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August 27, 2006 Sunday Sha'aban 2, 1427   Mirani dam to be completed by year-end, PM told ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz was informed on Saturday that Mirani and Sabakzai dams would be completed by the end of this year and June 2007, respectively.... Rail traffic from Karachi restored KARACHI, Aug 26: Railway traffic from Karachi, which was suspended after the collapse of the Ran Pathani bridge, was fully restored on Friday evening. Operation of trains from the Karachi station was started after a second alternative diversion was commissioned.... PPP for secret balloting ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has called for secret balloting on the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz which is to be put up for voting in the National Assembly on Tuesday (August 29).... Aziz says not worried about no-confidence move SHANKIARI/MANSHERA, Aug 26: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said that he was not worried about the no-confidence motion filed against him by the opposition and the ruling coalition parties would face it boldly.... No-trust move to fail: ministers ISLAMABAD Aug 26: Three federal ministers on Saturday termed the no-confidence move opposition’s inherent democratic right but said that it was doomed to fail, eroding away its political and public support.... Hashmi’s production in NA sought ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Opposition leader in the Senate Raza Rabbani has demanded that the production orders of jailed ARD president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi should be issued to enable him to participate in the no-trust move against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.... States sacrifice human security for national security: report ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: South Asian states continue to degrade human security in the region by diverting resources towards defence to fight conflicts within and without, according to a development study done by the Mahbubul Haq Human Development Centre (MHHDC).... HEC announces scholarships for Cuba ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced 1,000 fully-funded scholarships to be offered to Pakistani students by the Cuban government for graduate studies in general comprehensive medicine (equivalent to MBBS) in leading Cuban institutions.... 157 deportees brought to Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Aug 26: The Gujranwala circle of FIA on Saturday brought over 157 youths from Quetta who were deported by Turkish and Iranian governments. Reports said the youths, belonging to Gujranwala... LHC moved for medical commission: Dr Qadeer’s ailment LAHORE, Aug 26: PML-N Lawyers Forum Punjab president Naseer Ahmad Bhutta has moved the Lahore High Court in a petition seeking a directive to the federal government for appointment of a... MQM candidates on all NA, PA seats in Punjab LAHORE, Aug 26: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement plans to put up its candidates on all seats of the National Assembly in Punjab as well as the provincial legislature, hoping that voters’... 90 per cent Shahalam buildings illegal: CDGL vows action LAHORE, Aug 26: Ninety per cent of the commercial buildings in the Shahalam market are illegal, admits the City District Government Lahore which resolves to take a strict action against the... Constitution ‘favours’ open vote, says Zafar LAHORE, Aug 26: Former law minister S.M. Zafar says the Constitution, by implication, indicates that the decision on a vote of no-confidence as well as well on vote of confidence should be open and transparent, not through secret ballot.... No need for more troops on Afghan border: Rao LAHORE, Aug 26: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal says Pakistan will purchase F-16s from the United States in accordance with the agreement between the two countries.... Hospitals face shortage of anti-rabies vaccine ATTOCK, Aug 26: Acute shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in government hospitals has increased the death risk from dog bite, particularly in the rural areas of the district.... Imran grieved over Wasim Raja’s death ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expressed his deep sense of shock and grief over the sudden death of Pakistani cricket great, Wasim Raja.... Four held for allegedly plotting to kill girl GUJAR KHAN, Aug 26: The local police have arrested four alleged criminals for plotting to murder a girl and seized weapons and a car from their possession, the district police officer said.... River Chenab erodes several villages SIALKOT, Aug 26: Dozens of houses have been eroded in Khanu Bhau, Papeen, Saddarpura, Gangwal, Kaliyaal and Ghazipura villages in Bajwat area along the Sialkot working boundary by the River Chenab.... Four die as trolley overturns SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 26: Four labourers drowned in QB link canal near Meeranpur here on Saturday. Reports said eight labourers were going by a tractor-trolley laden with wheat bags.... Bhuttonagar demolished SAHIWAL, Aug 26: The Sahiwal Tehsil Municipal Administration on Saturday bulldozed 150 shops and 40 houses established during the reign of the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on Jhall Road.... A bid to fight street crime in Ghakkhar Town GUJRANWALA, Aug 26: On the orders of Punjab IGP, SHO Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmed on Saturday launched `thekari pehra’ system to avert street crime in Ghakkhar Town.... Major power suspension LAHORE, Aug 26: Electricity supply to areas falling under the jurisdiction of Lesco, Fesco and Gujranwala Electric Power Company will remain partially suspended on Aug 27 (Sunday) from 0700 hours to... Man killed as car ploughs into meeting TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 26: An unidentified man was killed and three others injured when a car ploughed into a political gathering at Pirmahal on Saturday evening.... Monsoon dwindles LAHORE, Aug 26: Monsoon activity has decreased over Pakistan because of the cessation of incursion of moisture from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, said Flood Forecasting Division here on Saturday.... Lawyer, cousin die after taking quack’s drug SIALKOT, Aug 26: A local lawyer and his cousin died allegedly after taking medicines given by a quack at Jasorraan Badiana village, Pasrur tehsil, on Friday evening.... Driver dies in shootout LAHORE, Aug 26: A truck driver was killed in a crossfire between two rival groups in Chuhng police station jurisdiction on Saturday. Kathha and Guddu Jaliana groups were trading fire close... Govt yet to draw up plan for Lahore LAHORE, Aug 26: The City District Government Lahore has yet to initiate action against the illegal constructions in city areas other than Shahalam where collapse of unapproved floors of a building recently caused heavy loss.... Poultry farmers assured of assistance LAHORE, Aug 26: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that the government will provide all possible assistance for modernising the poultry industry to eliminate chances of spread of fatal diseases....

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