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September 30, 2006 Saturday Ramazan 6, 1427   Over Rs483m irregularities detected: Foreign ministry accounts ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The Directorate of Foreign Audit in its latest report has pointed out irregularities worth Rs483.531 million in the accounts of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and allied wings of various ministries based in 48 missions abroad.... Pakistan, UK to set up group for crime control ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have decided to form a joint working group (JWG), in December 2006, with a view to countering terrorism and controlling trans-national crimes, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Friday.... Condemned Briton’s relatives hold protest OXFORD, (England), Sept 29: Relatives of a British man due to be hanged in Pakistan in two days staged a demonstration as President Pervez Musharraf arrived to speak at Oxford University on Friday and urged him to intercede.... Meeting on Karachi mass transit plan ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday that the government was exploring various options, including the mass transit system, to solve the transport problem in big cities.... Khalique Ibrahim dead KARACHI, Sept 29: Khalique Ibrahim Khalique, 80, a well-known man of letters, died after protracted illness here on Friday.... Kashmiri leaders under house arrest ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: In occupied Kashmir, senior Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani, president of Democratic Freedom Party Shabbir Ahmad Shah and APHC leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan were On Friday placed... Call to remove misperceptions about Islam ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Speaker of the National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said that Pakistan and Tunisia shared similar views on global issues and had common desire for regional peace and stability.... Team in Sust for probe into dry port scam ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Officials of the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) and security agency have reached Sust to probe the alleged corruption and mismanagement in the Silk Route Port Trust, sources told Dawn on Thursday.... Education, health sectors priority in reconstruction: USAID’s projects in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has started rebuilding schools and hospitals in the quake-affected areas of the NWFP and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where the agency has successfully completed the first phase of rehabilitation programme.... AJK president, PM meet today ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Raja Zulqernain will hold a meeting with Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan here on Saturday.... WB assures help for Balochistan QUETTA, Sept 29: The World Bank will take all-possible measures for the development of fisheries and other sectors in Balochistan and continue to fund various projects launched in the province.... Call to pass on benefit of cut in oil prices to consumers ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The government’s unwillingness to pass the benefit of recent decrease in international oil prices on to domestic consumers on the premise that it had sustained losses in the... Robbers loot Rs1.6m, three cars RAWALPINDI, Sept 29: Three cars and Rs1.6 million cash were stolen in seven different robbery incidents in the last 24 hours, police said.... Demand for probe into dry port scam ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: People’s Party Parliamentarians leader Wazir Baig has called for a probe into ‘corruption and mismanagement’ in the Sust Dry Port affairs.... JWP alleges violation of job quota QUETTA, Sept 29: The Jamhoori Watan Party has accused the federal government of denying jobs to Balochistan youths on the basis of the province’s quota in federal services and semi-government corporations.... Rs6.428bn for Naulang, Bolan dams QUETTA, Sept 29: The federal government has agreed to sponsor the construction of Naulang and Bolan reservoirs in Balochistan and will soon release Rs6.428 billion.... Award for lecturer PESHAWAR, Sept 29: In recognition of her outstanding performance and services in the academic sector, Intel Corporation and Education Department has conferred the Intel Education Award on lecturer of Statistic Department Government Girls Degree College Mardan, Samina Effat.... Courts held in prison NOWSHERA, Sept 29: Nowshera district and sessions judge Mohammad Saleem Minakhel and senior civil judge Qaiser Raheem recently held courts in Nowshera sub-jail for two days and decided 20 cases of petty crimes.... Consul official PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Lynne Tracy, a career foreign service officer, returned to Peshawar to take up her duties as principal officer at the US Consulate on Sept 19.... Lofty claims keep Dera literacy plan creeping DERA GHAZI KHAN, Sept 29: As the Dera Ghazi Khan literacy promotion plan advances at a snail’s pace, EDO (Literacy) Rasheed Khan Mazari sounds rather over-optimistic when he claims that he... Couple killed in grenade attack: Dog saves lives of kids GUJRANWALA, Sept 29: A couple was killed in a grenade attack while their dog sacrificed his life and saved the lives of his master’s children by catching in his mouth another grenade hurled by their rivals in Mansoorwali village, Wazirabad.... Shortfall in cotton production feared MULTAN, Sept 29: Pakistan may face a shortfall in overall cotton production this year.... Ex-brigadier’s appointment as VC criticised MULTAN, Sept 29: The Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association has criticised the appointment of a former brigadier as the vice-chancellor of the Bolan University by the Balochistan governor.... Toba ZC against M-4 route change TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 29: The district council through a unanimous resolution urged the federal government on Friday not to change the route of M-4 Motorway project.... Transport facility for Sialkot colleges SIALKOT, Sept 29: The City District Government Sialkot has decided to provide transport facility to students of all boys and girls colleges in the district.... Two fall prey to enmity SIALKOT, Sept 29: Two people were shot dead while another was injured by their rivals near Kapurowali village, Muradpur, on Friday.... Action against lawyers sought GUJRANWALA, Sept 29: The judge of a local court has sought action against lawyers from the district and sessions judge for manhandling the complainant during court proceedings in a land-grabbing case here on Friday.... Robbers shoot farmer OKARA, Sept 29: A farmer was shot dead by three robbers in his house on Thursday night. Police said Nawaz of Hujra Shah Muqeem was sleeping in his house when the robbers sneaked in.... 150,000 apply for 200 posts LAHORE, Sept 29: The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) says it has received 150,000 applications for the 200 posts of subordinate cadres.... No pay raise for farm scientists in 27 years LAHORE, Sept 29: Agriculture Minister Arshad Lodhi was at the receiving end in the Punjab Assembly on Friday as the opposition criticised the government for neglecting the farm sector.... No earthshaking business LAHORE, Sept 29: Law Minister Raja Basharat was about to table a bill in the house, which was the last item on the Punjab Assembly’s Friday session agenda, when an opposition member threw a spanner in the works.... Waterlogged land to be rehabilitated LAHORE, Sept 29: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Punjab government on Friday signed an agreement to rehabilitate salt affected and waterlogged land. The project will be completed in four years....

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