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July 08, 2008 Tuesday Rajab 4, 1429   Zardari, Nawaz to meet in London ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Zardari is expected to leave Dubai for London in a couple of days to meet PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for what political analysts... SBP introduces new Rs5 and Rs50 banknotes KARACHI, July 7: The State Bank of Pakistan reintroduced on Monday the five rupee banknote and launched a newly-designed Rs50 note.... FC, police start joint patrolling in Quetta QUETTA, July 7: The Frontier Corps and police jointly started patrolling Quetta and its suburbs on Monday in the wake of sudden increase in incidents of sectarian killings in Balochistan.... Govt, Taliban agree to restore peace in Swat SWAT, July 7: The NWFP government and the Tehrik-i-Taliban agreed on Monday to keep their agreement intact and carry forward the dialogue process for lasting peace in the district.... Lawyers stage sit-in over colleague’s murder QUETTA, July 7: Members of the Balochistan Bar Association staged a sit-in outside the chief minister’s secretariat in protest against the killing of prominent lawyer Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi here on Monday and announced a three-day mourning in the province.... Govt will do everything to stop terrorism, says Asif ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday the people behind Sunday’s suicide bomb attack in Islamabad were trying to create chaos and the government would do everything to stop them.... ‘Government working on new plans to curb inflation’ ISLAMABAD, July 7: With little to show as performance during its first 100 days, the coalition government is working on a new plan to address the issues of energy, inflation and terrorism.... ‘Shahbaz wants to overhaul hospitals’ LAHORE, July 7: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will hand over the health portfolio to a member of the provincial assembly (MPA) of his party after “overhauling” the sector, a Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) MPA told Dawn on Monday.... Father’s brutality toll rises to four MUZAFFARGARH, July 7: Another child, who was injured at the hands of her father allegedly because of poverty, also succumbed to her injuries at Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH), Bahawalpur, on Monday, raising the toll to four.... 27 hurt as pick-up overturns SANGHAR, July 7: Twenty-seven people were injured, six seriously, when the pick-up they were travelling in overturned after its tyre burst near Ganang Bungalow on Monday.... RDA okays Rs2.35bn tax-free budget RAWALPINDI, July 7: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has prepared its Rs2.35 billion tax-free budget for 2008- 09, it has been learnt.... Pakistan, UK for regular exchange of MPs ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan and the United Kingdom have agreed to regular exchange of Parliamentary delegations to develop more understanding on issues of mutual significance.... Attock council blasts NLC for substandard construction ATTOCK, July 7: Some district council members on Monday alleged that the National Logistics Corporation (NLC) had inflicted huge losses to the exchequer through use of substandard material in the construction of buildings for education and health departments.... Reconstruction of bomber’s face begins ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pieces of the suspected suicide bomber’s head have been sent to the forensic laboratory for the reconstruction of his face to help establish his identity.... Woman from Indian-held Kashmir eager to go back MUZAFFARABAD, July 7: A woman from a border village of Occupied Kashmir who crossed the Line of Control after being badly beaten by her brother repents the decision she took in... Boating in Rawal Dam banned ISLAMABAD, July 7: The capital administration has imposed a ban on boating and fish angling in Rawal Dam.... Plant ready to treat 17mgd sewage ISLAMABAD, July 7: The most controversial project of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) has been completed and now all four of its components with a capacity to treat 17 million gallon per day (mgd) sewer water are operating.... Jica hands over system to monitor floods in Leh ISLAMABAD, July 7: The Japanese government on Monday formally handed over the Leh Nullah Flood Forecasting and Warning System to the Pakistani authorities for handling any deluge during the monsoon season.... PFUJ concerned over violence against journalists ISLAMABAD, July 7: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has condemned the recent incidents of manhandling, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and torture of journalists.... Bodies of policemen sent to hometowns RAWALPINDI, July 7: Bodies of nine policemen of the Punjab Constabulary, who were killed in a suicide attack in Islamabad on Sunday evening, were sent to their hometowns after their funeral prayers at the Police Lines on Monday morning.... VC criticised for not delaying entrance exam From Our Special Correspondent... Shalimar Express stop at Khairpur restored KHAIRPUR, July 7: Shalimar Express stopped at Khairpur railway station from Monday after lapse of more than a year. The Lahore-bound Shalimar Express, pulled up at Khairpur railway station two hours behind schedule.... Growers go on hunger strike NAWABSHAH, July 7: Growers of Dhoronaro minor here on Monday took out a rally, observed token hunger strike and staged a demonstration outside local press club to protest against the acute shortage of water.... Sassui Bhutto applies for CNIC LARKANA, July 7: Sassui Bhutto, daughter of Z.A. Bhutto’s youngest son late Mir Shahnawaz Bhutto, applied for her Computerised National Identity Card at the local office of Nadra in Ratodero on Monday.... JUI-F opposes commutation of death penalty SUKKUR, July 7: Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl Senator Dr. Khalid Mehmood Soomro has voiced opposition to military operation in tribal areas and commutation of death sentence into life imprisonment.... Plea to solve problems of SU employees HYDERABAD, July 7: The Peoples Labour Bureau, Sindh universities, has appealed to Governor, Chief Minister, Education Minister and concerned authorities to direct administration Sindh University to resolve problems of employees.... Sacked teachers protest NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 7: The sacked teachers of National Commission for Human Development supported by other parties staged demonstration demanding restoration of their services on Monday.... Call for declaring all languages national HYDERABAD, July 7: Sindh Adabi Sangat and Sindh Sughar Sangat Lok Adab Welfare Tanzeem demanded on Monday that all the languages of Pakistan should be declared national languages by making an amendment to the Constitution.... Magistracy to be revived soon, says Rana Sana FAISALABAD, July 7: Punjab government is going to replace the local government system with the magisterial structure and file work has been completed in this regard with the consent of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party.... Seraikis’ voice against Baglihar dam MULTAN, July 7: Seraiki writers and poets have urged the Indians to raise voice against the construction of Baglihar dam on the River Chenab in held Kashmir.... Jirga sets woman’s price DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 7: Border Military Police (BMP) registered a case against 12 people for ordering selling of a woman to ‘punish her for adultery’.... Pesticide companies staff hold protests MULTAN, July 7: Employees of pesticide companies held a demonstration against the Punjab Agriculture Department for giving ‘absolute powers’ to its quality control and pest warning inspection teams.... Four gangsters arrested KHANEWAL, July 7: The local police claimed on Monday to have arrested four members of an inter-district criminals gang involved in snatching of trailers loaded with valuables.... UC nazims protest sealing of record KHANEWAL, July 7: A number of union council (UC) nazims boycotted the district council’s session here on Monday against, what they said, sealing of financial records of local councils by the government.... ‘Political victimisation’ haunts Vehari LGs VEHARI, July 7: Nazims belonging to parties other than the component parties of the PPP-PML-N ruling coalition have bemoaned alleged political victimisation by the provincial government and accused it of interfering... Concern DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 7: Local traders’ associations have expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of police regarding deteriorating law and order in the district. At a special meeting here, the traders... Seven killed, 16 injured in road accident JHANG, July 7: Seven people were killed and 16 others injured, of them six critical, in a head-on collision between a Multan-bound bus and a van near Kot Mapal, 15 kilometres from Shorkot on Jhang-Shorkot-Multan Road, on Monday.... LHWs protest ‘insulting’ remarks DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 7: Lady health workers staged a protest demonstration here on Monday against a citizen who not only refused to administer polio drops to his children but also disgraced a couple of LHWs.... Indian handed over to BSF LAHORE, July 7: Rangers handed Ram Parkash, who completed a 10-year sentence in Pakistan on spying charges, to the Indian authorities at Wagha Border on Monday.... PML-N, JI decry spate of blasts LAHORE, July 7: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has condemned Karachi blasts and expressed sympathies with those injured in the incidents.... 40 held in raids to hunt down suspects LAHORE, July 7: The police conducted several raids in different parts of the city during the last 36 hours to hunt down suspected people and took several of them into custody.... Crackdown on violators ordered: Environment bylaws LAHORE, July 7: The Punjab Environmental Protection Department (EPD) has ordered a crackdown on dumping of municipal waste into prominent areas, the burning of tyres, and the disposal of industrial effluents...

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