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August 17, 2006 Thursday Rajab 21, 1427   Quality of relief goods questioned ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: United Nations agencies have refused to allow the local authorities to test the quality of supplies of medicines and foodstuff for the earthquake-hit areas lying in their warehouses, sources say.... Rich people got over Rs22bn loans written off, says PPP ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Senator Enver Baig on Wednesday claimed that rich and big industrialists, including some influential government officials, had got loans worth Rs22.24... Ministers’ foreign trips cost over Rs51m to kitty ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Foreign visits of the federal and state ministers in the last three years cost Rs51.65 million to the national exchequer. This information was placed before the National Assembly... System to block stolen cellphones soon: PTA ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik has said a technical system will soon be in place to curb mobile phone snatching with the help of... ‘Agency man’ in Senate ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The opposition in Senate on Wednesday took notice of a stranger wandering about in the house at 10:15am, at the time the house was supposed to have already gone into session.... KPT fountain a gift for poor, says minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Federal Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghouri on Wednesday said that the Karachi Port Trust Fountain, the world’s second largest, had been built by the government... LPG firms earning Rs235-285 per cylinder LAHORE, Aug 16: The LPG marketing companies are earning whopping profits in the vicinity of Rs235-285 per domestic cylinder of 11.8kg by selling the liquefied gas at its import price of Rs575-625 per cylinder.... 21 Wapda, KESC projects under way ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: To increase power production, 18 projects are being implemented by Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and three by the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and these are likely to be commissioned during the next three years.... Benazir pays tribute to Justice Haleem ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has paid tributes to the former chief justice of Pakistan Mohammad Haleem who died in Karachi on Friday.... Fresh polls in AJK demanded LAHORE, Aug 16: Azad Kashmir People’s Muslim League president Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry has demanded fresh elections in Azad Kashmir and constitution of the Kashmir Council after abolition of the Kashmir Affairs Ministry.... Guard gets salary after 11 years LAHORE, Aug 16: A livestock department guard has been paid his four and a half years salary after 11 years on the intervention of Punjab Ombudsman Abdur Rashid Khan despite withdrawal of the complaint.... ICS curriculum needs revision: PITB chairman LAHORE, Aug 16: Punjab Information Technology Board chairman Rizwan Sheikh has said the curriculum for Intermediate in Computer Science (ICS) needs to be revised to meet the modern-day requirements.... Man dies in police custody LAHORE, Aug 16: A man was found dead in the Naseerabad police custody on Wednesday. The relatives of the deceased said Saqib, 28, was killed by the police — a charge... Cases against military take-over listed LAHORE, Aug 16: Senior lawyer A.K. Dogar has listed nine ‘very important’ cases primarily questioning the legality of the military take-over and steps taken later, which are pending adjudication before the Supreme Court.... Judge wants detention order produced LAHORE, Aug 16: Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Punjab government to produce the home department notification under which Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed was placed under house arrest.... Ex-minister shot over ‘domestic dispute’ MULTAN, Aug 16: Former provincial minister Nasrullah Khan Jatoi was shot dead on Wednesday in Jatoi tehsil of Muzaffargarh allegedly over a domestic dispute. The deceased, a former Jatoi tehsil nazim,... Aug 14 revelry: 2,000 motorcycles seized GUJRANWALA, Aug 16: The district police claimed on Wednesday to have seized 2,000 motorcycles which were used for doing a wheelie by miscreants on the Independence Day.... Vehari district jail without potable water VEHARI, Aug 16: The district jail, constructed with an estimated cost of Rs160 million in June 2005, lacks drinking water facility owing to the negligence of buildings department officials, making it... Heroin trade thrives in Dera DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 16: Heroin is being sold openly in and around the city with the alleged connivance of the police and the influential figures of the areas.... Three killed in road accidents SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 16: Three people were killed in different road accidents in Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib districts on Wednesday. The first incident occurred in Manawala in Nankana district where labourer Gull Abbas knocked down and killed by a speeding truck.... London terror plan suspect arrested BAHAWALPUR, Aug 16: Law enforcing agencies here arrested Motiur Rahman, who carried Rs10 million head money, it is learnt here on Wednesday. The authorities have been keeping mum over the issue.... Kenyan HC sees Sialkot exporters SIALKOT, Aug 16: Kenyan High Commissioner in Pakistan Mrs Mishi Masika Mwatsahu on Wednesday spent a busy day on the second day of her five-day visit to the city on Wednesday.... Bus crew held for ‘abetting’ robbers GUJRANWALA, Aug 16: Seven highwaymen on Wednesday looted passengers of a bus at Sadhoki on GT Road while the police arrested its driver and conductor.... Gujranwala’s role in national economy GUJRANWALA, Aug 16: Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry vice-president Sheikh Aslam has said that more than 20,600 industrial units of Gujranwala were playing an important role in the national economy while its exports last year exceeded $36 million.... PO killed in ‘encounter’ SIALKOT, Aug 16: A proclaimed offender was killed in an encounter with the police in Hajipura locality early on Wednesday morning. Reports said that Nadeem alias Deemo and his accomplice were... Strike ends TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 16: Powerloom workers of Gojra ended their more than a month-long strike on Wednesday after reconciliation with owners. This was said by district officer (labour) Saeed Dhilloon in a press release issued here on Wednesday....

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