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April 29, 2007 Sunday Rabi-us-Sani 11, 1428   ‘Over $6.8bn disbursed among quake survivors’ ISLAMABAD, April 28: Over 6.8 billion dollars have been disbursed among earthquake-affected people to build quake-resistant houses in the NWFP and Azad Kashmir.... Lawyers condemn detention, beating of colleagues RAWALPINDI, April 28: The District Bar Association (DBA) here on Saturday condemned the attack on one of their colleagues by uniformed men in Rawalpindi and the detention of senior Supreme Court lawyer Ali Ahmed Kurd in Quetta.... 200 Fulbright scholars in US ISLAMABAD, April 28: Over 200 Pakistanis are currently studying in America under the Fulbright scholarship programme, US charge d’ affaires Peter W. Bodde said on Saturday.... Tributes paid to Munir Khan ISLAMABAD, April 28: National Engineering and Scientific Commission (Nescom) Chairman Dr Samar Mubarakmand on Saturday said it was the late Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) chairman Munir Ahmed Khan who had... Transporters stop supply of goods to Afghanistan PESHAWAR, April 28: Pakistani and Afghan transporters almost halted the supply of goods to Afghanistan on Saturday — the second day of their strike against taxes and extortion across the border.... ‘Sindh, Balochistan traders buying wheat’ MUZAFFARGARH, April 28: Food Department officials have said wheat merchants from Sindh and Balochistan are buying wheat from farmers in Muzaffargarh and this can fail the department from achieving the procurement target of 118,000 tons this year.... Farmers cry out for gunny bags SIALKOT, April 28: Hundreds of the farmers have criticised the government for shortage of the gunny bags in Bajwat’s 85 bordering villages along the Sialkot Working Boundary.... All High Court judges to be invited: LHCBA: Reception for Justice Iftikhar LAHORE, April 28: The Lahore High Court Bar Association said on Saturday it had decided to invite all the high court judges to May 5 reception to be held for the nonfunctional Chief Justice of Pakistan.... PPP demands inquiry ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Pakistan People’s Party has criticised the treasury benches of the Karachi City Council for allegedly attacking opposition members.... Musharraf, Aziz condemn blast ISLAMABAD, April 28: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have condemned Saturday’s bomb blast at a rally in Charsadda.... Afghan women hold rally against Taliban ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) Saturday took out a protest rally and staged a sit-in in front of the UN offices to observe as... Politics deprives 11 villages of gas supply TAXILA, Apr 28: Eleven villages having a population of over 35,000 have been kept deprived of gas facility by the elected representatives due to political reasons.... Death penalty not satisfying enough ISLAMABAD, April 28: A blood feud started by a fatal celebratory firing at a wedding 15 months ago claimed another life on Saturday, police said.... 2 murderers get life term RAWALPINDI, April 28: Special Judge of Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 Tariq Abbasi here on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to two persons found guilty of killing a man to whom they owed money.... Work on I-14 road halted ISLAMABAD, April 28: The construction work on the service road south in Sector I-14 has been halted as the affected people have refused to allow the project to continue till fulfilment of their demands.... Rally held against ministers’ visit MANSEHRA, April 28: The District Bar Association took out a procession here on Saturday against the visit of federal ministers Mohammad Ali Durrani and Amir Muqam to Mansehra.... JI membership drive from May 3 PESHAWAR, April 28: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) will kick off its membership drive in the NWFP and in adjacent tribal areas from May 3 in which an estimated 1.5... PPP concerned over lawlessness PESHAWAR, April 28: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has expressed its concerns over growing lawlessness in the province and held both the provincial and federal governments responsible for the poor law and... 9‘Tribesmen vulnerable to AIDS’ PESHAWAR, April 28: Staying away from homes for years and denial among people living with HIV/AIDS have made the tribesmen vulnerable to the virus that cripples the immune system.... ANP election today PESHAWAR, April 28: The central elections of the Awami National Party will be held at the Bacha Khan Markaz on Sunday.... ‘Borstals to be improved’ FAISALABAD, April 28: The government has planned vocational training centres at all central jails of Punjab while efforts are being made to improve borstals.... Mepco defies minister’s orders SAHIWAL, April 28: The Mepco Sahiwal has continued unscheduled loadshedding despite the assurance held out by Federal Water and Power Minister Liaquat Jatoi that power supply would not be suspended without serving prior notice to consumers.... Nazim-DCO tussle over power continues GUJRANWALA, April 28: The row between the district administration and the nazim over administrative control is still going on while the latter sent a memorandum to the former for setting the... Taxi driver shot dead KASUR, April 28: Two dacoits shot dead a taxi driver on resistance and drove away with the vehicle here on Saturday at Jodh Singh village in Pattoki police precincts.... Journalist tortured by CIA police NAROWAL, April 28: CIA police subjected a local journalist to torture for more than an hour on Saturday.... Cattle show in Taunsa MULTAN, April 28: Muzaffargarh district officer (livestock) Dr Malik Saeed Akhtar Chajra has said that livestock support services project is in full progress and farmers from remote, plain and riverine areas... PWF for safer workplace LAHORE, April 28: The Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) has demanded that at least two per cent income of industry be spent on ensuring safe and healthy environment for workers at the workplace.... Prisoner escapes BAHAWALPUR, April 28: An under-trial prisoner involved in abduction of lawyer Yahya Khan and murder of another person escaped from the police custody here on Saturday.... ACE points out wrongs in govt hospitals LAHORE, April 28: Most of the electro-medical equipment in the public-sector hospitals in Punjab is non-functional, says an Anti-Corruption Establishment report.... Children make human chain: Global Action Week LAHORE, April 28: Four-hundred children made a human chain outside the Quaid-i-Azam Library at Bagh-i-Jinnah on Saturday as part of Global Action Week (GAW) celebrations.... Russian investors call on governor LAHORE, April 28: Governor Khalid Maqbool has says feasibility reports for generating 11,000 megawatt additional electricity in Pakistan in five years have been prepared.... Naeem denies letter sparked crisis LAHORE, April 28: Advocate Supreme Court Naeem Bokhari in his reply to a legal notice on Saturday denied the allegation that the current judicial crisis erupted in the wake of his open letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan.... Soomro assures of law to check thalassemia LAHORE, April 28: Acting president Muhammadmian Soomro assured his full support for bringing legislation to make it compulsory for both male and female to get themselves tested for thalassemia before marriage to check this incurable disease.... Double Shah remanded in NAB custody LAHORE, April 28: An accountability court on Saturday remanded till May 12 in the NAB custody Sibtul Hasan Shah alias Double Shah, who had been arrested on charges of cheating people on pretext of doubling their money in 70 days....

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