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March 12, 2007 Monday Safar 22, 1428   Takeover by extremists unlikely: CIA official NEW YORK, March 11: Ruling out the possibility of an extremist government coming into power in Pakistan any time soon, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official said on Sunday: "If something... 10 killed in road accidents ISLAMABAD/CHAKWAL, March 11: Ten people, including a retired air commodore, were killed in separate road accidents in Islamabad and Chakwal.... Ex-CIA man, wife held for running sex racket ISLAMABAD, March 11: A former Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) constable and his wife have been arrested in the city, along with two accomplices, for allegedly running a racket in which beggar girls were kidnapped and sent to brothels in the Gulf.... Ajmal Khattak calls for steps to end crisis PESHAWAR, March 11: Senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) Mohammed Ajmal Khattak has called upon all responsible forces in the country, including army, politicians, bureaucracy and civil society, to... PMAP calls for strike in Quetta tomorrow QUETTA, March 11: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai has given call for a strike in Quetta on Tuesday in protest against what he called president’s ‘unconstitutional’ action of suspending Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... President has no power to act against CJ: Mumtaz HYDERABAD, March 11: Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has said that facts about the decision against the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan have not yet come... Widespread rainfall damages crops HYDERABAD, March 11: Widespread rainfall in many parts of Sindh flooded streets, choked sewers and damaged crops on Sunday. People’s misery was compounded by power breakdowns.... Defence top priority, says Kasuri KASUR, March 11: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri said on Sunday... Election put off at last moment: Monitoring committees FAISALABAD, March 11: Elections for city district council monitoring committees scheduled to be held on Monday (today) have been postponed after scores of its members and nazims have protested against the election process and alleged partiality of the election commissioner.... Police on alert to bar lawyers’ march LAHORE, March 11: Police will be put on full alert on Monday (today) to stop a likely protest march by lawyers against the suspension of Iftikhar Chaudhry as Supreme Court chief justice.... Additional resources for uplift projects: Pervaiz LAHORE, March 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says the government is providing additional resources to expedite development projects being under way in the province.... Accord likely on Siachen talks ISLAMABAD, March 11: With the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India set to kick off the fourth round of the ‘composite dialogue’ here on Tuesday, there are strong signals of an... AMP’s annual convention organised MULTAN, March 11: The sixth annual convention of the Anjuman Mozaraeen Punjab was held at Chak 87/10R in Khanewal district on Sunday.... Police shoot PO MANDI BAHAUDDIN, March 11: Gojra police claimed to have killed a `proclaimed offender’ in a gunplay near Basaal village on Sunday morning.... Two killed over old enmity SIALKOT, March 11: Two people were shot dead and one injured seriously by two proclaimed offenders (POs) and their accomplices over an old enmity here on Sunday at Beharipur-Motra, Daska tehsil.... Robbers loot cash, valuables LAHORE, March 11: Robbers bagged cash and valuables besides driving away with vehicles in different parts of the city on Sunday.... Tasks that need will, not money LAHORE, March 11: Insanitary conditions, encroachments, unbridled commercialisation and poor condition of roads are some of the problems being witnessed by Lahorites since decades with no hope of end to their sufferings.... Minimum wages at Rs8,000 demanded LAHORE, March 11: The National Trade Union Federation has demanded enforcement of labour laws in Punjab for the protection of rights of workers.... Demolition of illegal plaza starts LAHORE, March 11: The Ravi Town administration started on Sunday demolishing a seven-marla plaza whose owner had illegally included a portion of the historic old wall close to the Kashmiri Gate into the building.... Pervaiz defends president’s action LAHORE, March 11: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said President Pervez Musharraf has fulfilled his legal and constitutional responsibility by sending reference to the Supreme Judicial Council against restrained Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.... BA/BSc exams start today LAHORE, March 11: The Punjab University is holding BA/BSc annual examinations for 2007 from Monday (today).... Gangs busted LAHORE, March 11: Kot Lakhpat and Wahdat Colony police claimed on Sunday to have arrested seven members of two gangs and seized looted valuables besides illegal weapons from them.... Occupants protest against decision: Construction of housing colony KOHAT, March 11: Over 600 illegal occupants of Jarma land staged a demonstration on the Old Indus Highway here on Saturday in protest against the provincial government’s decision to use the land for a housing colony.... PTCL fails to restore network PESHAWAR, March 11: Disconnection of telephone lines has cut off South Waziristan Agency from the rest of the country and the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited is unable to restore its network in the region....

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