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November 12, 2007 Monday Ziqa’ad 01, 1428   PPP leaders go into hiding ATTOCK, Nov 11: The entire leadership of Pakistan People’s Party Attock has gone underground to avoid arrest after the detention of its secretary general Dr Malik Naeem Awan.... ANP leader demands lifting of emergency PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan has called upon all democratic forces to unite and launch a joint struggle against the military regime which, he said, had destroyed the Constitution and democracy in the country.... Journalists’ protest enters third day ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: On the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), mediapersons’ protest against closure of independent TV channels and violence against their colleagues continued for the third day here on Sunday.... HR bodies concerned over rights violations ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that fair and free elections in Pakistan are not possible so long as Pakistan’s Constitution remains suspended and the nation remains under emergency rule.... WHO fears rise in chronic diseases RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: Chronic diseases are projected to rise and account for almost 50 per cent of all deaths in the country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which estimates... Benazir assures lawyers of support PESHAWAR, Nov 11: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has assured lawyers of her party’s full support in the struggle for restoration of Constitution, reinstatement of superior court judges and autonomy of bar councils.... Emergency may be lifted next month: Qayyum LAHORE, Nov 11: Attorney-General Malik Mohammad Qayyum strongly feels the possibility that emergency may be lifted sometimes next month paving the way for next general elections to be held in a situation free from ‘extra-constitutional irritants’.... 47 lawyers of Lahore freed SAHIWAL, Nov 11: Around 47 lawyers of Lahore were released from the central jail here late on Saturday night after an anti-terrorism court of Lahore accepted their bails.... Baloch spells out MMA protest plan LAHORE, Nov 11: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) will launch its protest movement from November 14 and sustain it till the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) is withdrawn, the removed judges are reinstated and the Constitution is restored.... Hundreds of PPP workers detained ‘temporarily’ LAHORE, Nov 11: Police arrested hundreds of Pakistan People’s Party activists on Sunday who gathered at the Allam Iqbal International airport to welcome the party chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, on her arrival here.... Seven of a family killed on road TAXILA, Nov 11: Seven members of a family were killed and a minor was injured critically in a traffic accident in the jurisdiction of Hassanabdal police on Sunday.... 48 deported from Turkey arrive RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: A batch of 48 Pakistani illegal immigrants, deported by Turkish authorities, arrived at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday.... NARC develops diet to boost animal growth ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Animal nutritionists at the National Agricultural Research Council (NARC) have developed feedlot diets for large and small ruminants (cud-chewing animals), obtaining good results in the Potohar region and... Jam promises incentives for industrialists QUETTA, Nov 11: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mohammad Yousuf has said the government will provide maximum incentives and facilities to industrialists in Gwadar.... Students hold protest in Toronto TORONTO, Nov 11: About 70 people, mostly university students, protested here on Sunday against the imposition of state of emergency in Pakistan.... ‘AJK govt buildings fit for retrofitting’ MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 11: A leading consultancy firm has submitted its report on government buildings which had survived the Oct 2005 earthquake, declaring them fit for retrofitting, Dawn learnt here on Sunday.... FC checkpost attacked near Dera Bugti QUETTA, Nov 11: A heavy exchange of fire between militants and security forces took place when a checkpost came under attack near Dera Bugti on Sunday.... Indian atrocities condemned MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 11: A top Kashmiri guerilla leader has condemned fresh atrocities in occupied Kashmir and accused Indian forces of killing Kashmiri people for their affiliation with the freedom struggle.... Militants kidnap rights activist KOHAT, Nov 11: Militants on Sunday kidnapped a human rights activist and his family from the Akhorwal area of Darra Adam Khel in the Frontier Region, officials said.... Drug smuggling bid foiled KOHAT, Nov 11: The Anti-Narcotics Force in Kohat foiled an attempt to smuggle a huge quantity of hashish from the tribal area and arrested the driver of the truck carrying the consignment to Punjab on Sunday.... Explosive device defused PARACHINAR, Nov 11: The bomb disposal squad defused a powerful explosive device in Sateen area of the Lower Kurram Agency on Sunday, officials said.... NWFP investment conference in Dec PESHAWAR, Nov 11: The Board of Investment, in cooperation with the NWFP government and Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), will hold the second NWFP Investment Conference next month.... Passenger plane makes emergency landing NAWABSHAH, Nov 11: A Pakistan International Airline flight made an emergency landing at the Nawabshah Airport due to poor visibility in Karachi on Sunday.... Two killed in clash followed by matrimonial dispute KHAIRPUR, Nov 11: Two men were killed and another injured in a clash between two groups of Lashari community in village Baharo Lashari, taluka Kotdiji, here on Sunday.... NWFP governor hunts more partridges NAWABSHAH, Nov 11: NWFP governor continued the hunting of partridges in Pai Forest and Game Sanctuary near Sakrand for the second day on Sunday.... Woman, three children drown SWABI, Nov 11: A woman and her three children drowned on Sunday when a rickshaw they were riding in skidded off the road near Sher Ali Banda and fell into the Gohati canal.... Six kidnapped from wagon near Kashmore JACOBABAD, Nov 11: Six people were kidnapped from a passenger wagon near Adhoo Wah in the jurisdiction of Bakhshapur police station near Kashmore late on Saturday night.... Literary sitting LARKANA, Nov 11: The Indus Cultural and Literary Organisation held a sitting in memory of famous poet Nawaz Ali Niaz Jaffery on his 48th birth anniversary here on Sunday.... TDA land illegally allotted to evacuee property’s claimant LAYYAH, Nov 11: Around 2,000 kanals of land belonging to the Thal Development Authority (TDA) was illegally allotted to an evacuee property’s claimant in excess of the original claim by a... New route for PPP ‘long march’ KASUR/OKARA, Nov 11: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has changed the route of its ‘Nov 13 long march’ and now the rally will leave Lahore for Kasur.... Interim set-up in Punjab with CM’s consent LAHORE, Nov 11: The interim chief minister for Punjab who will supervise the electoral process will be a man to be proposed by Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, knowledgeable sources say.... Clipping bars’ licencing powers flayed KHANEWAL, Nov 11: Lawyers have condemned the proposed legislation for withdrawing the power to cancel their licences from respective bar councils and transferring it to high courts.... Democracy not in sight: PBC LAHORE, Nov 11: The Musharraf regime has no intentions to restore democracy or respect the rule of law, said a Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) statement here on Sunday.... PMA, Wapda union want judges reinstated LAHORE, Nov 11: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and the Pakistan Wapda Hydroelectric Central Labour Union have demanded an immediate end to the emergency rule, reinstatement of judges of superior courts and release of lawyers and political workers.... ‘M Hamza in solitary confinement’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 11: Former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA M Hamza’s son has alleged that his father is not being provided medicines and other facilities as he is a heart and diabetes patient.... Man poisons wife to have another SIALKOT, Nov 11: A man allegedly poisoned his wife on Sunday in frustration over being issueless even three years after marriage....

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