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June 25, 2007 Monday Jamadi-us-Sani 09, 1428   Autonomy package ready for next NA session ISLAMABAD, June 24: A constitutional package on provincial autonomy, envisaging handing over to the provinces 22 of the 47 items on the concurrent list, is almost ready and will be presented in the next session of the National Assembly.... Poll date to be announced in 3rd week of Oct: Rashid MURREE, June 24: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that after the oath-taking ceremony of the president in the third week of October dates for general elections will be announced.... Three boats missing near Balochistan coast QUETTA, June 24: Three fishing boats are reported missing between Ormara and Pasni as tidal waves wreaked havoc on the coastal townships of Gadani and Sur Bandar while torrential rains caused widespread damage to property in central Mekran.... Balochistan approves Rs18.7bn supplementary budget QUETTA, June 24: The Balochistan Assembly approved a supplementary budget of Rs18.72 billion for fiscal year 2006-07 with a majority vote, rejecting 39 cut motions tabled by opposition members on Sunday.... Canadian govt refuses to fund doctors’ visit: Kafila’s autopsy ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Canadian government has declined to fund a visit by Canadian doctors for the second autopsy of Kafila Siddiqui, who died under mysterious circumstance in a house she shared with a former minister.... MMA council meets tomorrow ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Supreme Council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will discuss at a meeting on Tuesday the thorny issues of quitting the Balochistan coalition government and moving for the... NGOs for using Nadra’s list as electoral rolls ISLAMABAD, June 24: Several prominent non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have proposed adoption of the National Database and Registration and Authority’s (Nadra’s) computerised national identity cards list having nearly 60 million people on... Over Rs2.5bn irregularities detected in CDA ISLAMABAD, June 24: The auditors have detected over Rs2.5 billion irregularities in the accounts of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) ranging from non-recovery of taxes and water charges to tampering of bank cheques and overpayment to contractors.... Cultivation of poppy abandoned in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, June 24: Minister for Population Welfare Chaudhry Shehbaz Hussain said Sunday poppy cultivation had almost been abandoned in Pakistan, however, the drug addiction still continued to play havoc with lives of addicts, mostly youth.... Sherpao rules out early dissolution of assemblies NOWSHERA, June 24: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has denied that the government is going to dissolve the present assemblies in July as reported in a section of the print and electronic media.... Taliban blow up CD shop KOHAT, June 24: Local Taliban blew up a CD shop in a shopping centre in Bilitang town on Sunday.... Call for action against clerics PESHAWAR, June 24: All-Pakistan Minorities Alliance’s chairman Shahbaz Bhatti asked the government on Sunday to disband the Jamia Hafsa brigade and take legal action against clerics involved in keeping women and foreigners in illegal confinement.... CJ wants state organs work within their domains SAHIWAL, June 24: The judiciary, executive and legislature should play the role assigned to them and not encroach on each other’s role, said Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry during... Chief Justice to visit DG Khan, Bahawalpur MULTAN, June 24: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary will visit Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan on the invitation of respective bars.... Bar, bench concerned at delay in justice BAHAWALPUR, June 24: Both the bar and bench have expressed their dismay over the slow pace of dispensation of justice by the apex courts in the country.... Blasphemy accused may be extradited GUJRAT, June 24: Gujrat police is making arrangements to contact Interpol to extradite the principal accused in a blasphemy case from UK in which a police constable had shot dead one of the co-accused in custody, it is learnt on Sunday.... Force that questions all but answers none LAHORE, June 24: The government and police have managed to marginalise the role of public safety and police complaint commissions for fear of loss of authority and exposure to public accountability.... Omar Asghar’s family wants no more ‘probes’: Five years of state apathy LAHORE, June 24: On the fifth death anniversary of Omar Asghar Khan on Monday (today), his family members wonder in sheer dejection if his killers will ever be identified and brought to justice.... Uplift projects to cause no tree loss, says Pervaiz LAHORE, June 24: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday inaugurated work on Bakar Mandi and reviewed various uplift projects in the city, saying the Pakistan Muslim League was committed to public service.... Consumer court’s first conviction LAHORE, June 24: The District Consumer Court, Lahore, has handed down its first conviction to a trader of Abid Market dealing in home appliances.... Fathers of thrill-seekers to face the music: Underage driving ISLAMABAD, June 24: Fathers of thrill-seeking youth have yet another hitch up their sleeve as from now on it will be them paying for any traffic violation by their underage children who bring vehicles on road.... CAA to award airport contract by year-end ISLAMABAD, June 24: Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plans to award the main contract for the construction of the terminal and airside facilities of the New Islamabad International Airport by the end... Man drowns in dam ISLAMABAD, June 24: A man drowned in Rawal Dam while swimming, police said. Zahid Ilyas, 27, a resident of Rawalpindi, went to the dam for picnic on Saturday and during swimming he went to the deep waters never to come back alive.... Punjab govt delays Burhan blast probe ATTOCK, June 24: An awaited nod of approval by the Punjab government is delaying the investigation into an explosion near Burhan area that killed three labourers and seriously injured four others a fortnight back, it has been learnt.... Man robbed at bank’s cash counter ISLAMABAD, June 24: Burglars struck at two places and stole cash, gold ornaments and other valuables, police said here on Saturday.... EC urges parties to check voters’ lists ISLAMABAD, June 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Sunday asked all political parties to check electoral rolls displayed at 45,000 display centres across the country and inform the commission regarding any concerns they might be having.... PPP leader blames bad governance for tragedy ISLAMABAD, June 24: Former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has expressed grief and shock over the death of over 200 people in Karachi due to rain and storm.... Dozens of PPP leaders quit party posts BANNU, June 24: The provincial vice-president of People’s Party Parliamentarians, Malik Riaz Khan, and 44 other office bearers of Bannu district have quit their posts in protest against the attitude of the party’s provincial president, Rahimdad Khan.... PPP accuses JUI-F of pre-poll rigging PESHAWAR, June 24: The People’s Party Parliamentarian has accused the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani of using unfair means to rig the district nazim’s election in Dera Ismail Khan.... AJK to organise mountain marathon MUZAFFARABAD, June 24: A three-day Mountain Marathon, linking Kaghan and Kutla valleys in the North-West Frontier Province and Azad Kashmir, respectively, is being jointly organised by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir government and the Alpine Club of Pakistan early next month.... Power project ISLAMABAD, June 24: Wapda chairman Tariq Hameed said the contract for the 960-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric power project would be awarded next week to a Chinese company.... Exam for civil judges PESHAWAR, June 24: The written examination for civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates/ ilaqa qazis/family judges on contract basis will be held on July 15 at the Government Degree College, Peshawar.... Mild tremor felt in Chilas valley PESHAWAR, June 24: Tremors of mild intensity were felt in the Chilas valley at 11:13am on Sunday.... Building collapse leaves one dead, five injured TOBA TEK SINGH, June 24: Building collapse during the construction of a plaza basement on Sunday left a mason dead and five members of a family living in an adjacent building injured at Ghousia Chowk, Pirmahal.... Nine hurt as roof caves in FAISALABAD, June 24: At least nine people, five of them children, suffered injuries when the roof of a house caved in at Mahmoodabad locality in Mansoorabad police station precinct on Sunday.... 15 injured in road accident KASUR, June 24: Fifteen people were injured when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside tree while overtaking a donkey cart near a Water and Power Development Authority office on Sunday.... Morphine seized from medical store FAISALABAD, June 24: The Anti-Narcotics Force raided a medical store in Razabad on Sunday, seized morphine powder worth million of rupees and arrested a salesman.... Brother strangles brother in lock-up LAHORE, June 24: A detained accused was allegedly strangled by his brother at the Kahna Central Investigation Agency lock-up on Sunday....

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