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May 28, 2007	Monday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 11, 1428

Cost of hydropower project likely to go up by 41pc ISLAMABAD, May 27: The cost of 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project will increase by more than 41 per cent to $2.1 billion, according to Wapda estimates....		No Al Qaeda strongholds in Pakistan, says general WASHINGTON, May 27: Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Ehsan ul Haq has assured US policy-makers and think-tank experts that the government was in control of the situation and there were no Al Qaeda strongholds in Pakistan’s tribal territory....

Dictatorship with N-power recipe for disaster: Nawaz ISLAMABAD, May 27: Terming dictatorship in a nuclear-powered country a recipe for disaster, former prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has called for ensuring supremacy of national leadership in national...		Asfandyar says rulers endangering country’s integrity QUETTA, May 27: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that allowing the present rulers to remain in power would endanger the country''s integrity....

Assurance to people affected by project MUZAFFARABAD, May 27: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Sunday assured the affected people of the Mangla Dam extension project that the governments in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad would solve their problems....		Ban on PTI chief’s entry into Sindh condemned ATTOCK, May 27: Lawyers and political leaders have condemned the Sindh government for banning Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan from entering Karachi for one month....

MMA urged to quit govts in NWFP, Balochistan: Ahle Sunnat convention LAHORE, May 27: The Supreme Council, a body comprising 10 organisations of the Ahle Sunnat sect, on Sunday called on the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal to quit the NWFP government and the ruling...		Army blamed for crisis LAHORE, May 27: Speakers at a seminar on `Political and Social Crisis in Pakistan’ were of the view that it could be resolved only by ending army’s intervention in civilian affairs....

Chenab eroding life in Bajwat villages SIALKOT, May 27: Agricultural lands, houses and cattle in a dozen more villages situated along the working boundary, including Khanu Bhau, Papeen, Saddarpura, Gangwal, Kaliyaal and Ghazipura of Bajwat area are under threat of erosion being caused by the Chenab....		Kachkol flays ruling of deputy speaker QUETTA, May 27: Leader of the Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly Kachkol Ali has said that the deputy speaker hurt the sentiments of the Baloch people by killing an adjournment motion...

President for unity among PML leaders DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 27: President Pervez Musharraf has urged the leaders and activists of the PML to resolve their differences to make a clean sweep in the upcoming general elections....		Thirst for water hampers thirst for knowledge MUZAFFARGARH, May 27: As the shortage of water is a global issue, the students of Government Girls’ College and Government Boys College in Muzaffargarh seem to be affected with international phenomenon....

Passport office in RYK RAHIM YAR KHAN, May 27: The newly established passport office was inaugurated by minister of state by Zafar Iqbal Waraich here on Sunday....		Traders seek protection from extortionists GUJRANWALA, May 27: The business community has expressed its concern over the rising lawlessness and activities of extortionists and kidnappers....

Govt rapped for curbs on Imran LAHORE, May 27: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf workers staged province-wide demonstrations to condemn the Sindh and Punjab governments for restricting the movement of Chairman Imran Khan....		‘Punjab govt implemented Sindh order’ LAHORE, May 27: The Punjab Home department says restrictions on Imran Khan to leave the city is strictly in accordance with the law....

Textile mills gutted LAHORE, May 27: Machinery, cloth and related items worth millions of rupees were reduced to ashes when a fire broke out in a textile mill on Multan Road near Hanjerwal on Sunday....		Setting up of early warning system planned RAWALPINDI, May 27: A national plan for the establishment of a “Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Response System” consisting of nine essential components has been devised to deal with major disasters generally experienced in Pakistan, it was official learnt....

Protection sought against threats to Charsadda Christians ISLAMABAD, May 27: The All-Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) has demanded that the government should provide protection to the Christian community in Charsadda against threats by radical Islamic groups....		MMA, PML-N, PTI may form alliance GUJAR KHAN, May 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is considering forming electoral alliance with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Tehrik-e-Insaf for the next elections....

First day of Urs attracts over 150,000 devotees ISLAMABAD, May 27: Over 150,000 people visited Bari Imam shrine on the first day of the annual Urs of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi that commenced at Noorpur Shahan amid highest ever security on Sunday....		Eve-teasers kill objector ISLAMABAD, May 27: A young man was stabbed to death after he tried to stop a group of men from teasing a girl at Soan in the jurisdiction of Shahzad Town police station on Sunday, police said....

Two dead men were victims of rivalry ISLAMABAD, May 27: Two persons who were found dead in an abandoned house at Kuchna village last Friday were believed to have been murdered by their rivals, police said....		Teachers to stage sit-in outside Parliament RAWALPINDI, May 27: The Mutahidda Muhaz Teachers on Sunday announced that thousands of teachers from all over the country including Azad Kashmir and FATA would stage sit-in on Monday outside the Parliament House if their demands were not met....

8 held, weapons seized ISLAMABAD, May 27: The capital police on Sunday arrested eight men and reportedly recovered snatched cellphones, video cameras, gold ornaments, illegal weapons and narcotics from their possession....		MQM’s drive against PPP slammed LAHORE, May 27: Punjab PPP Information Secretary Farzana Raja has slammed the MQM for launching a campaign against the PPP to implicate it in the May 12 killings in Karachi....

Organ trade law may prove counter productive LAHORE, May 27: Stakeholders and experts have expressed serious concern over the proposed draft of Transplantation of Human Organ Tissue Ordinance 2007 saying it might provide a legal cover to the abominable trade....		Main accused in Japanese women rape at large LAHORE, May 27: The Garden Town investigation police failed to arrest Umer Irshad, main accused in the rape of two Japanese women Sheizuka and Kei, on Sunday....

26,000 teachers to be recruited LAHORE, May 27: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said 26,000 teachers would be recruited in next three months for primary, middle and high schools to strengthen the education sector in the province, according to a handout....		Former JI MPA to join PML-N LAHORE, May 27: Mian Mehmudur Rashid, a former MPA of the Jamaat-i-Islami who subsequently joined the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, has now decided to join the PML-N....