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The 11-member government-opposition committee, grappling with the Legal Framework Order (LFO) which gives military political power, has reportedly formulated its recommendations. There is, however, little indication that General Musharraf which allow significant changes in the LFO. Rauf Klasra (News, Pakistan) reports that the MMA has offered to accept President Pervez Musharraf as the Army chief for two more years.
"Committee formulates recommendations on LFO"
"MMA offers Musharraf two years in uniform"
President George Bush is scheduled to meet President Pervez Musharraf in Camp David on June 24. Pakistan is seeking a $1 billion aid package from the US. Commenting on US relations with Musharraf's government, Asma Jahangir, Pakistan's leading human rights activist, sharply criticizes the US for ignoring democratic and human rights abuses in Pakistan. Thousands of tenants of military farms at Okara have been protesting attempts by the military to evict them (by changing their status to day-laborers) from the lands they have occupied for almost a century.
"Bush to meet Musharraf in Camp David"
"Islamabad seeks $1bn aid package from US"
"The US and our South Asian saga"
"Okara military farm tenant shot dead, three injured"
"Okara farms issue"
According to the General Secretary Pakistan Medical Association, more than 20,000 women die in the country during the pregnancy and the maternity process every year.
"20,000 women die during pregnancy"
The government of Pakistan controlled Kashmir prohibited Maulana Masood Azhar, leader of the outlawed religio-political group Jaish-e-Mohammed, from entering its territory. Azher, reportedly, defied the ban. A number of gas stations in Karachi were attacked with locally made explosive devices. A little know group calling itself Muslim United Army has taken the responsibility for the blasts.
"Masood's entry into AJK banned"
"Masood Azhar arrives in Azad Kashmir"
"Blasts at 21 petrol pumps in Karachi"