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February 01, 2007 Thursday Muharram 12, 1428   ARD seeks debate in National Assembly: US bills against Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Opposition members of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Wednesday submitted two adjournment motions with the National Assembly’s Secretariat seeking discussion on the proposed US legislations on military assistance to Pakistan and Dr A.... ‘Administration against aid restriction’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The US administration opposes provisions of the HR-1 Bill that will restrict assistance to Pakistan based on a certification requirement that the government of Pakistan is making all possible efforts to combat the Taliban in areas bordering Afghanistan.... UK checks for nuclear physics students LONDON, Jan 31: Pakistani postgraduates studying nuclear physics and biochemistry in Britain will face tough new security checks to prevent them gaining knowledge that could be used in the proliferation of nuclear arms.... Nawaz, Fahim to discuss MPC ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Nawaz Sharif and People’s Party Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim are expected to meet in Dubai in a few days to discuss the... Court orders separate room for Jalib QUETTA, Jan 31: Justice Mehta Kalash Nath Kohli, vacation judge of Balochistan High Court, has ordered the provincial home secretary and inspector-general of Balochistan prisons that BNP-M secretary-general Habib Jalib Baloch... More powers to SHOs opposed: Amendment to Police Order ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives Pakistan (CPDI-Pakistan) has strongly opposed the proposal by certain provincial governments to further amend the Police Order 2002 in order to once... PIA starts paying compensation: Fokker crash MULTAN, Jan 31: PIA has started paying Rs2 million compensation to heirs of each victim of the Multan Fokker crash, an official of the airlines says.... Sindh sets up public health section KARACHI, Jan 31: The Sindh Health department was, in effect, divided into two divisions on Wednesday with the creation of a public health section headed by a special secretary in grade 20, who will directly report to the provincial health minister.... Master plans for AJK development ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Erra chairman Altaf Saleem has said that reconstruction master plans for Azad Kashmir have been finalised with the help of internationally reputed consultants.... 4kg heroin seized, student held RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: A Pakistani student of Amsterdam University was arrested by the Anti Narcotics Force for carrying over four kg heroin at the Islamabad International Airport on Tuesday... Protests against govt failure to trace journalist PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Feeling a mix of anger and helplessness, the Khyber Union of Journalists held a demonstration in front of the Governor’s House on Wednesday in protest against the government’s failure to recover a journalist kidnapped about a month ago.... Khuhro wants old voter lists restored LARKANA, Jan 31: The leader of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, has urged the government to restore old voters’ lists and register new voters who had attained the age of 18.... MS says none was electrocuted: Shikarpur train accident SHIKARPUR, Jan 31: The medical superintendent of the Civil Hospital told an inquiry committee on Wednesday that none of the victims of last week’s train accident had been electrocuted, quashing earlier... Processions pelted with stones SHIKARPUR, Jan 31: Youm-i-Ashur was observed in a peaceful manner throughout the Sindh province on Tuesday except a few minor incidents of violence in Shikarpur and Dadu districts in which some people threw stones at mourning processions.... Three killed in clash LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 31: Three people were killed and another was injured when two groups of activists of the Lashkar-i-Islam clashed in Bara on Tuesday.... Minister claims suicide bomber wanted to eliminate him PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Federal Minister Amir Muqam on Wednesday claimed that he had survived a suicide attack during a public meeting in the Hazarkhwani locality. A suicide bomber was trying to... Team formed to probe suicide attack DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 31: A team has been constituted to probe and unearth those involved in the suicide attack in Dera Ismail Khan. This was stated by Dera Ismail Khan... Fata schools need to be overhauled: governor PESHAWAR, Jan 31: NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai on Wednesday urged teachers in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) to curb absenteeism and turn schools into enviable centres of basic education.... Portraits of Musharraf, CM burnt LARKANA, Jan 31: Unknown people burnt down and took away portraits of President Musharraf, Sindh Chief Minister and Provincial Minister Altaf Unnar from different parts of the city late on Tuesday night.... Man kills wife over karo-kari JACOBABAD, Jan 31: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband on the pretext of karo-kari near the Jhongal village in Thul on Wednesday. Mohammad Yaqoob allegedly attacked his wife Maqsooda with an axe and escaped after killing her.... Three girls, boy kidnapped DADU, Jan 31: Three girls and a boy were kidnapped by a woman and her accomplices from the Gharibabad locality here on Wednesday. Talking to journalists, Irshad Khatoon alleged that... Wafaqul Madaris assures of peaceful solution: Occupation of children’s library ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: The intervention of Wafaqul Madaris has given a new hope to the local administration to solve the ongoing ulema-government stand-off on the issue of demolition of mosques in... British sculptor’s works come to Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Residents of the capital for the first time ever will have the opportunity to experience what real abstract sculpture piece looks like. This would come in the form... Homage paid to Karbala martyrs RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Yom-i-Ashur was observed here on Tuesday with religious solemnity and fervour. Majalis and processions began soon after Fajr prayers and continued throughout the day.... ‘Government is protective of militants, not citizens’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 31: Civil society activists have alleged that the continued occupation of the Model Children’s Library in the city reflects government’s unwillingness to stand up to bullies in the stand-off over the adjoining ‘unauthorised’ Madressah for girls.... Over Rs1.9m looted RAWALPINDI, Jan 31: Robbers looted over Rs1.9 million in three separate holdups while thieves lifted five vehicles from different parts of the city in the last 24 hours, police said.... Fit or unfit CNG cylinders LAHORE, Jan 31: Most of CNG cylinder users do not know that the equipment needs a regular checking and fitness certification. Although all CNG stations in the city and elsewhere... Punjab’s presidential fund share withheld: Missing facilities in institutes LAHORE, Jan 31: The Punjab education department will resist the federal education ministry’s decision to stop Punjab’s share in president’s fund for the provision of missing facilities in educational institutions in the province.... PR to invite tenders for signalling system LAHORE, Jan 31: The Pakistan Railways will be inviting fresh international tenders on Feb 20 to replace the existing signalling system on its network while ignoring a bona fide contractor that... Contractor paid after five years LAHORE, Jan 31: The provincial highway division, Gujranwala, paid Rs89,545 to a contractor after five years on the orders of the Punjab ombudsman. According to a press release, Bashir Ahmad Mughal... Delay in grand alliance to be suicidal: Nawaz LAHORE, Jan 31: Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif says formation of a broad-based opposition alliance is the need of the hour and delaying the emergence of such a coalition will... Robbers on the rampage LAHORE, Jan 31: Robbers struck many times and made off with cash and valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees here on Wednesday. Two robbers intercepted Shahnawaz in Sattokatla and snatched Rs500,000 in cash from him.... Draft ord on organ transplant prepared LAHORE, Jan 31: The deputy attorney-general of Pakistan on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that the government had prepared a draft ordinance on transplantation of human organs.... Grid station set up in Balochistan LAHORE, Jan 31: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Wednesday commissioned a Rs182 million grid station at Nal, Balochistan. The grid station will be formally inaugurated shortly.... 453 pillion riders held in two days LAHORE, Jan 31: Police arrested 453 motorcyclists on Muharram 9 and 10 in violation of pillion-riding ban which was imposed after the occurrence of suicide attacks in the country.... Hearing against A.Q. Khan’s detention today LAHORE, Jan 31: The Lahore High Court registrar office on Wednesday fixed with an objection a constitutional petition, challenging detention of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan before Justice Muhammad Muzammil Khan for Thursday (today).... SC to take up Salim Malik’s plea today LAHORE, Jan 31: A full bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Tassaduq Husain Gillani and Justice Syed Jamshed Ali, will on Thursday (today) take up... No check on overloading TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 31: No government department could stop violation of rules by the tractor-trolley owners who load sugarcane more than their capacity to earn more money.... Two injured in ‘attack’ on Muharram procession FAISALABAD, Jan 31: A youth reportedly opened fire at a Muharram procession on Wednesday in Chak 25-GB, Jaranwala, and injured two mourners on Youm-i-Ashur. Amanat Ali, 17, of Chak 34-GB attacked... Two killed, 24 hurt as wagons collide TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 31: Two people were killed and at least 24 others injured on Wednesday when two wagons collided head-on near Gojra. A wagon, coming from Faisalabad, collided with... Student electrocuted catching kite LAHORE, Jan 31: An eighth class student was electrocuted when he tried to catch a stray kite with an iron rod in Cavalry Ground area here on Tuesday.... Six burnt in boiler burst LAHORE, Jan 31: Six people sustained burn injuries when a boiler of a garments factory burst in Nishtar Colony on Wednesday. Police said the boiler of the factory on Tibba Kacha... Fugitive held, arms recovered GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: Police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested the ringleader of a dacoit’s gang who had escaped from police lock-up, and recovered illicit arms from his possession.... SC disposes of two pleas of Benazir LAHORE, Jan 31: A full bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of as infractuous two petitions filed by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto seeking bail in an illegal assets’ reference.... Plea to shift paper mills from city GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: The treasury and opposition members of Khiali Shahpur town council adopted a unanimous resolution and demanded that all paper mills working in the city should be shifted out of the city to avoid environment pollution without any delay.... Seven injured in roof collapse SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 31: As many as four women and three children were hurt when the roof of a house caved in at Pakhaila village on Kalakhati road on 10th of Muharram (Tuesday).... Trader’s son kidnapped for ransom GUJRANWALA, Jan 31: The son of a trader was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs1 million from Satellite Town on Wednesday night. Reports said Hamid Butt’s 20-year-old son Saim was standing... ‘PML to emerge stronger in polls’ LAHORE, Jan 31: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunications Ishaq Khan Khakwani claimed on Wednesday that leaders of various opposition parties were in contact with the ruling PML and they were likely to switch loyalties before the general elections.... Electrocuted VEHARI, Jan 31: A 12-year-old boy was electrocuted while seeing a Zuljinnah procession in Mailsi city area on Youm-I-Ashur (Tuesday). Reports said Ameer Hamza of Chataniya village was seeing a... Raise in nurses’ salary approved PESHAWAR, Jan 31: The NWFP chief minister has approved a 10 per cent annual raise in the stipend of under-training nurses all over the province, equalizing it to their basic salaries....

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