10 September 2004 Friday 24 Rajab 1425 'President can't retain army chief's office after Dec 31' ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Acting parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said Gen Pervez Musharraf cannot retain the offices of the army chief and president simultaneously after December 31 under the 17th Constitutional Amendment. ... ARD urges coordinated efforts for democracy KARACHI, Sept 9: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on Thursday called for coordinated efforts by all the democratic forces for the restoration of the constitution.Leaders of the alliance said at a meeting of the ARD, Sindh, that violation of the constitution would not be accepted. ... ARD meeting today LAHORE, Sept 9: A meeting of the ARD has been called for Friday (today) in Islamabad. According to coalition's secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, the participants will discuss the situation and the ARD's future course of action. ... Opposition divided on question of uniform PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The joint opposition in the NWFP Assembly stands divided on the question of president's uniform, lacking cohesiveness with which its component parties had joined hands against the MMA government. ... PPP writes to C'wealth about 'victimization' ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: MNA and Central Coordinator of PPP's Human Rights Cell Fauzia Wahab has apprised the Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon of the victimization of political opponents and urged him to ask the government to refrain itself from suppressing the opposition. ... LHC acquits Zardari in Steel Mills reference RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, set aside on Thursday the conviction of former senator Asif Ali Zardari in the Steel Mills reference directing the government to release him if he was not facing other cases. ... Prominent local figure killed in camp attack ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan, said on Thursday that most of those killed in the air attack on a training camp in South Waziristan were foreign militants, including Chechens, Uzbeks and Arabs. ... Imran seeks probe into 'massacre' of tribals ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has condemned the massacre of tribals in a military operation in South Waziristan and demanded constitution of a parliamentary committee to probe into the tragic incident. ... MMA calls for protest on 11th KARACHI, Sept 9: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Thursday appealed to the people to protest on Saturday against United States aggression against Muslims all over the world. ... MMA says country in for a major scam LAHORE, Sept 9: The MMA raised a voice in the Punjab Assembly on Thursday against huge investment in the real estate business in the province. ... Sami accuses Durrani of encouraging horse-trading PESHAWAR, Sept 9: MMA's central leader and chief of JUI (S) Maulana Samiul Haq has accused NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani of encouraging horse-trading. ... Clarification The date of birth of Minister of State for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Division Sardar Ali Nawaz Khan was mistakenly carried as October 27, 1945 on page 17 in our edition of September 6. His date of birth is August 11, 1972. ... Islamization of laws, seats for special people sought : NWFP assembly adopts resolutions PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The NWFP Assembly on Thursday adopted resolutions, demanding seats for special people in national and provincial assemblies, reduction in telephone line rent ... N.As elections: PML to launch drive from 13th ISLAMABAD Sept 9: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has said it will launch campaign for the October 12 election to the Northern Areas Council from Skardu on September 13. ... Stability, autonomy interlinked: Bilour - MQM's stand on Pukhtunkhwa welcomed PESHAWAR, Sept 9: Awami National Party's senior vice-president Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Wednesday said that political stability would continue to elude the country until provinces enjoyed 'full' autonomy. ... Doctor brothers indicted for treating terrorists KARACHI, Sept 9: An anti-terrorism court indicted the Waheed brothers on Thursday for a series of charges including medical treatment to Al-Qaeda activists and other terrorists, and for sending people to Wana for terrorist training. ... Kashmir body wants LoC fence removed ISLAMABAD Sept 9: The special parliamentary committee on Kashmir has demanded that India should demolish the fence forthwith it had erected along the Line of Control (LoC). ... AJK premier loses support of 11 legislators MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 9: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat suffered a blow on Thursday as an 11-member 'like-minded group' of Muslim Conference lawmakers announced withdrawal of its support to him. ... 'Cross-border terrorism allegations misplaced' ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Ved Bhasin, a prominent newspaper editor from Indian-held Kashmir, on Thursday said it was the armed struggle which made India realise that Kashmir was a dispute - a major gain for the Kashmiris. ... Haryana CM due today LAHORE, Sept 9: Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala will arrive here on Friday morning with a 50-member delegation for a four-day visit to the province on the invitation of the World Punjabi Congress. ... Frontier to get 100,000 tons of wheat from Punjab PESHAWAR, Sept 9: The Punjab government will provide 100,000 tons of wheat to the NWFP flour mills from its official stores in a move that appears to be aimed at denying the Frontier province's flour millers access to Punjab's open market, sources said. ... Social policy in final stages, says minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Federal Minister for Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education Zobaida Jalal on Thursday said formation of a new social development policy was in its final stages and would soon be brought before the cabinet for approval. ... Navy ship rescues 18 as boat sinks KARACHI, Sept 9: A Pakistan Navy ship on Thursday rescued 18 people in the Arabian Sea. A press release of the Inter-Services Public Relations, navy, said illegal immigrants were being ferried by some agents to Gulf states in two boats when one of those got damaged. ... Jakarta blast condemned ISLAMABAD, Sept 9: Pakistan on Thursday condemned a brutal terrorist attack in Jakarta, which claimed several lives and injured hundreds. Commenting on the car bomb explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta ... Pir Mukarram to move LHC against conviction RAWALPINDI, Sept 9: Former Managing Director of the Printing Corporation of Pakistan (PCP) Pir Mukarramul Haq has decided to move the Lahore High Court against his conviction by an accountability court in a corruption reference. ... CAA advised to consider plea for hike in pensions KARACHI, Sept 9: The Sindh High Court advised the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday to sympathetically consider the plea of its retired employees for enhancement of pension. ...

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