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November 04, 2006 Saturday Shawwal 11, 1427   Membership of minister cancelled LAHORE, Nov 3: An election tribunal on Friday scrapped the National Assembly membership of state minister Saima Akhtar Bharwana and declared that the seat in the national legislature from NA-90 has fallen vacant.... Readiness must to protect sea borders: president KARACHI, Nov 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that an extraordinary level of operational preparedness is the key to safeguarding sea frontiers and thwarting aggressive designs.... Protecting Pakhtuns’ rights stressed PESHAWAR, Nov 3: Speakers at a one-day seminar on Friday vowed to safeguard the rights of the Pakhtun people and the water supply plan from River Indus to Islamabad and Rawalpindi... ARD meeting on Bajaur bombing next week ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: A meeting of heads of component parties of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy will be held next week to discuss the situation arising in the country after... C’wealth probe sought in AJK judicial row ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The People’s Party Parliamentarians on Friday approached the Commonwealth to probe the appointment of a new chief justice in Azad Kashmir who superseded his seniors and appealed for help in strengthening the rule of law in Pakistan.... Ex-officials ratify Munir’s election LAHORE, Nov 3: The controversy arising out of the recently-held Supreme Court Bar Association elections on Friday took a new turn when secretary Ali Akbar Qureshi and vice-president Mian Zakaur Rehman... Demand for legislation on abortion ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Deputy Speaker National Assembly Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob said on Friday provided with a broad based consensus, the country could have separate legislation on abortion.... ARD seeks NA debate on media report: Bajaur air strike ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: ARD members in the National Assembly on Thursday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat seeking a debate on a foreign newspaper report, which claimed that... Jiyalas won’t stop falling for Begum Nawazish ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: PPP leaders continue to fall like nine pins for the mischievous Begum Nawazish Ali, though Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto is said to frown upon her Jiyalas’ affairs.... Holding the Lahore Fort, are they? LAHORE, Nov 3: Violating its own ban and one imposed by a court earlier on, the Punjab government — now the custodian of the Lahore Fort and the Shalamar Gardens, two... PCSIR to determine sugar price LAHORE, Nov 3: The Punjab government has asked the PCSIR to help it fix sugar price by calculating its cost to millers, keeping in view the cane price and recovery of sucrose from it.... Convicts move apex court ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Twelve men on the death row for their involvement in attempts on the life of President Pervez Musharraf have filed a revision petition before the Supreme Court pleading... Call to fulfil legal requirements while arresting people QUETTA, Nov 3: Representatives of the Pakistan Bar Council and Balochistan High Court Bar Association have demanded that the government should fulfil the legal requirements for keeping Mir Ghulam Mustafa Raisani in custody.... Protest against Bajaur killings QUETTA, Nov 3: Leaders and activists of the Balochistan chapter of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) staged a protest rally against the attack on a seminary in Bajaur Agency.... Ban on smoke-emitting vehicles ordered QUETTA, Nov 3: Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court Justice Amanullah Yasinzai on Friday directed traffic police of Zarghoon and Chiltan towns to ban within 15 days vehicles causing pollution in the city.... Eritrean president KARACHI, Nov 3: The president of Eritrea, Mr Isaias Afwerki, made a brief stopover at the Karachi airport on Friday on his way to Beijing.... Darya Khan Khoso dies SUKKUR, Nov 3: Mir Darya Khan Khoso, a former MNA, died in Thul, Jacobabad district on Thursday night, following a protracted illness.... Clarification LAHORE, Nov 3: A news report in Dawn on Friday regarding the tragic killing of Seth Abid’s son, erroneously referred to the tycoon as ‘late’. The error is regretted.... Pensioners pay for EOBI’s indifference OKARA, Nov 3: About 1,200 people could not get their pension ahead of Eidul Fitr owing to the negligence and indifference of Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) staff.... LHC verdict against UC proceedings LAHORE, Nov 3: Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Razvi of the Lahore High Court on Friday suspended the proceedings and subsequent notification issued by UC No 273 of Faisalabad (urban) contending that... Policeman among seven booked GUJRAT, Nov 3: The Gujjar Khan police on Friday registered a case against five nominated accused, including a police head-constable, and two unidentified accused for killing Waqar Haider Shah, the son of former district naib nazim Syed Noorul Hassan Shah.... Nankana girls’ school functional after years LAHORE, Nov 3: A primary girls school at a village in Nankana Sahib has been freed from encroachers and immediately upgraded to the middle level on the directive of the Punjab... Suparco rejects PU claim LAHORE, Nov 3: Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission authorities, reacting to an Oct 25 report (PU asks Suparco to vacate its land), said that it was not true that... Aerial firing claims life MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Nov 3: A boy died and another injured when members of a marriage party resorted to aerial firing on Thursday evening at a village near Shadiwaal, some 30 kms from here.... Suspended GUJRANWALA, Nov 3: A deputy district education officer was suspended from service on corruption charges on Friday.... LHC suspends dismissal of NAB official ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday suspended dismissal of a senior official of the National Accountability Bureau and sought para-wise comments from the bureau authorities.... 3 injured in CNG station blast ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: Two gas cylinder blasts at a Pakistan State Oil (PSO) gas station near Super Market on Friday caused critical injuries to three workers, sending sock waves through the residents.... New Nadra cards for Afghan DPs in AJK ISLAMABAD, Nov 3: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has cancelled the registration cards issued previously to the Afghan refugees living in Azad Kashmir and started the process to issue them with new cards, sources in the authority told Dawn.... Ruling PML campaign just around the corner LAHORE, Nov 3: Although the general elections are more than a year away, the ruling PML is starting a mass contact campaign during the next few weeks to highlight the achievements... Punjab plans survey of illiterate people LAHORE, Nov 3: The Punjab government has decided to survey illiterate people in 31 districts of Punjab while it has completed a survey in four districts — Mandi Bahauddin, Khushab, Dera... Dengue fever conference today LAHORE, Nov 3: The first national dengue fever conference is being held at the auditorium of the Allama Iqbal Medical College on Saturday at 11am.... Two held with kites, twine LAHORE, Nov 3: Lower Mall police claimed on Friday to have arrested two people from a godown and seized 70,000 kites and 2,000 rolls of twine worth Rs5 million....

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