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September 11, 2005 Sunday Sha’aban 6, 1426   45 parties allowed 30 days to present account details ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Election Commission will issue notices to 45 political parties that failed to submit their financial statements for the year 2004-05 on time.... Search operation begins in Gilgit GILGIT, Sept 10: Security forces on Saturday morning mounted a search operation in Barmas and Majinee Mohallah localities of Gilgit to track down terrorists who killed two persons on Thursday and... Asif’s arrest warrant issued ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: A Rawalpindi Accountability Court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrant against PPP leader Asif Zardari for not appearing before the court during the hearings of the SGS and ARY Gold references.... Report on Sonia case presented ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The provincial chief secretary and inspector general of police on Saturday presented a report to the Supreme Court on the alleged rape of Sonia Naz by senior Faisalabad police officers.... Police disperse hunger strikers QUETTA, Sept 10: Police did not allow establishment of hunger strike camps at two places in the city to foil protest against the detention of Ali Asghar Bangulzai.... Policemen cast aspersions on one another: Sonia Naz case FAISALABAD, Sept 10: The Sonia Naz rape case and the motor registration scandal took a twist on Saturday when senior Punjab police officers threw blame on one another for corruption, abuse of power and launching mudslinging campaigns.... 10 prisoners escape from police custody KHAIRPUR, Sept 10: Ten under-trial prisoners escaped when they were being escorted to the Sukkur Central Jail after hearing cases in the Sessions Court and other courts on Saturday.... Measures being taken to reduce prices: minister HARIPPUR, Sept 10: Minister of State for Finance Omar Ayub Khan has said that the government was taking practical measures to reduce price pressure on consumers by ensuring regular supply of food items.... Two UC nazims of ADP join KPP LARKANA, Sept 10: Sindh Minister Haji Altaf Unnar has said that the Khushhal Pakistan Panel will win the post of the Larkana district nazim as it enjoyed majority.... Two shot dead in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 10: Two persons were killed and eight others including a minor were injured when two groups exchanged fire in two separate incidents in Jamrud tehsil on Saturday.... Karachi Corps Commander visits PIA head office KARACHI, Sept 10: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Syed Athar Ali visited the PIA head office here to see the facilities of the national carrier, said an announcement on Saturday.... Two women die of gastroenteritis in Dadu DADU, Sept 10: Two women died in the Dadu Civil Hospital and 20 others were admitted in Civil Hospital and private hospitals on Saturday. Gastroenteritis has spread in Dadu town.... PML leader holds talks with ANP LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 10: The central leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Salim Saifullah Khan, has approached the local leadership of Awami National Party to seek their support for the offices of district and tehsil nazims.... 15m cotton bales target a ‘distant possibility’: Body on crop management meets MULTAN, Sept 10: Cotton production this year is likely to fall short of the official target of 15m bales owing to a number of factors, including pest pressure, shedding of fruiting... Tough fight expected for Swabi nazim SWABI, Sept 10: Two main groups are in the run for Swabi district nazim’s post, one is led by political forces and the other by a millionaire, and the elected union... Farmers protest rotation plan NAWABSHAH, Sept 10: Farmers of Dhoro Naro branch, Nusrat irrigation division, blocked the Nawabshah-Sanghar link road as a protest against the rotation programme on Saturday. They said their land was getting... Literacy Day observed LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 10: The Lakki unit of the Literacy for All project in NWFP organised a walk in connection with the International Literacy Day here on Saturday.... HRCP to raise issue of ‘missing people’ PESHAWAR, Sept 10: The chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma Jehangir, said on Saturday that scores of people picked up by intelligence agencies were missing and being kept incommunicado.... Outsider’s nomination rejected JHANG, Sept 10: Scores of PML councillors, labourers, women councillors and peasants of rural areas of Jhang tehsil have expressed their disapproval to any nomination for the tehsil nazim slot, who... Governor’s principal secretary resigns PESHAWAR, Sept 10: Principal Secretary to the NWFP Governor Brig (retd) Asad Munir has resigned citing personal reasons for his resignation. In his resignation letter, Mr Asad said he was unable... New cargo service at Sialkot dry port SIALKOT, Sept 10: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Saturday inaugurated the Express Bonded Cargo Service at the Sialkot dry port near Sambrial-Daska. The dry port management has launched this cargo service on self-help basis for benefiting the business community.... Four women protesters bailed out MULTAN, Sept 10: Four women protesters belonging to the opposition, who were arrested from the Kutchery Chowk on Friday, were granted bail on Saturday. Court officials said the women set at... No water in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Sept 10: Water supply to the city remained suspended throughout the day on Saturday. The water supply to entire city was suspended on Thursday night from the Wasa pumping stations... Man held SIALKOT, Sept 10: Satrah police on Saturday arrested a man on blasphemy and desecration charges at Mianwali Bangla-Daksa village. The accused, Nazir Ahmad, allegedly publicly uttered blasphemous remarks and desecrated the Holy Quran, besides, claiming to be Hazrat Imam Mehdi.... Matiana PML candidate for Bahawalnagar dist nazim LAHORE, Sept 10: PPP MNA from Bahawalnagar and its Bahawalpur division president Mian Mumtaz Matiana was nominated on Saturday as the ruling PML candidate to the seat of Bahawalnagar district nazim... Politicians blamed for failure of democracy PESHAWAR, Sept 10: Noted scholar Prof Dr Mehdi Hasan has held political parties responsible for derailment of democracy in the country. He said politicians had no programme to address problems of... Punjab projects 600mw potential: Hydel stations at canals LAHORE, Sept 10: The Punjab government released the draft of its power policy 2005 on Saturday for setting up in the private sector small hydel stations at canals with a total... Warrants for 6 factory owners: Violation of PEPA rules PESHAWAR, Sept 10: The NWFP environmental tribunal on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of the owners of six industrial units and brick kilns after their continuous non-appearance before the tribunal.... Boy held, freed PESHAWAR, Sept 10: Police on Friday arrested an innocent youth from the premises of the judicial complex to complete the headcount after an under-trial prisoner escaped from their custody.... Works dept official shot dead PESHAWAR, Sept 10: An official of the works department was shot dead and two of his relatives were injured allegedly by their rivals on the Sufaid Dheri Road in Pishtakhara police limits on Saturday morning.... Australian MPs to visit Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: An Australian parliamentary delegation will visit Pakistan in two weeks time, said Australian High Commissioner Zorica McCarthy. Speaking at a reception hosted by the high commission for the... LHC seeks comments of govt on 2 petitions: ‘Illegal’ appointments in NBP, Pims ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench has asked the federal government to submit its comments within 15 days on two petitions filed against appointments in the National Bank... Pressure to declare LoC border: Gilani LAHORE, Sept 10: The chairman of his own faction of the All Parties Hurriat Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, has said that a change is visible in the Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir... Centres for dropouts being envisaged LAHORE, Sept 10: Federal Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Saturday vocational centres would be established in the provinces to impart technical education to dropout children.... Seminar LAHORE, Sept 10: Alliance for Restoration of Democracy chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim will preside over a seminar on “Inter-Faith Dialogue for Global Peace” at the Lahore Press Club on Sunday afternoon.... G-20 ministers asked to protect farmers’ rights BHURBAN, Sept 10: Farmers and civil society representatives here on Friday staged a demonstration urging the ministers of G-20 countries to evolve a joint strategy for protecting the interest of the poor farmers of developing countries.... PPP for debate on FPSC issue ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has called for a debate, and the government’s point of view, in the Senate on what it said the systematic undermining of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC).... Pindi to get more uplift funds: minister ISLAMABAD, Sept 10: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said more development funds will soon be allocated for the uplift of Rawalpindi. He was speaking at a reception...

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