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July 08, 2007 Sunday Jamadi-us-Sani 22, 1428   Siege to continue till hostages freed: PM ISLAMABAD, July 7: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the siege of the Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa complex will continue till the children made hostage by the militants are freed.... Despair grips capital as stand-off turns into crisis ISLAMABAD, July 7: Among the parents of numerous students trapped inside the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa a deep sense of despair and desperation prevailed on the fifth day of the standoff.... Curfew break too short for patients ISLAMABAD, July 7: Zaman Ahmed had his eyes fixed on the wall clock in his house in G-6/4 on Saturday morning, impatient for it to strike 8 - the time curfew... NBP adds to salaried people’s woes: Faulty online system ISLAMABAD, July 7: Thousands of salaried people have been facing great difficulties for the last five days as they have not been able to draw their salaries due to the failure... Emotions run high among seminary students’ kin ISLAMABAD, July 7: Syed Rehman, sitting forlornly at the Aabpara fountain, is shaken by each bang coming from the Lal Masjid side and his hands go up in prayers for the well-being of his nephew stranded in the mosque building.... Akram blames 3 ministers for delay in payment: Net hydel profits KARAK, July 7: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has accused three federal ministers of hindering the implementation of a decision on net hydel profits, given by an arbitration tribunal.... 20 villages flooded in Dadu after breach in dyke Dadu, July 7: Rainwater from Balochistan developing pressure at the flood protective embankment at Zero Point near Dadu district. The rising level of Right Bank Out fall drain and Main... 200 cases of gastroenteritis in Sukkur, Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, July 7: Gastroenteritis is on the rise in Sukkur and Nawabshah as more than 200 patients have been reported in various hospitals in the last three days.... Feudals back anti-Sindh projects: Qaim KHAIRPUR, July 7: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians President Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said waderas and sardars of the province have always supported anti-Sindh projects and they are still doing so.... Senate body to ask CII to identify assets: Zakat deduction LAHORE, July 7: The Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs will recommend to the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to identify Zakat deductible assets to overcome the expected shortfall of Rs5.5... JI for judicial probe into Lal Masjid affair LAHORE, July 7: The Jamaat-i-Islami on Saturday demanded a judicial inquiry into various aspects of the Lal Masjid saga, observing that events unfolding since January this years had left behind many questions which must be answered.... Stand-off ‘staged’: Sami LAHORE, July 7: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami Chief Maulana Samiul Haq has urged both the government and the Lal Masjid administration to be flexible to resolve a five-day long stand-off, adding that the... Haj applications may be invited by mid-July LAHORE, July 7: Applications for Haj-2007 are likely to be invited by the middle of July, and only the travel fare for pilgrims has been increased.... Attock UC naib nazim voted out ATTOCK, July 7: Councillors of Attock-I Union Council on Saturday voted out their naib nazim Sheikh Mehmood Elahi, who is also the naib nazim of Attock Tehsil.... Minor killed on road ATTOCK, July 7: A minor boy was killed and his mother seriously injured in a road accident at Hazro-Gondal road, while a farmer was stabbed and injured on Friday evening.... Long-term strategy to thwart floods promised QUBO SAEED KHAN, July 7: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that a long-term strategy will be devised for prevention of flash floods in future. He was addressing the people hit... Relief fund set up ISLAMABAD, July 7: A National Disaster Management Fund has been set up for providing relief assistance in wake of floods. According to a notification issued by the Finance Division on... Two jailed for facilitating Swara of minor DIR, July 7: A court in Wari tehsil on Saturday sent two men to prison for facilitating a jirga decision, following which a minor girl was given away in Swara.... Leaders of banned group released MANSEHRA, July 7: Police on Saturday released four central leaders of the outlawed group Sipah-i-Sahaba, who had been arrested here on Friday. Police sources said Hafiz Alam Tariq, Maulana Amir... Rice millers call for price fixing body LARKANA, July 7: The Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association (SBRMTA) has urged the government to form a coordination body to assess and fix minimum export price of rice in the light of trends in the international market.... Man held for stealing body from grave KASUR, July 7: Sadar police have arrested a man accused of stealing the body of a man from his grave who was killed a few months ago, and sent him to jail.... A tourism centre which takes you nowhere MULTAN, July 7: The tourists information centre has been functioning in a small room of a private hotel for the last 19 years. The centre, initially established in Hoshiana Hotel in... 881 deportees arrested in six months GUJRANWALA, July 7: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 881 people deported from the Middle East and European countries during the last six months. FIA Assistant Director Syed Arif Hussain Bukhari said this while talking to Dawn here on Saturday.... A locality trapped in mud, stench FAISALABAD, July 7: Streets around the Factory Area police station are known mud-splattered areas because of choked sewerage lines. This correspondent visited the area and found foul-emitting sewage had made... BA (Honors) in fine arts at Islamia varsity BAHAWALPUR, July 7: A bachelor’s honors programme in fine arts will be introduced in the next academic session in the newly established fine arts department of Islamia University here.... Case against UC nazim, brother, 16 others BAHAWALPUR, July 7: Police on Saturday registered a case against a union council nazim along with his brother and 16 accomplices for opening indiscriminate firing and damaging standing crop of his rival.... Relief train KHANEWAL, July 7: A relief train was sent to Kandhkot (Sindh) from the Khanewal railway station on Saturday. Reports reaching here said the Peshawar-bound 19-Up Khushhal Express derailed near the Kandkot Railway Station at 7:30pm.... Two more human smugglers arrested SIALKOT, July 7: A team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday arrested two more human traffickers during a raid in the city. An FIA official said Raja Sultan alias... Okara Bar president joins PPP OKARA, July 7: District Bar Association (DBA) President Maqbool Husain Shakir has announced joining the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and vowed to contest the election for a Provincial Assembly constituency from the city.... Doctors remanded MULTAN, July 7: A judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded two doctors in police custody for three days a week after they were arrested on the charge of torturing their driver to death.... Brothers killed FAISALABAD, July 7: Two brothers were killed and their friend was injured in an accident on Jhang Road on Saturday.... Four die of suffocation CHISHTIAN, July 7: Four people died and two fainted due to suffocation while cleaning a well at Miro Baloch village, about 10 kilometres from here, on Saturday.... Body found SHEIKHUPURA, July 7: The decomposed body of a youth was recovered from a field near Rachna Town. He was identified as Khalid as the name was tattooed on one of his arms.... Ruling party MPA gets show-cause notice LAHORE, July 7: Punjab Communication and Works Minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin has issued a show-cause notice to MPA from Chakwal Col Sultan Surkhroo (retired) for violation of party discipline.... Pervaiz lauds US freedom struggle LAHORE, July 7: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Saturday said American people had waged a historic struggle for independence and laid the foundation of a modern civilisation in the world.... Pakistani, Indian flour millers meet on 20th LAHORE, July 7: The Indo-Pak Flour Milling Association will hold its two-day annual conference here from July 20. Disclosing this here on Saturday, Flour Milling Industry Committee of the Federation of...

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