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July 22, 2006 Saturday Jumadi-ul-Sani 25, 1427   Six commanders, 500 men surrender: govt SUI, July 21: Government officials on Friday claimed that six top commanders of Nawab Akbar Bugti and 500 armed tribesmen had surrendered on Friday separately in Sii and Dera Bugti.... PAC orders action against CAA employees: Over Rs6m loss ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday ordered disciplinary action against Civil Aviation Authority employees, who had caused a Rs6.594 million loss to the authority.... Buyers of flats in UAE feel cheated ISLAMABAD, July 21: Over 200 people whose titles to ARY Luxury Apartments in Dubai have been cancelled by the builders threatened on Friday legal action if their titles were not restored to them.... ‘ARD to discuss Balochistan situation’ QUETTA, July 21: People’s Party Parliamentarians’ provincial president Nawabzada Lashkari Khan Raisani has said leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy will soon meet in Quetta to discuss the Balochistan situation and the government’s “extra-constitutional steps”.... Legal reforms package ready ISLAMABAD, July 21: A legal reforms package for curtailing discretionary powers of police and bringing about an overall improvement in the situation by amending laws for speedy disposal of cases is... Demand for release of ‘disappeared’ activists KHAIRPUR, July 21: Thou-sands of activists belonging to the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Sindh National Front, Sindh Hari Committee and other nationalist organisations held a demonstration at the Babarloi bypass on... SC urged to take notice of illegal arrests QUETTA, July 21: Jamhori Watan Party secretary general Senator Shahid Hassan Bugti has urged the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the standing committee of parliament on human rights and international... Fazl calls for joint Muslim resistance: Israeli aggression against Lebanon PESHAWAR, July 21: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has asked the leaders of the Ummah to dispatch their armed forces under one banner to resist the Israeli aggression against Lebanon.... Loadshedding increased after president’s address SAHIWAL, July 21: Wapda has increased loadshedding from three hours a day to 16 hours after the address of the president.... SC reproves delay in transfer of DPO LAHORE, July 21: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Friday took strong exception to delay in transferring Sialkot DPO Dr Tariq Khokhar and instructed a Punjab law officer to... Nawaz asks Jhagra to contact parties: No-trust move LAHORE, July 21: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has directed his secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra to contact other opposition parties having representation in parliament to seek their cooperation for a no-trust motion against the prime minister.... Rs30 billion flood protection programme ISLAMABAD, July 21: The federal and provincial governments on Friday agreed to launch a Rs30 billion flood protection programme which will be completed over the next 10 years.... QAU likely to have TTS after summer vacations ISLAMABAD, July 21: The Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) is busy finalising nitty gritties of the Tenure Track System (TTS), a new service structure with hefty salary packages.... Minister vows to help rescue Venezuelan climber ISLAMABAD, July 21: Federal Minister of Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar on Friday vowed to extend all possible help to rescue the Venezuelan climber stranded above 7,500 metres on Nanga Parbat.... Statisticians urged to update numerics ISLAMABAD, July 21: Parliamentary Secretary on Statistics Dr Rozina Tufail on Friday called upon statisticians to update themselves with facts and figures relating to their respective fields and prepare authentic and reliable data for the country.... Man shot dead by robbers RAWALPINDI, July 21: A man was shot dead while another injured in a robbery in Bhara Kahu while a five-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a tractor in the same locality on Friday, police said.... Musharraf keeping offices unlawfully: Qazi RAWALPINDI, July 21: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that holding of both the offices of president and army chief by Gen Pervez Musharraf is unlawful and immoral.... Plea for more provinces ABBOTTABAD, July 21: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said creation of new provinces on the basis of population will ameliorate people’s sense of deprivation and create suitable conditions for serving... Blood cell official faces graft probe PESHAWAR, July 21: The NWFP Health Department has launched a probe into alleged irregularities and misappropriation of funds in the Safe Blood Transfusion Cell of the Aids Control Programme at the Lady Reading Hospital.... Police blamed for tribal clashes in Khairpur KHAIRPUR, July 21: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has said that tribal disputes in the district are a result of inefficiency of police.... Jamshed Mallah sent to jail on remand HYDERABAD, July 21: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-VII on Friday remanded Jamshed Mallah to judicial custody for seven days in a Zina Hudood Ordinance case.... Meeting on curbing extremism in Fata PESHAWAR, July 21: The federal interior ministry has called a meeting on Monday to chalk out a strategy for handling the growing Talibanisation and extremism in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata).... Health workers kidnapped SUKKUR, July 21: Armed dacoits kidnapped four health workers near Soomar Mori village, Ghotki district in the jurisdiction of Yaroo Lund police station on Thursday.... Contractors demand payment of arrears LAKKI MARWAT, July 21: Activists of the Contractors’ Association staged a protest demonstration outside the district headquarters complex here on Friday to put pressure on the officials concerned to release their arrears.... Protest strike against SHO SUKKUR, July 21: Local peo-ple and activists of Sindh Nati-onal Front staged a sit-in on Indus Highway bringing the traffic to a halt for two hours before staging a rally in... Protest against work stoppage on college project CHARSADDA, July 21: People from different walks of life staged a demonstration here on Thursday to protest against postponement of construction work on a building for the Islamia College branch in Charsadda.... US society to fund research project SWABI, July 21: The American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers has accepted a research project proposal of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.... Support price for pulses lower than market rate LAHORE, July 21: The support prices for pulses announced by the federal government are lower than what brokers (arrhti) paid most farmers during the last harvesting season of these crops, according to a study conducted by a rights group.... HRCP concerned at praise for agencies LAHORE, July 21: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has described the praise of intelligence agencies’ doings in Balochistan by President Gen Pervez Musharraf in his television address as highly disturbing.... ‘No action taken against unregistered schools’ LAHORE, July 21: The Punjab special education secretary (schools) expresses his concern that the Private Schools Ordinance 1985 has not been implemented and no action taken against unregistered schools.... Police under fire for freeing desecraters SAHIWAL, July 21: Hundreds of villagers took out a protest procession on Friday against the Noorshah police station SHO for setting free the accused who allegedly desecrated the Holy Quran in Chak 77/5-R.... Minister happy at pesticide use reduction LAHORE; July 21: Punjab Agriculture Minister Arshad Lodhi has said the awareness created among farmers about the harms of excessive pesticides spray on crops has proved useful.... Petty dispute leads to two deaths BAHAWALPUR, July 21: Two persons were killed and eight others injured in crossfire between the two rival groups near Mubarakpur, about 30 kilometres from here, on Friday.... Punjab PML-N elections today LAHORE, July 21: Some 600 Punjab council members of the PML-N will elect provincial president and secretary-general for a term of three years on Saturday (today).... Probe ordered GUJRANWALA, July 21: The DCO on Friday ordered a probe into the substandard construction of a road that was washed away during the first heavy rain of the season.... Robbers kill milkman LAHORE, July 21: Robbers shot dead a milkman and injured his wife in Gujjarpura police limits on Friday.... Recovered SIALKOT, July 21: The Daska city police have registered a case against Shahid Nawaz, an employee of Wapda revenue department in Pasrur, and his friend Dr.... Suparco seeks PU land for major works LAHORE, July 21: The Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) has requested the Punjab University to extend the lease of its 12 acres as well as revise the 1987 agreement to provide it more university land.... Kidnapped student freed LAHORE, July 21: The city police claimed to have recovered a six-year-old seminary student who was kidnapped four days ago for Rs2.5 million ransom from Chungi Amar Sadhu, arresting the three kidnappers.... Lawyers ‘help’ accused escape LAHORE, July 21: Lawyers on Friday allegedly helped an accused escape arrest from the Lahore High Court after Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif rejected his bail before arrest in a case of forging power of attorney to occupy a property....

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