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July 04, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-us-Sani 18, 1428   Nilofar urges SC action against Lal Masjid NEW YORK, July 3: Former federal minister Nilofar Bakhtiar on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu action against the Lal Masjid administration for issuing a “false fatwa” against her.... Rallies held in support of Lal Masjid : Highway blocked, banks set on fire MANSEHRA/ABBOTABAD, July 3: Angry protests were reported from different parts of the country in the aftermath of a clash between security forces and students of Lal Masjid seminaries in Islamabad on Tuesday.... Parents of Hafsa students worried DIR, July 3: Reports about an operation likely to be launched against Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Faridia have worried families of the students of the seminary from the Dir Upper region,... Lal Masjid clash internal matter: US WASHINGTON, July 3: The United States said on Tuesday that the clash at Islamabad’s Lal Masjid which left several people, including journalists, dead and wounded was an internal security matter of Pakistan.... Imran reference to be taken up on 16th ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up references seeking disqualification of Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan as member national assembly on July 16.... A chronology of the Lal Masjid standoff ISLAMABAD, July 3: Here is a chronology of the Lal Masjid administration’s standoff with the government since the start of 2007:... Security beefed up in Balochistan QUETTA, July 3: The Balochistan government has placed all law enforcement agencies on high alert throughout the province, particularly in Quetta, after the start of operation against the Lal Masjid’s seminaries in Islamabad.... Pims reply sought on anomalous report: Kafila’s autopsy ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Supreme Court has directed the doctors of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) to submit a reply within a week as to why they failed to prepare... Three killed, 10 injured by lightning MIRPURKHAS, July 3: Weather continues to wreck havoc with three killed and six injured by lightning late on Monday night as heavy rains accompanied by strong winds lash the coastal district... Police deployed around seminaries LAHORE, July 3: Police beefed up security around four prominent religious seminaries besides all important mosques and other allied places in the city on Tuesday after the Lal Masjid operation.... Former chief of Pakistan Post faces graft charge ISLAMABAD, July 3: Pakistan Auditor General Younas Khan has informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that a former head of the Pakistan Post, a retired brigadier, had declared that the postal... Gas supply not restored QUETTA, July 3: Quetta and five other districts of Balochistan had been without gas for the 6th consecutive day on Tuesday as damaged pipeline could not be repaired due to heavy flood in the Bolan River.... Autonomy package on the back burner ISLAMABAD July 3: A constitutional package proposing greater provincial autonomy is in limbo despite claims by various government functionaries that a bill will be ready for submission in the coming session of parliament.... Meeting reviews flood situation NAWABSHAH, July 3: the district government has established a flood control centre at DCO office here on Tuesday.... Salahuddin warns of attacks inside India MUZAFFARABAD, July 3: Chairman of Kashmir’s United Jihad Council Syed Salahuddin has warned that freedom fighters could resort to attacks inside India if cases involving excesses against women and other human... Union opposes privatisation of Wapda HYDERABAD, July 3: Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) president Abdul Latif Nizamani has demanded of the government to upgrade pay scales of Wapda employees on the pattern of clerks and repeal the anti-labour presidential ordinance 2000.... Govt urged to declare 29 districts calamity-hit QUETTA, July 3: The Balochistan Farmers’ Action Committee (BFAC) has demanded of the government to declare all 29 districts of the province as calamity-hit as recent rains and floods had destroyed all crops besides wreaking havoc on an unprecedented scale.... Spend funds for dams on flood-hit people, proposes seminar HYDERABAD, July 3: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday urged the government to use funds set aside in this year’s budget for Kalabagh Dam for the rehabilitation of rain and flood... Bridge damaged during construction KHAIRPUR, July 3: A concrete beam of an under-construction bridge over Mirwah Canal near Altaf Colony broke into two after it fell into the canal when the chain of crane, which was placing it on pillars, snapped on Tuesday.... Discharge from two dams increased ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has enhanced the discharge from two large reservoirs by about 34,000cusecs over and above the provincial requirements.... Sacked teachers demand reinstatement MIRPURKHAS, July 3: The Action Committee for Reinstatement of Teachers appointed in 1998 in the district observed token hunger outside the press club on Tuesday, demanding the government to fulfil its reinstatement promise.... Work on Leh Expressway a political stunt RAWALPINDI, July 3: In a move to impress constituents and make development projects visible ahead of the elections, a federal minister has prematurely engaged an army-run contractor to start work on... Islamabad citizens terrorised: Terror makes city’s heart bleed ISLAMABAD, July 3: It was the most terrible day for Mohammad Aslam who has been living just across the Lal Masjid since 1964. He had to shift his family to a... PTCL comes under fire at NA body meeting ISLAMABAD, July 3: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Tuesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the performance of PTCL after its privatization.... Victims fill hospitals ISLAMABAD, July 3: The Lal Masjid clash on Tuesday sent a large number of injured to the three state-run hospitals of the federal capital, hospital sources said.... Journalists caught in crossfire ISLAMABAD, July 3: Reporters and photographers were the worst victims of the crossfire between the personnel of law enforcement agencies and the students of Lal Masjid as one of them died and four others injured while covering the event on Tuesday.... Health ministry sending medical teams to Sindh, Balochistan ISLAMABAD, July 3: The health ministry is dispatching doctors’ teams to flood and cyclone affected areas of Sindh and Balochistan.... Govt hospitals on high alert RAWALPINDI, July 3: All government hospitals in the city remained on high alert after fighting erupted between the law enforcement agencies and the Lal Masjid “brigade,” near Melody on Tuesday, Dawn has learnt.... Call for sharing insights into governance LAHORE, July 3: The Pakistan-India Conference on Local Governance has recommended that the two sides should continue to share their evolving experiences in governance particularly with a view to facilitating the people-to-people contact.... Indian role on Kashmir issue deplored LAHORE, July 3: Prof Dr Mugheesuddin Sheikh, the director Institute of Communication Studies of the Punjab University, has deplored that “the cold shoulder by Indian authorities towards Pakistan’s initiatives for solution to the Kashmir problem has disappointed the intelligentsia here”.... Robbers loot Rs2 million LAHORE, July 3: Robbers looted Rs2 million from the employees of a roof-manufacturing company in Garden Town on Tuesday.... NGO’s draft on banning tree felling LAHORE, July 3: The Lahore Bachao Tehrik has prepared a draft seeking a ban on cutting of trees without following a specific procedure.... Ex-CJP all praise for apex court stand LAHORE, July 3: Former chief justice of Pakistan Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui has hailed the Supreme Court’s decision of banning entry of intelligence agencies in courts and bugging offices and residences of judges.... Civil judges not on strike: LHC LAHORE, July 3: Civil judges of the Cantonment courts are not on strike, says a press note issued by the Lahore High Court.... More ‘yes boss’, more money at UAF FAISALABAD, July 3: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) administration has approved honorarium worth Rs4 million for its ‘select’ employees for their ‘extra duties’ in the last financial year, Dawn has learnt.... Juniors suffer due to row between DPO and RPO SARGODHA, July 3: A power struggle between the acting regional police officer (RPO) and Sargodha district police officer (DPO) is still on after two weeks, leaving junior police officials in a confusion.... Four patrolling policemen killed LAYYAH, July 3: A Lahore-to-Layyah bus hit a patrolling police van near Chaubara on Tuesday, leaving an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and three constables dead at the scene.... Army called out as Chenab swells MUZAFFARGARH, July 3: Army has been called to avert any eventuality owing to expected flood in the Chenab.... MMA’s caravan reaches DG Khan DEAR GHAZI KHAN, July 3: On the last leg of its `Istehkam-i-Pakistan Road Caravan’, MMA leaders and workers reached Dera Ghazi Khan from Multan on Tuesday afternoon.... Two die in accident BUREWALA, July 3: Two persons were killed and another was injured when a train hit a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing near here early on Tuesday.... ‘No political end behind movement’ SARGODHA, July 3: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has dispelled the impression that political parties are behind the ongoing lawyers’ movement.... Bride again vows to live with ‘groom’: Same-sex marriage FAISALABAD, July 3: Shahzina Tariq has reiterated her stance to spend life with Shumail Raj (a transsexual person and bridegroom) despite all hardships both have been facing after a court trial....

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