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June 02, 2007 Saturday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 16, 1428   PTCL plans to lay off over 22,000 employees ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) plans to retrench over 22,000 employees within a year of the utility’s privatisation, Dawn has learnt. If implemented, it will be one of the biggest lay-offs in the country’s corporate history.... Rao terms contents of Dr Ayesha’s book misleading RAWALPINDI, June 1: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has refuted allegations levelled by Ms Ayesha Siddiqa in her recently launched book Military Inc: Inside Pakistan’s Military Economy.... Lal Masjid brigade moves but retreats ISLAMABAD, June 1: Lal Masjid’s moral brigade descended on the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Friday on hearing of alleged desecration of Quranic verses in its nursing hostel but left mysteriously without taking any action.... Tough action urged against saboteurs QUETTA, June 1: The Balochistan government has directed police and law-enforcement agencies to take tough measures against saboteurs involved in terrorist activities and prepare a security plan for Quetta to protect... CPNE to defend freedom of press KARACHI, June 1: The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) has reiterated its commitment to defend and uphold freedom of the press in order to strengthen democracy and rule of law in the country.... PFUJ criticises govt move KARACHI, June 1: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday criticised the government’s move to restrict live television coverage of events and reiterated their resolve to uphold freedom of the press.... PPP slams new curbs on media ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned the government for imposing curbs on the media and termed the decision to stop live television coverage of events related to the judicial crisis an attempt to suppress the truth.... Lawyers beaten up for criticising campaign ABBOTTABAD, June 1: Two lawyers of the Pakistan Lawyers Forum, Islamabad, who were going to the press club to hold a press conference on Friday, were beaten up by local lawyers near the press club building.... Call to abolish capital value tax ISLAMABAD, June 1: The two per cent capital value tax (CVT) being indiscriminately collected by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) on mortgaging of property and granting of power of attorney... Police budget protects VIPs, not citizens ISLAMABAD, June 1: A big chunk of the additional Rs290 million given to the capital police in its current year’s budget went into providing security to VVIPs and not to the citizens for whom the extra money was sought.... Teachers go on hunger strike unto death ISLAMABAD, June 1: Central leaders of the Pakistan Teachers United Front (PTUF) on Friday went on hunger strike unto death here at Aabpara Chowk to press for their demands.... Taliban won’t be invited to tribal elders’ meeting ISLAMABAD, June 1: No Taliban leader or any of their associates will be invited to a proposed grand meeting of tribal elders from Pakistan and Afghanistan, officials from the two sides said on Friday.... SHC seeks list of cases against ex-DIG HYDERABAD, June 1: Justice Mohammad Moosa K. Laghari of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, here on Friday directed the Assistant Advocate-General, Mr Rasheed Qureshi, to produce a list of all... PPP leader calls for early election HYDERABAD, June 1: Sindh PPP chief Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the question of holding any talks with the government at this stage does not arise ‘as our wounds... Ruling PML MNA resigns DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 1: MNA Ameena Jaafar Leghari has resigned from her seat in the National Assembly and her resignation has been sent to the prime minister, it is learnt on Friday.... ‘Consumer financing adding to inflation’: Allocation for GHQ criticised LAHORE, June 1: Prominent economist Dr Akmal Husain says the government will not be able to control the inflation rate by quick-fix solutions of raising the interest and revising the exchange rate without addressing the structural issues.... Divergent views on size of wheat crop LAHORE, June 1: Wheat trade stakeholders on Thursday expressed their reservations about official optimism on crop size this year, describing the prime minister’s insistence on 23.5... Judges follow lawyers’ suit JHANG, June 1: Judges in Jhang did not perform their duty on Friday in protest against, what they called, indecent remarks by some lawyers towards them during a protest rally on Wednesday.... Bar and bench on strike SARGODHA, June 1: Courts looked deserted on Friday as both the bench and the bar continued their boycott. Lawyers have announced that they will not call off the strike unless Farzana Bashir, civil-cum-judicial magistrate, is transferred.... EPD notices to 164 tanneries in Sialkot SIALKOT, June 1: The Sialkot Environment Protection Department (EPD) has issued show-cause notices to more than 164 small and big tanneries in the city, besides sending their cases to the EPD... Rail fare not to be enhanced: Rashid LAHORE, June 1: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Friday announced that rail fare would not be increased in the next fiscal year and that the administration had spelled out... Schoolteachers baton-charged LAHORE, June 1: The police on Friday baton-charged schoolteachers, who tried to march towards the Governor’s House to stage a sit-in as a part of ongoing protest campaign to pressurise the... LHC seeks reply on Badr’s ECL plea LAHORE, June 1: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought reply from the Interior Ministry on June 6 on a constitutional petition by former minister Jahangir Badr, seeking permission to travel to London for medical treatment.... Allowance: federal govt refuses to give Rs3bn LAHORE, June 1: Punjab Education Secretary (Schools) Zahid Saeed has said the federal government had refused to provide around Rs3 billion funds for the payment of teaching allowance to teachers in the province.... Japan to review travel advisory for N. Areas ISLAMABAD, June 1: Japan is considering to review and soften travel advisory for its citizens intending to visit the Northern Areas. This was stated by Japanese Ambassador Seiji Kojima while talking... Five of a family killed in traffic accident ATTOCK, June 1: Five members of a family were killed on Friday in a road accident on the G.T. Road near Gondal area, the police said.... NA body recommends seats for Fata women ISLAMABAD, June 1: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs on Friday recommended to the government to reserve seats for women from the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas in the lower house of parliament before the next general elections.... Adhoc lecturers in a fix LARKANA, June 1: The fate of 600 adhoc lecturers of Sindh hangs in the balance as summery of their regularisation is lying with the Sindh chief minister since March for approval and their salaries have been held up since January.... Probe into death of four babies ordered DADU, June 1: The EDO health has ordered an inquiry into death of four infants in the Civil Hospital late on Thursday night allegedly due to doctors’ negligence.... Jirga opposes govt move to shift hospital SWABI, June 1: A local jirga on Friday constituted two committees to prevent the government from shifting the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital from Swabi city to the Shahmansoor Hospital Complex.... School for quake-hit benefits 53 MANSEHRA, June 1: As many as 53 children, who lost their one or both parents in the Oct 8 earthquake, have been promoted to next classes after having passed their annual examinations.... 25,500 untrained teachers’ promotion recommended KOHAT, June 1: The provincial education department has handed over the case of increments and promotions of 25,486 untrained and/or third division teachers to the finance committee for approval.... PHC restrains collection of bus-stand taxes PESHAWAR, June 1: The Peshawar High Court on Friday restrained the Swat district administration from collecting bus-stand tax from an international transport company. A bench comprising Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan and... Honour-killing claims two lives TIMERGARA (Lower Dir), June 1: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in the Wari area of Upper Dir district on Friday morning. Naheed Bibi, a 25-year-old widow, and one Bakht... Police station comes under mob attack LARKANA, June 1: Nasirabad police station came under attack on Friday. Police baton charged and fired tear gas to disperse the mob which had attacked the police station over detention of... 11 bid for five motels CHITRAL, June 1: In response to an advertisement of the Privatisation Commission, 11 parties have shown interest in bidding for the five hotels and motels of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) in Chitral.... Two kidnappers killed in ‘encounter’ GUJRANWALA, June 1: Two alleged kidnappers were killed while two others escaped after an encounter in Chenab Bela, Wazirabad, on Friday. Speaking at hurriedly called press conference in his office, city... Double Shah’s agents out of police sight GUJRANWALA, June 1: Law enforcers have yet to arrest more than 20 agents and sub-agents of Sibtul Hassan Shah, including his right-handman, who had disappeared with hefty deposits.... Police kill ‘hardened criminal’ FAISALABAD, June 1: Police claimed to have killed a hardened criminal in an encounter in Tandlianwala police station precinct on Thursday night. Police said some villagers had informed them... Canal breach damages houses, crops VEHARI, June 1: About a dozen mud houses collapsed and crops on more than 500 acres damaged when a 50-foot-wide breach occurred in Khaddar Link Canal Gulamwaha, near Mauza Tajwana, on Thursday night.... Farmers want moot on sugar crisis LAHORE, June 1: The Sugarcane Growers Association has urged the government to convene a national conference on the sugar crisis. Speaking on Sugarcane and Sugar Polices at the National Management College... Workshop on HIV/AIDS LAHORE, June 1: The Civil Aviation Authority, in collaboration with the National AIDS Control Programme, organised a training workshop on HIV/AIDS at the Allama Iqbal Airport here on Friday.... Fresh curb on media slammed LAHORE, June 1: The Labour Party Pakistan on Friday demonstrated against what it called new restrictions on media, particularly electronic media, in the wake of directions given to the Pakistan Electronic... Rs2 million robbery LAHORE, June 1: Four robbers took away cash and valuables worth Rs2 million from a house in Naseerabad, police said on Friday. The robbers barged into the house of Abdul Samee... NAB termed ‘bargaining tool’ LAHORE, June 1: President Pervez Musharraf has made the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a “bargaining tool” for his political objectives. Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf information secretary Omar Sarfraz Cheema told a news conference... Temperature shoots up LAHORE, June 1: Temperature shot up by four degrees Celsius on Friday as the blazing sun reminded people that they were in the middle of the long hot summer....

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