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January 05, 2009 Monday Muharram 07, 1430   Adviser stresses need to tax all kinds of income KARACHI, Jan 4: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has stressed the need for bringing all kinds of income under tax net to ensure high rate of economic growth.... PML-Q not in power tussle LAHORE, Jan 4: Responding to PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif’s statement about unification of Muslim League factions, PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has said his party will cooperate with any political party... BLA, BLF decide to end ceasefire QUETTA, Jan 4: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) have ended the unilateral ceasefire they had announced four months ago.... Four hurt in firing on train QUETTA, Jan 4: Four passengers were injured when armed men opened fire on the Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express in Nasirabad district on Sunday night.... Two policemen killed QUETTA, Jan 4: Two police personnel were gunned down by armed men in Mashkey and Turbat towns on Sunday.... Power crisis ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: A decision by the government to clear ‘circular debt’ within six months will help overcome the power crisis, says an official of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco).... Efforts to cut mark-up promised FAISALABAD, Jan 4: Federal Textile Minister Rana Farooq Saeed said on Sunday that the government would try to restore research and development facilities and reduce mark-up rates.... Bhutto’s birth anniversary today ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: President Asif Ali Zardari urged the nation on Sunday to unite to defeat militancy and extremism and move forward in the spirit of federalism, democracy and egalitarianism and... Inquiry ordered into raid on ‘liquor sale point’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The inspector general of Islamabad police has ordered an inquiry into the police claim that they recovered liquor from a house located in F-8/3 during a raid, police sources told Dawn here on Sunday.... Cellphone company’s workers in dire straits ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The best reasons to work for the telecom sector include superior benefits – medical and insurance – and the plus side is the exposure to international business and culture.... Murree receives heavy snowfall MURREE, Jan 4: The first snowfall of the season came to Murree and the adjoining Galiyat areas at the weekend, covering the region with at least 12 inches of clean snow.... Federal ministers accused of meddling in AJK affairs MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 4: Contrary to the assertions of Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, a group of his cabinet members on Sunday accused unnamed federal ministers of meddling in Azad Kashmir to “topple the region’s elected government through coercion and inducement”.... OEPs playing vital role in manpower export: ICCI ISLAMABAD, Jan 4: The overseas employment promoters (OEPs) in the private sector are playing a vital role in promoting overseas employment and in enhancing the export of manpower.... Landslide blocks KKH GILGIT, Jan 4: A landslide triggered by heavy rains blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) near Murtaza Abad area, suspending all kinds of traffic between Gilgit and Hunza.... Frequent power outages hit security arrangements ATTOCK, Jan 4: Long hours of scheduled and unannounced loadshedding is creating hindrance in the security arrangements as the walkthrough gates, close circuit cameras and other electronic security devices cannot function properly without the availability of electricity, it has been learnt.... Journalists condemn attack HYDERABAD, Jan 4: A large number of journalists and activists of different organisations held a demonstration outside the press club here in protest against attack on the offices of the daily... Highway blocked SUKKUR, Jan 4: Hundreds of members of Solangi community staged a sit-in on the National Highway near Ubauro on Sunday to protest against the killing of Sardar Aslam Khan Solangi.... SNF strike call draws partial response LARKANA, Jan 4: Police held 21 activists of Sindh National Front and put a Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto leader under house arrest as the activists of the parties held demonstrations across... 24 workers rounded up KHAIRPUR, Jan 4: Police on Sunday arrested at least 24 activists of the Sindh National Front in Khairpur and Thatta districts.... Builders ordered to stop work SUKKUR, Jan 4: The Sukkur City Taluka Council has ordered 13 builders to stop construction work on more than 50 high-rise buildings and warned of legal action against those who refuse to stop construction.... Growers in protest over fertiliser shortage MIRPURKHAS, Jan 4: Hundreds of farmers took out a procession and staged a demonstration here on Sunday under the banner of the Sindh Farmers’ Organisations Council to protest against artificial shortage of urea fertiliser and its sale in black.... Two JSMM activists freed HYDERABAD, Jan 4: After more than three years of detention, Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz activists Muzaffar Bhutto and Ashgar Shah were released by the Hyderabad central prison authorities on Sunday.... Okara DBA body elected OKARA, Jan 4: Haji Khalid Saeed was elected president of the District Bar Association on Sunday.... Road blockade claims life of patient MUZAFFARGARH, Jan 4: A patient died on account of a blockade of the River Chenab bridge by a construction company on Saturday evening which resulted in about five-kilometer-long traffic jam that could be cleared late into the night.... 600 farmers face cases for urea protests LAYYAH, Jan 4: Police have registered criminal cases against more than 600 farmers for protesting against the unavailability of urea fertiliser here in the district.... Minister outlines new education policy SAHIWAL, Jan 4: The new education policy will focus on universal primary enrolment at village level, training of primary teachers, elimination of dropouts at primary and middle level and uniformity and... No English teacher for 10 schools LAYYAH, Jan 4: The Education Department has left hundreds of primary school students with no English teachers after a recent transfer of 10 English teachers. Now, these schools, located in rural areas, have no sanctioned posts of English teachers.... Goldsmith killed on resistance SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 4: Two robbers shot dead a goldsmith who was running his business in Lahore and injured his colleague on offering resistance near Khori Stop on G.T. Road on Sunday.... Five killed in accident SARGODHA, Jan 4: Five people were killed and 13 injured when a bus turned turtle while overtaking a car Sandrana village, a few kilometres away from Jhang, on Sunday.... Demos against power, gas loadshedding GUJRAT, Jan 4: Hundreds of workers belonging to pottery and fan manufacturing industries staged a demonstration in front of Small Industries Estate on G.T. Road here on Sunday to protest ongoing gas and power loadshedding.... Protests against Israel’s aggression LAHORE, Jan 4: Hundreds of Imamia Students Organization (ISO) activists on Sunday took out a protest rally against Israeli attacks on Gaza, APP reports.... Deployment of army in 23 districts: Muharram security LAHORE, Jan 4: The army and contingents of civil armed forces, including Pakistan Rangers, will be deployed in 23 districts of the province for maintaining peace during Muharram.... Shahbaz on power generation LAHORE, Jan 4: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday the government was paying full attention to power generation from solid waste and coal and that vast reserves of coal found in the Punjab would be used.... Play sensibly, Rashid advises PPP, PML-N LAHORE, Jan 4: Expressing regrets at the rising tension between the PPP and the PML-N, Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sheikh Rashid Ahmad warns that both the parties may be ousted... Decline in prices surprises buyers: Sunday bazaars LAHORE, Jan 4: Decline in prices of some eatables at Sunday bazaars came as a pleasant surprise to shoppers who were unsure of the holding of bazaars due to intermittent rain in the city since Saturday.... ‘Gulf between PPP leaders and workers widening’ LAHORE, Jan 4: PPP leader Naheed Khan says that the gap between the PPP leadership and workers is widening with every passing day which should be minimised.... Study dispels popular ‘iron-cap myth’: ‘Abnormal smallness’ of head LAHORE, Jan 4: Contrary to the myth that abnormal smallness of head or microcephaly has anything to do with wearing iron-cap, a joint study by two universities reveals that the abnormality is ‘altogether a genetic disorder’.... PTI campaign LAHORE, Jan 4: The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has decided to launch a membership drive in Faisalabad from Jan 17 to Jan 31....

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