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February 13, 2007 Tuesday Muharram 24, 1428   PPP may decide to boycott polls: Fahim KARACHI, Feb 12: People’s Party Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said he will ask all opposition parties to consider boycotting the next general elections in the absence of a national... MQM rejects rigging charges ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday refuted charges of the People''s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) about rigging in the by-election on a National Assembly seat (NA-250) in Karachi... ‘Disappearances’ spoiling national image ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights (SFCHR) on Monday told the government that all ‘missing’ people must be presented before courts and given chance to defend themselves.... Finance division’s rejoinder ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Responding to a report headlined ‘Public dissatisfied with governance: survey’, published in Dawn on Monday, the finance division of the federal government has said in a statement that... Three bogies derail near Ghotki KHAIRPUR, Feb 12: Railway traffic between Karachi and Punjab remained suspended for some time after three bogies of the Karachi-bound Bahaudin Zakria Express derailed near the Kobhar railway station in the Ghotki district on Monday.... Plea to unite all struggles into one ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: A representative gathering of women and human right activists, legal experts and intellectuals on Monday called for merging the struggle for women’s emancipation with the overall democratic struggle... Two brothers get death for killing PPP leader GUJRANWALA, Feb 12: The local anti-terrorism court No 2 on Monday handed down death sentence along with a fine of Rs200,000 each to two brothers Kashif Siddiq and Asif Siddiq and... College professor shot dead on resistance SIALKOT, Feb 12: A professor of Government Polytechnic Institute’s English subject was shot dead on resistance during a robbery at a picket established by bandits near Jaspal village on Monday.... Country falling apart, warns Zafarul Haq: Need for joint struggle LAHORE, Feb 12: PML-N chairman Raja Zafarul Haq says the country’s integrity faces a very real threat and opposition parties have no other option but to launch a joint struggle to dislodge the rulers.... MMA council meets today: Status quo to continue LAHORE, Feb 12: The central general council of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) meets in Islamabad on Tuesday (today), and the outcome of the moot is not difficult to predict because the... The season of camel wrestling is back MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 12: Tens of thousands of camel wrestling fans were standing breathlessly around a ring where two camels were trying their skills to down each other at a fair held in the suburban area of the town on Sunday.... Five die in rain-related incidents MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Feb 12: Five people, including three members of a family, were killed and six others injured in rain-related incidents in Mandi Bahauddin and Sahiwal on Monday.... Injured SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 12: A police constable was injured and his colleague remained unhurt when two motorcyclists opened fire on them near Dhingar Barth village on Ajnianwala Road on Monday evening.... Funds for TOD meters released LAHORE, Feb 12: The government has released the third installment of Rs95 million to Wapda for free installation of TOD meters on agriculture tubewells for the supply of cheap electricity to farmers, says a handout.... SCBA for return of Benazir, Nawaz LAHORE, Feb 12: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said on Monday that it had submitted a written demand to the Interior Ministry for allowing exiled former premiers Benazir Bhutto and... Land fraud case after 21 years SAHIWAL, Feb 12: Civil Lines Police on the order of an additional district and sessions judge registered a case on Saturday for fraudulent transfer of seven kanals of a woman, after 21 nearly years.... Death warrants for two murder convicts GUJRANWALA, Feb 12: District and Sessions Judge Mazhar Husain Minhas on Monday issued death warrants for two murder convicts Arif Baig of Aimanabad and Muhammad Irshad of Saddar Kamoki and fixed Feb 21 and March 1 for their execution, respectively.... SHO kidnapped from Arifwala MULTAN, Feb 12: The SHO of Khanewal Saddar police station was kidnapped near Tarkani check post in the jurisdiction of Arifwala Saddar police on Sunday.... Conference LAHORE, Feb 12: The Punjab Forum has arranged a one-day conference at Alhamra on Feb 21 to mark the international day of Mother Tongues.... Moderates give in to hardliners: Battle over mosques ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Religious elements started rebuilding a mosque the city administration had demolished to widen a road after the government on Monday acquiesced to their demand not to raze any mosque in the city for any reason.... Three die of suffocation in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Feb 12: Three persons, including a woman, died of suffocation while a five-year-old girl was killed and her father injured when the roof of their house caved in due to rain in Banni area on Monday.... Govt reply angers PPP MNAs: Pre-fabricated houses’ delivery ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Members of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Monday expressed concern over the government’s reply that out of about 11,000 pre-fabricated houses pledged by three countries for the earthquake-affected people, only 26 have so far been distributed.... Terror threat: hospitals put on high alert ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: The capital administration has put the local state-run hospitals on high alert in the wake of reports that terrorists might strike again in the city, it has been learnt.... China to host 500 Pakistani youths ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: China will host 500 people from Pakistan over the next five years to help them understand its culture and further strengthen brotherly relations between the two countries, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Zhang Chunxing said on Monday.... Six arrested in PPP workers killing case ATTOCK, Feb 12: The local police have arrested six persons for allegedly killing six workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in an ambush near Badri village on Sanjwal-Attock road on Friday,... Four held responsible for derailment LAHORE, Feb 12: Four officials of the Pakistan Railways have been held responsible for the derailment of a passenger train near Hyderabad in an inquiry conducted by three principal officers of the organisation.... No bird flu case in humans LAHORE, Feb 12: No bird flu case in humans has so far been found in Pakistan, and there is no need to panic, says WHO’s World Task Force on Bird Flu member Dr Akbar Chaudhry.... Wanted men arrested LAHORE, Feb 12: Police claimed on Monday to have arrested dozens of alleged criminals and seized looted valuables and drugs besides illegal weapons from them in the last week.... PU disqualifies two researchers LAHORE, Feb 12: The Punjab University has disqualified its two researchers for teaching job in future in the varsity besides canceling one researcher’s studentship for M.Phil on charges of plagiarism.... Directive to judicial officers LAHORE, Feb 12: The Lahore High Court on Monday ordered all judicial officers in Punjab to pass orders on warrants only in the presence of under-trail prisoners.... Border officials’ meeting LAHORE, Feb 12: A bi-annual meeting of the Pakistan Rangers’ director-general and the Indian Border Security Force’s inspector general will be held in Jallundhar from Feb 14 to 17.... No let-up in robberies LAHORE, Feb 12: Robbers continued strikes on Monday and took away cash and valuables worth millions of rupees from different parts of the city....

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