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October 05, 2007 Friday Ramazan 22, 1428   EC asked to complete voters’ list by 25th ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to complete the revision of the voters list by Oct 25 and put the updated list on its website.... Sindh govt’s funds blocked ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Ministry of Health has blocked Sindh government’s attempt to get the utilisation control of the entire $41 million Norwegian assistance for the Mother and Neonatal Child Health... Press club’s office-bearer kidnapped QUETTA, Oct 4: Khuzdar Press Club’s senior vice-president Riaz Mengal was kidnapped on Thursday evening.... HC suspends assembly speaker’s notification QUETTA, Oct 4: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has suspended a notification of the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly on a petition filed by Agha Daud Faisal of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal challenging his resignation from the assembly seat.... CPNE complaints commission KARACHI, Oct 4: The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors has announced the constitution of its Media Complaints Commission (MCC). It will be headed by Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid.... NP leader sent back to jail QUETTA, Oct 4: An additional sessions judge on Thursday cancelled the interim bail granted to National Party’s central leader Mir Khalid Khan Lango and sent him back to jail.... Speaker accepts 44 resignations: Notice to three MPAs LAHORE, Oct 4: Punjab Assembly Speaker Afzal Sahi on Thursday accepted 44 resignations of 47 members, who resigned two days ago but issued notices to three members of the provincial assembly (MPAs) to “explain their position”.... APDM optimism on shutter-down LAHORE, Oct 4: Civil society and political parties will show their resentment against what they called ‘sham’ presidential elections by observing a complete shutter-down on Oct 6 (Saturday).... 45 policemen booked KHAIRPUR, Oct 4: Forty-five policemen including a former SHO Ahmedpur were booked on Wednesday on the directives of third additional sessions judge Khairpur for arresting the PPP worker Pakhar Jagirani and his three relatives.... 25 injured as peter rickshaw overturns SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 4: As many as 25 passengers sustained injuries as a peter engine rickshaw overturned here on Thursday evening on Bharianwala Road.... Loving Rawal Lake to death RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: Human activity going on around the Rawal Lake for the love of its natural environs is polluting the lake to “disastrous level”, according to the Water and Sewage Agency (Wasa).... Wapda referendum results announced ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) has swept the referendum held in the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) at the national level.... Job seekers roughed up by police ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Thousands of youths seeking job in South Korea had to return their home empty-handed after they were refused not only registration but were also roughed up by the police here on Thursday.... Abolition of Attock Khurd check post sought ATTOCK, Oct 4: Social circles on Thursday demanded of the government and police high-ups to abolish the Attock Khurd check post instead of setting up Police-Public Liaison Committee to monitor its working.... Pims ED wants to quit ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The executive director (ED) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has informed the health ministry that he is no more willing to hold the post due to personal reasons, sources told Dawn.... Islamabad to have entertainment complex ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: Islamabad will have its first state-of-the- art entertainment complex under an agreement between the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Cinepax, a private multiplex cinema company.... Britain for level-playing field for all parties ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: The British High Commissioner, Robert Brinkley, on Thursday told the leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) that Britain wanted to see the holding of free and fair... Pindi lecturers to observe black day: Salam Teachers’ Day RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: Lecturers of Rawalpindi division’s colleges will observe the Salam Teachers Day on Friday as black day as the government has not promoted them to the next grade for over the last two decades.... Beggars swarm city, cantonment areas RAWALPINDI, Oct 4: The government has not been able to come out with a strategy to combat the menace of beggary, the roots of which are becoming stronger, nurtured by the influential underground mafia.... CMH nurse found dead ISLAMABAD, Oct 4: A nurse of Combine Military Hospital was found dead here on Thursday, police said.... Factory owner sent to jail TAXILA, Oct 4: The civil judge Hassanabdal has sent a factory-owner to jail for lack of safety measurers at his factory.... Govt condemned for Sept 29 brutality : Resolution adopted in NWFP assembly PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Lawmakers on Thursday condemned the government for use of force against journalists and lawyers through a unanimous resolution in the provincial assembly and termed September 29 as ‘the darkest day in the history of Pakistan’.... Move to get World Bank support for reforms PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The NWFP government has engaged the World Bank for securing credit to finance its ongoing reform plan in the 2007-08 financial year, officials said.... Kabul urged to facilitate prisoners’ release PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The Awami National Party has proposed to the Afghan government to create a department to facilitate the release of Pakistani prisoners languishing in various jails in Afghanistan.... Project to reduce iron deficiency launched PESHAWAR, Oct 4: The NWFP government with the financial assistance of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has launched a universal wheat enrichment project to reduce iron deficiency among children and women.... ANP asks people to resist re-election PESHAWAR, Oct 4: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan on Thursday said that re-election of President Pervez Musharraf carried no weight after legislators of the All Parties Democratic Movement had resigned from assemblies.... 200 schemes for N. Areas GILGIT, Oct 4: The Northern Areas administration will start work on more than 200 new development projects in the current financial year, official sources said.... No hepatitis injection, kit at Sahiwal hospital SAHIWAL, Oct 4: The entire stock of Hepatitis B and C test kits and injections in the District Headquarters Hospital has finished as a result of which 2,460 patients confirmed positive... APDM to stir traders into action FAISALABAD, Oct 4: The All Pakistan Democratic Movement local chapter has decided to mobilise the traders, particularly of Clock Tower markets, to make the Oct 6 shutter-down call a success.... Pole ‘killer’ of father, son LAYYAH, Oct 4: Relatives of a three-year-old boy, who was electrocuted here on Thursday, blocked Eidgah Road in protest against Wapda authorities.... Shortage of electricity meters irks consumers VEHARI, Oct 4: Around 4,000 applications for installation of new electricity connections and replacement of defected meters are pending with the Multan Electric Supply Company’s Vehari circle apparently owing to non-availability... Workers’ rally against Wapda privatisation GUJRANWALA, Oct 4: Workers of Pakistan WAPDA Hydro Electric Central Labour Union (CBA) took out a rally against privatization and division of Wapda and warned that they would never accept it as it was not in the interest of nation.... Wildlife Day observed LAHORE, Oct 4: The World Wildlife Day was observed at Lahore Zoo on Thursday where officials briefed the visitors on habits and habitat of different animals such as lions, monkeys, deer and chimpanzees.... Man gunned down on resistance FAISALABAD, Oct 4: Dacoits gunned down a man on offering resistance here on Thursday in Sattiana police precincts.... The day did not belong to police BAHAWALPUR, Oct 4: The police faced a tough day out in two areas of Bahawalpur as an SHO was injured by robbers and a raiding team was made to flee as... FC officials accused of beating students MULTAN, Oct 4: Frontier Constabulary (FC) officials allegedly beat school students who were protesting against the Dhodak Plant administration.... Court action against cops GUJRANWALA, Oct 4: The district and sessions judge ordered registration of a case against five police officials, including three inspectors, for keeping a man in illegal confinement.... Okara SSP dies OKARA, Oct 4: SSP investigation Abdul Hamid Khan Niazi died of a cardiac arrest here on Thursday.... PML-N again becomes police target LAHORE, Oct 4: Lahore police have raided houses of leaders, office-bearers and workers of PML-N and detained at least 25 of them on Thursday, party’s secretary information claims.... Beg urges SC suo motu LAHORE, Oct 4: Awami Qiadat Party Chairman Gen Mirza Aslam Beg (retired) says the Supreme Court should take a suo motu notice of the government’s decision to withdraw cases against various political leaders.... Drive against corruption LAHORE, Oct 4: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an awareness campaign to highlight the effects of corruption and to motivate the youth to make a positive contribution towards minimising corruption from society.... Wajih to address lawyers today LAHORE, Oct 4: Presidential hopeful Justice Wajihuddin (retired) is set to address lawyers at the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) here on Friday (today).... Indian sugar: LHC rejects ICA plea LAHORE, Oct 4: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday refused to entertain an Intra Court Appeal (ICA) by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) against the order... Railways to observe courtesy week LAHORE, Oct 4: The Railways will observe a courtesy week from Oct 7 to Oct 13, with an aim to further improve its image.... Second day of chemists’ strike LAHORE, Oct 4: Chemists’ strike in Lahore and other parts of the province continued for the second day on Thursday against the new drug rules.... Employees of union councils denied salary for 3 months HYDERABAD, Oct 4: More than 300 employees of many union councils in Hyderabad district have not received their salaries for past three months.... Man kidnapped JACOBABAD, Oct 4: The deputy to a tribal chief, Ghulam Shabbir Katohar, was kidnapped at Manjhoo Larho en route to his village Katohar in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station on Wednesday night.... Three bandits arrested MIRPURKHAS, Oct 4: The police arrested five bandits while they were fleeing after committing a house robbery in Digri town on Thursday.... Youm-i-Ali observed HYDERABAD, Oct 4: The anniversary of martyrdom of Hazrat Ali Murtaza (RA) was observed throughout Sindh with great reverence on Thursday.... Protest against ‘political victimisation’ THATTA, Oct 4: Hundreds of Pakistan People’s Party activists and party sympathisers took out a rally in Sujawal on Thursday to protest against registration of a criminal case against a party leader and some workers....

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