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September 22, 2007 Saturday Ramazan 09, 1428   Govt in touch with PML-N, says minister PESHAWAR, Sept 21: Inter-Provincial Coordination Minister Senator Salim Saifullah Khan on Friday said the government was in contact with the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), but had not yet reached any understanding.... PPP describes APDM decisions as premature LAHORE, Sept 21: The Pakistan People’s Party rejected as premature the decisions taken by the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Friday and apprehended that they would backfire.... Shujaat slams opposition’s ‘double standards’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Friday the opposition had set new examples of double standards in politics after ignoring all democratic norms and traditions.... APDM rallies against change in EC rules QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Friday staged separate rallies in the provincial capitals of Balochistan and the NWFP in which it adopted several resolutions one of... Protest observed across Sindh: President’s re-election HYDERABAD, Sept 21: All Parties Democratic Movement workers observed protest day in several districts of interior Sindh on Friday against the proposed re-election of President General Pervez Musharraf, forced exile of... Friday prayers offered in front of Lal Masjid ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: More than 300 people offered Friday prayer outside Lal Masjid.... Interim bail granted to associate of former cleric RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: An anti-terrorism court judge here on Friday granted interim bail to an associate of former chief cleric of Lal Masjid who had been suspected of being involved in the murder of a ranger.... Daughter of Khwaja Nazimuddin dies at 82 KARACHI, Sept 21: Begum Zafar Bano, Khwaja Nazimuddin’s only daughter, died suddenly in Karachi on Friday morning. She was 82. She felt unwell after taking sehri and died on the way to hospital.... 75 channels to be operative by year-end: Durrani ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani said on Friday that 75 private television channels would be fully operative by the end of the year.... US official deplores journalists’ harassment ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: E. Candace Putnam, acting deputy chief of mission of the United States embassy, and Kay Webb Mayfield, counsellor for public affairs, called on Minister of Information and Broadcasting... Two killed in attack on ANP leader SWAT, Sept 21: Two people were killed and three others, including former federal minister and central leader of Awami National Party Mohammad Afzal Khan, suffered injuries when they were attacked by some people near Bedara village on Friday.... Benazir signs book deal with US publisher NEW YORK, Sept 21: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has signed a book deal with the Harper and Collins publishing giant estimated at $500,000, a local newspaper said on Friday.... WB to finance another poverty relief programme ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: The World Bank is most likely to fund the third programme of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) to help reduce poverty and ensure a positive impact on the lives of the poor and their families.... No funds, so no water in cantonment RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: Three months ago the federal government allocated Rs700 million for a water supply project for the people living in the Rawalpindi Cantonment areas but not a paisa of the grant has been released so far.... Rs256,000 fines imposed on profiteers RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: The city district government has stepped up its campaign against profiteers as heavy fines could not deter them from violating the official price list of daily-use items.... PTA chalks out plan to check illegal telecom traffic ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday signed an agreement with “Inbox Business Technologies” to acquire and deploy Technical Solution for grey traffic brought into the country through illegal means.... Student caught driving stolen car RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: An O-level student of a private school was booked by the Civil Lines police on charges of taking away a government car parked outside a university in the cantonment area on Friday, police said.... Shopkeeper held for overcharging TAXILA, Sept 21: In a crackdown on profiteers and hoarders the local price control magistrates in Wah Cantonment and Hassanabdal fined as many as 39 shopkeepers and sent one behind bars for selling flour (Atta) at exorbitant rates.... Youth encouraged to vote in elections ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: The youth are angry; and rightly, so because of the injustices they see around them. But the up-coming general elections can be an opportunity for them to give a positive direction to their anxieties.... Drug peddler found murdered TAXILA, Sept 21: A drug seller was killed and his body thrown in a deserted place by unknown assailants, here in the jurisdiction of the Hassanabdal police station.... Punjab govt deflates ego of ‘divine man’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Gujar Khan’s so-called divine man Badshah Ghousia Qalandar Sarkar had been driving in VIP style on a fake authority, according to the government of Punjab.... Record of Kashmiri migrant sought RAWALPINDI, Sept 21: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Friday served a notice on the Adiala Jail superintendent, ordering him to submit his comments and relevant record in... 1,000 govt employees recommended for promotion QUETTA, Sept 21: More than 1,000 employees of the Balochistan government have been recommended for promotion in next grades.... Peshawar high court, district bars to observe strike today: Intelligence agency’s raid on lawyer’s office PESHAWAR, Sept 21: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association and the District Bar Association of Peshawar decided on Friday to observe a complete strike here on Saturday against the raid on... Damage to crop averted ISLAMABAD, Sept 21: Decline in temperature and timely use of pesticides have averted possible damage to the rice crop by controlling the Leaffolder disease in the paddy belt of northern Sindh, says the federal food ministry.... Al Khidmat ambulance snatched BANNU, Sept 21: An ambulance of the Al Khidmat Foundation was snatched at gunpoint late on Thursday night.... Inquiry ordered into contracts KOHAT, Sept 21: The NWFP local council board has ordered an inquiry into alleged embezzlement of millions of rupees in awarding of illegal contracts at throw away rates by the tehsil... Protest against murder of scholar MANSEHRA, Sept 21: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) and Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabi (WMA) took out a procession on Friday in protest against killing of religious scholar Maulana.... Court summons Hesco official LARKANA, Sept 21: People took out a procession and staged sit-in in Qambar on Friday to protest against the unannounced loadshedding in Qambar and its adjoining areas.... Minor girl married off to crippled boy HYDERABAD, Sept 21: On the directives of Larkana bench of Sindh High Court, the Bhitai Nagar police have recovered a minor girl, who was sold for Rs85,000 and subsequently married to even a younger and crippled boy.... 5 ‘gangsters’ die in ambush KHAR, Sept 21: Five people were killed when gunmen ambushed two cars in Mamad Kot area along the border between Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies on Thursday night.... Bacha Khan trust launches school CHARSADDA, Sept 21: The Bacha Khan Education Foundation, a social welfare wing of the Awami National Party, has decided to establish 300 educational institutions across the NWFP and its adjacent tribal areas.... Khanpur dam crosses threshold HARIPUR, Sept 21: The Khanpur reservoir has reached the maximum conservation level for the second time this month and the dam authorities released over 1.5 feet or 6,000 cusecs of water on Friday afternoon, officials told Dawn.... CD shops blown up KOHAT, Sept 21: Two CD shops were blown up on Thursday night in Togh Bala town.... Clash leaves four dead HANGU, Sept 21: At least four men, two of them passersby, were killed and three others injured when two groups clashed in Meshti Mela Bazaar in Orakzai Agency on Friday.... The fading weaving industry GUJRANWALA: A massive influx of smuggled Chinese and Indian cloth, high cost of production, obsolete technology and shortage of labour force have brought Gujranwala’s weaving industry on the brink of obliteration.... Irregularities in health dept recruitments TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 21: Irregularities have been reported in recruitments to certain vacant posts in the district health department during the third phase of the process.... Training centre for quake victims LAHORE, Sept 21: The Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company (Tusdec) has established a Special Skill Development Centre at Battagram, a quake-hit district of the NWFP, and is imparting quality training... Element of anger high in APDM rallies BAHAWALPUR, Sept 21: Component parties of the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) took out rallies throughout Punjab against the deportation of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, re-election of Gen Pervez Musharraf and assassination of Maulana Hassan.... ‘Govt ignoring college teachers’ MULTAN, Sept 21: A protest meeting of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association, Government College Bosan Road unit, was held here on Friday.... Eighteen acquitted SIALKOT, Sept 21: A local court on Friday acquitted 18 people, including women and children, of two Bengali families who were accused of illegally entering Pakistan by crossing the working boundary with India.... Two factory workers die of suffocation KASUR, Sept 21: Two factory workers died while three others fainted due to suffocation while inspecting a chemicals tank in paper mills on Multan Road in Phoolnagar police precincts on Friday evening.... Enrolment: girl students leave boys way behind GUJRANWALA, Sept 21: Enrolment of girl students in state-run colleges in the district is almost double than that of boys and the pendulum is likely to swing more in the years to come.... Wapda chief LAHORE, Sept 21: Wapda Chairman Shakil Durrani on Friday visited the under-construction Neelum-Jhelum Hydroelectric Project located near Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir, says a press release.... Lawyers’ unity at stake: LHCBA-sponsored meeting today LAHORE, Sept 21: The All Pakistan Lawyers Conference, arranged by the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), for Saturday (today) here is scheduled to dent the lawyers’ unity being viewed as... PTA orders action against blind SIM sellers LAHORE, Sept 21: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has directed several cellular companies to terminate the registration of franchisees violating the instructions of the authority regarding issuance of connections.... LHC summons same-sex couple LAHORE, Sept 21: Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif of the Lahore High Court ordered on Friday the presence of the accused in the same sex couple case in the court.... Growing PML-N reservations LAHORE, Sept 21: The future of the recently-formed opposition alliance, the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM), is in doldrums as more and more PML-N leaders are expressing their reservations about the intentions of the religious components.... 16 PML-N activists bailed out LAHORE, Sept 21: An anti-terrorism court on Friday bailed out a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and 15 workers. They were arrested on Sept 6 for allegedly creating a law and order situation....

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