DAWN - National; March 03, 2008

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March 03, 2008	Monday	Safar 24, 1429

President, PM condemn suicide attack on jirga ISLAMABAD, March 2: President Pervez Musharraf and caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro have condemned the suicide attack on a jirga at Zargunkhel in Darra Adamkhel....		PPP calls meeting of its MNAs ISLAMABAD, March 2: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has convened a meeting of the PPP Parliamentary Party at the Zardari House here on Thursday....

US urged to support Pakistani lawyers WASHINGTON, March 2: America’s largest legal fraternity — the National Lawyers Guild — has invited several high-ranking lawyers from Pakistan to tour the United States....		US concerned over minister’s statement ISLAMABAD, March 2: The United States has expressed concern over caretaker Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz’s statement that the US was involved in violence in Pakistan. In a statement issued here on...

Minister sees Indian hand in violence: Anti-terror gadgets being acquired ISLAMABAD, March 2: Caretaker Interior Minister Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Nawaz Khan said on Sunday that Indian intelligence agency RAW was involved in acts of terrorism in Pakistan....		Pentagon developing training plan for Pakistan army: 100 US trainers to come NEW YORK, March 2: The US military is developing a plan to send about 100 American trainers to work with a Pakistani paramilitary force that is the vanguard in the fight...

American Alpine Club honours Nazir Sabir ISLAMABAD, March 2: Nazir Sabir, the only Pakistani conqueror of Mount Everest, has been given honorary membership of the American Alpine Club (AAC) for his “outstanding achievements in Himalayan climbing and services in the field of environmental protection”....		JUP gives new govt time to settle judges issue LAHORE, March 2: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUP) will give time to new government to fulfill their promises of reinstatement of judges and will observe countrywide protest demonstrations on March 7 against the publication of blasphemous sketches in Denmark....

Encroachment on archaeology’s domain LAHORE, March 2: The Punjab Historic Areas Authority (PHAA) created to develop and preserve historical areas, primarily the Walled City of Lahore, has taken over some of the functions and powers of the Punjab archaeology department without even consulting it....		Winning parties united on judges issue: Shahbaz LAHORE, March 2: PML-N president and former Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif says his party will not compromise on the issue of restoration of the deposed judges and has no...

High energy rates fuel rise in prices of flour’s LAHORE, March 2: Millers on Sunday increased the price of a 20kg flour bag by Rs15, as they start charging Rs5 extra on account of hike in electricity rates and Rs10...		Leave dirty politics to enter dirty lodges: Newly-elected MNAs ISLAMABAD, March 2: When the newly-elected members of the National Assembly move into their furnished apartments in the Parliament Lodges (PLs) they would find them disagreeable....


Activities intensified to root out polio: official ISLAMABAD, March 2: Aiming to achieve historic success by total eradication of polio from Pakistan, the government is intensifying schedule of supplementary immunisation activities to include four rounds of National Immunisation Days (NIDs) and four sub-national activities in 2008....		Hassanabdal’s master plan in final stage TAXILA, March 2: The Town Municipal Administration (TMA) Hassanabdal is preparing the master plan of the city through acquisition of satellite imagery. The project is expected to be completed in a couple of months....

‘Spy’ killed MIRAMSHAH, March 2: An Afghan national was killed in North Waziristan on Sunday on charges of spying for the United States....		Damage to mango orchards worries ministry ISLAMABAD, March 2: The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) is concerned about the damage caused to mango orchards in Sindh and Punjab by the cold spell and frosting in January and February....

Two miners killed NOWSHERA, March 2: Two mine workers were killed and two others, including the owner of the mine, injured in an accident in a coal mine in the Cherat area on Sunday....		Decayed body unfolds ‘murder’ of suspect: Kasur GPO robbery KASUR, March 2: The B-Division police have found the putrid body of a general post office (GPO) security guard earlier suspected to be involved in a ‘failed’ robbery bid on GPO...

GCCI decries rise in POL prices GUJRANWALA, March 2: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), transporters, agriculturists and civil society members decried the hike in POL prices....		Fesco to set up two power houses FAISALABAD, March 2: The Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (Fesco) will establish two rental power generation houses of a total of 350MW capacity which will start functioning before the summer season....

Simmering enmity claims two lives GUJRAT, March 2: Two people were shot dead while six others, including three women, were injured by at least 11 assailants allegedly over old enmity in Dhal Bangash locality in Dinga police precincts on Saturday night.The...		Victim finds police ‘protecting rapists’ SAHIWAL, March 2: A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by six people has approached the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan for help as police have failed to arrest the accused....

Murder case against ex-serviceman LAYYAH, March 2: City police on Sunday registered a murder case against a retired army man, who had shot dead a 16-year-old girl on Saturday when her father turned down his proposal in Mohallah Tibbi Karbala....		Hospital gets mammography machine RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 2: The mammography machine for the diagnosis of breast cancer in women has been installed in Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital (SZMCH) here....

Man shot dead, niece injured KASUR, March 2: Assailants shot dead a man and injured his niece in the B-Division police precinct late on Saturday....		‘Musharraf hindering govt formation’ LAHORE, March 2: Jamat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that increasing terrorism incidents seemed to be aimed at destabilising the country and sabotaging the process of formation of a democratic government after the general elections....

Fahim’s bouquet for Aitzaz LAHORE, March 2: An aide to PPP-P President Makhdoom Amin Fahim presented a bouquet to Supreme Court Bar President Aitzaz Ahsan on his release from detention on Sunday....		Workers body appeals to cut wastefulexpenses LAHORE, March 2: The Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) has called upon the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Awami National Party (ANP) to provide relief to the masses by checking wasteful expenditures after forming their governments....

Traders for long-term solution to crises LAHORE, March 2: The Quami Tajir Ittehad (QTI) wants all the leading political parties to prepare their programme for finding a long-term solution to energy crises in the country....		Workers LAHORE, March 2: The Pakistan Labour Federation has sought interim relief for workers and government employees after an increase in petroleum and gas prices and electricity tariff....