Low Graphics Site

June 22, 2007 Friday Jamadi-us-Sani 06, 1428   Lawmakers express concern over law and order ISLAMABAD, June 21: Members of opposition parties in the National Assembly on Thursday expressed concern over law and order in the country in general and Sindh in particular.... PMA to move court against hiring of ex-armymen ISLAMABAD, June 21: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Punjab on Thursday threatened litigation against provincial government over hiring the services of retired army men for managing health institutions.... CDA demolishes mosque despite govt ban ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Thursday demolished a mosque in Sector G-8 —Masjid Al Mehdi Asna-i-Ashri— despite government orders against demolition of even ‘unauthorised’ mosques.... Passengers stranded as plane aborts take-off ISLAMABAD, June 21: An Airblue aircraft bound for Karachi aborted take-off on Thursday after developing a technical fault at the Islamabad airport and blocked the runway for almost one and a half hours.... Budget speech boycotted by opposition QUETTA, June 21: Members of opposition parties in the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday staged a walkout from the when the budget was being presented.... Multan prepares for CJP’s visit MULTAN, June 21: A large number of lawyers, opposition leaders, political workers and people from various walks of life are expected to welcome Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who... Protests for CJP continue SHEIKHUPURA, June 21: Lawyers in city, Nankana, Sangla Hill and Ferozewala staged demonstrations on Thursday in support of the Chief Justice of Pakistan. They stayed away from court proceedings and observed... Lawyers start on-foot journey to Multan BAHAWALPUR, June 21: Thirteen lawyers, including two women, left on foot for Multan on Thursday to attend a reception there for Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Saturday.... Lawyer demands disqualification of PM, two ministers: Reference sent to NA MULTAN, June 21: A lawyer has sent a reference to the National Assembly seeking disqualification of prime minister and two members of his cabinet. The reference, sent by Supreme Court... 18 booked for attacking MQM lawyers SAHIWAL, June 21: Civil Lines police registered a case on Thursday against 18 lawyers for breaking into the chamber of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) lawyer, beating his clerk and raising slogans against the government.... PA witnesses two walkouts: Knighthood to Rushdie LAHORE, June 21: The Punjab Assembly session on Thursday witnessed two walkouts, fiery speeches and sloganeering over award of knighthood to Salman Rushdie, besides usual score settling and mudslinging.... Lawyers to be ‘public defenders’ officially LAHORE, June 21: The Punjab government is going to open a new avenue to jobs for lawyers by notifying the establishment of the Punjab Public Defenders Service in near future.... Lawyers’ strike tomorrow LAHORE, June 21: Lawyers will strike in Punjab on Saturday (tomorrow) and will not appear in courts in protest against registration of a case against 100 lawyers in Sahiwal.... Five die as rain, storm lash Sindh HYDERABAD, June 21: Strong winds accompanied by rain hit Sindh on Thursday as five people, three women and two men, died in rain-related incidents. In Hyderabad two women died and six received injuries on Thursday due to rain and winds.... Lawyers boycott courts in Sindh HYDERABAD, June 21: Lawyers, to express solidarity with the Chief Justice of Pakistan boycotted courts across Sindh on Thursday on the call of Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Bar Association.... Three flights make emergency landing NAWABSHAH, June 21: Three domestic flights of PIA made emergency landing at Nawabshah airport on Thursday evening. Karachi-bound flights PK-391, PK-589 and PK-541 coming from Sukkur, Bahawalpur and Moen-Jo-Daro with... OPF institutions suffer from unnecessary interference ISLAMABAD, June 21: Educational institutions working under the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) are facing severe administrative and academic problems due to the alleged interference of an official of the foundation in... LG capacity-building in quake affected areas stressed ISLAMABAD, June 21: Panelists at an interactive discussion on Thursday stressed the need for capacity-building of local government institutions in the quake-hit areas. They said trained human resources with all needed... Opposition criticises ‘anti-poor’ budget ATTOCK, June 21: People from different walks of life, including local political figures, have given a mixed reaction to the federal budget 2007-08 —the opposition bitterly criticising it as “anti-poor” and the government defending it.... Boy set free after payment of Rs2.8m ransom TAXILA, June 21: An 11-year-old boy who was abducted from Quaid-e-Azam street Nawababad in jurisdiction of Wah Cantonment Police station 28 days back was released after payment of Rs2.80 million.... US to continue funding education sector reforms ISLAMABAD, June 21: The United States will continue supporting Pakistan in the education sector to raise the quality of teaching and learning here, said the new USAID mission director, Ms Anne Aarnes.... Ex-secretary, nine others exonerated ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Accountability Court No. 1, Rawalpindi, on Thursday exonerated the former Petroleum and Natural Resources secretary, Syed Naseer Ahmed, along with nine others from charges of irregularities in the Uch Power Project.... Prisoner escapes, guards held GUJAR KHAN, June 21: An under-trial prisoner reportedly escaped while being taken to a local court here on Thursday. The police guards including an ASI have been arrested and a case of negligence has been registered against them.... Peace body formed in Khaar KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), June 21: The political administration and elders of the Mamond tribe here on Thursday decided to form a 50-member committee to maintain peace, stop display of weapons and curb anti-social activities in the agency.... Video shop owners asked to wind up business PESHAWAR, June 21: Owners of two more leading video shops here have been warned of dire consequences unless they wind up the sale of video compact discs (VCDs) within two months.... ‘TB kills 9,000 in NWFP every year’ KOHAT, June 21: At least 200 people are hit by tuberculosis in the district every year despite the new TB control programme. Patients told this correspondent that doctors in various TB... Quake-hit people to get compensation MANSEHRA, June 21: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority will pay Rs75,000 to 350 families living in the Jabba tent village before asking them to vacate the facility, it is learnt.... Woman was stoned to death, court told MARDAN, June 21: A woman of Shahbaz Garhi, who had earlier been pronounced dead due to natural cause, had been stoned to death in the name of honour by her husband,... PTI leader criticises MQM chief SWABI, June 21: Asad Qaisar, provincial vice-president, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI), has said that the “dirty politics of references” can not save the ruling elite and Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain from the wrath of the people.... Tuition fee concession for quake-hit students ABBOTTABAD, June 21: The provincial government has asked all students of engineering, medical and other technical colleges to apply before June 30 for the special “Tuition Fee Grant 2008” with respective district coordination officers’ (DCO’s) offices.... 17 arrested under FCR released LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 21: The Bara political administration on Thursday released 17 tribesmen arrested under the Collective Territorial Responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a local journalist and his friend.... Call to restore old voters’ list MANSEHRA, June 21: The shrinking number of voters, which decreased from 65, 000 to 40,000, annoyed tribesmen in Kala Dhaka, a Provincially-Administered Tribal Area. Like elsewhere in Mansehra district, the Election... Girl freed after payment of ransom MANSEHRA, June 21: A four-year-old girl was freed by kidnappers after her family paid them a ransom of Rs500,000 in Oghi area, it was learnt here on Thursday.... Health services body formed PESHAWAR, June 21: The NWFP Health Department has formed a committee to integrate maternal and child health services and to coordinate efforts of the government and donor agencies.... 12 transformers damaged in rain VEHARI, June 21: Two days’ heavy rain rendered more than 400 electricity meters and about a dozen transformers out of order in the district and its adjoining areas.... Six teachers part with Mahaz GUJRANWALA, June 21: Six office-bearers of the Muttahida Mahaz Asataza tendered their resignations on Thursday over differences with the district leadership of the alliance.... Boat-bridge sought for smooth traffic JHANG, June 21: The construction of a boat-bridge near the over a century old Riwaz Bridge over river Chenab appears to be the only immediate solution to the traffic congestions on Multan-Sargodha-Islamabad National Highway.... Kidnappers held with ransom SHEIKHUPURA, June 21: Muridke city police arrested two alleged kidnappers along with Rs500,000 ransom on Thursday. Police said Amir and Nasrullah, residents of Hadoki village, had kidnapped their neighbour Tayyab a couple of days ago.... Prayer leader held for blasphemy KASUR, June 21: A prayer leader allegedly committed blasphemy and distributed literature containing blasphemous remarks in Chak 65, Kot Radha Kishan, on Thursday.... Want NOC for mill? Grow trees! LAHORE, June 21: The Environment Protection Department has updated its sub-rules required for issuing no-objection-certificates (NoC) for the new industrial units. The updates rules aim at making industries responsive to their surrounding communities.... No beginner’s luck in drive against beggars LAHORE, June 21: In an admittedly ambitious venture, the city police on Thursday launched clampdown on professional beggars amid qualms about a positive outcome of the initiative.... Pervaiz raps PPP stance on Rushdie issue LAHORE, June 21: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the Muslims all over the world are strongly protesting conferring of knighthood on Salman Rushdie, but he (the latter) is perhaps not so much worried over the situation.... Bar drive continues LAHORE, June 21: Lawyers boycotted the court proceedings on Thursday and took out a procession in connection with their campaign for the independence of judiciary. The procession was taken out from the Aiwan-i-Adl after a meeting of the Lahore Bar Association.... Woman MPA suspended LAHORE, June 21: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Thursday suspended a woman treasury member, Zeenat Khan, for three days for showing `disorderly behaviour’, asking her to leave the House immediately.... Bhit Shah to get facelift HYDERABAD, June 21: Sindh Chief Secretary Shakeel Durrani on Thursday directed officials concerned to prepare a master plan for the restoration of the shrine of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai to its... Five of a family killed UBAURO, June 21: Five members of a family, including two women and a child, were killed in an attack on a house in Lal Pir village near here on Wednesday....

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007