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March 26, 2007 Monday Rabi-ul-Awwal 6, 1428   Altaf urges lawyers to let SJC process chief justice case LONDON, March 25: Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain on Sunday appealed to the lawyers’ community in Pakistan to let the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) process the Chief Justice’s reference case in accordance with dictates of the Constitution.... Brace for discomfort for comfort: Police impound 850 vans, arrest political activists RAWALPINDI, March 25: Big trouble awaits the commuters of Rawalpindi on Tuesday because a mega project is being launched on the day for their comfort.... Punjab-wide swoop on ARD men MULTAN, March 25: Police arrested on Sunday 40 Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) leaders and workers, including former National Assembly speaker Fakhar Imam, from the Bosan road residence of former federal minister Mukhtar Awan.... MMA, PTI ask workers to join protest LAHORE, 25 March: The Punjab leaderships of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) have directed their workers to participate in the protest rallies being organised by the Alliance... Housewife starts a revolution! NEW YORK, March 25: The New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristoff who single handedly made Mukhtaran Mai a household name in the United States, has now taken up the cause... Court urged to take notice of violation QUETTA, March 25: Provincial senior vice-president of the PML-N, Mir Gohar Khan Mengal, has appealed to the Balochistan High Court to take suo motu notice of the violation of its stay order by the authorities of Cantonment Board Quetta.... FSC to hear petition against Qisas, Diyat law on 28th PESHAWAR, March 25: The Federal Shariat Court has fixed March 28 for the preliminary hearing of a petition challenging the Qisas and Diyat law which has been lying in the court for the nearly a decade.... Poverty at home and humiliation at workplace MUZAFFARGARH, March 25: Twelve-year-old Ishfaq wants to go to school and become a respectable citizen but he feels that his schooling will add miseries to his parents who are already facing hardships to feed the family.... Heads I win, tails you lose GUJRAT, March 25: He is neither inspired by some entertaining flick nor does he claim to possess the magical lamp. Nor yet he believes in employing any gimmick to sell his idea.... Hafsa girls would rebuild mosques if government won’t ISLAMABAD, March 25: Students of Madressah Hafsa on Sunday threatened to start reconstruction of all seven mosques razed by the capital administration after the deadline ends on Monday.... Small man is big fish: For car thieves ISLAMABAD, March 25: More cars on the city’s streets are making car thieves more merry. In the past 12 months they swept 250 cars off the capital’s streets, Dawn has learnt.... Job losses feared in apparel industry ISLAMABAD, March 25: Manufacturers and exporters of apparel have warned the government of thousands of job cuts if immediate steps are not taken to enable the industry to compete with India, China, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.... Kohat police record computerised KOHAT, March 25: Computerisation of police record of the district has been completed for easy availability of data on postings, performance, investigations and intelligence.... Bar council’s office-bearers QUETTA, March 25: Mohammad Hashim Kakar and Mohammad Noor Maskanzai have been appointed vice-chairman and chairman of the executive committee of the Balochistan Bar Council. They would replace Amanullah Kanrani and Jamal Khan Mandokhel.... Tuberculosis up by 30pc in Attock ATTOCK, March 25: The city nazim Attock has expressed concern over the phenomenal rise in cases of Tuberculosis (TB) and urged the government to take strict measures to control it and ensure proper treatment of those infected with the deadly disease.... Over 160 shops, car gutted in Tench Bhatta RAWALPINDI, March 25: More than 160 shops and a car were gutted after a huge fire broke out in market at the Dispensary Ground in Tench Bhatta on Sunday, however, no casualties were reported, eye witnesses said.... Liaquat Bagh being restored with donors’ aid RAWALPINDI, March 25: The famous Liaqat Bagh and its adjacent parks, in the heart of the city, have been gradually regaining their glorious past as their renovation work is nearing completion.... PPP forms legal aid committee ISLAMABAD, March 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has formed a legal aid committee for Rawalpindi division to provide legal aid to its workers arrested on the eve of the protest call given by the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy.... C’wealth MPs in capital for conference ISLAMABAD, March 25: Some of the leading politicians from India and other countries of the region will be amongst the participants of the third Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) conference which commences here on Monday.... Senate body for quality research ISLAMABAD, March 25: The Senate Standing Committee on Education and Science and Technology has sought greater attention to the promotion of research and development activities.... Man killed in hit-and-run accident ATTOCK, March 25: A man was killed on Friday after being hit by a vehicle near Hazara Chowk on the main G.T. Road, the police said.... Private firms will run over 500 health units NAWABSHAH, March 25: Secretary Health Dr. Naushad A. Shaikh, disclosed here on Sunday that the Health Department, under the Sindh Rural Support Programme, had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a... Refugees throng UNHCR for verification PESHAWAR, March 25: Thousands of unregistered Afghans thronged the voluntary repatriation centre of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees near Hayatabad on Sunday for verification to proceed to their homeland.... Students selected for Malaysia internship SWABI, March 25: Intel Malaysia has selected four students of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology for summer internship.... Upper Sindh hit by power disruption KHAIRPUR, March 25: Several areas in northern Sindh, including Khairpur district, remained without power supply for about six to seven hours on Saturday night.... Medical college summary awaits CM’s approval KARACHI, March 25: Future of some 300 students of the Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur is in doldrums, as the Sindh government has failed to provide required teaching staff to... Boatmen protest against attack DADU, March 25: A large number of people belonging to Mallah community staged a protest demonstration under the banner of the Sindh Taraqqi- Pasand Mallah Tanzeem outside the press club here on Sunday.... Cleric goes missing after issuing decree against NGOs MANSEHRA, March 25: Relatives of a prayer leader, Maulvi Mohiyuddin, who has risen to prominence after issuing a decree against NGOs and their activities in Mansehra, have said that they have... Mansehra Bar invites Justice Iftikhar MANSEHRA, March 25: Lawyers on Saturday invited ‘suspended’ Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to address the Mansehra District Bar Association.... Hair-cutting salon in Darra hit by blast DARRA ADAMKHEL, March 25: Seven shops were damaged when a bomb went off in a hair-cutting salon in the main bazaar on Sunday, witnesses and officials said.... Bid to kidnap girl foiled JACOBABAD, March 25: Local people foiled a bid to kidnap a minor girl in Thul on Sunday. A man riding a bicycle tried to kidnap the girl, daughter of Sarmad, a journalist, from Baloch Colony, Thul.... Convocation PESHAWAR March 25: The convocation of the Islamia College Peshawar for graduates of the year 2006 will be held on Monday.... Ceremony at Mukhtaran Mai School MUZAFFARGARH, March 25: The second annual prize distribution ceremony was held at the Mukhtaran Mai School of Mirwala on Sunday.... Abida pats lawyers JHANG, March 25: Syeda Abida Hussain, a former federal minister and central leader of the Pakistan People’s Party, says Gen Pervez Musharraf is not even eligible to contest the presidential election... Two POs die in ‘shootout’ BAHAWALPUR, March 25: Police claimed to have killed two wanted criminals in a gunplay near Mauza Jhangra Bharqi in Ahmedpur tehsil, some 60kms form here on Sunday.... Shrine land occupied DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 25: Thousands of kanals of Sakhi Sarwar shrine land have been occupied with the alleged connivance of officials of the Auqaf and revenue departments.... Two killed as bus hits trailer KHANEWAL, March 25: A driver and a hostess were killed after a bus collided with a trailer on Multan-Khanewal highway near Peerowal, some 10 kilometres from here on Sunday.... Two perish KASUR, March 25: Two men were killed in a collision between a motorcycle and a truck here on Sunday in Allahabad police precincts.... MRI at LGH nonfunctional for 3 weeks: MS terms it sabotage LAHORE, March 25: The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a vital diagnostic equipment, of the Lahore General Hospital has not been functioning for more than three weeks due to a `deliberate damage’.... Young man shot dead by brother LAHORE, March 25: A young man was shot dead allegedly by his younger brother over a domestic issue in Hurbanspura on Sunday.... Rains bring early end to kinno season LAHORE, March 25: Farmers from the central Punjab apprehend that recent wet spells may affect final wheat yield.... ‘PML-F to contest against PPP’ LAHORE, March 25: Makhdoom Syed Ahmad Mahmood, who was elected the Punjab PML (Functional) president at a party’s council meeting on Sunday, said he would make the party a formidable political force in the country’s biggest province.... Four shot at by rivals LAHORE, March 25: Four people were injured, one of them seriously, in firing by opponents at Lakhoder village in Manawan area on Sunday night.... High-level meeting LAHORE, March 25: A high-level meeting was held on Sunday under the chairmanship of the capital city police officer, Malik Iqbal, to review the security arrangement....

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