DAWN - National; September 09, 2007

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September 09, 2007	Sunday	Sha'aban 26, 1428

Cooperation with Pakistan to continue: Chinese envoy QUETTA, Sept 8: The Chinese Consul-General in Karachi, Mr Chen Shanmin, has said that elements involved in attacks on Chinese engineers do not represent the people of Pakistan.Speaking...		People not to accept injustice, says Altaf KARACHI, Sept 8: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain says that masses will hold accountable anyone committing injustice. Mr Hussain was addressing a meeting of workers of his party on Saturday night....

PML-N leaders, activists told to avoid arrests LAHORE, Sept 8: The PML-N high command in London has asked party’s local leaders and activists to avoid being arrested and to scrap plans for setting up reception camps in order...		FAO warns of locust invasion next week ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned that a swarm of desert locusts could enter the Pakistani and Indian territories next week following the deterioration of the situation in Yemen....

Fazl will not support Musharraf, says Qazi SWABI, Sept 8: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman will not enter into any agreement with the dictatorial regime of President Gen Pervez Musharraf in a bid for premiership.Talking...		ANP vows to support lawyers’ movement SWABI, Sept 8: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that his party will support the lawyers’ movement against the present regime in the same way it supported...

SC takes up industrial pollution issue again ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: A 10-member bench of the Supreme Court resumes hearing on Monday a public petition against the pollution caused by the industrial units in Sectors I-9 and I-10 which has become a serious health hazard to their inhabitants.Headed...		Rs50m for quake victims ‘misappropriated’ MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 8: The AJK government has appointed a senior officer to probe into an alleged embezzlement of over Rs50 million provided by a Saudi philanthropist for distribution among the victims of Oct 2005 earthquake.Abdul...

Varsity in quake-hit area planned MUZAFFARABAD, Sept 8: The King Abdullah University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir will be built in Chattar Klas -- the site proposed for the earthquake-hit region’s highest seat of learning pledged by the Saudi government.This...		Militiamen injured in attacks on Bajaur posts KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Sept 8: Two checkposts of the Bajaur Levies Force were attacked on Saturday morning.Officials said that a checkpost in the Sarlara area was damaged when it was hit by rockets fired by militants....

ECP urged to remove discrepancies in voters’ list ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has urged that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that additional names in the voters’ list of 2002 should be added to the preliminary voters’...		Benazir to come back in any case: Qureshi: Deal or no deal LAHORE, Sept 8: Punjab PPP President Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the party will make public the strategy with regard to its `relationship’ with the Musharraf regime soon after the Election Commission of Pakistan announces a schedule of presidential election.“We...

Tarar contests govt’s claim LAHORE, Sept 8: Former president Rafiq Tarar belies the government’s claim that his order of remitting sentence of Nawaz Sharif in a high treason case in 2000 was conditional.“Article...		Crackdown on PML-N activists at its peak LAHORE, Sept 8: Police and other law-enforcement agencies have expedited their crackdown on PML-N workers across the province, especially in the provincial metropolis which is hometown of Nawaz and Shahbaz as...

Mirani’s denial PAKISTAN People’s Party leader Aftab Shahban Mirani has denied a news report published on Thursday that he was not a candidate for the ensuing National Assembly elections....		Railway workers allege victimisation ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: The Pakistan Railway Workers Union says trade unionism and the rights of workers in the organisation have been under attack throughout the tenure of the present military regime.Speaking...

Youths demand total ban on smoking ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Members of the Youth Parliament Pakistan on Saturday called for a blanket ban on smoking in the country.Speaking on a motion during the session of the house, a...		Suspected terrorist sent to Adiala Jail RAWALPINDI, Sept 8: An anti terrorism court (ATC) here on Saturday sent a man to the Adiala Jail for identification parade for suspected involvement in the two suicide bomb attacks on the convoy of President Pervez Musharraf on December 25, 2003....

Two brothers among five killed over land row MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 8: Five people, including two brothers, were shot dead over a land dispute here on Saturday at Sanawan, some 50km from Muzaffargarh city. Reports said Haji Muhammad Gashkori had...		Hunt for PML-N men intensifies VEHARI, Sept 8: The police continued their search and arrest operation against the PML-N leaders and workers on Saturday as over 200 more were detained in several parts of the province....

Poisonous fruit kills two sisters OKARA, Sept 8: Two minor sisters died and five members of their family were hospitalised after eating fruits sprayed with pesticides during work at fields. The family of Haji of 42/D village of Deepalpur was working in fields....		Nazim’s wrongs spoil health reforms LAYYAH, Sept 8: Wrong policies of District Nazim Malik Ghulam Haider Thind have defeated the very purpose of the Punjab Chief Minister’s health reforms programme with the shifting of doctors and paramedics from health centers of far-flung areas....

Mianwali RHCs running short of medicines MIANWALI, Sept 8: No medicine has been made available at nine rural health centres in the district for the last three months as a result of which patients have been suffering.The...		Centre for diabetics FAISALABAD, Sept 8: The Allied Hospital will soon have a centre to treat diabetics.Dr Muhammad Irfan, one of incumbent of the centre, told Dawn on Thursday that diabetes was a serious chronic disease....

Chemists, druggists observe strike SAHIWAL, Sept 8: Owners of medical stores observed a shutter down strike in major cities of the province on Saturday to protest the imposition of Drugs Act, 2007....		‘B Form’ condition irks students and parents SIALKOT, Sept 8: The Education Department has made it compulsory for students seeking admission to Class-VI and Class-IX in government schools to enclose their computerised B Forms along with other testimonials,...