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September 19, 2007 Wednesday Ramazan 06, 1428   President’s move a veiled threat to apex court: opposition ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The coalition government on Tuesday claimed credit for President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to hang up his uniform after his re-election as the president, while the opposition termed the... PPP’s terms for not quitting assemblies ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said it will not participate in Gen Pervez Musharraf’s re-election as president but it will not resign from the assemblies provided its three conditions are met.... Musharraf discusses options to defuse crisis ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf held a meeting with ruling Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and his top legal aide Sharifuddin Pirzada on Tuesday evening and discussed... SC responsible if insane person becomes presidential candidate LAHORE, Sept 18: The Supreme Court should be held responsible if some criminal or insane person becomes a presidential candidate as a result of the recent changes to the election rules, Dr Sher Afgan Niazi, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, says.... Options in hand if Musharraf disqualified: Punjab CM LAHORE, Sept 18: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says the government has several options at its disposal in case President Pervez Musharraf is disqualified to contest for a second term.... Lawmaker makes an ass of a law ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: A ruling party MNA, who obviously has arms longer than the arm of the law, has turned four acres of state land into the lawn of his 10-marla house in Sector F-7/4.... Punjab grants ‘divine man’ obscene rights GUJAR KHAN, Sept 18: That a “divine man” wants to drive in style in our VIP culture would not surprise many, but that the government helps him in the obscenity would.... PML-N leaders apologise to Sharifs for fiasco ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Tuesday admitted that it had failed to mobilise party workers and the general public to accord a warm welcome to... MMA accused of duplicity over resignation issue MARDAN, Sept 18: ANP leader Haji Mohammad Adeel has said that the Muttahida Majlis Amal (MMA) will not resign from assemblies and will strike a bargain with Gen Pervez Musharraf to remain in power.... Banks to disburse pension, CJ told ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The government has decided to disburse pensions through banks, Accountant-General of Pakistan Saifullah Khan Sherwani informed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday.... Basic facilities sought ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The owners of steel fabricators and auto workshops have demanded of the Capital Development Authority to provide basic facilities at the site of new factories and auto workshop.... Police told to charge retired colonel, wife with murder RAWALPINDI, Sept 18: An additional district and sessions judge here on Tuesday ordered the Westridge police to book a retired army officer and his wife for murder.... 11 injured in separate incidents ATTOCK, Sept 18: Eleven people were injured in separate incidents in the district, police said here on Tuesday.... Soft loans for women to open utility stores recommended ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The Senate Standing Committee on Women Development has recommended provision of soft loans and micro credits to women for opening utility stores.... 238 wanted people held ISLAMABAD, Sept 18: The local police have arrested 238 people in their campaign against criminals wanted in connection with murders, robberies and vehicle thefts.... Prosecution of profiteers ordered: Grain markets, flour mills raided PESHAWAR, Sept 18: NWFP Chief Secretary Sahibzada Riaz Noor on Tuesday ordered registration of cases against shopkeepers selling flour on higher rates, besides cancelling the wheat quota and sealing the stock of a flour mills.... Residents refuse to give land for new city MANSEHRA, Sept 18: The residents and land owners of Bakryal have demanded that their populated area measuring about 3,000 kanals should be excluded from the New Balakot City project.... Acute shortage of water hits Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 18: People here are facing acute shortage of drinking water as several water supply schemes have been lying non-functional for the last couple of weeks.... Bacha Khan Trust to establish schools PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The Bacha Khan Education Foundation will establish two primary schools, one each in Charsadda and the Mathra locality of Peshawar.... NAB reference PESHAWAR, Sept 18: The National Accountability Bureau has filed a reference against, Jan Ali, Reader of the Kurram Agency Political Agent, in an accountability court here for allegedly accumulating illegal assets worth more than Rs1.9... Discrimination in funds’ distribution alleged PESHAWAR, Sept 18: Legislators in the Frontier Assembly, particularly women nominated on reserved seats, are unhappy with Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani for his alleged discriminatory attitude while releasing funds under the Tameer-i-Sarhad Programme (TSP).... Nine years of solitude RAHIM YAR KHAN, Sept 18: Banished by poverty nine long years back, two cousins returned from United Arab Emirates to the their native place here with the resolve that no matter... Rs1.8 million robbery in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: Robbers struck a former bank manager and his tenant in Sharif Farm, Rahwali, on Tuesday and made their way after collecting gold jewellery worth Rs 1.3million... RHCs, BHUs getting bogus medicines? TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 18: The District Drug Inspector on Tuesday collected samples from a rural health centre (RHC) after complaints emerged that substandard medicines were being supplied under the Punjab... Notices issued to property dealers GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: The excise and taxation (E&T) department here has failed to recover annual licence fee from around 3,500 property dealers due to non-completion of registration process but has declared them defaulters and issued them recovery notices on Tuesday.... NLC to build Faisalabad roads FAISALABAD, Sept 18: The City District Government Faisalabad (CDG-F) has signed an agreement with the National Logistic Cell (NLC) for the construction of 50 roads at a cost of Rs1 billion.... Litigant murdered SAHIWAL, Sept 18: A driving school proprietor and also the chairman of the Pakistan Rajpoot Ittehad was strangled here in wee hours on Tuesday apparently over a property row.... Imran Khan preaches democracy SAHIWAL, Sept 18: Pakistan cannot survive under a dictatorial rule and democracy is indispensable for the country, says Imran Khan, Tehrik-i-Insaf, while addressing a public meeting at Sahiwal Club on Tuesday.... Justice comes timely to clerk MULTAN, Sept 18: A highways department clerk, who found himself being made a scapegoat in a transfer case, on Tuesday withdrew his petition from the Lahore High Court’s Multan Bench after he submitted that the department had stopped the process.... Drive against illegal billboards GUJRANWALA, Sept 18: The city district government here on Tuesday started a drive to remove billboards of multinational companies (MNCs) installed along GT Road without obtaining no-objection certificate (NOC) from the administration.... Teachers cry foul at promotions on Sanads MIANWALI, Sept 18: Four teachers having Master of Arts (Arabic) from the Punjab University have approached the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for being ignored for promotion while their colleagues having seminary degrees were promoted to pay scale 17.... Acid attacker held after fortnight MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 18: The Sanawan police arrested on Tuesday a man who threw acid on his wife on Sept 2.... Traders’ nexus hampers anti-encroachment drive LAHORE, Sept 18: Traders blocked Ferozepur Road for five minutes or so to protest an anti-encroachment operation launched in Ichhra Main Bazaar on Tuesday morning, and their unity compelled the Samanabad Town officials to leave the site without completing their task.... Heirs want ‘justice, not money’ LAHORE, Sept 18: The family of a 17-year-old boy who died on Tuesday from injuries he suffered in a shooting by Eden City housing society security guards last month has accused... Govt allows hike in base price: Wheat, flour market eases LAHORE, Sept 18: The wheat and flour market on Tuesday started easing throughout the province, but not before officially increasing the flour base price by Rs15 per 20kg bag.... Traffic snarls bring wardensin dock LAHORE, Sept 18: Switching off signals and stopping traffic at a busy crossing for nearly three minutes at a time have been detected as the main cause of traffic jams during peak hours in the past five days in the city.... Mills to be monitored LAHORE, Sept 18: The Punjab government has decided to directly monitor production of flour mills and the supply of the commodity from there to distributors and retailers to ensure its smooth supply to people.... PC proposal on LPG prices praised LAHORE, Sept 18: The LPG Distributors Association has praised the Planning Commission (PC) for its recommendation that prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) should not be linked with its prices in the international market.... Protest against bonded labour LAHORE, Sept 18: Brick kiln workers staged a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday to press for implementation of the Bonded Labour Abolition Act 1992.... LHC wants to know govt’s expenditure: Private lawyers LAHORE, Sept 18: Justice Mian Saqib Nisar of the Lahore High Court has asked Punjab Law Secretary Sheikh Farooq Ahmad to apprise the court of the money the Punjab government spent on engaging private lawyers.... Plea against ECP’s notification returned LAHORE, Sept 18: The Lahore High Court registrar office on Tuesday returned a petition, challenging Election Commission of Pakistan’s notification that Gen Pervez Musharraf was an eligible candidate for re-election.... Contempt notice issued to official LARKANA, Sept 18: The Larkana circuit bench of Sindh High Court on Tuesday issued contempt notice to provincial secretary education for wilfully flouting the orders of the court passed on February 24 and August 24, 2007 respectively.... Three die of gastroenteritis KHAIRPUR, Sept 18: Two children and a woman have died of gastroenteritis whereas more cases have been reported from different villages of Kingri taluka.... Woman confesses she kidnapped, sold infant HYDERABAD, Sept 18: Accused Safya Parveen recorded her confessional statement under section 164 Cr.PC before Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate-X Hyderabad here on Tuesday, admitting that she had kidnapped three day-old...

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