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September 18, 2006 Monday Sha'aban 24, 1427   Centre to bear 50pc expenses of relief work in Sindh: PM MIRPURKHAS, Sept 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that half of the expenses of the Sindh government on relief and rehabilitation of rain-affected people in the province will be met by the federal government.... Govt warned of protests if Hudood laws not repealed ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Sixteen civil society organisations on Sunday warned the government of countrywide protests if it did not repeal the Hudood Ordinances and enact new legislations through parliament that could ensure the rights of women.... Marri rules out talks with govt KARACHI, Sept 17: Prominent Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, who is also the chief of the Marri tribe, has ruled out any possibility of talks with the government, saying there can be no talks between ‘oppressors and oppressed’.... Wasim Sajjad declined to become CJP LAHORE, Sept 17: Senator and prominent lawyer Wasim Sajjad was offered the office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan after the retirement of Sheikh Riaz Ahmed a few years ago, leader of the house in the Senate disclosed on Sunday.... Out-of-turn promotion provision to go LAHORE, Sept 17: The out-of-turn promotion facility to provincial government employees, especially police is being withdrawn through an amendment to the Civil Servants Act 1974 expected to be adopted along with... PML forms body to receive applications: Bypolls in case of resignations LAHORE, Sept 17: Although the PML-N members of the Punjab Assembly have yet to submit their resignations to the speaker for approval, the ruling party on Sunday set up a committee... Pope remarks criticized ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Convenor of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, AJK chapter, and Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has strongly condemned derogatory remarks of Pope Benedict XVI about Islam and Jihad.... JUI holds protests against Pope RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) held a protest demonstration against Pope Benedict XVI in front of Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club here on Sunday.... Islamabad to host S. Asia sanitation conference ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Second South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-2) will open here on September 20 with the overall goal to accelerate the progress of sanitation and hygiene work in South Asia.... Rivals kill three of a family ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Three persons were killed and three injured when their rivals attacked their house in the early hours of Sunday, police said.... Rs8bn allocated for installation of filtration plants: minister ATTOCK, Sept 17: Minister of State for Environment Malik Amin Aslam said the government had allocated Rs8 billion to install water filtration plants in every union council by the end of 2007.... Newly-wed die in road accident RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: A newly married couple was killed while four others injured in a road accident on Sunday.... Rs558m allocated for Fata health projects PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The federal government has allocated Rs558 million to complete 19 new and 75 ongoing health projects in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).... Farmers urged to adopt modern technology GILGIT, Sept 17: The Northern Areas adviser for agriculture, livestock, forestry and information, Sikander Ali, has laid stress on adoption of modern technology so that farmers are able to enhance their produce.... Workshop for judicial officers held ABBOTTABAD, Sept 17: Judicial officers have emphasised the importance of the Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and stated that it would help reduce the backlog of cases pending with various courts.... Geriatric care neglected in quake-hit in AJK area MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 17: Two UK-based non-governmental organisations have joined hands to provide better service to elderly people in the quake-hit zone after an assessment revealed that geriatric and palliative care had received little attention in these areas.... Post office robbed KHOI RATA, Sept 17: In a daylight robbery, Rs20 million worth of defence saving certificates (DSCs) and postal orders were looted from the Khoi Rata post office.... Defence needs to be fully met: PM ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government will continue to provide all necessary resources to the armed forces and further strengthen defence of the country to ensure peace in the region.... Seminar SWABI, Sept 17: Speakers at seminars here called for strengthening knowledge-based economy for development in technological fields. The first seminar on “diffusion bonding” was organised by the GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.... Saudi Arabia to continue helping quake survivors MANSEHRA, Sept 17: Saudi Arabia will continue to provide assistance for rehabilitation of survivors of last year’s earthquake till the task is completed. This was stated by Saeed Al-Hadad, director of... CPLC praises police role in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Sept 17: Citizen-Police Liaison Committee chairman Haji Mohammad Javed expressed satisfaction over police response to public complaints forwarded by the CPLC.... District govts to fix sasta ration prices FAISALABAD, Sept 17: District administrations have been entrusted with powers to fix prices of ‘sasta ration items’ to arrest profiteering, hoarding and blackmarketing, it is learnt.... Dacoits strike four times GUJRANWALA, Sept 17: Dacoits looted a trader’s house, clinic of a doctor and took away two motorcycles in four strikes in and around the city here on Sunday.... Vehari shrines in a mess VEHARI, Sept 17: Mismanagement and negligence on the part of the Auqaf department have made a mess of things at all 15 shrines in Vehari district it governs.... Move to change M-4 route opposed TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 17: Grave concern has been expressed by people belonging to Toba and Gojra over reported efforts to change the route of M-4 Motorway project between Faisalabad and Multan.... For some summer vacation never ends MIANWALI, Sept 17: The students of the Government Girls Primary School, Namal, await continuation of educational activity since the end of summer vacation, as the teachers as well as the district... TV ban follows police attack on journalists LAHORE, Sept 17: The Punjab government on Sunday night made cable operators in the province to stop airing a private TV channel after it ‘ran a campaign’ against the provincial administration after police assaulted three journalists at Minar-i-Pakistan on Saturday night.... Swindler deprives passenger of cash SAHIWAL, Sept 17: A passenger of Quetta Express was looted after he was served some drugged meal by a swindler here on Saturday night. He was admitted to the local DHQ Hospital in an unconscious state.... Six killed as truck hits wagon Kasur, Sept 17: Six people were killed and four others injured when a wagon collided with a tractor on Kasur-Raiwind road, some 10km off here, late Saturday night.... Ultimatum to LPG producers LAHORE, Sept 17: The LPG Distributors Association has given a five-day ultimatum to producers and marketing companies and threatened to shut down all sale points two days before Ramazan if recent hike in gas prices is not withdrawn.... School devoid of basic facilities SADIQABAD, Sept 17: The Government Tameer-i-Millat High School constructed some 45 years ago in the centre of the city lacks basic amenities.... Factory burnt FAISALABAD, Sept 17: A fire broke out on Saturday night at a weaving unit and factory of MNA Rana Asif Tauseef in Khurrianwala, reducing to ashes scores of fabrics bales worth millions of rupees.... Centre to gauge fuel in tankers LAHORE, Sept 17: The Punjab labour and human resource department will establish a calibration centre to determine the exact quantity of petrol, diesel and other liquid fuels in tankers and other mobile storage vessels.... Hepatitis medicine produced locally LAHORE, Sept 17: Researchers at Punjab University’s School of Biological Sciences have produced an anti-viral and anti-cancerous recombinant protein `Human Interferon Alpha2B’, the first locally-prepared drug to be used for hepatitis treatment.... Woman with bullet wounds dies in hospital LAHORE, Sept 17: A woman, who sustained bullet injuries in an exchange of fire between two rival groups in Hassanabad village, Sattokatla, about a week ago, died in a hospital here on Sunday.... Boy run over LAHORE, Sept 17: A minor boy was crushed to death by a city district government truck in Shadbagh here on Sunday....

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