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April 08, 2007 Sunday Rabi-ul-Awwal 19, 1428   Benazir says she will return even if she is gunned down: Excerpts of PPP leader’s revised book released NEW DELHI, April 7: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has said that she could be gunned down at the tarmac when she returns home this year but the risk would not... Petition filed on CJ’s appointment ISLAMABAD, April 7: The Supreme Court was asked here on Saturday to declare that the Holy Quran and the Constitution did not bar the appointment of a non-Muslim as the acting... Disaster management ordinance promulgated ISLAMABAD, April 7: A national disaster response force will be established in the country to ensure specialist response to a calamity or threatening disaster situation. An institute of disaster management —... Stoppage of oil, gas supply: clarification KOHAT, April 7: The Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) and the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) have clarified a news item headlined `PHC stops oil, gas supply from NWFP to Punjab’, published in Dawn on Saturday.... End to Parachinar clashes urged PESHAWAR, April 7: The action committee of the Ahl-i-Sunnah Wal-Jamaat, Parachinar, has demanded security of life and property of the people of the restive headquarters of the Kurram Agency where use... Convocation of 115th PMA long course held ISLAMABAD, April 7: Convocation ceremony of 115th Long Course was held at Pakistan Military Academy (PMA) Abbottabad on Saturday. Rawalpindi Corps Commander Lt-Gen Tariq Majid was the chief guest on the occasion.... Family seeks man’s autopsy ISLAMABAD, April 7: The family of a man who died in a private hospital has sought autopsy to ascertain the actual cause of death, sources told Dawn here on Friday.... Peaceful Afghanistan in Pakistan’s interest, says Akram NEW YORK, April 7: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Munir Akram on Saturday rejected accusations by some people “in Washington and Kabul” that Islamabad was providing sanctuaries to Taliban militants,... Balochistan CM to take up matter with Aziz: Absence of federal govt officials from meetings QUETTA, April 7: The Balochistan government has taken serious notice of the absence of officials of some federal departments from meetings of the provincial government and decided to approach Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in this regard.... Poppy crop destroyed in Bara, Jamrud LANDI KOTAL, April 7: The Khyber Agency political administration has destroyed poppy crop on an area of nearly 200 kanals in Bara and Jamrud tehsils. The campaign against poppy cultivation was... Punjab to get monuments in a month: NA body’s assurance Lahore, April 7: The National Assembly’s standing committee on culture has decided that management of 147 monuments (situated in Punjab) will be transferred to the provincial government in a month’s time, it is learnt.... Govt hoodwinking nation: Asma: Missing people LAHORE, April 7: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jehangir has said the government is deceiving the people on the missing persons’ issue as it wants to perpetuate the practice.... Govt wants to divert attention, says Fahim LAHORE, April 7: PPP-Parliamentarians President Makhdoom Amin Fahim doesn’t give much importance to the closure of a NAB office in Lahore as cases against Ms Benazir Bhutto are still being pursued.... PTI chief for fuelling agitation SHEIKHUPURA, April 7: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that the country is passing through crises as army rulers have weakened all democratic institutions only to prolong their dictatorship.... Lawyers grill SSP over police action: Probe proceedings end LAHORE, April 7: A one-man inquiry probing into the March 17 clashes between police and lawyers on Saturday concluded proceedings. Justice Syed Zahid Hussain of the Lahore High Court concluded... Two killed in Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, April 7: Two people were killed in different incidents here on Saturday, police said. A man, Subhan, was injured when he was allegedly attacked by Munawar Khan, Iqbal and Hamid Khan in the Ghaznikhel area over a minor dispute.... Sust dry port polls on 22nd GILGIT, April 7: Sust Dry Port Arbitration Committee Hunza has announced holding Sust Dry Port Trust’s elections on April 22. Addressing a news conference on Saturday here, members of the arbitration... Protest against merger of tehsils QUETTA, April 7: Protest rallies were held in Harnai town on Saturday in protest against the proposed merger of Sanjavi tehsil with the Harnai tehsil to create a new district.Activists... Army officer’s appointment as VC opposed QUETTA, April 7: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has opposed the appointment of retired army officers as vice-chancellor and director-general of the Balochistan University and said it would turn the academic institution into a cantonment.... Growers want subsidy on fertilisers made permanent HYDERABAD, April 7: The Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) demanded on Saturday that the president and prime minister should make permanent 30 per cent subsidy on phosphatic fertilisers to enable the country to achieve 10 per cent growth rate in agriculture sector.... Students call for end to affiliation with MUET HYDERABAD, April 7: The students of the Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design appealed to the Higher Education Commission on Saturday to end the centre’s affiliation with the Mehran University... Doctor suspended for negligence NAWABSHAH, April 7: A surgeon of the Nawabshah Medical College Hospital was suspended on the directive of Sindh Senior Minister Syed Sardar Ahmed after death of a child in the hospital on Saturday.... Plans under way to provide water to tail-enders: CM MIRPURKHAS, April 7: The lining of eight distributaries of Kunri taluka will be undertaken while repair of those at tail-end areas was being carried out to help provide irrigation water to... Thinkers stress need to rewrite Hur history LARKANA, April 7: Speakers at a seminar held here on Saturday on ‘Sorih Badshah’ were unanimous over re-writing the history of Hur Movement. Comrade Sobho Gianchandani, Dr Dur Mohammad Pathan,... PPP leader arrested, sent to jail SHIKARPUIR, April 7: A prominent leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sardar Wahid Bux Bhayo, was arrested and lodged in Central Jail Sukkur on Saturday.... Paramedics observe strike HYDERABAD, April 7: Paramedics observed tool-down strike in different hospitals of the district on Saturday in protest against what they called excesses being committed against them by the health department.... People won’t accept Sindh’s division: Magsi HYDERABAD, April 7: The Sindh Taraqqi-Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi Sindh said on Saturday that Sindhis would never accept division of Sindh and supremacy of Muttahida Qaumi Movement.... Trader robbed of Rs2.2m HYDERABAD, April 7: Unidentified armed bandits deprived a trader of Rs2.2 million at gunpoint on the Hyderabad-Tando Mohammad Khan Road near Seri sugar mills in the Husri police station’s area on Saturday.... Two fugitives killed in ‘encounter’ GUJRANWALA, April 7: Two accused, who escaped from the police custody earlier in the day, were killed in an encounter at a police picket in Bulleywala village near Cantonment here on Saturday.... Hospital accused of misusing funds FAISALABAD, April 7: The Allied Hospital administration has allegedly spent millions of rupees earmarked for medicines on road construction and paying increments to doctors.... Suicide attack: three Afghans picked up GUJRAT, April 7: Law enforcers have picked up three Afghans for their suspected role in a suicide attack near Gulliana in Kharian that had left two soldiers dead and seven others injured some days back.... Derailment suspends rail traffic RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 7: Rail traffic between Karachi and various upcountry destinations was suspended when a wagon of an oil train derailed between Jetha Bhatta and Feroza railway stations near Khanpur, 5kms from here, on Saturday evening.... Gunmen kidnap industrialist SHEIKHUPURA, April 7: Four unidentified men allegedly abducted a local industrialist and two foreigners on GT Road and thereafter released the latter here on Saturday in Saddar Muridke police limits.... ‘Illegal’ fundraising LAYYAHA, March 7: The deputy district education officer has been accused of receiving Rs1,500 from each food stall set up at the local girls college in connection with spring festival.... Bar polls BAHAWALPUR, April 7: Malik Saeed Ejaz was elected Bahawalpur High Court Bar Association president for the third consecutive term on Saturday. Mr Ejaz secured 571 votes against his rival Muhammad Sharif Bhatti’s 560 votes.... Review course LAHORE, April 7: The 13th intensive review course on obstetrics and gynaecology will be held at the Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute on May 20.... Dr Israr’s advice to Lal Masjid administration LAHORE, April 7: Tanzeem-i-Islami chief Dr Israr Ahmed has urged students and teachers of Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid not to create the law and order situation by taking law in their hands.... Two killed on offering resistance FAISALABAD, April 7: Two people were gunned down by dacoits in different incidents on offering resistance here on Saturday. Imdad Ali, a milkman of Chak 53-JB, was on his way... Runaway girls handed over to families LAHORE, April 7: Gujjarpura investigation police handed over on Saturday the three girls, who went missing on Friday and were later found in War Burton in Nankana Sahib, to their families following a magistrate’s orders.... Performing arts festival to open on 13th LAHORE, April 7: The Sixth Youth Performing Arts Festival will open on April 13 at the Alhamra Cultural Complex. Rafi Peer Theatre spokespersons announced this at a press conference held at the Lahore Press Club on Saturday.... Asian states asked to raise health budget LAHORE, April 7: The Asian countries must increase their annual health budgets keeping in view frequent outbreak of epidemics and natural calamities. This was the joint statement announced at the... Phones, cash taken away LAHORE, April 7: Robbers deprived citizens of thousands of rupees and their cell-phones in several strikes they made in the city on Saturday. Three robbers deprived a citizen of Rs40,000 and a cell-phone on the Hall Road....

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