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June 24, 2007 Sunday Jamadi-us-Sani 08, 1428   Rumpus in NA over remarks of Ijaz against Benazir ISLAMABAD, June 23: The National Assembly on Saturday witnessed a rumpus when the members of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) protested over Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq’s remarks against their party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... Prices of kitchen items show upward trend ISLAMABAD, June 23: The prices of 15 essential kitchen items, including potatoes, witnessed upward trend during the week ending on June 22, over the previous week, according to the weekly price... Wapda suffered Rs22bn losses in 2004-05: report ISLAMABAD, June 23: The Water and Power Development Authority has suffered over Rs22.5billion losses due to improper contract management involving unjustified increase in bid price, excess and extra payments due to delayed projects and the dismal performance of its corporate entities.... NA dissolution may shelve stock market crash inquiry ISLAMABAD, June 23: The big fish behind the multi-billion dollar scam at the Karachi Stock Exchange in March 2005 must have been praying these days that speculations about dissolution of the assemblies early next month turn out to be true.... 345 children kidnapped, abused in last quarter ISLAMABAD, June 23: During the last three months, 345 cases relating to child abuse, kidnapping and missing reported in the twin cities of Pindi and Islamabad, according to data released by the Centre for Missing Children (CMC) on Saturday.... National varsity’s budget approved RAWALPINDI, June 23: Board of Governors (BoG) of the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, in its meeting held in Islamabad on Saturday, approved budget for 2007- 08 and development... Six held for giving away under-age girl in Swara HATAN DARA (Upper Dir), June 23: Six people involved in giving away an under-age girl for settling a blood feud have been arrested on the orders of a district and sessions judge.... Storm, heavy rains lash Sindh, break hot spell THATTA, June 23: Heavy downpour accompanied by strong winds uprooted trees and signboards, ripped away roofs of houses and snapped upelectricity wires in many parts of the province on Saturday.... Palijo hurt in road accident KHAIRPUR, June 23: Chief of the Awami Tehrik, Rasool Bux Palijo, his driver and other car passengers, were injured in a road accident on Saturday.... Reinstatement of CJP top priority, says Aitzaz OKARA, June 23: Reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the lawyers’ first priority and formation of a strategy to provide justice to people the second, Aitzaz Ahsan told lawyers gathered here on Saturday to welcome the chief justice.... Festivity in the air MULTAN/KHANEWAL, June 23: Multan wore a festive look on Saturday night ahead of the arrival of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the city.... MMA offer to PPP SAHIWAL, June 23: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) would disassociate from the Balochistan and the NWFP governments if the PPP chairperson gives assurance to join the grand opposition alliance.... 70pc of women’s services unpaid RAWALPINDI, June 23: Spreakers at a seminar on Saturday said 70 per cent of the services provided by women are unpaid while majority of the remaining services are underpaid.... Pilot health crisis deepens ISLAMABAD, June 23: A health crisis in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has aggravated further after another one of its pilots suffered a heart attack, Dawn has learnt.... Attack on PM: detention of suspect challenged MARDAN, June 23: The detention of a man suspected to be involved in an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was challenged before a Mardan district and sessions judge on Saturday.... Alleged bomber’s brothers call for parents’ release MANSEHRA, June 23: Two brothers of the alleged Nishtar Park suicide bomber have appealed to the president and the prime minister to set their elderly parents free.... Teachers threaten to boycott classes TIMERGARA, June 23: Hundreds of teachers of the public-sector schools have vowed to boycott classes and examination duties if the government fails to fulfil their demands.... Lashkar planned for border area KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), June 23: Elders of the Mamond tribe have said tribesmen of Bajaur Agency will raise a lashkar of 50,000 volunteers for protecting the border area.... Contingency plan MANSEHRA, June 23: The district administration has chalked out a monsoon contingency plan to cope with natural disasters.... Battle rages on in Tirah Valley LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 23: Supporters of the Ansaar-ul-Islam and Lashkar-i-Islam are engaged in an intense gun battle in the Tirah area with the two groups giving conflicting figures about casualties.... Transfer PESHAWAR, June 23: The NWFP government has transferred Capt (retd) Usman Gul, a grade-18 officer of the District Management Group (DMG), to the Planning and Development Department, NWFP.... VC vows to weed out ‘student politics’ HYDERABAD, June 23: The vice-chancellor of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Prof Dr Noshad Ahmed Shaikh, vowed on Saturday to weed out what he called ‘unnecessary students politics and unhealthy activities’ from the university.... Rallies against May 12 killings NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 23: More than 200 activists of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and members of People’s Lawyers Forum (PLF) staged a rally on Saturday and observed a sit-in outside the... 50pc minority voters not listed: APMA HYDERABAD, June 23: The All-Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) complained on Saturday that the names of 50 per cent voters belonging to minorities had not been included in the new voters lists in the interior of Sindh.... Measles breaks out in Badin BADIN, June 23: The outbreak of measles in a village Bookhy 10km away from Badin has assumed the proportion of an epidemic as hundreds of children are reported to be inflicted by it in almost all five talukas.... Three fishermen drown, three survive storm THATTA, June 23: Three fishermen drowned and three others survived after their vessel was caught up in a heavy storm at Ghoro Creek, 40 nautical miles off Keti Bunder, about 87 kilometres from here on Saturday.... Only govt can decide poll date, says Ijaz LAHORE, June 23: Religious Affairs Minister Ejazul Haq says it’s the government’s prerogative to hold elections now or when the assemblies complete their constitutional term.... Beggars too have their patrons LAHORE, June 23: Professional beggars have multiplied without number in the city thanks to alleged patronisation of a significant number of them by a mafia.... Musharraf on executive arm’s role in uplift LAHORE, June 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Saturday highlighted the importance of the role of the government’s executive arm in national development, underlining the need to further improve it.... Over 50,000 apply for NTS exam LAHORE, June 23: The National Testing Service (NTS) has received over 50,000 applications from candidates for the National Aptitude Test-2007 (NAT-2007) to be conducted on July 15.... Banks refuse to fund cell phone company LAHORE, June 23: Financial institutions are reluctant to provide further credit facility to a cellphone company till its announcement that it will sell its 20 per cent shares materialises, it is learnt.... Ruling party forms body to review voters’ lists LAHORE, June 23: The Lahore PML at a meeting here on Saturday constituted committees to examine the new electoral rolls and guide the people at the union council level to correct the wrong entries.... Mango madness RAHIM YAR KHAN: June 23: A three-day annual mango show began at the Shaikh Zayed Public School’s auditorium on Saturday. The show has been arranged by the district government and the Agriculture Department.... 200 run-down buildings in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, June 23: Over 200 buildings, including 100 schools, have been declared dangerous by district monitoring teams while the administrations of four towns and three tehsil of the district have issued... Shujaat’s relative may join PML-N GUJRAT, June 23: Former MNA Chaudhry Mubashar Husain, the son of Chaudhry Tajamal Husain (also an ex-MNA) and a close relative of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi and Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, is... ‘Blasphemer’ Sir and Khan Bahadur can’t get along MIANWALI, June 23: The knighting of British author Salman Rushdie has enraged the Bhachar family in Mianwali so much that they have decided to shed the titles conferred on their elder by the British government during the colonial rule.... Revenue officials overstepping LAYYAH, June 23: Five revenue officers temporarily posted for the recovery of revenue outstanding are allegedly transferring lands or mutation of land, Dawn has learnt.... 14-hour electricity shutdown for upgradation BAHAWALPUR, June 23: Citizens had to face a great deal of inconvenience on Saturday owing to a 14-hour power shutdown from Baghdadul Jadid grid station.... Tax on steel raw material import decried GUJRANWALA, June 23: The stainless steel importers association has criticised the federal government for increasing five per cent sales tax on raw material in the budget and warned of a shutterdown if it is not withdrawn.... Two brothers killed in car crash SAHIWAL, June 23: Two brothers were killed while four members of their family and driver sustained injuries in a car accident on the Sahiwal-Faisalabad Road on Saturday....

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