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October 7, 2005 Friday Ramazan 2, 1426   Khushhal bags 10 seats in Frontier Nazim elections PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The PML-backed Khushhal Pakistan Group won 10 of the 24 districts in the NWFP, followed by the JUI (F) which bagged four, in the third and last phase of the local bodies elections held on Thursday.... KPP sweeps poll in Sindh districts, Jamshoro goes to PPP HYDERABAD, Oct 6: Most of the district and taluka nazim posts and councillor seats reserved for women, peasants, workers and minorities were won by candidates of the government-backed Khushhal Pakistan panel... PML wins key seats despite infighting QUETTA, Oct 6: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League won the posts of nazim in 14 of the 27 districts of Balochistan, including the crucial Quetta and Gwadar districts, in the third phase of local bodies’ polls held on Thursday.... PML sweeps nazim polls as expected: PML dissident wins Murree nazim seat RAWALPINDI, Oct 6: Raja Javed Ikhlas, the ruling party candidate, was elected Rawalpindi district nazim, defeating his former boss, ex-nazim Raja Tariq Kiani, by 418 votes.... Khattar group sweeps Attock ATTOCK, Oct 6: The ruling party-backed Khattar group swept the Attock district by winning the top Nazim slot and all six Tehsil nazim seats in the third phase of local body elections on Thursday.... Internal rift costs Rawal town nazim seat to opposition ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The election for the office of Rawal Town nazim has once again exposed the rift and lack of trust between the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan... LB polls end but not the bitterness ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Many union councillors were barred from casting their votes in Thursday’s election of district and town nazims because they could not produce the mandatory computerised national identity card (CNIC).... Setback for PPP-backed candidates in Larkana LARKANA, Oct 6: In the last phase of the local body elections in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts, PPP-backed candidates were roundly defeated by pro-government candidates on Thursday.... KPP-Mahar group wins in Sukkur SUKKUR, Oct 6: Syed Nasir Hussain Shah of the Khushhal Pakistan Panel-Mahar group has become district nazim after defeating Syed Awais Shah of the Awam Dost Panel.... Upsets in five districts of south Punjab MULTAN, Oct 6: In five of the 13 districts of south Punjab the candidates vying against the nominees of the Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi have clinched the top district offices.... Ruling PML takes the cake: Lahore election results LAHORE, Oct 6: The PML-backed candidates bagged all but one seat in the nine towns of Lahore, along with the nazim’s slot of city district government, in a peaceful election held amid tight security here on Thursday.... PML sails through in many areas FAISALABAD, Oct 6: The ruling PML candidates wore crowns in most of the districts in Punjab, but the opposition nominees chipped in with some coveted positions much to the surprise of political circles and the public at large.... Benazir condemns rape of girl in church ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has expressed shock over, what she called, the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a church.... PCP certifies 11 non-profit organizations ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) has certified 11 non-profit organisations (NPOs) for meeting the standards in internal governance, financial management and programme delivery.... GST share issue remains tricky KARACHI, Oct 6: The General Sales Tax is the fastest growing component of Pakistan’s revenue collection, showing an average rise of 13 per cent a year and is expected to mop up Rs294 billion in the current fiscal year.... PFUJ, Apnec postpone protest ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspaper Employees Confederation (Apnec) decided on Thursday to postpone their plan to hold a protest demonstration outside... Nepotism tarnishes varsity’s image ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has found out serious administrative and financial malpractices at the Islamabad campus of the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST), Dawn has learnt.... WB likely to increase aid for NWFP PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The size of the third tranche of a World Bank loan is likely to be larger than the funds provided to the NWFP government in the first two tranches, according to official sources.... Commuters face problems on first day of Ramazan ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Commuters of the twin cities had to face a lot of problems on the first day of Ramazan on Thursday because most of the public transport vehicles were booked for election duty.... Great scope of trade with Romania RAWALPINDI, Oct 6: Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) president Jaleel Ahmad Malik said on Thursday there were vast opportunities of trade between Pakistan and Romania.... Indonesian embassy staff robbed RAWALPINDI, Oct 6: A gang of four robbers stormed into the house of an Indonesian embassy staffer in Sadiqabad on Wednesday night and deprived him of cash and jewellery, police said.... Referendum on Congo constitution suggested BUKAVU (DRC), Oct 6: The head of the UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kiuv province (MONUC), Jean Paul, has suggested that there should be a referendum on the... Police asked to enhance security for Ramazan PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The NWFP police chief has instructed all the deputy inspectors-general and district police officers in the province to take extraordinary security measures in their areas during Ramazan.... Farmers offered free soil testing MIRPURKHAS, Oct 6: The director of the Sindh Horticulture Research Institute, Syed Mukhtiar Hussain Jafri, has said that farmers should take benefit of the farm advisory centre by testing their soil... DPOs accountable for illegal detention: LHC LAHORE, Oct 6: Justice Sheikh Abdur Rashid of the Lahore High Court on Thursday warned the police across Punjab against keeping people in unlawful detention, stressing that a district police officer... Trade unions protest against oil prices LAHORE, Oct 6: The Pakistan Workers Confederation and affiliated trade unions observed a country-wide protest day on Thursday to condemn the government policy of fortnighly oil price revision and its failure to control the prices of essential commodities.... PR venture with private sector in the doldrums LAHORE, Oct 6: The Pakistan Railways is not likely to embark on its first joint venture with the private sector for handling 12,000 containers annually at the Mughalpura dryport, it is learnt.... Transfer of plots to be computerized LAHORE, Oct 6: Lahore Development Authority director-general Tauqir Ahmed Faiq has ordered computerization of transfer of plots in all LDA housing schemes. Inaugurating the computerization of transfer of plots in Jubilee... CEC satisfied with polling arrangements LAHORE, Oct 6: Acting Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar expressed satisfaction over arrangements for the third phase of local elections after an inspection of four out of nine polling stations set up in the city district on Thursday.... Secy-level reshuffle in Punjab LAHORE, Oct 6: In a major secretary-level reshuffle on Thursday, the Punjab government posted provincial home secretary Hasan Waseem Afzal as additional chief secretary in place of Khushnood Akhtar Lashari, who was made OSD.... Indian flour millers to visit Pakistan LAHORE, Oct 6: A delegation of Indian flour mills will visit Pakistan in the third week of November for attending a quarterly meeting of the Indo-Pakistan Flour Mills Confederation.... Awam Dost Ittehad wins in RY Khan RAHIM YAR KHAN, Oct 6: Sardar Rafiq Haider Khan Leghari of the Awam Dost Ittehad (ruling PML) won the district nazimship by defeating Sardar Azhar Khan Leghari of the Rahim Yar Khan Ittehad.... Ruling party defeated in Vehari VEHARI, Oct 6: The third phase of the polls completed and according to unofficial results, PML-backed candidates for the slots of Vehari district and Burewala tehsil nazims were defeated.... Peaceful polling in Frontier province PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Elections for the district and tehsil nazim posts were held in all the 24 districts without any untoward incident on Thursday. Barring some minor episodes in which supporters... Girl who escaped from brothel kidnapped again PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed annoyance over re-abduction of a girl who had been kidnapped about four years ago and forced into prostitution before she escaped four months ago.... Rs618m federal grant for Fata: Irrigation schemes PESHAWAR, Oct 6: The federal government has sanctioned Rs618 million for irrigation schemes in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). Of this, Rs95 million has been allocated for new schemes and Rs522 million for ongoing projects.... Traffic jams, fare hike torment Mardan MARDAN, Oct 6: Residents of Mardan city are facing long traffic jams, particularly from the Hoti bridge to the Pakistan Chowk and from Niher Chowk to Hoti where a large number... Narcotics trafficker convicted PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Additional district and sessions judge Rajab Ali Khan on Thursday convicted a person of drug trafficking and sentenced him to life imprisonment with a fine of Rs100,000.... Islamia College classes begin on 10th PESHAWAR, Oct 6: Islamia College, Peshawar, will commence its third year classes for B.A/B.SC/B Theology from October 10, says a press release issued here on Thursday.... Four killed QUETTA, Oct 6: Four people, including a woman and a levies official, were gunned down in Barkhan and Usta Mohammad area of Balochistan on Thursday. An armed group opened indiscriminate fire...

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