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June 04, 2006 Sunday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1427   Privatisation to give rise to financial scams: Minto ISLAMABAD, June 3: President of the National Workers Party (NWP) Abid Hassan Minto warned that the country could witness more financial scams in the near future if the privatisation process was not stopped immediately.... Greater role for parliament urged: Budget-making process ISLAMABAD, June 3: Speakers including MNAs, senators and politicians from government and opposition parties on Saturday stressed the need for enhancing the role of parliamentarians in the budget-making process and called for holding a pre-budget debate in parliament.... No differences with MMA: Jam QUETTA, June 3: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said his government has no differences with coalition partner MMA and if the alliance has any reservation on some issues it can be removed through negotiations.... Altaf pledges to change face of Lyari KARACHI, June 3: Founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain has vowed to emancipate Pakistan’s oppressed people from the age-old exploitative system. He declared that his party would change the face of Lyari and improve quality of life of its people.... Provinces asked to check water quality: Outbreak of gastroenteritis ISLAMABAD, June 3: The centre on Saturday asked the provincial governments to immediately constitute provincial and district committees and monitor quality of water supply to check the outbreak of gastroenteritis.... WB to help TMAs improve services ISLAMABAD, June 3: World Bank would provide $50 million for capacity-building of tehsil municipal administrations (TMAs) in the Punjab to help them deliver municipal services more effectively, officials said on Saturday.... Arrest warrants of Benazir, Zardari issued ISLAMABAD, June 3: District and Sessions Judge Rafiuz Zaman here on Saturday issued arrest warrants of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Zardari in a case filed... 55,000 quake survivors to be relocated MUZAFFARABAD, June 3: Some 55,000 earthquake survivors will be relocated due to the danger posed by monsoon landslides in Azad and Jammu Kashmir, officials said on Saturday.... Shagufta’s ‘murderer’ arrested QUETTA, June 3: The crime branch of police on Saturday arrested a man who confessed kidnapping and killing eight-year-old Shagufta Riaz Paracha.... Opposition warned against misquotation: Budget figures LAHORE, June 3: Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani forewarned the opposition parties on Saturday that the government would move courts against them in case they misquoted the new year’s budget figures... Court moved in PR scam ISLAMABAD, June 3: A petition was moved on Saturday calling upon the Supreme Court to overrule the Public Accounts Committee’s findings that the former railways minister and others should be cleared in the Rs5 billion locomotives scam.... Reinstatement of SSGC workers sought ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the violation of court orders by the management of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC).... Customs, ASF officials scuffle RAWALPINDI, June 3: A customs inspector and an Airport Security Force official had a scuffle at the Islamabad International Airport on Saturday when the former tried to get his female relative cleared for boarding.... Man attempts suicide, body found ISLAMABAD, June 3: The body of an unidentified man was found while in an attempted suicide a man shot himself injured here, police said.... Rs300,000 looted ISLAMABAD, June 3: Robbers looted cash and valuables worth Rs300,000 from a house here, police said. Rifat Nazeer, a member of the prime minister’s media team, lodged a complaint with the... 646,850 WLL subscribers, says PTA ISLAMABAD, June 3: The number of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) subscribers in the country has reached 646,850 by March 2006 which was 175,943 in the first quarter of last year.... Rs3.6bn allocated for 20 small dams PESHAWAR, June 3: The NWFP government has allocated about Rs3.6 billion for the construction of 20 small dams in the next financial budget, says provincial minister for irrigation Hafiz Akhtar Ali.... 25 held in operation against ‘criminals’ PESHAWAR, June 3: Twenty-five people were arrested when paramilitary troops and police conducted a joint operation against criminals in Regi area on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Saturday, says a handout.... Joint efforts for peace in Waziristan urged PESHAWAR, June 3: Combined efforts of all groups concerned were needed to restore peace in Waziristan agencies, says NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai.... Minister’s guarantors summoned PESHAWAR, June 3: An accountability court on Saturday issued notices to two guarantors of former federal minister Syed Qasim Shah who did not surrender to the court after his appeal challenging his conviction was dismissed by the Peshawar High Court.... Sale of ghee mills criticised PESHAWAR, June 3: The Awami National Party has condemned the sale of the Associated Ghee Mills, Nowshera, on a low price, alleging that national assets are being looted by the government and a few capitalist elements.... No change in AJK poll conditions MUZAFFARABAD, June 3: AJK Chief Election Commissioner Justice Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry has said that conditions enforced by him to ensure fair polling would not be waived.... Hazara varsity to open new departments PESHAWAR, June 3: The Hazara University has decided to set up departments of mass communication, traditional heritage, culture studies, sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, centre for contemporary religions, languages and environmental sciences.... Pakistan, Iran to start bus service ISLAMABAD, June 3: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to start a regular passenger bus service between Quetta and Mashad via Dalbandin and Zahedan.... 14 held in Dera Bugti QUETTA, June 3: Rockets were fired at different checkposts of security forces in the Sui area of Dera Bugti, according to Online news agency. Clashes between some tribesmen and armed people were also reported.... BISE exam centres lack basic facilities BAHAWALPUR, June 3: The centres for holding 2006 intermediate examination in at least three southern Punjab districts are devoid of proper facilities for the candidates which may affect their performance.... Minor killed, four hurt in scrap blast GUJRANWALA, June 3: A minor girl was killed while four others, including two children, sustained injuries in a scrap bomb blast here on Saturday at Theri Sansi.... Pressure mounting on Musharraf, says PPP OKARA, June 3: People’s Party provincial president and opposition leader in Punjab Assembly Qasim Zia has said after signing of Charter of Democracy by the country’s two big political parties, other... Power outages make life miserable BAHAWALPUR, June 3: Frequent electricity breakdowns have made the life of people miserable. The power supply, restored on Saturday morning after 12 hours’ breakdown in more than 22 localities, including Satellite Town, after a Friday night’s windstorm, disrupted for several times.... Confusion over gastro toll in Dera DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 3: Confusion prevails over the number of deaths caused by gastroenteritis here with health authorities insisting on just one mortality at the DHQ hospital while a nazim claims nine deaths in his union council alone.... Doctors, staff blamed for gastro deaths SHEIKHUPURA, June 3: A number of people, a majority of them children, have lost their lives after complaints of gastroenteritis during the last one month.... Wait until next summer, says Wapda chief LAHORE, June 3: Wapda chairman Tariq Hameed said on Saturday that Wapda was carrying out a plan to improve transmission of electricity being produced through thermal and hydel modes in south and north of the country before next summer.... Mystery virus victims ‘recovering’ TOBA TEK SINGH, June 3: A health department team of doctors Saturday continued treating children suffering from ‘mysterious’ disease at Chak 515-GB near Kamalia.... Khairpur receives rain KHAIRPUR, June 3: Parts of the Khairpur district received rain with a dust storm on Friday. The first shower of summer in Saghiyoon, Kumb, Kotdiji, Talpur Wada, Loung Faqeer, Shadi Shaheed and taluka Nara brought a pleasant change in the weather.... Completion of drainage network ordered SUKKUR, June 3: The Sukkur circuit bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered federal and Sindh governments to complete drainage project of the city in two months and report progress on August 8.... ‘Performance of police not satisfactory’ KHAIRPUR, June 3: A joint meeting of elected representatives of the people and the officials of irrigation, revenue and police departments held at the DCO House on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over... Protest against water shortage NAWABSHAH, June 3: Farmers of Rahib Shah minor, Choti Rein and Sakrand distributary took out a procession on Saturday in protest against water shortage.... AT leader shot dead in Mehar DADU, June 3: Five armed men shot dead Abdul Wahab alias Shahbaz Khoso in Khoondi village on Friday night. The deceased was general secretary of Awami Tehrik’s Mehar taluka chapter.... Inflation: the poor’s nightmare LAHORE, June 3: The man on the street has almost lost interest in the budget because of high rate of inflation that hardly enables him to make both ends meet.... Referendum on exclusion of Islamiyat LAHORE, June 3: The Muttahida Tulaba Mahaz on Saturday organised a referendum against the exclusion of Islamiyat from the curricula of primary classes and the Punjab governor’s secular agenda.... Farmers threaten demos LAHORE, June 3: The Kissan Board Pakistan has threatened to start countrywide demonstrations before the announcement of provincial budgets if farmers are ignored in the federal budget.... Tree cutting to cause desertification LAHORE, June 3: The government should try to control desertification by checking large scale cutting of trees and ensuring regular plantation and its protection....

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