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September 27, 2007 Thursday Ramazan 14, 1428   Pakistan likely to face 15pc water shortage ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Pakistan is likely to face more than 15 per cent water shortage during the Rabi season starting on October 1 due to decline in river flows and storage capacity of dams, it is learnt.... Sajid Mir arrested again in Jhelum LAHORE, Sept 26: Punjab police on Wednesday again arrested Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal senior vice-president Senator Sajid Mir from the vicinity of Jhelum jail as he was about to be released after acceptance of his bail plea by the district and sessions judge.... Another day, another siege: Politics of confrontation ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Parts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi will be sealed off on Thursday by police and other security forces to prevent any agitation on the occasion of submission of nomination... PML-N reminds Musharraf of Pinochet ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Information secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has criticised the statement of the attorney general in the Supreme Court that if Gen Musharraf is declared ineligible for... PPP stands for peaceful transition to democracy ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Information secretary of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Punjab, Farzana Raja on Wednesday said the PPP stood for peaceful transition to democracy through dialogue but the extremist elements... Taliban clash with gang in Hangu HANGU, Sept 26: Two local Taliban were killed and eight others injured during a clash with a gang of alleged criminals in the Naryab area of Hangu district on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said.... Maulana Radio’s men released SWAT, Sept 26: The government on Wednesday reportedly released three companions of radical cleric Maulana Fazlullah, known locally as Maulana Radio, in exchange for two policemen held hostage by his supporters, official sources said.... Police show no mercy on APDM men MULTAN, Sept 26: Continuing swoop on the All Parties Democratic Movement activists on Wednesday, the police took into custody many more of them in various parts of the province.... Recruitments: LHC seeks report from APP ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench on Wednesday sought a report from the state-run news agency, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), on the issue of advertising 101 new... World Tourism Day today: tourist arrival up by 7.7pc RAWALPINDI, Sept 26: Pakistan earned $143.7 million during the first six months of 2007 from foreign tourist arrivals which numbered 0.557 million between January and June.... $7.5m to be spent on Balochistan uplift: Netherlands, IUCN sign accord ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Royal Netherlands Embassy signed a $7.5 million mega project, the Balochistan partnerships for sustainable development, here on Wednesday.... Increasing attacks: NGOs threaten to halt work ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Leading civil society organisations on Wednesday threatened to halt their operations throughout the country if the government failed to stem the increasing number of attacks on non-governmental organisations by extremists in the NWFP.... Governor orders timely completion of road projects PESHAWAR, Sept 26: NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai has ordered early completion of road projects in the province and tribal areas.... Lawyers to observe strike today PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The NWFP Bar Council announced that a complete strike would be observed by lawyers’ community across the province on Thursday against the filing of nomination papers by Gen Pervez Musharraf for presidential election.... MPA hands over resignation to ANP leader SWABI, Sept 26: MPA Sarfaraz Khan Jadoon handed over his resignation to ANP parliamentary leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour in Peshawar on Tuesday, ending speculations that he had deserted the party.... Four killed in incidents KOHAT, Sept 26: At least four people, including two brothers, were killed and six others injured in different incidents as rival groups clashed in Chambai and Gumbat areas of Kohat late Tuesday night.... High prices frustrate common man KARAK, Sept 26: Prices of daily use items soared sky high here in the wake of a spike in wheat and wheat flour prices, forcing poor people to go hungry in addition to fasting in the month of Ramazan.... Official fined for not coming to court PESHAWAR, Sept 26: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday fined the director of the Workers Welfare Board for not appearing in the court.... Health workers face problem in anti-polio campaign PESHAWAR, Sept 26: Health workers involved in the polio vaccination campaign in high-risk districts and tribal agencies say that they were facing problems for lack of cooperation from the people.... Acid attacks become the order of the month MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 26: The acid attack incidence has assumed alarming proportions in Muzaffargarh where 10 people, nine of them women, have been targeted in the first nine months of the current year.... Colleges not conducive to grooming SIALKOT, Sept 26: Educational institutions in Sialkot are facing a number of problems affecting the level of learning and teaching, Dawn has learnt.... Man killed over brawl among children SAHIWAL, Sept 26: A man was killed and two others injured over a children quarrel in Kot Allah Din No.1 on Wednesday. Reports said children of Zafar Ahmed and Muhammad Anwar quarrelled while playing.... Police recover kidnapped boy VEHARI, Sept 26: The Burewala police claimed on Wednesday to have recovered a class-IV student, who had been kidnapped for Rs200,000 ransom two days back from Chak No 255/EB in Gagoo police precincts.... Protest GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: Girls protested against the government for allegedly depriving them of admission to a nursing course at the civil hospital and preferring those for the purpose who have passed FSc.... Victims await relief for seven months: Double Shah scam SIALKOT, Sept 26: Seven months have lapsed since the Double Shah’s illegal banking scam was unearthed, the government and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) are yet to plan passing on some relief... Ex-manager held GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: Wazirabad police on Wednesday arrested former general manager of Sibtul Hasan Shah alias Double Shah and got his physical remand from a court.... Robbers kill man on resistance GUJRANWALA, Sept 26: Robbers shot dead a man and injured another when they tried to foil a robbery in Nathoki Sundhawan village on Wednesday.... Old rivals, new faces in Jhang political circus JHANG, Sept 26: The NA-87 constituency (Jhang) is likely to witness a clash between the two granddaughters of old political rivals.... ‘Nawab Abbasi is in contact with PPP’ BAHAWALPUR, Sept 26: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab President Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi has confirmed the contacts of Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi with the PPP leadership.... Four killed outside sessions court GUJRAT, Sept 26: Four people were shot dead and two others were injured critically by their rivals over an old enmity outside Kharian sessions court on Wednesday morning.... Govt resigns itself to ‘market reality’ : Wheat price refuses to slide LAHORE, Sept 26: The government seems to have reconciled with the realities of wheat market and accepted the current price of around Rs550 per maund, against its own release price of Rs465, and flour price of Rs300 per 20kg.... Lawyers to protest today LAHORE, Sept 26: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) and the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) have announced they will observe a strike and stage... Lahore dist council raps deportation of Nawaz LAHORE, Sept 26: In a dramatic move by the opposition benchers, the district council of Lahore on Wednesday passed a resolution condemning deportation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and terming the government’s action illegal and unconstitutional.... JI legislators announce resignations LAHORE, Sept 26: All the eight Jamaat-i-Islami members, including two women, in the Punjab Assembly on Wednesday announced their resignations from the legislature and authorised their parliamentary leader Asghar Ali Gujjar... Warden injured on road LAHORE, Sept 26: A traffic warden was injured in a road accident at Chauburgi Chowk on Wednesday morning....

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