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June 14, 2006 Wednesday Jumadi-ul-Awwal 17, 1427   Ponam not to contest polls held under Musharraf QUETTA, June 13: Chief of Ponam Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal has said the nationalist alliance will not contest the 2007 elections if held under President Musharraf and that he will be the last Baloch to initiate dialogue with the government.... PML-N for polls under neutral govt ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the PML-N here on Tuesday resolved to speed up its struggle for the establishment of a neutral caretaker government in the country... Wapda under fire in Senate ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Water and Power Development Authority on Tuesday came under scathing criticism from opposition and treasury lawmakers in Senate for failing to provide uninterrupted electricity supply to people,... Kalpar chief seeks govt help, denies accord with Bugti QUETTA, June 13: Kalpar Bugti tribe chief Wadera Khan Mohammad has urged the government to provide protection for rehabilitating 3,500 Kalpars in Dera Bugti district. Addressing a press conference at the... Musharraf to attend summit in Almaty ISLAMABAD, June 13: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will represent Pakistan at the second summit meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (Cica) later this week in Kazakhstan, it is learnt.... Hasba bill to be presented in PA again, says Durrani CHITRAL, June 13: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Durrani has said that Hasba bill will be presented in the provincial assembly afresh next month and the government will get it passed to fulfil an election promise made by the MMA.... Record allocation for development: No new tax in Punjab LAHORE, June 13: The Punjab government will lay before the provincial assembly its revenue budget of Rs274 billion — indicating a current expenditure of Rs191 billion and carrying a surplus of Rs83 billion — for the fiscal year 2006-07 on Wednesday.... Cotton sown on 90pc of target area LAHORE, June 13: Cotton has been sown on 5.6 million acres in Punjab — around 90 per cent of target area of 6.3 million acres fixed for the Kharif crop.... Link between research, policy making stressed ISLAMABAD, June 13: There is a strong need to strengthen the link between research and policy-making which has never been given due consideration in the country.... ADB gives $2m grant for flour enrichment ISLAMABAD, June 13: The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday signed an agreement on a $2 million grant for a pilot project to fortify flour and reduce anaemia and folic acid deficiency.... HEC to set up students’ counselling centres ISLAMABAD, June 13: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has decided to set up students’ counselling centres at public sector universities of the country, said an official statement.... 20 health units to be set up in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, June 13: The World Health Organisation (WHO) will shortly start work on building 20 rural health centres in the quake-affected areas. “The work on the project being launched with the... Illegal medicines: chemists, drug stores raided ISLAMABAD, June 13: The government has launched a multi prong campaign to curb the sale and penalising those involved in manufacturing of spurious drugs in the country, official sources said.... OPF board being reconstituted ISLAMABAD, June 13: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Tuesday said that OPF Board of Governors was being reconstituted. Addressing cheque distribution ceremony of Financial... Kidnappers’ gang busted QUETTA, June 13: Police on Tuesday busted an international gang involved in kidnapping of children for ransom and recovered a 14-year-old student after an exchange of fire with the kidnappers.... Condemned prisoner executed PESHAWAR, June 13: A condemned prisoner was executed in the central prison on Tuesday morning. Judicial magistrate Malik Amjad Raheem supervised the execution. Mutaber Khan was sentenced to death on five... Frontier wants 4pc of GDP for education PESHAWAR, June 13: The NWFP has lodged protest with the federal government over allocation of less than four per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the education sector in the budget.... 5 policemen arrested DERA ISMAIL KHAN, June 13: Five personnel of Punjab Police, including an assistant sub-inspector, were arrested after they raided a house in Basti Kanchkanwali in the jurisdiction of Cantt police station here on Tuesday.... Five killed in accident TIMERGARAH, June 13: Five persons were killed and as many received serious injuries when a passenger coaster rammed into a truck here at Katkala on Monday evening.... Deadline given for resolving coal-mine dispute PESHAWAR, June 13: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Orakzai has given August 14 as the date for resolution of coal mine dispute in Orakzai Agency, urging the respective tribes to arrive... NWFP spent only 38.7pc of ADP in nine months: Foreign-funded plans affected PESHAWAR, June 13: The NWFP government is set to miss the Rs21 billion development expenditure target under its 2005-06 annual development programme as its spending stood slightly over Rs8.1... Release of officials held under FCR urged PESHAWAR, June 13: The All Departments Coordination Council (ADCC) of North Waziristan has demanded release of government employees detained under the collective responsibility clause of the FCR and their immediate reinstatement.... End to military action sought PESHAWAR, June 13: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Tuesday called upon the government to end the military operation in tribal areas forthwith and resolve issues through negotiations and jirgas.... 95pc people fail to buy subsidised pulses, sugar BAHAWALPUR, June 13: Over 95 per cent population of the district is unable to avail the government facility of purchasing subsidised pulses and sugar as four tehsil headquarters out of five are without any utility stores.... Vet varsity providing quality education LAHORE, June 13: University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences vice-chancellor Prof Dr Manzoor Ahmad has said the university has set up modern laboratories and academic facilities of international standard to ensure quality education and research on the campus.... Motorcyclist killed on resistance KHANEWAL, June 13: Three dacoits killed a motorcyclist on resistance in the jurisdiction of Jahanian police on Monday night. Shamshad Ali, his brother Ghulam Mustafa and wife Nusrat Bibi were going... Murdered SHEIKHUPURA, June 13: Three unidentified gunmen shot dead a Ferozewala lawyer on Tuesday. Advocate Muhammad Ali Sial was reportedly on his way home in Shahab Colony from courts.... Six ‘terrorists’ arrested in Multan MULTAN, June 13: The district police on Tuesday arrested six ‘terrorists’ who were allegedly planning to launch suicide and terrorist attacks on some religious gatherings. According to a press release of... DIG ordered to probe prisoners’ torture FAISALABAD, June 13: The district and sessions judge has asked the Faisalabad region deputy inspector-general (jails) to probe the allegation of torture of condemned prisoners by the central jail staff for not greasing their palms.... Lawyer’s body found in Canal OKARA, June 13: The body of Advocate Mian Anwaarul Haq, the local tax bar association president, was recovered after four days from the Lower Bari Doab Canal near Yousawala, Sahiwal district, on Tuesday.... Police fail to arrest escaped prisoner SHEIKHUPURA, June 13: The district police have failed to arrest a convict escaped from the prison here on Saturday. Ibraham Masih alias Hama, involved in 15 heinous crimes, including four murders,... Badar Express escapes accident TOBA TEK SINGH, June 13: Badar Express escaped an accident when railway staff caught a youth trying to open fish plates of the Toba-Gojra track near Siddiq Park on Monday night.... Protest Against Lesco KASUR, June 13: Scores of people, including traders, of Niaznagar and Railway Road staged a demonstration against Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) here on Tuesday.... Sub-human condition in Gujranwala jail GUJRANWALA, June 13: Prisoners at central jail are leading a subhuman life owing to overcrowding in this scorching heat. Overcrowding is reportedly causing suffocation and mostly prisoners cannot sleep at night and are suffering from allergies.... 3,000 Sikhs arrive LAHORE, June 13: More than 3,000 Indian Sikhs arrived here on Tuesday to observe the 400th death anniversary of their fifth Guru Arjun Dev Jee at Gurdwara Dera Sahib.... Musharraf blamed for Balochistan situation LAHORE, June 13: MMA leader Liaquat Baloch on Tuesday held Gen Pervez Musharraf responsible for deteriorating the Balochistan situation and recent deaths in the troubled province.... Report from forest officers sought LAHORE, June 13: Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam of the Lahore High Court has called for a report and comments from the divisional forest officer (DFO) and others on a petition against cancellation of recruitment of foresters and forest guards.... Protest against water shortage MIRPURKHAS, June 13: A large number of people held a demonstration in Pithoro town on Monday in protest against water shortage. Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi led the protesters.... Population welfare to be included in syllabus HYDERABAD, June 13: The Sindh government has decided to introduce population welfare as a subject in the syllabus of secondary and higher secondary education, says Sindh Population Welfare Department Secretary Mohammad Mohsin Qureshi.... MLO, others record statements in Sangi case LARKANA, June 13: A three-member inquiry committee on Tuesday started probe into alleged negligence of the medico legal officer in the Munir Sangi case. The Sindh chief minister had formed the probe body.... Two arrested for attack on journalist SUKKUR, June 13: Doctors removed four bullets from the body of Paryal Dayo, a Pano Akil-based journalist, who was injured in an attempt on his life on Monday night.... Concern over law, order situation KHAIRPUR, June 13: Former district nazim Nafisa Shah has said that there is no rule of law in Sindh and incidents of robbery, karo-kari and feuds and clashes were being reported in increasing number....

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