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February 22, 2008 Friday Safar 14, 1429   PML-Q faces hurdles in Balochistan QUETTA, Feb 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q, despite having emerged as the largest parliamentary group with 17 seats in last week’s elections, is facing hurdles in mustering the required support for forming a coalition government in Balochistan.... Senator Kakar dies QUETTA, Feb 21: Senator Malik Sarwar Khan Kakar of the PML-Q died in a Karachi hospital on Thursday at the age of 67. He will be laid to rest in the ancestral graveyard in Barshar village in Pishin on Friday.... PPP seeks probe into rigging ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday demanded the formation of a judicial commission to investigate complaints of vote-rigging.... Mandate must be respected, urges CGEP ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: A group of eminent personalities, including former judges of superior courts and retired generals, have called for an independent inquiry into incidents of poll rigging.... PFUJ welcomes statements of Nawaz, Asif on Pemra ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has welcomed statements of PML-N chief Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari promising drastic changes in the... Karachi candidates secure highest votes ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Candidates for National Assembly seats from Karachi secured the highest number of votes polled in the Feb 18 elections.... Lawyers determined to go ahead with March 9 plan TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 21: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary Chaudhry Amin Javed has announced that if judges deposed under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) are not restored... Weekly boycott of courts across Sindh HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Complete boycott of courts was observed by lawyers across Sindh on Thursday in response to the weekly boycott call of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC).... PPP to go for UN probe: After assuming power LAHORE, Feb 21: A senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party said on Thursday the government should show moral courage and approach the United Nations forthwith with the request that the world body investigate the assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto.... Lawyers’ reminder to govt in-waiting: Impressive post-poll show LAHORE, Feb 21: A 2,000 strong lawyers’ rally in its first post-election show reiterated their demand for the reinstatement of judges sacked under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).... AJK yet to receive over Rs2bn relief fund MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 21: The AJK finance department has asked the Board of Revenue (BoR) to immediately remit more than Rs2 billion, transferred to it under president relief fund, to the state treasury, it has been learnt.... Hearing in references against Sharifs put off till March 28 RAWALPINDI, Feb 21: An accountability court here on Thursday put off the hearing in the three corruption references against former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif and his family till March 28... Two teenagers kidnapped ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Two teenagers were allegedly kidnapped for ransom in different parts of the capital here on Thursday, police said.... PML-N leader sets record of victory TAXILA, Feb 21: Senior PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has set a new record by scoring his seventh victory in elections during his over 25 years of political career.... Ball in politicians’ court: lawyers: Restoration of judges ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Former president Supreme Court Bar Association Tariq Mehmood, who is yet under detention, on Thursday asked the victorious political parties in the elections to resolve the issue of restoration of pre-November 3 judiciary with great care and deliberation.... UN body pledges $2.4m for population programme ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The United Nations Population Fund will provide $2.4 million for the population welfare activities in the country.... Three killed in accidents ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Three persons were killed in two accidents here on Thursday.... PPP workers besiege RO office in Thatta THATTA, Feb 21: Protesting alleged tampering with the polling record including ballot papers by the Shirazis and their henchmen in the office of Returning Officer on Thursday night, hundreds of PPP... Sasoli calls for commission on Balochistan HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Baloch nationalist leader Rauf Khan Sassoli has proposed a national commission to conduct investigations into ‘excesses unleashed against not only the Baloch people but also the people of other provinces.’... Festivity runs high in Sindh DADU, Feb 21: People from all walks of life together with the workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) kept bringing out processions in Sindh on Thursday to celebrate the party’s election victory.... EC urged to look into shifting of polling station MITHI, Feb 21: The Election Commission has been urged by the Naib Nazim of Manjhthi Union Council, Taluka Mithi, Adam Hingorjo, to take notice of the polling conducted at Doonjh polling... Three killed DADU, Feb 21: Three people were killed in an armed clash between two groups of Jamali tribesmen over enmity in village Mirza Jamali on Thursday.... Rigging in police station alleged: DPO transferred, 3 SHOs suspended SUKKUR, Feb 21: The DPO of Ghotki was transferred and three SHOs were suspended on Thursday following rigging allegations levelled against them by a candidate for PS-7 Daharki seat, and acts of violence in the area.... PPP activists protest after firing incident HYDERABAD, Feb 21: Workers of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) staged a sit-in outside Sakhi Pir police station late on Wednesday night after participants of a rally resorted to aerial firing outside the residence of a party activist.... Two shot dead KHAIRPUR, Feb 21: A land dispute between two groups of Bhand Community claimed two lives on Thursday, in the jurisdiction of Faiz Mohammad Bindo Police Station of Kot Mir Mohammad Town.... ‘Go Musharraf go’ remains Thursday rhetoric SIALKOT, Feb 21: Lawyers in various city-districts and other parts of the province continued their weekly agitation on Thursday to express solidarity with deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges.... Police kill three fleeing after bank dacoity FAISALABAD, Feb 21: Three dacoits were killed in a ‘shootout’ with police in Sattiana on Thursday as they fled after looting cash and gold worth Rs11 million from a bank.... Leghari’s fate hangs in balance DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 21: Re-polling in nine polling stations of NA-171 and one polling station of NA-172 will be held tomorrow.... PPP reserves berth in ‘first’ class VEHARI, Feb 21: Among the so many firsts people are associating with the 2008 election outcome is the Pakistan People’s Party’s landslide victory in Vehari. It is for the first time... Independents ‘force to be reckoned with’ BAHAWALPUR, Feb 21: Five independent members of National and Provincial assemblies elected from the district have planned to form their own group, what they say, for the development of the area and welfare of local people.... Gujranwala sends six lawyers to NA GUJRANWALA, Feb 21: As many as six members of the legal fraternity, including a retired judge and a barrister, have got elected to the National Assembly seats in the district.... Official looks into charges against BMP DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 21: A senior commandant of the border military police (BMP) has taken note of the alleged involvement of BMP officials in poll rigging and directed them to... Two apply for vote recount TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 21: PPP candidate for NA-94 Haider Khan Kharal and PML-Q defeated candidate from PP-88 Begum Ashfa Riaz Fatyana on Thursday filed applications with Kamalia returning officer Mian Mureed Husain for a vote recount.... PML-N seeks reversal in NA-157 KHANEWAL, Feb 21: Challenging the polling results in NA-157 (Khanewal-II) on Thursday, the PML-N candidate has called for a stay order and an inquiry into what he calls massive rigging.... ‘Real challenges lie ahead’ LAHORE, Feb 21: The National Commission for Justice and Peace has called upon the parties winning the general elections to adopt policies to bring the country on the track of justice, peace and prosperity.... Millers seek equal wheat quota LAHORE, Feb 21: The Punjab chapter of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has demanded provision of equal wheat quota to all the mills and immediate withdrawal of Rangers personnel deployed at the mills.... JI, PTI Condemn torture of lawyers LAHORE, Feb 21: The Jamaat-i-Islami and the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf have condemned torture of lawyers in Islamabad and Karachi.... ANP won’t press for restoration of judiciary LAHORE, Feb 21: The Awami National Party (ANP) has also drawn lines between independence of the judiciary and reinstatement of deposed judges.... Jobless youth ends life LAHORE, Feb 21: A 25-year-old youth committed suicide by taking poisonous pills over joblessness in Sanda on Thursday.... Man held for killing wife LAHORE, Feb 21: Harbanspura investigation police claimed on Thursday to have arrested a man who killed his wife and a four-year-old daughter over a ‘property dispute’....

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