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August 10, 2006 Thursday Rajab 14, 1427   SC judgment in PSM case: PPP submits motions to NA ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Some members of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Wednesday submitted two adjournment motions to the National Assembly Secretariat seeking discussion on the privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills... Imran seeks probe into Waziristan operation PESHAWAR, Aug 9: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has demanded a judicial inquiry into the army operation in Waziristan to determine the human and material losses suffered by the country and its people.... More roads washed away in Balochistan QUETTA, Aug 9: Rains continued in parts of Balochistan, isolating more villages in Kalat, Washak, Sibi and Bolan districts as roads were washed away by torrents.... Karachi-Quetta highway reopens QUETTA, Aug 9: Transporters ended the blockade of the National Highway at Lakpass and Kolpur at 4pm on Tuesday after 36 hours when the government agreed to allow Karachi-bound coaches to... Floods leave three dead, thousands shelterless: Mianwali, Dera govts alert MIANWALI, Aug 9: Three people met watery grave and thousands others were rendered homeless, divested of valuables, when high tides in the river Indus ravaged village after village in Mianwali and Dera Ghazi Khan districts during the last 24 hours.... 30 villages flooded in Kashmore JACOBABAD, Aug 9: About 30 villages were inundated near the Guddu Barrage in the katcha area of Kashmore on Wednes-day.... Barrage official visits Indus embankments KHAIRPUR, Aug 9: The chief engineer of Sukkur Barrage, Agha Aijaz Ahmed, along with DCO visited the embankments of River Indus in the katcha area of the district on Wednesday.... Leo leaves for US ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Leo, an orphaned leopard cub saved and cared by a young man in Northern Areas, left for an American zoo on Wednesday to thrive in wild but safe environs.... Notices issued to banks on account freezing QUETTA, Aug 9: A division bench of Balochistan High Court has issued notices to State Bank of Pakistan, Habib Bank Ltd and Faisal Bank on the petition filed by Senator Shahid... Supreme Court summons Karachi SP ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Sindh Police to produce a Karachi Superintendent of Police, Chaudhry Aslam, in the court on Thursday for killing an innocent person in a fake police encounter.... PFUJ, Apnec blame agencies for violence KARACHI, Aug 9: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation (Apnec) have blamed the intelligence agencies for the rising incidents of violence against journalists, says a press release on Wednesday.... Neelum-Jhelum project in doldrums ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The $1.6 billion Neelum-Jhelum project that could produce 969mw of cheap hydropower and protect Pakistan’s rights over river Jhelum is in doldrums as it got a single responsive... ‘NAB paid Rs1.9m to 13 prosecutors’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) paid Rs1.9 million to 13 prosecutors/advocates hired during the year 2005-06, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minister in charge of the Prime... Distrust hits Pakistanis’ charity instinct ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Philanthropists in the Pakistani diaspora in the US are giving more in charity after the 9/11 but their contribution to causes back home has remained static, according to a study done for the Aga Khan Foundation.... New voter lists to be used for rigging: Qaim KHAIRPUR, Aug 9: The president of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, has ruled out the possibility of “free and fair” elections under Gen Pervez Musharraf and demanded an impartial and non-political set-up to oversee 2007 elections.... Funds released to upgrade grid stations LAKKI MARWAT, Aug 9: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan has said that the federal government has released funds for upgrading Tajazai and Darra Pezu grid stations.... 33 deportees escape from FIA’s custody NAWABSHAH, Aug 9: Thirty three Pakistanis who had been deported from Muscat for illegal stay escaped from the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) near Hala on National Highway on Wednesday.... People advised to move to safe places SUKKUR, Aug 9: District Coordination Officer Shafique Ahmed Khoso advised on Wednesday the inhabitants of katcha areas and Bunder Wall in Sukkur city to shift immediately to safer places or the nearest relief camps set up by the district.... NAB workshop next month SUKKUR, Aug 9: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in collaboration with the district government will organise a workshop on “Corruption at lower level: causes/effects and remedies” in the first week of September.... Action against housing developers ordered: Governor visits Okara OKARA, Aug 9: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has ordered a legal action against developers of 57 private residential colonies who disappeared with the payment of electricity connections after disposing of plots.... Painting Sialkot city black SIALKOT, Aug 9: Some unidentified people (or group) have besmeared almost all the hoardings and billboards displaying the pictures of female models in the city.... Rs272.61m for sports centre SIALKOT, Aug 9: Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority chief-executive Shahab Anwar Khwaja said on Wednesday that the federal government had allocated a special grant of Rs272.61... Cases against six policemen, SDO ordered SAHIWAL, Aug 9: The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment director ordered registration of cases against six policemen, an irrigation SDO, a section officer, an overseer and two municipal administration officials of Chichawatni sub-division.... Man shot dead in house break-in SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 9: A man was killed here on Wednesday by unidentified assailants in Nankana Sahib police limits.... Man kills father, estranged wife KASUR, Aug 9: A man killed his father and his former wife whom he divorced six months ago on the suspicion of having illicit relations on Wednesday at Raja Jang.... HIV awareness campaign by district govt SIALKOT, Aug 9: The Sialkot district government plans to organise workshops and seminars on HIV/AIDS awareness in all the 122 urban and rural union councils with the collaboration of local business community and NGOs.... Demo against ‘custodial killing’ KASUR, Aug 9: Scores of people on Wednesday staged a demonstration and besieged Chunnian police station against `custodial killing’ of a person.... Pesticide unavailability may hit cotton crop: Milli Bug virus attack LAHORE, Aug 9: The attack of the `milli bug’ virus continues in some parts of the Punjab which the farmers fear could substantially damage the cotton crop if specific pesticide was not made available quickly enough.... Lahore mass transit project next year LAHORE, Aug 9: Work on the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System will be started in July next year, says Planning and Development Board chairman Salman Ghani.... Funds stuck in CCBs may exceed budgets LAHORE, Aug 9: Punjab Law, Local Government and Public Prosecution Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja has said the funds stuck in the citizen community boards were likely to exceed the provincial budgets if steps were not taken for timely utilisation.... Air chief criticised for remarks on Lebanon LAHORE, Aug 9: Speakers at Pakistan National Forum seminar here on Wednesday took strong exception to Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmad’s remarks about Lebanese Prime Minister’s crying at the Israeli... Supply of Sasta Ration coupons begins LAHORE, Aug 9: The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) has started supplying Sasta Ration Scheme coupons to town municipal administrations (TMAs) for onward distribution among their respective union councils.... Billboard firms to pay compensation to victims LAHORE, Aug 9: The provincial relief commissioner has decided to hold the firms and advertisers hiring hoarding of these firms responsible for the deaths and loss of property to be caused to any citizen.... Child dies in roof collapse LAHORE, Aug 9: A 12-year-old boy was killed while his mother and sister were injured in a roof collapse in Harbanspura on Wednesday....

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