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October 10, 2008 Friday Shawwal 10, 1429   Zardari vows to rid country of terrorism ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: President Asif Ali Zardari vowed on Thursday that the government would rid the country of economic crisis and terrorism.... Suicide bomber attacks checkpoint LANDI KOTAL, Oct 9: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a security checkpoint here on Thursday, causing some damage to a vehicle but no casualties.... Veiled man held at Islamabad airport RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: Police have been interrogating a man after he was arrested while acting suspiciously at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Thursday.... ‘Terror’ note found ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: A note found on Thursday at the scene of the suicide bombing at the police complex warned that more terrorist attacks would follow.... Hussain Haroon suggests new force to fight terror KARACHI, Oct 9: Hussain Haroon, Pakistan’s envoy to the United Nations, has proposed that a force should be set up under the command of the army chief to fight terrorists in the NWFP and Fata.... Struggle to continue, says Bramdagh QUETTA, Oct 9: Baloch Republican Party leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti has vowed to continue struggle to protect coasts and natural resources of Balochistan.... ASI, 4 robbers killed in ‘encounter’ LAHORE, Oct 9: Four alleged criminals and a police official were killed in an ‘encounter’ at a nazim’s place near Saggian Chowk in Islampura on Thursday, police said.... Asif, Shahbaz ‘hammer out differences’ LAHORE, Oct 9: President Asif Zardari and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif met in Islamabad on Wednesday night and managed to curtail rising tension between ruling partners – the PPP and the PML-N -- in the province.... Justice Iftikhar to visit Hyderabad on 18th HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The deposed chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, would visit Hyderabad on Oct 18 amid a warm welcome by lawyers, said a meeting of the office-bearers of... Media risk radicalising society by glorifying militants ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: The way the Pakistani media has glorified the radicals and militants has not only emboldened the radical groups and organisations but also caused an increase in the trend and level of radicalisation in the society.... School boy, man held for bomb hoax RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: Police on Thursday arrested a man for making an overnight call to the authorities that he would carry out bombing in the city while a school boy was... Smugglers make a detour to earn big bucks: Wheat flour demand in NWFP ATTOCK, Oct 9: The area of Khairabad, located just three kilometres inside the NWFP limits, has become a transit point for smuggling wheat flour from the Punjab province to the north-western regions, it has been learnt.... Highwaymen loot people near Salgran MURREE, Oct 9: Highwaymen robbed people of Rs300,000 in cash, jewelery and cellphone on Murree road near Salgran Bridge on Wednesday night.... Gemstones market set up in Gilgit GILGIT, Oct 9: The Northern Areas government has set up gemstone marketing centre in the heart of the Gilgit City, capital town of Northern Area, which would offer multiple facilities to... SC plans special benches: Quick disposal of cases ISLAMABAD, Oct 9: A Chief Justices Committee meeting on Thursday decided to constitute special benches for quick disposal of cases of condemned prisoners, juvenile offenders, women prisoners.... Woman gets her child back RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) here on Thursday handed over a one-month-old baby to his mother after the in-laws of the woman allegedly snatched the child from her.... Woman killed TAXILA, Oct 9: A woman was killed after being hit by the Peshawar-bound Abaseen Express here on Thursday, the Taxila police said.... Clarification A STORY headlined ‘Devolution plan aimed at empowering military, says ICG’, which was carried in Dawn’s Thursday issue, was based on a 2004 report. Any impression whatsoever that the story was based on a fresh report was erroneous.... Wrong policies pushed country to brink of bankruptcy: CM THATTA, Oct 9: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Thursday blamed what he called ‘misconceived and ill-planned economic policies of the previous government’, for pushing the system to the brink of bankruptcy.... SHC releases men after quashing FIR LARKANA, Oct 9: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday quashed an FIR lodged by relatives of a woman, accusing the man she had married of her... Criminal assault: SHO, constable remanded SUKKUR, Oct 9: An SHO and a police constable were remanded in police custody for five days by the civil court on Thursday after having been arrested on charges of criminally assaulting a woman.... Court orders security for teenaged girl SUKKUR, Oct 9: The court of first civil judge, Pano Aqil, on Thursday ordered the police to provide security to a teenaged girl who was sold into marriage for Rs50,000 and allowed her to go with her maternal uncle.... Prolonged outages annoy people SUKKUR, Oct 9: Many parts of the city suffered power breakdown on Thursday evening following the suspension of power supply to the city’s grid station from the Hesco’s regional control centre in Hyderabad.... Mill owners seek rise in wheat flour prices HYDERABAD, Oct 9: The Sindh Food Department has reduced wheat quota of chakki owners of Hyderabad city though they were demanding an upward revision in weekly quota and in wholesale and... Two die, 12 hurt in accidents SHIKARPUR, Oct 9: Two people died and 12, including five women were injured in accidents on Indus Highway, one in Karampur and the other in Khanpur area on Thursday.... Man commits suicide JACOBABAD, Oct 9: A 35-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself in his house in Golimar, Kandhkot on Thursday.... ‘Ghost’ schools closed MIANWALI, Oct 9: The Education Department has closed down 124 ‘ghost schools’ which have been ‘functional’ since long just in official record in the district, according to Education Executive District Officer (EDO) Mushtaq Husain Khan Baloch.... ‘PBC cannot cancel lawyers’ licences’ MULTAN, Oct 9: The officials of the Lahore High Court Bar Association, Multan bench, say the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) is not authorised to cancel their licenses.... Mob attacks police over custody of ‘blasphemer’ FAISALABAD, Oct 9: Infuriated people pelted Batala Colony police station and its staff with stones as police did not hand them over a man who allegedly threw the Holy Quran in a drain here on Thursday.... Environment clubs in public schools FAISALABAD, Oct 9: The Punjab government will form environment clubs in state-run schools and funds are being released for maintenance of public parks.... Viral diseases kill dozens of cattle TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 9: Dozens of cattle have died from foot, mouth and other viral diseases in several villages of the Moongi area of Gojra tehsil.... DAP dealers ‘fleecing’ farmers TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 9: Pakistan Kissan Committee President Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad has condemned the DAP price hike.... Govt elicits opinion on education policy BAHAWALPUR, Oct 9: To elicit public opinion before formulating a new education policy in Punjab, the education department on Thursday organized a seminar, first of the series, at the local Quaid-i-Azam Medical College.... Protest against ‘killer’ DSP BAHAWALNAGAR, Oct 9: Family of slain taxi driver Irshad Ahmad held a protest demonstration in Lahore on Thursday against Bahawalnagar DSP Nazir Ahmed and urged the chief minister to administer justice to them.... PAF fighter crashes near Sargodha SARGODHA, Oct 9: A Pakistan Air Force fighter aircraft, on a routine training mission, crashed in a sugar cane field a few miles away from the PAF Base, Mushaf, on Thursday evening.... Bahawalpur bar chief shown the door BAHAWALPUR, Oct 9: The general body of the Lahore High Court bar, Bahawalpur bench, on Thursday cancelled the bar membership of the sitting president for extending an invitation to Chief Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar.... Medical college for Gujrat approved LAHORE, Oct 9: The Punjab government has approved the establishment of the Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat, and revised the plan of the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC).... Punjab govt ‘removes’ objections: Divisional setup LAHORE, Oct 9: The Punjab government has reportedly removed the objections raised by Governor Salmaan Taseer to the restoration of the divisional commissioner’s office and is sending him a summary for the promulgation of a related ordinance.... EC hesitant to penalise MPs over asset law LAHORE, Oct 9: The Election Commission of Pakistan takes a lenient view of the failure of 94 Punjab Assembly members to submit details of their assets with the ECP.... Fertiliser firms warned of stock seizure LAHORE, Oct 9: Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has asked fertiliser companies to withdraw increase in fertiliser prices immediately failing which their stocks will be confiscated and sold at control price to farmers....

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