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July 30, 2007 Monday Rajab 14, 1428   ‘US is supporting a collapsing regime’: Cohen warns Pakistan can ‘turn truly nasty’ WASHINGTON, July 29: The United States is supporting a regime in Pakistan that is collapsing before its eyes, says a prominent US scholar.... NA to take up constitutional amendments ISLAMABAD, July 29: Following reports of a power-sharing accord between President Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in their Abu Dhabi meeting, the government and the PPP appear to... ‘All Afghan refugees to be sent back by 2009’ QUETTA, July 29: Federal Minister for States and Frontier Region Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has said that four camps of Afghan refugees in Balochistan and the NWFP will be closed by the set deadline.... Jalozai camp to close by Aug 31, says UNHCR ISLAMABAD, July 29: One of Pakistan’s oldest camps for Afghan refugees has been closed and another is set to be wound up by end-August, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, said on Sunday.... ‘Bargainers’ will be questioned: Shahbaz LAHORE, July 29: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said the nation will not forgive those who are bargaining with the military dictatorship for power at the cost of the `martyrs’ blood’.... Retailers refuse to follow CDGL rates: Millers, wholesalers blamed LAHORE, July 29: Qaumi Tajir Ittehad (QTI) and retailers association have said that they will follow retail rates set by the City District Government Lahore only if wholesalers do the same.... US should nudge Musharraf towards a compromise: WSJ NEW YORK, July 29: In the aftermath of unofficial talks between President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto a conservative American newspaper has said the Bush administration should... Chinese firm offers Punjab CNG buses LAHORE, July 29: A Chinese firm has offered Punjab CNG buses. The firm, YUNMA, can supply Punjab 250 to 300 buses every month if it inks a deal with the provincial government... Flood victims complain of negligence DADU, July 29: More than 100,000 people hit by the recent floods in Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah and Johi are facing shortage of food and medicines, while international donor agencies, army... Sindh seeks control of Moenjodaro LARKANA, July 29: The Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism, Rauf Siddiqui, said here on Sunday that the federal government has been approached to hand over the financial and management control of the Moenjodaro to Sindh government.... Sunday bazaars do subdued business: In the gloom of suicide attacks ISLAMABAD, July 29: Tighter security measures were taken at all weekly bazaars in the city on Sunday in view of the recent suicide attacks which killed dozens of people and injured many more.... 0.8m suffer from cataract in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, July 29: There are 4.5 million visually impaired people in Pakistan with about 800,000 of them suffering from cataract, according to a recent survey report.... 2 blind murder cases solved ISLAMABAD, July 29: The Saddar circle police have solved two blind murder cases which occurred in the jurisdiction of Tarnol police.... Human smuggler to spend just one year in jail: Aspiring expatriates’ horrific tale RAWALPINDI, July 29: Special Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Masood Janjua on Saturday handed down 12 months imprisonment to a convict in six different cases of fraud and money extortion.... 2,000 scholarships for Fata, Balochistan ISLAMABAD, July 29: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) has approved 2000 scholarships for the Balochistan and Fata in higher disciplines which would cost Rs862 million.... Man commits suicide RAWALPINDI, July 29: A 22-year-old man committed suicide in his house at Fauji Colony, Pirwadhai, on Sunday.... CM visits job test centre LARKANA, July 29: Sindh Chief Minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim on Saturday paid a surprise visit to the examination centre at Numaish ground where written test of candidates belonging to Jacobabad... Cell phone shops’ inspection may be delayed LAHORE, July 29: A random inspection of mobile phone companies’ franchises by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to check issuance of SIMs against fake identities faces delay.... Call for speedy lining of watercourses HYDERABAD, July 29: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture and Sindh Abadgar Board, the representative bodies of the growers of Sindh, have emphasised the need for gearing up the pace of work on National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses (NIPW).... Crime on the rise in Ghotki UBAURO, July 29: Sixteen people were kidnapped, 14 killed and four girls raped in district Ghotki during the past two months, a survey report said on Friday.... Favoured encroachers vs Khanewal TMA KHANEWAL, July 29: The Khanewal Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) has failed to remove vendors and other encroachers from Ayub Road and Akbar Bazaar, two busiest places of the city, because of their connections with local politicians, it has been learnt.... At the mercy of the devil incarnate GUJRANWALA: Slavish acceptance of age-old family traditions and so-called honour consciousness have ruined many a home and hearth in the country’s remote areas the inhabitants of which still look down upon... Girl, untreated for 14 hours, dies SILAKOT, July 29: The heirs to a 16-year-old girl who died at the Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital late on Saturday have blamed “absent doctors and paramedics” for her death.... Virus attack ‘controllable’ MULTAN, July 29: The attack of cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) and mealy bug pest on the crop is not severe, and is controllable at this point, said Punjab Pest Warning and Pesticides’ Quality Control director general Dr Ijaz Pervez.... Case against policemen for ‘stealing’ auto parts SIALKOT, July 29: The Civil Lines police have registered a case against six police officials for allegedly stealing parts of 16 cars, 47 tractors and 112 motorcycles worth Rs15 million.... Robbers kill two brothers MULTAN, July 29: Seven dacoits shot dead two brothers and injured three other family members on offering resistance here on Saturday night in Amjad Town, Mumtazabad.... Staff desert rural health centre NAROWAL, July 29: People of the area have expressed their resentment over what they said habitual absence of the staff of Qila Ahmedabad Rural Health Centre (RHC) situated some 16km on Narowal-Sialkot Road.... Fund for Jamia Hafsa SAHIWAL, July 29: Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, president of the banned Sipah Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), has established a fund for the reconstruction of Jamia Hafsa.... Flood relief goods await transport SIALKOT, July 29: Thousands of special bags and food packets meant for the flood-hit people of Balochistan are rotting at the offices of non-government organisations and social welfare and revenue departments... Faulty sewerage MULTAN, July 29: Residents of Mehboobabad Union Counsel 32 held a demonstration against Wasa and their nazim on Sunday for their failure to keep the sewerage system in order.... Divorce leads woman to death MIANWALI, July 29: A man shot dead his younger sister for getting divorced after spending two years in an issueless marriage.... Graft cases ordered against two CCBs VEHARI, July 29: District Coordination Officer Babar Hassan Bharwana has ordered registration of cases against two citizen community boards on charges of appropriation of funds.... MS suspended for molesting nurse LAHORE, July 29: The Government Kot Khawaja Saeed Hospital medical superintendent was suspended from service after a probe conducted by the Chief Minister’s Monitoring Cell found him guilty of molesting a nurse in his office.... Judicial academy plan given shape LAHORE, July 29: The detailed plan of the province’s first-ever judicial academy to be set up in Lahore has been prepared which would soon be sent to the future institution’s board... Blood spills blood LAHORE, July 29: A man was shot dead allegedly by his father, brother and two nephews over a domestic issue in Misri Shah on Sunday, police say.... Rivers below low flood level LAHORE, July 29: All major rivers in the country are flowing below the low flood level, except the Chitral River that is in a very high flow with inflow of 26,000 cusecs....

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