overseas employment agent have urged the government to help them get their money back from the swindler and threatened to take extreme action...
2 cases against Karachi nazim sent to NAB HYDERABAD, June 24: Adviser to Sindh chief minister for local bodies, katchi abadis and spatial development Wasim Akhtar has said that the Sindh local government commission has forwarded two references against...		Mansehra hit by water shortage MANSEHRA, June 24: Frequent power breakdowns, voltage fluctuations and unannounced load-shedding coupled with suspension of water supply by the TMA have brought life to a complete standstill in Mansehra and adjoining...
Old guard flex their muscles in Sargodha: Canvassing for local election SARGODHA, June 24: As the local elections draw nearer, clouds hovering over Sargodha district don’t seem to be propitious for the incumbent district and tehsil nazims because veteran politicians are making...		Electricity plays hide and seek BAHAWALPUR, June 24: The disruption in the power supply continued on Friday at a number of localities, including Satellite Town, making lives of the people miserable. Owing to...
PPP veterans oppose tehsil nazim’s nomination JHANG, June 24: The PPP high command’s decision to nominate Rana Shahbaz to the post of party president of the newly-created Ahmadpur Sial tehsil has been criticized by the old party...		Sialkot case accused still at large GUJRANWALA, June 24: Raiding teams failed to re-arrest the main accused of the Sialkot jail incident, former inspector Zulfikar Ali Virk, despite the passage of 24 hours. The...
Yarn dealer gets bail on medical grounds FAISALABAD, June 24: A local Anti-Terrorism Court released yarn dealer Sheikh Riaz alias Bhola Basiwala after accepting his bail while rejected the plea of another yarn dealer Khalid Masood alias Bhola...		Case against hotel for lodging foreigner SARGODHA, June 24: Satellite Town police on Friday registered a case against the management of a four star hotel for lodging a foreigner without prior permission from the agencies concerned....
No anti-rabies vaccine in Vehari for one year VEHARI, June 24: All state-run hospitals in the district, including DHQ hospitals, RHCs and BHUs, have been without anti-rabies vaccine for the last one year. Reports say more than six people...		Still no summer vacation SIALKOT, June 24: Most of the private educational institutions have so far not announced summer vacation despite a hot weather in Sialkot and Narowal districts. Reports said several...
‘Parco team kidnapped by Bosan gang’ DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 24: The Parco team, went missing since the last four days, has reportedly been kidnapped by the Bosan dacoits gang. A police source claimed on Friday that...		Three die SHEIKHUPURA, June 24: Three passengers were killed while dozens of others received injuries when two buses overturned on Motorway’s beats 5 and 6 here on Friday....
Qasim Zia, Sana want resolution, ruling killed LAHORE, June 24: The treasury benches’ resolution on the basis of which the Punjab Assembly speaker had expelled the deputy opposition leader from the house should be expunged from the official...		Hepatitis carrier rate alarming LAHORE, June 24: Senior medical consultants says the hepatitis virus carrier rate in Pakistan is very high and can pose a major health challenge, if not prevented immediately....
Industry told to control cement price: Shah LAHORE, June 24: Adviser to prime minister on finance Dr Salman Shah has said the government has not taxed the real estate business as it does not want to disturb the...		30 firms setting up units at Sundar LAHORE, June 24: Federal Industries and Production Minister Jehangir Tareen said on Friday some 30 companies setting up their units at the Sundar Industrial Estate are expected to start production by...
PPP slams Musharraf on Mukhtaran issue LAHORE, June 24: PPP MNA Sherry Rehman says the Mukhtaran Mai episode has exposed Gen Pervez Musharraf and his advisers as an insecure and unprincipled junta that perpetuates its absolute hold...		Heatwave not to affect poultry LAHORE, June 24: The current heatwave which has gripped most parts of the Punjab, would not in any way affect poultry supply in the country as it has not caused any...
No let-up in power trippings LAHORE, June 24: Friday was another day of frequent power outages, voltage fluctuations and trippings, with Lesco staff persisting with usual excuse of overloading of system although mercury came down by...		Local polls: Qasim calls for report LAHORE, June 24: Punjab PPP president Qasim Zia has called for a report from the divisional presidents of his party on the applications received for the local elections. ...
Basharat rejects demand as illegal LAHORE, June 24: Law and Local Government Minister Raja Basharat on Friday rejected the opposition’s demand that the ruling party take back its resolution and the Punjab Assembly speaker his ruling...		Committee to monitor development schemes PESHAWAR, June 24: The provincial government has constituted a commission of four members, two each from the opposition and treasury benches, to monitor the performance of line departments and execution...
Paramedics demand service structure PESHAWAR, June 24: NWFP’s paramedics’ association has announced a one-day strike at the three teaching hospitals in the city on June 28 in protest against government’s failure to announce a proper...		Group of 18 Pakistanis deported from UAE PESHAWAR, June 24: Eighteen Pakistanis have been deported from the United Arab Emirates on charges of travelling on forged documents, sources said on Friday. They said 12 Pakistanis were deported to...
Zakat funds for patients being misused PESHAWAR, June 24: Most of the poor patients in public sector hospitals are suffering because people from well-to-do-families are also getting medicines from the zakat fund, officials said....		ANP urges govt to help flood victims PESHAWAR, June 24: President of the provincial chapter of the Awami National Party (ANP) Bashir Ahmed Bilour has expressed concern over what he termed government’s indifference to the devastation caused by...