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September 03, 2007 Monday Sha'aban 20, 1428   Joint council for talks with Taliban ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistan and Afghanistan have finalised the names of 50 members of a tribal council from their Joint Jirga Commission to hold talks with the Taliban leadership for restoration... Wheat price at all-time high in Punjab LAHORE, Sept 2: Wheat price is at an all-time high in Punjab, mainly due to the government’s reluctance to release the commodity to flour millers.... Kabul taking steps for dialogue with Taliban: Rabbani PESHAWAR, Sept 2: Former Afghan President Prof Burhanuddin Rabbani has said that the Afghan government has taken numerous measures to engage Taliban in a dialogue in an effort to restore peace to his embattled country.... ‘Time for US to demand access to Dr Khan’ WASHINGTON, Sept 2: Current political troubles in Pakistan allow the United States to demand direct access to Dr A. Q. Khan, says a Washington-based pressure group, the Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.... SCBA poll schedule announced ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The annual elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) will be held on Oct 27.... British group arrives for K-2 trek ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Pakistan with great cultural heritage and natural beauty has huge potential to attract international tourists.... Islamabad facing 74pc water contamination ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: Clean drinking water is a gift of life. But not for the residents of the capital city who are drinking highly contaminated water, as proved in a new... Doctors asked not to prescribe banned drugs ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: The Network for Consumer Protection (TNCP) has issued an alert to all medical practitioners, warning them not to prescribe certain drugs to avoid adverse consequences in patients.... Qazi asks Benazir to join APDM LAHORE, Sept 2: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Husain Ahmad has invited PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto to join the All Parties Democratic Movement to make her contribution to the struggle for democracy.... ‘Talks may resume after removing reservations’ LAHORE, Sept 2: Dr Farooq Sattar, the deputy convener of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s central coordination committee, understands that the deadlock between the government and the PPP has surfaced on certain... Rs3.75bn package for teachers LAHORE, Sept 2: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday announced an annual Rs3.75 billion relief package for the schoolteachers, including those on a contract, giving them different allowances and promotion ladders to higher pay scales.... MQM deliberates on candidates LAHORE, Sept 2: The Punjab organising committee of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement met here on Sunday to get a feedback from district organisers about the party’s potential to field candidates for the elections.... Scrutiny of Neelum contract award sought LAHORE, Sept 2: Before increasing power tariff by 10-paisa per unit for financing the Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project, the government must scrutinise the tender and contract-awarding process by the Water and Power... Two foreign KEMU teachers seek transfer to UHS LAHORE, Sept 2: Two foreign faculty members of the King Edward Medical University (KEMU) are unwilling to continue what they call for lack of research facilities there to exploit their potential.... ‘Rape victim’ knocks at the door of justice MIANWALI, Sept 2: A 14-year-old alleged rape victim has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to order reinvestigation of her case which the local police claim is based on false accusations.... Sanitation system near collapse GUJRANWALA, Sept 2: Sanitation situation has worsened despite an army of 1,800 sanitary workers and their supervisors employed with the city district government and citizens face miseries due to choked gutters... PML may file reference against defector BAHAWALPUR, Sept 2: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has decided to file a disqualification reference against former federal parliamentary secretary Makhdum Syed Ali Hassan Gilani for his defection to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Dawn has learnt.... Dacoity-rape: one arrested, another set on bail FAISALABAD, Sept 2: Police claimed to have arrested the main accused of the Chak 90-RB Chitti dacoity-cum-rape case on Sunday. Suspended station house officer of the Balochni police station also succeeded in getting a pre-arrest bail.... Man throws acid on wife’s face MUZAFFARGARH Sept 2: A man allegedly threw acid on his wife’s face on suspicion that she had an affair with another man in Kotaddu teshil on Friday night.... Loadshedding MIANWALI, Sept 2: Unscheduled loadshedding continues to hit hard daily activities, especially businesses, and the authorities concerned have no answer to the growing public complaints.... Two more join PML-N MULTAN, Sept 2: Two former leaders of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League have joined the PML-N.... Teenager commits suicide ATTOCK, Sept 2: A teenaged boy committed suicide while a man was killed in a road accident on Saturday, police said.... Anti-smoking campaign launched ISLAMABAD, Sept 2: A two-week long anti-smoking campaign has been launched in the capital to highlight the importance of the prohibition of smoking, especially in enclosed places like public transportation, to protect non-smokers and enforce the Health Ordinance 2002.... UK national in Adiala jail awaits release RAWALPINDI, Sept 2: A British national detained in Adiala jail and whose release order was issued by the Supreme Court on August 31 is still not a free man.... 3,000 SWM workers suffer from hepatitis LAHORE, Sept 2: Some 3,000 or so sanitary workers of the Solid Waste Management wing of the city district government have tested positive for hepatitis B and C.... Boy killed by oil-tanker LAHORE, Sept 2: A three-year-old boy was knocked down and killed by an oil-tanker in Shahdara on Sunday. Edhi officials said Muhammad Zain, son of Aamir Hussain, was playing outside his...

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