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December 07, 2006 Thursday Ziqa'ad 15, 1427   No change in position on Kashmir: FO ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Foreign Office has stated that the country’s position on Kashmir remains unchanged.... Musharraf’s proposal gets mixed response MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 6: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Wednesday supported President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s offer to India that Pakistan was ready to give up its claim on Kashmir if India responded in like manner.... Elections in 2007, says president KARACHI, Dec 6: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that general elections in the country will be held in 2007, and there will be no delay in this regard.... PPP rejects election without ex-premiers ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The Pakistan People’s Party has rejected remarks of General Pervez Musharraf that general elections will be held without the participation of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif.... Discussion on intelligence agencies’ role sought: Motion moved in Senate ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Members of the opposition in the Senate on Wednesday submitted an adjournment motion to the senate secretariat seeking discussion on the incident in which an employee of an... Polish team set to scale Nanga Parbat in winter ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Polish climbers are set to make a new record of scaling Nanga Parbat for the first time during winter. A ten-member team including two Pakistanis led by Krzysztof... Man wanted in France made to surrender ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: The government has made a Pakistan origin French national surrender to the law and face trial for setting ablaze a girl in France.... Earth digging heightens danger of landslides MURREE, Dec 6: Illegal construction activity in this hill station has increased the ever-present danger of landslides in the wake of rains manifold. Some eight illegally constructed highrise buildings face the... Print media’s problems discussed KARACHI, Dec 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the information ministry to finalise recommendations for the solution of problems faced by the print media, a spokesman for the All Pakistan Newspapers Society said on Wednesday.... Frontier PA calls for IB officials’ arrest PESHAWAR, Dec 6: The NWFP Assembly on Wednesday called upon the federal government to arrest an official of the Intelligence Bureau, who was accused of planting explosives outside the Chief Minister House.... Fata journalists complain of harassment PESHAWAR, Dec 6: Newsmen from tribal areas on Wednesday narrated harrowing incidents of intimidation at the hands of political authorities and militants now holding sway in the region.... Need to modernise agri marketing: Maqbool FAISALABAD, Dec 6: Punjab Governor and University of Agriculture Faisalabad chancellor Khalid Maqbool has stressed the need to transfer the traditional agriculture into market driven force to face the challenges of escalating population, increasing urbanisation and changing global marketing systems.... Insanitation plagues Kasur KASUR, Dec 6: Local authorities have failed to improve sanitary conditions here. During a survey of the city this correspondent saw heaps of garbage and rubbish on a number of places, posing a threat to the lives of the residents.... Four handcuffed in court in maid’s rape case: Nikahnama proves fake LAHORE, Dec 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday was informed by SP (Investigation) Babar Bakht that the ‘nikahnama’ (marriage deed) produced by a peasant member of Wagah Town Council, Chaudhry Basharat... Zoo master plan P&D dept asked to examine proposals LAHORE, Dec 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed the Planning and Development Department to examine the changes recommended by a senior official of the provincial wildlife department in the proposed... Chinese national held on rape charge LAHORE, Dec 6: Police on Wednesday arrested a Chinese on charges of raping and defrauding his fellow national. A case had been earlier registered on Tuesday under Hudood Ordinance (10 7/79) and section 406 (fraud) against the accused, Chau San Jain.... Doctors’ service structure reformed LAHORE, Dec 6: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has announced increase in pay and allowances and reforms in service structure of doctors and launching of the telemedicine project in the province.... Lankans downed by bad food: Saved by bad weather ISLAMABAD, Dec 6: Sri Lanka’s team participating in the Blind Cricket World Cup was laid down by food poisoning on Wednesday and yet drew its match against West Indies scheduled for the day - thanks to bad weather.... Nazim wants more works of Bedil published: Sufi songs enthral participants of Urs SUKKUR, Dec 6: District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah on Wednesday inaugurated the 138th annual Urs of sufi saint Faqir Qadir Bukhsh Bedil by laying a chadar on his shrine in Rohri.... Demand for more farm input outlets KHAIRPUR, Dec 6: The district council of Khairpur held its session on Wednesday and discussed issues raised by the Khairpur Dost Panel (KDP) member, Irshad Talpur, regarding opening of agricultural input... Kakar wants removal of nationalists’ grievances QUETTA, Dec 6: Senator Malik Sarwar Khan, a senior leader of the PML-Q and chairman of the Senate standing committee on local bodies and rural development, has appealed to President Pervez... Man, woman murdered KOHAT, Dec 6: A woman and a man were allegedly murdered on Tuesday in the name of honour in Chorlakki village, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.... Breaches in canals continue to flood crops DADU, Dec 6: Daim, Jhandyani and Pir Gunio waterways fed by Dadu developed breaches on Wednesday in the wake of rise in water level after recent heavy rains flooding crops on hundreds of acres.... JSMM worker remanded DADU, Dec 6: The district and sessions judge on Wednesday remanded for three days a Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz activist, Mahram Mallah, in an oil pipe line blast case.... Arrangements for anti-dam rally finalised LARKANA, Dec 6: The Anti-Greater Thal Canal Action Committee, at a meeting held here on Wednesday, finalised arrangements for the rally scheduled for December 13 to express concern over reported concept clearance of the ‘controversial’ Kalabagh dam by a federal forum.... Man shot dead JACOBABAD, Dec 6: Armed people shot dead a man near Jara Wah in the jurisdiction of Garhi Khairo police station on Wednesday. Reports said that Raja alias Sehto was on his... Dera govt officials lock horns over uplift work DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 6: District and tehsil nazims have developed a row over award of development projects and gone into litigation. Tehsil nazim Mahmood Qadir Leghari has obtained a stay... A father cries out for justice GUJRANWALA, Dec 6: A man whose two sons and a daughter have been killed in Rakh Kikeranwali about one and a half years ago is still awaiting justice.... Breach inundates farmland in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 6: Crops on hundreds of acres of farmland were inundated when a 40-feet breach occurred in Jhang Branch Canal on Wednesday.... Jurists’ moot BAHAWALPUR, Dec 6: The first-ever three- day national jurists’ conference will be held under the auspices of the Bahawalpur High Court Bar Association on the high court Bahwalpur bench) premises from Dec 8-10.... Lawyers thrash Khanewal DDO MULTAN, Dec 6: Scores of lawyers on Wednesday thrashed the Khanewal deputy district officer (revenue) and also ransacked his office over a row for the possession of land for the lawyers’ colony.... Man dies of cold VEHARI, Dec 6: A man died and dozens, among children, were hospitalized on Wednesday in Vehari district because of cold-related diseases after a cold-wave gripped the area.... Doctors freed after heirs pay Rs5m ransom GUJRANWALA Dec 6: Captors released the two doctors who were kidnapped from Awan Chowk on December 2 after their heirs paid a Rs5 million ransom for their release.... Traffic blocked against death in accident SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 6: Scores of people blocked traffic for two hours on Lahore Road near Mandiali stop in protest against a road accident here on Wednesday.... Concern over slow work on road project SIALKOT, Dec 6: Citizens in general and businessmen in particular have expressed their grave concern over the slow pace of construction work on 37km Sialkot-Sambrial-Wazirabad dual carriageway.... Robbers’ strikes continue LAHORE, Dec 6: Robbers continued striking in the city on Wednesday and took away cash and valuables in several successful hits. Six dacoits entered a house in South Cantonment and escaped with cash, jewellery, cell phones and a car....

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