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September 21, 2007 Friday Ramazan 08, 1428   Benazir opposes re-election of Musharraf WASHINGTON, Sept 20: Indicating her frustration with the government’s move to amend a law to ensure President Pervez Musharraf’s re-election, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto argues that as a government servant,... US envoy meets Hashmi ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Ambassador of the United States in Pakistan Anne Patterson on Thursday called on acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi and discussed the prevailing... Bench without CJ disappoints Qazi ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed regretted Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry’s decision to keep himself out of the bench hearing petitions challenging the president’s dual offices.... BNM president arrested QUETTA, Sept 20: Baloch National Movement (BNM) president Ghulam Muhammad Baloch, who has been missing for several months, was arrested along with another activist Sher Muhammad Rind on Thursday.... Ghinwa doubts free, fair general elections LARKANA, Sept 20: The chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto), Ms Ghinwa Bhutto, on Thursday expressed doubts about the transparency of general elections amidst reports of ‘deal’ and said that... Impartiality of EC questioned PESHAWAR, Sept 20: Pukhtunkhwa National Democratic Alliance convener Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that fair and transparent elections cannot be held under the incumbent chief election commissioner as his impartiality has become questionable after providing relief to President Pervez Musharraf.... 1.5m bonded labourers in country: HRCP LAHORE, Sept 20: Nearly 1.5 million people are in bondage in the country despite a ban on bonded labour owing to lack of proper implementation of the law and economic benefit of the violators.... Reduction in number of ministries proposed PESHAWAR, Sept 20: The National Commission for Government Reforms (NCGR) has recommended delegation of administrative and financial authority to the secretaries of divisions and provincial departments, officials say.... Double Shah submits plea bargain GUJRANWALA, Sept 20: Sibtul Hassan Shah, alias Double Shah, who is in the custody of National Accountability Bureau (Nab) for running a parallel banking system has vowed he would return every... Bailiff recovers old man from police custody RAWALPINDI, Sept 20: A court bailiff here on Wednesday night recovered a 70 years old man from the illegal custody of Civil Lines police after four days of detention and handed... Circus spreading ‘vulgarity’ attacked MANSEHRA, Sept 20: Hundreds of protesters ransacked a theatre here on Thursday for allegedly spreading obscenity.... Land donated to mosque stirs controversy ATTOCK, Sept 20: The land mafia in connivance with the local revenue officials have allegdly got transferred 23 kanals of a mosque under a fake mutation.... SC gives 10 days to CDA to demarcate land ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: The Supreme Court has directed the Capital Development Authority to complete the demarcation of land owned by six private housing schemes in Sector E-11 in ten days, so... PPP to charter train for workers: Benazir’s arrival RAWALPINDI, Sept 20: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced that it would charter a train from Rawalpindi for welcoming party leader Benazir Bhutto who is scheduled to land in Karachi on October 18.... Cold logic of red hot prices ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Traders in the city’s huge Fruit and Vegetable Market (FVM) are using cold storage facilities for enhancing their profits rather than preserving their commodities.... Missing person case put off till Oct 4 RAWALPINDI, Sept 20: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench on Thursday deferred the hearing in the case of a missing man till Oct 4 as the local police sought more time to complete their interrogation about the alleged disappearance.... SSP Operations appointed ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Naeem Khan has been appointed SSP Operations Islamabad, here on Thursday.... BHC orders deportation of Bangladeshi prisoner, others QUETTA, Sept 20: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Thursday ordered the advocate general to ask the government to deport a Bangladeshi national and other foreigners in the Quetta jail before the next hearing.... University teacher’s reinstatement sought QUETTA, Sept 20: Teachers of the Balochistan University boycotted classes on Wednesday in protest against the alleged victimisation policy of the administration and demanded reinstatement of a faculty member.... Two killed in armed clash WANA, Sept 20: Supporters of a pro-government militant commander clashed with a local leader of foreign fugitives in the Dab Kot area in South Waziristan on Thursday.... Public sector hospitals allowed to transplant organs ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: The Human Organs and Tissues Transplantation Monitoring Authority on Thursday decided to grant interim permission to public sector teaching hospitals to carry out transplant operations.... Mangla Dam raising project ISLAMABAD, Sept 20: Wapda said on Thursday that the Mangla Dam raising project would extend the life of the Mangla reservoir.... Judgment in Malaysian’s child case on Oct 23 PESHAWAR, Sept 20: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday fixed October 23 for resolving the child custody case between a Malaysian woman and her Pakistani husband.... Ramazan package termed eyewash TIMERGARA, Sept 20: The special Ramazan package announced by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz is proving to be an eyewash because utility stores in several parts of Lower Dir district are short of consumer items supposed to be provided on subsidised rates.... Judge extends remand of accused: Newly born’s kidnap HYDERABAD, Sept 20: The civil judge and judicial magistrate-X on Thursday remanded four accused including two women for five more days in police custody. They face charges of kidnapping a three-day... Traders flout dist govt over flour price KHAIRPUR, Sept 20: Wheat flour is being sold at rate higher than the price fixed by the district administration.... Five traders kidnapped LARKANA, Sept 20: Five members of Hindu family and their driver were kidnapped by unidentified armed people late on Wednesday night from Mirpurmathelo-Sarhad Road in Ghotki district.... Schoolboy kidnapped LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 20: Armed men kidnapped a schoolboy near Kotka Shah Jehan on Thursday.... JI supporters join PPP UPPER DIR, Sept 20: Hundreds of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) workers quit their party and joined the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) in Upper Dir District’s Janbatti Barawal area.... FIR lodged THATTA, Sept 20: Police on Thursday finally lodged an FIR against unidentified persons for stealing research papers and valuable items of a French scholar, Ms Florence Alias Farida Boryak, after intervention of the officials of French consulate.... 12 prisoners released UPPER DIR, Sept 20: Twelve prisoners, who were in jail on charges of minor offences, were freed on Wednesday.... Boy dies as water tank caves in GUJRANWALA, Sept 20: A teenager died while two others were injured after a water tank fell on them in an under-construction mosque in Zahid Colony in Dhulley police precincts on Thursday.... Chemists observe strike in Mianwali MIANWALI, Sept 20: Chemists observed a complete strike in the district on Wednesday on the call of All Pakistan Druggists and Chemists Association to express their resentment over the newly-introduced Drug Rules of 2007.... Concern over hike in flour price TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 20: People have expressed concern at a ‘sudden raise’ of Rs20 in the price of 20kg flour bag at fair price shops, which are working here under the provincial government’s subsidy scheme for Ramazan.... Three alleged rapists held KASUR, Sept 20: Police on Thursday arrested three suspects who allegedly raped a Christian girl a few weeks ago in Kacha Paka Chak 43 in Sarai Mughal police precincts.... Fesco staff warned of strict action FAISALABAD, Sept 20: Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (Fesco) chief executive Ahmed Saeed warned officers of strict action if line staff was found working without safety gadgets.... Rule of law means supremacy of SHO? LAHORE, Sept 20: The suspension of a lower rank official (ASI) for allegedly releasing a robber and no action against the Gujjarpura SHO for his involvement in changing the victim’s application have once again questioned the transparency in award of punishments.... GCUF to start MA evening classes FAISALABAD, Sept 20: The Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) is all set to launch evening classes for MA mass communication.... Three gunned down SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 20: Unidentified assailants shot dead three people apparently over rivalry in Shamnagar locality, some 60km away from here, in Sharaqpur police station on Thursday.... Retailers threaten strike LAHORE, Sept 20: Retailers have threatened to go on strike if the government officials do not stop arresting them on charges of high flour price.... Supply flour within two hours of a complaint: Punjab tells DCOs LAHORE, Sept 20: The government has appointed DCOs as focal persons to meet flour shortage in the districts directing them to ensure supply of the most essential commodity within two hours of receiving such a report.... All PML lawmakers will get tickets: CM LAHORE, Sept 20: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says the ruling PML will award tickets to all its sitting legislators interested in contesting the upcoming elections.... IJT seeks terrorist status for MQM LAHORE, Sept 20: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) has demanded that the government declare Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) a terrorist organisation and impose a ban on its activities.... Students baton-charged LAHORE, Sept 20: Students and teachers of the Government Polytechnic Institute for Women, Jain Mandir, staged a demonstration on sixth consecutive day on Thursday and blocked Lytton Road to protest the government’s decision to evict them from the college building.... Demo against proposed division of Wapda LAHORE, Sept 20: Wapda workers staged a demonstration outside the Wapda House here on Thursday to protest against the proposed division of the authority.... Pervaiz on wrong track LAHORE, Sept 20: The Punjab chief minister’s motorcade, en route to Lal Bridge underpass from Allama Iqbal International Airport, was led to an unscheduled direction by the pilot squad, creating panic among the traffic officials concerned on Thursday, it is learnt.... Call for judicial probe LAHORE, Sept 20: Farmers’ bodies have demanded a judicial inquiry into the wheat scandal, alleging that there seemed to be a pattern of ‘cheat and deceit’ in the entire trade chain.... ‘Too many law officers’ LAHORE, Sept 20: Justice Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi of the Lahore High Court on Thursday asked the Punjab law secretary to submit a report within four weeks on the appointment of...

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