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September 29, 2007 Saturday Ramazan 16, 1428   ARD leadership meets without PML-N ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: After months of ambiguity, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday finally pulled out of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) by refusing to attend a meeting of what once was the largest opposition grouping.... Mushrooming housing schemes irk minister HYDERABAD, Sept 28: Sindh Minister for Local Bodies and Spatial Development Mohammad Hussain expressed concern over launching of countless housing schemes in different cities of the province given the existing civic infrastructure couldn’t cope with burden of these schemes.... EC rejects charge of non-transparency: Electoral rolls ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The Election Commission has rejected allegations of non-transparency in the preparation of Computerised Electoral Rolls, 2007.... Security cordon thrown around ECP office: Nomination papers’ scrutiny ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: The federal capital will see another day of restrictions when the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) carries out scrutiny of nomination papers of President Gen Pervez Musharraf as... US envoy calls on Maulana Fazl ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Pakistan stands for peace and is against war or use of force to solve any problem.... NWFP opposition in a fix over no-trust move PESHAWAR, Sept 28: The opposition in the NWFP Assembly is still undecided over how to go about moving a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani in order to block the dissolution of the House before the presidential polls.... Lawyers dismayed at SC judgment LAHORE, Sept 28: Dejected lawyers say the Supreme Court verdict has set the clock backwards as far as independence of the judiciary is concerned.... Options limited, admits APDM LAHORE, Sept 28: All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) leaders have expressed their disappointment over the Supreme Court’s decision of allowing Gen Pervez Musharraf to run for the presidency while retaining his... Protests in Quetta against arrests QUETTA, Sept 28: The National Party and the Baloch Students Organisation (Bashirzeb group) staged demonstrations here on Friday condemning the raids and arrests made in connection with the killing of a high-ranking police officer in Quetta.... BHC issues notices against arrests QUETTA, Sept 28: The Balochistan High Court has issued notices to a number of police officers and other respondents in a petition challenging the arrest of about 400 residents of the... ‘Opposition should accept verdict’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Former chief justice Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui on Friday advised opposition parties to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court dismissing petitions relating to dual offices of the president.... SC decision disappoints HRW LONDON, Sept 28: The Human Rights Watch is disappointed by the decision of the Supreme Court of Pakistan allowing Gen Pervez Musharraf’s bid to contest the presidential election while remaining army chief.... Aziz urges opposition to accept verdict ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has welcomed the Friday’s judgment of the Supreme Court and said: “The entire nation must accept this verdict and the parties (opposition) who feel... Woman beheaded GHALANAI, Sept 28: A woman was beheaded in the village of Nehqai Kandau in the Haleemzai tehsil and her body was dumped by roadside.... Soft security serves ends better ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Friday’s Supreme Court verdict was welcome to President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s camp and unwelcome to his opponents but what brought joy to the common man was that there was no heavy-handed security on the occasion.... SHO told not to harass JI leader RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Friday ordered a station house officer (SHO) not to raid the house of a local leader of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI).... Cataclysmic fate of a faithful ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: There was a glimmer of hope in the small wet eyes of a poor old man soon after he learnt that his DNA map did not match that... Hearing in suspect’s bail plea deferred: Suicide attack on president RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday deferred the hearing in the bail application of a man suspected to be involved in the double suicide attack on the convoy of the president near Jhanda Chichi in December 2003.... Terrorist alert triggers security sweep in hotels RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: City police have launched a security sweep in hotels located in Raja Bazaar in the light of intelligence reports that some ‘terrorists’ might be staying there, a source said.... Protest staged against police RAWALPINDI, Sept 28: A group of the residents of Bakra Mandi staged a protest against what they called the delayed registration of a robbery case by R.A... ‘China to maintain its status of world economic power’ ISLAMABAD, Sept 28: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri at a reception on Friday said the diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan had stood test of the time.... Bank robbery PESHAWAR, Sept 28: An amount of Rs6 million was looted from the Habib Bank Limited branch in the Hayatabad area here on Friday.... Officials find USC outlet closed LAKKI MARWAT, Sept 28: The only Utility Stores Corporation outlet in Lakki city was found closed when District Coordination Officer Amir... ‘Fresh APDM instructions awaited’ QUETTA, Sept 28: Members of the Balochistan Assembly belonging to the JUI-F, National Party and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party have said that they were waiting for fresh instructions from the APDM... Fine imposed on policemen LARKANA, Sept 28: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday quashed a fake FIR involving an oil tanker registered by the SHO and ASI of Guddu police... FIR lodged against 17: Students’ clash HYDERABAD, Sept 28: Jamshoro police lodged a case against 17 activists of Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) of Arisar group following a firing incident on a police party allegedly by the activists of the party in the university’s hostel on Friday.... Notices spark protest MIRPURKHAS, Sept 28: Shopkeepers and inhabitants took out a rally in Umerkot on Friday to protest against the issuance of show-cause notices to demolish their houses and shops within three days by Mukhtiarkar, Umerkot.... From city of saints to city of PML cronies MULTAN, Sept 28: It seems the government is hell bent on naming the whole city of saints after the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) cronies.... Citizens protest suspension of Rachna Express SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 28: Citizens have protested the Railway’s decision to suspend the operation of Rachna Express between Lahore and Faisalabad.... Nine killed in road accidents FAISALABAD, Sept 28: Nine people were killed and five others were injured in two road accidents in Buchiana and Jhang Bazaar Road here on Friday.... Businessman kidnapped for ransom SAHIWAL, Sept 28: Four people allegedly kidnapped a trader for ransom from Chak 101/9-L on Thursday night. Nadeem, of Sauri Gali, with his cousin Asif, was travelling in a car from Arifwala to Sahiwal.... Jica urged to help improve auto industry LAHORE, Sept 28: Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) Chief Executive Officer Shaid Rashid has urged the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to provide more expertise input to authority’s joint... ‘Khar’s fate hinges on Benazir’s nod’ MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 28: Punjab PPP President Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the decision to expel Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar from the PPP will be taken by Benzair Bhutto, however, party’s secretary-general... Alms save mosque from power cut-off TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 28: People were astonished to see Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (Fesco) staff to reach a government-run Jamia Masjid in Sadar Bazaar just before Friday prayers to disconnect... BZU campus foundation MULTAN, Sept 28: Governor Khalid Maqbool is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the Bahauddin Zakariya University’s sub-campus in Dera Ghazi Khan today (Saturday).... Sisters rescued from police GUJRANWALA, Sept 28: A district and sessions judge got recovered two girls of Qila Deedar Singh from police custody and sent them to ‘Darul Aman’.... Notice to Culture Ministry over play LAHORE, Sept 28: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued a notice to the Ministry of Culture on a petition, seeking removal of ban on Ajoka Theatre’s play ‘Burqavaganza’.... Dr Israr says ‘Islamic banking’un-Islamic LAHORE, Sept 28: Tanzeem-i-Islami founder Dr Israr Ahmad says the ‘Islamic banking’ is not different from the interest-based traditional banking.... ‘Too late cane crushing may crush farmers’ LAHORE, Sept 28: Farmers from Punjab on Friday questioned the government’s decision to start cane crushing season from Nov 1, saying that the decision would affect wheat sowing and was based on wrong assumptions.... Arguments for and against Indian sugar LAHORE, Sept 28: Justice Syed Hamid Ali Shah of the Lahore High Court on Friday continued hearing arguments for and against the import of Indian sugar which has been seized at the railways godowns for allegedly being harmful to consumption....

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