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December 03, 2007 Monday Ziqa'ad 22, 1428   Row in PML over ticket distribution ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Faced with an internal strife over allocation of party tickets, the Pakistan Muslim League leadership is reported making changes on a number of constituencies.... APDM voters ‘against poll boycott’ LAHORE, Dec 2: Leaders of the All Parties Democratic Movement may review their decision to boycott the Jan 8 elections if they fail to convince Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto... Pakistan yet to ratify UN charter: Day of Disabled Persons today RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: As the International Day of Disabled Persons is being observed on Monday, Pakistan is yet to sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons... ‘Fight for reinstatement of judges to continue’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: Awami Jamhoori Ittehad, an alliance of left-wing political workers and intellectuals, has vowed to continue with the struggle for restoration of pre-November 3 judiciary and boycott elections.... 71 deportees from Turkey reach Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Dec 2: A batch of 71 Pakistanis deported from Turkey arrived at the Islamabad International Airport on Sunday. A senior official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Immigration Wing, said... Lifestyles expo relieves citizens of stress ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The two-day All About Lifestyles exposition which concluded here on Sunday relieved the thousands who visited it of some of the stress of political and judicial crises.... PML(N) chief urged to visit Muzaffarabad MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 2: Activists of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir People’s Muslim League on Sunday called upon former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to include Muzaffarabad in the list of areas he... EC meeting today on poll symbols ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The Election Commission will meet on Monday to consider applications of 40 political parties for election symbols. “Some 40 political parties have applied for the election symbol and... Final decision on boycott in three days, says Qazi: PPP, ANP leaders to be convinced NOWSHERA, Dec 2: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that his party is likely to take the final decision about a poll boycott in three days.... Tribal lashkar launches search operation MIRAMSHAH, Dec 2: Tribal volunteers on Sunday started a house-to-house search to flush out foreign militants from Mirali tehsil of the troubled North Waziristan agency. Witnesses said that a tribal lashkar... Coal-mine blast kills 4 in Aurakzai agency PESHAWAR, Dec 2: Four miners were killed and five others suffered injuries in a mysterious blast at a coalmine in Aurakzai Agency’s Chaper Mashti area on Sunday.... Parties fail to launch election campaign UPPER DIR, Dec 2: Candidates belonging to almost all political parties have not yet launched campaign for the Jan 8 elections owing to uncertainty fuelled by reports of a possible ... Chitral JI asks Qazi to rescind boycott decision CHITRAL, Dec 2: The former district chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, Maulana Sher Aziz, and naib amir Maulana Rehmatullah Akhunzada have urged party chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed to withdraw the decision of boycotting the coming elections.... Taliban attack cockfight fare, kill 3 CHARSADDA, Dec 2: The local Taliban killed three people and injured five others in an attack on a cockfight fare at the Shene Ghundae village in Shabqadar tehsil’s Sro Kaley area on Sunday.... Musharraf’s oath a standing joke: Justice Rehman MULTAN, Dec 2: Musharraf’s oath for the office of the president under suspended Constitution and by a judge who has himself taken oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) was a... Justice Jahangir shrugs off LHC notice MULTAN, Dec 2: Deposed Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Jahangir Arshad said here on Sunday he would not reply to a notice issued by the LHC assistant registrar for return of... NA-178: Top PML (Q) men gravitate to PPP MUZAFFARGARH, Dec 2: With Farooq Azam declared Pakistan People’s Party candidate for NA-178, almost all significant PML-Q leaders in the district have now switched over to the party.... PML (Q) wants seat adjustment with Fazl: Pervaiz: Arrangement with MQM only in Sindh LAHORE, Dec 2: Claiming to sweep elections all over the country, Punjab PML-Q president Pervaiz Elahi said here on Sunday that the party would make seat adjustment with the MQM and PML-Functional only in Sindh.... Be firm on boycott, Imran urges Nawaz LAHORE, Dec 2: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has urged PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to stick to his `popular’ decision of boycotting the elections as a mere three-week campaign cant secure him a majority in the next National Assembly.... MQM fields 77 candidates for Punjab assembly LAHORE, Dec 2: The provincial election cell of the MQM on Sunday fielded 26 more candidates for the Punjab Assembly, said a press release. Party’s election cell organiser Ghiasuddin Janbaz... Farm-housing scheme faces closure ISLAMABAD, Dec 2: The federal capital territory administration has decided to act against the owners of an allegedly illegal farm-housing scheme launched in Sector C-17 and D-17 in Zone-II along the... PMAP slams parties friendly to establishment QUETTA, Dec 2: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) said on Sunday that the JUI (F) and the MQM who enjoyed the support of the establishment, were participating in the elections to legitimise post-emergency actions of the government.... Ex-governors lead group of 42 candidates QUETTA, Dec 2: Former governors of Balochistan Syed Fazal Agha and Abdul Qadir Baloch have formed a group to contest the general elections from an independent panel in the province.... Lawyer leaders’ detention extended QUETTA, Dec 2: The Balochistan home department on Sunday extended detention of two lawyer leaders for another fifteen days. Police officials served the detention orders on Baz Mohammad Kakar, president of... A vigil, a protest LAHORE, Dec 2: Despite their comical appearances, the work of Code Pink activists who held a 24 hour vigil outside the home of jailed PPP activist Aitzaz Ahsan is anything but frivolous.... Two minors burnt alive SAHIWAL, Dec 2: Two minors were burnt alive in Noorshah Town on Sunday. Reports said that Talha (5), the son of Akram Jami, and Saima (6), the daughter of Ayub Khawer, were playing on the rooftop of the house.... Prisoners have no right to franchise! FAISALABAD, Dec 2: Jail inmates can cast their votes in the presidential referendum, but not in the Jan 8 elections, Dawn has learnt. There are 5,500 prisoners in the two jails... ‘Poll campaign at the cost of public funds’ SAHIWAL, Dec 2: District Nazim Rai Hassan Nawaz has put the official machinery into the election campaign of his brother Rana Azizullah and nephew Rai Murtaza Iqbal, who have filed nomination papers for national and provincial assemblies’ seats, respectively.... Man kills wife and himself SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 2: A man committed suicide after killing his wife over domestic dispute in Ahmadpura on Sunday. Sultan’s wife went to her parents after they had a quarrel some days ago.... A physicist who shakes PU’s law of gravity LAHORE, Dec 2: A physicist is appearing before the Search Committee on Monday (today) for interview for his selection to the coveted slot of Punjab University vice-chancellorship or otherwise despite the fact that the ‘legitimate’ selection process completed a week ago.... 20,000 pilgrims fly to S. Arabia LAHORE, Dec 2: Federal Religious Affairs Secretary Wakil Ahmed Khan has said that 20,000 intending pilgrims have been flown to Saudi Arabia from the provincial metropolis and another 20,000 will leave by Dec 14.... Seven burglars arrested LAHORE, Dec 2: The Kahna police on Sunday claimed they had arrested seven members of a burglars’ gang and recovered Rs100,000 in cash, jewellery, cameras, computers and other valuables besides illegal weapons from their possession....

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