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October 08, 2006 Sunday Ramazan 14, 1427   PM for steps to promote tourism in N.As ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the Northern Areas administration to prepare a comprehensive plan to exploit the immense tourism potential in the area.... Body to deal with national disasters formed: Aziz ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday announced setting up of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to deal with natural calamities and catastrophes.... Response was not slow: army ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The armed forces swung into action and took part in the country’s biggest-ever peacetime relief and rescue operation after the devastating earthquake rattled parts of Pakistan last year, a top military official said.... Students vow to rebuild region MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: More than 2,000 students paraded on the main road here on Saturday, a day ahead of the anniversary of last year’s earthquake, to express resolve to rebuild the devastated region.... Bravery award for daredevil Kashmiri MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: As Azad Jammu and Kashmir observes the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake, a valiant resident of its ruined capital prepares for a journey to Colombo later this... Muzaffarabad girls still filled with gloom MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: The building is pristine, magnificent and earthquake resistant too. But all this has not diminished gloom and fear that prevails among its occupants as and when they remember... US pledges to continue help WASHINGTON, Oct 7: Expressing solidarity with Pakistan on the anniversary of last year’s earthquake, the United States on Friday reaffirmed its commitment to reconstruction in quake-devastated areas.... Literature of tragedy KARACHI, Oct 7: Ours is not a country of book lovers, yet several books have already been published in Pakistan dealing with last year’s deadly earthquake.... Battery-operated rickshaw launched LAHORE, Oct 7: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has called upon the business community to invest in quality and innovative products and improve its efficiency for success in new economy.... Canal closure plan upsets farmers TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 7: Hundreds of farmers belonging to many villages at the tail-end of the Lower Jhang branch canal demonstrated in the district courts complex on Saturday to protest against shortage of irrigation water.... PML MNA unseated for bogus degree LAHORE, Oct 7: An election tribunal on Friday unseated ruling party legislator Amjad Ali Warraich on finding his graduation degree bogus.... Fresh drive against kite-flying from Monday LAHORE, Oct 7: Following the Supreme Court order which banned kite-flying last year, the city police from Oct 9 (Monday) will observe a week against the sport made lethal by those using deadly twine.... Trees axed for racing track LAHORE, Oct 7: Some 60 or so eucalyptus trees at the Linear Park of Model Town were axed on Saturday for making a motorcycle racing track there.... Another man sets himself on fire ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: A 40-year-old man committed suicide in Sector G-13, while a chemist was shot dead in a robbery attempt on Saturday, police said.... Population dept’s job made hard: Rented offices FAISALABAD, Oct 7: The Population Welfare department is finding it hard to effectively disseminate the message of population control because of location of its offices which are established in rented buildings across the Punjab.... Consumers for SNGPL office in Okara OKARA, Oct 7: More than 50,000 gas consumers across the district are facing several problems as there is no regional office of the SNGPL in Okara.... Policeman held for kidnapping trader GUJRANWALA, Oct 7: A trader, who was kidnapped some two weeks ago, was released after his family paid the ransom amount to the four accused that turned out to be CIA constables.... Two guards abducted, tortured by timber mafia GUJRAT, Oct 7: Two guards deployed at Daffar forest in Mandi Bahauddin were allegedly kidnapped and subjected to torture by timber mafia at Chak-28 on Friday evening.... Three booked for bid to abduct PU student TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 7: The city police on Saturday registered a case against a citizen of Lahore and his two accomplices on the charge of attempting to abduct a Punjab University student from her house in Garden Town here.... Two prayer leaders arrested SAHIWAL, Oct 7: Harappa police on Saturday arrested two prayer leaders for delivering anti-government speeches in mosques.... Seven Lashkar men acquitted of murder in Multan MULTAN, Oct 7: An Anti-Terrorism court on Thursday acquitted seven alleged members of outlawed Lashkar-i-Jhangvi in a murder case for lack of evidence.... School guard injures two youths GUJRANWALA, Oct 7: Two youths were shot at and injured by the guard of a private girls school for standing in front of institution’s main gate here on Saturday.... Medical stores’ strike against robbery SIALKOT, Oct 7: Scores of medical storeowners and chemists staged a demonstration here on Saturday in front of Sardar Begum Memorial DHQ hospital in protest against a dacoity on Shahabpura Road and observed a complete shutterdown.... SPOs’ posts in five big cities to be abolished LAHORE, Oct 7: The posts of Supervisory Police Officers (SPOs) in every police station and those of Investigations DSPs are being withdrawn from five big cities in the province from next week, re-introducing the offices of SDPOs (DSPs).... Gilani praised LAHORE, Oct 7: PPP leaders at an Iftar party here on Saturday praised former NA speaker Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani for steadfastly facing the bogus cases against him and refusing to accept temptations offered by the government.... Death sentence LAHORE, Oct 7: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday awarded death sentence and Rs20,000 fine to a convict for kidnapping for ransom and ordered confiscation of his property....

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