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September 24, 2006 Sunday Sha'aban 30, 1427   Canadian immigration open to quake victims ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The people in the quake-affected areas of the country still qualify to get Canadian immigration if they meet the criterion, Canadian High Commissioner David Collins said here on Saturday.... Judges can face action on misconduct: CJP ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said actions could be taken against judges, magistrates and court officials on misconduct if evidence is provided against them.... Resolve to counter terror reaffirmed WASHINGTON, Sept 23: Beaming with a new confidence after a key strategic meeting with his US counterpart, President General Pervez Musharraf has renewed his pledge to fight terrorism in all its... A tactic to prolong rule: opposition ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Opposition leaders have described President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s remarks that the US had threatened to bomb Pakistan back to Stone Age as an attempt to prolong his rule.... Dawn In Education Spelling Bee contest concludes ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The contests for the national championship of the 3rd Dawn In Education Spelling Bee concluded at the Islamabad Club auditorium on Saturday.... Fact-finding team to visit Eritrea ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The Senate Functional Committee on Government Assurances on Saturday directed the Ministries of Army Foreign Affairs and Interior to immediately constitute a probe team for proceeding to Eritrea... Water crisis ahead, warns governor QUETTA, Sept 23: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has warned of severe water crisis in the next five years if steps were not taken to build more water reservoirs.... Several villages in Hyderabad still submerged HYDERABAD, Sept 23: More than 1,000 people affected by recent rains are still living on the protective bund of the Indus river as their villages in Qasimabad taluka are still submerged.... PPP forms electoral panels PESHAWAR, Sept 23: The Pakistan People’s Party has started its election campaign by selecting panels of candidates for each national and provincial assembly seat in the NWFP, sources told Dawn.... Centre urged to accept province’s rights on oil, gas PESHAWAR, Sept 23: The Awami National Party has demanded formation of Gurgori North-Western Gas Company with its head office in the province.... 71 rockets seized in Kohat KOHAT, Sept 23: The political authorities of Kohat seized 71 foreign-made rockets in Darra Adamkhel on Saturday.... Cyclone threat: people being evacuated from Thatta coastal areas THATTA, Sept 23: People living along the 160 kilometre coast are being evacuated because of a cyclone brewing in the Arabian Sea may make landfall on the Thatta coast.... Nawaz suitable in present scenario: Hayee SAHIWAL, Sept 23: “Although I did not endorse the 1973 constitution, I claim provincial autonomy guaranteed by the most important document of the country.”... Another Meerwala in Muzaffargarh MULTAN, Sept 23: A twelve-year-old girl was stripped and made to stand in public in a village near Shehr Sultan, Muzaffargarh, by her neighbours to teach her a lesson for the sin she never committed.... PTEA wants level playing-field FAISALABAD, Sept 23: Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) outgoing chairman Rana Asif Touseef has said that the lack of a level playing-field will make exports costlier and render them incompetitive in international markets which may result in collapse of the industry.... MMA withdraws from PP-157 seat contest LAHORE, Sept 23: MMA candidate Waqar Nadeem Warraich on Saturday withdrew his candidature from PP-157 (Lahore) seats for the byelections to be held on Sept 30.... Mill owners, retailers agree to cut profit LAHORE, Sept 23: The City District Government Lahore claims that flour and ghee millers as well as retailers have agreed to cut their profit on the sale of essentials during Ramazan.... Action against journalists condemned LAHORE, Sept 23: The Labour Party Pakistan demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club here on Saturday to condemn police highhandedness against newsmen and demanded accountability of the culprits.... Train runs over man RAWALPINDI, Sept 23: A 60-year-old man was killed after being run over by a passenger train near Morgah, while another man was shot and injured in a street robbery on Adiala road on Saturday, police said.... ‘Govt keen to maintain Buddhist sites’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Federal Minister for Culture Dr G.G. Jamal on Saturday said the government was committed to maintaining as well as preserving the Buddhist sites in the country.... Child labour continues unabated RAWALPINDI, Sept 23: Plenty of children do not find their way to schools and work in different sectors in the city to earn a livelihood for their own survival and supplement the incomes of their families.... Decision of IPCC hailed ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousaf, while lauding the services of Federal Minister for Inter- Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan, said that decisions taken during the first meeting of Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee (IPCC) would benefit Balochistan.... Call for probe QUETTA, Sept 23: The Naib Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Liaquat Baloch, has blamed President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the United States for the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti and called for... Protest against killing of villagers HARIPUR, Sept 23: Angry people ransacked government buildings and torched an official vehicle in protest against the killing of eight villagers here on Saturday.... ANP men join PPP-S PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Provincial general secretary of Pakistan People’s Party (Sherpao), MPA Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, has said that PPP is struggling for the rights of the Pukhtoons and hopes to bring pleasant changes in their lives.... ‘Ban on poppy cultivation to stay’ LANDI KOTAL, Sept 23: Cultivation of poppy will not be allowed in the Shalman area of Khyber Agency.... Anti-pollution rally held HARIPUR, Sept 23: Six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) held a rally on Saturday to protest against pollution being emitted by the Hattar Industrial Estate.... Two killed in shootout TANK, Sept 23: Two people, one of them a passerby, were killed and five others were injured in a shootout between rival groups in Jandola, Frontier Region of Tank district, on Saturday.... ‘17,000 adult literacy centres to be set up’ PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Under the literacy project, 15,000 centres were set up in the NWFP where 350,000 illiterate people received education while another 17,000 such centres will be established during 2006-07 to double the literacy rate in the province.... Leaders call for ending feudalism HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Leaders of different political parties and rights activists have called for an end to feudal and tribal systems to strengthen democracy and ensure people have equal rights in society.... ‘Bugti’s killing leaves many queries unanswered’ KHAIRPUR, Sept 23: The president of Pakistan People’s Party, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, said that nobody knew exactly how Nawab Akbar Bugti was killed as the incident had left dozens of questions unanswered.... Man injured KHAIRPUR, Sept 23: Dacoits injured a man when he put up resistance to their bid for robbery in the jurisdiction of Thari Mirwah police station on Friday night.... Firing on PML’s public meeting condemned HYDERABAD, Sept 23: Leaders of the Hyderabad chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League have accused ‘miscreants’ and ‘terrorists’ of resorting to firing on party’s public meeting in Latifabad on Friday.... Ban on hunting demanded MITHI, Sept 23: District Council Tharparkar has demanded a blanket ban on hunting permits and harsh action against illegal poaching and hunting of near-extinct wildlife in the district.... Two dacoits killed in encounter RAJANPUR, Sept 23: Two alleged dacoits were killed during a police encounter in riverine area of Jampur tehsil near Pattan Mastoi, police said on Saturday.... Police told to tighten security LAHORE, Sept 23: Punjab IGP Ziaul Hasan Khan on Saturday said DPOs, SDPOs and SHOs concerned would be responsible for maintenance of law and order in their areas during Ramazan and... Toll on roads approved amid uproar FAISALABAD, Sept 23: The city district assembly on Saturday approved the imposition of toll on various roads for further six months amid uproar and strong protest by union council nazims of various localities.... Doctor held in sex scandal MULTAN, Sept 23: The Muzaffargarh police on Friday evening arrested a doctor involved in raping women and making their movies for blackmailing them further.... Film actor hurt SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 23: Film star Arbaz Khan suffered injuries while his driver was killed in an accident near Kallar Kahar on motorway on Saturday.... Four die in accident KASUR, Sept 23: Four people, two women and two children, were killed while six others sustained injuries in a head on collision between a wagon and a tractor trolley on Chunnian-Lahore road near Manzoor Shaheed police check post on Friday night.... Man killed on road OKARA, Sept 23: A motorcyclist was run over and killed by a speeding truck here on Saturday at 49/2-L village.... Enmity claims two lives GUJRANWALA, Sept 23: Two persons lost their lives while four others sustained injuries in an armed clash between the two rival groups in Rakh Kikran village on Saturday.... Robbers loot Rs8.5m in two strikes LAHORE, Sept 23: Robbers looted over Rs8.5 million in two incidents in the city on Saturday. Six armed men forced their entry into a garments shop of Haji Muhammad Ishaq near... Motion on arsenic mixed water LAHORE, Sept 23: PPP MPA Samiullah Khan has submitted an adjournment motion in the Punjab assembly for a debate on what he said provision of arsenic mixed water to the people of Lahore....

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