June 29, 2005	Wednesday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1426

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Benazir to remain PPP chief, asserts Fahim LAHORE, June 28: The Pakistan People’s Party has said that it will not replace Benazir Bhutto as its chairperson even if talks with the establishment bear no fruit and the party does not get power after the general elections. PPP leaders Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Jehangir Badr told journalists at a ceremony held here on Tuesday		‘Science and technology key to progress’ ISLAMABAD, June 28: President General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday held out Pakistan’s resolve to promote science and technology, saying that economic growth achieved through modern knowledge would help alleviate poverty and...
Rs46.7bn Balochistan budget approved QUETTA, June 28: The Balochistan Assembly passed the Rs46.7 billion provincial budget for 2005-06 and the chief minister urged the president and the prime minister to announce a special package for Balochistan to take the province further on the path of development....		PPP, PML-N unclear about seats adjustment: Local govt polls ISLAMABAD, June 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the two major component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), are still unclear...
Punjab to set up 11 consumer courts LAHORE, June 28: Punjab will take lead over other provinces by establishing 11 consumer courts for which an allocation of Rs100 million has been made in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the fiscal year 2005-06....		AJK Council announces Rs3.112bn budget ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council (AJKC) on Monday announced its Rs3.112 billion budget for the 2005-06 financial year with a revenue target of Rs2.712 billion....
Landmine near CM’s house QUETTA, June 28: Police found an anti-tank landmine planted near the house of the Balochistan chief minister in Kalat, 145km southeast of here, on Tuesday. The landmine had been planted along...		Shaikh Khalifa visits Shakarparian ISLAMABAD, June 28: Prime Minister of Bahrain Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa visited Shakarparian and Lok Virsa Museum on Tuesday. Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Kamran Lashari received the guest...
Alleged militant ‘enjoys police patronage’ MULTAN, June 28: A pronounced activist of a banned militant outfit has allegedly been enjoying association with a band of local police officials, who have otherwise got out-of-turn promotions for their...		PPP legislator Bhurgari freed HYDERABAD, June 28: The Amri police released PPP MPA Zahid Ali Bhurgari here on Tuesday after police found no evidence to link him with a bomb blast case, lodged on June...
Mob razes police post SHEIKHUPURA, June 28: The Ajnianwala police post, which was set to fire late Monday night after the police released a blasphemy accused, was bulldozed by a mob on Tuesday....		Work on Fort Munro cable car soon MULTAN, June 28: Work on Rs735 million cable car system and allied facilities project is expected to begin during the current fiscal year at Fort Munro, the only hill station of...
Exports from Sialkot touch billion dollars SIALKOT, June 28: The annual exports from the city have jumped up to one billion dollars from US$750 million during the current financial year due to the policies of the present...		Rain prayers answered SIALKOT, June 28: After the hot and humid spell, the district received rains late on Monday night and on Tuesday, making the weather pleasant. Heavy rain started at 1.20am,...
Two shot dead in Okara OKARA, June 28: Two men were shot dead while another sustained injuries in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday. Reports said Khyber Military Farms employee Saleem, son of Lal Khan,...		Watch & ward in Gujranwala range from July 15 GUJRANWALA, June 28: The watch and ward system under the Police Order 2002 would be enforced in Gujranwala region from July 15 while the Punjab IGP approved the required strength and...
Demo against unscheduled loadshedding SAHIWAL, June 28: Residents of Chak 73/4-R, 74/4-R and other villages on Tuesday demonstrated against Mepco for 12-hour daily loadshedding from Qadirabad feeder. Reports said the protesters besieged...		Bail plea of ex-nazim accepted GUJRANWALA, June 28: The bail application of Kharian ex-tehsil nazim Nadim Asghar Kaira in a police attack case was accepted by the anti-terrorism court no 2 here on Tuesday....
MMA submits adjournment motion on flood ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Tuesday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly accusing the federal government of violating the constitution by denying assistance to the NWFP flood victims....		Malaysia seeks enhanced ties with Pakistan in tourism ISLAMABAD, June 28: The Malaysian deputy minister for tourism, Ahmed Zahid Hamid, here on Tuesday stressed the need for improved coordination between the travel agents of Pakistan and Malaysia to boost...
Literati reassess Noon Meem Rashed ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan Academy of Letters has embarked on reassessment of the works of Urdu poet Noon Meem Rashed (1909-1975). A discussion on the poetry of Rashed was held here on Monday by the PAL under the chairmanship...		Call to involve police to curb human trafficking ISLAMABAD, June 28: A consultation of national stakeholders on Tuesday stressed the need for giving additional training to personnel of law-enforcement agencies to curb human trafficking and to strengthen the rehabilitation...
Technical training centres to be set up ISLAMABAD, June 28: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday said the government would introduce national technical training centres and vocational education in all the...		12 housing projects completed ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) has completed 12 out of 18 housing projects in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar, the authority’s managing director said in an annual meeting of the authority here on Tuesday....
People complain of ‘fast’ power meters VEHARI, June 28: Scores of people have complained that their electricity meters are running 30 to 40 per cent fast after replacement. Reports said the Mepco had launched a campaign to...		CJP’s role in improving SC image lauded ISLAMABAD, June 28: Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui has said he did not find the Supreme Court in a good shape when he took over as chief justice and that he had...
PPP criticizes Mukarram’s shifting to Mianwali ISLAMABAD, June 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has said the shifting of Peer Mukarram from Adiala to Mianwali jail is the worst victimization of its workers by the regime....		Romania offers greater market access: official ISLAMABAD, June 28: Pakistan can seek greater market access for its products like rice, fruit pulp, surgical items, sports goods and agricultural products in the Romanian market....
Water shortage: police beat protesters MIRPURKHAS, June 28: Police baton-charged residents of Baloch Para, Walkart, who were protesting against shortage of water in their area on Tuesday. The residents, including women and children, took out a procession and held a demonstration....		Railways fails to implement apex court verdict: Reinstatement issue LAHORE, June 28: The Pakistan Railways administration has yet to implement the Supreme Court’s last year decision regarding reinstatement of its sacked employees. Justices Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, M....
Top PAT leaders join PPP LAHORE, June 28: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik received a serious setback on Tuesday when its president Anwaar Alvi and senior vice-president Iqbal Mahmood Awan joined the PPP....		Detailed order in SBP case LAHORE, June 28: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has held that the State Bank of Pakistan is in no way authorized to issue directions to banks to give...
Women allege torture by jail staff LAHORE, June 28: Women prisoners are being deprived of certain facilities while they are also facing torture at the hands of guards. The complaints surfaced when Nasira Naseer, the coordinator for...		Concession in train fare till Sept 30 LAHORE, June 28: The concessional fare for airconditioned parlours and lower classes of six trains will remain in force till Sept 30. Railways officials said on Tuesday that announced in...
Patients hit hard by paramedics’ strike PESHAWAR, June 28: Patients suffered badly as the NWFP Paramedical Association observed a complete strike in the three teaching hospitals of Peshawar on Monday. The paramedics wore black arm-bands and...		45 demands for Rs4bn okayed PESHAWAR, June 28: The NWFP assembly on Wednesday approved 45 demands for a cumulative grant of Rs4.082 billion to meet additional expenditures shown in revised estimates of the budget for 2004-05....
Judgment in alimony suit reserved PESHAWAR, June 28: A local court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in an appeal filed by a person requesting it to absolve him of payment of dower and maintenance money to...		Campaign to ‘court arrest’ threatened KOHAT, June 28: Social circles of the Shakardarra town in the Kohat district have warned of a ‘jail bharo’ campaign in case supply of natural gas to local population is delayed further....
Writ against illegal detention dismissed PESHAWAR, June 28: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging the alleged illegal detention of a boy by an intelligence agency for more than a year...		Heat-stroke kills five in Haripur HARIPUR, June 28: Two men and three women died while a dozen more fainted and were hospitalized due to sizzling heat, hospital sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
Action urged against education officials KOHAT, June 28: Members of citizen action committee, while accusing some officials in the Kohat Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education of corrupt practices, have demanded action against them....		Bridges, roads washed away CHITRAL, June 28: Suspension bridges, roads, wheat crop and fruit orchards in different parts of Chitral were washed away by floodwaters from rivers that had been flowing in high flood owing...