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March 03, 2007 Saturday Safar 13, 1428   ZTBL gets new president: SC acts on layoff row ISLAMABAD, March 2: The crisis in the Zari Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) took a new turn when its president R. A. Chughtai was shown the door and the Supreme Court has... Officials served notices in PHPL’s contempt plea: Licence for TV channel KARACHI, March 2: The Sindh High Court issued notices to two officers of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday in a contempt application... Britain bans PIA flights ISLAMABAD, March 2: Britain on Friday became the second European country to restrict Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) operations to destinations in the UK.... PPP richest party with Rs100m balance ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto emerged as the richest political force in the financial year 2005-06, with a closing balance of over Rs100 million.... WB calls for decentralisation and devolution ISLAMABAD, March 2: The World Bank has asked the government to "effectively decentralise" its various tiers to remove corrupt practises and mismanagement from the administrative and financial management structure, Dawn has learnt.... Dozens of Basant revellers hurt KASUR, March 2: Dozens of people, including children, suffered injuries while celebrating Basant here on Thursday night and Friday.... Treasury ripped to shreds in Punjab PA LAHORE, March 2: The opposition gave a tough time to the treasury benches during the Punjab assembly’s session on Friday by pointing out deteriorating law and order situation in the province... 3 journalists get death threats DARRA ADAMKHEL, March 2: Three tribal journalists received death threats from a little known militant organisation, Islami Mujahideen, local people and officials said.... Court asks govt to shift Khalid Khwaja to Pindi ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Friday directed the government authorities to shift Khalid Khwaja, a former ISI operative from a Faisalabad prison to Rawalpindi on March 5.... Army aviation carries out ‘Field Firing Exercise’ RAWALPINDI, March 2: The five-day Field Firing Exercises by the Combat Aviation Group of the Army Aviation ended here at Muzaffargarh ranges near Multan.... Station masters to get pay raise in next budget ISLAMABAD, March 2: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday assured station masters that their legitimate demands regarding increase in salary would be fulfilled.... Bosnia verdict criticised ISLAMABAD, March 2: Chairman of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights S. M. Zafar has termed the preliminary verdict of the International Court of Justice on genocide in Bosnia a great disappointment.... Two paediatric cardiac centres planned ISLAMABAD, Mar 2: The government plans to set up two specialised paediatric cardiac surgery centres in the twin-cites of Islamabad and Rawalpindi and one in Karachi.... Barrage project victims’ end hunger strike ISLAMABAD, March 2: A protest walk was staged by Taunsa Barrage affected people on Friday to urge the World Bank to announce appropriate measures to redress their sufferings and damage that the project has caused to them.... Abandoned railway station restored ATTOCK, March 2: The conservation work of the 122-year-old Attock Khurd Railway Station and construction of a tourist resort has been completed.... Murderer gets death sentence RAWALPINDI, March 2: Additional District and Sessions Judge Shaukat Mahmood on Wednesday awarded death sentence to a murderer of Assistant Sub-Inspector of traffic police Lal Khan.... Kite flying claims boy’s life RAWALPINDI, March 2: A 10-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a wagon while he was trying to catch a kite on Murree road on Friday, police said.... Zafar Iqbal new Islamabad SSP ISLAMABAD, March 2: Capt (retd) Zafar Iqbal Awan, the present District Police Officer of Attock, will take over as Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) of Islamabad on Monday, a government notification announced on Friday.... Muslims urged to focus on education HYDERABAD, March 2: Eminent scholar and philosopher Justice (Rtd) Javed Iqbal has exhorted the Muslim Ummah to concentrate on advancement and development by bringing about a revolution in education and pursuit... 3 criminals made to clean police station KOHAT, March 2: In a queer development, the police called three wanted criminals involved in cases of attempt to murder and extortion and made them clean a police station and weed its lawns.... ‘Marble city’ needs incentives: stakeholders ISLAMABAD, March 2: Excavators and developers of marble and granite have sought subsidies, loans on low interest rates, and security of investment for successful development of the country’s first “marble city”.... Library in girls school planned MIRPURKHAS, March 2: District Nazim Dr Sughra Junejo has said that the district government is constructing an air-conditioned library at a cost of Rs1.4 million in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School Mirpurkhas where girl students could also use computer.... Boy drowns in water channel MUZAFFARABAD, March 2: A six-year-old boy drowned in the channel of the Kundal Shahi hydropower station in northeastern Neelum Valley on Friday, causing widespread resentment among local people who urged the authorities concerned to cover it.... Demo held to protest against journalist’s arrest QUETTA, March 2: Members of the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ) staged a demonstration on Friday against the shifting of a cameraman working for a foreign channel to Guantanamo Bay and demanded his unconditional release.Activists... Eight killed in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, March 2: Eight people died in two separate incidents in the Garhi Yasin area on Friday.... Policeman killed by dacoits LAKKI MARWAT, March 2: A police constable was killed when highwaymen opened fire on a temporary checkpoint near Kherukhel here on Friday morning.... Nazim accused of corruption JACOBABAD, March 2: The leaders of the Shehri Ittehad have accused the taluka nazim of Jacobabad of corruption and said that due to lack of attention on his part, heaps of garbage are seen all over the city.... Man attacked DADU, March 2: A man came under fire by armed marauders here on Friday when he was returning from a court after filing an application against four people whom he accused of kidnapping his wife.... PML deplores sacking of bank workers HYDERABAD, March 2: The retrenchment of 1,800 employees of the Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd without any `show cause’ notice and benefits was condemned by the general secretary, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Labour Wing, Malik Naeem Awan.... Muzaffargarh canal spoils vast area MUZAFFARGARH, March 2: A vast area of 200,000 acres has been waterlogged and damaged by salinity owing to seepage in the Muzaffargarh canal, leaving many a farmer in financial crunch over the last couple of years.... Strict security in courts MUZAFFARGARH, March 2: The District Bar Association (DBA) decided on Friday to take strict security measures on court premises after a bomb blast in Multan in which a judge was injured.... No lawyer wants to fight for Sarwar GUJRANWALA, March 2: An anti-terrorism court judge ordered on Friday Muhammad Sarwar, alleged killer of woman minister Zille Huma, to arrange his lawyer until March 9 after the defence council refused to represent the accused in the case.... PPP demands independent investigation LAHORE, March 2: Punjab PPP Information Secretary Farzana Raja has expressed concern over government’s non-serious attitude towards investigation to the confession made by Muhammad Sarwar, the alleged assassin of Zille Huma, that he had also planned to kill Ms Benazir Bhutto.... Wapda all set to complete projects LAHORE, March 2: Wapda is striving to complete all its water and power sector projects in time by right of their utmost importance, particularly in the wake of the water and power shortage in the country.... Directive to CS LAHORE, March 2: The Punjab Environment Tribunal has directed the chief secretary to supervise steps to prevent disposal of sewerage and effluent in the canal personally and submit a detailed report on it.... 78,000 acres given to landless farmers LAHORE, March 2: As many as 6,242 families of landless farmers have been allotted more than 78,000 acres of state land worth Rs15.6 billion in 18 districts of Punjab so far.... Olympiad goes on LAHORE, March 2: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Friday organised different competitions, including debates, plays, quiz, computer gaming, photography and music videos, as part of its `LUMS Olympiad 2007’.... Labourer shot dead FAISALABAD, March 2: Robbers shot dead a labourer and injured another when they tried to foil a strike at their residence in Khurrianwala on Friday.... Shaukat on surprise visit DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 2: Security was mounted at the Dera Ghazi Khan Airport on Friday for three hours as Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz landed here for a clandestine tour to the area, airport sources told Dawn on Friday.... House looted GUJRANWALA, March 2: Robber stole cash and jewellery from a house in Model Town on Friday. Four robbers broke into the house of Muhammad Sarwar and held the family at gunpoint and locked them in a room.... Three killed DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 2: Three motorcyclists, including two brothers, were killed in a road accident on Indus Highway in the Taunsa area, some 80km from here, on Friday.... Commits suicide Youth shoots mother, two brothers LAHORE, March 2: A young man committed suicide after shooting his mother and two brothers over ‘financial problems’ in Gujjarpura here on Friday.... Opposition’s proposal honoured LAHORE, March 2: Agreeing with the opposition that scores of schools and colleges in Punjab were without teachers despite the tall claims of the government about the success of its education... Qawwal Badar Miandad passes away LAHORE, March 2: Famous qawwal Badar Miandad passed away on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 47....

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