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November 16, 2006 Thursday Shawwal 23, 1427   Accept bill or resign, MQM tells MMA ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has welcomed the support of PPP Parliamentarians for the Protection of Women’s Rights Bill, and urged the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to come up with a clear stand on the issue.... SCBA polls: Muneer Malik moves apex court ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: A controversy over vote-count for the prestigious post of president of the Supreme Court Bar Association deepened further when Muneer Malik approached the Supreme Court, pleading to overturn... Advisers, assistants to Pervaiz also removed LAHORE, Nov 15: In a surprise move, the Punjab government on Wednesday removed all advisers and special assistants to the chief minister. The move comes a day after 19 advisers to... PML-N mass contact drive to continue LAHORE, Nov 15: Punjab PML-N president Sirdar Zulfikar Khosa says his party has completed the first round of its mass contact campaign in the province, but the drive will continue till the next election.... Many criminals ‘fled’ before raids: CM’s ex-adviser booked for harbouring POs GUJRAT, Nov 15: Two nominated accused in the murder case of Waqar Shah of Qulewal Syedan, many other POs and criminals had escaped before or during the police raids at the... Civil society rejects Women’s Protection Bill ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Women rights activists and representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the Parliament House to denounce the government’s new position on the Women’s Protection Bill and demanded total repeal of Hudood laws.... 3,488 govt employees allotted accommodation out of turn ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Housing Minister Syed Safwanullah has issued 3,488 out-of-turn allotments of quarters to federal government employees despite the fact that the General Waiting List (GWL) of such employees seeking accommodation has swelled over 35,000.... Lawmakers criticize rehabilitation work delay PESHAWAR, Nov 15: Treasury and opposition benches in the NWFP Assembly on Wednesday blasted the federal government and donor agencies for delaying reconstruction work in the earthquake affected areas of the NWFP.... Call to enforce ban on smoking PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The Pakistan Chest Society has demanded implementation of the Prohibition of Smoking Ordinance, 2002. Dr Mukhtiar Zaman Afridi, chief of the society’s NWFP chapter, said while presenting a... Tobacco firms’ policy slammed SWABI, Nov 15: Tobacco growers are facing hardship and incurring financial losses because of tobacco companies’ purchase policy. Anjuman-i-Kashthkaran’s provincial general secretary Ismail Jan Khan on Wednesday said that on average,... Protest against military operation QUETTA, Nov 15: The Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) and All-Pakistan Clerks’ Association (APCA) on Wednesday held separate demonstrations. BSO activists gathered outside the local press club on Wednesday and protested against... Kidnapped man freed KOHAT, Nov 15: A local businessman’s son, who had been kidnapped in Hangu last week, was released by his captors in Darra Adamkhel on Wednesday. Musadiq Paracha was kidnapped near a bank where he was going to deposit Rs2.7... Sarai Naurang grid station switched on PESHAWAR, Nov 15: Federal Water and Power Minister Liaquat Ali Jatoi on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed 132kv grid station at Sarai Naurang and performed the stone-laying ceremonies of upgradation of... AJK local bodies poll put off MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 15: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday decided to postpone the local bodies election for one year. The local government election will now be held in March 2008.... Record sought of recruitment, transfers LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 15: The Lakki Marwat District Council on Wednesday asked local schools and the literacy department to furnish record of teachers'' recruitment and transfers by Nov 25.... Rani of Hunza dies at 94 GILGIT, Nov 15: The Rani of Hunza, Mrs Shams-un-Nahar, died after a brief illness in her palace in Karimabad in central Hunza on Wednesday. She was 94.... Peace meeting PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The Pakistan Muslim League’s Ulema and Mashaikh wing has organised a peace conference here on Thursday to discuss the incidents occurring in Bajaur, Dargai, etc.—PPI... Confusion over promotion of faculties persists ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The confusion over the government’s decision to grant one-grade promotion to university teachers could not be removed, as both teachers’ elected bodies and the Higher Education Commission stick to their positions.... Technical growth linked to quality manpower ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Nuclear scientist and National Engineering and Scientific Commission Chairman Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said future technical growth was deeply linked to the quality of technical manpower.... Agriculture college for Sargodha approved ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: A project of Higher Education Commission (HEC) to set up an Agriculture College at the university of Sargodha has been approved by Central Development Working Party in its recent meeting.... Opposition to boycott Senate committee meeting ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Combined opposition leaders on Wednesday announced that they would boycott the meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges to register their protest against... Five held with 2.1kg heroin, 130 capsules RAWALPINDI, Nov 15: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled three attempts to smuggle heroin abroad and arrested five drug- peddlers. According to a press release, the ANF recovered 2.1kg... Journalist dies due to doctors’ ‘negligence’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Alleged negligence on part of doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) led to death of a journalist on Wednesday.... University status no more a cakewalk: HEC sets guidelines LAHORE, Nov 15: No provincial government can award a university status in future to any public or private institution without the permission of a committee constituted on the guidelines of the Higher Education Commission, it is learnt.... Check-posts to curb car theft LAHORE, Nov 15: Special check-posts equipped with computers and wireless sets will be set up at the exit points of the city for the prevention of incidents of motorcycle and car theft.... Plea against Imax theatre restored LAHORE, Nov 15: A Lahore High Court full bench on Wednesday restored a writ petition through which the Karachi-based NGO, Shehri-CBE, challenged the establishment of an Imax theatre and the construction... Man booked for spoiling deaf-mute’s marriage MIANWALI, Nov 15: Police has booked a man under section 10 of Hudood law who was helping a woman, Anaran Bibi, 30, in dissolution of her marriage with a retarded person... Bahawalpur airport manager ‘slain’ BAHAWALPUR, Nov.15: Local airport manager Tahir Ahsan was killed in mysterious circumstances at Qadirpur Raan near Multan on Tuesday. Ahsan had reportedly gone to Qadirpur Raan to meet his beloved whom...

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