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October 28, 2007 Sunday Shawwal 15, 1428   Dir Scouts deployed to check Fazl’s entry UPPER DIR, Oct 27: The government on Saturday deployed Dir Scout soldiers at different places in Upper Dir to prevent Maulana Fazlullah and his supporters from entering the district.... It is a war of interests: Fazl : ‘Conspiracy hatched to delay poll’ SWABI, Oct 27: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman said on Saturday that conspiracies were being hatched to postpone the general elections, which would be against the interest of the country and its people.... Judges asked to avoid adjournment of cases ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Senior judge of Supreme Court Mr Justice Rana Bhagwandas on Saturday said that the prolonged adjournments of cases should not be used as a tool for delaying justice by the courts.... Hamid Gul serves legal notice on Benazir ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general Lt-Gen (retired) Hamid Gul has served a legal notice on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto for, what he said, including... Former CM, PML-Q leader join PPP QUETTA, Oct 27: Balochistan former chief minister Mir Taj Mohammad Jamali and a local PML-Q leader Mir Sanjar Khan Jamali joined the Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday.... 3 constables kidnapped in Hangu HANGU, Oct 27: Three policemen were kidnapped during an attack on a checkpoint in Thall on Friday night, sources said.... 2 soldiers wounded near Miramshah MIRAMSHAH, Oct 27: Two paramilitary soldiers were wounded in an attack on a checkpoint near Miramshah, the headquarters of the North Waziristan Agency, on Friday night, sources said.... Plot foiled to blow up gas pipeline QUETTA, Oct 27: Security forces on Saturday foiled an attempt to blow up a pipeline supplying gas from the Loti gas field to the main purification plant in Sui.... PPP for end to ‘agencies’ role’ in elections ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the resolution adopted by the European Union (EU) parliament condemning the attack on October 19 rally and urging a return to democracy by holding free, fair and transparent elections in Pakistan.... Call for national efforts to counter extremism ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Vice Chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has observed that a comprehensive national effort was a must to defeat the full spectrum of threats facing the country.... Protests mark Indian invasion of Kashmir MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 27: Several demonstrations were held in different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to mark the Indian invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 and in protest against the human rights violations in the held territory.... Jamaat to review strategy: Baloch ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) will propose drastic changes in its party’s strategy to meet the challenges before the religious parties of the country, Muslim nations and Islamist organisations the world over, Naib Amir Liaqat Baloch says.... Road in Kohat reopens KOHAT, Oct 27: The vehicles of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) which had been banned by the protesters on the Shakardarra road since Thursday morning were allowed to use... ‘No dearth of talent in IT’ ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Pakistan may be far behind India in information technology, but there is no dearth of talent as was witnessed at the IT competition held at the Baharia University on Saturday.... Hashmi predicts hung parliament HYDERABAD, Oct 27: Acting president of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Saturday predicted a hung parliament or coalition government and called for a lawyers’ tribunal under political parties’ supervision... Govt’s mistakes blamed for lawlessness PESHAWAR, Oct 27: Some people were desperately trying to prove that Pakhtuns were the source of social strife in the NWFP even though they were not, said the Awami National Party on Saturday.... ‘Secret agencies behind blasts’ TIMERGARA, Oct 27: Secret agencies were involved in violence in Swat and the government should withdraw forces from the Malakand region, said the provincial amir of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, Senator Maulana Gul Naseeb Khan, on Saturday.... JI opposes use of force in Swat PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The government should resolve the troubles in Swat through negotiations and avoid the use of force, says Jamaat-i-Islami’s provincial chief Sirajul Haq.... Benazir seeks civil society’s support HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The Pakistan People’s Party chairperson said on Saturday the Oct 18 blasts were a stark reminder to the fact that the battle in Pakistan was not only between... Benazir’s stance harmful to reconciliation: Durrani LAHORE, Oct 27: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Saturday said the politicians with ‘imported agenda’ stood no chance in country’s politics and they will neither get... PML will counter PPP agenda: Pervaiz LAHORE, Oct 27: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Saturday the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its allies would counter what he called ‘the anti-Pakistan agenda floated by Benazir Bhutto’,... Red alert sounded in Wah, Taxila TAXILA, Oct 27: Security has been put on red alert around sensitive places in Taxila and Wah Cantonment following the deteriorating law and order situation in Swat.... Two killed ISLAMABAD, Oct 27: Two persons died in separate incidents here on Saturday, police said.... Rapist gets life term RAWALPINDI, Oct 27: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Saturday handed down life imprisonment to a man and acquitted two others in a case of kidnap, rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Fatehjang last year.... Reshuffle in Northern Areas bureaucracy GILGIT, Oct 27: The Northern Areas administration on Saturday transferred and posted three deputy commissioners, official sources said.... Journalist’s abduction allegation denied QUETTA, Oct 27: Mir Shafiqur Rehman Mengal, leader of the ruling PML and son of federal state minister Mir Naseer Mengal, has denied that his brother was behind the abduction of a journalist in Khuzdar.... Nutrition project launched in NWFP ABBOTTABAD, Oct 27: A nutrition project for the earthquake-affected districts of NWFP was officially launched at a local mill on Saturday.... AAG resigns PESHAWAR, Oct 27: The additional advocate-general (AAG) of the NWFP, Arbab Muhammad Usman Khan, has resigned from his post. He sent his resignation letter to NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai on Saturday.... Girl injured as part of roof caves in MIRPURKHAS, Oct 27: A girl student the Government Rabia Basri High School, Hameedpura Colony was injured as a big chunk of plaster of the roof fell on her, on Saturday.... Councillor waylaid JACOBABAD, Oct 27: Robbers looted 50 tolas gold jewellery and Rs500,000 cash from Councillor, Sham Lal’s house in the jurisdiction of City Police Station on Saturday.... Local bodies to remain intact: minister KHAIRPUR, Oct 27: Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Jehangir Tareen has said that the local government system would remain intact and there is no programme to terminate or... Permission to change HSC groups HYDERABAD, Oct 27: The controller of examinations, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Hyderabad, announced on Friday that permission for change of group for HSC part-I and part-II academic year 2007-08... Two boys killed after kidnapping NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 27: Bodies of Amir, 12, son of Ali Bux Panhwar and Dilsher, 14, son of Mohammad Khan, were found buried in a cotton field in Mohammad Moosa Panhwar... Three die in accident SHIKARPUR, Oct 27: Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident near Sherkot chowk on Shikarpur-Sukkur road, in the jurisdiction of Lakhi police station on Saturday evening.... 11,000 children working in Sahiwal kilns: study SAHIWAL, Oct 27: As many as 25,000 male and female kiln workers, 11,000 of them less than 16 year old, are working under inhuman conditions at 254 kilns in the district, says a study conducted by a non-governmental organisation.... Protesters block rail traffic FAISALABAD, Oct 27: Scores of people staged a protest demonstration and blocked rail traffic against cancellation of two stopovers at Chak Jhumra on Thursday.... Three killed on road KHANEWAL, Oct 27: Three people were killed when the car they were travelling in overturned and dashed against a tree near Pull-12 Mile bus stop, about 25 kilometres from Khanewal, on Kabirwala-Jhang Road on Saturday morning.... ‘Opposition has failed to forge anti-govt alliance’ BAHAWALPUR, Oct 27: Opposition parties have failed to set up an alliance against President Gen Pervez Musharraf, says Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saad Rafique.... Woman kidnaps infant TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 27: A woman kidnapped the infant son of a local cleric from his residence in Gojra on Saturday.... 2 kidnappers killed in shootout GUJRANWALA, Oct 27: A man who allegedly kidnapped his eight-year-old cousin and received Rs3 million ransom was killed along with his accomplice in a shootout with police near Alipur Chattha on Saturday.... Power outage spectre raises head yet again LAHORE, Oct 27: Citizens are facing numerous problems as Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) is continuing its loadshedding plan contrary to its claims of shelving the practice after Ramazan.... Various aspects of bone ailment LAHORE, Oct 27: Osteoporosis Society of Pakistan President Dr Akhtar Ahmad has said the incidence of the bone ailment is significantly increasing as population of the world is growing in size as well as living longer....

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