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October 25, 2008 Saturday Shawwal 25, 1429   Move to replace PML-Q leaders gaining support ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Differences among leaders in the Pakistan Muslim League-Q are reported to have deepened as majority of office-bearers, supported by the party’s legislators, have been stepping up efforts to replace the top leadership of the party.... Food prices force 32pc Pakistanis to eat less ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Thirty-two per cent of Pakistanis say they have cut down on food because of rising prices, for which 70 per cent of the population blame the government, a research group said on Friday.... Clipping of nazims’ wings proposed PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The National Reconstruction Bureau has chalked out amendments to the local bodies system for clipping powers of nazims and delegating maximum authority to the civil bureaucracy.... Imam-i-Kaaba condemns Marriott blast ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Imam-i-Kaaba Dr Saleh bin Abdullah bin Hummaid has condemned last month’s blast at Islamabad’s Marriott hotel and expressed sympathies with affected families.... US to provide $339m for development projects ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The United States on Friday singed agreements with Pakistan to provide $339.10 million assistance for various development projects.... Pakistan facing disaster: Imran LONDON, Oct 24: Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan has warned that Pakistan is heading for “disaster” and lacks any plan to get through its current economic crisis.... Call to resolve Balochistan issue politically QUETTA, Oct 24: National Party chief Senator Abdul Malik Baloch has called upon the government to resolve the Balochistan issue politically saying that the military operation and arrest of political workers have complicated the issue.... ‘Italy to help Pakistan’ BEIJING, Oct 24: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday met his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi and discussed with him Pakistan’s plan to steer it out of the current financial crisis.... India, Pakistan discuss Kabul bombing NEW DELHI, Oct 24: India and Pakistan discussed on Friday the July bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul that had threatened peace moves between the two countries, a foreign ministry statement said.... 24 ambassadors appointed in 8 months, Senate told ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The government has reshuffled or appointed 24 ambassadors over the past eight months, but still eight missions in Japan, Iraq, Kuwait, Yemen, Vietnam, Maldives, Brazil and Senegal are... ‘Religious minorities persecuted worldwide’ RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: Religious minorities in different parts of the world continue to be persecuted and discriminated against for their beliefs, with some living in “perpetual threat,” according to an independent... Pindi will now have elevated expressway: Punjab CM kicks off Rs16bn project RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday laid the foundation stone of the multi-billion rupee Elevated Expressway project to ease traffic movement on the city’s arterial road.... Pakistan ranks 101st in global competitiveness ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Pakistan’s ranking in competitiveness dropped by nine places to 101 over the year owing to a number of weaknesses that are hindering its ability to fully benefit from... Marriott blast suspects handed over to Sectt police RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday remanded four men, allegedly connected with the suicide truck attack on Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel, in the custody of the Secretariat police for... One killed, ten injured in accidents RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: One person was killed and ten others were injured in separate traffic accidents in the city on Friday, police said.... Relief sought for power users ATTOCK, Oct 24: A civil society organisation has asked the government to restore the 16 per cent general sales tax subsidy for all categories of electricity consumers and charge the domestic... Prisoner dies in hospital ATTOCK, Oct 24: An under-trial prisoner of Attock jail died at the district headquarters hospital here on Friday.... Hearing of three election petitions put off RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday took up three election petitions but deferred the hearings after the lawyers of both the sides did not turn up.... Fire erupts in house ATTOCK, Oct 24: A fire erupted in a house at Darulsalam Colony; however, it was soon extinguished by the fire brigade of the tehsil municipal administration.... German FM to visit Pakistan next week BERLIN, Oct 24: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Pakistan next week for talks expected to focus on the conflict in Afghanistan and the financial crisis, the German government said on Friday.... Two ‘spies’ beheaded in Waziristan MIRAMSHAH, Oct 24: Taliban militants beheaded two men in the troubled tribal belt after accusing them of spying for Afghanistan, local officials said on Friday.... Siraj for revival of old municipal system HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Sindh Local Bodies Minister Agha Siraj Durrani has said that all the provincial and federal ministers for local bodies have recommended that the prime minister revive the old municipal corporation system in the country.... New SAU VC takes charge HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Dr A.Q. Mughal on Friday assumed the charge of the office of vice-chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University which has remained in the grip of turmoil for four... Traders seek de-linking of rupee from US dollar SANGHAR, Oct 24: The Trade Union Alliance on Friday demanded that the government should announce de-linking value of Pakistani rupee from the US dollar.... Man kills sister, niece for refusing to give loan DADU, Oct 24: A man killed his sister and her daughter in Khad village of Mehar taluka on Friday.... Man killed; home minister chairs meeting on law, order LARKANA, Oct 24: Three unidentified motorcyclists shot at and killed a shopkeeper Abid Kalhoro in Lahori Mohalla on Friday, just a few hours after Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza arrived... PPP links today’s problems to past KHAIRPUR, Oct 24: Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that flour shortage, price hike and other such issues seem to have suddenly cropped up but actually they have link with the past few years.... Dialysis unit of Mithi hospital revived after five years MITHI, Oct 24: Dialysis unit of Civil Hospital Mithi, that remained non-functional for last five years, was inaugurated here on Thursday. DCO Samiuddin Siddiqui inaugurated the unit.... Ex-minister on hunger strike in jail: PML-Q HYDERABAD, Oct 24: Former Sindh minister Altaf Hussain Unnar started hunger strike in the central prison on Friday after he was put in solitary confinement by the jail superintendent, said a PML-Q office-bearer Babu Sarwar Siyal.... Theory of power shortage rejected SUKKUR, Oct 24: Awami Muslim League chief Shaikh Rashid Ahmed has dismissed complaints about shortage of power as wrong and claimed that the government has no money to pay independent power producers, whose bill has now reached Rs30 billion.... Three killed in tribal clash SHIKARPUR, Oct 24: Three people were killed in an armed clash between Teghani and Ogahi tribesmen in Garhi Tegho village in the jurisdiction of Naparkot police on Friday.... Qureshi links POL price cut to economic stability MULTAN, Oct 24: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday the government would consider any reduction in POL prices after balancing the budget deficit even though the prices of petroleum had registered sharp cut in the international market.... PPP-PML (N) coalition to remain intact: Taseer MULTAN, Oct 24: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer on Friday said that coalition government of the PPP and PML-N in Punjab will remain intact.... Javaid Shaheen remembered MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 24: The district council on Friday offered Fateha for renowned poet Javaid Shaheen who passed away on Thursday.... Over 200 beggars arrested GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: Police on Friday arrested more than 200 beggars, including women and children, during a crackdown from various parts of the city and sent them to the jail.... Veterinary college faces closure JHANG, Oct 24: The College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jhang, is facing the ominous threat of being closed down due to dire financial constraints it continues to suffer from ever since its inception two years ago.... Power woes: 40 per cent export orders scrapped SIALKOT, Oct 24: Up to 40 per cent export orders of Sialkot traders have been cancelled due to unscheduled loadshedding while hundreds of small industrial units with no alternate power arrangements, have been closed down, according to traders’ bodies.... Ringleader killed, three others flee: ‘Encounter’ with police SAHIWAL, Oct 24: The ringleader of an inter-district dacoit gang was killed by Chichawatni police in an ‘encounter’ on Friday, police sources said.... Kidnapped people rescued MULTAN, Oct 24: Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur police rescued nine kidnapped people from the custody of dacoits on Friday.... Hashmi MULTAN, Oct 24: PML-N senior vice-president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Friday that repatriation of Pakistanis'' capital lying abroad could end country’s economic crisis.... ‘Tandoors’ to get flour for 3-6 days LAHORE, Oct 24: District Coordination Officer Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has said that ‘tandoor’ owners selling roti for Rs2 will be allowed to purchase flour for three or six days.... Marriage halls LAHORE, Oct 24: The city district government’s food squad collected 55 samples of food that was being served at 24 marriage halls in various parts of the city.... Hospitals face shortage of doctors TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 24: Many government hospitals and rural health centres are facing shortage of doctors due to which patients face a great deal of hardship.... Demo against outages BAHAWALPUR, Oct 24: A large number of people protested against Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) for enforcing prolonged electricity loadshedding here on Friday.... FBR chief rules out cut in GST LAHORE, Oct 24: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman Ahmed Waqar has ruled out the possibility of reduction in the rate of general sales tax (GST).... ‘Restoration of Iftikhar through parliament’ LAHORE, Oct 24: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) presidential candidate Barrister M Zaffar has said deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry could not be restored without restoration of the 1973 Constitution which existed on Oct 12, 1999.... Rulers must respect joint resolution, says Qazi: JI congregation begins LAHORE, Oct. 24: The rulers, who call themselves democratic and elected representatives of people, must respect the resolution of a joint parliamentary session calling for a halt to military operation in... Thousands being robbed of water in Rajanpur LAHORE, Oct 24: Thousands of residents of flood-hit Rajanpur district are being deprived of irrigation water, while the provincial government has reneged on its promise to waive or defer agricultural loan repayments to the victims.... Javaid Shaheen laid to rest LAHORE, Oct 24: Noted poet Javaid Shaheen was laid to rest at the Miani Sahib graveyard on Friday.... PPP not responsible for chaos: Nawaz LAHORE, Oct 24: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) patron Nawaz Sharif on Friday absolved the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) of the prevailing chaos in the country and said it was all result of the Musharraf era policies....

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