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December 06, 2008 Saturday Zilhaj 7, 1429   Terror threat hastens Eid security ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Police pickets reappeared on the city roads on Friday annoying motorists who had to undergo repeated searches at the hastily raised checkpoints.... Contractors threaten to stop work on uplift projects: Protest against Punjab govt RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: Government contractors on Friday threatened to stop work on the ongoing uplift projects across Punjab in protest against the illegal arrest of their colleagues in Faisalabad and the attitude of the provincial authorities.... Violence against Pakhtuns condemned ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Scores of political activists, students, trade unionists and citizens held a protest demonstration at Aabpara Chowk here on Friday against “violence and ethnic cleansing of Pakhtuns in Karachi”.... Prices of paddy, maize and cotton hit new low: Growers in dire straits SAHIWAL, Dec 5: Open market prices of paddy, maize and cotton have witnessed a downward trend causing the loss of millions to farmers, Dawn has learnt.... PRCS to focus on community based volunteer services ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Pakistan Red Crescent Society is focusing on community based volunteer services for timely and proper services essential not only for the survival of the people affected by any disaster but also to mitigate their unwanted hardships.... Speakers call for improved curriculum: Sexual and Reproductive Health Education ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A major segment of the population lacks knowledge about the environment and rights and more disturbingly about their own bodies. This lack of information often results in confidence... 20kg tumor removed from woman’s abdomen ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Doctors at the Federal Government Services Hospital (Polyclinic) performed a rare and complicated operation when they removed a 20kg tumor from a woman’s abdomen here on Friday.... PAL to publish books on Benazir ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) would publish two volumes of books consisting of writings in prose and verse dedicated to Benazir Bhutto on the occasion of her... Marriott bombing suspects indicted RAWALPINDI, Dec 5: The Islamabad’s Secretariat police here on Friday submitted a charge sheet to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) against four men accused of involvement in the deadly suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in September.... Small traders’ livelihood goes up in smoke TAXILA, Dec 5: A deep sense of despair was writ large on the faces of over 350 small shopkeepers devastated by the massive fire that erupted at the Lunda Bazaar on... Two killed in Pindi ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: Two persons were killed in separate incidents in Rawalpindi here on Friday, police said.... Man killed ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A man was killed in a road accident while a woman was found dead from a nullah here on Friday, police said.... Gardezi new press secretary to PM ISLAMABAD, Dec 5: A senior bureaucrat of information group is the new press secretary to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.... 600 USC workers sacked QUETTA, Dec 5: The Utility Stores Corporation has decided to sack about 600 daily wage employees in Balochistan and 60 of them received termination letters on Friday.... BNP-M demands end to military operation QUETTA, Dec 5: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal has urged the government to end military operation in Balochistan.... Unicef sets up education centres in quake-hit area QUETTA, Dec 5: Unicef has set up 76 temporary centres for reviving education activities in earthquake-affected areas of Balochistan.... Qaim chairs Sindh APC KARACHI, Dec 5: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that it is a responsibility of the government to provide security of life and property to people.... Women freed QUETTA, Dec 5: Three women kidnapped from Qambar area of Sindh last week were recovered from Khuzdar on Friday.... India to suffer in case of war, says Rashid NAWABSHAH, Dec 5: Chief of Awami Muslim League Shaikh Rashid Ahmed said here on Friday that the government should not trust India and withdraw troops from FATA as well as ban all Indian television channels.... Minister chooses Rani Bagh for son’s wedding HYDERABAD, Dec 5: Historic Rani Bagh will be the venue of a marriage ceremony of Syed Qasim Naveed, son of Privatisation Minister Syed Naveed Qamar Zaman Shah.... Presidency takes notice of girl’s murder NAWABSHAH, Dec 5: Taking notice of a murder executed on the orders of a ‘jirga’ on the pretext of karo-kari in Nawabshah, the President House has directed the police to look into the matter and to take action against the culprits.... Formation of peace body suggested MIRPURKHAS, Dec 5: Speakers at a peace conference have called for the establishment of peace committees comprising representatives of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), the Awami... ‘Military farm villages not no-go areas’ OKARA, Dec 5: District Police Officer Bilal Siddique Kamyana has said there is no no-go area in the district, including the villages of military farm tenants.... Couple shot dead GUJRAT, Dec 5: A couple was shot dead over a domestic dispute in Baru village of Karianwala late on Thursday.... Academic link to eliminate poverty in Saarc states FAISALABAD, Dec 5: University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice-Chancellor Dr Iqrar Ahmad has said Saarc countries can play their role in eliminating poverty from the region through joint ventures in the field of education and research.... Govt urged to implement APC resolution LAHORE, Dec 5: Speakers at a roundtable on the fallout of Mumbai episode urged the government to implement the resolution adopted by the all parties conference (APC) and present Pakistan’s case vigorously before the international community with diplomacy.... Students burn van GUJRANWALA, Dec 5: Enraged students of Jamki Chattha School threw traffic out of gear on Wazirabad Road and set a van on fire that crushed to death their fellow and injured another on Friday.... Factory workers kill guard KASUR, Dec 5: Two workers shot dead the security guard of the factory they were working in over a trifle in Phoolnagar police precincts on Friday.... Ex-nazim told to reply to notice TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 5: District and sessions judge Jalaluddin Akbar directed on Friday former district nazim Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq to reply to a show-cause notice by Dec 15 in a... Fodder prices making traders cry MUZAFFARGARH, Dec 5: The high price of fodder is the main contributor to increase in prices of animals for prospective buyers this year on the occasion of Eidul Azha.... New life for 150 trees SAHIWAL, Dec 5: Up to 150 trees have been saved from axe after a structural change in the Sahiwal-Pakpattan Road project.... Bid to revive alliance called MMA LAHORE, Dec 5: The constituents of the ‘defunct’ Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) plan to try to revive the alliance as leaders of the six components met informally here on Friday.... ‘Land grabber’ held after encounter LAHORE, Dec 5: Police on Friday evening arrested a proclaimed offender and alleged land grabber after a brief encounter near Hakim Chowk in PIA Housing Society, in the jurisdiction of Township police.... 800 corrupt officials held in six months LAHORE, Dec 5: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) claimed on Friday to have arrested 800 officials of different departments on corruption charges during the last six months.... Qazi opposes Indian demands LAHORE, Dec 5: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) amir Qazi Husain Ahmad says that handing over any Pakistani citizen to India on unjustified demands will be the worst kind of betrayal the nation will never accept.... PML-Q wants security against likely seizure: Muslim League House LAHORE, Dec 5: Reacting to reports that the PML-N is trying to occupy the Muslim League House on Davis Road, the PML-Q has approached the Punjab chief secretary and the inspector-general... ‘PPP to observe Eid with simplicity’ LAHORE, Dec 5: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Secretary-General Jehangir Badr says party activists will observe Eidul Azha with simplicity to mourn the death of chairperson Benazir Bhutto.... 55 court touts held LAHORE, Dec 5: Police claimed on Friday to have arrested 55 court touts and fake testifiers.... Confectioner fined LAHORE, Dec 5: District Consumer Court Judge Maruf Ahmedali has directed a local confectioner to refund to a complainant Rs23,432, the price of eight canisters of desi ghee he had bought,... Another 15 hit by dengue fever LAHORE, Dec 5: Fifteen new cases of dengue fever were reported in different public hospitals on Friday....

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