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October 17, 2007 Wednesday Shawwal 4, 1428   NRO termed unlawful, class-specific ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: An opposition leader and supporters of lawyers’ movement here on Tuesday rejected the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as unconstitutional and said it provided for condoning corruption by a... Rural Women’s Day goes unnoticed ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The World Rural Women’s Day, which had been the focus of attention for several local NGOs in the past especially those claiming to be fighting for women’s rights seemed to have been largely ignored this year.... Eliminating poverty still a daunting task RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: The ‘International Day for the Eradication of Poverty,’ being observed on Wednesday, provides an opportunity to take stock of progress and re-energise efforts towards archiving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).... Greater public awareness or haughty police: Rise in complaints RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: Public complaints against police highhandedness and apathy are on the rise, with legal experts describing police incompetence as the main cause while others seeing the increase as a... PM exchanges Eid greetings with eminent personalities ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz exchanged eid greetings with prominent personalities including parliamentarians, diplomats, senior civil and military officials here at the PM’s House.... PPP caravans to leave for Karachi today QUETTA, Oct 16: Caravans of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will leave for Karachi from northern, central and southern Balochistan and Quetta at 7am on Wednesday.... 28 killed in road accidents SAHIWAL, Oct 16: At least 28 people were killed and several others injured in road accidents in various parts of Punjab during Eid holidays.... Nawaz will return in November: Hashmi MULTAN, Oct 16: Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan in the first week of November and this time the government will not be able to deport him, says acting Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi.... PPP seeks suspension of local bodies before elections HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Syed Naveed Qamar Zaman Shah has said that it was one of the demands of the PPP that local governments should be suspended... 15 injured in firing on PPP rally SANGHAR, Oct 16: Fifteen PPP activists were injured when some unknown persons opened fire at the party’s rally near Shahdadpur on Monday. The PPP activists had taken out the rally from village Tayyab Thaheem,... Access to affordable, pure food stressed ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: The world celebrated the annual World Food Day on Tuesday (Oct 16) with a vow to ensure the availability of food for all and easy access to affordable, pure and ample quantity of food to all citizens.... ‘Benazir made irrevocable decision on Oct 18 return’ ATTOCK, Oct 16: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Malik Hakmeen Khan has said that PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto will return as per the announced schedule, putting to rest all rumours about any change of plans.... Ex-constable, CAA worker arrested: Human trafficking RAWALPINDI: Oct 16: The passport cell of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Tuesday a former police constable and a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) employee on charges of human trafficking, officials said.... Dialogue on electoral reforms demanded ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: With general elections just round the corner the importance and necessity of electoral reforms for conducting free and fair elections has never been more evident.... Nazims asked to utilise funds QUETTA, Oct 16: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has urged the nazims to quickly utilise funds released by the provincial government, in order to provide basic amenities to the people.... Five kidnapped boys freed NOWSHERA, Oct 16: Armed villagers got five teenaged boys, who were kidnapped for ransom allegedly by a notorious gang from mountains near Nizampur, and caught an accomplice of the kidnappers, sources said.... Two people drown KOHAT, Oct 16: Two people drowned in different incidents here on Monday.... Group calls elections un-Islamic PESHAWAR, Oct 16: Lashkar-i-Islam leader Mangal Bagh, has termed the coming elections un-Islamic, saying his organisation is not in favour of polls in which the candidates beg for votes.... Four shops gutted in Nowshera NOWSHERA, Oct 16: Four shops were reduced to ashes and more than 20 others damaged when a fire broke out in a three-storeyed building on the G.T. Road on Tuesday.... Women panel holds rally for missing people QUETTA, Oct 16: As the nation celebrated Eidul Fitr, the families of Balochistan’s missing people observed a ‘black day’ on Sunday and the Baloch Women Panel organised a big demonstration.... Cylinder bomb defused KOHAT, Oct 16: Bomb disposal squad personnel on Monday defused a bomb hidden in a gas cylinder in a music centre in the old bus stand area, police said.... ‘ASP was target in bomb blast’ KOHAT, Oct 16: Investigation into the bomb blast at the Jangle Khel police station has revealed that the Kohat ASP was the target of terrorists, officials said.... PPP workers leave for Karachi MANSEHRA, Oct 16: A caravan of PPP leaders and workers left here on Tuesday for Karachi to welcome party chairperson Benazir Bhutto, who is scheduled to land there on Thursday.... Owais calls on Aurakzai PESHAWAR, Oct 16: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani called on NWFP Governor Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai here at the Governor’s House.... Vegetable, fruit prices swell in Eid holidays MULTAN, Oct 16: Prices of vegetables and fruits swelled during Eid holidays due to a shortfall of supply to the local market from neighbouring provinces.... Two killed, five hurt as rivals trade fire SAHIWAL, Oct 16: Two persons were killed and another five injured, two of them serious, when two rival groups traded fire in Chak 54/4-R on Eid day.... Ten faint after taking poisonous pudding TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 16: Ten members of a family fainted after consuming poisonous pudding in Chak 257-GB on Sunday night.... Shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 16: Three robbers shot dead a trader, Sheikh Saqib, on resistance near Tapiala post on Narowal Road. The outlaws escaped after snatching from him Rs10,000 in cash and a cell phone.... Stage set for PPP workers’ road show LAHORE, Oct 16: Pakistan People’s Party Punjab Secretary-General Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas has claimed that over 100,000 workers from across the province are likely to reach Rahim Yar Khan on Wednesday (today)... A tale of abject poverty LAHORE, Oct 16: Even the approachable distance to celebrate festivals like Eid with their dear ones is impossible for some living in an abject poverty.... Deal — a political weakness: Ghinwa LARKANA, Oct 16: The chief of the PPP (SB) has termed the deal between the government and the People’s Party a sign of the party’s weakness....

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