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February 05, 2008 Tuesday Muharram 26, 1429   Lower Sindh cold wave, rain helping wheat crop ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The ongoing spell of cold weather and rains is having a good impact on wheat crops in lower Sindh and the government estimates that the province is in... Kashmir Solidarity Day today MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 4: The Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, but in an atmosphere when the alleged flip-flopping by Islamabad on the issue has raised several eyebrows in the Kashmiri quarters.... Terrorism on the decline, claims minister in Senate ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The caretaker government on Monday claimed that terrorism was on the decline and said that the elected government should prepare a consensus strategy to eradicate the menace.Winding... Islamabad asks Punjab not to issue new lease: Quarrying in the Margallas ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Punjab government has been asked to stop granting new quarrying lease and extending those already issued to stone crushers working at Margalla Hills to prevent environment degradation.... Lawyers slam rearrest of leaders RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: The Rawalpindi Bar Association (RBA) on Monday condemned the rearrest of lawyers’ leaders and termed the government action a blatant violation of the law.... UK detectives due this week: official LAHORE, Feb 4: The Scotland Yard team probing into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto is expected to return by the end of this week.... Unfit, obese crew damaging PIA image, court told ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Monday told the Supreme Court that physically unfit, obese or un-presentable crew members were harming its image and also doing disservice to them.... Strong, unified Pakistan in US interest: Negroponte WASHINGTON, Feb 4: It is in America’s interest, and that of the international community, to ensure that Pakistan remains a strong, unified state, says US Deputy Secretary of State John D.... 3 injured in crossfire between Q and N JHELUM, Feb 4: Five persons were injured in a crossfire between the supporters of PML-N and PML-Q in Bohrian village of Dina tehsil on Sunday evening.... PPP accuses PML-Q of victimisation DADU, Feb 4: Police on Monday dragged about 80 local leaders and activists of Pakistan People’s Party’s into two cases, which had been filed against unidentified people in Dadu, booked an... Fahim’s poser to Musharraf on PML-Q MITHI, Feb 4: Pakistan Peoples Party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has acknowledged that the flawed policy, wrong priorities and improper decisions of... Campaign halted for fear of clashes, says ST SUKKUR, Feb 4: Sunni Tehrik chairman Sarwat Aijaz Qadri on Monday accused the caretaker government of supporting a particular organisation in Karachi and Hyderabad and said: “We have stopped election campaign in the two cities to avoid bloody clashes.”... Achakzai backs Qazi’s idea of Islamic revolution MULTAN, Feb 4: All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) Convener Mehmood Khan Achakzai said on Monday all parties of the Pakistan Oppressed Nation Moment (PONM) and the APDM would support Qazi Husain... PML-Q’s fear of public anger LAHORE, Feb 4: City District Government officials removed banners, posters and small hoardings of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q candidates from the city roads and crossings during a late night operation on Monday.... Shujaat says he was misquoted LAHORE, Feb 4: PML President and former prime minister Shujaat Husain says he was misquoted by the media which covered its last week press conference in Karachi.... Zardari’s first public meeting in Punjab on 14th LAHORE, Feb 4: Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Zardari will begin addressing public meetings in Punjab from Feb 14.... Divorcee, six children left by all to fight for life RAWALPINDI, Feb 4: Six minor children and their disabled mother are striving to keep the wolf from the door after their father abandoned them and did not pay the maintenance allowance despite being put behind bars by a court of law.... Trip to Murree ends on sour note ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: All the fun and excitement turned into wretchedness when tourists visiting the snow-capped hill resort, Murree, were trapped for hours in the traffic jam on a dangerously slippery winding road on a below freezing Sunday.... Not all housing societies are fake ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: Where dozens of private housing societies are allegedly looting innocent people on the pretext of making their dreams of owning a house a reality, some of the societies... 2 constables suspended TAXILA, Feb 4: Two police constables have been suspended for negligence after three accused escaped from the lock-up of Wah Cantonment police station on Saturday.... Sugarcane growers warn mills of campaign BADIN, Feb 4: Five Badin-based sugarcane growers organisations have warned the sugar mills operating in the district either to lift their cane crop at the government fixed rate or face an agitation right after the chehlum of Benazir Bhutto.... Employees demand salaries NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 4: Lower staff employees of the Education Department took out a procession from the Government Primary School to the Moro Press Club on Monday protesting the stoppage of salary for last two months.... 19 granted bail LARKANA, Feb 4: District and sessions judge Larkana granted bail to 19 leaders and activists of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in a firing case, on Monday.... Unity must for survival of Sindh, moot told HYDERABAD, Feb 4: Participants of ‘Requirements for Sindh’s national unity” conference held here on Monday were unanimous in their opinion that unity of Sindhi-Urdu speaking people was the pre-requisite for survival... Bird flu scare reaches Khairpur KHAIRPUR, Feb 4: Confirmation of bird flu’s presence in some poultry farms in Karachi has adversely affected poultry business in Khairpur and other parts of northern Sindh.... Man killed in clash SHIKARPUR, Feb 4: A man was killed and three others were injured in an armed clash between two groups of villagers in Sadiq Jeho Goth in the Garhi Yasin area on... Lawyers protest ban on Aitzaz SUKKUR, Feb 4: Members of the Sindh High Court and Sukkur District Bar Associations boycotted court proceedings and staged a protest demonstration outside the district court here on Monday in protest... Goods train derails near Muridke SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 4: Five bogies of a goods train derailed near Muridke on Monday afternoon as a result of which railway traffic on Lahore-Rawalpindi section remained suspended for around six hours.... Fesco sets deadline for defaulters FAISALABAD, Feb 4: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) has given a 15-day deadline to government departments for payment of their dues as the latter owe Rs56.6... Firdaus Awan ‘receiving life threats’ SIALKOT, Feb 4: Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan, a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) candidate contesting against National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Husain of the PML-Q at NA-111, says some unknown miscreants are... Shops shut to protest dacoity BAHAWALPUR, Feb 4: A complete strike was observed on Monday to protest the Sunday’s dacoity in two jeweller’s shops in Hasilpur, some 90 kilometres away from here.... District nazim leads protest against police FAISALABAD, Feb 4: The district nazim flanked by nazims of various union councils of the district staged a demonstration on Monday to protest the alleged police torture on a Mamonkanjan union council (UC) nazim a couple of days ago.... Justice Sharif asks Musharraf to quit GUJRANWALA, Feb 4: Deposed Lahore High Court judge Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif has held President Musharraf responsible for all ills, including terrorism, facing Pakistan right now.... Registration of vehicles too slow DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 4: Inordinate delay in issuance of registration books for vehicles by the local excise officials has irked scores of applicants.... Charter of demands for the Seraiki BAHAWALPUR, Feb 4: A 14-point charter of demands for the people of Seraiki belt was announced at a gathering here on Sunday.... ‘Govt to procure 7m tons of wheat’ LAHORE, Feb 4: Federal Caretaker Minister for Finance Dr Salman Shah says the government plans to procure seven million tonnes of wheat on market rates in the next wheat harvesting season to control shortage of commodity.... Another blast victim dies LAHORE, Feb 4: Another victim of the GPO suicide blast expired at the Mayo Hospital on Monday, taking the death toll to 25.... No bird flu case in Lahore LAHORE, Feb 4: Lahorites can continue consuming chicken and eggs without any fear as no case of bird flu has been detected in the city so far....

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