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August 04, 2006 Friday Rajab 8, 1427   No-trust move looms over NA session ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: A no-confidence move planned by the opposition against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz looms over what is likely to be a hot monsoon session of the National Assembly beginning on Friday after a long recess.... Committee on Hudood law undecided on timeframe ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The ministerial committee formed to table amendments to Hudood laws in parliament was undecided on a timeframe to do it.... AJK cabinet in 2 days: Attique MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 3: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan may announce his cabinet within two days as he has sorted the matter, one of his aides said on Thursday.... Govt rejects call for fresh polls in AJK ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Prime Minister Azad Kashmir Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan has rejected the opposition’s demand for fresh elections in AJK.... PPP terms ordinance anti-women ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Thursday rejected the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 2006 relating to women prisoners and termed it a “politically-motivated” law to target party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... Legislators told to declare assets ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The Election Commission on Thursday directed the members of parliament and the provincial assemblies to submit yearly statements of assets and liabilities of themselves, their spouses and dependents by Sept 30.... Alliance of opposition parties being formed: Imran SUKKUR, Aug 3: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan has said a grand alliance of opposition parties is being formed and the opposition parties will finalise a strategy for launching a mass... ‘In-laws’ seek custody of 3-year-old bride JHANG, Aug 3: A man is being forced to hand over her three-year-old daughter as `bride’ to his in-laws who are guardians of the four-year-old `groom’ as per the decision of a panchayat.... Muslims urged to unite against Israeli aggression ISLAMABAD Aug 3: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday called upon the Muslim Ummah to forge complete unity in its ranks to end Israeli aggression in the Middle East and to... PML-N mass mobilisation campaign from 13th ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) on Thursday announced the programme for district conventions in Punjab and the NWFP starting from August 13 as part of its mass mobilisation campaign against the government.... NAB calls for accountability of all ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Chairman Maj-Gen Mohammad Siddique on Thursday said not only governmental institutions but the private sector and civil society organizations must be accountable to the public and to their institutional stakeholders.... Missing boy found drowned RAWALPINDI, Aug 3: A schoolboy who went missing on Wednesday was found drowned in a nullah on Thursday, while a 50-year-old man drowned in a nullah in Bhara Kahu, the civil defence authorities said.... FTO directive to CBR ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Federal Tax Ombudsman Justice (retired) Munir A. Shaikh has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to make amendments to its computer software to avoid unnecessary harassment to importers and exporters.... Work on nine colleges begins SIALKOT, Aug 3: Construction work on five girls and four boys degree colleges in far-off areas has been started.... Electricity wire stolen SAHIWAL, Aug 3: Unidentified thieves stole electricity wire near Chak 84/5-L on Wednesday night as a result of which a vast area plunged into darkness.... 26 workers held for ‘forcing factories closure’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 3: Gojra police on Thursday arrested 26 powerloom workers on the charge of forcing owners to close their factories.... Sadiq Khan gallery at Bahawalpur museum BAHAWALPUR, Aug 3: Sir Sadiq Khan Memorial Gallery (after the name of late Bahawalpur Nawab) will be added to the local museum at a cost of Rs 14 million.... 400 kanals acquired for Safari park MULTAN, Aug 3: A 400-kanal piece of land has been acquired to establish a Safari park along the road in the suburbs of the city at Mauza Balail near Chowk Naag Shah.... Two women throw down the gauntlet MIANWALI, Aug 3: Two women of a family made a rare display of valour by inflicting injuries upon a member of their rival family and, more so, by breaking away with... 3 of family killed as train hits car GUJRAT, Aug 3: Three family members and their driver were killed when Sialkot Express hit a car at an unmanned level-crossing at Dalla Rajadi, some 40kms from here on Thursday evening.... Property tax survey begins GUJRANWALA, Aug 3: Property tax survey has been started in Gujranwala and Kamoki while PT-3 and PT-4 forms are being provided to the people for depositing their invoices under self-assessment scheme.... ‘Illegal’ drug purchase SAHIWAL, Aug 3: The district government purchased medicines for health department and livestock worth Rs11.5 million without the approval of the purchase committee.... Cheap ration package for one million families: Rs2.3bn subsidy LAHORE, Aug 3: The Punjab government will launch ‘Sasta ration package’ from Monday next, providing flour, pulses and sugar to one million deserving families at below-the-market price.... Amendments to weaken Hudood laws: Baloch LAHORE, Aug 3: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial amir Liaquat Baloch has said the government is too weak to abolish the Hudood Ordinance and wants to make it ineffective through unnecessary amendments.... Police ordered to present ‘tortured’ woman in court LAHORE, Aug 3: Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Thursday told Jauharabad police SHO to produce on August 15 a woman said to be living with her husband in subhuman conditions.... Governor orders liberal payments: Thal Canal project LAHORE, Aug 3: Governor Khalid Maqbool on Thursday asked officials concerned to liberally pay those whose land had been or was being acquired for the greater Thal Canal as the project was aimed at benefiting the people.... LHC takes Lesco SDO to task LAHORE, Aug 3: Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir of the Lahore High Court on Thursday censured the Lesco Baghbanpura division sub-divisional officer for illegally removing meters and suspending electricity supply to a house and a shop in Shalamar Town.... Thar Express to operate from Hyderabad HYDERABAD, Aug 3: The Thar Express will operate from the Hyderabad railway station on Friday night, instead of the Cantonment railway station, Karachi, irrespective of whether an alternative rail link is... Excess water being supplied to CDA, says former CM HARIPUR, Aug 3: Former chief minister of NWFP Raja Sikander Zaman has demanded cut in the water share of Capital Development Authority, Islamabad from Khanpur dam till the filling of the reservoir.... Model science schools in AJK in six months: Attiq ISLAMABAD, Aug 3: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attiq Ahmed Khan has said that model science schools will be established in each district of Azad Kashmir within next six months.... MNA urges govt to repeal FCR KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Aug 3: Jamaat-i-Islami’s Fata chapter Amir MNA Sahibzada Haroon Rasheed has termed the Frontier Crimes Regulation a black law which curbs the freedom of speech and freedom of press.... Safety steps against thalassaemia PESHAWAR, Aug 3: The NWFP health department will launch a project to screen people across the province for thalassaemia to know about the magnitude of the disease and take preventive measures.... Protest against Hesco: Non-supply of electricity NAWABSHAH, Aug 3: Residents of the Jam Saheb town on Thursday staged a protest demonstration against Hesco officials for not replacing the damaged transformer.... Pace of uplift projects reviewed HYDERABAD, Aug 3: DCO Mohammad Hussain Syed has said that 18 development schemes under the Hyderabad Development Package have been taken in hand which will be completed in one year.... Excise official arrested in Larkana LARKANA, Aug 3: The Anti-Corruption Establishment police of Jacobabad on Thursday arrested an officer of the excise and taxation department.... Two die in accident SHIKARPUR, Aug 3: Two passengers of a coach were killed and four others injured when the coach collided with a truck near Khanpur on the Kandhkot road on Thursday.... Radar system seized in Landi Kotal LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Aug 3: A raiding party of law-enforcement agencies seized a radar system from a house in the Sheikhmal Khel village here on Thursday.... Two injured in ambush LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 3: Two people, including a journalist, sustained bullet injuries when they were ambushed near a brick kiln on the Lakki Darra Tang Road on late Wednesday night.... Woman killed over karo-kari SUKKUR, Aug 3: A woman, Mithan, was shot dead by her husband on the pretext of karo-kari in the Mulla Bakhshan Kandrani village in the Sarhad police station area of Ghotki district on Thursday.... Trader''s killers held LAHORE, Aug 3: The city police claimed on Thursday to have arrested four people involved in the murder of a businessman.... PR relief for senior citizens LAHORE, Aug 3: Senior citizens will get a 50 per cent concession in the economy class fares of 26 trains from Friday.... PTCL clarifies LAHORE, Aug 3: Reacting to a Dawn report on dead phones, a PTCL (LRT-South) spokesman says that only 7,000 complaints have been received during this monsoon....

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