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August 07, 2006 Monday Rajab 11, 1427   ‘Hudood laws violate norms of justice’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Different jurists have suggested that the Hudood ordinance has failed to serve its purpose and rather opened avenues of corrupt practices by the police and the lower judiciary.... Govt documenting corruption cases for ‘white paper’ LAHORE, Aug 6: The government has started documenting alleged cases of corruption of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, apparently to keep primarily them out of the election process, official sources said here on Sunday.... PML Sindh forward bloc to meet Aziz ISLAMABAD, Aug 6:The ruling Pakistan Muslim League Sindh forward bloc will be holding a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Monday to discuss with him the grievances that the group had with the provincial chief minister.... Punjab govt’s media campaign criticised ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said the chief election commissioner should take notice of the image-building media campaign being run by the Punjab government for the forthcoming elections involving millions of rupees.... Opposition’s meeting on no-trust move next week ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to convene meeting of the joint opposition next week for formulating a strategy in line with ‘no-confidence move’ against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.... Children call for end to war, N-weapons ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Children and minorities at two separate functions called for an immediate end to Israeli aggression on Lebanon and stockpiling of nuclear weapons in the world, in general, and in South Asian Subcontinent in particular.... ‘Islamabad wants peace process to continue’ LAHORE, Aug 6: Islamabad wants continuation of the peace process with New Delhi at all costs despite blaming by the latter, Federal Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani told a press conference here on Sunday.... Ambassador to Switzerland appointed ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The government on Sunday announced appointment of Ayesha Riyaz as Pakistan’s new ambassador to Switzerland.... Kalpar clan leader’s plea for return to Sui QUETTA, Aug 6: Wadera Khan Mohammad Kalpar, chief of the Kalpar sub-section of the Bugti tribe, has appealed to President Musharraf that 4,000 of his tribesmen should be allowed to return... Three held for trying to enter Iran illegally QUETTA, Aug 6: Three people were arrested on Sunday in the border area of Turbat while trying to enter Iran illegally.... Plea to regularise factory workers ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: A civil society organisation has criticised what it said state repression against powerloom workers in Faislabad and unjust treatment of temporary labour appointment (TLA) workers in the Railway Carriage Factory, Islamabad.... Pims doctor booked on fraud charges ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Margalla police have registered a case against a professor of paediatrics at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on charges of fraud.... Van accident: bodies of 3 children, two others found RAWALPINDI, Aug 6: Res-cuers on Sunday recovered bodies of three children who were among the five drowned in a Nullah after their pick-up van was swept away by raging rainwater near Chontra on Friday.... Relief cell set up to help women, children PESHAWAR, Aug 6: Minister of State and Chairman National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) Dr Nasim Ashraf on Sunday said that the women relief cell established by the NCHD would remain till the re-settlement of flood-affected people.... Software park in Peshawar planned PESHAWAR, Aug 6: The NWFP Directorate of Information Technology plans to establish a software technology park in Peshawar, it is learnt.... Demand for machinery to clear link roads ABBOTTABAD, Aug 6: Mansehra District Nazim Sardar Mohammad Yousaf has demanded heavy machinery for clearing the main and link roads in the quake-affected areas where more than 300,000 people are stranded due to disruption of communication links.... Rising water level at Tarbela dam enhances power capacity HARIPUR, Aug 6: Owing to the rising water level at the Tarbela reservoir, the power-generating capacity of the powerhouse has increased by 193 megawatts over its installed capacity, sources told Dawn here on Sunday.... Forward bloc urges fair polls in party QUETTA, Aug 6: Members of the PML forward bloc staged a demonstration against Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf and demanded that party elections be held in a transparent manner to elect new office-bearers of the provincial chapter.... Volunteers start relief work CHARSADDA, Aug 6: On NWFP government’s request, the volunteers of National Volunteer Movement (NVM) on Sunday started relief operations in the flood-hit areas of Charsadda in coordination with other organisations.... Tribesmen want gates in Hayatabad wall LANDI KOTAL, Aug 6: Tribesmen belonging to Jamrud tehsil of the Khyber Agency staged a protest demonstration on Sunday against the non-construction of gates on a wall that separates Hayatabad Township from the tribal area.... Rally in Gilgit against Israeli aggression GILGIT, Aug 6: The Imamia Students Organisation (Northern Areas Division) took out a protest demonstration on Sunday to condemn the Israeli aggression in Lebanon and to express solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Palestine at this crucial juncture.... Four posts of livestock department upgraded PESHAWAR, Aug 6: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani, while upgrading four posts of deputy directors of the livestock department to grade 19, has said that the MMA government was taking steps for the welfare of public employees.... Kharan district nazim elected QUETTA, Aug 6: Mir Shaukat Baloch of the PML has been elected the district nazim of Kharan.... PML’s Okara set-up in disarray OKARA, Aug 6: Signs of rift in the ruling PML have become visible as five MPAs, two former elected representatives and a former district council chairman have bid farewell to the... Kharian nazim to face no-trust GUJRAT, Aug 6: Around 48 elected representatives of the PML will table a no-trust requisition with the Kharian tehsil council on Monday to ouster tehsil nazim Nadeem Asghar Kaira of the PPP, it is learnt.... 70-foot breach in Sadiq branch canal RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 6: A 70-foot wide breach occurred in Sadiq branch canal and small breaches in Taranda and Chamman minor canals early Sunday morning.... Two brothers drown in canal GUJRANWALA, Aug 6: Two brothers drowned in a canal while taking a bath on Sunday on Sheikhupura Road.... Cargo train bogie derails OKARA, Aug 6: A bogie of Karachi-bound cargo train derailed here on Saturday night near the under-construction railway underpass. Reports said the goods train derailed near district courts complex as a... 1,000 booked for ‘fanning religious hatred’ LAHORE, Aug 6: The Punjab government during its campaign against extremism and hate literature has booked around 1,000 religious and prayer leaders in the last two weeks, it is learnt on Sunday.... Gang busted LAHORE, Aug 6: Cantonment division police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 19 robbers, 78 proclaimed offenders and 146 court absconders during the last month....

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