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July 23, 2007 Monday Rajab 07, 1428   Dir survivors assail officials’ apathy UPPER DIR, July 22: People surviving the thunderstorm and flash flood in Dir, which killed more than 55 people, have assailed the apathy of doctors working for the district headquarters hospital.... 200 villages to get water schemes RAWALPINDI, July 22: The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) plans to design water supply schemes in over 200 villages in Sindh and Balochistan under the framework of solar electrification of remote villages.... Qazi urges court to take notice of Lal Masjid operation NOWSHERA, July 22: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Sunday expressed concern over what he called the killing of thousands of students in the Lal Masjid and Jammia Hafsa by the... President’s scheme termed faulty HARIPUR, July 22: Terming rickshaws of the President Rozgar Scheme costly and with substandard machinery, over 11 rickshaw owners parked their tri-wheelers in front of the National Bank here and handed over their keys to the bank’s administration.... ANP-PMAP alliance on the cards PESHAWAR, July 22: An alliance between two leading Pakhtun nationalist parties -- the Awami National Party and the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party -- is on the cards as the two parties... Peace bodies formed for Swabi SWABI, July 22: The district government, religious figures and leaders of various political parties on Sunday pledged to use all options to keep the district peaceful in the current tense situation in parts of the NWFP and tribal areas.... Widespread rain in Punjab LAHORE, July 22: Widespread rain, torrential at some places, continued to lash most of Punjab, the NWFP and the Northern Areas on Sunday, and the Met office forecasts that its intensity and spatial coverage would subside during the next 24 hours.... Opposition urged to put all demands at RTC LAHORE, July 22: Minister of State for IT Ishaq Khan Khakwani on Sunday proposed that President Pervez Musharraf should himself call a round table conference and extend invitations to all opposition... Land mafia occupies property of trust LAYYAH, July 22: Influential land grabbers have illegally occupied a precious piece of land originally belonging to a social welfare trust established long before partition of India by a Hindu philanthropist.... Indus erosion goes unchecked LAYYAH, July 22: Over 10,000 people in three villages have become homeless giving in to the erosion by the mighty Indus and it all happened due to alleged negligence of the government, Dawn has learnt.... Bhootani hails SC decision QUETTA, July 22: The Deputy Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, has expressed his happiness over the restoration of the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, and... Cases piling up as FST remains non-functional ISLAMABAD, July 22: More than 13,000 cases have piled up with the Federal Service Tribunal (FST) due to delay in the appointment of its new chairman.... 194 killed in suicide bombings this month PESHAWAR, July 22: A whopping 194 people or 43 per cent of all those killed in suicide attacks in the past 18 months were killed in the past 22 days.... WB expresses concern over delay in reforms ISLAMABAD, July 22: The World Bank has expressed its concern over provinces’ continued failure in undertaking much-needed “wide ranging public sector reforms” that is causing inefficiencies and promoting corruption.... Call for suo motu notice over the missing QUETTA, July 22: Jamhoori Watan Party Chief Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti has appealed to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take a suo motu notice of “hundreds of missing political workers”... Robbers kill retired major MARDAN, July 22: At least three persons, including a retired major, were killed in different areas of the Mardan district.... ‘Prosecutors a hurdle in way of investigators’ KASUR, July 22: A senior investigation officer of police has pointed a finger at the prosecution branch for interfering in investigators’ job.... BRB banks need attention SIALKOT, July 22: Fast eroding banks of the BRB Canal, Daska, and dilapidated roads along the canal are a serious threat to people’s lives, but the authorities concerned have failed to check erosion or repair the roads.... Advertising tax policy in limbo GUJRANWALA, July 22: After the city district government’s failure to implement its advertising tax policy, District nazim Fiaz Ahmad Chattha has convened a meeting for Monday (today) to make a strategy for the recovery of the levy from advertising companies.... Seven killed in van-coach collision LAYYAH, July 22: Seven people were killed and 25 injured when a passenger van collided with a coach on Mianwali-Multan Road, 27km east of Layyah.... Lal Masjid operation: nazim quits JHANG, July 22: A union council nazim of Ratta Matta has resigned from his office in protest against the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa operation.... Plan to showcase Bahawalpur state memories MULTAN, July 22: The Punjab government is pondering over a plan to showcase the regal lifestyle and culture of people in the old Bahawalpur state by launching a Rs100 million project at the Bahawalpur Museum.... Cash, goods worth Rs7.5m looted from factory KASUR, July 22: Dacoits looted valuables worth Rs 7.5 million from a ginning and pressing factory in the early hours of Sunday morning at Haji Farid Road.... Waris Shah’s Urs begins today SHEIKHUPURA, July 22: The annual 209th Urs of famous Punjabi poet Syed Pir Waris Shah will commence in Jandiala Sher Khan from Monday (today).... Probe into Tavi bridge scam begins SIALKOT, July 22: Two teams of federal and Punjab governments have jointly started technical inspection of a Rs200 million project of constructing a bridge over the river Tavi near Bajwat following the collapse of a concrete beam a few days ago.... Bosan urges pro-farmer policies MULTAN, July 22: There is a need to make small farmer-friendly policies, Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayyat Bosan said on Sunday.... Scars that are too deep to heal LAHORE, July 22: A vast majority of the survivors of the October 2005 earthquake, which left indelible scars on the hearts and minds of a large number of people, have yet to come out of the post-traumatic stress disorder.... Death intrudes on joyriders LAHORE, July 22: Two teenagers died after their motorcycle slipped owing to reckless driving and subsequently run over by a pickup following them near Garhi Shahu Bridge in Misri Shah on Sunday....

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