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November 28, 2007 Wednesday Ziqa’ad 17, 1428   Musharraf uniform decision positive step: Benazir LARKANA, Nov 27: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto said on Tuesday that General Pervez Musharraf had decided to meet the commitment made to the nation and the Supreme Court by taking the oath as a civilian president on Thursday.... Media curbs will be eased: minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The government will revoke some clauses of the ordinance promulgated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf hours after the imposition of emergency to restrict freedom of the print media and withdraw cases registered against journalists.... Nawaz says he will persuade Benazir to boycott polls LAHORE, Nov 27: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Tuesday he would meet and try to convince PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto to boycott the coming elections.... Most parties in APDM undecided on poll issue ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Most parties in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) appeared to be in a sate of indecision on Tuesday on the issue of election boycott.... Lawyers vow to resist judges’ eviction ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has urged lawyers and activists of political parties, civil society and human rights organisations to assemble outside the Judges’ Colony on Nov 30... Qazi calls polls a ‘drama’ to legitimise PCO LAHORE, Nov 27: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has termed elections under the present circumstances a ‘drama’ just to legitimise the unconstitutional steps of military regime and demanded immediate lifting... Deposed CJ calls for boycott of elections LAHORE, Nov 27: Deposed chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has asked the political parties and people to boycott elections being held under an ‘unconstitutional regime’, says a Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) official.... Justice Tariq says his treatment delayed LAHORE, Nov 27: A team of lawyers which had a glimpse of Justice Tariq Mahmood (retired) by chance at the Services Hospital on Tuesday said his family was still being denied access to him.... 70pc increase in cell phone complaints LAHORE, Nov 27: There has been 70 per cent increase in overall complaints against cellular companies during 2007, according to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s annual report.... PPP hopefuls out of race : Scrutiny of nomination MULTAN, Nov 27: Nomination papers of two Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidates were rejected during the scrutiny process on Tuesday.... Quake victims: legal aid centres set up in 18 tehsils ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) has set up legal aid centres in 18 tehsils of the nine affected districts of NWFP and AJK to provide free... Faculties’ cross registration in varsities urged ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Speakers here on Tuesday stressed the need for cross registration of qualified faculties in the public and private universities to enhance education standard in them to an international level.... Lawyers stage protest in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 27: Local lawyers on Tuesday came out of court premises and protested against imposition of emergency in Pakistan.... Fahim assails kidnapping of PPP candidate ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Pakistan People’s Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim has condemned the kidnapping of two sons of a party activist, allegedly by an intelligence agency, and demanded their immediate release.... Tariq Bugti may be elected unopposed QUETTA, Nov 27: Mir Tariq Hussain Masori Bugti is expected to be elected unopposed to the Balochistan Assembly from PB-24 (Sui-Dera Bugti) as all three covering candidates will be withdrawing their nomination papers.... Palijo urges APDM to stand by decision on election boycott HYDERABAD, Nov 27: The Awami Tehrik chief Rasool Bux Plaijo on Tuesday urged the All-Parties Democratic Movement to stand by its earlier decision to boycott general elections, arguing that “taking part... Arbab accused of pre-poll rigging MITHI, Nov 27: The Pakistan People’s Party candidates on Tuesday criticised Pakistan Muslim League for ignoring minorities in Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar and accused former chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim of being involved in pre-polls rigging.... Protest against lake occupation BADIN, Nov 27: Hundreds of fishermen held a demonstration outside the press club on Tuesday and demanded that the government should take action against the people involved in occupying the historical... 53 candidates submit nominations in Kohat KOHAT, Nov 27: Nineteen candidates for one National Assembly seat (NA-14) and 34 for three provincial assembly seats (PF-37, 38, 39) in Kohat have filed their nomination papers for the coming general elections.... Journalists set up protest camp PESHAWAR, Nov 27: A large number of journalists attended a three-day protest camp set up by the Khyber Union of Journalists outside the press club here against curbs on the print and electronic media.... 60 file papers for two Khyber Agency seats LANDI KOTAL, Nov 27: As many as 60 candidates, including two former MNAs and a senator, have filed nomination papers for two National Assembly seats from the Khyber Agency.... Papers of four women candidates rejected PESHAWAR, Nov 27: NWFP Election Commissioner Akhter Hussain Sabir on Tuesday rejected four nomination papers filed against reserved seats for women in the Frontier assembly.... Poll to improve Musharraf’s position: Asghar ABBOTTABAD, Nov 27: Veteran politician Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan has said that the participation of political parties in the election will strengthen Gen Musharraf’s position and weaken the movement for... Congress held for quake-hit children MANSEHRA, Nov 27: The World Vision Pakistan has organised a “children congress” for the quake-affected children in Oghi to create awareness among them about their rights.... 1,488 papers filed in Balochistan QUETTA, Nov 26: A total of 1,488 candidates have filed their nomination papers for 17 national and 65 provincial assembly seats in Balochistan.... Police raid on lawyer’s home slammed KHAIRPUR, Nov 27: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah and District Bar Association General Secretary Abdul Qayoom Shaikh have condemned police raid at the residence of DBA treasurer, Ms Khursheed Abbas Dasti,... Bedil’s Urs begins SUKKUR, Nov 27: A three-day annual Urs of sufi poet Faqir Qaqir Bakhsh Bedil began at his shrine in Rohri on Tuesday.... Local body officials tear polls code of conduct RAHIM YAR KHAN, Nov 27: Local body officials violated a code of conduct by the Election Commission of Pakistan for the Jan 8 elections on Tuesday as they attended a press conference by the Pakistan Muslim League candidates.... A mob of independent candidates in Mianwali MIANWALI, Nov 27: Fifteen candidates for two National Assembly (NA) constituencies — NA-71 and NA-72 – have filed their nomination papers and 39 for four provincial constituencies –- PP 43, 44, 45 and 46.... Executed BAHAWALPUR, Nov 27: Two convicts were hanged at New Central Jail here on Tuesday.... Journalist shot dead DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 27: Highwaymen on Tuesday gunned down a journalist when he was on his way home with his wife on a motorcycle near Dera City/Choti Zaireen in Sadar police precincts.... Toba nazim’s grandson now a PML-N candidate : Change of scene TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 27: A change of scene in local politics was witnessed on Tuesday when sitting district nazim’s grandson Mian Junaid Anwaar announced that he would contest NA-93 elections on PML-N’s ticket.... Dist nazim resigns, files nomination MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 27: District nazim Qayyum Jatoi has submitted his nomination papers for NA-179 and NA-180 and also resigned from the slot.... Workshop discusses labour rights SIALKOT, Nov 27: A two-day national tripartite workshop on social dialogue (Sialkot Initiative 2007) concluded on Tuesday wherein experts and stakeholders demanded the promotion of the soccer ball industry of Sialkot.... Woman Smuggler held with heroin KASUR, Nov 27: A raiding team of the Punjab excise intelligence bureau, Lahore, on Tuesday arrested a woman smuggler from a village near Kot Radha Kishan and seized heroin and hashish from her possession.... 120 BHUs Without test labs SIALKOT, Nov 27: As many as 120 Basic Health Units (BHUs) have been functioning without the facility of laboratory since long as a result patients have to go to far-off urban areas in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur.... Five die on road SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 27: Five people were killed in separate incidents here on Tuesday.... Arrested LAHORE, Nov 27: The Kahna police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested seven drug pushers with drugs. Police raided a place and arrested Saleem, Irfan, Muhammad Ali, Bholay Shah, Imran, Rehmat and Khalid when they were distilling liquor....

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