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March 04, 2007 Sunday Safar 14, 1428   Foreigners blamed for terror attacks ATTOCK, March 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that some foreign elements living in mountainous areas of the country were involved in acts of terror not only in the... President pledges Rs50m for three Attock tehsils ATTOCK, March 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf Saturday said the government was taking keen interest in the development of less developed areas and announced Rs50 million for various projects for three tehsil of Attock district.... Govt policies have failed, says Qazi LAHORE, March 3: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir and MMA president Qazi Husain Ahmad has said that Gen Musharraf’s policies aimed at making Pakistan a secular and frontline state in the so-called US war on terror have failed as even Washington has rejected them.... Ulema-govt row back to square one ISLAMABAD, March 3: The stand-off between the Ulema and the government over the demolition of mosques in the city flared up again on Saturday after the Capital Development Authority (CDA) refused to accept that it had razed any.... Pemra under fire for failure to check obscenity ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) came under fire for its failure in checking ‘vulgarity and obscenity’ in programmes being broadcast by private TV channels, as the... PIA being made bankrupt before sell-off, says PML-N ISLAMABAD, March 3: Criticising the government’s privatisation policy, information secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday alleged that the regime was intentionally taking Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)... PIA fails to convince EU states ISLAMABAD, March 3: Pakistan International Airlines has failed in its last minute efforts to stave off an imminent European Union ban on most of its aircraft.... US policies breeding ‘extremism’ RAWALPINDI, March 3: Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday held US hegemonic polices responsible for the increasing extremism and terrorism throughout the world particularly in the Muslim countries.... Vani challengers facing death threat ISLAMABAD, March 3: Fathers of two small Baloch girls who were saved in January by the Supreme Court from being sacrificed to the custom of Vani alleged here on Saturday that... ‘Subsidy on gas tariff to be removed’ ISLAMABAD, March 3: The government has decided to do away with the subsidy on gas given to domestic users and fertiliser factories in order to give relief to commercial, industrial and power sector consumers.... Imam warns police against his arrest; FIR registered SWAT, March 3: A controversial religious leader running an illegal FM radio station was booked by the local police under the Anti-Terrorism Act after a botched operation to arrest him on Friday.... ‘Sindh produces more gas than Balochistan’ HYDERABAD, March 3: Sindh Minister for Mineral Resources Irfanullah Marwat has rejected the assumption that Balochistan is the largest gas producer in the country and said that Sindh’s share stands... PPP calls for urgent parliament session: Direct strike threat LAHORE, March 3: Alarmed by the US Senators’ calls for direct strikes inside Pakistan and tensions growing between Islamabad and neighbouring states, leader of the opposition in the Senate Raza Rabbani... ‘Senior cadre not to be affected’: New arrivals in PPP LAHORE, March 3: Pakistan People’s Party Punjab president Shah Mahmood Qureshi held out an assurance on Saturday that the status of senior party members would remain unaffected if some new people joined it in view of its ‘growing popularity’.... Nawaz’s plea against wealth tax evaluation LAHORE, March 3: A petition on behalf of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his nephew Hamza Shahbaz challenging the evaluation of their wealth tax was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday.... Security for Pindi courts stepped up RAWALPINDI, March 3: Entry of women into the district courts in Rawalpindi has been banned in view of growing security concerns among the judges and lawyers amid terrorist attacks.... Body found ISLAMABAD, March 3: The bullet riddled body of an unidentified man was found in a vehicle at Rawalpindi on Saturday, police said.... Dacoits loot 40 people MURREE, March 3: Over 40 people including a union council nazim and a councillor were deprived of cash and valuables by four highwaymen near Kotli Sattian on Friday night.... Protest against sale of Cross-shaped lighter QUETTA, March 3: People belonging to a minority group held a demonstration here on Saturday in protest against the sale of Cross-shaped cigarette lighters in the city.... Disaster management body formed PESHAWAR, March 3: The provincial disaster management strategy has been finalised, NWFP Governor Lt-Gen (R) Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai was told here on Saturday during a presentation.... Two injured in firing DARRA ADAMKHEL, March 3: A nephew of a local MNA and another person were injured when some people opened fire on them in the main Darra bazaar on Friday night, according to their relatives.... Plea to reinstate ZTBP workers NAWABSHAH, March 3: The district council, through resolutions adopted on Saturday, condemned the sacking of 1,800 employees of the Zarai Taraqiyati Bank of Pakistan and inflated billing by the Sui Southern Gas Company.... CM urges people to educate girls NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 3: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has appealed to the people to allow their daughters to get education, saying that education begins at home.... Naib nazim arrested KHAIRPUR, March 3: The PPP-backed Awam Dost panel Naib Nazim of UC Mehar Veesar, Sabir Hussain Dasti, was arrested on Saturday night from Handyari village allegedly for selling adulterated petrol.... Teachers call for murderer’s arrest SWABI, March 3: Members of the All Teachers Association called on Saturday for the immediate arrest of a local teacher’s murderers. They warned that if the killers were not arrested within three days they would launch a protest campaign.... Vegetable and fruit markets to be shifted PESHAWAR March 3: The City District Government Peshawar has decided to shift the fruit and vegetables markets from the city in order to ease traffic congestion, according to district nazim Ghulam Ali.... Boy’s face disfigured PESHAWAR, March 3: A man disfigured a boy’s face by splashing acid on him near the Charsadda Road, allegedly after having failed to sexually abuse him here on Friday night.... Electricity shutdown PESHAWAR, March 3: Power supply from the 132KV Peshawar Fort Grid Station will remain suspended on Sunday from 7am to 10am so that the necessary maintenance work could be carried out.... 40 youths break into CM function NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 3: About 40 unemployed youths, carrying placards and banners, forcibly entered into the Bahria college premises on Saturday where the Sindh chief minister was addressing the annual day function.... Thar Express arrives from India MIRPURKHAS, March 3: Thar Express train with 153 passengers left the Zero Point Railway Station for Karachi via Mirpurkhas and Hyderabad on Saturday.... Bhitai’s Urs begins today HYDERABAD, March 3: The 263rd Urs celebrations of Sufi saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai will begin at his shrine in Bhit Shah near here on Sunday (today).... Who will hear appeals against DIGs’ verdicts? LAHORE, March 3: The Punjab additional IG’s office has reportedly lost its authority to hear appeals against the decisions of one-step lower posts of DIGs in the field and allied wings... Making a mess of hospital waste LAHORE, March 3: Hospital waste is being unhygienically disposed of even by the public-sector hospitals throughout the province as even basic rules framed by the federal government are being flouted by their managements.... Abducted trader poisoned LAHORE, March 3: A trader, who had been kidnapped by some people from the Naulakha area on Thursday, was poisoned to death under mysterious circumstances in Misri Shah late Friday night.... Schoolboy electrocuted LAHORE, March 3: A schoolboy was electrocuted while his fellow suffered electric shock while fixing a board on the roof of their school in Samanabad on Saturday morning.... Fumigation drive from mid-March LAHORE, March 3: The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) will launch a fumigation campaign from mid of this month to check dengue fever and malaria.... Cinema, cable operators asked to stop vulgar programmes LAHORE, March 3: Apprehending reaction from extremist religious groups, the Punjab home secretary on Saturday asked cinema houses, theatres and cable operators to immediately stop presenting vulgar shows and programmes that could irritate such elements.... Three LHC judges take oath LAHORE, March 3: Three additional judges of the Lahore High Court on Saturday took oath of their offices as confirmed judges.... Multan blast: lawyers boycott courts MULTAN, March 3: The district bar association on Saturday boycotted the courts to protest the Friday’s bomb blast that claimed the lives of three people and injured 10 others, including an anti-terrorism court judge, who was the main target.... PTC teachers reappointed school heads GUJRANWALA, March 3: The Education Department notified on Saturday the appointment of senior PTC teachers as headmasters and headmistresses in public primary schools for boys and girls.... 75 oppose nominee of ex-nazim: Toba naib nazim TOBA TEK SINGH, March 3: The treasury members held a meeting at the residence of union council nazim Rana Zafar Ahmad on Friday night and decided that they would not vote... Child’s kidnapping panics villagers MUZAFFARGARH, March 3: The kidnapping of a two-year-old child from Langar Sirai, 15 kilometres from Muzaffargarh, has panicked the locality and residents have stopped their children from going out of houses.... Faisalabad too turns anti-gambler FAISALABAD, March 3: The SHOs of all police stations in the district have been directed to tender clearance certificates to high-up assuring that the areas falling in their jurisdictions will be purged of gambling dens, it is learnt.... Woman, son killed in accident SHEIKHUPURA, March 3: A woman and her son were killed while her husband, daughter and other son sustained injuries in an accident near Al-Saeed Chowk on Lahore Road on Saturday.... Drivers protest against police VEHARI, March 3: The motorcycle rickshaw drivers and owners strongly protested here on Saturday against the alleged corruption of some traffic police officials.... Security tightened VEHARI, March 3: Security has been tightened in the district after the Multan bomb blast. Police commandoes have been deployed at sensitive and public places. Patrolling has also been increased on roads and streets....

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