DAWN - National; June 18, 2008

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June 18, 2008	Wednesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 13, 1429

Privatisation target set at $1.8 billion: Major transactions put on hold ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Privatisation Commission has set a $1.8 billion privatisation target for 2008-09, but decided to put on hold “major transactions” during the first quarter because of the prevailing political uncertainty and unfavourable business environment....		New NFC award soon, says Naveed ISLAMABAD, June 17: Minister for Finance and Revenue Syed Naveed Qamar told the Senate on Tuesday that new National Finance Commission (NFC) Award would be constituted soon after the passage of the 2008-09 budget....

Rs11.3bn set aside for Railways RAWALPINDI, June 17: The federal government has made an allocation of Rs11.3 billion to improve the services of Pakistan Railways during the next financial year, official sources told Dawn....		FIA gets custody of nine ‘terrorists’ RAWALPINDI, June 17: The Federal Investigation (FIA) here on Tuesday obtained a seven-day physical custody of nine suspected terrorists from an anti-terrorism court, saying it wanted more information from them to make more arrests....

Drive against school-grabmafia left halfway SIALKOT, June 17: Though the authorities concerned woke up for a short span and got as many as eight government school buildings vacated in the last few weeks from the influential,...		Hope not for water from Ghazi Barotha ISLAMABAD, June 17: Water shortage in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi is likely to persist in the coming years as the national budget for 2008-09 has provided no funds for the Ghazi Barotha Water Supply Project (GBWSP)....

Ejaz parts ways with PML-Q: Revival of PML-Z under consideration LAHORE, June 17: Former federal minister Ejazul Haq has parted ways with the PML-Q because his ‘chemistry’ is different from that of the party cobbled together by President Musharraf shortly before the 2002 election....		Four parties want to plead Nawaz’s case LAHORE, June 17: At least four applications have been filed in the Lahore High Court, seeking right to become a party to petitions against the qualification of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif....

High Court serves notice on Shahbaz LAHORE, June 17: A three-judge bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif for Wednesday (today) in petitions seeking his disqualification to contest election from PP-10, Rawalpindi, and all other constituencies....		Call to make NRO beneficiaries public LAHORE, June 17: The Jamaat-i-Islami has asked the government to make public names of 5,800 beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) so that the nation may recover each and every...

Corrigendum Due to a typographic error, the outlay of the NWFP budget for 2008-09 was misprinted as Rs107.904 billion in Tuesday’s Dawn instead of the actual figure of Rs170.904...		Six POs held; five cops suspended GUJRANWALA, June 17: Police claimed to have arrested six proclaimed offenders allegedly involved in heinous crimes, while five police officials were suspended for helping the accused....


Medical college for Sahiwal approved SAHIWAL, June 17: The proposal for establishing the Sahiwal Medical College has been approved by the Punjab chief minister, official sources said....		Varsity student stabbed on campus FAISALABAD, June 17: Students of Government College University Faisalabad boycotted their classes on Tuesday and staged a sit-in in front of the vice-chancellor’s office after some outsiders allegedly stabbed a student...

‘Political delay’ in welfare project SIALKOT, June 17: Hundreds of villagers of Head Marala vicinity on Tuesday demonstrated against what they said inordinate delay in the completion of the Sialkot-Head Marala Road project by the authorities concerned....		NGOs get a role in govt affairs: Hospital heads’ selection LAHORE, June 17: Representatives of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been included in the process to select medical superintendents of the teaching hospitals in Punjab....

32 booked after PPP, PML-F workers clash MIRPURKHAS, June 17: The police have booked Umerkot District Nazim Faqir Manghan Mangrio, union council nazim Ghulam Mohammad Mahar and 30 others in a murder attempt and robbery case following a clash between PPP and PML-F supporters....		Prisoners allege torture by jail authorities ISLAMABAD, June 17: Two under-trial prisoners (UTPs) who were brought to the District and Session Court for hearing of cases on Tuesday alleged that they were subjected to torture and that...

Govt asked not to withdraw subsidies ISLAMABAD, June 17: The National Traders Alliance on Tuesday demanded that the government should review its decision to withdraw lifeline subsidies under the pressure of international lending institutions....		Pakistan, Nigeria to boost ties RAWALPINDI, June 17: Pakistan and Nigeria have expressed their desire to boost bilateral cooperation in various fields for the mutual benefit of the two countries....

PM approves task force for Knowledge City ISLAMABAD, June 17: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday approved the formation of a nine-member task force to establish Pakistan’s first Knowledge City in the federal capital....		Man hanged TAXILA, June 17: A man was found dead in Sector 18 of Wah Cantonment. Police said Aurangzeb, an employee of a local defence origination, was hanged by unknown people....

Probe into journalist colonies allotments LAHORE, June 17: The Punjab government has questioned the allotment of plots to government officials in the journalists’ housing colonies in Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan....		Rs20m for study of water problems LAHORE, June 17: Local Government and Community Development (LGCD) Director General Tahir Husain has announced Rs20million for the development and survey of water problems in Punjab at a seminar on arsenic monitoring and mitigation here on Tuesday....

Girl recovered, three held LAHORE, June 17: The Crimes Investigation Agency of Cantonment division on Tuesday recovered a minor girl kidnapped from Nishtar Colony six days ago for Rs3 million, arresting her three abductors....		Moot asks youth to divorce wife SHIKARPUR, June 17: A meeting of prominent people of Soomro and other communities from Shikarpur, Jacobabad and other places was held here at Soomra House on Tuesday to develop pressure on...

Three of a family die in accident HYDERABAD, June 17: Three family members of the President Hyderabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry died in a road accident on the Super Highway near Nooriabad....		Date sought for vote on no-trust motion SUKKUR, June 17: The convener of the Sukkur district council requested the Election Commission of Pakistan to announce date for voting on no-confidence motion against the district nazim after majority of members passed the motion on Tuesday....

Religious scholar passes away HYDERABAD, June 17: A noted religious scholar, leader of JUP and former MNA Al-Haj Syed Mohammad Ali Hasni Rizvi died after protracted illness at a local hospital here late Monday night....		Bank manager, driver feared kidnapped KHAIRPUR, June 17: The manager of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank’s Chondiko branch and his driver are feared to have been kidnapped....

Judges’ posts to be filled: ACJ MIRPURKHAS, June 17: Acting Chief Justice of Sindh High Court Justice Azizullah Memon has said that posts of judges and other staff lying vacant in the judiciary will soon be filled up....		12-hour outage annoys people in Jacobabad JACOBABAD, June 17: People braved 12-hour long loadshedding from 7am to 8pm on Tuesday, causing grave inconvenience to patients, children, women and the elderly....

Water shortage SUKKUR, June 17: Hundreds of Pakistan Railways workers staged a demonstration and a sit-in in Loco Shed, Rohri on Tuesday, in protest against scarcity of water and lack of sanitation in their locality....		Rallies against loadshedding DADU, June 17: Three protest rallies were taken out on Tuesday against unscheduled loadshedding....

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