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July 10, 2006 Monday Jumadi-ul-Sani 13, 1427   Opposition for forensic probe: Stock market crash ISLAMABAD, July 9: Opposition leaders and parliamentarians have called for forensic investigation into the stock market crashes and threatened to move the Supreme Court if the government did not take any... Mengal alleges bid to kill Baloch leaders QUETTA, July 9: Chief of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Sardar Akhtar Mengal has alleged that the increase in bomb attacks in the Bugti and Marri areas are meant for targetting Nawab... Code of ethics for NGOs to be introduced ISLAMABAD, July 9: A comprehensive code of ethics for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) would be introduced soon in order to make them more accountable and public welfare-oriented, Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Zobaida Jalal said here on Sunday.... Flood-hit people living on unhygienic water PESHAWAR, July 9: People affected by floods which hit several villages of Nowshera district in summer last year are forced to live on contaminated drinking water drawn from subsoil water sources.... MQM calls for increase in compensation MUZAFFARABAD, July 9: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to increase the compensation money for survivors of last year’s... Turkish engineers died saving Pakistanis ISLAMABAD, July 9: The two Turkish engineers — Genk Yakin and Ufuk Arsalan – have left indelible imprint on the minds and hearts of Pakistanis and survivors of last October’s devastating... Call to provide citizens access to information ISLAMABAD, July 9: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) Pakistan has demanded of the government to make accessible to all citizens information and reports of the parliament and its committees as the house is being run by their representatives.... Court order on attachment of property under FCR PESHAWAR, July 9: The Peshawar High Court has ruled that property of a private limited company cannot be attached in settled area under the collective responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR).... Phone factory facing closure HARIPUR, July 9: The Haripur unit of the Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) may be closed because the factory has not received new production orders over the past six months, informed sources told Dawn.... Outages hit industrial units SIALKOT, July 9: Industrial units in various districts are sustaining huge losses owing to prolonged unscheduled loadshedding.... Power tussle hits police reforms LAHORE, July 9: The Rs 3.8 billion police reforms project launched in the Punjab a month ago faces problems which may lead to its failure.... Police kill schoolboy at picket: Another injured LAHORE, July 9: Police on Sunday shot dead a schoolboy at a picket at Paikhewal Morr in Allama Iqbal Town.... Busy track: intra-city train plan hits snags LAHORE, July 9: The plan of an intra-city train has hit snags for want of a separate rail track to make it an efficient service.... Doctor offers free service for medical research WASHINGTON, July 9: Dr Salar Khan, a noted Pakistani American who recently received the US Federal Employee of the Year 2006 award for his professional excellence in the field of healthcare... Transporters’ body assails nazim, QDA QUETTA, July 9: The All-Balochistan Transport Action Committee has said transporters will not accept what it called the policy of victimisation of the city nazim and the Quetta Development Authority.... Ties with Iran discussed ISLAMABAD, July 9: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Shafkat Saeed called on Vice-President and Head of Atomic Energy Agency of Iran Gholamreza Aghazadeh and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest.... 3 die in accident; man shot dead ATTOCK, July 9: Three persons were killed in a road accident on Burhan-Islamabad motorway section in the jurisdiction of Bahtar police station on Sunday evening.... Foreigner held at airport with heroin RAWALPINDI, July 9: The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics and seized 4.75 grams heroin and arrested a Nigerian national during the check-in for a domestic flight at Islamabad airport on Saturday.... Youth delegation leaves for China ISLAMABAD, July 9: A 100-member youth delegation under the auspices of Ministry of Youth Affairs left for China here on Sunday in connection with 55 years celebrations of Pakistan-China relations.... Rain relife in twin cities ISLAMABAD, July 9: The one-and-a-half hour rain spell on Sunday evening subsided the hot weather prevailing in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for over a week.... Experts lay stress on primary healthcare PESHAWAR, July 9: Participants of a roundtable conference here have called for adequate health infrastructure accessible to people and for vesting more power to health administrators to enable them to improve the health delivery system at the grassroots level.... Bannu to get teaching hospital soon PESHAWAR, July 9: The NWFP government is upgrading the under-construction Khalifa Gul Nawaz Hospital in Bannu to a teaching hospital to meet the conditions set forth by the Pakistan Medical and... MMA removing Pashto from course: ANP PESHAWAR, July 9: The Awami National Party has alleged that the MMA-led provincial government is removing the subject of Pashto from the syllabus under a planned conspiracy.... Decision to release women jailed for minor crimes hailed PESHAWAR, July 9: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan has lauded President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s decision to issue an ordinance allowing for the release of women who are in jails for petty charges.... Strategic uplift of Faisalabad FAISALABAD, July 9: The City District Government of Faisalabad has reportedly forwarded a “strategic developmental plan” of Rs87 billion to President Musharraf for formal approval and allocation of funds.... Protest planned against changes in labour laws FAISALABAD, July 9: Five major labour bodies have announced to stage rallies and demonstration from July 18 to protest the increase in duty hours, legal cover for contractual system and abolition of overtime.... Teachers’ union leader assaulted GUJRANWALA, July 9: The senior vice-president of the teachers association was injured allegedly by ruling PML MPA Amanat Virk and accomplices here on Saturday.... Two prayer leaders arrested SAHIWAL, July 9: Farid Town police on Sunday arrested two prayer leaders for delivering provocative speeches against the government. Hafiz Ikramullah was arrested from a Chak 87-A/6R mosque and Qari Waris Faridi from Kot Khadim Ali Shah.... Rain comes to Lahore’s rescue LAHORE, July 9: Strong wind on Sunday morning and light rain later in the day broke the over a week-long spell of extremely sultry weather in Lahore, providing the much-needed relief to the people.... Locomotive derails LAHORE, July 9: The locomotive and a coach of Gunnun Express derailed between Shahdara Junction and Kot Molchand railway station on Sunday, suspending rail traffic on the Lahore-Narowal section for four hours or so....

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