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Amendments aimed at efficient LG system: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said the changes in local government laws have been enacted to make the system more efficient. He described the introduction of democracy at the grass-roots level...
Gas tariff goes up by 5.8 to 12.5pc
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The government on Thursday increased the natural gas prices throughout the country by 5.81 to 12.5 per cent except domestic consumers using up to 100 units, with effect...
Prices of petrol, diesel raised
KARACHI, June 30: The Oil Companies Advisory Committee (OCAC) has increased the price of petrol by Rs3.41 to Rs48.94 while the oil marketing companies (OMCs) have raised the diesel price by Rs2.68...
Tripartite talks only way out: Aziz
MUZAFFARABAD, June 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday reiterated Pakistan’s support for tripartite talks on Kashmir, saying the festering dispute could only be resolved when Pakistan, India and the Kashmiris...
Internet restoration may take a week
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Restoration of the internet system in the country could take at least another week as the ship arranged by the SEA-ME-WE-3 consortium had not yet reached the fault site, official sources told Dawn here on Thursday They said it was impossible to put the Internet system....
PM’s ’copter drifts into occupied Kashmir
CHAKOTHI, June 30: The VVIP helicopter carrying Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and AJK President Sardar Anwar Khan and Premier Sardar Sikandar Hayat strayed into the Indian-occupied side of Kashmir on Thursday...
D.I. Khan facing severe flood threat
PESHAWAR, June 30: With the River Kabul already in high flood, a gradual surge in the level of Indus is posing a serious threat to Dera Ismail Khan Authorities in the southern city of the NWFP....
New CJ takes oath
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was sworn in as the 20th Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Aiwan-i-Sadr, on Thursday. President Pervez Musharraf administered the oath at an impressive...
NAB probe initiated against some nazims
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated investigation against several district and tehsil nazims for their alleged involvement in massive corruption and financial and administrative irregularities during their...
Five Pakistanis held in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 30: Five Pakistanis suspected of planning attacks in the south of war-shattered Afghanistan have been arrested, Afghan police said on Thursday. They had crossed from Pakistan into the Afghan...
US-India defence pact criticized
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Pakistan on Thursday expressed serious reservations about the India-US defence pact and warned that induction of advanced weapon systems into the region...
US reassured by Pakistan’s claim on Mukhtaran
WASHINGTON, June 30: The US State Department said on Thursday that it had no reason to doubt the government of Pakistan’s claim about the return of Mukhtaran Mai’s passport, especially after she had confirmed the same....
Election in cantonment areas not EC’s job
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The Election Commission has announced that it is not concerned with the holding of local government polls in all 43 cantonments. “The commission has nothing to do with the elections in cantonments,” the acting CEC, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar,...
Bugti seeks basic changes in statute
QUETTA, June 30: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said Baloch people will remain dissatisfied until the constitution was amended in accordance with their legitimate needs and wishes...
‘Caretakers to oversee 2007 election’
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi said on Thursday that the next general elections would be held under a caretaker set-up in 2007....
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The local government elections will be held in three phases — on August 18, 25 and September 29 — to elect 6,040 union councils in the country with...
MUZAFFARABAD, June 30: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday reiterated Pakistan’s support for tripartite talks on Kashmir, saying the festering dispute could only be resolved when Pakistan, India and the Kashmiris...
