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November 05, 2006 Sunday Shawwal 12, 1427   Govt not doing much to contain dengue fever: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: A consumer rights organisation on Saturday criticised the federal and provincial governments for not doing much to prevent the outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever in the country.... Haq Nawaz declared SCBA president in recounting: Contentious polls ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The contentious election results in a recounting divided the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) which declared Raja Haq Nawaz as a winning candidate against his rival Munir A.... ‘Women should be given equal opportunities’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: A two-day workshop, which concluded here on Saturday, has stressed on the government to take gender responsive initiatives to provide equal opportunities of development to women.... Owners of CNG stations flouting storage standards RAWALPINDI, Nov 4: About 90 per cent of CNG stations in Rawalpindi and Islamabad are storing gas at pressure beyond the standard set by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), making the outlets vulnerable to blasts.... State should ensure justice to all, says CJ QUETTA, Nov 4: Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary has said that provision of quick and cheap justice to every citizen without any discrimination was the responsibility of the state and judiciary.... Pakistan urges UN to end discrimination UNITED NATIONS, Nov 4: Pakistan has urged the UN General Assembly and the newly created Human Rights Council to work towards stopping religious defamation manifested in instances of ‘Islamophobia’ so as to foster a culture of peace.... Parliament to be taken into confidence on Bajaur ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Federal Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani has said that parliament would be taken into confidence over Bajaur raid in which over 80 people were killed.... Lawmakers want NFC award on area basis QUETTA, Nov 4: Members of the Balochistan Assembly have called for distribution of resources under the National Finance Commission award on the basis of area, instead of population, to resolve financial problems of the province.... Debt swap accord signed with Italy ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Pakistan and Italy signed an agreement on Saturday on ‘debt for development’ swap of approximately $ 85 million which is 50 per cent of the total Italian debt that Pakistan owes to Italy.... Pact signed on conserving Juniper forests QUETTA, Nov 4: The Balochistan government has signed an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to conserve the Juniper forests in Ziarat. The agreement was signed at a ceremony held here on Friday.... Leghari’s formula for division of Punjab DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 4: Administrative division of Punjab which comprises 56 per cent of the country’s population after a public consensus can end abhorrence of it among smaller provinces, believes Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari.... Three killed as car falls into canal OKARA, Nov 4: Three persons, including a minor, drowned while five others sustained injuries when their car fell into Lower Bari Doaab Canal on Saturday afternoon.... 12,000 Sikhs arrive at Nankana SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 4: At least 12,000 Sikh yatrees hailing from India, England, the... Woman commits suicide ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: A woman committed suicide in the jurisdiction of Golra police while a 17-year-old girl was electrocuted in the same locality on Saturday, police said.... NA session can turn turbulent on Friday ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday called the National Assembly to meet on Friday for what could be a turbulent session to begin the lower house’s last parliamentary year,... Three men shot dead MIRAMSHAH, Nov 4: Unidentified assailants attacked a coach on Razmak-Miramshah road in the North Waziristan Agency on Saturday, killing three people on the spot, officials said.... Jirga report clarified QUETTA, Nov 4: A Balochistan government spokesman has denied a news item published in a section of the press on Saturday about a jirga to be held in Gwadar.... PIA launches refurbishment of Boing 747 aircraft KARACHI, Nov 4: The Pakistan International Airline has started complete refurbishment of its Boeing 747 aircraft. A spokesman for the airline said that the work on the first aircraft, which was... Quetta locality rocked QUETTA, Nov 4: A bomb blast rocked the Sariab area of Quetta on Saturday night, causing panic among people, said police sources. The sources said that unidentified saboteurs had planted a... PN ship in Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: A Pakistan Navy ship, Tipu Sultan, arrived here on Saturday on a four-day goodwill visit. Tipu Sultan is a leading ship of Pakistan Navy’s Destroyer Squadron.... PM’s envoy meets Kuwaiti PM KUWAIT CITY, Nov 4: Pakistan’s prime minister’s special envoy and minister of labour, manpower and overseas Pakistanis, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, on Saturday delivered a special message of Shaukat Aziz to Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah.... Clarification ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Saturday clarified a news report appearing in the press regarding the briefing he had given to Senate committee on foreign affairs on Friday... Trust set up to cope with challenge: Mechanised soccer balls SIALKOT, Nov 4: The Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Pakistan Sports Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PSGMEA) have jointly established a “Sports Industry Development Trust” in Sialkot to... Virus-resistant cotton seed in three years MULTAN, Nov 4: Virus-resistant cotton seed varieties will be available for farmers within two to three years, agriculture scientists told agricultural development commissioner Qadir Bux Baloch in a meeting here on Saturday.... Life-term for kidnappers SARGODHA, Nov 4: A local Anti-Terrorism Court handed down life imprisonment on two counts to five convicts in a kidnap for ransom case on Saturday. The judge also ordered confiscation of their property.... 25 per cent decline in voters of Layyah MULTAN, Nov 4: The newly-compiled voters list in Layyah district reveals a decrease of about 25 per cent voters. A total of 482,663 voters have been registered for the general elections of 2007 in Layyah.... Three perish in road accident TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 3: Three people, including a minor boy, were killed when their car met an accident near Okara on Saturday. Those died were former municipal committee vice-chairman Soofi... Girls college short of teachers SIALKOT, Nov 4: The education department has failed to resolve the long standing problems of the Government Allama Iqbal College for Women, Sialkot.... MQM struggle for ‘true democracy’ FAISALABAD, Nov4: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Dr Farooq Sattar has said that his party is struggling to bring a true democracy in the country.... Poverty, crime reached all time high, says Benazir HYDERABAD, Nov 4: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that followers of Quaid-i-Awam are the real wealth of the party. She said that their strength and fortitude in defending... Petition against encroachments in Larkana filed LARKANA, Nov 4: A resident of Larkana, Mohammad Anwar Channa, advocate, has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, against massive encroachment in Larkana city.... Appeal for protection MITHI, Nov 4: Two sisters and their brother, living in the Harpar village in Mithi taluka have urged the provincial authorities to provide them protection and not to take notice of... Woman killed KHAIRPUR, Nov 4: A woman was killed over some domestic dispute in the Phundani Solangi village in Kingri taluka on Friday evening. Ms Tahira, wife of Asad, was injured when she was fired at.... Matrimonial dispute claims two lives SUKKUR, Nov 4: Two people were killed by armed men in Siddiq Shahaliani village in the Garhi Khairo police area on Saturday. Reports said that a group of armed men raided a house in the village and opened indiscriminate firing.... Two JSMM activists remanded to police custody HYDERABAD, Nov 4: Two activists of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz were remanded to police custody for seven days by the Anti-Terrorism Court Hyderabad on Saturday.... Five MUET students arrested HYDERABAD, Nov 4: The Jamshoro police on Saturday arrested five students of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology for manhandling and keeping another student in wrongful confinement in the hostel.... Six drown in canal SANGHAR, Nov 4: Six people, including women and children, drowned in the Ranto canal near Wadhki Pathan on Saturday. According to reports, the villagers had fixed a steel wire across the canal to cross it by boat.... Dengue fever contained, says health minister LAHORE, Nov 4: Punjab Health Minister Dr Tahir Ali Javed has said that dengue fever had been contained and only one new case had been reported during the last 48 hours.... PML-N urges SC to take suo motu notice: Bajaur killings LAHORE, Nov 4: The PML-N on Saturday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice of the Bajaur tragedy and see whether the army had transgressed the limits set by the Article 245 of the Constitution.... More cases confirmed LAHORE, Nov 4: The health authorities confirmed seven more cases of dengue fever in the city here on Saturday. With this the total number of the cases here has risen to 19 and 67 in Punjab.... Complete strike by lawyers in Punjab AHORE, Nov 4: Lawyers in the city and elsewhere in the Punjab observed a complete strike against the recent bombing of Bajaur Agency in which more than 80 people were killed.... WAF’s silver jubilee LAHORE, Nov 4: The two-day national convention of Women’s Action Forum will draw to a close here later today. All three chapters of the WAF, Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, have gathered...

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