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July 27, 2006 Thursday Jumadi-ul-Sani 30, 1427   PML-N for selling new GHQ land to fight poverty ISLAMABAD, July 26: Information secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-N Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday criticised shifting of General Headquarters to Islamabad and suggested setting up of a poverty alleviation fund after auctioning the precious land purchased for GHQ construction.... ARD-MMA meeting likely today ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will start making contacts formally with other opposition parties, including the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), from Thursday to seek their support in... Government launches campaign for polls ISLAMABAD, July 26: The government on Wednesday launched a media offensive to mould the public opinion in favour of its domestic and international policies as part of its preparation for the upcoming general election.... Senate body for end to women’s exploitation ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development on Wednesday called for an end to women’s exploitation in the media particularly through various brands’ commercials.... 100 villages in Balochistan to get gas facility QUETTA, July 26: At least 100 villages in Balochistan will get gas facility during the current financial year at a cost of Rs994 million and a project for improving the pipeline system in Quetta will also be implemented.... LHC moved against flag desecration ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court has been requested to issue guidelines to check the desecration of the national flag especially during important national days.... PTCL policy affects TIP’s profitability: Procurement of 200,000 sets HARIPUR, July 26: Ill-conceived policies and alleged inclination of the PTCL authorities towards some multinational companies caused Rs170 million losses to its subsidiary Telephone Industries of Pakistan (TIP) during the last... Benazir lauds Faraz’s decision ISLAMABAD, July 26: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has welcomed the decision of noted poet Ahmed Faraz of returining country’s top civil award to the government.... Early marriages impediment to children’s growth RAWALPINDI, July 26: Physical and psychological punishments and early marriages are impediment to development of children.... PIA told to give reasons for worker’s dismissal ISLAMABAD, July 26: The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi bench, on Wednesday admitted the petition of a workman dismissed from Pakistan international Airlines (PIA) and directed the airline administration to give reasons for this action.... 3 die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, July 26: Three persons, including an 18-month-old girl, died in separate incidents on Wednesday. In the first incident, a man was killed and his younger brother injured by robbers in Tarnol.... Cable operators oppose excise duty ISLAMABAD, July 26: Cable operators in the twin cities have warned that they would go from a three-hour daily shutdown to a complete “blackout” if the government failed to withdraw the federal excise duty.... Court summons nazim in land grabbing case ATTOCK, July 26: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Mohammad Younis has asked the nazim of Union Council-1, Attock city, Malik Tahir Awan to appear before the court in a land grabbing case on Thursday.... Call to end military operation in Balochistan RAWALPINDI, July 26: The Baluchistan Solidarity Front (BSF), a broad-based coalition of progressive political activists, writers and ordinary citizens on Wednesday demanded end to “military operations and release of all political prisoners”.... Power firms asked to ensure proper supply ISLAMABAD, July 26: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi on Tuesday directed all power distribution companies (Discos) to come up with a solid plan to ensure proper supply of electricity to the consumers.... Power outages destroying crops, lament farmers QUETTA, July 26: Representatives of farmers and political parties have urged the government to take notice of the 12-hour daily loadshedding and low voltage of electricity in Balochistan to save crops and orchards from destruction in the province.... Ultimatum for release of senator’s brother QUETTA, July 26: A congregation of the Mohammadshahi tribe has given the government a 15-day ultimatum to release Samiullah Baloch, the brother of the Balochistan National Party’s outspoken senator Sanaullah Baloch.... ‘Al Qaeda was behind attack on American consulate’ ISLAMABAD, July 26: An Uzbek national arrested in Pakistan has told interrogators that Al Qaeda organised this year’s suicide attack on the US consulate in Karachi, a security official said on Wednesday.... Implement legal reforms speedily, directs PM ISLAMABAD, July 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that legal reforms are being introduced for the provision of quick and speedy justice to the masses.... 4 remanded in UK over murder of Pakistani LONDON, July 26: Four teenagers were remanded in custody at an English court on Wednesday after being charged with the murder of Pakistani-born taxi driver.... PAF clarifies position on Hingol Park ISLAMABAD, July 26: Referring to a story in Wednesday’s Dawn, a statement issued by the Director of Public Relations, PAF, Air Commodore Sarfraz Ahmad Khan, says: “Pakistan Air Force has put... Hudood laws bill to be moved in NA on Aug 4 ISLAMABAD, July 26: The draft amendments to Hudood laws will be tabled in the National Assembly when it meets on Aug 4, informed sources told Dawn on Tuesday.... Man drowns MUZAFFARABAD, July 26: A young Kashmiri refugee was drowned in Jhelum river while catching wood in violent waters near here on Wednesday, a police official said.... Three injured in landmine explosion QUETTA, July 26: Three people were injured when a tractor was blown up in a landmine explosion in the Tali Mat area of Dera Bugti on Wednesday.... Factory owner still missing KOHAT, July 26: The police have failed to make any headway in resolving the case of kidnapping of a factory owner who has been missing for 35 days despite payment of ransom by his family, it has been learnt.... Two groups trade fire in Tirah valley LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 26: Dozens of residents of Bagh and Qamarkhel-Sipah localities in Tirah valley vacated their houses after rival religious groups traded heavy gunfire on Tuesday night.... Minister’s secy dies of injuries PESHAWAR, July 26: Private secretary to the NWFP minister for information and public relations, Mr Badshah Khan, who was hit by an aerial bullet on Monday, succumbed to his injuries at the Lady Reading Hospital on Wednesday.... PML leader joins PPP QUETTA, July 26: A tribal elder of Nasirabad and local leader of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League, Mir Asghar Ali Shar, has joined the People’s Party Parliamentarians.... Rivalry leads to murder of five JHANG, July 26: Five people were murdered and five others injured, four of them seriously, when they were ambushed by their rivals in Bhowana town of Chiniot tehsil at about 6pm on Wednesday, 48 kilometers from here.... Price hike takes its toll in Kasur KASUR, July 26: Unbridled surge in prices of essential items of daily use and galloping inflation have broken the back of the common man in Kasur district.... Two more hanged in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, July 26: Two prisoners convicted of committing a double murder were hanged in the jail here on Wednesday.... Toba district council slams bureaucracy: Non-implementation of resolutions TOBA TEK SINGH, July 26: Local bureaucracy was criticised during the district council meeting for its alleged failure in implementation of various resolutions passed by the house and thus undermining its mandate.... Robbers make hay while the rain falls SIALKOT, July 26: Armed bandits plundered cash, gold ornaments, electronics items and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, besides taking away four motorcycles, a car and cattle in 13 strikes in the Sialkot district on Wednesday.... Kidnapped man flees custody SAHIWAL, July 26: A kidnapped man escaped from the clutches of his captors and police registered a case on Wednesday. Mazhar Iqbal was on way to his village Bhauni on his... Radar station upgraded SIALKOT, July 26: The federal government has finally upgraded the Quantitative Precipitation Measurement (QPM) radar station after 28 years of its establishment and it has become operational with a total cost of Rs70 million.... New discipline on PU campus GUJRANWALA, July 26: Mass communication classes will be started in Punjab University campus, Gujranwala, from September while the entry test will be completed in August.... Man killed, cousin hurt in accident SHEIKHUPURA, July 26: A man was killed while another sustained serious injuries when a speeding car overturned after one of its tyres burst on motorway near Kot Ranjeet interchange on Wednesday.... Plan devised to repatriate Afghans LAHORE, July 26: The federal government has prepared a strategy to repatriate almost all Afghan refugees within three years by “creating discreet push and evident pull factors.”... Punjab competent to appoint advisers: AG tells LHC LAHORE, July 26: Additional Advocate-General Mohammad Haneef Khatana on Wednesday submitted before Justice Mian Hamid Farooq of the Lahore High Court that an LHC division bench had on Tuesday issued notices... KEMU still looking towards PU LAHORE, July 26: In the absence of its syndicate and senate bodies, the King Edward Medical University can’t hold examinations of its students for at least another six months.... Rains claim another life in Lahore LAHORE, July 26: Rains claimed another life in the city as a young woman died in roof collapse in Sattu Katla area in early hours on Wednesday, taking the death toll to seven in the last two days.... Abducted boys found in Afghanistan, SC told LAHORE, July 26: The Peshawar police on Wednesday informed a Supreme Court full bench that the two children abducted from the NWFP capital were recovered from Jalalabad in Afghanistan.... Ban on contract jobs demanded LAHORE, July 26: The Pakistan Workers Federation has urged the government to impose a ban on hiring contract and temporary workers for permanent jobs to end their exploitation.... 400 IT awareness centres to be set up: adviser SUKKUR, July 26: The Sindh Information Technology Department has planned to set up 400 IT Awareness Centres in the province in three years, said the adviser to the Chief Minister on Environment, IT and Alternative Energy, Nauman Saigol, here on Wednesday.... District council condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon DADU, July 26: The district council of Dadu on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Palestine and demanded of the Pakistan government and other Islamic countries to help Lebanon and Palestine.... Growers stage demo against fake case KHAIRPUR, July 26: On the call of Abadgars Action Committee (AAC) more than 500 growers staged a protest demonstration on Sobhodero-Ranipur road and blocked it for one hour here on Tuesday evening.... Kidnapping of Hindu girl condemned JACOBABAD, July 26: Activists of different political parties took out a procession in Kashmore on Wednesday against kidnapping of a minor Hindu girl, Payal, daughter of Rajesh, who was kidnapped from Kashmore six days ago.... Three held for card fraud LAHORE, July 26: The FIA’s Cyber Crime Unit arrested three people allegedly involved in credit card fraud on Wednesday....

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