15 September 2004 Wednesday 29 Rajab 1425 PML nominee wins senate seat: Opposition boycotts poll LAHORE, Sept 14: PML nominee Sardar Mahmood Ahmad was elected senator from the Punjab on Tuesday, as the opposition parties boycotted the election to the seat vacated by prime minister Shaukat Aziz. ... President in uniform not acceptable, says Benazir ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto says her party will never accept an unconstitutional president, whether in uniform or without uniform. She was talking to Punjab MPA Farzana Raja during a meeting in Dubai, says a message received here on Tuesday. ... Motion on uniform issue to be tabled in Sindh PA: Shaikh HYDERABAD, Sept 14: A resolution urging President Gen Pervez Musharraf not to shed uniform would be tabled in the Sindh Assembly, said Pakistan Muslim League, Sindh, general-secretary Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh here on Tuesday. ... PML district bodies support uniform LAHORE, Sept 14: Twenty-eight district organizations of the ruling PML have adopted resolutions that President Musharraf should retain his military uniform. These resolutions have been sent to party's provincial secretary-general, Chaudhry Zaheerudin ... Who voted for PML-N nominee? LAHORE, Sept 14: The ruling PML and opposition parties are trying to find out the MPA who voted for the PML-N candidate, despite the boycott decision taken by the ARD and the MMA. ... Durrani rules out PA resolution on uniform PESHAWAR, Sept 14: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that the government has no plan to present a resolution in the NWFP Assembly on the issue of the president's uniform. ... MMA won't boycott assembly session HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Sindh president MNA Asadullah Bhutto and MMA leader in the Sindh Assembly Maulana Umer Sadiq formally announced here on Tuesday ... PML in direct fight with PML-N in by-polls TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 14: The PML and the Nawaz League are in straight fight for the office of a Gojra union council Naib Nazim by-election scheduled to be held on Sept 16. ... PML-N concerned over law, order KARACHI, Sept 14: The Vice-President, Pakistan Muslim League-N, Sindh, Mian Ejaz Shafi, has said in view of the increasing incidents of lawlessness, murders and kidnappings, people are living a life of terror and insecurity, which is not a healthy sign. ... BNM wants end to 'repression' KARACHI, Sept 14: The Baloch National Movement has demanded that the "due rights" of Baloch people as a separate national entity be recognized, besides ending the alleged state 'repression' in Balochistan. ... Fazl asks govt to apologize to tribesmen PESHAWAR, Sept 14: MMA leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday demanded a public apology from the government to tribesmen of the South Waziristan region for killing what he called innocent people in the ongoing military operation. ... Call to let rights activists, journalists visit Wana HYDERABAD, Sept 14: Sindh Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president MNA Asadullah Bhutto has demanded that the government should allow parliamentarians, journalists and human rights activists to visit tribal areas where an army operation is going on. ... Hudood laws to be amended, NA told ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that opposition to the proposed enforcement of Hudood laws was being given serious consideration and a bill would soon be moved to amend the controversial law. ... Musharraf meets foreign delegates KARACHI, Sept 14: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday met several delegations participating in the Ideas 2004 exhibition of military hardware. Those who called on the president at the Expo Centre included delegations from France, Turkmenistan ... Eco for sustained efforts to boost regional economy: Dushanbe Declaration DUSHANBE, Sept 14: The Economic Cooperation Organization (Eco) on Tuesday called for a series of sustained efforts for trade and economic development within the 10-member regional grouping to the benefit of all states. ... 'Pakistan-Libya ties getting stronger' ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Relations between Pakistan and Libya have become stronger over decades and we welcomed the lifting of UN sanctions on Tripoli in 2003 ... US to continue support in education sector: envoy ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: United States Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell has said Bush administration and USAID will continue to explore new avenues in the field of educational cooperation between the two countries. ... Trade with EU discussed ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Commerce Secretary Tasneem Noorani has invited the European Commission director-general (agriculture) to visit Pakistan to enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest. ... Police rescue kidnapped man RIYADH, Sept 14: Saudi police have rescued a 43-year-old Pakistani from his abductors. Mohammad Ashraf was kidnapped for ransom from outside his house in one of Riyadh's neighbourhoods. ... NWFP mills purchasing Punjab wheat illegally PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The Punjab government's ban on the transportation of wheat from the province, is being flouted in connivance with dealers from Punjab by supplying the commodity to flour mills in Peshawar and its adjoining areas, according to business circles. ... Govt to move against land mafia in Gwadar ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government has directed officials concerned to take immediate action against land mafia in Gwadar for timely completion of the multi-billion-dollar Gwadar Deep Sea Port project. ... Pledge to flush out foreigners MIRAMSHAH, Sept 14: The Mandikhel tribe, a sub-tribe of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe, has raised a 300-strong lashkar here on Tuesday and pledged to flush out foreign terrorists from their territory in the North Waziristan tribal agency. ... Islamic university at refugee camp planned PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The NWFP government has planned to convert the abandoned University of Dawa Al-Jihad at the Jalozai refugee camp into an Islamic university, officials said. ... Rock-art sites discovered near Siachen LAHORE, Sept 14: The federal archaeology department claims to have discovered rock-art sites near the Siachen Glacier, between the villages of Domsum and Gulshan-i-Kabin on the left bank of Saltoro river in the Lower Sheyole (Khaplu) valley. ...

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