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April 04, 2007 Wednesday Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1428   Balochistan lawyers boycott courts QUETTA, April 3: Lawyers on Tuesday stayed away from court proceedings in the provincial capital and other district headquarters and took out protest processions, calling for reinstating Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... Cellphone users facing connectivity problem GUJAR KHAN, April 3: Cellphone users have said they are continuously suffering poor connectivity in the Gujar Khan area.... Power consumers may be penalized: Use of low-quality material ISLAMABAD, April 3: The government is likely to introduce a system of penalising those consumers who use low-quality electrical material and equipment as a tool for energy conservation to overcome impending power crisis.... Plan to set up facility for nuclear power plants ISLAMABAD, April 3: The government plans to establish a new facility that aims at attaining "complete technological capability" of testing and analysing fuel systems for both existing as well as future nuclear power plants.... WAF ready to fight ‘talibanisation’ LAHORE, April 3: The Women Action Forum has expressed its outrage “at the state’s overt and covert role in creating and encouraging talibanisation of Pakistan”.... Lawyers vow to struggle till CJP’s reinstatement: Rally peaceful LAHORE, April 3: Around 2,000 lawyers and a few dozen political and rights activists rallied on The Mall on Tuesday to protest against the suspension of the chief justice of Pakistan.... 110 AIDS cases in Fata detected, says survey PESHAWAR, April 3: A total of 110 AIDS cases have been reported from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, having a population of 3.5 million, according to a survey carried out by the AIDS control programme for the region.... CM asks depts to complete projects by June 30 PESHAWAR, April 3: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has directed the heads of departments and implementing agencies to complete all development projects by June 30.... Four students hurt in wall collapse FAISALABAD, April 3: At least four minor girl students’ were reportedly injured, two of them seriously, on Tuesday when a dilapidated portion of the boundary wall of the Government Girls’ Elementary School at Chak 22-GB collapsed.... Rapists of farmer’s daughter at large SIALKOT, April 3: Motra police could not arrest alleged rapists of a local farmer’s daughter even after a lapse of two weeks.... Bright future for internees promised ISLAMABAD, April 3: Federal Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Tuesday said that National Internship Programme would not only serve as a launching pad for career development but also help the internees in becoming “top-class” IT professionals.... Courts wear deserted look as lawyers observe strike RAWALPINDI, April 3: A peculiar atmosphere prevailed in the district courts on Tuesday after almost all lawyers went to the Supreme Court building in Islamabad to express solidarity with “non-functional” Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... Uplift package for Taxila, Wah on 7th TAXILA, April 3: President Pervez Musharraf will announce a multi-million development plan for the cities of Taxila and Wah Cantonment during his visit scheduled for Saturday.... Benazir recalls Bhutto’s services ISLAMABAD, April 3: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday said that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto always opposed military rule as he considered it a cancer eating up a society.... Lawyers boycott courts PESHAWAR, April 3: Lawyers on Tuesday boycotted court proceedings and held a demonstration in protest against presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry.... Education watchdogs mooted PESHAWAR, April 3: National Accountability Bureau (Frontier) director-general AVM Tahir Rafique Butt has said that there is a need of setting up watchdog bodies in educational institutions to bring attitudinal changes in students.... Rescue, relief operation in flood-hit areas demanded NOWSHERA, April 3: People affected by flash flood in Kabul and Khiyali rivers in the district have urged the NWFP government to take prompt action for rescue and relief.... Govt asked to make anti-rabies vaccines PESHAWAR, April 3: Experts here have asked the government to start manufacturing anti-rabies vaccines to save thousands of people from being killed in dog- and animal-bite cases.... Private medical centres without basic facilities PESHAWAR, April 3: Lack of facilities at private medical centres in the city has added to the sufferings of the patients who are already at receiving end.... Need stressed for fighting polio jointly PESHAWAR, April 3: NWFP Chief Secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor has called upon ulema, elders, opinion leaders, Maliks, public representatives, police and officials of line departments to jointly work for eradication of polio from the province and tribal areas.... Protest held in favour of Hafsa students PESHAWAR, April 3: A group of religious students, led by two union councillors, staged a protest demonstration in support of students of Jamia Hafsa outside the Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday.... Uniform policy for varsities suggested KOHAT, April 3: A meeting of the NWFP vice-chancellors held here on Monday proposed a uniform policy and curriculum for government universities.... Scholarship PESHAWAR, April 3: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani will distribute cheques among unemployed postgraduates in the District Assembly Hall next week, Peshawar Nazim Haji Ghulam Ali said here on Tuesday.... Revealing the ugly face of male chauvinism LAYYAH, April 3: The enhancement in the term of an acid burn convict from 14- year imprisonment to 32 years might have brought smiles on the burnt lips of victim Zareena... Govt body passes the buck on farmers: Delay in key tasks FAISALABAD, April 3: The Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company seems to have been quarrelling with its tools as it has allegedly blamed some stakeholders one of who had expired many years ago for thwarting the projects assigned to it.... 10 lawyers served with notices GUJRANWALA, April 3: As many as 10 lawyers of district bar association, including a senator, federal minister and a provincial parliamentary secretary, were issued show cause notices on Tuesday on charges... Blasphemy accused in judicial custody TOBA TEK SINGH, April 3: A local civil judge remanded a blasphemy accused in judicial custody on Tuesday. City police had registered a blasphemy case on Monday against five Christian youths and arrested one of them, Salamat Masih.... Jewellery hunt by robbers GUJRANWALA, April 3: A marriage party was looted by six dacoits at Sadho Gorja near Noshera Virkan on Tuesday night.... Robbery at cosmetics store VEHARI, April 3: Three dacoits looted a cosmetics agency at gunpoint on Tuesday afternoon at D-block, a few yards away from Danywal police station.... Ex-director, others penalized GUJRANWALA, April 3: Punjab Housing and Planning Minister Raza Ali Gilani on Tuesday suspended Gujranwala former housing director, a sub-engineer and a clerk on charges of `illegal’ commercialisation of posh areas and formed an inquiry team.... Two lawyers threaten suicide RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 3: Two local lawyers went overboard during the legal community’s anti-government protest on Tuesday when they threatened to commit suicide if the suspended chief justice was not restored.... LPP winds up protest camp LAHORE, April 3: The Labour Party of Pakistan (LPP) on Tuesday wound up its camp set up in front of the Shimla Pahari on Monday.... Pervaiz all praise for advocates LAHORE, April 3: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said by refusing to become a tool of opposition, the lawyers have proved that they will not allow self-motivated elements to politicise a constitutional and legal issue.... Can’t hold them, kill them LAHORE, April 3: Apprehensions about the escape of hardened criminals from captivity have made police to eliminate outlaws like Aslam Basa, it is learnt.... Sri Lankan envoy offers incentives LAHORE, April 3: Sri Lankan High Commissioner Dr Wijeratne Bandara Dorakumburka has invited Pakistani manufacturers to process and manufacture products in his country for availing themselves of the facility of duty-free export to the European Union and India.... Lawyers call for CJ’s reinstatement HYDERABAD, April 3: Lawyers boycotted courts, staged demonstrations and rallies across the province on Tuesday in response to a call for protest given by Pakistan and Sindh Bar Councils against rendering the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry ‘non-functional’.... DPO accused of fanning hatred HYDERABAD, April 3: The Badin chapter of the Shia Ulema Council on Tuesday accused the district police officer (DPO) of spearheading some extremists’ attempts to spread sectarian hatred in the district... Rally seeks release of Quest students DADU, April 3: Students staged a rally on Tuesday against Nawabshah police and the administration of Quaid-i-Awam Engineering University (Quest) for arresting 70 students after a clash between students and university employees.... People warned against use of tobacco HYDERABAD, April 3: Physicians warned people against use of tobacco and other hazardous material which are adding to an increasing number of cancer patients in the country.... Sit-in outside ministers’ houses JACOBABAD, April 3: The Hindu community and the Citizen Action Committee staged a sit-in outside the houses of two provincial ministers on Tuesday against the kidnapping of Om Prakash.... Ghafoor for interim set-up HYDERABAD, April 3: Leader of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Prof. Ghafoor Ahmed on Tuesday called for formation of a neutral interim government and an independent election commission to hold free and fair elections.... Man poisons wife to death SANGHAR, April 3: A man poisoned his wife to death and was caught red-handed near Kandiari late on Monday night while carrying her body to Mithrao canal to throw it into water....

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