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July 19, 2007 Thursday Rajab 03, 1428   Imran vows to unmask Altaf’s ‘real face’: Nawaz addresses PTI rally LONDON, July 18: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan have vowed to fight until final victory against “anti-democratic forces”.... Five missing persons traced, SC told ISLAMABAD, July 18: The Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that five more missing persons had been traced of which four had reached homes after release leaving the list of recovered persons to 118 out of 285.... Joint team to probe Islamabad blast ISLAMABAD, July 18: A joint investigation team, comprising special investigation group of police, intelligence agencies and Islamabad police, has been formed to probe into the terrorist attack on the chief justice’s convention which claimed 17 lives on Tuesday night.... Another ‘US spy’ shot dead in Bajaur KHAAR, July 18: Militants shot dead another young man in the troubled Bajaur Agency on suspicion of spying for US forces in the area, officials said on Wednesday.... PML Islamabad president quits party in protest: Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa killings ISLAMABAD July 18: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League’s Islamabad district president, Adnan Kiani, on Wednesday announced his resignation from the party’s basic membership, along with some other party office-bearers and workers,... HRW condemns attack LONDON, July 18: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned Tuesday’s bomb blast at a rally of lawyers in Islamabad, holding the government responsible for the ‘security lapse’.... Lawyers question govt’s suicide claim: Islamabad carnage ISLAMABAD, July 18: Two premier lawyers’ bodies on Wednesday questioned government’s claim of suicide bombing near the Pakistan People’s Party reception camp that killed 17 people on Tuesday.... PTI asks govt not to fight US war in Pakistan PESHAWAR, July 18: Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in the country, especially in the NWFP and Fata, and asked the government to desist... Provincial autonomy panacea to all issues, says ANP SWABI, July 18: The Awami National Party will continue struggle for provincial autonomy, saying that without this rivalry between Centre and provinces will continue in one form or the other.... Sindh govt to subsidise power supply to growers KHAIRPUR, July 18: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Wednesday announced that the government would give to growers about Rs3,000 each subsidy on electricity bill of tube-wells.... Lal Masjid to get new, green look: Move aimed at ‘diluting bloody memory’ ISLAMABAD, July 18: The government has decided to give the Lal Masjid a new look to wash the memory of the bloody battle fought there this month.... Road sector: ADB may set conditions for future assistance RAWALPINDI, July 18: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is almost certain to put some conditions on its future assistance to Pakistan in the road sector. One of the major conditions, the... Body formed to probe bungling in funds: Energy conservation RAWALPINDI, July 18: A high-level committee has been constituted to probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds in different tiers of the Energy Conservation Fund, federal minister for environment Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat announced in Islamabad on Wednesday.... Senate body dismayed at continued loadshedding ISLAMABAD, July 18: The Senate Committee on Water and Power on Wednesday expressed deep concern over continued loadshedding and breakdowns in different parts of the country especially in Karachi and Wapda and KESC failure to provide quality service to citizens.... Businessmen to get Indian visa in a day: envoy ISLAMABAD, July 18: Indian High Commissioner Satyabrata Pal on Wednesday said that businessmen recommended by different chambers of commerce and industry would be provided with visas in 24 hours on urgent basis.... Man gunned down over old enmity ATTOCK, July 18: Four persons allegedly killed one of their rivals in Khalry village, while a girl was kidnapped in Anuwal village, the Fatehjang police said on Wednesday.... Hearing of bail plea put off: Kafila case ISLAMABAD, July 18: The hearing of former state minister for communications Mohammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi’s bail application was on Wednesday put off to July 21 due to the lawyers’s strike against the suicide attack at the chief justice’s rally on Tuesday.... Award for journalist KARACHI, July 18: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has conferred the International Press Freedom Award on Mazhar Abbas, the secretary-general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).... NGOs told to limit field activities: Law & order situation MANSEHRA, July 18: The federal government has asked national and international NGOs working in quake-hit districts of the NWFP to limit their field activities and adopt extra security measures in view of the situation in the province, Dawn has learnt.... Formation of peace committees okayed KOHAT, July 18: A meeting of local government representatives, parliamentarians and tribal elders from Kohat district here on Wednesday approved the formation of peace committees.... Govt urged to provide free pre-treatment tests: HIV/Aids patients PESHAWAR, July 18: People suffering with HIV/Aids, who are trying to raise awareness of the disease and to push for more treatment, have urged the government to provide pre-treatment tests to the patients free of cost.... Girl accuses uncle, two others of molestation HARIPUR, July 18: A 17-year-old girl in her statement in the court of judicial magistrate on Wednesday accused her maternal uncle and two other people of kidnapping and repeatedly molesting her.... Shepherds without a sense of direction KHANEWAL, July 18: Rushing cattle herds on arteries and thoroughfares have become a major obstacle to vehicular traffic flow as nomadic families shepherd them from one place to another and the traffic managers seem least bothered to keep them off.... Controversy clouds budget once again MUZAFFARGARH, July 18: Controversies abound when it comes to the budget of Muzaffargarh district council. Union council (UC) nazims held two sessions of the district council on Wednesday; the first one... No-trust in August Pakistan Muslim League union council nazim Allah Dad Khar has said the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) will call the session of the district council before July 31 and file a no-confidence... Throw trash on road, pay a fine MULTAN, July 18: Throwing trash or garbage on roads and streets will become a crime punishable with at least Rs200 fine from Aug 1. The City District Government of Multan... Mortar shell defused SIALKOT, July 18: The bomb disposal squad defused a high intensity mortar shell in the fields along the Sialkot working boundary on Wednesday. According to farmers, who found the 40-pound... Rumblings of discontent GUJRANWALA, July 18: The PPP activists and lawyers on Wednesday condemned the suicide attack at the venue for Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry’s address in the capital.... Security gadgets inoperative DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 18: Most of the closed-circuit cameras, which the district police had installed on various places in the city to keep an eye on saboteurs, are not in order.... Four of family killed in roof collapse SHEIKHUPURA, July 18: Four family members were buried alive while another two sustained critical injuries when a roof of their house collapsed on them in Ferozewala village on Wednesday.... ‘Honour’ claims two lives JHANG, July 18: Two people were killed for ‘honour’ in separate incidents in Chiniot on Wednesday. Mumtaz strangled his daughter, Irshad Bibi, over the suspicion of her relations with a man in Dhrangar village.... Computerised weapons’ licences from Aug 1 LAHORE, July 18: In order to move towards deweaponisation in an organised manner, the Punjab government is launching a pilot project of issuing computerised arms’ licences in four cities of the province from Aug 1.... Socialist Qamar Yorash dies LAHORE, July 18: Prominent progressive writer Qamar Yorash died here on Wednesday afternoon. He was 75 and single. Yorash breathed his last during asleep in a room of the Labour... Man meets watery grave LAHORE, July 18: A 24-year-old employee of a salt factory drowned in the Ravi while swimming near toll plaza on Wednesday. Edhi officials said Zafar Iqbal, son of Akram (of Saeed... Suicide blast condemned HYDERABAD, July 18: The Hyderabad chapter of the Sindh People''s Youth Organisation (SPYO) on Wednesday held Gen Pervez Musharraf responsible for Lal Masjid tragedy and condemned suicide blast at the PPP''s reception camp in Islamabad on Tuesday.... Boy, girl die of gastroenteritis NAWABSHAH, July 18: Eight-year-old Naveed and Maryam, 18, died of gastroenteritis in Umer Gahoti village of union council Abul Hassan 45 kilometres from here and about 85 patients reported in different hospitals of the district up till Wednesday.... Lawyers across Sindh condemn suicide blast HYDERABAD, July 18: Lawyers across the province boycotted courts on Wednesday in protest against a suicide attack at the venue for lawyers gathering in Islamabad, which was to be addressed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.... Two men fall prey to revenge killing LARKANA, July 18: Two people were killed and a woman suffered injuries in separate incidents in the jurisdictions of Bakrani and Wagan police stations on Wednesday....

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