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September 18, 2007 Tuesday Ramazan 05, 1428   ‘No hitch in re-electing Musharraf from sitting NA’ HARIPUR, Sept 17: Former NA speaker Gauhar Ayub Khan has said that there is no constitutional hitch in re-electing Gen Pervez Musharraf as president from the sitting National Assembly.... Shujaat promises good news ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Giving a hint of new political developments, Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Monday the nation would hear a good news this week.... Soldier hurt in hand-grenade attack QUETTA, Sept 17: Some unidentified men threw a hand-grenade on a patrol party of security forces, seriously injuring a soldier in the Mangochar area near Mastung late Monday night, police sources said.... Punjab close to achieving polio-free status ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: Punjab is getting closer to be declared a polio-free province as no case has been reported for over a year, the Polio Communication Review meeting was informed on Monday.... Supreme Court rules in favour of affected persons: Margalla Towers compensation ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to pay within 15 days Rs1.75 billion to the 143 apartment owners in the Margalla Towers which had collapsed in the October 8, 2005 earthquake.... Quick disposal of cases main aim: CJ ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The Supreme Court was following a policy of least adjournments so that cases could be disposed of quickly, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said here on Monday.... NGOs, parties join hands against oil companies DADU, Sept 17: Leaders of local communities, elected representatives and civil society activists on Monday decided to launch a joint struggle against violation by oil and gas companies operating in the... Strike brings Lowari rail tunnel project to a halt UPPER DIR, Sept 17: Work on the southern portion of the Lowari rail tunnel project has stopped because of strike by the labourers in protest against the alleged highhandedness of a Korean company.... Terror suspect’s ordeal continues BAHAWALPUR, Sept 17: A terror suspect picked up reportedly by intelligence agencies along with her husband, brother and some other relatives three years ago for their alleged involvement in an attempt... Widows denied benevolent fund for a year GUJRANWALA, Sept 17: Heirs to about 1,700 government employees have been denied benevolent fund payment for the last one year. Widows of government officials along with their children have protested against non-payment and demanded early release of funds.... Electoral rolls likely to be ready in three weeks LAHORE, Sept 17: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is likely to complete the final draft of electoral rolls by the first week of the next month after the field staff... ‘PPP can’t vote for govt employee’ LAHORE, Sept 17: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Senator Dr Babar Awan said on Monday the PPP would block the election of a government employee as president.Speaking... Pastor’s son terms murder premeditated ISLAMABAD, Sept 17: The son of a pastor who along with his wife was shot dead here last month has said the murder of his parents was premeditated.... Couple killed over land dispute TAXILA, Sept 17: A man killed his brother and sister-in-law over a land dispute in Pind Malloh Dehri village of Hassanabdal on Sunday.... Court asks SHO to submit report on missing man RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Monday directed the RA Bazar Police Station SHO to complete investigation into the disappearance of a person and submit report to LHC within three days.... Seven killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: Six persons were killed and six others injured in different road accidents, while a woman was murdered over a property dispute on Monday, police said.... Torture rampant in Pindi thanas RAWALPINDI, Sept 17: Brutality in police culture is so deeply ingrained it appears no injection of reforms will ever be able to civilise the keepers of law.... Wali Dad Jakhrani arrested KARACHI, Sept 17: A proclaimed offender, also suspected to be involved in a case of kidnapping of Chinese engineers, was arrested on Monday near the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.... Move to reinstate contract doctors PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP health department has prepared a summary for the approval of the chief minister for reinstating contract doctors whose services were terminated recently.... Negligent teachers face action: Court’s directive to university QUETTA, Sept 17: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has ordered the Balochistan University administration to initiate disciplinary action against the teachers who did not take classes regularly or had been appointed on political basis.... Work on 116 Abbottabad projects in progress ABBOTTABAD, Sept 17: The project manager of the Earthquake Reconstraction and Rehabilitation Authority’s district reconstruction unit has said that work on 116 schemes in quake-affected areas of the district is in progress, which will cost Rs1.209... Action sought against encroachments LARKANA, Sept 17: The district council in its session on Monday called for strict action against land-grabbers who were encroaching upon graveyards in the district after levelling graves to the ground.... Sachal’s shrine in bad shape KHAIRPUR, Sept 17: Sajjada Nasheen of Dargah of Hazrat Sachal Sarmast, Sakhi Qabool Mohammad, has deplored lack of facilities at the shrine of the sufi saint for the devotes who are... Dir power officials criticised for outages UPPER DIR, Sept 17: The unscheduled loadshedding, particularly at the times of aftar and sehr has caused a resenement among the people of the area.... SHO held on court directive LARKANA, Sept 17: The Larkana circuit bench of Sindh High Court on Monday remanded the SHO Khairpur Nathan Shah Police station in police custody for his failure to produce Abdul Latif Panhwar who was arrested about fortnight ago.... Lawyers boycott courts HYDERABAD, Sept 17: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings in many districts of the province on Monday in protest against killing of another lawyer, Aqeel Qadri, in Karachi.... Children hospital project’s cost cut PESHAWAR, Sept 17: The NWFP government has submitted a revised PC-1 of the Khyber Institute of Child Health and Children’s Hospital for the next meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP).... Guru Nanak’s anniversary rites from 20th NAROWAL, Sept 17: Three-day religious rites to observe Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev’s 468th death anniversary will start from Sept 20 at Gurudwara Darbar Sahib in Kirtarpur, some 16-kilometre away from here, where he is believed to be resting.... Robbers loot cashier near police post KASUR, Sept 17: Four robbers deprived the cashier of a textile mills of Rs 500,000 in cash and a security guard of his weapons near Jambar, Multan Road, in Phoolnagar City police limits on Monday afternoon.... Flour crunch, price hike make people cry GUJRANWALA, Sept 17: The acute flour shortage and record price hike of essential commodities have made the people to cry out.... Dodgy curves on roads to be removed LAHORE, Sept 17: The Punjab Communication and Works Department has chalked out a comprehensive plan to remove black spots and dangerous curves from various roads in the province to minimise accidents.... Transferred LAHORE, Sept 17: The Punjab government on Monday transferred the following officers, says a notification.Katchi Abadis Director-General Flt-Lt Munawwar Abbas Shah (retired) has been transferred and posted as sports department secretary.... Chichawatni blast: two more suspects arrested SAHIWAL, Sept 17: The local police arrested another two suspects who were involved in an attempt to kill the Sahiwal DPO in a bomb blast in Chichawatni on Feb 24 this year.... Timber theft goes on unchecked KHANEWAL, Sept 17: The District Agriculture Department has failed to take any action against timber thieves who steal green and dry timber allegedly in connivance with officials from Chichawatni Forestry Range... Qayyum rapped for dividing lawyers LAHORE, Sept 17: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has criticised Attorney General Malik Muhammad Qayyum for trying to divide lawyers by offering them jobs.In a statement issued here on Monday,... No clue to hit’n’run driver LAHORE, Sept 17: The South Cantonment police have failed to find any clue to a car driver who killed a woman in a road accident and escaped with her one-month-old daughter... LHC moved against ECP notification LAHORE, Sept 17: The Lahore High Court has been moved for declaring illegal the Election Commission of Pakistan’s announcement, through a ‘notification’, that Gen Pervez Musharraf is an eligible candidate for re-election as the president of Pakistan.... PTA delays survey on cellphone operators LAHORE, Sept 17: No quality of service survey and inspection of the mobile phone operators have been carried out by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority during the last one year or so.... ‘Want my child back’ LAHORE, Sept 17: “I have nothing to do with the driver but want my child back, says a shocked Gulzar Ahmed.“If I get my child back, I won’t take any legal action against the driver,” he said.... Three flour sellers get jail LAHORE, Sept 17: Three men will remain behind the bars for as many days for selling a 20kg flour bag Rs5 more than the price fixed by the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL).... Six convicts acquitted LAHORE, Sept 17: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has acquitted six persons who were sentenced to death for abduction, ransom and killing 12-year-old Yasir, whose body was recovered from a canal in Toba Tek Singh.... Ghinwa wants new economic order LAHORE, Sept 17: Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto) Chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto on Monday spelled out salient features of what she said the ‘revolutionary’ programme of the party to ensure an egalitarian...

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