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September 30, 2007 Sunday Ramazan 17, 1428   Lawyers give countrywide strike call for Monday ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The National Action Committee of lawyers has given a countrywide strike call for Monday to protest police action against lawyers, journalists and members of civil society outside the Election Commission.... EC rejects nominations of 38 ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The Election Commission on Saturday rejected 39 nomination papers filed by 38 candidates for the presidential election from across the country.... Demand for assailants’ arrest: Attack on Sattar KARACHI, Sept 29: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has demanded immediate arrest of lawyers involved in the attack on Dr Farooq Sattar, the party’s parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, in Islamabad.... ‘Nawaz will try to return in Oct’ LONDON, Sept 29: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will make another attempt to return to Pakistan from exile around Oct 18, even if he risks expulsion again, his brother said in a television interview.... Govt criticised for use of force QUETTA, Sept 29: Bar associations and opposition parties criticised the government for using force against lawyers and media personnel outside the Election Commission office in Islamabad on Saturday.... PPP leaders condemn action KARACHI, Sept 29: Pakistan Peoples’ Party leaders on Saturday condemned the use of force against journalists covering the scrutiny of presidential nomination papers and lawyers and political workers who were protesting... JWP chief warns of tribal war if MPs do not resign QUETTA, Sept 29: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the chief of his own faction of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), has warned MPAs and MNA elected on his party tickets of a tribal... Pro-Musharraf rally in Quetta QUETTA, Sept 29: The ruling PML, Balochistan National Party (Awami) and nazims took out a procession here on Saturday to celebrate the verdict of the Supreme Court in favour of President... Abbottabad Civil Judge resigns in protest PESHAWAR, Sept 29: A civil judge-cum-judicial magistrate on Saturday announced his decision to resign against the Supreme Court’s judgment on petitions against General Pervez Musharraf and resolved to join the legal... Two FC personnel injured QUETTA, Sept 29: Two Frontier Corps personnel were seriously injured when unidentified people opened fire on them in the Mastung area, some 50km from here, on Saturday.... Journalists condemn use of force, lawyers boycott courts PESHAWAR, Sept 29: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings in protest against Gen Pervez Musharraf’s bid for re-election as president and took out rallies to protest against use of excessive force by state functionaries against lawyers and journalists in Islamabad on Saturday.... Over 20 journalists injured ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Over two dozens journalists covering the events on the day of scrutiny of nomination papers of the presidential candidates were injured when the personnel of law enforcement agencies... Militants free tribal elder after 6 months LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Sept 29: Militants of the Lashkar-i-Islam have freed a tribal elder after keeping him in captivity for nearly six months, some sources in Bara said.... SECP asked to check firms’ involvement: Housing schemes in twin cities ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: In a delayed but precise response, a Senate committee here on Saturday directed the country’s apex corporate regulator to stop limited companies from participating in the money-minting business... Bars charged up after Islamabad violence GUJRANWALA, Sept 29: Bars across Punjab boycotted courts, held meetings and took out rallies on Saturday in a charged atmosphere to condemn President Gen Musharraf’s bid for re-election and police action against lawyers and journalists in Islamabad.... UK parliamentarian joins condemnation FAISALABAD, Sept 29: Member of the British Parliament Muhammad Sarwar has said the US government is hell bent on attacking Iran only to have an access to its oil reserves.... PPP not for uniformed president: Gillani MULTAN, Sept 29: Former speaker of the National Assembly and Vice-Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani said on Saturday the party’s talks with government could not succeed... Lawyers look to SC for relief LAHORE, Sept 29: A scuffle broke out between lawyers and police when the former tried to make their way to the heavily-guarded office of the Election Commission here on Saturday.... Ishrat for more powers to district govts LAHORE, Sept 29: National Commission on Government Reforms Chairman Dr Ishrat Husain on Saturday disagreed with the notion that the district governments should not be given authority as they lack capacity.... Opposition plunged into black mood LAHORE, Sept 29: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Husain Ahmad has called for observing a black day today (Sunday) to condemn violence against lawyers and journalists and attack on the Supreme Court.... Raja Rasalu passes away LAHORE, Sept 29: Known writer and Punjabi Adabi Board Secretary Raja Rasalu died of a cardiac arrest here on Saturday. He was 80.... Students take to streets after accident UPPER DIR, Sept 29: Hundreds of school and college students took to the streets on Saturday in protest against a traffic accident in which a primary student was crushed to death and two others were injured.... Charities in NAs strapped for funds GILGIT, Sept 29: Orphanages and rehabilitation centres for the disadvantaged people in six districts of the Northern Areas need urgent support otherwise they will have to be closed down, according to Maulana Hafiz Hussain of the Ummah Education Project.... Orakzai Agency without power for 4 months KOHAT, Sept 29: The entire Orakzai Agency has been doing without electricity for the past four months although the tribes accused of damaging the Kalaya grid station have already deposited Rs4.5... Woman teacher gunned down GHALANAI, Sept 29: A woman schoolteacher was gunned down by unidentified assailants and a minor boy was wounded in an explosion here on Saturday.... Govt has no statistics on heart diseases: World Heart Day today RAWALPINDI, Sept 29: World Heart Day is being observed on Sunday to create public awareness of risk factors for heart disease and stroke and to promote preventive measures.... Over 100 arrested ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: Over 100 people belonging to the lawyers community and political parties were arrested on the charge of creating law and order situation and violating Section 144 here on Saturday.... Police run amok on lawyers, mediapersons ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: The manner in which law-enforcement agencies behaved during the scrutiny of nomination papers of the presidential candidates on Saturday indicates that when it comes to such brute action; law, ethics and unity of command become irrelevant.... HEC promoting links between varsities, industry ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: With the aim of generating human capital and economic activity, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is taking effective measures to promote interaction between the universities and the industry.... Attock lawyers observe strike ATTOCK, Sept 29: The lawyers of Attock district on Saturday observed complete strike to protest against the candidature of Gen Musharraf for presidential election. The strike was called by Pakistan Bar Council.... Shopkeepers throw traffic out of gear: Torture by students SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 29: The local Akbar Bazaar remained shut for an hour or so when shopkeepers closed their shops to protest the torture of their colleague allegedly at the hands of a few students on Saturday.... Bad blood leads to killing of three brothers GUJRAT, Sept 29: Three brothers, one of them a former general councillor, were shot dead and their guest was injured by the firing of their rivals at Manglia village in Kharian’s Gulliana police station precinct on Friday night.... Genuine destitute being neglected GUJRANWALA, Sept 29: The Baitul Mal’s district office is not paying compensation to genuine destitute and widows and they have urged the chief minister and other high-ups to ensure that they were paid the compensation at the earliest.... Tourist village near Derawar Fort planned BAHAWALPUR, Sept 29: The Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab has planned to develop a tourist village, estimated to cost Rs3.350 million, near the historical Derawar Fort, about 70 kilometres from here in the desert of Cholistan.... Judicial probe into ‘custodial killing’ ordered SAHIWAL, Sept 29: District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Naseem Akhtar Khan on Saturday ordered a judicial probe into the murder of two accused in `police custody’ in Chichawatni forestry and appointed judicial magistrate Liaquat Ali as inquiry officer.... PUJ rally LAHORE, Sept 29: The Punjab Union of Journalists staged a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club here on Saturday to condemn the police brutality against journalists in Islamabad and announced to... Details of Shahbaz’s property sought LAHORE, Sept 29: An anti-terrorism court has directed the Lahore DCO to provide details of property of Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Punjab’s former chief minister, to the complainant of Sabzazar police encounter.... Hoax call LAHORE, Sept 29: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, 771, bound for Copenhagen via Oslo, was delayed on Saturday after a hoax call that a bomb was planted in the plane....

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