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June 11, 2007 Monday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 25, 1428   12 killed as coach falls into ravine PESHAWAR, June 10: Twelve people were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger coach fell into a ravine near Batkhela in the Malakand region around 3.00am on Sunday.... Survey ignores housing issue ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government has tried to brush under the carpet the vital issue of backlog of six to seven million housing units in the country in the Economic Survey 2006-07.... Minister alleges plot to tarnish his image: Mystery shrouds woman’s death ISLAMABAD, June 10: A woman who lived in the house of a minister died under mysterious circumstances on Saturday.... Musharraf has lost people’s support, says Wasti LONDON, June 10: A senior vice-president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Kabir Ali Wasti, has claimed in a recent interview to the Guardian that the president (General Pervez Musharraf) has... Inflation deflates low-income segment LAHORE, June 10: Inflation has forced the lower middle class to buy essentials in terms of money instead of quantity, reveal a survey of five localities of the city where families have a monthly income ranging between Rs5,000 and Rs15,000.... Loadshedding brings people on roads LAYYAH, June 7: Shopkeepers and the general public blocked the Layyah-Muzaffargarh Road for two hours to lodged their protest against the long hours of unscheduled loadshedding.... Murree forests under attack by timber mafia: Fires destroy trees MURREE, June 10: The forests in Murree have been plagued by ‘deliberate’ fire incidents with the start of summer season as the all-powerful mafia is trying to cover up large-scale timber theft by reducing the evidence to ashes.... Qazi says budget ignores realities LAHORE, June 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Husain Ahmed says the federal budget has ignored the ground realities and aimed at benefiting the rich at the cost of the poor.... Godown explosion kills three labourers in Hassanabdal TAXILA, June 10: Three labourers were killed and four others injured when explosives stored in the godown of a construction company near Burhan Motorway Interchange area exploded in the small hours of Sunday.... Clarification LONDON, June 10: Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, head of the South Asia Programme of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Arundel House, has issued a clarification to a Dawn report (Fauji Foundation chief to attend Ayesha’s book launch).... CM at the ‘heart’ of matter MULTAN, June 10: The Punjab government has approved a resolution by the city district council of Multan to rename the Multan Institute of Cardiology as the Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology.... Doctors resign after nazim beat their colleague RAJANPUR, June 10: Half a dozen doctors of the Rojhan civil hospital resigned after a nephew of the Punjab Assembly deputy speaker beat up a doctor when he refused to issue him a bogus medical report.... PR waiting for more tragedies! RAHIM YAR KHAN, June 10: Sunday’s train accident here is yet another evidence of railways’ failure to overhaul its signalling and communication system which continues to cause accidents resulting in loss of precious lives and property.... Trader’s house gutted in Daska SIALKOT, June 10: The house of a local trader was gutted on Sunday when an overheated wire of 66KV electricity main line dislodged and fell on it in Sohawa locality, Daska.... Four wedding guests shot dead in dark MIANWALI: June 10: Unidentified people shot dead four people and injured five at a wedding ceremony on Saturday night in Manjha Ghundi, 55 kilometres from Mianwali.... Crackdown on POs GUJRANWALA, June 10: Regional Police Officer Saud Aziz has ordered an operation clean-up against proclaimed offenders and criminals in five districts of the Region-II to maintain law and order.... Children’s festival OKARA, June 10: More than 1,000 women and children participated in the first children’s festival arranged by the Okara police and the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) here at the District Courts Complex on Saturday night.... Robbers make over 0.5m LAHORE, June 10: Four robbers plundered cash and valuables worth Rs575,000 from a trader’s house in Islampura here on Sunday.... Youth drowns KASUR, June 10: A youth drowned while swimming in a canal here on Sunday in Saddar Kasur police precincts.... Budget refloats grounded scheme ISLAMABAD, June 10: Relief measures announced in the national budget for the poor showed that the government was in a ‘giving mood’ in an election year but can something already given... Catchpole’s centenary celebrations start today TAXILA, June 10: Four-day centenary celebrations of legendary British teacher Hugh Catchpole, who has the rare distinction of heading military colleges both in India and Pakistan and being the founder of Cadet College Hassanabdal, start from Monday (June 11).... Salvation lies in junta’s departure: Manto ISLAMABAD, June 10: National Workers Party President Abid Hasan Manto has said that the current crisis would end “only when the junta departs and the nation regains its sovereignty and the parliament its supremacy”.... No possibility of grand opposition alliance LAHORE, June 10: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) thinks that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) should review its policy towards the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) after its willingness to quit the Balochistan coalition government on certain conditions.... Loans for franchised utility stores LAHORE, June 10: The government will advance loans for opening franchised utility stores in villages....

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