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October 24, 2007 Wednesday Shawwal 11, 1428   Ordinance to guarantee clean politics, says Aziz QUETTA, Oct 23: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the National Reconciliation Ordinance aimed to promote clean politics and a conducive atmosphere for election.... JUI, Jamaat move to resolve differences PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Jamaat-i-Islami agreed on Tuesday to stop issuing statements against each other’s leaders and convene a meeting of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s provincial council in Peshawar... ‘Militants’ killed near Dera Bugti QUETTA, Oct 23: Three suspected militants were killed and another was injured in a heavy exchange of fire with security forces in the Kurdan area near Dera Bugti on Tuesday.... Sherpao explains failure of jammers ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday that reconciliation efforts would be extended to Waziristan but tribesmen must avoid militancy against security forces and must not allow foreigners to fuel hatred.... MMA top council meeting on Nov 8 ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A meeting of heads of the parties in the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will be held on Nov 8 to try to sort out differences between the alliance’s president... NAB case hearing adjourned RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Hearings in corruption cases against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari were adjourned by three accountability courts here on Tuesday.... Warehouses, mills sealed for hoarding QUETTA, Oct 23: Police on Tuesday sealed 10 warehouses and six flour mills for hoarding edible items.... High Court disposes of petition QUETTA, Oct 23: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court on Tuesday disposed of a petition filed by Sher Mohammad Rind that police were harassing him by registering false cases, at the behest of his influential brother.... 1,500MW shortfall to cause two-hour daily public shock LAHORE, Oct 23: With hydel generation dropping below 4,000MW, the Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) now faces 1,500MW power shortage and has started two-hour daily loadshedding throughout the country to meet the shortfall.... Woman lawyer attacked on court’s premises MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 23: A woman lawyer was allegedly attacked and injured by her husband and brother-in-law on Tuesday here at the District Courts.... NA body concerned over nomination in ministry ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Population Welfare on Tuesday expressed concern over the nomination of Mushtaq A. Khan as Chairman National Trust for Population Welfare (Natpow) for... Maqbool for setting up research centre : Study of design failure causes TAXILA, Oct 23: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Maqbool on Tuesday stressed the need for continuity in policies to make the country economically and socially strong.... Traffic police selected for Aids awareness ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: City Traffic Police personnel, most of the time found struggling to control the growing traffic mess, have been chosen for carrying the Aids awareness message as part of... Construction by army stayed : ‘Govt employees land’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday issued stay orders against any type of construction and change in the nature of a 2,388 kanal land near Morgah by the army housing directorate.... SHO, seven policemen booked in torture case RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on Tuesday ordered police to register an FIR against an SHO for allegedly torturing an under-trail prisoner at the Saddar Berooni police station.... CM opens development projects in Chakwal : Dhudial to get gas CHAKWAL, Oct 23: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday said era of progress had started in the country due to availability of abundant resources generated by the solid economic policies.... Pims trainee doctors on token strike ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The postgraduate trainee doctors of the city’s largest tertiary care hospital - Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences - went on symbolic strike from Tuesday to press for increase... Highwaymen loot bus ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A Lahore-bound bus was hijacked by a gang of five highwaymen who robbed the passengers of Rs670,000 and 15 cellphones here on Tuesday.... EC likely to approve code ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Election Commission is likely to approve the draft code of conduct for the general elections on Wednesday.... Security beefed up in Naudero LARKANA, Oct 23: Security in and around the residence of former prime minister, Ms Benazir Bhutto, in Naudero, has been beefed up with a large number of Ms Bhutto’s own men and heavy police deployment.... DIG calls for action against DPOs MIRPURKHAS, Oct 23: The DIG Mirpurkhas Pir Mohammad Abbasi has sent a letter to the Sindh government requesting departmental action against the ex-DPO Mirpurkhas Abdullah Shaikh and DPO Sanghar Ajmal Magsi, according to the directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan.... Parties open ‘election campaigns’ in Fata LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Oct 23: Apparently launching their election campaigns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, activists of various political parties have demanded formation of an interim government of national... ‘Parliament without PPP, PML-N chiefs useless’ PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The Pakistan People’s Party has said that a parliament without Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif will be deemed incomplete and unrepresentative.... ‘Military intends to stay in power’ PESHAWAR, Oct 23: The country faces numerous challenges as the military intends to stay in power by all means, according to Aitzaz Ahsan.... Jamaat denies involvement in Karak explosion KARAK, Oct 23: The district president of the Jamaat-i-Islami has said the perpetrators of the recent bomb explosion in Karak have links neither with his party nor the Shabab-i-Milli.... Another blast victim dies SHIKARPUR, Oct 23: One more injured of Karachi bomb blasts expired at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, late on Monday night.... Two killed in accident NAWABSHAH, Oct 23: Two people were killed and three others injured when two motorcycles collided at the National Highway near Sakrand on Tuesday evening.... Lashkar extends cooperation to jirga LANDI KOTAL, Oct 23: The Lashkar-i-Islam, a militant outfit of the Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency, has extended full cooperation to a jirga of Zakhakhel elders for restoring peace in the area.... Minister appointed PESHAWAR, Oct 23: Syed Mohammad Ali Shah Bacha Lala of Swat has been inducted as a minister in the provincial caretaker cabinet on the recommendations of NWFP Chief Minister Shamsul Mulk.... Two policemen among six booked : Youth’s death in custody VEHARI, Oct 23: A murder case has been registered against a sub-inspector, a constable and four others for torturing a youth to death.... Cricket fans face agony FAISALABAD, Oct 23: A large number of cricket fans faced agony first in obtaining tickets and then entering Iqbal Stadium to watch the third ODI between Pakistan and South Africa here on Tuesday, Dawn observed.... Two ASIs, patwari booked for graft SAHIWAL, Oct 23: The local Anti-Corruption Establishment registered cases against two ASIs and a patwari for taking bribe here on Tuesday.... Two filling stations looted SAHIWAL, Oct 23: Two filling stations were looted here on Tuesday morning.... Banker booked for fraud GUJRAT, Oct 23: Civil Lines police have registered a fraud case against a cashier of the National Bank of Pakistan’s main branch.... Govt to decide Nadra’s role : Census of employees LAHORE, Oct 23: The Punjab government will decide if the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) be engaged to carry out a computerised census of its employees in other districts of... Few lawyers protest blasts LAHORE, Oct 23: Responding to the call given by Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), around 30 lawyers came out on The Mall and staged a sit-in on Tuesday to condemn... CM’s secretariat got no time to waste LAHORE, Oct 23: With the clock ticking, the Punjab chief minister’s secretariat has reportedly stopped issuing directives for implementation of CM’s ‘important’ orders and started instead conveying his commands to the officials concerned personally or through telephone.... Qazi’s removal not an issue: Baloch LAHORE, Oct 23: Although the JUI-F has called for replacing Qazi Husain Ahmad as president of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a senior Jamaat-i-Islami leader says the matter is not on the agenda of the alliance’s supreme council....

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