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February 21, 2008 Thursday Safar 13, 1429   Mild quake hits Islamabad, Peshawar ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: A mild earthquake of 4.8 magnitude hit Islamabad and Northern Areas on Wednesday, US Geological Survey (USGS) said.... Judiciary issue: MPs warned against compromise RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Lawyers of Rawalpindi Bar Association (RBA) here on Wednesday asked the newly elected members of National and provincial assemblies of major political parties that before taking oath they... Senate session called on Monday ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Acting chairman of Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali has summoned the upper house on Feb 25. The session was requisitioned on Feb 12.... Fresh voting ordered in 10 polling stations ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq ordered on Wednesday re-polling in 10 polling stations.... PML-Q, allies poll the most votes ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The former ruling coalition won the most votes in Monday’s parliamentary election, according to the government-run Associated Press of Pakistan.... Four tribesmen injured in mortar attack MIRAMSHAH, Feb 20: Four tribesmen were injured in Ghulam Khan area of North Waziristan in a mortar attack from the Afghan side on Tuesday night.... Poll results were tampered with, alleges candidate QUETTA, Feb 20: Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir Baloch, who contested for the NA 271-Kharan-Washuk-Panjgur accused polling officers of tampering with the vote-count, engineering his defeat, and has appealed to the Chief Election Commissioner for justice.... One killed, eight injured as guards open fire HARIPUR, Feb 20: An uncle of the Haripur tehsil nazim was shot dead and eight other people were injured when armed bodyguards of former provincial minister Akhtar Nawaz Khan allegedly opened... China congratulates Pakistan for smooth polls BEIJING, Feb 20: China congratulated Pakistan on Wednesday on holding successful general election and said it hoped a new government would bring more stability.... Bangladesh sees dawn of stability DHAKA, Feb 20: Bangladesh’s military-backed emergency government said on Wednesday it hoped Pakistan’s parliamentary elections signalled “a new dawn of stability” for the country.... Feb 18 a doomsday for Sindh’s bigwigs HYDERABAD, Feb 20: While Feb 18 proved to be a doomsday for many political bigwigs in the rural areas of Sindh, many others could be able to retain their seats in Monday’s elections.... Candidates accuse rivals of massive rigging MITHI, Feb 20: The Pakistan People’s Party candidates who lost to Arbabs on NA-229, PS-61 and PS-60 accused their rivals on Wednesday of committing large-scale rigging on and before general elections... Ghinwa’s reaction to poll results LARKANA, Feb 20: The chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto Ghinwa Bhutto sounded bitterly satirical when she vented her reaction to polls results, saying “we congratulate winning tyrants as a peasant congratulates a landlord and a labourer applauds an industrialist.”... Court cancels two FIRs against nazim, ex-MPAs DADU, Feb 20: In-charge Second Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate Dadu cancelled two FIRs registered against District Nazim Dadu Karim Ali Jatoi, two former MPAs -- Sadaqat Ali Jatoi and Syed Mohammad Shah and 40 armed men.... Protest over torching of Benazir’s poster HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Supporters of the Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday staged a demonstration against torching of a big poster of assassinated party chairperson Benazir Bhutto by some unidentified people in the Phulelli area.Tension... Breeze of two-party system starts blowing MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 20: The Feb 18 general elections appears to have pushed the country back on the track of two-party system after over eight years of despondency as alleged by the... Okara sends first-timers to NA OKARA, Feb 20: The election 2008 had almost completely changed the district’s political scene, sending five candidates for the first time to the National Assembly on all lower house seats.... Independents clinch ballot ground in three districts: Afgan, Rokri get a drubbing SARGODHA, Feb 20: The three districts of defunct Sargodha division — Khushab, Mianwali and Bhakkar — have sent most of the independent candidates to parliament. All these independents defeated the former... Sher Afgan recounts ballot horror MIANWALI, Feb 20: Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) Dr Sher Afgan has lost the elections 2008, it was announced after a recount of rejected ballot papers here on Wednesday.... Recounting: PML-N rally against plea rejection KHANEWAL, Feb 20: A large number of PML-N workers on Wednesday took out a rally against the rejection of a petition filed by their candidate for recounting of votes.... Recount in NA-65 SARGODHA, Feb 20: On the orders of the retuning officer (RO), a recount of the ballot papers of NA-65 was in process till the filing of the report (1am).... PML-N men attack RO office LAYYAHA, Feb 20: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) supporters pelted the court of Karor Lal Esan returning officer with stones and smashed its doors as the judge rejected the vote recount plea of the party candidate from NA-181 here on Wednesday.... PP-222: losers stand tall against Dhakoo SAHIWAL, Feb 20: Three losing candidates of PP-222 (Sahiwal-III) have joined hands against the PML-Q’s winner from the constituency, demanding that the chief election commissioner should declare the results null and void.... Result withheld after allegations of irregularities SUKKUR/JACOBABAD, Feb 20: The returning officer of Jacobabad on Wednesday withheld results of election for PS-15 Thull, following Pakistan People’s Party candidate’s allegations of large-scale rigging by his rival.... Qazi urges PPP, PML-N to work together LAHORE, Feb 20: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has advised the leadership of both the PML-N and the PPP to work together to ensure supremacy of the Constitution and parliament, restore... Lawyers ask Musharraf to step down: Tribute paid to Aitzaz LAHORE, Feb 20: Lawyers here at a function through a resolution asked President Pervez Musharraf to quit power and pave way for a sovereign parliament and an independent judiciary.... Voters’ turnout drops slightly in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: The turnout of voters in the federal capital saw a slight fall of 1.3 per cent as compared to the 2002 general elections.... Man kills wife; motorcyclist dies on road RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: A woman was shot dead by her husband while a motorcyclist was killed in a road accident in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday.... Two policemen held for framing man in fake case RAWALPINDI, Feb 20: Two policemen were arrested while another escaped after an inquiry found them guilty of implicating an innocent citizen in a fake case, a police source said.... PPP candidate seeks vote recount ISLAMABAD, Feb 20: PPP candidate for NA 49, Nayyar Hussain Bukhari on Wednesday filed an application with the Election Commission of Pakistan seeking recounting of votes.... NA seat winners HYDERABAD, Feb 20: Complaints have been received about the unofficial list of winners of National Assembly seats published in Dawn on Wednesday.... Strike in Thari Mirwah against rigging KHAIRPUR, Feb 20: Thari Mirwah observed shutter-down strike as Pakistan People’s Party activists, supporters and villagers staged a demonstration in the town on Wednesday in protest against alleged rigging in NA-216 and PS-31 constituencies on Feb 18.... Recounting plea by PPP dismissed MIRPURKHAS, Feb 20: Returning Officer, Mirpurkhas, Yamin Khan on Wednesday dismissed an application of the PPP candidate for PS-64 Mirpurkhas-1 for recounting of votes.... Sukkur bar wants Musharraf to step down SUKKUR, Feb 20: The managing committee of the Sindh High Court Bar Association, Sukkur, has termed the elections a vote of no confidence in President Pervez Musharraf and asked him to... 2 poultry farm workers shot dead THATTA, Feb 20: The guards of a Pakistan People’s Party leader shot dead two poultry farm workers early on Wednesday morning on suspicions they were bandits masquerading as poor workers but... Sycophants start wooing new bosses GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: Many government officials, including police officers, have reportedly started visiting the residences of MNAs and MPAs-elect of the PML-N and the PPP to felicitate them over their poll success, offering them their ‘services’, Dawn learnt on Wednesday.... Jubilation firing leaves child dead SAHIWAL, Feb 20: Revelry by Malik Dhakoo’s supporters proved fatal for an eight-year-old child who came in the line of fire by a jubilant crowd at Chak 102/9-L.... FIA grills 60 deportees GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was questioning on Wednesday at least 60 people it arrested from Islamabad airport after they were deported by the Turkish government.... ‘It’s democratic forces’ victory’ LAHORE, Feb 20: Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Munir A Malik has expressed his pleasure over the results of the Feb 18 election and described these as victory of the democratic forces.... Aitzaz’s fans abandon themselves to ecstasy LAHORE, Feb 20: The Zaman Park residence of the detained Supreme Court Bar Association President, Aitzaz Ahsan became the focus of attention here on Wednesday as people from all walks of... Three injured in post-poll violence LAHORE, Feb 20: Three political workers were injured in firing by opponents in a post-election violence in Nadirabad in the South Cantonment area on Wednesday.... Go! Nawaz tells Musharraf once again LAHORE, Feb 20: PML-N Patron Nawaz Sharif says President Musharraf must read “the writing on the wall” and step down because people have given their verdict against him by rejecting his allies in the Feb 18 vote.... Smeda to implement UNDP project LAHORE, Feb 20: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has agreed to engage the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority as a national level implementing partner for its Gender Promotion Project in Pakistan.... Thal Express restored LAHORE, Feb 20: The operation of Thal Express, running between Rawalpindi and Multan through Kundian, has been restored.... DCOs asked to continue performing duties LAHORE, Feb 20: The Punjab chief secretary has directed all district heads and police chiefs in the province to continue discharging their duties during the transitional period....

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