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November 24, 2007 Saturday Ziqa’ad 13, 1428   PML leaves Shaukat Aziz out of its ticket list ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The parliamentary board of Pakistan Muslim League finalised on Friday names of its candidates for 109 of the 148 general seats of the National Assembly from Punjab.... Munir Malik Hospitalized in Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Munir A. Malik has been shifted from the Attock jail to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) hospital in Islamabad amid tight security, it is learnt.... ‘Fair election under PCO impossible’ PESHAWAR, Nov 23: Muttahidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that fair and impartial elections are impossible under the Provisional Constitution Order.... JUI finalises names of candidates QUETTA, Nov 23: The Balochistan chapter of Jamait Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) on Friday finalised the names of its candidates for national and provincial assembly seats.... Security alert for Nawaz’s return RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: The government has put security agencies and the FIA on high alert in the wake of reports that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had decided to return home, sources told Dawn on Friday.... PBC calls for boycott of election ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has appealed to political parties, particularly those in the opposition, to boycott the coming polls and join the lawyers in their struggle for restoration of the pre-emergency judiciary and the Constitution.... Protest rallies held in Quetta QUETTA, Nov 23: Activists of parties in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) held demonstrations in various parts of the city on Friday and vowed to continue their struggle against dictatorship and imposition of emergency.... ‘Political crisis affecting Kashmir issue’ MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 23: Former AJK prime minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat on Friday observed that the situation obtaining in Pakistan had cast profound effect on Kashmir, apparently putting it on the backburner, and asked Islamabad not to forget the issue.... Donor stops funding TB control programme : Performance problems ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: The Global Fund To Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) has rejected Pakistan’s $24 million proposal for financing the anti-tuberculosis programme in the seventh round of grants, giving... APDM protests against emergency ISLAMABAD, Nov 23: On the call of the All Parties Democratic Alliance (APDM), opposition forces on Friday hold rallies in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and their adjacent towns to protest against the imposition of emergency in the country.... Govt asked to hand over body KARACHI, Nov 23: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain called upon the president and the caretaker prime minister on Friday to hand over the body of Baloch nationalist leader Balach Marri... Mustafa Khar to field his group from PML-N MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 23: Former Punjab governor Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar has decided to contest the general elections from the platform of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and he will field his strong candidates from five seats in Kotaddu and Muzaffargarh tehsils.... Police keep people away from Wajih SARGODHA, Nov 23: The local police on Friday foiled an attempt by a large number of people to accord a ‘rousing’ welcome to Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad (retired) in front of the... Police come down on protesters across Sindh HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Protests rallies were brought out by the component parties of All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) across Sindh on Friday in response to its countrywide call of protests against imposition of emergency in the country.... Lawyers boycott court proceedings HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings across Sindh in response to the call of Pakistan Bar Council against the imposition of emergency and sacking of Chief Justice and other judges of superior judiciary.... 150 obtain election papers for 15 seats PESHAWAR, Nov 23: About 150 people have obtained nomination papers during the last three days for four National Assembly and 11 provincial assembly constituencies of Peshawar.... Differences crop up in JUI over party ‘tickets’ LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 23: A group of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) leaders on Friday rejected the nomination of some people as candidates by the party’s district chapter for some National and provincial... HRCP Concerned at Marri’s killing LAHORE, Nov 23: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed shock and grief over the killing of Ballach Marri and serious concern over senior lawyer Munir Malik’s illness in... What if Imran again plays on PU pitch LAHORE, Nov 23: The Punjab University deans’ committee on Friday discussed rumours about Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chief Imran Khan’s visit to the Punjab University on the invitation of student groups.... CEC moved to allow jailed leaders to file papers LAHORE, Nov 23: A petition has been filed before the chief election commissioner of Pakistan for allowing Aitzaz Ahsan and others, behind bars, to file nomination papers.... All detainees released from Attock jail ATTOCK, Nov 23: All the political activists and lawyers detained in the Attock jail for protesting against imposition of emergency on November 3, have been released.... Islamabad gets Muhafiz squad RAWALPINDI, Nov 23: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police have launched a Muhafiz Squad to check street crime, especially the sharp rise in vehicle lifting, a spokesman for the capital police said here on Friday.... Nine PPP workers arrested HYDERABAD, Nov 23: Nine PPP activists, including two women, were arrested by the Cantonment Police on Friday for violating section 144 CrPC. They had participated in a protest rally on... Politicians urged to join struggle of journalists PESHAWAR, Nov 23: The community of journalists on Friday organised a demonstration against media curbs, removal of superior court judges, suspension of the Constitution and the imposition of a state of emergency in the country.... Examinations postponed KOHAT, Nov 23: The FA and FSc supplementary examinations have been postponed in Parachinar because of security reasons, according to the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Kohat.... Karachi’s first Muslim mayor remembered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 23: A seminar on the life and contribution of first Muslim mayor of Karachi, Kazi Khuda Bux Morai, was held at a local college on Thursday.... Hospital recruitments on PML leaders’ orders : 100 old daily wagers fired FAISALABAD, Nov 23: At least 100 daily wagers were sacked by the Allied and district headquarters hospitals and the Punjab Medical College administrations without serving notice on them, only to accommodate the people recommended by PML bigwigs, Dawn learnt on Friday.... Lawyers freed BAHAWALPUR, Nov 23: Another batch of seven lawyers led by Pakistan Bar Council’s former vice-chairman Abdul Rehman Ansari was released from the Borstal jail here on Friday.... ‘Politicians doing no service to their cause’ MULTAN, Nov 23: Acting PML-N president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Friday politicians were not playing their due role in the current crisis.... Wife awaits news of Aitzaz’s release LAHORE, Nov 23: Bushra Ahsan, the wife of Aitzaz Ahsan and a PPP activist, said on Friday there was still no news about when her husband would be released in spite...

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