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April 16, 2006 Sunday Rabi-ul-Awwal 17, 1427   Election strategy yet to be finalised: PML-N ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N) on Saturday said it had not yet finalized strategy for the next general elections and no decision had been taken to convert... Pakistan opposed to arms race: Aziz KAKUL, April 15: Pakistan is opposed to arms race in the region and is pursuing a national security strategy to protect its integrity, solidarity and economic sovereignty, says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.... Sultan warns of quitting PPP RAWALPINDI, April 15: The former prime minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry on Saturday warned of resigning from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), and gave four-day deadline to party chairperson Benazir Bhutto to contact him.... EC to give 9m euros for rebuilding ISLAMABAD, April 15: European Commission (EC) will provide 9 million euros to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for rebuilding the earthquake affected areas in NWFP and Azad Kashmir.... Strategy to check sale of spurious drugs soon ISLAMABAD, April 15: Health regulators of the four provinces will start working on a strategy from Monday to check sale of spurious drugs in the market.... Ministry asked not to abuse power: Allotment of houses ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) Pakistan has asked the housing ministry to immediately stop abusing its discretionary powers in making out- of-turn allotments of official residences in the federal capital.... Peshawar-Jalalabad bus service faces delay PESHAWAR, April 15: Delay in resumption of the bus service between Peshawar and Jalalabad has been attributed to private transport operators who has not been able to arrange proper travel documents for their staff, officials said here on Saturday.... Payment of salaries stopped MIRAMSHAH, April 15: Political administration in the North Waziristan Agency has stopped payment of salaries to about 1,000 class IV employees under collective responsibility clause of the Frontier Crimes Regulation.... Three bodies found in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 15: The political administration of the Khyber Agency on Saturday found three bodies in a dry river bed near the Takhta Beg checkpoint in Jamrud.... Tribesmen destroy poppy crop KHAR, April 15: Tribesmen have voluntarily started destroying poppy crop in Brang tehsil of Bajuar Agency after an agreement with the political authorities, according to officials.... Navy war college at Jati Umra LAHORE, April 15: The Pakistan Navy will establish a war college at Jati Umra in near future. Disclosing this while addressing participants in the Third Correspondence Course at the Pakistan Navy... Memberships by August: Pervaiz LAHORE, April 15: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has reportedly asked his partymen to complete the PML re-organisation by August so that preparations for the next general elections can be started.... Strike against merger of police, levies QUETTA, April 15: A complete shutter-down strike was observed on Saturday in almost the entire province against the merger of the levies force into police and the ongoing operation in Dera Bugti and Kohlu districts.... Woman, daughter die in road accident KARACHI, April 16: A 35-year-old woman and her eight-year-old daughter were killed late on Saturday night in a traffic accident near Natha Khan bridge on the Sharea Faisal.... Chicken prices increase as bird flu fear fades TAXILA, April 15: The poultry industry that plummeted after the reports of bird flu seems recovering from the shock as chicken prices in the twin-cities witnessed a 22 per cent increase.... Poultry research institute being upgraded RAWALPINDI, April 15: Facilities at the Poultry Research Institute (PRI), Rawalpindi, are being further upgraded with the establishment of tissue culture, mycoplasma advance disease diagnosis and biotechnology laboratory.... Law to protect women’s rights demanded ISLAMABAD, April 15: Amnesty International (Pakistan chapter) on Saturday demanded legislation to protect women rights and abolition of all discriminatory laws against them.... Bureaucrats refuse transfers to Balochistan ISLAMABAD, April 15: The government has decided to adopt carrot and stick approach following refusal by 10 senior bureaucrats to accept their transfer to the volatile Balochistan province, official sources said on Friday.... CAA fuel saving drive bears fruits ISLAMABAD, April 15: Airline fuel saving campaign initiated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Karachi-Islamabad sector through improved airspace management resulted in over Rs4.94 million savings in a month for three carriers.... Man drives away with impounded truck ISLAMABAD, April 15: The local police are hunting for a truck driver who drove away with his impounded vehicle from the premises of the police station, sources told Dawn.... 2 die in separate incidents ISLAMABAD, April 15: A woman was killed in a road accident near Khana Bridge, while a body was found in Sihala on Saturday, police said.... Regularisation of old villages demanded HYDERABAD, April 15: Elected representatives, writers and educationists have demanded that old villages in Karachi and Hyderabad should be regularized.... Restoration of Sindhis’ right to rule urged SUKKUR, April 15: Leaders of the Sindh Qaumi Ittehad on Saturday said that only the Sindhi nation has right to rule over Sindh.... Doctor adopts women hospital SHIKARPUR, April 15: Prof (Dr) Zeenat Issani, former director of the National Institute of Child Health, Karachi, has adopted a 20-bed government hospital for women to provide better health facilities in rural Sindh.... JUI-F sees MQM behind Karachi carnage SUKKUR, April 15: Terming the Nishtar Park bomb blast a conspiracy, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F, Sindh chapter, has put the responsibility on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement and demanded removal of the Sindh governor and the chief minister.... Housing society for district employees HYDERABAD, April 15: DCO Mohammad Sharif Awan announced on Saturday the district had decided to launch a housing society to provide accommodation to its 19,000 employees in grade-1 to grade-20.... Two killed in accident KHAIRPUR, April 15: Two men were killed and two others received injuries when a Karachi-bound truck rammed into another truck parked on the National Highway near the Mehmood Goth bus stop here on Saturday.... Teachers getting meagre pay SWABI, April 15: Women teachers are getting nominal salary under the Iqra Development Programme, sources said.... ‘Body needed to cope with disasters’ MUZAFFARABAD, April 15: The AJK minister for forest has lauded the role of the Pakistani nation, government and NGOs in providing relief to the victims of last year’s earthquake, but also... Police urged to improve intelligence PESHAWAR, April 15: NWFP police chief Raffat Pasha has directed senior officials of his department to improve its intelligence network to curb terrorist and sabotage activities, says an official statement.... Plantation campaign GILGIT, April 15: About 287,000 saplings have been planted in the Astore district of the Northern Areas.The divisional forest officer, Astore, Ghulam Mohammad, told APP here on Saturday that the government had also taken measures for conserving natural resources.... Homage paid to Wali Khan PESHAWAR, April 15: Speakers at a condolence reference on Saturday paid tribute to the late nationalist leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan for his statesmanship and struggle for people’s rights.... SC takes suo motu notice of dacoit s’ bail GUJRANWALA, April 15: The Supreme Court on Saturday took a suo motu notice of confirming interim bails of dacoits by a local court and sought order’s true copy from the ADSJ... Differences in PML-N leadership BAHAWALPUR, April 15: Differences between two groups of the PML-N, headed by district president and former MNA Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja and Punjab joint secretary Saood Majid, surfaced on the arrival of party’s Punjab president Zulfiqar Khosa here on Saturday.... Kidnapper’s death a mystery SARGODHA, April 15: Police allegedly tortured a youth to death and threw his body from Daman-i-Koh, Islamabad, giving it the colour of suicide.... Three killed in gas cylinder explosion FAISALABAD, April 15: Three workers of a weaving factory were killed while 10 others sustained injuries as a gas cylinder exploded at a road-side hotel at Roshanwali Jhal in Dijkot police limits here on Saturday.... Two LJ men handed down jail term, fine MULTAN, April 15: Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan on Saturday awarded overall 10-year imprisonment to an accused with Rs40,000 fine and three-year jail term with Rs20,000 fine to another accused in separate illicit arms cases.... Human smuggler arrested GUJRANWALA, April 15: A top-ten human smuggler was arrested by a raiding team of Gujranwala FIA in Lahore after a brief encounter on Saturday.... Call to do away with karo-kari RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 15: Speakers at a seminar on karo-kari on Saturday called upon the masses to join hands to eradicate the unjust and unIslamic tradition from society.... Held for fraud SAHIWAL, April 15: The anti-corruption establishment has arrested a former headmaster and a revenue patwari for alleged embezzlement of funds.... Public school OKARA, April 15: A branch of the District Public School would be built at a cost of Rs140 million at Deepalpur. This was stated by District Nazim Syed Asad Ali Gillani... Drive against hazardous drugs LAHORE, April 15: The provincial health department has finally launched an operation to eliminate banned pain-killer Novelgin and other medicines containing metamizole from the market.... Each mill to give 10pc sugar to USC LAHORE, April 15: Prime minister’s adviser on finance Dr Salman Shah has said that sugar mills will provide 10 per cent of their production at cheaper rates to the government for sale at utility stores.... 750 villages to get clean water by ’07 LAHORE, April 15: The Punjab government will provide potable water facilities to 2.5 million people in 750 villages of 26 districts by year 2007 at a cost of Rs4.28 billion.... Decision to import cement hailed LAHORE, April 15: The Punjab Economic Forum and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry have hailed the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) decision to allow duty-free import of cement and described it as a big relief for the construction industry.... Ibsen’s plays to be staged in theatre festival LAHORE, April 15: Artistes from eight countries will present their interpretation of the plays of Henrik John Ibsen at a theatre festival, starting here from April 19.... Two special Easter services today LAHORE, April 15; Christians throughout the country will celebrate Easter on Sunday (today). Two special Easter services will be held in the morning. Bishop of Lahore Dr Alexander John Malik will conduct the first service at the Cathedral Church at 4.30... ‘Govt believes in press freedom’ LAHORE, April 15: Punjab Communication and Works Minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin has said that the government believes in freedom of press, and today media in Pakistan is as free as never before.... Egyptian scholar for unity LAHORE, April 15: The international situation is affecting Muslims who will have to unite to fight it, says Egyptian scholar Dr Fathi Osman.... Partial strike by lawyers LAHORE, April 15: Lawyers on Saturday did not respond positively to the call of the Punjab Bar Council to observe a half-day strike to protest against the Karachi incident....

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