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April 26, 2008 Saturday Rabi-us-Sani 19, 1429   New strategy to isolate Al Qaeda in tribal areas WASHINGTON, April 25: The United States and Pakistan are working on a new strategy in the tribal area which aims at forcing Al Qaeda to quit the region by driving a wedge between local and foreign militants, diplomatic sources told Dawn.... Wheat mismanagement caused Rs45bn loss: Dar ISLAMABAD, April 25: Finan-ce Minister Ishaq Dar informed the National Assembly on Friday the country had to suffer a loss of Rs44.9 billion owing to mismanagement in export and import of wheat by the previous government.... Former PM, team come under fire in NA: Flawed economic policies ISLAMABAD, April 25: The economic team of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz came under severe criticism in the National Assembly on Friday when during the question hour a number of members... Punjab not to surpass last year’s wheat yield: experts RAWALPINDI, April 25: The wheat harvesting in the entire barani belt has commenced. However, the experts of Punjab agricultural department were not very hopeful of surpassing last year’s wheat production.... Aitzaz sees positive development next week RAWALPINDI, April 25: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan here on Friday said restoration of judges and introduction of a constitutional package were two different things and cannot be interlinked.... Cabinet body on FCR may meet next week ISLAMABAD, April 25: A nine-member cabinet committee constituted to examine the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) of 1901 and suggest suitable recommendations for its repeal is expected to meet next week because... Rights panels asked to help displaced people QUETTA, April 25: The Balo-ch National Front (BNF) has appealed to international human rights organisations and Unicef to help the displaced Baloch people living in Nasirabad, Jaffarabad, Hyderabad, Karachi and Rajanpur to return to their hometowns.... Video surveillance of cities planned ISLAMABAD, April 25: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) will install video surveillance system in Karachi and other major cities to detect and monitor street crimes and curb terrorist activities.... Pakistan, Russia celebrate 60 years of ties ISLAMABAD, April 25: The Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) arranged a photographic exhibition here on Friday to mark 60 years of diplomatic relation between Pakistan and Russia.... Minister raises objection to opening of canal HYDERABAD, April 25: Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo has emphasised the need for implementation of Water Apportionment Accord 1991 despite of the fact that PPP had reservations over it.... Nazim terms new set-up hostile HYDERABAD, April 25: Tando Allahyar District Nazim Dr Rahila Gul Magsi has alleged that vindictive actions are being taken against her allies by the newly installed administration and claimed that three... Five cops booked in former nazim’s killing in ‘shootout’ SIALKOT, April 25: The Pasrur Sadar police registered a case against its station house officer (SHO) and four policemen for allegedly killing a former union council (UC) nazim in a ‘staged’... Growers cry out against sugar millers, wheat mafia JHANG, April 25: The Pakistan Kissan Committee, Jhang chapter, lashed out at the government and the institutions concerned for their failure to save growers from exploitation by the sugar mills owners and the wheat mafia.... ‘Balochistan, NWFP seek wheat from Punjab’ SAHIWAL, April 25: The NWFP seeks 100,000 tons of wheat and Balochistan 300,000 tons from the Punjab Food Department to meet their storage targets, says Punjab Food Minister Nadeem Kamran.... 17 ‘corrupt and negligent’ SHOs suspended GUJRAT, April 25: Gujranwala Regional Police Officer Zulfiqar Cheema has suspended from service 17 ‘corrupt and negligent’ station house officers (SHOs) in Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin districts.... Department doing it on its own: ‘No Pervez and Pervaiz in textbooks’ LAHORE, April 25: The Punjab education department has taken a decision to remove President Pervez Musharraf and former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi''s messages and pictures printed back-to-back on a page... APTMA for unions’ gradual revival LAHORE, April 25: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has urged the government to consult the industry on the trade unions issue and prescribe the basic rules in consultation with the employers.... Wheat flour shortage persists ISLAMABAD, April 25: Shortage of wheat flour still persists in the federal capital as after squeezed supply of wheat to the flour mills the capital is facing the shortfall of 6,000 bags of 20 kg Atta per day.... 24 constables dismissed ATTOCK, April 25: The district police officer (DPO) Attock Tariq Hanif Joiya on Friday dismissed 24 newly recruited constables who remained absent from their duties despite repeated reminders/show cause notices while... Eight arrested from ‘brothel’ TAXILA, April 25: Eight persons, including five women, were held on the charge of running a brothel in a hotel in Hassanabdal on Thursday night.... One killed on road ATTOCK, April 25: A cyclist was killed on Friday after he was hit by a speeding coach near Dulian Chowk in the jurisdiction of Pindigheb police station.... Disappearance of the other kind: Mothers go to court RAWALPINDI, April 25: Distressed mothers are going to courts in ever greater numbers for the recovery of their children from estranged husbands and in-laws, Dawn has learnt.... Short route to highway robbery ISLAMABAD, April 25: Some criminal minds in the National Highway Authority took a very short route to play big fraud on the NHA for a long time.... Punjab ministers say consensus must for dam LARKANA, April 25: Kalabagh dam being a controversial project can only be constructed after consensus, said Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz and six newly inducted ministers of the PPP.... Hospitals pose health hazards by dumping waste in open areas NAWABSHAH, April 25: In the absence of a mechanism for disposal of hospital’s solid waste, private hospitals and medical centres are dumping their waste in open areas with impunity, posing serious threat to people’s health as well as environment.... 80 booked under ATC for blocking highway NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, April 25: The Kandiaro police on Friday lodged two FIRs against 80 members of Sehto and Solangi communities for blocking the National Highway on two occasions.... Call for release of nationalists DADU, April 25: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Bashir Qureshi has demanded release of Baloch and Sindhi nationalist leaders and withdrawal of cases against them.... Ghost schools haunt literacy hopes DADU, April 25: Junior teachers and officials promoted out-of-turn to senior positions on political grounds, use of school buildings in remote areas as guest houses by local landlords and the ghost... Notification on revival of labour unions sought SUKKUR, April 25: Participants of a labour convention have demanded of the government to issue a notification on lifting of ban on labour unions.... ‘Contractual employees to be regularised’ LARKANA, April 25: Contractual employees having completed three years of service will be regularised and unemployed educated youth to be preferred in recruitment, said District Nazim Nawabshaha Dr Faryal Talpur.... PMDC team inspects college SUKKUR, April 25: A 12-member team of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Friday visited Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College and the Civil Hospital Sukkur and got themselves apprised of the facilities being provided there.... Legislators accused of backing extortionists MUZAFFARGARH, April 24: The Apollo Textile Mills administration alleged that some former workers under the patronage of local legislators were creating harassment on the pretext of non-payment of dues by holding protest rallies and blocking road.... CD shops burnt in Shahwali RAJANPUR, April 25: Around two dozen attackers, who introduced themselves as `Taliban Cammandos’, burnt several CD shops in Shahwali, some 50 kilometres from Rojhan, on Friday.... Govt asked to begin audit from Gujrat GUJRAT, April 25: Kharian Tehsil Nazim Nadeem Asghar Kaira has welcomed the decision of the Punjab government to conduct a special audit of all local government institutions and asked the government... 12 of family, two robbers injured in accident SHIEKHUPURA, April 25: Twelve family members and two robbers sustained injuries in an accident near Upper Chenab Canal (Khanpur) on Lahore Road on Friday.... Mother, son run over by pick-up FAISALABAD, April 25: A pickup van ran over a woman and her son on Satiana Road on Friday.... Khosa ‘all support’ for interviews LAHORE, April 25: Punjab Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khosa said on Friday the panels interviewing officers for various slots had been constituted with his consent.... Consumer court stops bank from recovering credit LAHORE, April 25: Consumer Court Judge Syed Maruf Ahmedali has restrained a bank from recovering transactions made on a credit card after its owner misplaced it.... The grand fleet inching towards road to auction LAHORE, April 25: The Punjab government plans to auction a number of vehicles in next two weeks that were under the use of previous provincial cabinet, Chief Minister''s Secretariat, and the government machinery, sources reveal to Dawn.... Nawaz to pay fine of poor prisoners LAHORE, April 25: PML-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has directed release of all prisoners in Punjab who are still incarcerated due to non-payment of fine even after completion of their sentences.... Hoardings fail to weather mild storm: One killed LAHORE, April 25: A young man was killed when the pieces of a hoarding that came apart due to a windstorm pierced his head here in New Garden Town.... Minister’s office damaged by fire LAHORE, April 25: The Civil Secretariat office of the new Punjab Prisons Minister Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor was gutted here on Friday evening....

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