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April 23, 2008 Wednesday Rabi-us-Sani 16, 1429   PPP-MQM talks inconclusive ISLAMABAD, April 22: Talks between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday remained inconclusive with the MQM demanding 40 per cent or 15 ministries in Sindh while the PPP offering 25 per cent.... Lawyers insist deadline ends on April 30 ISLAMABAD, April 22: Repre-sentatives of different bar associations said on Tuesday that if the deposed judges were not reinstated by the deadline set in the Bhurban Declaration, the Pakistan Bar Council would decide its future line of action on May 3.... Asif candidate for NA seat in Rawalpindi! RAWALPINDI, April 22: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari obtained on Tuesday nomination papers for by-elections for the NA-55, Rawalpindi-VI, which has been vacated by Makhdoom Javed Hashami.... Bhagwandas rejects ‘minus-one’ formula QUETTA, April 22: Justice (retd) Rana Bhagwandas said on Tuesday that reinstatement of all deposed judges except Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry would aggravate the judicial crisis and that would harm... PML-Q not against reinstatement of judges: Shujaat ISLAMABAD, April 22: Form-er prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that his Pakistan Muslim League-Q party is not against reinstatement of deposed judges and wants the issue to be resolved... Struggle for Sharia enforcement to continue: Sufi TIMERGARA, April 22: Maulana Sufi Mohammad, chief of the banned Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM), said on Tuesday that he would wage a peaceful struggle for enforcement of Sharia in the tribal region.... Balochistan cabinet takes oath today QUETTA, April 22: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani said on Tuesday that differences among coalition parties on cabinet formation had been resolved and ministers would take oath on Wednesday.... 600 OPF employees to be regularised ISLAMABAD, April 22: Fede-ral Minister for Labour, Man-power and Overseas Pakistanis Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah has ordered regularisation of service of more than 600 contractual employees of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation.... No inter-district wheat movement: Govt whispers to DCOs LAHORE, April 22: The Punjab government has placed undeclared (verbal) inter-district and inter-provincial ban on wheat movement in a bid to achieve its procurement target.... Eight injured in hospital fire LAHORE, April 22: Eight patients sustained multiple injuries, two of them critically, when a fire broke out in Medical-I unit of the Jinnah Hospital situated at second floor on Tuesday.... PML-N ministers skip coalition party meeting ISLAMABAD, April 22: All the ministers belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) kept themselves away from the parliamentary party meeting of the ruling coalition presided over by Prime Minister Syed... Death in custody: policeman gets bail RAWALPINDI, April 22: Justice Maulvi Anwarul Haq of Lahore High Court (LHC)’s Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday granted bail to Sultan Azam Taimuri, Assistant Inspector General (AIG) National Highways and Motorways Police,... Court stays eviction from govt houses RAWALPINDI, April 22: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam and Justice Raja Saeed Akram, on Tuesday issued a stay order against the dispossession... Traffic police hold singing contest among students ISLAMABAD, April 22: The capital traffic police on Tuesday arranged a singing competition among students of various educational institutions to create rapport between the law enforcers and the youth.... Jamali for directly elected Senate with fiscal powers ISLAMABAD, April 22: Acting Chairman Senate Jan Muhammad Jamali has called for direct election of the upper house (Senate) and giving it fiscal powers.... 35kg heroin seized RAWALPINDI, April 22: The Anti-Narcotics Force on Tuesday seized 35kg heroin concealed in carpets which were to be exported to Tashkent for an international trade exhibition.... Joint efforts needed on environmental issues: minister ISLAMABAD, April 22: Collective efforts should be made to mitigate the effects of environmental degradation which poses major threat to sustainable development all over the world particularly in developing countries like Pakistan.... Contract teachers seek regularisation ATTOCK, April 22: Contract lecturers of the district government on Tuesday sought regularisation of their services and payment of the last four months salary.... 11 booked for creating hurdles: Cellphone tower ATTOCK, April 22: Eleven persons including a UC nazim were booked for allegedly creating hurdles in installation of a mobile phone tower.... ‘No shortage of flour in Pindi district’ RAWALPINDI, April 22: City district government announced here on Tuesday that there was no shortage of wheat flour (atta) in the district.... Talks held on detainees of Pakistan in India ISLAMABAD, April 22: Offi-cials of Pakistan and India discussed here on Tuesday the issue of detention of over a dozen Pakistanis by Indian security forces on the charge of travelling on forged visa.... Committee set up for electoral reforms ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Election Commission has set up a committee to propose reforms in the electoral system.... Police directed to help city govt QUETTA, April 22: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court on Tuesday directed the provincial government and the Capital City Police Officer to depute police personnel to help the city government in shifting a bus-stand to Hazarganji.... Ghost schools, absenteeism bring education on verge of collapse NAWABSHAH, April 22: With more than 700 schools lying non-functional, acute shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff and growing menace of absenteeism often encouraged and condoned by the education department have pushed the district’s education to the verge of total collapse.... Pollution leads to shrinking life expectancy, say experts HYDERABAD, April 22: Environmental pollution and consumption of polluted water are at the root of ever-shrinking life expectancy in countries like Pakistan where pollution fails to make to the top of... Amendment to wildlife protection laws sought MITHI, April 22: Expressing concern over depletion in the population of rare wildlife species in Thar owing to unabated and unchecked trapping, poaching and hunting, speakers at a seminar called for... Illegally Confined driver recovered NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 22: The Judicial magistrate Bhirya Waheed Ali Khoso raided the Tharushah police station and released an illegally confined truck driver on Tuesday.... Sassui dissolves SLA board THATTA, April 22: While dissolving the board of Sindhi Language Authority (SLA), Sindh Minister for Culture and Tourism Sassui Palijo said here on Monday that more efficient, impartial and energetic people... Wheat smuggling bid foiled DADU, April 22: The food department officials have taken into custody 26 trucks loaded with wheat bags on Indus Highway near Sehwan on Tuesday.... Mismanagement causes water crisis in Thatta THATTA, April 22: Poor planning, mismanagement and vested interest are major factors behind prevailing water crisis in Thatta district, this correspondent has learnt after gathering information from relevant quarters.... Minister hints at revival of Shahdadkot textile mill LARKANA, April 22: Sindh Minister for Law, Sports and Youth Affairs Ayaz Soomro said here on Tuesday that a bill for the upgradation of Chandka Medical College Larkana would be moved in Sindh Assembly soon.... PML-F slams raid on house of supporter KHAIRPUR, April 22: Local leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-F on Tuesday termed police raid on the house of party supporter Murtaza Shah Rashidi two days ago political victimisation and demanded judicial inquiry into the police action.... Controversy over wheat movement SAHIWAL, April 22: Local Food Department officials, acting on their own, have imposed an inter-district ban on the transportation of wheat to achieve their wheat procurement targets.... It runs in their family? NAROWAL, April 22: Asghar Ali who committed suicide by swallowing poisonous pills on April 18 is fourth in a family of Talwandi Kahloan village, some five kilometres from here, whose members... Support to Iftikhar SAHIWAL, April 22: Lawyers will not accept judges’ reinstatement without deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.... Not every dog has its fans TOBA TEK SINGH, April 22: A dog theft case has forced political figures of the area to intervene for reconciliation between two groups in Chak 395-JB, Sada Arayan.... Official might is technical ‘right’: CCB projects KHANEWAL, April 22: The district government allegedly awarded funds to Citizen Community Boards (CCBs) for technically-flawed projects and plundered public money, Dawn reveals.... Soccer makers for technology input SIALKOT, April 22: Soccer ball makers have demanded transfer of mechanised manufacturing technology for the survival of their industry.... Justice Arshad flays SC over BA decision KHANEWAL, April 22: Deposed Lahore High Court Judge Jahangir Arshad criticized on Tuesday Supreme Court’s judgment regarding striking down the condition of graduation for candidates to contest the general elections.... Murder of Balochistan varsity VC condemned LAHORE, April 22: The Punjab University Academic Staff Association has condemned the murder of Balochistan University Vice-Chancellor Prof Safdar Kiyani.... Deadline to DPO for ‘rioters’ arrest MIANWALI, April 22: The legal community on Tuesday gave another two-day deadline to the Mianwali DPO on his request for the arrest of 21 nominated `rioters’ who set ablaze lawyers’ chambers... Villagers lash out at police inefficiency SAHIWAL, April 22: At least 200 people from Thekri Pahra village staged a sit-in on Muhammadpur Road for two hours in protest against Harrapa police’s ‘inefficiency’.... ‘Joint efforts answer to food crisis’ FAISALABAD, April 22: Agriculture scientists at a conference here on Tuesday stressed the need for concerted efforts to cope with the prevailing food crisis.... Okara DPO removed LAHORE, April 22: Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa has removed Okara DPO Mirza Farhan Beg from his post on dereliction of duty and ordered him to report to the central police office, says a handout.... Govt defends removal of the re-employed LAHORE, April 22: The Punjab government on Tuesday justified, in a written reply before the Lahore High Court, the termination of re-employed employees.... Jago Huwa Swera screened LAHORE, April 22: The exclusive screening of Pakistan’s first international award-winning film ‘Jago Huwa Swera’ was held at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) auditorium on Tuesday.... Student’s Suicide over poor result LAHORE, April 22: A student of the Lahore University of Management Sciences allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday in his hostel room over poor results.... Stakeholders reject SNGPL’s price-hike plea LAHORE, April 22: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) will create a balance between the divergent interests of utility companies and the consumers, and protect the rights of all stakeholders according to law....

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