DAWN - National; June 11, 2008

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June 11, 2008	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 06, 1429

Former JWP leader for more provinces MULTAN, June 10: Jamhoori Watan Party former deputy secretary Abdul Rauf Sasoli has said he is in favour of re-establishment of provinces on a cultural and geographical basis....		Six arrested men linked with Fata terrorists ISLAMABAD, June 10: The government on Tuesday claimed that six alleged terrorists who were arrested during Thursday’s operation in Rawalpindi had links with a terrorist organisation in the Federally Administered Tribal...

ISPR rejects allegation against FC, ISI RAWALPINDI, June 10: A spokesman for the ISPR has rejected the allegation, levelled in the Rand Corp report, ‘Counter Insurgency in Afghanistan’, that the Frontier Corps and ISI are providing assistance to insurgent groups coming from across the border....		Sahiwal, Okara ready to welcome long march SAHIWAL, June 10: The District Bar Association in collaboration with local trader''s organizations, activists of different political parties, representatives of civil society and district government has finalized arrangements to welcome and...

22 illegally detained at police station KHAIRPUR, June 10: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-II raided the Gambat police station on Tuesday and found 22 people illegally detained in the lockup....		No let-up in rights struggle: Mengal QUETTA, June 10: There will be no let-up in Balochistan National Party’s struggle for the securing the rights of Balochistan, says Sardar Akhtar Mengal, chief of his own faction of the BNP....

Four die, 50 hurt as coach overturns SUKKUR, June 10: Four people, including women, were killed and 50 others, majority of them women and children, were injured when the coach they were traveling in overturned near Pano Akil on the National Highway on Tuesday....		More than 12,700 schools non-functional: survey ISLAMABAD, June 10: The Economic Survey for 2007-08 released here on Tuesday revealed a staggering number of 12,737 non-functional public sector educational institutions out of a total of 231,289, with Sindh...

Advani regrets launch of controversial Benazir book NEW DELHI, June 10: Bharat-iya Janata Party leader L. K. Advani has regretted the release of a controversial book on Shaheed Benazir Bhutto authored by London-based journalist Shyam Bhatia and said...		Three hurt as train hits car at unmanned crossing SHEIKHUPURA, June 10: Three people, including a woman and a child, sustained critical injuries after a passenger train hit their car at an unmanned railway crossing near Damuana in Bhekhi police precincts on Tuesday....

Expulsion of 23 PMC students withdrawn FAISALABAD, June 10: The Punjab Medical College administration has withdrawn its decision of rusticating 23 Ahmedi students on charges of preaching their faith on the campus and converted their `sentence’ into a two-week suspension....		Nawaz to join march in Lahore LAHORE, June 10: PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif is most likely to join the lawyers’ long march from Lahore, it is learnt....


6,300 recruited by caretaker govt in straits LAHORE, June 10: The caretaker government of Justice Ejaz Nisar (retired) had allegedly recruited nearly 6,300 people in Punjab, and they all are likely to be sacked by the present setup....		Deposed judges to attend LHCBA reception LAHORE, June 10: The deposed judges of the Lahore and Sindh high courts are set to add to the grand reception of the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry being hosted by the Lahore High Court Bar Association....

Writers oppose safe exit for Musharraf ISLAMABAD, June 10: Noted poets and writers here on Tuesday warned of popular revolution if President Pervez Musharraf was allowed a safe exit....		Another look into alleged cooperative scam ordered: Naek seeks report in a week ISLAMABAD, June 10: Law Minister Farooq H. Naek has asked a division of his ministry to pursue a private complaint that some influential people took Rs4 billion loans from cooperative banks in the name of small farmers and swallowed it....

Disqualification plea against Shahbaz dismissed RAWALPINDI, June 10: A returning officer (RO) here on Tuesday dismissed the application of a candidate for PP-10, seeking disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-N president Shahbaz Sharif after he took oath as Punjab chief minister....		Two drown TAXILA, June 10: Two youngsters drowned in Khanpur Dam, police said on Tuesday....

Lawyers leaders refuse to change route RAWALPINDI, June 10: District administration and local police here on Tuesday failed to persuade the leaders of the protesting lawyers to change their long march route that would proceed on a road also used to access the Army House....		Four killed QUETTA, June 10: Four people were killed and 20 others suffered injuries when a passenger coach overturned in the Baghbana area near Khuzdar on Tuesday. The coach was coming to Quetta from Karachi.—Staff...

Mob ransacks Hesco offices HYDERABAD, June 10: Pow-er riots broke out in the city on Monday night and continued on Tuesday as Hyderabad Electric Supply Company resorted to implement an unscheduled load-management policy in the...		Development spending outpaces defence RAWALPINDI, June 10: Def-ence expenditure went up by 10 per cent during the current fiscal year, from Rs250 billion in 2006-07 to Rs275 billion in 2007-08, says the Pakistan Economic Survey....

‘Peace deal not scrapped’ ISLAMABAD, June 10: Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that the Swat peace agreement had not been scrapped, although it had been violated by militants....		Five school buildings retrieved SIALKOT, June 10: On the directives of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, officials of the Education Department along with police on Tuesday got vacated buildings of five government schools being used as...

Lawyers stage motorcycle rally BAHAWALPUR, June 10: Local lawyers staged a motorcycle rally ahead of the arrival of long march caravans from Karachi, interior Sindh and Balochistan here on Tuesday....		Alleged criminal killed in ‘encounter’ SARGODHA, June 10: An alleged criminal was killed and another injured in a police ‘encounter’ in Boonga Minhas, about 25 kilometres from here, on Tuesday....

Probe to ascertain what led to the expulsions LAHORE, June 10: Taking note of the expulsion of 23 students of Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Governor Salman Taseer directed the Health secretary to probe the matter and submit a report to him within 24 hours....		Train sabotage plan foiled in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, June 10: A plan to derail an express train near Gakhar railway station was foiled on Tuesday, after a farmer reported the sabotage activity to the railway staff....

Two ‘robbers’ shot dead by police SAHIWAL, June 10: The Ghaziabad police, together with some villagers, shot dead two robbers in an encounter at Chak 169/9-L branch road on Tuesday morning....		Agriculture employees on strike TOBA TEK SINGH, June 10: Agriculture Department’s field assistants observed a complete strike and staged a protest demonstration outside their office here on Tuesday....

Early onset of monsoon LAHORE, June 10: The Pakistan Meteorological Department expects early onset of the monsoon season, with normal rainfall during it.The monsoon rains could be above normal in the Northern Areas and adjoining hilly areas of Kashmir and Sindh....		Services Hospital’s board dissolved LAHORE, June 10: The Punjab Health Department dissolved on Tuesday the Board of Management of the Services Hospital and Services Institute of Medical Sciences on the “direction of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif”....

Khakwani sees compromise among stakeholders LAHORE, June 10: The lawyers’ long march may lead to some compromise among the stakeholders or a military intervention, says a PML-Q leader....		Outlaws make millions in four house robberies LAHORE, June 10: Robbers looted four houses and a shop while deprived five people of cash and cell phones in various parts of the provincial capital on Tuesday, police said....

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