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November 01, 2007 Thursday Shawwal 19, 1428   SC takes suo motu notice of Karachi carnage ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu notice of the Oct 18 Karachi carnage and decided to hear the matter on Thursday.... Courts link acquittal to SC verdict on NRO : Cases against Benazir, Asif RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: Four accountability courts on Wednesday linked the decision on acquittal petitions of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari in corruption cases to the verdict of the Supreme Court on a petition challenging the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).... Police raid madressah, arrest 12 students MANSEHRA, Oct 31: Police raided a madressah in Battagram and picked up 12 students, six of them Afghans, and a teacher on suspicion of their involvement in the explosion at an NGO office on Tuesday night, official sources said.... Two civilians killed as troops clash with militants MIRAMSHAH, Oct 31: Two civilians were killed and two others suffered injuries when security forces clashed with militants here on Tuesday night.... Benazir’s name removed from ECL RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: The names of Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and her security adviser Rehman Malik have been removed from the Exit Control List (ECL).... BHC reserves judgment on Jamil Bugti’s petition QUETTA, Oct 31: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has reserved judgment on a constitutional petition filed by Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party (Bramdagh... Islamabad police told to enhance security ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Ministry of Interior has issued special directive to the capital police to beef up security in the city, particularly in the sensitive areas.... Protesters injured for blocking traffic MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 31: A number of demonstrators were injured when police baton-charged them for blocking traffic on a road here on Wednesday, forcing shopkeepers to pull down their shutters.... Woman awarded life sentence for murdering husband RAWALPINDI, Oct 31: An additional district and sessions judge here on Wednesday handed down life sentence to a woman for killing her husband in Rawat last year.... Reshuffle in police ignores PPP request KARACHI, Oct 31: The Sindh government ignored Pakistan People’s Party requests while reshuffling key police officials in Sindh.... SC turns to Punjab to identify culprits : Police violence on September 29 ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the advocate general of Punjab to collect evidence and initiate action against the Islamabad police officials for failing to do same against... WB urged to avoid funding incapable agencies ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Representatives of mega projects’ victims Wednesday urged World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, who is currently visiting Pakistan, not to fund economically, environmentally and socially infeasible projects in the country.... Fakhar Zaman urges national consensus ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: World Punjabi Congress chairman Fakhar Zaman on Wednesday urged the government to initiate a broad-based dialogue involving all political forces for a national consensus to reverse what he... CM denies district status to Gujar Khan GUJAR KHAN, Oct 31: The Punjab chief minister has said the PML government is committed to fulfilling the promises it made to the public and over 64,000 primary schools have been upgraded and medicines are now easily available in the province.... Speedy drama on 7th Avenue ends in fine ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Adventure drivers who take the 7th Avenue for a racing track got a big shock Tuesday night when they found the Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) lying in wait to ambush them.... 2 travel agents arrested for defrauding intending Hajis ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: Two travel agents were arrested on the charge of defrauding 20 intending Hajis of over Rs3 million.... PFUJ calls for reopening case : Journalist’s murder ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed concern over the “closure” of the murder inquiry of senior journalist, Mohammad Ismail Malik, who was killed on Nov... TCP told to accelerate wheat import ISLAMABAD, Oct 31: The government on Wednesday ‘firmly instructed’ the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to complete the tendering process for importing 500,000 tonnes of wheat by mid-November and deferred a... Frontier PA passed 55 bills in five years: report PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The now-defunct NWFP assembly during its term passed a total of 55 bills, including the much-debated Hasba Bill, which prompted the federal government to block its enactment through the Supreme Court.... Archaeology officials face resistances in removing encroachments HYDERABAD, Oct 31: Officials of the archaeology department are facing resistance in removing encroachments around archaeological sites in Sindh not only from encroachers but also from government departments and law-enforcing agencies,... Work begins on medical college in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Oct 31: Speaker Sindh Assembly Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah has said that for the first time in the history of Pakistan, four mega projects of over Rs5 billion, including the Mirpurkhas Medical College, have been launched in the area.... Ex-nazim held on corruption charges MIRPURKHAS, Oct 31: The Anti-Corruption Establishment of Tharparkar on Wednesday arrested the former taluka nazim Chhachhro who is also leader of the PPP from Umerkot, on corruption charges.... Clearing agents given time to get registered PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Customs clearing agents have been given one-year grace period to convert themselves into companies to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).... Councillors urge steps to contain violence UPPER DIR, Oct 31: Law and order situation in the area, particularly the ongoing fighting in Swat, dominated a session of the Upper Dir district council held here on Wednesday.... PHC stays shifting of Swabi district courts PESHAWAR, Oct 31: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday stayed the shifting of Swabi district courts to a newly built judicial complex.... Increase in pro-poor expenditures planned PESHAWAR, Oct 31: Government departments and agencies are planning to increase their budgetary expenditures to 6.2 per cent from the existing 5.63 per cent of the GDP by the fiscal year 2008-09 to overcome growing poverty in the country.... Policemen included in attack probe KOHAT, Oct 31: Two policemen have been included in the investigation into an attack by the Taliban at a checkpost on Monday from where they took away 11 imported guns and ammunition, officials told Dawn.... Police guards redeployed at checkpoint UPPER DIR, Oct 31: Eight policemen, who had sneaked out of their post at Shah Dheri in Swat after militants of the group of Maulana Fazlullah besieged it, were sent to the troubled district, police sources said on Wednesday.... Brohi encounter case hearing adjourned NAWABSHAH, Oct 31: The hearing of the Rasool Bux Brohi murder case was held at the district and sessions court here amid tight security on Wednesday.... Health worker killed JACOBABAD, Oct 31: Lady health worker Sabul Dayo was shot dead and a girl Rabia Sarki, 14, suffered injuries when bandits attacked them near Bachro village in the jurisdiction of Thull on Wednesday.... Nadra, travel agents accused of fleecing pilgrims QUETTA, Oct 31: The Quetta chapter of Jamait Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) has urged the government to take action against ‘corrupt’ officials in Nadra, banks and private travel agencies for allegedly fleecing intending pilgrims.... ‘Fruit of economic harvest unevenly distributed’ LAHORE, Oct 31: National Commission for Government Reforms chairman Dr Ishrat Husain has said reforms are needed for addressing shortcomings in the existing government system which falls short of expectations of people without influence.... Bureaucratic bottlenecks mar Education Complex KASUR, Oct 31: Construction work on the Education Complex project which started one and a half years ago is incomplete yet. In fact, it has been stalled for the past seven... Amputation case: seven get 63-year term each MULTAN, Oct 31: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday awarded 63-year imprisonment and Rs0.56 million fine with a compensation of Rs0.8 million each to the seven people accused of amputating the leg... Police fly in the face of court orders LAYYAH, Oct 31: Despite the district and sessions court’s orders on Oct 24, Kot Sultan police have not registered an abduction case. The judge ordered police to register a case against... 6 human agents held GUJRANWALA, Oct 31: The federal investigation agency (FIA) claimed on Wednesday to have arrested six human agents, including two top-ten criminals, in different raids.... Man dies in ‘scrap explosion’ SHEIKHUPURA, Oct 31: A shopkeeper running scrape business in Sabir Colony in Ferozewala died when explosives went off here on Wednesday.... UNHCR Provides 20 beds to DHQ ward MIANWALI, Oct 31: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has handed over 20 beds with equipment for the newly-constructed cardiology ward of the District Headquarters Hospital.... ATI holds protest rally BAHAWALPUR, Oct 31: Anjuman Talaba-i-Islam (ATI) activists at Islamia University staged a rally on Wednesday, demanding cases against their rivals.... One killed in firing outside ATC FAISALABAD, Oct 31: One person was killed and five others injured in indiscriminate firing outside the Anti-Terrorism Court here on Wednesday.... Section 144 MIANWALI, Oct 31: District Nazim Obaidullah Shadikhel has imposed section 144 around the BA/BSc examination centres.... Corrupt patwaris go scot-free : ACE helpless LAHORE, Oct 31: Everyone knows, most of them are corrupt, well-connected and patronised by the powerful because of their `key’ position in the revenue department; so what, they are what they are – they are patwaris.... Country heading towards ‘acute water shortage’ LAHORE, Oct 31: Mangla dam raising will provide an additional 2.88 million acre feet (MAF) water, 644 Gigawatt hour (Gwh) additional electricity and the project is expected to complete by April 2008.... Abandoned things get police attention LAHORE, Oct 31: Police have adopted new measures to avert any eventuality in the city that include removing abandoned or unguarded things from congested areas and deployment of police squad at public places.... Bhambhore Express is operative LAHORE, Oct 31: Another all-economy-class Bhambhore Express has started running between Rawalpindi and Karachi.... ‘Billboards be powered off by 9pm’ LAHORE, Oct 31: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on Wednesday decided to re-launch conservation campaign, which according to its calculation could save up to 700MW if the district governments and public cooperate with it.... Intizar among dengue patients LAHORE, Oct 31: Known literary figure Intizar Husain is among the 10 people who were tested positive for dengue fever on Wednesday.... PTI invites applications from aspiring candidates LAHORE, Oct 31: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf on Wednesday invited applications from aspirants to contest general seats for the national and provincial assemblies, and said it would field only selfless candidates....

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