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November 13, 2007 Tuesday Ziqa’ad 02, 1428   Irshadullah,Ishrat on shortlist for interim PM ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The former governor of the State Bank and Chairman of National Governance Reforms Comm-ission, Dr Ishrat Hussain, and a business tycoon, Irshadullah, are believed to have been short-listed for caretaker prime ministership, informed sources told Dawn on Monday.... PPP says 2,000 activists, leaders held ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Monday condemned the government for its attempts to “hound and harass its activists” and claimed that its 2,000 activists and leaders had been arrested across Sindh on Sunday.... Deposed judges to get pension, privileges: AG ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Attorney General Malik Mohammad Qayyum has said deposed judges of superior courts will get pension and other privileges. Talking to journalists here on Monday, he claimed that technically... PCO judges’ verdicts to have no legal cover: Justice Arshad MULTAN, Nov 12: Deposed Lahore High Court Justice Muhammad Jahangir Arshad says verdicts of the judges who have taken oath under the Provisional Constitution Order will be illegal, unconstitutional and in violation of the order of the seven-member Supreme Court bench.... PML membership is worth release order FAISALABAD, Nov 12: Now, a Pakistan Muslim League’s membership form can grant detained political workers and lawyers release if they fill it out. The ruling party has offered political workers and... TV channel petition hearing adjourned KARACHI, Nov 12: The Sindh High Court adjourned on Monday a petition moved by a media organisation on behalf of its four television channels ‘to a date in office for want of time’.... ‘All contacts with Musharraf severed’ LAHORE, Nov 12: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Monday said she has terminated her party’s negotiations with President Gen Pervez Musharraf for what she describes as smooth transition... It’s time for street protest: Imran: ‘All set to mobilise students’ LAHORE, Nov 12: Looking defiant and all set to mobilise students on the streets on Wednesday (tomorrow) against Gen Musharraf’s emergency rule, Pakistan Tereek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan lashes out at the ‘Washington plan’ of installing its ‘dream team of moderates’.... Senate body for retrieval of govt land ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The Senate standing committee on housing and works on Monday asked the government to take active steps to retrieve all official land currently under occupation of land mafia.... Intellectuals for return to constitutional rule ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Speakers at a seminar here today called for lifting martial law that has been imposed camouflaged as emergency, restoration of the 1973 constitution and reinstatement of the pre-emergency judiciary.... Protesting students detained, released ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Police detained a group of students from elite schools of the city for over one-and-a-half hours after they reached near F-9 Park to protest the emergency rule and curbs on the media.... Pindi lawyers stay away; 3 hours boycott in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: As lawyers at the district and sessions courts here ended their full day boycott of court proceedings and limited it to three hours daily, their counterparts in Rawalpindi... Benazir for release of Baloch leaders ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has condemned the arrest of two Baloch politicians - Mir Hasel Bizenjo and Yousaf Mastikhan - on charges of treason and sedition.... Stipends for trainee doctors, house officers approved ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday approved enhancement of stipends of the postgraduate trainees and house officers working in federal government hospitals throughout the country, but postponed a... Property dealer killed ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: A property dealer was shot dead by unidentified killer(s) here on Monday night. The deceased was identified as Zahir Abbasi, 40, a resident of Barakahu.... Stay against appointments in OPF extended ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: National Industrial Relations Commission on Monday extended the stay against new recruitments in Overseas Pakistanis Division to Nov 19, 2007 and restrained the OPF authorities from making any new appointment till the final decision in the case.... Govt-run schools to reopen MIRAMSHAH, Nov 12: All government-run educational institutions in North Waziristan Agency will reopen after six months on Tuesday.... Constitution review on PML manifesto LAHORE, Nov 12: The election manifesto of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League commits the party to a comprehensive review of the 1973 Constitution, particularly of the issue of transfer from the... Lawyers protest against emergency QUETTA, Nov 12: After Sun-day’s recess lawyers continued their boycott of courts in the city and other districts of the province. The protesting lawyers at a meeting decided that their movement... Prisoners shifted UPPER DIR, Nov 12: All prisoners from Dir sub-jail have been shifted to Timergara district jail on the orders of NWFP’s Inspector-General of Prisons.... Migration from Bara to safe places continues LANDI KOTAL, Nov 12: Residents of Sheikhmalkhel area in Bara tehsil of the Khyber Agency continue to migrate to safe places fearing eruption of clashes between two armed groups, sources say.... Rights activists meet Justice Tariq PESHAWAR, Nov 12: A group of rights activists from the Women Action Forum met the deposed chief justice of the Peshawar High Court Justice Tariq Pervez at his residence on Monday... MMA govt did nothing to enforce Sharia: Sherpao TIMERGARA, Nov 12: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Monday that the PPP government had introduced the Sharia regulation and Adl law in Malakand division in 1994, but the MMA government did nothing to enforce it.... Talks held for recovery of abducted HR activist KOHAT, Nov 12: Negotiations between the tribal administration and Taliban continued through elders of the five main tribes of the Kohat Frontier Region for the second day on Monday for the... PIA assailed for cancelling Chitral flights CHITRAL, Nov 12: District Nazim Maghfirat Shah has called upon the PIA management to revoke its decision of cancelling Islamabad-Chitral flight on the pretext of lack of passengers.... Reshuffle in NWFP bureaucracy PESHAWAR, Nov 12: The caretaker government of the NWFP on Monday ordered reshuffle of several provincial secretaries and senior executive officers, most of them believed to be close to the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.... Man, nephew run over by truck SWABI, Nov 12: A man and his nephew were killed while his brother was injured when they were run over by a truck here on Monday.... Graffiti: yes for pro-govt no for anti FAISALABAD, Nov 12: The administration and police apparently have double standards when it comes to implementing the ban on wall chalking as all graffiti by the anti-government lawyers is being removed,... Rally against new Pemra Ord OKARA, Nov 12: Dozens of journalists from across the district reached the local Press Club to participate in a protest demonstration against the imposition of new Pemra Ordinance by the government.... Lawyers refuse to attend lower courts GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: The District Bar Association continued boycott of court proceedings on Monday against the imposition of emergency while police kept barricaded all roads leading to the district courts.... Three die on road GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: Three family members were killed while another two received injuries in a road accident near Kotli Nawab on Monday. Reports said that Obaidullah, 25, was on his... Bar to remove court’s siege ‘forcibly’ FAISALABAD, Nov 12: The district bar association has announced that it will `forcibly’ remove police siege of the district courts’ premises on Nov 13 (today) and stage a protest rally against the proclamation of emergency.... Bride, groom injured SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 12: Five people, including a bride and her groom, were injured when a speeding car overturned on Lahore-Islamabad Motorway on Monday evening. A marriage procession on its way to... Lawyers’ strike haunts courts LAHORE, Nov 12: A majority of lawyers stayed away from the Lahore High Court (LHC) and lower courts for the seventh consecutive day. A few lawyers were present in the courtyard at the back of Kyani Hall.... Flour mills sealed LAHORE, Nov 12: The Punjab Food Department on Monday sealed five more mills for selling flour at higher than the agreed price and indulging in inter-mill trade instead of grinding.... Many Haj pilgrims to miss ballots LAHORE, Nov 12: A meeting of the Election Commission of Pakistan is being held in Islamabad during the next few days to decide the schedule for the next general elections that President Musharraf says will be completed before Jan 9.... Suicide LAHORE, Nov 12: A disabled man committed suicide in the Gulshan Iqbal area on Monday. Jamshaid, 35, of Nargis Block had lost his legs in a road accident some 12...

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