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January 15, 2008 Tuesday Muharram 05, 1429   PBC limits boycott of superior courts ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has decided to limit its boycott of superior courts to one hour a day and a complete boycott on Thursdays, keeping in view the hardship being faced by litigants.... Govt should have carried out autopsy, says senator LAHORE, Jan 14: PPP Senator Farooq H. Naek said on Monday that the government had failed to discharge its legal duties by not carrying out autopsy on the body of Benazir Bhutto.... PPP says it may work with Musharraf ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Pakistan People’s Party said on Monday it may work with President Musharraf after elections next month despite his apparent unpopularity and allegations that elements within his government may have played a role in PPP leader’s assassination.... Battling wolves of the wheat, flour market KARACHI, Jan 14: Is this a case of collapse of the civilian authority that contingents of Rangers and Frontier Constabulary are being deployed at main points of the wheat and flour... Govt told to prioritise wages, working conditions: National employment policy ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Speakers at a seminar here on Monday asked the government to prioritise appropriate wages and working conditions in the draft of the national employment policy.... Senate body lauds army chief’s statement ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet has appreciated the directives issued by Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to army officers, asking them to stay away from... Only one judge for hearing 1,000 terror cases The police are merely lodging cases without looking into facts whether statement under Section 154 Cr.PC on behalf of the state or private complainant fall under ATA offence, criminal lawyers say.... Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan increasing alarmingly: ANF FAISALABAD, Jan 14: Poppy cultivation is increasing alarmingly in Afghanistan by 20 to 30 per cent every season though foreign forces are operating in the war-ravaged country.... PML-N ‘hard pushed’ to accept unity govt offer LAHORE, Jan 14: The PML-N is finding it hard to reject the offer of joining the proposed ‘national unity’ government as a Gulf state is advising the Sharifs to give a positive response to the proposition by avoiding confrontational politics.... PBC decision will bail out govt: lawyers: One-day boycott LAHORE, Jan 14: Lawyers believe restricting boycott of court proceedings to a day will ease the pressure off the government’s back to restore the pre-Nov 3 judiciary and release detained superior court judges and lawyers.... Unity govt without restored judiciary useless: Qazi LAHORE, Jan 14: Jamaat-i-Islami amir and MMA president Qazi Husain Ahmad has said setting up national government on the pattern of caretakers will be fruitless since elections will be meaningless without ensuring supremacy of the judiciary and the Constitution.... Nawaz’s stopover at Bhara Kahu gives boost to candidate’s drive ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Election campaign of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate from a National Assembly seat of the capital, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, on Monday got a real boost when... Opposition senators seek debate on power crisis ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Opposition members on Monday submitted two adjournment motions before the Senate Secretariat seeking debates on the prevailing power crisis in the country.... Couple burnt in gas leak explosion RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: A couple suffered severe burn injuries on Monday in a house fire that erupted due to gas leakage, police said.... New chief of ISPR takes charge today RAWALPINDI, Jan 14: Major General Athar Abbas will assume the charge of Director-General Inter Services Public Relations on Tuesday.... Charas seized, man held QUETTA, Jan 14: Customs Intelligence seized a huge quantity of hashish from a vehicle coming from the border town of Chaman on Monday.... Norwegian govt condemns assassination ISLAMABAD, Jan 14: Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said on Monday that the Norwegian government had condemned the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and expressed condolences over her untimely death.... Couple attacked on court premises HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Relatives of a woman attacked her and her husband in the Civil Courts building where the newly-wed couple had come to seek court protection against harassment by the woman''s family.... Lawyers condemn detention of Bhagwandas HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Lawyers observed two-hour hunger strike on the premises of the Sindh High Court here on Monday to protest against detention of Justice (retired) Rana Bhagwandas in his Karachi house for the last two days.... Protest over registration of cases against journalists HYDERABAD, Jan 14: Journalists staged a demonstration in Tandojam on Monday to protest against the arrest of a local correspondent and registration of a criminal case against president of press club in Shaikh Bhirkio Agha Janib.... Council backs demand for UN-led probe SHIKARPUR, Jan 14: The Shikarpur taluka council on Monday termed Benazir Bhutto’s assassination a conspiracy against the country and demanded that the government should accept the bereaved family’s demand for a United Nations-led probe into the murder.... Accountant General in Thatta THATTA, Jan 14: The Accountant General of Sindh Zulfiqar Ali Qadri expressed the hope on Monday that the computerisation of salary accounts of government employees would held curb incidents of financial pilferage and ghost employees.... PPP workers observe hunger strike KHAIRPUR, Jan 14: Fifty activists of Pakistan People’s Party continued token hunger strike on Monday, the third consecutive day, outside the Ranipur press club seeking withdrawal of cases against party workers.... Body drags feet on probe into boy’s death HYDERABAD, Jan 14: The committee tasked with looking into clinical causes leading to the death of 14-year-old student of class nine Mudassar, a victim of corporal punishment inflicted by a teacher,... Thief killed SHIKARPUR, Jan 14: A thief was killed in an exchange of fire with villagers in Long Detho Goth in the Garhi Yasin area on Sunday night.... Four die, 14 injured as van overturns THATTA, Jan 14: Four people were killed and 14 others suffered serious injuries when their van overturned and plunged into a ditch after its tyre burst near Dewan City, some 45 kilometres from here on Monday.... Business group ready to set up power plant MULTAN, Jan 14: The private sector has come forward to help Mepco (Multan Electric Power Company) meet power shortage of the area facing it this winter rather more acutely.... Mianwali faces 18 hours loadshedding MIANWALI, Jan 14: This far-flung district of the Punjab province is still facing up to 16 to 18 hours of power loadshedding daily despite the government’s announcement of carrying out just four-hour loadshedding during this month.... Toba bar elects new officials TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 14: Jamaat-i-Islami-backed Ittefaq group’s candidate Mian Shoaib Muhammad was elected District Bar Association president after defeating Ittehad group’s candidate Iqbal Butt.... Heart trouble for visiting police station SIALKOT, Jan 14: Month-long anxiety and depression has taken its toll on a labourer whose daughter was kidnapped a month ago and on Monday he suffered a heart attack outside the Civil Lines police station.... Divorce claims three lives GUJRAT, Jan 14: A man shot dead three people, including husbands of his two sisters, over a divorce issue in Moharri village, Sara-i-Alamgir, on Sunday.... Gujranwala: 562 human agents held in 2007 GUJRANWALA, Jan 14: The Federal Investigation Agency (passport cell) Gujranwala, on Monday claimed to have arrested 562 human agents and recovered 139 passports and other documents from their possession in 2007.... Candidate Cries foul SAHIWAL, Jan 14: An independent candidate contesting the Feb 18 elections alleges that the government has started pre-poll rigging.... EU team meets PPP, PML-N hopefuls MUZAFFARGARH, Jan 14: A delegation of the European Union visited Muzaffargarh here on Monday and met PPP and PML-N candidates.... PPP undecided about NA-144 candidate OKARA, Jan 14: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is still undecided about the new candidate in NA-144 (Okara-II) following the rejection of appeal regarding the acceptance of nomination papers of Muhammad Arif Chaudhry by the Supreme Court.... Mazaris ‘secure’ postal ballots RAJANPUR, Jan 14: Former premier Balakh Sher Mazari and ex-Punjab assembly deputy speaker Shaukat Hussain Mazari have in advance submitted 362 ballot papers to the returning officer after filling them in their favour.... Muharram security BAHAWALPUR, Jan 14: Army will be deployed in the districts of Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan for Muharram security.... Ashura arrangements LAHORE, Jan 14: A central control room has started functioning at Nasser Bagh to ensure provision of facilities to mourners during Ashura and complaints can be lodged at the centre’s helpline... Hoax call panics bank employees LAHORE, Jan 14: A bomb threat at a sale-cum-call centre of a bank, which later turned out to be a hoax, panicked the employees and locals on Walton Road on Monday.... Candlelit vigil LAHORE, Jan 14: People from different walks of life on Monday evening held a candlelit vigil and laid floral wreaths at GPO Chowk to pay a tribute to the blast victims and slain former premier Benazir Bhutto.... Section 144 LAHORE, Jan 14: Punjab government has directed all district nazims in the province to extend the enforcement period of Section 144 for another month, a handout said on Monday.... Karachi Blast ‘an act of terrorism’ LAHORE, Jan 14: Leaders of all political parties were unanimous in declaring Monday’s Karachi blast an act of terrorism, expressing sympathies with the families of those who were killed and praying for the early recovery of the injured.... Body found LAHORE, Jan 14: The body of a newly-born baby was found in a garbage on Lakh Dahar Road in Baghbanpura area on Monday. An Edhi official said the body was shifted to the Baghbanpura police station.... Rebel mills to lose wheat quota LAHORE, Jan 14: The Punjab government has decided to cancel wheat quota of the mills deviating from agreed flour policy and transfer the same to those abiding by the agreement....

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