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November 17, 2006 Friday Shawwal 24, 1427   SCBA polls: SHC adjourns hearing of petition KARACHI, Nov 16: The Sindh High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of a writ petition disputing the Supreme Court Bar Association election results announced on Nov 6 to ascertain whether... UN-led team to assess anti-terror measures ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: A high-powered delegation led by a senior UN officials is arriving here on Friday to determine as to what extent Pakistan has been able to prevent the spread... US state dept official meets PPP leaders ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Leaders of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Thursday briefed a visiting US State Department official on the prevailing political situation in the country and expressed their concern... Second NA to enter last parliamentary year ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The National Assembly Thursday entered its last and fifth parliamentary year becoming the only second legislative body to achieve this distinction in the 36-year parliamentary history starting from... PPP candidate wins Shikarpur by-poll SHIKARPUR, Nov 16: The candidate of the Pakistan People’s Party won on Thursday the by-election for the Sindh Assembly seat PS-11 in Shikarpur.... Co-production of arms with Germany, S. Korea soon ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Germany and South Korea have agreed to enter into joint ventures with Pakistan for manufacturing `smart arms and ammunition’ by transferring the latest technology to Islamabad.... Tight security to be order of the day: Chinese president’s visit ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Fool-proof security arrangements are being made besides beautification of the city ahead of three-day visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao who is due in the capital along with his delegation on November 23.... MPs want enforcement of ban on political activities in Fata PESHAWAR, Nov 16: A delegation of parliamentarians belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas called on NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai here on Thursday and discussed with him matters pertaining... ‘Musharraf to distance himself from PML’ LAHORE, Nov 16: Former PPP secretary-general Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar claims that President Pervez Musharraf wants to distance himself from the ruling PML and it is for this reason that at a... Indian delegates meet Pervaiz LAHORE, Nov 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has expressed satisfaction over the people-to-people contact between Pakistan and India aimed at establishing peace in the region which will help gear up the process of social development.... Improvement in district monitoring committees’ work urged HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Members of the district council on Thursday emphasised the need for making monitoring committees effective to improve efficiency of the district government.... Work on Kurram Tungi dam likely to be delayed ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Work on the Kurram Tangi dam appears to have hit the snag in the wake of reservations over the dam’s height expressed by the NWFP government.... 5 Pakistanis indicted in US KANSAS CITY, Nov 16: Five Pakistani nationals living in the metro area are accused of paying American women to marry them.... SECP wants to abolish stamp duty ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has initiated deliberations with the Islamabad capital territory administration to abolish stamp duty on the memorandum and articles of association... Robbers kill security guard GUJAR KHAN, Nov 16: A gang of robbers killed a security guard and injured another at the rest house of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) in Aadhi oil and gas field, some 20km south of here on Wednesday night.... Accord on experimental cultivation signed ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Pakistan and Japan have decided to engage in a pilot project for conducting experimental cultivation of various local species of plants by using the ‘cultivation pot’ technology in different locations of Pakistan.... Immigration staff of FIA to get new uniform RAWALPINDI, Nov 16: The 500 immigration staff of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) posted at airports, ports and land routes will soon get a new uniform approved by the federal government, Dawn has learnt.... Demand for implementing Wage Award KARACHI, Nov 16: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation have urged the federal government to ensure implementation of the Seventh Wage Award.... Balochistan govt criticised QUETTA, Nov 16: PML leader Mir Ghulam Nabi Rind has accused the provincial government of “indirectly supporting the so-called nationalists involved in causing troubles in the province against the federal government.”... Constable killed in Sariab QUETTA, Nov 16: Armed men gunned down a traffic police head constable in Sariab area, here on Thursday evening. He was identified as Nazar Hayat and was performing his duty at... Ulema vow to promote inter-faith harmony PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Religious scholars on Thursday vowed to work for promotion of inter-faith harmony and discourage discord between different schools of thought.... PA demands cut in Haj fares PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The NWFP Assembly was informed on Thursday that continuous increase in Haj fares were putting excessive burden on people making it difficult for them to perform the pilgrimage.... Call for restoring student unions PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) has called upon the federal and provincial governments to announce date for student union elections, revoke changes made in Islamiat syllabus and revise the recent increase in the admission fees.... ANP hits out at MMA SWABI, Nov 16: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Thursday criticised the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for not carrying out its threat to quit assemblies as it had threatened to in case... ‘E-business to boost national economy’ PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Speakers at a seminar held here on Thursday underlined the need for adopting modern trends and technologies for the promotion of e-business, saying that it would strengthen economy of the country.... Women’s rights bill welcomed SWABI, Nov 16: Leaders of various social welfare bodies on Thursday welcomed the passing of the women protection bill but said that there was a need to repeal the Hudood Ordinance, according to a statement.... Diabetes Day observed PESHAWAR, Nov 16: A meeting of the International Diabetes Foundation is scheduled to be held next month in South Africa, in which experts from around the globe will help evolve a comprehensive strategy regarding prevention, control and cure of the disease.... Minister, kin given prime land at ‘throwaway price’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 16: An opposition trio and the PML-F have charged provincial forest minister Dr Ashfaqur Rehman and his uncle Chaudhry Majeed Kahloon, who is the market committee administrator,... Murder of seven: 24 accused still at large SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 16: As many as 24 nominated accused in the murder case of seven people at Guganawala village are still at large even after a lapse of about three months... Woman raped to avenge ‘assault bid’ by son MULTAN, Nov 16: A 55-year-old woman was undressed and allegedly gang-raped as her son had been accusing of raping a girl in Alipur, Muzaffargarh. `N’ of Langalwala along with her two... Breach inundates crops TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 16: A 20-foot wide breach in Khkikha distributory inundated crops over hundreds of acres at Chak 321-GB, Pirmahal on Thursday. The cause of the breach could... Landlord kills dacoit GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: A landlord killed a dacoit and injured his accomplice at Jandiala Baghwala on Pasrur Road on Thursday.... Ammunition, weapons seized in Rojhan LAHORE, Nov 16: The Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) claimed late Wednesday to have seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition from a mountain range in front of Rojhan in Rajanpur district.... An eye for an eye! FAISALABAD, Nov 16: A local court on Thursday handed down death sentence on two counts with a fine of Rs100, 000 each to two brothers in a double murder case.... POs held GUJRAT, Nov 16: Police claimed to have arrested 638 proclaimed offenders and 633 court absconders during the last four months. At a press conference on Wednesday, district police officer Syed Ahsan Mehboob claimed to have arrested 49 gangs of criminals.... DAP shortage ‘created’ in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 16: An artificial shortage of DAP has been created in the district by the dealers and distributors.... Murderer gets death, father life term GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: A local court handed down death sentence to one Irfan and life term to his father Aslam along with fine totalling Rs100,000 in a murder case here on Thursday.... Conductor shot dead over trifle KASUR, Nov 16: A bus conductor was shot dead over a trifle here on Thursday morning on Railway Road in A-Division police limits.... Four rape accused acquitted MULTAN, Nov 16: A local Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 on Thursday acquitted four accused in a rape case.... Man stabbed to death in Mianwali MIANWALI, Nov 16: A `malang’ was stabbed to death by a local municipal council employee outside the General Bus Stand here on Thursday.... Boy kills grandmother, two servants: Aunt, maid injured LAHORE, Nov 16: An O-Level student allegedly shot dead his paternal grandmother and two servants and injured his aunt and a maid-servant over a domestic issue in Gulberg (Ghalib Market police precinct) on Thursday morning.... Recovery of salaries from removed advisers sought LAHORE, Nov 16: A heated debate began during the opening session of the Punjab Assembly when PPP’s Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan asked as to when the government will recover the salaries... Restoration of Pak Tea House demanded LAHORE, Nov 16: Poets and writers on Thursday joined employees of the Pak Tea House to demand restoration of the historical place that had been a meeting point of literary giants even before partition.... PPP meeting LAHORE, Nov 16: Punjab PPP President Shah Mahmood Qureshi has called a meeting of the party’s provincial executive committee for Saturday. According to Information Secretary Farzana Raja, divisional presidents and provincial office-bearers have been invited.... Science varsities to be set up LAHORE, Nov 16: The government has decided to establish a number of universities of engineering, science and technology, Pakistan, (UESTP), in collaboration with world-class foreign universities.... Officials asked to achieve target of watercourse lining MIRPURKHAS Nov 16: The project director of the National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW), Mohammad Younus Dagha, has said that action would be taken against NPIW officials who failed to achieve stipulated targets of lining.... 9 policemen held after prisoner’s escape SUKKUR, Nov 16: Nine policemen were sent to the lock-up on Thursday following the escape of an under-trial prisoner of the Sukkur central jail-I from the Ghotki district and sessions court.... Wheat being sown on 900,000 hectares in Sindh NAWABSHAH, Nov 16: The managing-director of the Sindh Seed Corporation, Mr Haji Khan Keerio, has said that wheat is being sown on 900,000 hectares in Sindh.... Water supply ponds converted into fish farms LARKANA, Nov 16: Some influential people have allegedly converted three water storage ponds of a rural water supply scheme into fish ponds in Yarodero village. The Village Development Association of Yarodero... Teachers’ strike LAHORE, Nov 16: The Joint Action Committee of Teachers, Punjab, is observing a token hunger strike against the government’s indifferent attitude towards ractification of teachers’ problems....

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