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MMA under attack from all sides: Hasba Bill ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Hasba Bill being tabled in the NWFP Assembly on Monday by the MMA government is against the Constitution, violates the fundamental human rights, is a recipe to...		Pakistanis continue to face 9/11 fallout WASHINGTON, July 10: Pakistan and Bangladesh top the list of the countries whose citizens were targeted for deportation since the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, show the most recent statistics released by the Department of Homeland Security....
US-India pact to destabilize S. Asia: Fazl PESHAWAR, July 10: The Leader of opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that the US-India defence pact would create instability in South Asia....		Passengers kept confined in PIA plane during long delay ISLAMABAD, July 10: Over 200 passengers who boarded a London-bound flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Islamabad airport on Saturday were kept confined in the aircraft for four hours for “technical reasons”, a passenger said....
ADB stops flood protection loan ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Asian Development Bank has stopped loan for a Rs8 billion flood protection plan because of inefficient management and poor performance of the project....		Pakistan, China to discuss arms control, nuclear issues BEIJING, July 10: Senior officers from Pakistan and China will meet here on Tuesday to hold consultation on matters relating to arms control, disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation....
Both PMAP and ANP claim victory in by-election QUETTA, July 10: Both the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party and the Awami National Party on Sunday claimed that their candidates had won the by-election for the Balochistan Assembly’s Qila Abdullah...		ANP says Hasba bill is clerics’martial law PESHAWAR, July 10: The Awami National Party (ANP) has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal of paving the ground for religious dictatorship in the province by endorsing the proposed Hasba law....
Armed men block highway QUETTA, July 10: The provincial capital remained cut off form Afghanistan on Sunday as hundreds of armed men belonging to three parties blocked the Quetta-Chaman highway....		Women empowerment project being launched PESHAWAR, July 10: The federal health department in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a basic development need (BDN) project in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), officials said....
Creation of districts a ‘poll-fraud move’ LARKANA, July 10: The Sindh National Front has termed creation of new districts, talukas and union councils in Sindh a first step towards rigging local body elections....		Minister denies pre-poll rigging HYDERABAD, July 10: Sindh Minister for Planning and Development Shoaib Bukhari has denied allegations of pre-poll rigging and said those who are accusing the government of rigging the local body elections are themselves involved in the excersise....
Saifullah launches poll campaign LAKKI MARWAT, July 10: Politicians here have geared up their campaign to mobilize support for their candidates in the upcoming local councils’ polls. The leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim...		CBR clarifies tax rule for over Rs25,000 transaction ISLAMABAD, July 10: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) has clarified that 0.1 per cent withholding tax on cash withdrawal is applicable on each transaction exceeding Rs25,000....
Trainee doctors await decision PESHAWAR, July 10: The NWFP health department has said that the decision regarding six-month training of the trainee medical officers at district headquarter hospitals has not been taken....		Hari leader dies of electrocution KHAIRPUR, July 10: Renowned hari and social worker, Zulfiqar Solangi, 35, was electrocuted when he was entangled in a damaged PVC wire in the Ghulam Ali Shah Village, Kingri taluka, on Saturday night....
Breach floods villages JACOBABAD, July 10: Eleven villages were inundated as a result of a breach which developed in Thermal Shakh after ripping apart it’s iron door near Guddu on Sunday....		Road blocked LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 10: Dozens of coach owners blocked a section of the Peshawar-Bara road for several hours on Sunday to protest against the arrest of their colleagues by the political administration....
Woman appeals for release of husband HYDERABAD, July 10: Shazia Soomro, wife of Saleem Soomro of Tando Mohammad Khan town, has appealed to the nationalist parties and human rights organizations to save the life of her husband who, she alleged, is being tortured in police custody....		Flood affectees to be quickly rehabilitated, says Pervaiz SIALKOT, July 10: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the government is utilizing all resources for early rehabilitation of the flood-hit people. Addressing the flood affectees here on Sunday, he...
Water-borne diseases claim two lives VEHARI, July 10: Two people lost their lives while dozens of others were brought to various state-run hospitals, including the DHQ Hospital, for the treatment of water-borne diseases during the last 24 hours in the Vehari district....		Old faces outnumber newcomers for polls: Activities in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, July 10: Political activities have gained momentum in the district, as aspirants for local-body seats are making efforts to muster support of political heavyweights and notables of their respective areas....
Water shortage at Fort Munro DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 10: Residents as well as tourists in Fort Munro, the only hill station in the south Punjab, are facing drinking water shortage....		Rape case probe restarts SHEIKHUPURA, July 10: On the direction of Supreme Court’s division bench, SP (investigation) Rao Abdul Kareem on Sunday restarted investigation of the rape case against the son of former district nazim Tawakalullah Virk....
Opposition considers consensus candidates SHEIKHUPURA, July 10: The ARD, the MMA and other opposition parties have decided to make electoral adjustments at the union council level and field consensus candidates for the slots of district and tehsil nazims....		Dissatisfaction over flood relief MULTAN, July 10: Former president Sardar Farooq Leghari and ex-caretaker premier Mir Balkh Sher Mazari have expressed dissatisfaction over the official flood relief measures in Rajanpur district...
MPA, adviser’s brother shoot constable GUJRAT, July 10: A police constable was shot dead allegedly by an MPA and a brother of the adviser to chief minister at the Bhring check post in the Bhimber police station limits on Sunday....		Gas for Naushera Virkan GUJRANWALA, July 10: A project to supply gas to Naushera Virkan and other places has been started after its inauguration on Sunday. MNA Rana Bilal Ijaz told a meeting that Rs200...
Candidature of Toba nazim’s slot ‘approved’ TOBA TEK SINGH, July 10: Punjab Forest Minister Dr Ashfaqur Rehman has claimed that Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has approved the candidature of his brother-in-law Col Naveed Gill (retired) for the Toba district nazim’s slot....		Rs50m spent on bricklining GUJRANWALA, July 10: A sum of Rs50 million has been spent on bricklining of 356km water courses in the district. This was stated by district officer Muhammad Zikriya at a briefing here on Sunday....
PR mulls ‘open tracks’ policy LAHORE, July 10: An open tracks policy is being contemplated on the pattern of the open skies policy, says Minister of State Ishaq Khan Khakwani. Sources, however, say the plan to make the Pakistan Railways a corporation has been shelved....		Struggle for democracy to bear fruit: Shahbaz LAHORE, July 10: PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif says the struggle of his party for the restoration of democracy will bear fruit. In a telephonic address from London to the participants...
CEC’s warning ‘ignored’ LAHORE, July 10: Ignoring the chief election commissioner’s warning, the ruling and the opposition parties on Sunday continued interviewing and selecting their candidates for the forthcoming local body polls....		Joint meeting LAHORE, July 10: Presidents of the Lahore organizations of the PPP, the PML-N and the MMA will be meeting in a few days to make adjustments on the union council level....
Rights body takes up girl’s murder case: Prime suspects still at large PESHAWAR, July 10: Police have failed to arrest the prime suspects in the case of murder of a ten-year-old girl, who was killed on May 31 in Fatho Abdurahimia, in the suburbs of the provincial capital....		Campaign fails to curb menace of child prostitution PESHAWAR, July 10: Child prostitution has been on the rise despite a vigil by law-enforcement personnel on notorious spots in and around the walled city of Peshawar, a senior police official said here....
Epidemic control steps urged PESHAWAR, July 10: The provincial government has issued directives to the executive district officers (health) of three flood-hit districts to take steps to cope with epidemics....		Highwaymen kill police official in Peshawar PESHAWAR, July 10: Station house officer (SHO) of the Mattani police station was killed by highwaymen near the Darwazgai area on the Kohat Road on Sunday, police officials told Dawn....
MMA in a quandary over seat adjustments SWABI, July 10: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is facing problems in working out seat adjustments with its component parties for the upcoming local council polls. Sources told Dawn on Sunday that the...		Three commit suicide HARIPUR, July 10: Three people, including a girl, committed suicide here on Sunday. Family sources said Gulnaz Bibi, daughter of Mohammad Zarin of village Sikandarpur, had locked herself in a room and committed suicide with a pistol....