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April 19, 2007 Thursday Rabi-us-Sani 01, 1428   Demonstrators welcome CJ outside court ISLAMABAD, April 18: Lawyers and opposition parties braved hot weather to hold a protest demonstration outside the Supreme Court here on Wednesday when Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry made his fifth... 22 political workers, lawyers booked: Beating Musharraf’s supporter ISLAMABAD, April 18: Police on Wednesday booked 12 women political activists and ten lawyers on charges of attempt to murder and snatching cash from a pro-government individual.... LI activists vacate centre after receiving notice LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 18: Activists of Lashkar-i-Islam on Wednesday vacated one of their centres in Kohi-Malikdin Khel after they received a notice that was sent by the local political administration, sources said.... Lawyers boycott court proceedings QUETTA, April 18: Lawyers boycotted proceedings of courts in the provincial capital and other district headquarters of the province on Wednesday on the call of the Pakistan Bar Council and the... 10 vaccination centres set up along border ISLAMABAD, April 18: The number of polio vaccination points along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has been increased to 10. These points in the NWFP, Fata and Balochistan will vaccinate 600,000 children crossing the border.... Blood transfusion centre opens today MUZAFFARABAD, April 18: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) would formally hand over a prefabricated structure for the AJK Central Blood Transfusion Centre at its inauguration ceremony here on Thursday with AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan as chief guest.... ARD seeks jailed leader’s production in house ISLAMABAD, April 18: Maintaining their tradition, four opposition members of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have signed an application to be submitted to the National Assembly Secretariat demanding... Peshawar Express discontinued PESHAWAR, April 18: Pakistan Railways has discontinued Peshawar Express, a non-stop service plying between Peshawar and Rawalpindi, due to lukewarm response from people and growing financial losses.... LHC chief justice urged to quit SJC BAHAWALPUR, April 18: Several members of the High Court Bar Association, Bahawalpur, have demanded of Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhry, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council which... NAB arrests two food dept officials: Wheat distribution scam PESHAWAR, April 18: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) NWFP has detected a massive misappropriation in the distribution of wheat reserved for Kohistan district and arrested two officials of the provincial food department.... Man ‘tortured to death’ by police SIALKOT, April 18: A labourer seeking justice for his daughter was tortured to death by Motra police during investigation in Daska tehsil on Wednesday. Two influentials, Waheed and Naveed, kidnapped and raped the daughter of Amanat.... MFN: India accused of rigidity LAHORE, April 18: Pakistan showed reluctance in granting the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) status to India on grounds that India had a highly restrictive regime, former diplomat Aziz Ahmad Khan told a function on Wednesday.... No grudge against Benazir Bhutto, says Mumtaz LARKANA, April 18: The Sindh National Front (SNF) Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Wednesday that he had no personal grudge against Ms Benazir Bhutto who he alleged had been besmirching him.... Talibanisation spread fear among liberals: nazim NAWABSHAH, April 18: District Nazim Faryal Talpur said on Wednesday that the Talibanisation and Mullahism had spread fear and uncertainty among the moderate and liberal people of Pakistan.... Fire dept’s Rs7.5m fund not utilised RAWALPINDI, April 18: Over Rs7.5 million fund allocated for the fire brigade department in the 2006-07 budget remained unutilised while a month earlier over 100 shops were gutted in a market fire close to the ill-equipped fire station.... Photographs on Sindh’s heritage ISLAMABAD, April 18: With more than 100,000 exposures during the last 20 years, accomplished architectural and industrial photographer Mohammad A. Wali has once again brought his works for display at the Nomad Art Gallery.... Press Club office-bearers elected unopposed ISLAMABAD, April 18: The Journalists Panel maintained its hold over the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club (RIPC) for another term when all its candidates were declared successful without any contest.... Adiala Jail SP summoned RAWALPINDI, April 18: Taking strong exception to violation of court orders by the superintendent of the Adiala Jail, the district and sessions judge Rawalpindi issued him a show-cause notice.... Policeman’s son kidnapped for Rs2m ransom ISLAMABAD, April 18: A teenage boy has been kidnapped and his captors are demanding a ransom Rs2 million for his safe release, sources told Dawn, here on Wednesday.... 90pc cooking oils, ghee lack vitamins ISLAMABAD, April 18: An increasing quantity of inferior quality and unhygienic cooking oil and ghee was being sold in the country due to the negligence of the Standard Quality Control Department.... Man dies in accident ISLAMABAD, April 18: A man was killed in road accident at Sector G-9/2 here on Wednesday, police said. Mohammad Niaz Ali, 49, received critical injuries after being knocked down by a... German team carries out plastic surgeries ISLAMABAD, April 18: A German medical team on Wednesday carried out 15 maxillofacial and plastic reconstructive surgeries, at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.... ‘Details of govt activities to be posted on web’ PESHAWAR, April 18: NWFP Minister for Information Technology Hussain Ahmad Kanju has directed the officials of his ministry to upload on the official web portal four years’ performance of the provincial government.... Quake-resistant school building inaugurated MANSEHRA, April 18: Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority Deputy Chairman Lt-Gen Nadeem Ahmed has said that Erra is working to rehabilitate quake-affected people in the NWFP at the earliest.... Councillors warn Pesco against loadshedding KOHAT, April 18: Members of Kohat district and tehsil councils have unanimously decided to summon the executive engineer of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company and ask him to stop unannounced loadshedding,... Judge’s house looted KOHAT, April 18: Burglars looted jewellery from the official residence of Additional District and Sessions Judge Amir Nazeer Bhatti. A case was registered at the Jangle police station on Wednesday... PHC benches in Malakand, Bannu soon PESHAWAR, April 18: The NWFP government has approved setting up of two new circuit benches of the Peshawar High Court in Bannu and Malakand districts.... Markets run by women set up in N. Areas GILGIT, April 18: The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) has set up markets in the region which are run by women to promote entrepreneurship and leadership among the womenfolk.... Plan to provide potable water to Karak villages KARAK, April 18: The Chairman of the NWFP Assembly Standing Committee on Works and Service, Mian Nisar Gul, on Wednesday said that all villages of Banda Daud Shah tehsil would be supplied water from the Sharqi Dam.... Engineering body elects president SWABI, April 18: Former provincial minister Shamsul Mulk has been elected president of the Society for Promotion of Engineering Sciences and Technology in Pakistan (Soprest).... Two dacoits killed, cop hurt in encounter SAHIWAL, April 18: Two dacoits were killed and a police constable injured in an encounter here on Tuesday night near Chak 138/9-L. Reports said UC-66 nazim Sardar Asif Karim Dogar... Security at Taunsa Barrage beefed up MUZAFFARGARH, April 18: Following the violent protest by the workers of a construction company at the site of Taunsa Barrage Rehabilitation and Modernisation Project, Frontier Constabulary and intelligence agency personnel have been deployed there, sources told Dawn on Wednesday.... UAE team meets child jockeys RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 18: A high-level delegation of the UAE government visited Rahim Yar Khan and closely monitored for some five days the rehabilitation of the camel jockey children.... Businessmen outraged at outages TOBA TEK SINGH, April 18: Traders took out a protest procession on Wednesday against unscheduled load shedding. Led by Anjuman Tajran president Mian Anwar, the procession started from Saddar Bazaar.... Another three lawyers lose membership TOBA TEK SINGH, April 18: The district bar association on Wednesday cancelled the memberships of another three lawyers for attending a ruling party lawyers’ convention in Lahore.... Postponed GUJRANWALA, April 18: The execution of a murder convict was postponed on Wednesday by a fortnight. Iqrar Husain had killed his rival in Mandiala Warraich over an old enmity in 1999.... Two jewellers looted SHEIKHUPURA, April 18: Two armed dacoits took away gold ornaments worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from a jewellery shop after injuring the owner on Wednesday.... Foreign student, local robbers FAISALABAD, April 18: A foreign student of the Punjab Medical College was deprived of his cash and valuables by unidentified outlaws on Tuesday night when he was in his hostel room.... Panj Pani festival begins LAHORE, April 18: The fourth six-day Panj Pani Indo-Pakistan festival titled Reinterpreting History opened at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Wednesday. Governor Khalid Maqbool inaugurated the festival.... IJT nazims to be expelled from PU: Deans’ body decides LAHORE, April 18: Following the alleged hooliganism and disruption of Pharmacy Fair by Islami Jamiat Tulaba activists, the Punjab University Deans’ committee on Wednesday decided that any student, who would be... 8 DSPs suspended, two SPs made OSDs LAHORE, April 18: Eight deputy-superintendents of police were suspended while two SPs of the Punjab Highway Patrolling Posts were made officers on special duty for misconduct by the IG here on Wednesday.... Injection claims child’s life LAHORE, April 18: The nine-month-old son of a man died after administration of a spurious injection by a doctor in North Cantonment on Wednesday. Police said Nadeem Masih, of R A... Lawyers’ enthusiasm on the increase LAHORE, April 18: Hundreds of lawyers and political activists rallied on The Mall on Wednesday as part of their series of protests against the suspension of the chief justice of Pakistan.... Teachers observe black day LAHORE, April 18: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association observed a black day on Wednesday to express its solidarity with the nonfunctional cief justice of Pakistan and the lawyers’ community.... Two boys drown in Ravi LAHORE, April 18: Two teenagers drowned in the river Ravi on Wednesday. Police said friends Ejaz Ahmad, 15, and Yasar, 14, of Shahdara, turned up at the river for bathing to beat the heat.... PPP workers to join rally against extremism LAHORE, April 18: Punjab PPP President Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has directed party activists to participate in large numbers in a rally against religious extremism in the city on Thursday (today).... Water-borne diseases a threat to 76m lives LARKANA, April 18: The speakers at a seminar on Wednesday stressed the need for adopting disease early warning system (DEWS) and warned that if timely measures were not taken 34 to... Injured prisoner dies in hospital KHAIRPUR, April 18: A prisoner, who had suffered serious injuries in a clash between two groups of prisoners at the Central Jail of Khairpur, died at Civil Hospital on Wednesday.... Govt to take steps to avert losses from sea intrusion THATTA, April 18: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakil Durrani said on Wednesday that the government was considering taking concrete steps to avert any losses in future in coastal belts districts of Thatta and Badin from sea intrusion.... Health dept bought substandard drugs: nazim KHAIRPUR, April 18: District Nazim Niaz Hussain Shah said on Wednesday that the medicines purchased by the district health department had harmful impacts on the health of patients....

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