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November 08, 2007 Thursday Shawwal 26, 1428   Students, civil society join lawyers protest: Protesters baton-charged ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: Police baton charged protest rallies of lawyers, civil society members and students and arrested a dozen, including president of Lahore High Court Bar Association during protests in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Wednesday.... PPP, administration look set for a clash: Friday’s rally RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party and the city government look set on a collision course as while the former is determined to hold a rally in the city on Friday and the latter not to allow it.... Lawyers continue boycott of courts QUETTA, Nov 7: As lawyers continued their boycott of courts for the third day on Wednesday, police arrested the spokesman of the Balochistan High Court Bar Association, Syed Nazir Agha.... Blast damages PML leader’s house QUETTA: Nov 7: A powerful explosion rocked Khuzdar on Wednesday night. Police said the explosive device was planted near the house of Dr Safia, a former office-bearer of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League.... APNS urges suspension of press law amendments KARACHI, Nov 7: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has urged the government to immediately suspend implementation of recent amendments to press laws and all actions taken under them, including notices issued to publications.... Black day on Friday: PFUJ ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has announced a series of measures to carry forward its movement for freedom of the press if the government fails to lift curbs on the media by Thursday.... TV channels off air in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 7: Although the state of emergency in Pakistan does not cover Azad Kashmir, cable operators in the region have been directed to suspend transmission of all national and international news channels, except the PTV and Indian channels.... Arbab sure of victory in elections LARKANA, Nov 7: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Wednesday that ‘our men would be part of the caretaker setup’ and his party would form the next government.... PML-N workers, lawyers held LAHORE, Nov 7: Police hauled up some political workers and lawyers protesting imposition of emergency in front of the main gate of the Lahore High Court and Aiwan-i-Adl on Wednesday.... PPP activists fresh prey of police LAHORE, Nov 7: After lawyers and mediamen, the government on Wednesday started hauling up the leaders and workers of one of its allies, the PPP, after party chairperson Benazir Bhutto announced... Emergency draws fierce on-campus ire LAHORE, Nov 7: Students anger continued to mount on Wednesday as on-campus protests denouncing the imposition of emergency rule in Pakistan and the curtailing of basic freedoms took place in several leading universities.... CM to contest NA polls from Yazman too: Rescue-1122 service in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 7: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has announced that he will contest the next general elections for a National Assembly seat from Yazman tehsil of this district also.... Lawyers, police stick to their guns all around SIALKOT, Nov 7: Lawyers continued their boycott of courts across Punjab while police stuck to their job of quelling the backlash against emergency and arrested more lawyers on the third day on Wednesday.... Tariff under study for coal-based power plants ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The government is expected to offer within a month an indicative tariff for coal-based power projects to ensure early setting up of four projects in Sindh of about 1,550-MW.... PPP team holds talks with JUI (F) leaders ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday held talks with the leadership of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) to work out a joint strategy to oppose the state of emergency.It... Pentagon has ‘close eye’ on N-arsenal NWASHINGTON, Nov 7: A top Pentagon official on Wednesday said that the fate of Pakistan’s military arsenal was a “primary concern” after President Gen Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency in the country.... France urges polls by Jan PARIS, Nov 7: France has urged President Pervez Musharraf to lift the state of emergency and allow elections to be held by January as previously planned.... Timber contractors’ collusion leads to cancellation of auction SWABI, Nov 7: Timber contractors’ collusion caused the cancellation of auction of about 1,000 dried out trees in the Tarbela Dam residential colonies in Swabi district on Wednesday after they offered no more than Rs2 million for the whole lot.... ‘Energy crucial for poverty eradication’ PESHAWAR, Nov 7: President of Pak-Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour has said that energy is crucial for sustainable development, poverty eradication and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.... Two killed as rival groups clash in Bara LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Nov 7: Two people were killed and four others injured as fighting between rival groups in Bara continued for the second day on Wednesday, sources said.... Three killed in different incidents MARDAN, Nov 7: Three people were killed in two different incidents in various areas of the Mardan district here on Wednesday. Two brothers — Mohammad Suleman and Mohammad Afzal -- were... Rs127.8m spent on Fata projects PESHAWAR, Nov 7: An amount of Rs127.835 million was spent on various development projects in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas in the first quarter of the current financial year.... New group vows to resist tribal chiefs MARDAN, Nov 7: A group of tribesmen vowed to combat crimes all over the district and contest elections, creating a platform against influential tribal chiefs. This was announced in a meeting... Lakki Marwat gas project inaugurated PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan on Wednesday inaugurated gas distribution project in Lakki Marwat district. The project would cost Rs40 million and included laying of nine-kilometre-long pipeline from Kilan village to Lakki City.... Two forest officials arrested MANSEHRA, Nov 7: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), NWFP, has arrested two officials of the forest department following detection of a big financial scam in 56 joint forest management committees (JFMCs) in Oghi tehsil, Dawn has learnt.... US uplift plan for border towns PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The United States is preparing a development package for towns on the border of the NWFP and tribal areas, says William M. Butterfield of the Bureau Economist of the United States’ Agency for International Development (USAID) for Asia.... LG members concerned over merit violation: Recruitments ATTOCK, Nov 7: Members of district council expressed reservations over the alleged violation of merit in recruitments in police and some district government departments during the session of council, held here on Tuesday with Convener Malik Sameen Khan in the chair.... Taxila’s master plan to be ready next month TAXILA, Nov 7: To provide integrated civic amenities and carry out development of international standards, a master plan of Taxila tehsil is in final stages and would be completed next month.... ‘Journalists should report without bias’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: A senior US journalist, Arnold R. Isaacs, here on Wednesday gave a lecture on the “Role of Media in Democracy and the Election Process” at the National Univer-sity of Modern Languages (Numl).... Protesters block GT road GUJAR KHAN, Nov 7: Some people protested against the proclamation of emergency in the country by setting tyres on fire on the G.T. Road here on Wednesday.... Judging by deeds... ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Supreme Court judges removed for refusing to accept the emergency rule and confined to their houses are suffering not alone. Police guarding the house of Justice Iftikhar Muhammad... Former SCBA chief shifted to Attock jail ATTOCK, Nov 7: Former president of Supreme Court Bar Association Munir A Malik was shifted to Attock District Jail from Adiala Jail Rawalpindi on Wednesday, jail sources told Dawn.... Complete strike till 10th LAHORE, Nov 7: Lawyers’ National Action Committee (NAC) has issued a call to continue complete boycott of courts throughout Pakistan till Saturday to protest the imposition of what it called “martial... ‘Affected judges be given fresh oath’: If Constitution is restored LAHORE, Nov 7: PPP Senator Farooq H. Naek has said that all judges of superior courts who were either not administered oath under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) or... Plea seeking early hearing admitted: Lawyers’ bails LAHORE, Nov 7: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge, Shabbir Husain Chattha, on Wednesday admitted an application, seeking early hearing of bail pleas of hundreds of lawyers arrested in Monday operation at the Lahore High Court.... Ex-IGP dies of cardiac arrest LAHORE, Nov 7: Former Punjab IGP Rao Abdul Rashid died of a cardiac arrest here on Wednesday. He was 81. He was laid to rest in the Defence Housing Authority graveyard... Crackdown on dish antenna sellers LAHORE, Nov 7: Police launched a crackdown on satellite dish vendors on Hall Road on Wednesday, according to several owners and managers of electronics stores. One owner told Dawn, “We’ve... Two LHC judges refused oath LAHORE, Nov 7: President Gen Pervez Musharraf invited only 20 judges of the Lahore High Court to take oath under the Provincial Constitutional Order and out of them two opted out, said a Lahore High Court spokesman on Wednesday.... No cops along roads mean all is well? FAISALABAD, Nov 7: Plain-clothes policemen manned roads on Wednesday at the arrival of the US consulate and the governor in the city to give an impression to the US diplomat that all was well.... Two robbers held GUJAR KHAN, Nov 7: The Rawat police claimed to have arrested two robbers and recovered looted cellphones and a snatched van from them. Hasnain Ali and Shahzad Ahmed were wanted in...

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