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September 05, 2007 Wednesday Sha'aban 22, 1428   Only 10pc success achieved in talks so far, says Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Tuesday that only ‘ten per cent success’ had been achieved so far in the ongoing talks... Nawaz won’t succumb to threats, says Nisar ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would not succumb to any threats from the Musharraf regime and would return to Pakistan on Sept 10 as planned.... Sharifs warned against returning home: paper RIYADH, Sept 4: Saudi Arabia has warned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif that he will not be welcome back in the kingdom if he returns to Pakistan, a report by Bruce Loudon and Bronwen Maddox in The Australian said on Tuesday.... NA body approves organs trade bill ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: Things appear to be on the fast track for the hitherto ignored legislation on organ trade and transplantation as the National Assembly’s standing committee on health unanimously approved... Sabotage caused Wapda loss of Rs1.5bn QUETTA, Sept 4: Federal Minister for Water and Power Liaquat Ali Jatoi has said Wapda incurred financial losses of Rs 1.5 billion during the past year because of subversive activities in Balochistan.... Supreme Court rejects unwed mother’s plea for her good ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down an unwed mother’s request to close proceedings in her complaint against the alleged father, former naib nazim of Okara Abbas Raza Rizvi, saying she would raise the child on her own.... Child marriage: media asked to play role in creating awareness ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: A media workshop to create awareness against child marriages and corporeal punishment was told that a bill against child marriages has been prepared which when passed can send violators to 10 years behind bars.... FAO pledges $300,000 for rebuilding ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations entered into a $300,000 partnership with the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock (Minfal) in a project for... Property tax on 5-marla houses may go before polls RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: The federal minister for railways, Shaikh Rashid Ahmad, announced here that the issue of property tax on five-marla houses in the cantonment area would be resolved before the forthcoming general elections.... Two universities, airline to be set up in AJK : Cabinet gives approval MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 4: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday approved the establishment of a private medical university, a women’s public university and an airline in public-private partnership.... PHC refers case to larger bench: Doctor’s transfer PESHAWAR, Sept 4: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday referred to a larger bench a writ petition filed by Buner district nazim challenging an order of the government that has transferred a doctor without consulting him.... Death toll in Sehwan rises to 36 DADU, Sept 4: Six more bodies were found in and around the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar even though the three-day Urs officially ended a day before, raising the number of dead over the past four days to 36 on Tuesday.... Poaching in Thar sees no letup MITHI, Sept 4: In gross violation of the game laws, indiscriminate hunting of deer, antelope, partridge, hare, peacock and sand grouse are being carried out, particularly in Nagarparkar taluka but the... Mumtaz warns of anti-Sindh plans JACOBABAD, Sept 4: The chairman of the Sindh National Front (SNF), Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, said on Tuesday that conspiracies were afoot to dispossess Sindhis of their land after having plunged the province into an abyss of problems and crisis.... PML interest be watched: Faisal LAHORE, Sept 4: Federal Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat says no deal can be acceptable to the ruling PML and its coalition partners unless their interests are also safeguarded.... More on road to PML-N LAHORE, Sept 4: A ruling PML MNA and some other leaders from Sheikhupura district announced joining of the PML-N at a press conference here on Tuesday.... Petition against dual office bill LAHORE, Aug 4: The Supreme Court has been moved against the law which allows Gen Pervez Musharraf to hold office of the president.... Nawaz’s family to land later LAHORE, Sept 4: While 18 members of the Sharif family were banished from the country seven years ago, they will not be coming back together.... Rs12.5bn Zakat being given to the needy FAISALABAD, Sept 4: Governor Khalid Maqbool said on Tuesday the government had been doing its best to reduce poverty as it had earmarked Rs7.5 billion as Baitul Maal fund and was distributing Rs12.5... Five shot dead over ‘political rivalry’ GUJRANWALA, Sept 4: Five people were shot dead apparently over political enmity while another died due to cardiac arrest after a gruesome incident in Lohianawala near Rawalpindi Bypass here on Tuesday.... ‘Terror war main threat to country’ SIALKOT, Sept 4: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan has said that the greatest threat to the country is not religious extremism but the war against terrorism.... PML-N to defy all pressures: Khosa OKARA, Sept 4: Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa, who heads the PML-N provincial set-up, avers Mian Nawaz Sharif will land in Islamabad on Sept 10 come what may.... Bombings take away bustle of Pindi cantonment RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: The otherwise bustling areas of R.A. Bazaar and Qasim Market on Tuesday presented a somewhat deserted look all day long after two suicide blasts ripped through the garrison... Parliament sat mute as ords’ factory worked ISLAMABAD, Sept 4: A report on the performance of the National Assembly reveals that the lower house passed just 42 laws during the past four years with an average of around... Court seeks trial of Azam Tariq’s ‘killers’ in jail RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: An anti-terrorism court judge here on Saturday in a letter to chief commissioner Islamabad sought trial of two alleged murderers of Maulana Azam Tariq in Adiala Jail.... House looted RAWALPINDI, Sept 4: Four unidentified robbers stormed a house and took away Rs500,000 in cash, gold ornaments valuing Rs600,000 and a car here on Tuesday night.... Man kills mother, two brothers PARACHINAR, Sept 4: A man shot dead four of his family members, including his mother, two brothers and a cousin, and wounded another brother over a domestic dispute in Kurram Agency’s Khapyanga village on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said.... 2 kidnapped officials freed LANDI KOTAL, Sept 4: Two kidnapped officials of the City Development and Municipal Department were released on Tuesday by their captors 12 hours after their abduction.... 204 schools closed in NWFP SWABI, Sept 4: At least 204 community schools have been closed in various districts of the NWFP, depriving 14,000 students of the opportunity to get education.... Four injured in mortar attack KHAR, Sept 4: Two young men and their two sisters were injured when a stray mortar hit their house in Nawagai area early on Tuesday, officials and residents said.... Prisoner’s transfer to NWFP delayed MANSEHRA, Sept 4: Despite a request by the Sindh home department, the mastermind of the Karachi jail bomb plot, who was arrested in a murder case here and had fled from... Four killed in tribal clash PARACHINAR, Sept 4: Four people were killed and at least 19 others suffered injuries when two tribes clashed over a land dispute in central Kurram Agency on Tuesday, officials and witnesses said.... Killer’s arrest sought KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: Some protesters fell unconscious while demanding arrest of accused nominated in the murder of one Ali Khan Dharejo.... JSQM to protest outside SC NAWABSHAH, Sept 4: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz will demonstrate outside the Supreme Court Karachi on Thursday against the missing nationalist workers of Sindh and Balochistan, said Chairman Bashir Khan Qureshi... Feud claims life SHIKARPUR, Sept 4: One Ali Ahmed Shar who had suffered serious injuries in an exchange of fire between Bandani Jatoi and Shar tribesmen over a petty issue on Monday in Dili Jan Shar village died in Shikarpur Civil Hospital on Tuesday.... Former SHO, seven policemen booked KHAIRPUR, Sept 4: Former SHO, seven policemen and few people of Bhagat community were booked on Tuesday night.... Woman’s appeal MITHI, Sept 4: A woman of Chhachhro taluka has urged the authorities to take notice of what she called the excesses of a landlord whose henchmen have forcibly occupied and cultivated her agriculture land.—Correspondent... Sindh seeks Punjab’s advice: Prosecution service LAHORE, Sept 4: The Sindh government on Tuesday sought advice from Punjab for establishing prosecution department to improve its judicial system.... Khosa moves LHC against arrest of PML-N men LAHORE, Sept 4: PML-N provincial president Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has challenged the crackdown on the workers in the Lahore High Court.... Six more jockeys arrive LAHORE, Sept 4: Six more camel jockeys arrived here on Tuesday from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A UAE interior ministry official handed them over to the Child Protection Welfare Bureau.... Police claim arresting two robbers FAISALABAD, Sept 4: Police claimed to have arrested two of the three bandits who had injured a peon of the Pakistan Post in Samundri on resistance and looted Rs700,000 in cash on Tuesday.... Moving everywhere, going nowhere MULTAN, Sept 4: Encroachment, broken roads and inefficiency of the traffic police are some of the factors aggravating the traffic problems in the city, as elsewhere, making the motorists and commuters suffer in the sultry weather.... Bailiff rescues two minors GUJRANWALA, Sept 4: A bailiff appointed by the district and sessions court judge has rescued two children from the custody of a landlord.... Attack on Imam rapped SAHIWAL, Sept 4: A group of Abid Colony residents staged a demonstration to protest the alleged attack on a prayer leader.... Coal output increases LAHORE, Sept 4: Coal production in the province has increased to a record 550,000 tons per annum.... Suspension of marriage grant protested LAHORE, Sept 4: The Muttahida Labour Federation staged a demonstration outside the press club to protest the suspension of marriage grant for the daughters of workers and non-implementation of the minimum wages law.... Cable theft SAHIWAL, Sept 4: As many as 4,206 telephones went silent on early Tuesday when unidentified thieves snapped the PTCL cable near Chak 94/6R....

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