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November 21, 2007 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 10, 1428   All lawyers except bar presidents freed QUETTA, Nov 20: The Balochistan government on Tuesday released all lawyers except the presidents of the Balochistan Bar Association and the Balochistan High Court Bar Association.... PML decision on party tickets today ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The parliamentary board of the Pakistan Muslim League will meet here on Wednesday to select candidates for the general elections.... Dubai urged to allow Pakistan TV broadcast NEW YORK, Nov 20: The Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the Dubai government to allow Geo Television and ARY Digital to resume operations immediately.... Emergency must be lifted, insists US WASHINGTON, Nov 20: The White House on Tuesday welcomed Pakistan’s decision to release political prisoners but said that was not enough as Islamabad also needed to lift the state of emergency as well.... Arrest of journalists condemned NEW YORK, Nov 20: Organisations working for press freedom on Tuesday condemned the police action against, and arrest of, journalists in Karachi and Hyderabad.... Relief goods will be sent to Bangladesh ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan has made arrangements to immediately dispatch relief goods to Bangladesh to help it cope with the devastation caused by the recent cyclone.... Munir held in solitary confinement, says wife ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Seasoned lawyer and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Munir Malik, has been held incommunicado in the Attock jail since his arrest soon after the imposition... LHC puts off hearing in Rashid Rauf’s case RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench adjourned on Tuesday hearing in a plea by Rashid Rauf seeking his release from jail. Mr Rauf, a British national of... Six ex-MPAs detained for one month FAISALABAD, Nov 20: The Punjab government detained six former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) members of the Punjab Assembly (MPAs) for one month dubbing them a threat to ‘public order’.... Wajih for social boycott of PCO judges LAHORE, Nov 20: Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad (retired) has asked the lawyers’ community to start social boycott of the judges who had taken oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).... Over 70pc youths indifferent to politics: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: A vast majority of younths (aver 70 per cent) is indifferent to politics but an overwhelming majority (nearly 84 per cent) thinks that their increased participation could bring... Restore constitution, reinstate judges: bar RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Protesting lawyers of the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi on Tuesday called for restoration of Constitution and reinstatement of superior court judges.... Judge denies physical custody of lawyers to police RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: A special magistrate sent two lawyers to the Central Jail Adiala on judicial remand for 14 days, here on Tuesday and deferred hearing in their bail plea till Wednesday.... Deft handling of love and revolution by Faiz lauded ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Faiz Ahmed Faiz was a poet of revolution and love and his deft handling of the two made him great.... Five SHOs given 15 days to trace robbery cases RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Regional Police Officer Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani on Tuesday awarded punishments to four SHOs for their poor investigation in robbery cases and gave a 15-day’s deadline to five others to trace the robbery cases.... Aitzaz refuses to be shifted to hospital ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, who has been kept in solitary confinement in the Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, was ordered to be... Mushahid for lifting of emergency ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Pakistan Muslim League secretary general Mushahid Hussain Sayed said on Tuesday that his party did not need the crutches of emergency to win elections and would support its lifting before polls.... Six more ministers likely in Balochistan cabinet QUETTA, Nov 20: Six more ministers are being inducted in the caretaker Balochistan cabinet.... Journalists hold protests against curbs on media PESHAWAR, Nov 20: Journalists took out a procession from the Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday to denounce the imposition of emergency rule and curbs on the media.... FC requisitioned for deployment in Hangu KOHAT, Nov 20: The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Kohat region, Zulfiqar Cheema, has requisitioned the Frontier Corps for deployment in the Hangu district, which has a history of sectarian violence.... No clues found in the murder of Maulana Jan PESHAWAR, Nov 20: Despite the lapse of two months, the Peshawar police have failed to arrest suspects in the murder of the vice-president of the Wafaq-ul-Madaris and leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F), Maulana Hasan Jan.... 67 lawyers released, says PHC PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The Peshawar High Court claimed on Tuesday that 67 lawyers had been released in the province on the intervention of Chief Justice Tallat Qayyum Qureshi.... Tarakai declines offer to join cabinet Mr Liaquat, who was to take oath on Monday, did not turn up at the ceremony during which 12 ministers were inducted into the NWFP caretaker cabinet, raising the total number of ministers to 17.... Officials transferred PESHAWAR, Nov 20: The NWFP government ordered the transfer of several assistant political agents here on Monday.... Kidnapped women released by Taliban KOHAT, Nov 20: Local Taliban on Tuesday set free three women and a man they had kidnapped from Darra Adamkhel on Monday after... Treatment plant land issue sparks qualms KASUR, Nov 20: A decision by the Kasur Tanneries Waste Management Agency (KTWMA) to acquire over 400 acres from private owners to establish Phase-II of the Water Treatment Project instead of... Imran wants countrywide hunger strike camps DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 20: Jailed chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan, who has been on hunger strike for the last 24 hours, has appealed to civil society and students... Mukhtar Mai again helpless against police MULTAN, Nov 20: With the judiciary tamed and media gagged, rights activist Mukhtar Mai is worried which door should the poor and aggrieved knock at to seek justice.... Five die in accident SIALKOT, Nov 20: Five people, including two women, were killed and eight others injured when a minibus hit two motorcycle-rickshaws near Kotli Bawa Faqir Chand, some 10 kilometres away from Pasrur, on Daska Road on Tuesday.... PML loses charm among UC nazims MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 20: After the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) lost it first major power show in the district council and could manage only 47 union council nazims at a budget session on Tuesday.... Sixty booked for attacking police SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 20: Factory area police on Tuesday registered a case against 60 people, including a brother and father of a UC nazim, for attacking a raiding team at Kot Pindi Das village.... Two groups for FCCI polls FAISALABAD, Nov 20: Electioneering has picked pace as two groups - Founder and National - of Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) have fielded their candidates for eight seats of the executive committee.... ANP leader released LAHORE, Nov 20: The Punjab government has released Awami National Party Secretary-General Ehsan Wyne after a 17-day detention. He was set at liberty on Monday from the Rahim Yar Khan district jail where he was shifted last week.... Three killed in chain collision KASUR, Nov 20: Three people were killed and two others sustained serious injuries in a road accident on Multan Road near Pattoki on Tuesday.... 50 aspirants for VC post LAHORE, Nov 20: The Higher Education Commission’s vice-chancellors search committee will interview 50 aspirants for the coveted post of Punjab University vice-chancellor in its three-day session from Thursday (tomorrow).... Police rescue two expatriate girls : Two kidnappers shot dead LAHORE, Nov 20: The Khanewal police claimed on Tuesday to have recovered two American girls kidnapped for a Rs100 million ransom and shot dead two of the kidnappers in a ‘shootout’ at Harbanspura.... Turkey unhappy over growing human smuggling LAHORE, Nov 20: The Pakistani authorities are cutting a sorry figure before the Turkish government for their failure in controlling human smuggling, it is learnt.... Karachi police action widely condemned LAHORE, Nov 20: Police action against journalists protesting imposition of emergency rule outside the Karachi Press Club on Tuesday followed by 150 arrests has been widely condemned by people belonging to various cross sections of society.... ‘No country can prosper by gagging media’ LAHORE, Nov 20: A large number of journalists, in response to a country-wide protest call by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) against media curbs, staged a rally here on Tuesday.... IJT offices at PU sealed LAHORE, Nov 20: The Punjab University (PU) administration on Tuesday sealed the offices of Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) on the university campus on the direction of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Arif Butt.... PTCL union opposes VSS LARKANA, Nov 20: The letters of Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) of Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) handed over to 65,000 employees working in different cadres had sent shock waves through them, particularly those whose length of service was below 20 years.... World Children’s Day observed Nawabshah, Nov 20: A private school organised a walk to mark the World Children’s Day here on Tuesday.... Four held over soldier’s killing SHIKARPUR, Nov 20: Police arrested four alleged bandits involved in the killing of an army man on Tuesday.... SU announces merit list HYDERABABD, Nov 20: The director admission University of Sindh here on Tuesday announced the first merit list of candidates selected for admission to bachelors degree programme for the session 2008, selected... Seminar stresses need for technology HYDERABAD, Nov 20: Dr Rashid Mehmood from the Institute of Advanced Telecommunications University of Swansea, UK, has said that in this age of computer, modelling and simulation are indispensable tools in... PPP workers sent to jail SANGHAR, Nov 20: Pakistan People’s Party leaders and workers were remanded in nine-day jail custody by judicial magistrate Shahdadpur on Tuesday....

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