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September 16, 2007 Sunday Ramazan 03, 1428   NAB keeping nine housing societies under watch: Non-availability of land ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated inquiry against nine private and cooperative housing schemes in the capital city that were approved by a senior official of the... APDM to devise strategy against re-election ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Opposition leaders belonging to the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will be meeting here on Sunday to devise a strategy for stopping President Gen Pervez Musharraf from getting himself re-elected in uniform from the present assemblies.... Blast destroys video shop, damages 14 others BUNER, Sept 15: A video centre was destroyed completely and more than a dozen shops damaged partially when an improvised explosive device went off in the Pir Baba area in the wee hours of Saturday.... Lawlessness forces closure of banks,post offices MIRAMSHAH, Sept 15: The volatile situation in the North Waziristan Agency is adversely affecting life in the tribal region as many public sector entities have either closed down their offices or shifted them to the nearby Bannu district.... Govt urged to fix sugarcane price at Rs70 per 40 kg HYDERABAD, Sept 15: Growers have urged the Sindh government to fix sugarcane price at Rs70 per 40 kilogramme before the crushing season begins in the province this October and waive off sugar cess levied at a rate of 0.25... Security around Tarbela, Ghazi Barotha projects beefed up SWABI, Sept 15: Security has been tightened around the electricity generating units of the Tarbela and Ghazi Barotha hydro-power projects after Thursday’s suicide attack which left at least 15 soldiers dead in the Tarbela-Ghazi area.... Qazi warns of West’s ‘ugly agenda’ LAHORE, Sept 15: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Husain Ahmad said on Saturday the country seemed to be under enemy invasion as was evident from the incidents like killing of 20 elite... ‘No criminal case pending against Benazir’ LAHORE, Sept 15: Lawyers who have been defending Benazir Bhutto in the courts in Islamabad and Lahore believe that there is no legal reason why the PPP chairperson, who is scheduled... ATC calls for evidence on Shahbaz’s property LAHORE, Sept 15: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday asked the complainant of the Sabzazaar police encounter to produce the evidence of former chief minister Shahbaz Sharif’s property.... Police framed Lal Masjid’s ex-Khateeb: prosecutor : CD burning case RAWALPINDI, Sept 15: The prosecution here on Saturday informed an anti-terrorism court (ATC) that the former Khateeb of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz and former ISI operative Khalid Khwaja were not involved in a case of CDs’ burning in Bhara Kahu.... FIA asked not to harass expat RAWALPINDI, Sept 15: An additional district and sessions judge here on Saturday directed the Federal Investigation Agency’s ((FIA) Passport Cell not to harass an expatriate and asked the director of the... Price control mechanism ineffective ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) on Saturday said the government had failed to check profiteering and hoarding of essential items in the holy month of Ramazan.... Procession QUETTA, Sept 15: The activists of the PML-Q on Saturday took out a procession in the Usta Mohammad town of the Jaffarabad district against increasing robberies in the area.The... Two children die in mine blast KHAR, Sept 15: Two children were killed and five others wounded when two landmines exploded in Shinkot Gang of the Bajaur tribal region on Friday evening, officials said.... Items meant for USC being sold openly PESHAWAR, Sept 15: Subsidised food items, instead of being sold at government-run Utility Stores, are freely available in markets in the provincial capital, consumers and shopkeepers complain.... 11 injured in accident KOHAT, Sept 15: At least 11 people were injured in a head-on collision between a Peshawar-bound oil taker and a pickup on the Indus Highway in the Jarma village on Saturday.... Seats for Fata students to be increased PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The government has decided to increase the number of reserved seats for students of Fata and backward districts of the NWFP for admission to public-sector medical and dental colleges in the province.... Peshawar, Kohat and Hangu DCOs transferred PESHAWAR, Sept 15: The NWFP government has ordered the transfer of district coordination officers (DCOs) of Hangu, Kohat and Peshawar.According to a notification issued on Saturday by the establishment and administration... Need stressed to bridge gap between judiciary, public HARIPUR, Sept 15: At a capacity-building conference, speakers underlined the need for bridging the communication gap between the judiciary and the public and demanded that the role of the Public Safety... Girl found unconscious MIRPURKHAS, Sept 15: Seven-year-old Shahnaz, daughter of Rano Unnar, who went missing on Friday morning, was found unconscious near Umeedan Bhari graveyard in Marvi town on Saturday.... Doctors boycott work NAWABSHAH, Sept 15: Dozens of doctors who were doing post-graduation from the Nawabshah Medical College boycotted their duties on Saturday and staged a demonstration inside the hospital in protest against non-payment of stipends for past four months.... CM’s elder brother dies MITHI, Sept 15: Arbab Amir Hassan, elder brother of Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, died of liver cancer in a hospital in Karachi on Saturday evening. He was 73.... Protest against ‘fake’ encounter HYDERABAD, Sept 15: The relatives of deceased Fateh Mohammad Brohi and villagers of goth Akbar Khan staged a protest demonstration outside the Hyderabad press club here on Saturday to protest against... Teachers rally against police NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Sept 15: A large number of primary school teachers staged a rally and a sit-in on the Mithiani-Moro road on Saturday in protest against registration of FIR against one of their colleagues.... 2 shot dead SHIKARPUR, Sept 15: The Transport Owners Association’s divisional president, Hadi Bux Mahar 65, of village Khahi Garhi Yasin and his wagon cleaner, Abdul Rasheed Lashari 30, were shot dead by a... Lawyers’ rally against MQM chief FAISALABAD, Sept 15: The local District Bar Association (DBA) burnt an effigy of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday for what it alleged for using foul language against the legal fraternity.... Encroachments plague Sheikhupura SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 15: The menace of encroaching public land and busy roads is going on unchecked.... Sutlej accident: police confirm 12 casualties BAHAWALPUR, Sept 15: The total casualties in Friday’s tractor-trolley accident near Chishtian were 12 instead of nine, confirmed DSP Liaquat Cheema on Saturday.... Trader kidnapped for ransom SIALKOT, Sept 15: Three dacoits kidnapped a Lahore-based trader and his employee here on Saturday near Kaanwan Lit village, Daska tehsil.... Absconder killed in ‘encounter’ LAHORE, Sept 15: Bahawlnagar police claimed to have killed an alleged proclaimed offender near Mauza Oadhpur on Friday night in what they called an encounter.... Homeless children MULTAN, Sept 15: Unicef’s Pakistan Country Head Martin Magwanja visited the Punjab Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CPWB) here on Saturday, and said the bureau was the only institution in South... Three shot dead MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Sept 15: Three people were allegedly shot dead over a land dispute in Dharekan Khud village on Saturday.... School staff unpaid for two months TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 15: The staff of the Government Jafria Girls High School of Housing Colony No 1 has not been given salaries for the last two months.... Bail granted GUJRANWALA, Sept 15: The bail pleas of PML-N leaders and activists arrested by police on Sept 10 were accepted by a special judicial magistrate on Saturday.... 80 held for overcharging at Ramazan bazaars LAHORE, Sept 15: The City District Government of Lahore on Saturday took note of the flour shortage in the Punjab capital, constituting four raiding teams that found ample quantity of the... 20kg atta for Rs295 LAHORE, Sept 15: The retail price of 20-kilo flour bag will be Rs295 in the open market while it will be sold at the ex-mill price of Rs285 at the Sunday and Ramazan bazaars....

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