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October 01, 2008 Wednesday Shawwal 1, 1429   Bail plea of three brothers dismissed: Hamza Camp bombing RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: An anti terrorism court here on Tuesday dismissed the bail petition of three brothers allegedly involved in planning a suicide attack on the bus of an intelligence agency outside Hamza Camp last November.... Kidnapping for ransom cases on rise in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: The incidents of kidnapping for ransom are on the rise in the district as some 30 cases are pending with the two anti-terrorism courts and 17 new cases have been registered by the police this year.... Street crime, auto theft grip Pindi RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: The city is seeing a sharp increase in street crimes and auto thefts, and at least eight such cases were reported just on Monday, police said.... Security beefed up for foreigners MIRPUR, Sept 30: Fool-proof security has been beefed up for the safety and protection of the foreigners and other workers engaged in various projects in Azad Kashmir.... 25 bonded labourers freed MIRPURKHAS, Sept 30. District and sessions Judge of Umerkot Agha Ubaidullah Khan freed 25 bonded labourers, including women and children, in Umerkot on Tuesday.... SAU VC resumes charge, starts working from home HYDERABAD, Sept 30: The disputed vice-chancellor of Sindh Agriculture University, Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh, who was sent on 10-day leave, has resumed the charge of his office ‘at his house’ from Monday.... Two killed in clash SHIKARPUR, Sept 30: Two men were killed in an armed clash between two rival groups of the Sundrani community in Seo Sundrani village in Sultankot here on Tuesday.... Two children granted bail in ‘theft case’ SUKKUR, Sept 30: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, on Tuesday granted protective bail for 15 days to five people, including two minor children, who were arrested and challaned in a theft case by Chak police.... 12 villages hit by breach in canal DADU, Sept 30: Twelve villages and around 4,000 acres of land under cultivation were inundated by water gushing out of a 160-foot breach which occurred on the Johi Branch canal near Khairpur Nathan Shah on Monday evening.... People take ‘mock blast’ for real BAHAWALPUR, Sept 30: Panic gripped the area around Chak 13-BC on Tuesday when police and its allied agencies carried out a mock blast to check force''s preparedness to deal with any terrorist act.... Extortionists kill jeweller in Sialkot SIALKOT, Sept 30: Five ''hardened'' criminals shot dead a jeweller at his house for not paying them Rs1 million they demanded as extortion at Glotiyaan Khurd village of Daska late Monday night.... Fake visa agent flees after collecting Rs8.7m SAHIWAL, Sept 30: Proprietor of a fake travel agency and visa consultancy firm has fled allegedly after collecting Rs8.7 million from people aspiring to go abroad on work permits or study... Five held GUJRANWALA, Sept 30: Five terror suspects were arrested by security agencies from a hotel near the bus stand on Tuesday. It is learnt the suspects belong to NWFP.—Correspondent... 60 uplift schemes okayed TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 30: The district steering committee approved on Tuesday 60 development schemes proposed by Punjab Assembly members.... Police clueless about driver’s kidnappers SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 30: Police could not find clue to the taxi driver who had allegedly been kidnapped three days back.... Eid or just another day? FAISALABAD, Sept 30: Eid brings joy but only to the haves as a countless number of the have-nots find it ''just another day'' in their lives for one reason or another.... Bus guard kills two brothers on ‘defiance’ SHEIKHUPURA, Sept 30: A bus security guard shot dead two brothers on refusing to vacate the seats here on Tuesday.... PEC managing director fired LAHORE, Sept 30: The Punjab government is learnt to have terminated the contractual service of Punjab Entertainment Company Managing-Director Fazeel Asif Jah.... PML-Q ‘inclined’ to join hands with PPP: PML-N monitoring situation LAHORE, Sept 30: The PML-Q is ''inclined'' to become coalition partner with the PPP at the federal level, putting aside some positive gestures lately sent by the PML-N.... Eight housing societies in NAB’s dock LAHORE, Sept 30: The National Accountability Bureau is investigating the affairs of eight housing societies on the charges of pocketing millions of rupees primarily through ''fraudulent sale of land''.... Notification of trade unions’ restoration soon LAHORE, Sept 30: Punjab Labour and Human Resource Minister Muhammad Ashraf Sohna has said the government will soon issue a notification of the restoration of trade unions in accordance with the announcement of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani.... Wasa centres LAHORE, Sept 30: All complaint centres of Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) will remain open during Eid holidays.... Troubled roads to happy Eid reunion LAHORE, Sept 30: There was a big rush at the Lahore railway station on the last working day before Eidul Fitr holidays on Tuesday....

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