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September 16, 2006 Saturday Sha'aban 22, 1427   Stalled NA awaits diluted women’s rights bill ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The National Assembly broke up for the weekend on Friday without touching its legislative agenda as some parties and members seemed losing patience with conservatives seeking to dilute the women’s rights bill.... Tame debate on Balochistan ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: A tame debate on Balochistan’s situation continued in the Senate on Friday as only Senator Liaquat Bangulzai of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal spoke before the session was adjourned till Monday.... ARD urged to quit assemblies QUETTA Sept 15: Pakistan Seraiki Party leader Taj Muhammad Langah has said that if the ARD leadership is sincere in their support for Nawab Akbar Bugti’s followers, its legislators should resign... Nationalists demand provincial autonomy QUETTA, Sept 15: Nationalist and democratic political parties have said that recognition of the right of provinces on their resources, full provincial autonomy, stoppage of military operation, exhumation of the body... Gilani, Shabbir under house arrest ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani and President of Democratic Freedom Party Shabbir Ahmed Shah were placed under house arrest in occupied Kashmir on Friday while police arrested... PPP MNAs walk out from NA against speaker’s attitude ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Some members of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Friday staged a walkout at the National Assembly when Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain did not allow party MNA Naheed... Proposal to reform PARC approved ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has endorsed a proposal to reform the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) aimed at according it an autonomous status in its financial and administrative matters.... Chinese Muslims agitate outside Saudi embassy: Haj visa ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Hundreds of disappointed and angry Chinese Muslims protested outside the Saudi embassy here on Friday after they were refused Haj visas.... Maltreatment of journalist condemned ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Journalists and newspaper employees belonging to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday staged a protest rally at the Parliament House to condemn Federal Minister for... Petrol prices unchanged ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday announced that prices of petroleum products would remain unchanged for the next fortnight. The price determination is carried out... Seven killed in accident MULTAN, Sept 15: Seven people were killed outside a roadside kiosk after a bus veered out of control and hit them at high speed in Shujabad area, 35 kilometres away from here on Friday.... The peril of pursuing a case: 3,000 POs in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Sept 15: The victim of murder or any other heinous crime apart, even the complainants are now facing more threat to their lives than ever before thanks to the police’s... New slogans for Kashmir campaign FAISALABAD, Sept 15: The government has decided to highlight the Kashmir issue by raising the Kashmiris’ demand for freedom, and this year the black day will be observed on Oct 27 with 23 new slogans.... Unattended stockpiles of organic pollutants LAHORE, Sept 15: Punjab Environment Minister Makhdoom Ishfaq Ahmad has said that persistent organic pollutants are lying in the province in the form of 167 stockpiles of unattended obsolete pesticides and about 279.45... Boy kidnapped for ransom recovered KASUR, Sept 15: The local police recovered on Friday a four-year-old boy kidnapped for ransom of Rs1.5 million by his cousin a few days back.... Hiring in works dept stopped TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 15: The Faisalabad labour court No 4 ordered on Friday Toba Works and Services Department to stop recruitment of class-four employees on contract.... PMA raps nazim for ‘apathy’ SAHIWAL, Sept 15: Local office-bearers of the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) have criticised district nazim Rai Hassan Nawaz for showing lack of interest in upgrading the DHQ Hospital.... Kidney case accused acquitted BAHAWALPUR, Sept 15: All the four accused of Yazman kidney case were acquitted by the district and sessions judge on Friday. The case was remanded by the Supreme Court in July... Heavy rain in Sialkot SIALKOT, Sept 15: Heavy rain on Friday after dust storm inundated low-lying areas of the city. The rain began early in the morning and continued intermittently for the whole day.... Complainant turns out to be family’s murderer OKARA, Sept 15: The complainant in the murder case of five of his family members is turned out to be the actual killer. B-Division SHO Malik Tariq Awan said that accused... Police team beaten up, hospitalised SIALKOT, Sept 15: A Satrah police party was beaten up badly in Satrah village, Daska tehsil, on Friday. According to the FIR, a police team led by ASI Amjad Farooq and... Erra may permit timber use: Reconstruction in quake-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) is likely to permit the use of timber for reconstruction in earthquake-affected areas, an official source said on Friday.... Asians faced with ‘bride deficit’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Asians are facing a peculiar phenomenon of bride deficit, as the UNFPA’s state of the world population report 2006 has revealed the region is facing a shortage of 100 million women.... Charas seized TAXILA, Sept 15: The Hassanabdal police foiled three bids to smuggle 27kg charas and arrested three persons.... Women UTPs released on bail: Sindh, NWFP told to submit report ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Supreme Court on Friday order the home secretaries of Sindh and NWFP to submit a detailed report on under trial women prisoners released on bail under a recent presidential ordinance.... Benazir returns to Dubai ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto returned from London to Dubai on Thursday, party spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement here on Friday.... Tributes paid to Justice Haleem ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Friday said judgments rendered by late Justice Mohammad Haleem put the country back on rails of parliamentary democracy as envisaged in the constitution.... ARD nominee for PP-157 bypolls LAHORE, Sept 15: The ARD on Friday nominated Rana Tajammal its candidate for by-election on PP-157 (Lahore), which is due to be held on... Mysterious death of newly-wed girl LAHORE, Sept 15: A newly wed girl was shot dead in mysterious circumstances in Shahdara on Friday morning. Police claimed that Shabbir Ahmad, who had divorced his two wives, had shot dead his third wife Shomaila, 20.... 500 monuments not being ‘protected’ LAHORE, Sept 15: More than 500 historical mosques, mausoleums and buildings across the Punjab are yet to be declared protected monuments despite meeting legal criterion.... Mian Azhar LAHORE, Sept 15: Former PML-Q president Mian Muhammad Azhar has called for the dismissal of the present government so that representative assemblies could be elected.... Robbers kill man, snatch 8.5kg gold LAHORE, Sept 15: Two robbers shot dead a Sargodha-based gold trader and injured his nephew and managed their escape with 8.5 kilo gold worth Rs10 million in Gulberg here on Friday evening....

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