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March 04, 2008 Tuesday Safar 25, 1429   Musharraf allies to meet today ISLAMABAD, March 3: A ‘brainstorming’ luncheon meeting of MNAs-elect of the pro-Musharraf coalition comprising PML-Q, MQM, PML-F, NPP and PPP-Sherpao will be held here on Tuesday to chalk out a strategy... Top US commander arrives in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, March 3: The top US military commander landed in Pakistan on Monday -- his second visit to the country in a month — to talk with embattled President Pervez Musharraf and the military leadership.... EC not informed about independent MNAs’ choice ISLAMABAD, March 3: No political party has informed the Election Commission (EC) about any elected independent MNA joining them, official sources told Dawn here on Monday.... Lawyers file application against govt, president: Another showdown near Judges Colony ISLAMABAD, March 3: An application has been submitted to the Secretariat police seeking registration of a criminal case against President Pervez Musharraf, a minister and other government officials for keeping the judges and their family members in detention at their residences.... AJK govt hopes new set-up to promote peace with India MUZAFFARABAD, March 3: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir government has expressed the hope that the new set-up in Islamabad would promote the peace process with New Delhi and make the peaceable... Western media ignored ‘rigging’, says Fatima HONG KONG, March 3: Fatima Bhutto, a niece of the late Benazir Bhutto, on Monday accused western media of irresponsibility in their reporting of Pakistan, saying they had disregarded ‘heavy’ rigging in last month’s polls, including by the Pakistan People’s Party.... PPP-backed nazim unseated LARKANA, March 3: The PPP-backed nazim of Awam Dost Panel (ADP), Abdul Raheem Bughio of the union council Warah, was unseated after a no-confidence motion moved against him was passed with majority votes on Monday.... DADU: Work on Gorakh Hill Station project comes to a halt DADU, March 3: The development work on Rs200 million Gorakh Hill Station mega project, which has been going on with fits and starts since it started in 1998, has come to... MULTAN/KHANEWAL: Five prisoners escape from Multan jail: Nine jail officials suspended MULTAN/KHANEWAL, March 3: Nine officials of the district jail were suspended from service on Monday after the escape of five ‘hardened criminals’.... Woman sold for Rs95,000 ends life LARKANA, March 3: Disheartened by torture by her husband almost daily, a woman committed suicide by consuming pesticides in Punhal Jamali village in the jurisdiction of Imam Bakhsh Jamali village on Sunday.... Dowry: girl goes through hell SIALKOT, March 3: A married woman was beaten unconscious by her in-laws as punishment for bringing dowry much less to their expectations in Glotiyaan Khurd village, Daska tehsil.... Three teams emerge winners of Karachi round : Spelling Bee KARACHI, March 3: At the conclusion of the Karachi Regional Championships, three teams, comprising nine students of seven schools, have emerged to compete with teams from Lahore and Islamabad at the... Notices on plea against Dasti’s election MUZAFFARGARH, March 3: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday issued notices for March 11 on a plea filed by a losing PML-Q candidate challenging the election of a PPP candidate from NA-178 on a seminary degree.... All vital decisions thru’ consultation: Shahbaz LAHORE, March 3: PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif, who is also the party’s candidate for the slot of Punjab chief minister, has said that all members in the coalition government formed in the province would be consulted while making vital decisions.... Three parties discuss modalities today: Judges reinstatement LAHORE, March 3: Represe-ntatives of the Pakistan People''s Party, the PML-N and the Awami National Party are due to meet in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the modalities for the restoration... ‘Leghari’s counsel got stay order by deceit’ LAHORE, March 3: The counsel for Hafiz Abdul Karim, the PML-N candidate who lost to PML-Q candidate Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari at NA-172, Monday told a division bench of the Lahore... Double Shah victims get cheques from today LAHORE, March 3: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will start distributing cheques among victims of the Double Shah financial scam from Tuesday (today).... Transfers in PIA KARACHI, March 3: As a part of PIA’s reorganisational plan, the airline’s newly appointed managing director Aslam R. Khan has ordered ‘first phase transfers’.... 2 members of Rehman dacoit gang arrested MIRPURKHAS, March 3: The Satellite Town police arrested an alleged member of Rehman Dacoit gang and his foreigner accomplice after an encounter late on Sunday night.... Water level drops at Sukkur SUKKUR, March 3: Contin-uous decline in water discharge at Sukkur Barrage may result in 50 per cent shortage during coming 72 hours, which at present stands at 48 per cent, sources in irrigation department fear.... Child criminally assaulted SUKKUR, March 3: An infant girl was criminally assaulted by a youth in Sangi, within the jurisdiction of Pano Akil police station, near Sukkur on Monday afternoon.... Emergency landing in Nawabshah NAWABSHAH, March 3: A domestic flight coming from Lahore to Karachi made an emergency landing at Nawabshah airport here on Monday.... Body of missing boy found in trunk LAYYAH, March 3: A 12-year-old boy who had been missing since Sunday was found dead in a trunk at his house on Monday.... Conservator of forest suspended BAHAWALPUR, March 3: The Punjab government has suspended from service Tariq Mahmood, forests conservator and Lal Sohanra National Park administrator.... Three outlaws shot dead OKARA, March 3: Three outlaws were shot dead while a passer-by sustained injuries during separate shootouts between fleeing outlaws and villagers and police in this district on Sunday and Monday.... Motorway pile-up claims one life SHEIKHUPURA, March 3: A pileup claimed one life, left 30 others injured and halted traffic for an hour on Motorway near Kala Shah Kaku on Monday.... Protest against low wages KASUR, March 3: Powerloom unit owners shut their units and observed hunger strike outside the shrine of Hazrat Baba Bulleh Shah on Monday demanding a raise in wages of workers.... Two killed for property LAHORE, March 3: A man shot dead his brother and brother-in-law and injured three others, including another brother, over a property dispute in Mochi Gate on Monday.... LHC moved for enforcing kite-flying ban LAHORE, March 3: The Lahore High Court has been moved for implementation of ban on manufacture of kites and strings....

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