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| November 19, 2007 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 08, 1428 |
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50 juvenile prisoners in Attock jail
ATTOCK, Nov 18: There are 50 undertrial juvenile prisoners, including a girl, in the district jail Attock and most of them have exceeded the maximum detention period applicable before conviction, a non-governmental organisation said.... 
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16 PPP activists sent to Adiala jail
GUJAR KHAN, Nov 18: Over 16 activists of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), including former MPA Raja Tariq Kiani, were sent to Adiala jail on Sunday after they were arrested during two...
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One-point agenda against military ruler stressed
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: Barrister Baachaa, a senior advocate of the Supreme Court, has said that all stakeholders should agree on the one-point agenda of ridding the country of the military dictator....
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Police on guard to avert PU clash
LAHORE, Nov 18: The Punjab government has prepared a security plan with an understanding to send police to the Punjab University new and old campuses on the call of its administration...
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20-member cabinet to take oath today
LAHORE, Nov 18: A 20-member strong caretaker cabinet comprising lawyers, retired judges, educationists and industrialists is taking oath at the Governor’s House on Monday morning with Justice Ejaz Nisar (retired) as the likely chief minister....
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Soomro Promises fair polls
LAHORE, Nov 18: The interim government will make every effort to ensure free and fair general election in the country, Caretaker Prime Minister Muhammadmian Soomro said here on Sunday....
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New cabinet yet to make to web
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: The official website of the federal government has not yet been updated despite the fact that the government of Shaukat Aziz ceased to function following the dissolution of the National Assembly on November 14....
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Sectarian clashes in Parachinar condemned
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Benazir Bhutto has condemned the sectarian clashes in Parachinar....
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Auto thieves pay for crime with lives
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Three young men fleeing with a stolen car paid for their crime within hours of committing it on Sunday - two with their lives, while the third one was struggling for life in a hospital, police said....
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Policeman shot dead over property dispute
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: A head constable of Islamabad police was shot dead by his rival over a property dispute here on Sunday, officials said....
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Railway employee killed in blast
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: A railway employee was killed when a bomb exploded in a compartment of the Khushaal Express in Ajab Bagh....
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Presidency, PPP see no possibility of further talks
LAHORE, Nov 18: People’s Party Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim sees no chance of the dialogue process between former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and President Pervez Musharraf resuming because “both sides have adopted extreme positions”....
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Appointment of DROs
QUETTA, Nov 18: The Balochistan Election Commissioner has appointed District Returning Officers (DRO) in all 30 districts for the next general elections on the directives of the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan.—APP...
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NWFP cabinet being expanded, 10 new ministers likely
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: A major expansion in the NWFP caretaker cabinet will take place as new ministers are likely to take oath on Monday at the Governor’s House, official sources said....
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Three govt employees kidnapped
GHALANAI, Nov 18: Masked men kidnapped three employees of the Public Health Engineering Department in the Ambar area on Sunday, officials and residents said....
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Rights activist freed by Taliban
KOHAT, Nov 18: Local Taliban on Sunday released the chairman of All-Pakistan Human Rights Organisation in Darra Adam Khel, in the frontier region of Kohat....
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Livestock exhibition in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: A two-day exhibition of livestock will begin here from Monday at the directorate of the NWFP livestock and dairy development department....
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Teachers warn of protest
TIMERGARA, Nov 18: Teachers of government primary schools in Dir Lower on Sunday warned that they would not cooperate with the National Commission for Human Development if the government did not solve their problems....
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Demonstration against curbs on media
SWABI, Nov 18: The Uthman-Gadoon Union of Journalists of Topi Tehsil held a demonstration on Sunday in protest against curbs on media and the closing down of two private news channels....
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JI workers hold rally against emergency
CHITRAL, Nov 18: Activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) demanded the lifting of emergency at a protest rally in Darosh Town on Sunday....
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Nazim helps cleric occupy plot to build seminary
LAYYAH, Nov 18: A local cleric has occupied two kanals of precious state land in a housing colony apparently in collusion with the district nazim and housing and physical planning department...
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‘Wrong transformers at wrong places’
KHANEWAL, Nov 18: The Multan Electric Company’s army intelligence team has found a number of corruption cases in electricity transformers’ sale, repair and replacement committed by Water and Power Development Authority’s (Wadpa) officials, Dawn has learnt....
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Trader-factory owner nexus exploits cotton farmers
MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 18: Traders and factory owners are reportedly conniving to pay low price for cotton to the farmers in the district as growers’ bodies are virtually non-existent here....
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Outlaw wanted in 92 cases held
OKARA, Nov 18: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested a criminal wanted in 92 murder, dacoity and robbery cases....
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Gagging of media slammed
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 18: On the call of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, a demonstration to protest curbs on electronic media was held outside the District Press Club (DPC) on Jhang Road here on Sunday....
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Girl raped a day after her mother
SIALKOT, Nov 18: A woman and her daughter were allegedly raped by a vagabond who, along with some accomplices, abducted them at Mitraanwali village in Daska....
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Father dies 2 days after son’s killing
FAISALABAD, Nov 18: A local cleric, who suffered grievous injuries in an assault by rivals the other day, breathed his last on Sunday. The family had just lost their son during the intrusion by some gangsters....
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Porters slam Rly admin
GUJRANWALA, Nov 18: Several porters of the Gujranwala railway station protested against the railway administration on Sunday, saying they were not being provided facilities and salaries and that their contractor was receiving Rs200 per head from them every month....
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Six booked for occupying land
OKARA, Nov 18: Sadar police have registered a case against six people for occupying the land of the Canal Department. Police registered a case against Liaquat, Ashraf and four others after...
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Punjab to get 0.1m ton extra wheat
LAHORE, Nov 18: The Punjab Food Department will get additional 100,000 tons of wheat from Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Service Corporation (Passco) in order to ease flour supply situation in the province....
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