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November 25, 2007 Sunday Ziqa’ad 14, 1428   Panic grips Swat as Artillery pounds valley MINGORA, Nov 24: Security forces clamped a 24-hour curfew on the troubled Swat as different areas of the district came under intense artillery and mortar fire.... PPP names candidates for Sindh, NWFP ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday announced the names of its candidates from Sindh and the NWFP for the national and provincial assemblies.... NP decides to boycott polls KARACHI, Nov 24: The National Party has decided to boycott the general election in view of the All Parties Democratic Alliance’s (APDM) announcement to the same effect... Crackdown on PML-N LAHORE, Nov 24: Punjab police launched a late night crackdown on PML (N) activists to thwart their plan to welcome their leaders Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif on their arrival at the airport here on Sunday.... Nawaz return generates heated debate in US media WASHINGTON, Nov 24: As former prime minister Nawaz Sharif performed his last Umrah on Saturday before heading home, diplomatic sources in Washington say that the initiative for his return came from Saudis.... Differences ruin JUI-JI ties TIMERGARA, Nov 24: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) has decided to part ways with the Jamaat-i- Islami (JI) in the Lower Dir district over what it called the cold shoulder given to... Aitzaz shifted to Lahore RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: Supreme Court Bar Association President Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan was driven to his hometown Lahore from Adiala Jail amid tight security on Saturday night, official sources said.... Dangerous explosives used in attacks RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: High explosive material in a large quantity was used in the near-simultaneous blasts in Rawalpindi on Thursday, according to an investigation report compiled by the explosive experts of... Threats force Closure of 60 shops PESHAWAR, Nov 24: Owners of at least 60 shops dealing in CDs, VCSs and other ‘objectionable’ items closed their business in the Karkhano Bazaar on the Torkham Road after they received warnings from militants.... Two bombs defused MANSEHRA, Nov 24: The Battagram police on Saturday defused two remote-controlled bombs in the Pashora area, where an army convoy had been attacked last week.... Operation of 40 mobile outlets suspended ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: Mobile operators have suspended the operations of 40 franchisees and imposed penalties on them worth Rs9.88 million for issuing the unauthorised SIMs.... Law & order situation not bad, says minister : 1,000 killed this year PESHAWAR, Nov 24: NWFP Information Minister Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani said on Saturday that 1,000 people had been killed in terrorism-related cases in the past one year, but the overall law and order situation in the province was not too bad.... Shaukat Aziz’s sympathisers sidelined MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 24: The Pakistan Muslim League high command has virtually sidelined the Shaukat Aziz group by denying tickets to the former prime minister’s choicest choices in the cabinet, Hina Rabbani Khar and Engineer Shahid Jameel Qureshi, on Saturday.... Sharifs to get safe passage for a ‘smooth’ reception LAHORE, Nov 24: A high-level official meeting held here on Sunday night decided to allow a `free passage’ to the Sharifs on their return from Saudi Arabia on Sunday afternoon with... Fazl for Unanimous decision on elections LAHORE, Nov 24: JUI chief and MMA secretary-general Maulana Fazlur Rahman says his party will try its best to bring a unanimous decision (on contesting elections or not) before the nation.... Nomination phase in full swing LAHORE, Nov 24: The process of receiving and submitting nomination papers for the general elections has picked up pace as the aspirants for the national and provincial assemblies file their documents with the returning officers.... Khaksars to boycott elections LAHORE, Nov 24: The Khaksar Tehrik on Saturday announced boycott of the forthcoming general elections.... Model Town home handed over to Sharifs LAHORE, Nov 24: Sharifs’ Model Town residence which has been under the control of the Social Welfare department since their forced exile has been returned to the family.... Boy killed MANSEHRA, Nov 24: A 12-year-old boy, who had survived the October 2005 earthquake though he was buried under the rubble with his brothers, was run over by a speeding vehicle on Saturday.... Elimination of violence against women: UN plans new campaign RAWALPINDI, Nov 24: People’s right to live free of violence and discrimination is being violated on a massive and systematic scale all over the world. Women are the prime victim of... Security beefed up in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: The capital city was put under high vigilance after two suicide attacks in Rawalpindi on Saturday.... Nawaz’s long, bitter haul to Pakistan LAHORE, Nov 24: Exiled PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif, accompanied by wife Kulsoom, brother Shahbaz Sharif, son Husain Nawaz and all other members of the family, is returning home today (Sunday) after... Five held with 175kg heroin FAISALABAD, Nov 24: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) arrested five drug pushers and seized 175 kilograms of acetic anhydride powder used in heroin production from a house in D-Type Colony here on Saturday.... Freed LBA officials unwavering LAHORE, Nov 24: Lahore Bar Association (LBA) President Syed Muhammad Shah and vice-president Iftikhar Ali Bhatti, who were released on Friday night after a two-week detention, on Saturday vowed to continue... Aitzaz brought to Lahore LAHORE, Nov 24: Pakistan People’s Party leader and Supreme Court Bar president Aitzaz Ahsan was shifted from Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, to his Zaman Park residence here on Saturday night.... Argument on Badr’s plea on Jan 10 LAHORE, Nov 24: An accountability court has set Jan 10 for arguments by the prosecution on an application by former federal minister Jahangir Badr for acquittal from a corruption reference under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)....

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