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May 21, 2006 Sunday Rabi-us-Sani 22, 1427   Beijing sees closer strategic relations BEIJING, May 20: Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday pledged that his country would continue to work with Pakistan to strengthen their strategic partnership for a better future of their peoples.... USAID to provide bird flu detection equipment ISLAMABAD, May 20: Pakistan will soon have Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) equipment to test samples and determine strains of avian influenza virus within six hours, compared to 24 to 72 hours analysis needed by existing facilities.... EU parliament chief seeks mercy for UK national ISLAMABAD, May 20: The President of European Parliament has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf not to hang a British national Mirza Tahir Hussain who goes to the gallows on June 3 for murdering a taxi driver some 18 years ago.... SC bench to hear petition challenging PSM sell-off ISLAMABAD, May 20: A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court will begin hearing of a petition filed by the Watan Party, challenging the privatisation of the Pakistan Steel Mills from Wednesday.... Gastro toll rises to eight FAISALABAD, May 20: The gastroenteritis outbreak claimed lives of four more people, three children and a woman, here on Saturday taking the total death toll to eight in the past three days.... Allocation of funds linked to peace: Governor asks tribal elders to follow tradition LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency, May 20: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has said that the allocation of development funds for the tribal areas is directly linked with the establishment of peace in the area.... Mumtaz Bhutto wants govt check on MQM LAHORE, May 20: Sindh National Front chairman and former chief minister Mumtaz Bhutto alleges that the MQM does politics of violence of which the government should take due notice.... Plan to impose strict penalties: Traffic rules violations ISLAMABAD, May 20: Punjab government plans to scrap existing traffic laws and introduce severe penalties to discipline traffic rules violators.... PM&DC session deferred ISLAMABAD, May 20: The 106th session of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) was deferred indefinitely after managers of private medical colleges presented a stay order obtained from the Sindh High Court in a highly charged environment here on Saturday.... ARD submits motion against minister ISLAMABAD, May 20: Three members of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have submitted a privilege motion to the National Assembly Secretariat against Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural... Housing scheme for PTV workers soon ISLAMABAD, May 20: The newly-appointed managing director of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV), Ashraf Azim, on Saturday said a housing scheme for PTV employees would shortly be launched.... Computers for press clubs ISLAMABAD, May 20: Information Technology Ministry Awais Leghari said his ministry would provide free computers and internet connectivity to press clubs, and organise workshops for journalists and mass communication students to equip them with necessary tools of information communication technologies.... Teachers demand raise SWABI, May 20: The All Teachers Association (ATA) has called upon the government to increase salaries of the teachers in the next budget in proportion to the price-hike.... Council proceedings declared illegal HARIPUR, May 20: The provincial government has declared the March 31 proceedings of the tehsil council in contravention of the Local Government Ordinance-2000 and directed the tehsil municipal officer to withhold... Action against prohibited nets ordered QUETTA, May 20: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has taken serious notice of illegal fishing and use of prohibited nets and directed arrest of people involved in it and confiscation of their boats.... Punjab reduces water intake, says Irsa ISLAMABAD, May 20: The Punjab government after intimating the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) about reduction in its water requirements has announced to cut down its share of water from dams... Three killed TANK, May 20: Three persons, including a woman, were killed in two different incidents here on Saturday. In the first incident, local residents killed a burglar identified as Ghulam Muhayuddin following... PAEC accused of dumping N-waste ISLAMABAD, May 20: A ruling party senator from Punjab on Friday accused the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) of dumping nuclear waste in a village near Dera Ghazi Khan without observing international safety standards, causing many deaths in the area.... ‘Encounter’ killings spark protest RAHIM YAR KHAN, May 20: The killing of two youngmen by the Sadiqabad police in a ‘staged encounter’ on Thursday has been widely condemned by different sections of society.... Four more human smugglers arrested GUJRANWALA, May 20: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) passport cell claimed on Saturday to have arrested as many as four human smugglers during raids at Jalalpur Jattan, Gujrat and the city.... Police claim killing three robbers OKARA, May 20: The police claimed on Saturday to have killed in an exchange of fire two of the robbers, who shot at and injured the city union council nazim and drove away with his car the other day.... Chief engineer gives another reason for LBDC breach SAHIWAL, May 20: The Lower Bari Doab Canal breach between Sahiwal and Harrapa has been plugged. Irrigation chief engineer Iftikhar Ahmed Butta told this correspondent that water would be released into the canal sometime on Saturday evening.... Expats’ complaint MULTAN, May 20: Two expatriates living in the UK have complained that the authorities at the Multan Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education are not cooperating with them in the issuance... Buzdars for settlement of land DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 20: The residents of Tuman Buzdar tribal area demanded on Saturday settlement of land before computerisation of the revenue record.... TA bill unpaid for three years RAHIM YAR KHAN, May 20: The district population office is not paying (Travelling Allowance) TA bills of employees. Razia Qazi, an employee of RHA Falahi Markez, Sheikh Zayed hospital, alleged here... Two perish BAHAWALPUR, May 20: A woman and her four-year old son were killed while her husband was seriously injured in a road accident near Chak 26-BC on Saturday.... Schemes under justice programme LAHORE, May 20: The expansion of the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench and construction of judicial complexes at Multan, Bahawalpur, Lodhran and Jhelum are some of the 118 schemes which were... Excise man shot dead LAHORE, May 20: An excise official was shotdead by two people in his house at the Poonch House Staff Colony on Saturday. Police said Sultan Adil (45) was an official of the excise department, who had contracted two marriages....

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