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July 25, 2007 Wednesday Rajab 09, 1428   Militants intensify attacks against govt forces MIRAMSHAH, July 24: Militants intensified their attacks against security forces and government buildings in the troubled North Waziristan tribal region as many checkpoints and offices were blown up on Tuesday, sources said.... American experts support operation in Pakistan NEW YORK, July 24: Two former US counter-terrorism experts have advocated US action inside Pakistan against ‘Al Qaeda bases’, saying that a daring operation inside Pakistan was necessary to take out Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al Zawahri.... Grand jirga to meet in Kabul on Aug 9 ISLAMABAD, July 24: The three-day Pakistan-Afghanistan grand jirga will start in Kabul on August 9 to promote peace and to counter threats posed by extremism in tribal areas of the two countries.... Mushahid slams US incursion threats ISLAMABAD, July 24: Pakistan Muslim League Secretary-General and Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Tuesday strongly condemned US threats of incursion into Pakistan to attack “Al Qaeda bases” in Pakistan.... Transporters body calls for strike QUETTA, July 24: The Muttahida Transport and Traders Action Committee has called for a shutter-down strike in the provincial capital for Thursday in protest against the non-implementation of the agreement to provide amenities in the new Hazarganji bus stand.... Lal Masjid gets new Khateeb: Islamic centre to replace Jamia Hafsa ISLAMABAD, July 24: The government has appointed Maulana Ashfaq as new Khateeb of Lal Masjid, sources told Dawn late Tuesday night. Maulana Ashfaque, 55, is presently khateeb of Bilal Masjid, which is located near Covered market in the sector G-6.... US strikes to have grave consequences, say MPs LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), July 24: Parliamentarians from Khyber Agency have expressed serious reservations about possible strikes by the United States against alleged Al Qaeda bases in the tribal areas.... DC calls for declaring Dadu calamity-hit DADU, July 24: The district council through a resolution has called upon the Sindh government to declare the district calamity-hit area, postpone recovery of agricultural taxes for two years and launch rehabilitation work in flood-affected areas.... Rains, flood claim another life in Dir DIR, July 24: One person was killed as torrential rains and flash flood hit Dir on Monday. Raging flood water swept away Araf Gul eight kilometres downstream in the Dir River when he was trying to catch timber logs.... 400,000 voters missing SIALKOT, July 24: New electoral rolls of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) do not contain more than 400,000 Muslim and non-Muslim voters of Sialkot for they have no computerised national identity cards (CNICs).... Field study to assess damage begins today: Flood-affected areas RAWALPINDI, July 24: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank will lead a damage and needs-assessment study to provide preliminary estimates of reconstruction costs, following the cyclone and floods that hit Sindh and Balochistan recently.... Ratification of convention on child rights sought ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has urged the government to ratify the ‘Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of... Newsmen accuse minister of intimidation HYDERABAD, July 24: A group of journalists from Dokri on Tuesday accused a Sindh minister of intimidation and said that as ‘our lives are in danger, we have left our town and sought shelter in Hyderabad’.... Keel-laying ceremony of PNS Zulfiquar held in China BEIJING, July 24: An impressive keel-laying ceremony of PNS Zulfiquar was held at the Hudong Zhongua Shipyard in Shanghai on Tuesday. Secretary for Defence Production Lt-Gen (Retd) Shahid Siddiq Tirmizey HI(M)... Man killed MUZAFFARABAD, July 24: A man, Mohammad Shoqeen, 35, died in a village in the southern Bagh district after a ‘dud’ shell he brought home went off on Monday night, an official said here on Tuesday.... Names for peace body not finalised LAKKI MARWAT, July 24: The district government and tribal elders have again failed to develop a consensus on the finalisation of names for a peace committee to be set up at the police station level.... Voters’ list revision begins MANSEHRA, July 24: Eight Revising Authorities (civil judges) started work to dispose of 36,700 objections submitted by people whose names were either missing from the voters’ list or carried errors in the data, Dawn learnt on Monday.... JI finalises candidates SWABI, July 24: The Jamaat-i-Islami Shura has finalised the names of candidates and covering candidates for the upcoming general elections scheduled to be held sometime at the end of this year... Hospital faces shortage of doctors ABBOTTABAD, July 24: The Ayub Medical Complex Hospital is facing a shortage of medical officers and equipment. The pathology laboratory of the hospital is also working without a qualified microbiologist and biochemist.... ‘Cleric’s FM radio out of Pemra ambit’ PESHAWAR, July 24: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has expressed with concern that participants of some of the TV talk shows wrongfully accused the authority of granting permission to... Jirga opposes military operation in Swat SWAT, July 24: A jirga of elected representatives and religious leaders on Tuesday opposed any military operation in the Gat Piyochar area of Matta tehsil, saying no training centre of militants existed in the area.... Disease that becomes fate of a family MULTAN, July 24: No less than 14 members of a family have been suffering from a mysterious skin disease for the last many years in Shadan Lund, a town about 130 kilometres off here, in Dera Ghazi Khan.... No streetlights in Muzaffargarh MUZAFFARGARH, July 24: The entire city plunges into darkness at night as the tehsil municipal administration has not installed streetlights for the last one year. Reports said tube lights and... Rain havoc in Vehari VEHARI, July 24: Heavy rain which lashed the entire district on Tuesday caused the collapse of several houses and left six people injured. Beginning in the afternoon, the rain continued till 8pm.... Changing political scenario in Kasur KASUR, July 24: Since the general elections are expected to be just round the corner, the political wrangling is at the peak in Kasur - the hometown of two foreign ministers, one is still holding the office.... Four die, six injured in clash OKARA, July 24: Four people, including brothers and cousins, were killed and six injured in a clash between two groups over a minor issue here on Tuesday night.... Three killed, nine hurt by rivals FAISALABAD, July 24: Three people were killed and nine others injured allegedly by rivals outside the Razaabad police post here late on Monday night. Reports said Rana Hamid along with his... Loom workers’ protest KASUR, July 24: Hundreds of powerloom workers continued their protest for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday for a raise in salary. Over 100 loom workers staged a rally from Bhasarpura to a labour office on Raiwind Road.... NGOs join hand against violence SIALKOT, July 24: Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Sialkot have formed a network to fight against violence on women. All CSO representatives met on Tuesday at a consultation hosted by Baidarie, a non-government organisation.... Shutdown against insanitation GUJRANWALA, July 24: Traders of Thakar Singh Gate, Kharidan Chowk Bazaar, Darul Salam and Saklar Road observed shutdown strike on Tuesday and blocked different roads in protest against Wasa for not pumping out drain water.... A forsaken UC of Cholistan MULTAN, July 24: Besides harsh climatic conditions, the people of Cholistan have to suffer some other hardships as well which originate mostly from official neglect and apathy.... Health dept wakes up to dark side of fumigation: WHO raises alarm LAHORE, July 24: Warned by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Punjab health department has asked all district governments not to go for fumigation on ‘large scale’ as it causes respiratory problems among the people of the areas concerned.... One killed in roof collapse LAHORE, July 24: A man was killed and two injured in a roof collapse in Yakki Gate on Tuesday. The Edhi officials said the dilapidated ‘haveli’ of one Jehangir Gujar... Afgan wants polls postponed LAHORE, July 24: Minister for parliamentary affairs Dr Sher Afgan Niazi says the situation is “not” conducive for the elections and President Pervez Musharraf should postpone them by proclaiming state of emergency in the country.... Most rivers below normal LAHORE, July 24: Most of the country’s rivers, except for Kabul and Indus, are flowing at lower-than-expected level. River Jhelum is almost half of its traditional flow at present.... PML-N plans to invite applications from 1st LAHORE, July 24: The PML-N is inviting applications from potential candidates for the coming general elections from Aug 1. A top official of the party told Dawn on Tuesday that a... Foreign cardiologists being hired, says Pervaiz LAHORE, July 24: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says services of heart specialists from England, Australia and other countries are being acquired for cardiology institutes being set up in Faisalabad and Wazirabad.... Robbers break into 3 houses, 4 shops LAHORE, July 24: Five dacoits broke into the house of an expatriate at Ameen Park on Tuesday and took away cash and valuables worth Rs1.5 million, police quoted the family as saying.... Appeal to politicians LAHORE, July 24: Pakistan Jamhoori Tehrik convener Safdar Hasan Siddiqi has called upon political parties to play their role to restore democracy in Pakistan. In a statement issued on Tuesday,... Plea of terror convict rejected LAHORE, July 24: Justice Syed Asghar Haider of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday rejected writ petition of a terror convict for staying his execution and re-hearing his case.... Zakat funds lapse after delay in official’s posting LARKANA, July 24: Payment of Zakat funds to destitute people has been stalled in Larkana district from November when District Zakat Committee chairman Syed Deedar Shah was removed from his position.... Police shift held boys to unknown place HYDERABAD, July 24: The Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate-II Mirpurkhas on Tuesday submitted his visit report before Mr Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench, mentioning... Library building demolition stirs protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 24: A group of citizens, including a large number of lawyers, took out a rally on Tuesday which protested demolition of old library building.... Four of a family die in accident SHIKARPUR, July 24: Four members of a family have been killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and coach near Rahimabad Turn on Khanpur-Shikarpur Road, on Tuesday.... Mother of seven axed to death by brother KHAIRPUR, July 24: A woman was axed to death by his brother in Ranipur on Tuesday. Naseem Khatoon, 45, wife of Mohammad Hashim Sheedi, was asleep in her house in... 5 breaches occur in Thul canals JACOBABAD, July 24: At least five breaches occurred in different waterways on Monday night which inundated 30 villages and damaged paddy crops standing on thousands of acres of lands in Thul area....

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