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February 13, 2008 Wednesday Safar 05, 1429   APDM takes boycott appeal to NWFP PESHAWAR, Feb 12: The All Parties’ Democratic Movement has appealed to the people to boycott the Feb 18 “sham elections” being held under the one-man rule of Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf.... SNP, ST candidates pull out in favour of PPP HYDERABAD, Feb 12: The Sindh National Party vice-chairman and a candidate for PS-49, Ashraf Noonari, and a Sunni Tehrik candidate for PS-49, Sikandar Khan, announced on Tuesday they were pulling out of the contest in favour of Pakistan People’s Party candidates.Sikandar... Dadullah under interrogation, say police QUETTA, Feb 12: Authorities were interrogating top Taliban commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah on Tuesday, a day after he was wounded and arrested in a shootout with security forces, police said.... Arrest warrants for teachers LAHORE, Feb 12: Returning Officers (ROs) have started issuing arrest warrants for teachers reluctant to report for election duty in the province for the Feb 18 elections, senior Punjab Election Commission officials told Dawn on Tuesday.... Troops arrive in Mirpurkhas MIRPURKHAS, Feb 12: A strong contingent of 500 troops led by a colonel reached here on Tuesday to maintain law and order during the elections in the district.... An alliance of sorts between PPP and PML-N! KARACHI, Feb 12: There appears to be an inclination for close cooperation between the PPP and PML-N as was evident from the fact that Nawaz Sharif took pains to visit Mr... PML-Q issues ‘white paper’ against Nawaz LAHORE, Feb 12: The PML-Q dusted off old allegations against the PML-N and prepared a white paper tracing back Nawaz Sharif’s `misdeeds’ from the days when he first became provincial finance... PPP can go to any extent: Zardari: Warning against rigging ATTOCK, Feb 11: The district administration has declared PPP can go to any extent: Zardari: Warning against rigging and would deploy about 5000 security personnel at the polling stations and other surrounding areas on election day on February 18.... Zardari calls on Aitzaz LAHORE, Feb 12: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari discussed anti-rigging measures with the detained Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan at his Zaman Park residence in a visit kept from media till the eleventh hour here on Tuesday.... Lawyers stick to boycott enforcement LAHORE, Feb 12: Lawyers’ move to ensure the boycott of proceedings before judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC), who took oath under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO), continued... Benazir’s last treatise launched ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: Benazir Bhutto’s last political treatise Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy and the West was launched here on Tuesday with the main leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) missing from the event organised at a local hotel.... Musharraf’s ‘good deeds’ highlighted ISLAMABAD, Feb 12: An inter-provincial conference held at the prime minister’s secretariat here on Tuesday turned into a venue for projection of the ‘good deeds’ of the PML-Q government.... WSC to organise protest rallies LONDON, Feb 12: The World Sindhi Congress plans to hold protest rallies in various cities around the world on February 24 to raise awareness about continued detention of American-Sindhi human rights... How to win an election THERE appears to be some apprehension in Islamabad that the number of polling stations in Sindh for the Feb 18 elections is 550 less than the number for the 2002 exercise.... PML-Q ‘concedes’ it is losing ground LONDON, Feb 12: Reflecting perhaps the latest polls by the Washington-based International Republican Institute, new data compiled by Pakistan’s official agencies in the first week of the current month about the... When the party becomes a liability for a candidate LAHORE, Feb 12: People are finally beginning to realise that elections will take place on Feb 18. At least it looks that way in the NA-125 constituency of Lahore where canvassing is in full swing.... An encounter trailed by many questions SAHIWAL, Feb 12: Questions are being raised at the killing of 13 alleged dacoits on Feb 10 at a farmhouse in Chak 133/9-L, Sahiwal. Police claim farmhouse owner Sardar Najeeb Khan... ‘It’s custodial killing’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 12: The 13 alleged dacoits from the gypsy tribe killed in a reported crossfire at a farmhouse in Sahiwal were already under the custody of Kassowal police, a relative of the deceased claims.... Poll fever fails vets to diagnose fatal disease MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 12: A strange veterinary disease has broken out in this district and several cattle heads have fallen victim to it during the past one week.... Two cops held over criminal’s escape SAHIWAL, Feb 12: Police arrested two constables after a criminal fled from their custody at the district courts on Tuesday.... Minor boy hanged MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Feb 12: Unidentified persons hanged a minor student in Burj Aagra village early on Tuesday morning.... Bar demo for arrest of lawyer’s ‘killers’ KASUR, Feb 12: Chunnian Bar Association staged a demonstration to protest police failure to arrest the nominated murderers of a senior lawyer, blocking a road here on Tuesday.... Bomb hoax VEHARI, Feb 12: Bomb hoax spread panic at a private school in Karkhana Bazaar on Tuesday and forced the administration to evacuate the school building.... Nawaz on what should happen... SIALKOT, Feb 12: PML-N chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has pledged to restore the country’s judiciary to its pre-Nov 3 position besides upholding its prestige after winning the Feb 18 general elections.... ... Shahbaz on what shouldn’t SIALKOT, Feb 12: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif has urged the people to come forward and thwart the government’s plans to rig the Feb 18 general elections.... Anomalies in voter lists MULTAN, Feb 12: A female voter’s name has been enrolled thirteen times in the official list while 250 voters don’t have their identity card numbers on it.... Roti, Kapra, Makan and a lot more… MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 12: Candidates belonging to all the parties as well as independent ones are making frantic efforts to woo a maximum number of voters by offering them incentives -– in the form of both cash and kind.... Proof given to EU team LAHORE, Feb 12: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) provided evidence regarding pre-poll rigging to the European Union (EU) observers who called on the officials of the party’s provincial Election Monitoring Cell on Tuesday.... Transporters on strike LAHORE, Feb 12: Public transport services on inter-city routes in Punjab were suspended on Tuesday when transporters started a strike to protest against the manifold increase in fine rates for traffic violations.... Cut in Flour price LAHORE, Feb 12: The Punjab government on Tuesday announced a Rs10 reduction in the price of 20kg flour bag....

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