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January 22, 2008 Tuesday Muharram 12, 1429   Nuclear assets completely safe, says Musharraf BRUSSELS, Jan 21: President Pervez Muaharraf has said that Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programme is completely safe and even a nuclear attack cannot affect these assets.... Asif writes to Rice seeking support for UN probe, free polls WASHINGTON, Jan 21: PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has urged the United States to warn the Musharraf government that irregularities in the forthcoming elections will have ‘negative consequences’.... PPP delegation to leave for UN LAHORE, Jan 21: A PPP delegation led by Senator Farooq Naek will soon go to the United Nations with the request that the world body should investigate the assassination of former... Opposition launches signature campaign for Senate session ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: With the government appearing to be unwilling to summon a Senate session, opposition senators have launched a signature campaign for requisitioning a session of the upper house.... Tenuous truce holds in Hangu HANGU, Jan 21: A jirga-mediated truce restored calm to Hangu on Monday after clashes over the route of a Muharram procession threatened to engulf the town in lawlessness.... Militants, author of controversial fatwa arrested in Swat MINGORA, Jan 21: Security forces on Monday claimed arresting 35 militants from various areas in Upper Swat, along with a would-be suicide bomber and the cleric who had authored a controversial Fatwa, sanctioning beheadings of government officials and allowing suicide attacks.... Q breaks away with JUI-F in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Jan 21: The PML-Q central leadership and parliamentary board on Monday allowed Imtiaz Ahmad Bhutta to contest election on NA-96 (Gujranwala-II) constituency after withdrawing decision of seat adjustment with JUI-F.... Two blind men booked in riot case THATTA, Jan 21: Police in the coastal town of Mirpur Sakro have nominated two blind men in three separate FIRs on charges of being involved in loot and arson and damaging... Khuhro warns against delay in polls HYDERABAD, Jan 21: The former leader of opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, has stressed the need for a UN-led probe into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.... Mumtaz questions CIA’s ‘findings’ LARKANA, Jan 21: The Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Monday that there was no concrete evidence in the ‘findings’ of the American CIA that Al Qaeda and... EU observers ‘forward six points’ to EC: Free and fair elections LAHORE, Jan 21: European Union (EU) observers have forwarded to the Election Commission of Pakistan ‘six points that must be addressed’ in order to make general elections free and fair, Ms Bushra Aitzaz said on Monday evening.... Q defector challenges terror allegation LAHORE, Jan 21: The Lahore High Court (LHC) sought record of the cases on Monday about the alleged involvement of independent candidate Chaudhry Abid Raza, candidate for PP-115, Gujrat, in anti-state activities.... Rangers reject Indian media report LAHORE, Jan 21: Pakistan Rangers (Punjab) said on Monday that an Indian minister, who inadvertently took three to four steps towards Pakistani side during a visit along with Border Security Force... Rs6.5bn needed for railways rehabilitation: Senate body ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Senate Standing Committee on Railways has deplored the trend of inflicting damage to national assets and installations in the garb of political protests and demonstrations in the post-December... Lawyers to protest at Constitution Avenue RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: The High Court Bar Association’s (HCBA), Rawalpindi, lawyers will hold a rally at the Constitution Avenue in front of the Supreme Court building and march towards the house of deposed and detained chief justice on Thursday.... Five of a family hammered to death RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Reviving the sheer terror linked to the Hattora Group of 1980s, five members of a family were found hammered to death in their house in People’s Colony, police said on Monday.... Call for steps to deal with depleting ecosystems ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: Experts and participants of a workshop on Saturday underscored the need for a strong political will, strengthening of public-private partnerships and institutional implementation mechanisms to deal with depleting ecosystems and threats to livelihoods.... Another 100 trees chopped down in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Jan 21: The city managers, who have already been accused of butchering thousands of trees that came in the way of various development projects, have axed about 100 more trees in a fresh sweep at the recently dualised Ibn-i-Sina Road.... Subscribers turn away from PTCL package ATTOCK, Jan 21: Subscribers have started to discontinue the use of the PTCL’s ‘Pakistan Package’ after receiving the inflated bills.... Pakistan, China sign loan agreement BEIJING, Jan 21: The Export-Import Bank of China (EIBC) has signed a loan agreement with Pakistan for the upgradation of the Karakoram highway. Under the agreement, China will provide a credit of $327 million for the project.... 12 jail wardens, officer suspended QUETTA, Jan 21: The government of Balochistan has suspended 12 jail wardens and a senior officer of the provincial prisons department for letting two high-profile militants escape from a sub-jail in the Quetta Cantonment area.... Ceasefire extended MIRAMSHAH, Jan 21: The shura of militants in North Waziristan on Monday extended until Jan 27 a ceasefire that they had announced on Dec 17, sources said.... Cane growers join hands against mills BADIN, Jan 21: Sugarcane growers of Badin district have warned the mill owners to pay purchase price of the commodity at or Rs67 per 40kg as fixed by the government otherwise they will stop cultivation of the commodity from next year.... Clarification In Dawn’s Sunday issue, a report on a statement by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah carried a sectarian attribute for Yazid. This was unnecessary and uncalled for. Dawn regrets the inadvertence.... Tension grips village after double murder KHAIRPUR, Jan 21: Tension gripped Razal Narejo village near Gambat after murder of two cousins, Rasool Bux Narejo and Huzoor Bux Narejo.... Two arrested MIRPURKHAS, Jan 21: Police arrested two men on charges of firing in the air to disperse an Ashura procession near Qadir Chandio village in the limit of Kunri police station on Sunday.... Tension persists over procession route FAISALABAD, Jan 21: Batala Colony police have registered a case against at least 55 mourners on charges of damaging public property, disgracing a mosque, resorting to aerial firing and disrupting peace... Future lies in rule of law, says Kh Sharif SIALKOT, Jan 21: Deposed LHC judge Khwaja Muhammad Sharif has vowed to continue lawyers’ nation-wide struggle for the reinstatement of chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and others judges.... Ashura peaceful despite security lapses JHANG, Jan 21: The Ashura processions and Majalis-i-Aza culminated peacefully despite serious security lapses at some points here on Sunday and no untoward incident was reported from throughout the otherwise ‘fragile’ district known for its sectarianism-prone history.... Gunman, cashier shot dead SAHIWAL, Jan 21: The gunman and cashier of a filling station were shot dead while two other employees sustained injuries on resistance during a robbery on GT Road near Gaoo Shala early on Monday.... Five of a family die from suffocation RAHIM YAR KHAN, Jan 21: Five people of a family, including three girls, died from gas emitted from coals left burning to provide warmth during chilling cold in Kot Sabzal area of Sadiqabad tehsil.... Chemists on hunger strike TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 21: A hunger-strike camp was set up on Monday by local chapter of the Chemists and Druggists Association against the imposition of Drug Act of 2007.... High Court seeks complainant in kite deaths case LAHORE, Jan 21: The Lahore High Court on Monday sought “a complainant” to order registration of an FIR in the wake of the death of two boys because of kite flying.... Three-year-old drowns in drain LAHORE, Jan 21: A three-year-old child drowned in Rohi drain in Kahna on Monday morning and rescuers failed to fish out his body despite several-hour efforts, said witnesses and rescuers.... Fire at steel mill LAHORE, Jan 21: A fire broke out in a steel mill on Bund Road on Sunday, burning scrap iron and other material in large quantity....

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