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March 07, 2008 Friday Safar 28, 1429   Thrashing of lawmaker sparks rumpus in AJK assembly MUZAFFARABAD, March 6: In what was possibly the first incident of its kind in the history of the legislative assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, an opposition lawmaker was roughed up... Mullen says he carried no message for Musharraf WASHINGTON, March 6: Admiral Michael Mullen has said that his meeting with President Pervez Musharraf in Rawalpindi earlier this week was “just a courtesy call” and he did not take any message for him from the Bush administration.... Aitzaz meets Zardari ISLAMABAD, March 6: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan met Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday evening and discussed the judicial crisis with him.... Candidate for Balochistan CM in days: PML-Q QUETTA, March 6: The parliamentary party of Pakistan Muslim League-Q in Balochistan assembly has empowered its central leadership to choose the party’s nominee for the post of chief minister.... Senate body finds scam in Sehwan shrine’s rebuilding project ISLAMABAD, March 6: The Senate standing committee on housing and works has unearthed a massive scam in a project for re-development of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s main shrine in Sehwan and... MQM slams roughing up of its legislator KARACHI, March 6: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has condemned the ‘manhandling’ of its parliamentary leader in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly.... Nawaz wants AQ Khan, Mengal freed LAHORE, March 6: Expressing concern at reports of ailment of nuclear scientist Dr A.Q. Khan and former Balochistan chief minister Akhtar Mengal, PML-N patron and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has... 13 hurt as bus hits wagon, ambulance RAHIM YAR KHAN, March 6: At least 13 people suffered injuries when a speeding bus collided with an ambulance and a wagon, about seven kilometres from here, on Thursday.... Lawyers warn parties against ditching judges LAHORE, March 6: The lawyers rally in the city laid bare its apprehensions vis-à-vis the restoration of the deposed judges here on Thursday and warned political parties of opposition in case they left the pre-November 3 judiciary in limbo.... Caretakers’ shake-up of officials LAHORE, March 6: The caretaker setup, even though spending its final period in power corridor, transferred and posted a large number of officials on Thursday.... Aitzaz for empowerment of people to fight terrorism RAWALPINDI, March 6: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan on Thursday said no gun or cannon could be as useful a weapon in the war on terror as the empowered people of Pakistan.... Ex-minister made AJK PM’s Adviser MUZAFFARABAD, March 6: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan here on Thursday accepted a second resignation, this time from a cabinet member, but immediately re-appointed her as his adviser with the same status.... Women writers resolve to fight gender bias ISLAMABAD, March 6: Women writers have been ignored by men writers and critics over the centuries and it was only now that women’s assertive proactive role in most fields of life... Two terror suspects sent to prison RAWALPINDI, March 6: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Thursday sent two men to the central jail in Adiala on judicial remand for four days.... Two women commit suicide ISLAMABAD, March 6: A newly-wed woman and a student allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves in separate incidents here on Thursday, police said.... Obituary ISLAMABAD, March 6: Syed Mustafa Hussain Zaidi, father of Dawn News bureau chief in Islamabad Mubashir Zaidi, died in Islamabad on Thursday morning.... Immunisation drive ordered: Measles alert RAWALPINDI, March 6: Aroused by the increasing cases of measles in the Punjab, the provincial health department is launching a Measles Eradication Campaign from March 17.... STP opposes Karachi housing projects HYDERABAD, March 6: Rejecting Karachi Strategic Plan 2020, which includes Waterfront Sugarland City, Diamond Island City and Taiser Town, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party has said that 3.5... Rival groups resort to heavy firing SUKKUR March 6: Tension ran high in Bachal Shah Miani in Abad police station limits here on Thursday, following exchange of fire between two groups of residents over old enmity.... FIR ordered DADU, March 6: The second additional session judge of Dadu directed the Jhallo police on Thursday to register an FIR against the TPO (operation) Dadu; DSP (investigation);... Sindh lawyers ask Musharraf to ‘go’ HYDERABAD, March 6: Lawyers boycotted courts in many parts of the province on Thursday in response to a call of weekly protests given by the Pakistan Bar Council and the Supreme... EDO education office raided, record seized DADU, March 6: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) officials raided the office of the EDO education here on Thursday and seized the record.... Irregularities detected in watercourse lining SHIKARPUR, March 6: The project director of the Sindh chapter of National Programme for Improvement of Watercourses (NPIW) on Thursday ordered an inquiry into charges of misuse of funds and irregularities in the lining of watercourses in Shikarpur district.... Teacher kidnapped NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 6: A teacher was kidnapped on Wednesday while going to his workplace.... Patient detained by bandits dies THATTA, March 6: A chronic patient of urinary tract infection died and a large number of passengers were deprived of cash and valuables when highwaymen held them hostage for an hour near the Barrage Mori area on Thatta-Badin highway on Thursday.... Protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 6: Lower staff of Education Department Mehrab-pur and Halani staged demonstration for non-payment of salaries since last five months, in Halani on Thursday.... Nadra turns blind eye to ground realities MUZAFFARGARH, March 6: Uneducated people are facing a great deal of inconvenience in getting computerised national identity cards (CNICs) from the offices of National Database and Registration Authority in Muzaffargarh district because of their inability to produce computerised birth certificates.... ‘Education key to Fight terrorism’ FAISALABAD, March 6: Governor Khalid Maqbool has said education is the only answer to eliminate poverty and terrorism in the country.... Rs15 million hit by robbers LAHORE, March 6: In what seems to be a Bollywood-style robbery, the outlaws first abducted two brothers and then looted cash and jewellery worth Rs15 million from their shop in Main... Plea for Iftikhar’s release rejected LAHORE, March 6: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Zahid Husain dismissed a petition on Thursday challenging the alleged detention of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry along with his family in Islamabad.... Q to move EC against defector MPAs-elect LAHORE, March 6: The PML-Q has decided to take action against two Punjab MPAs-elect for violating party discipline and changing loyalties. The party will approach the Election Commission (EC) for necessary constitutional and legal action against them.... Ex-IGP summoned GUJRANWALA, March 6: A local court has summoned former Punjab IGP Ahmad Naseem, city police officer Khadam Hussain Bhatti, two DSPs and as many SHOs to answer allegations of their alleged support to PML-Q candidates during the Feb 18 vote.... Kashmir’s release brings hope to many BAHAWALPUR, March 6: The release of Kashmir Singh from a Pakistani prison must bring hope to the family of Sohail Shahzad, of Bahawalpur, who has been languishing in an Indian jail for the last 20 years.Shahzad,... The rise and rise of a clerk LAHORE, March 6: Special Secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti has been appointed Punjab Assembly secretary in place of Saeed Ahmed who retires on Friday (today).... Gangster shot dead LAHORE, March 6: Unidenti-fied assailants allegedly gunned down the brother of notorious criminal Mubeen Butt in Mustafaabad area on Thursday....

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