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December 10, 2006 Sunday Ziqa'ad 18, 1427   Qazi’s NA boycott decision unilateral, says JUI-F ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) has termed unilateral Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad’s decision of directing his party’s legislators to continue boycott of the National Assembly and not to receive perks and privileges.... Eliminating corruption a challenge, says Aziz ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Saturday that good governance was the best and most effective safeguard against corruption and the government had evolved a multilateral anti-corruption framework to curb the menace.... PM leaves for Yemen, S. Arabia today ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will embark on a six-day visit to Yemen and Saudi Arabia today (Sunday).... Parliament House gets smoking lounge ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: As the capital administration is gearing up to make smoking in public areas an offence, a nice cozy and quiet lounge is ready for the lawmakers in the... Prices of 17 basic items rise by 10pc ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prices of 17 daily kitchen items including tomatoes registered an increase of more than 10 per cent during the week ended on December 8, 2006 putting pressure on the monthly income of the low income people.... Lifestyles expo kicks off in a style ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Steeped in modernity and enriched by hi- tech designs and integration of landscape, people and architecture, the Dawn All About Lifestyles Expo 2006 opened at the Convention Centre on Saturday amidst a medley of attractions.... ‘Women to get due place in society’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the government will maintain the momentum of legislation against anti-women practices.... Sindh United Party launched HYDERABAD, Dec 9: Former deputy speaker of the Sindh Assembly Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has announced the foundation of a new party with the nomenclature of the "Sindh United Party."... 18 Indian fishermen arrested KARACHI, Dec 9: Three Indian boats were seized and 18 fishermen arrested on Friday for fishing illegally in Pakistan’s maritime zone.... Fazl fears revision of blasphemy laws PESHAWAR, Dec 9: Opposition leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that President Gen Pervez Musharraf is trying to misguide the US and the European countries by spreading disinformation about the country’s religious parties.... Court not satisfied with police report: ‘Missing’ JSQM worker HYDERABAD, Dec 9: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High court on Saturday expressed its dissatisfaction over a report submitted by CID DIG Syed Zubair Mehmood about the whereabouts of... Arbab backs jirgas JACOBABAD/SUKKUR, Dec 9: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said that the government is trying to bring an end to tribal feuds in the province and jirgas (tribal assemblies) had proved useful in this regard.... ANP for genuine Pakhtun leaders in peace jirgas PESHAWAR, Dec 9: Chief of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan on Saturday characterised the proposed peace jirgas on both sides of the Durand Line a last chance for peace in the region.... Independent institutions a must, says CJ LAHORE, Dec 9: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said here on Saturday that Pakistan could achieve its goals, determined before its inception by political elders and philosophers, if all the state institutions were allowed to function properly.... Credibility of NAB at stake, says Zafar LAHORE, Dec 9: Administrative, economic and political structure of the country was described as the root-cause of corruption at a seminar on Review of Corruption Efforts in Pakistan held here on Saturday in connection with the World Anti-Corruption Day.... Stress on independence of judiciary BAHAWALPUR, Dec 9: Fifteen papers were read on the second day on Saturday of the National Jurists’ Conference being hosted by the High Court Bar Association here........ MMA firm on dislodging Musharraf LAHORE, Dec 9: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed says the situation has overtaken what he calls the un-Islamic law about women’s rights and now the MMA is determined to dislodge Gen Pervez Musharraf and install a democratic government in the country.... HRC long dead and forgotten LAHORE, Dec 9: The Punjab government’s commitment to safeguard human rights can be gauged from the way it handled the Punjab Human Rights Commission after the fashion of the military government.... Computerisation of land records under study ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that necessary amendments in the land revenue rules will be made to facilitate the computerisation of land records in the rural and... Nine killed in road accidents ISLAMABAD/MURREE, Dec 9: Nine persons were killed in separate road accidents in and around Islamabad on Saturday. Two minor girls Inzah Bibi, 8, and Insah Bibi, 1, suffered multiple injuries when they fell down from a passenger vehicle at Sangjani.... Poisonous gas claims two lives ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: Two persons of a family died of suffocation while two others fell unconscious on Saturday after poisonous gas from burning coal filled the room they were sleeping in, police said.... FIA to catch black sheep in its ranks ISLAMABAD, Dec 9: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) administration has issued directions to arrest and prosecute any official or staff member of the agency involved in illegal immigration of Bangladesh nationals.... SNF for Sindh unity LARKANA, Dec 9: Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Bhutto has said that ‘dictators and oppressors are ruling’ the country at a time when democracy has become the norm.... Two teachers gunned down LARKANA, Dec 9: Unknown ambushers shot dead two brothers, a primary school head master and a primary teacher, and left their friend injured in an apparently revenge-style killing as they drove in a car to the city on Saturday.... Industrialist’s son kidnapped MIRPURKHAS, Dec 9: The son of a local industrialist Nawab Abdul Sattar has been kidnapped from here.... KTH upgrades patient registration system PESHAWAR, Dec 9: The Khyber Teaching Hospital has started computerised registration of patients and has set up a central counter for admissions which is linked to the outpatient and casualty departments.... Completion of gas project ordered PESHAWAR, Dec 9: NWFP Minister for Information Asif Iqbal Daudzai has directed officials of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited to complete gas supply projects in the city at the earliest.... Students face problems GILGIT, Dec 9: Students desirous of being admitted to the Karakurum International University are facing problems in selecting faculties owing to the non-availability of prospectuses for the new session.... Annual prize distribution PESHAWAR, Dec 9: The Qatar Airways will expand its international network with direct flights to four new destinations in the near future. Qatar Airways area manager Syed Mohammad Tariq, while addressing... Girl led to the altar of superstition LAHORE, Dec 9: Shagufta, alias Surrayya, the ill-fated girl killed by her father and brothers in a Harrappa village on Wednesday was normal. This was learnt during a visit to the village on Saturday.... Missing trader found murdered GUJRANWALA, Dec 9: A trader who had gone missing from his house in Kalarabad 10 days ago, was found murdered in a Khiali Town field on Saturday.... 2007 to be ‘Visit Pakistan Year’ LAHORE, Dec 9: The tourism ministry is celebrating 2007 as “Visit Pakistan Year” and has planned some 52 different events all over the country to attract tourists, beginning with an inaugural... Faisalabad GCU faces faculty shortage FAISALABAD, Dec 9: The lack of an effective system has marred the progress of the Government College University (GCU), Faisalabad, so the priority would be given to systemise routine affairs by... No son, no family OKARA , Dec 9: A man killed his wife and an infant daughter near the Bulloky Sulemanki (BS) Link Canal, 20 kilometres from Okara, on Saturday.... Young widow abducted, gang-raped SIALKOT, Dec 9: Six men kidnapped a young widow from her house on Friday night and allegedly gang-raped her in Amreekpura-Sambrial.... Rice dealer robbed of Rs5.2m SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 9: Two motorcyclists on Saturday deprived a rice dealer of Rs5.2 million and injured him critically near Misson Kalar on Lahore Road, some 18km away from here.... Fesco bills ‘powerless’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 9: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) has not yet supplied power to residents of Chak 754-GB but was billing some would-be consumers.... Rights that make it all wrong LAHORE, Dec 9: Rights activists say that the Punjab government and its law enforcing agencies, like their federal and other provincial counterparts, have little respect for human rights as violations continue.... Crying for the ‘right’ reason LAHORE, Dec 9: Human rights organisations and activists are critical of the Punjab government for failing to deliver on this all-important front.... Shaikh Ayaz conference HYDERABAD, Dec 9: The organising committee of "Shaikh Ayaz conference on language and literature" extended the date to December 15 for accepting the abstracts of papers to be presented by scholars at the conference scheduled for January 10, 2007....

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