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December 05, 2007 Wednesday Ziqa'ad 24, 1428   JUI(F) and JI seek separate poll symbols ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) and the Jamaat-i-Islami, two main components of the six-party MMA, have applied for separate election symbols for the Jan 8 polls indicating that the alliance has virtually split into two groups.... TV channel’s petition dismissed KARACHI, Dec 4: The Sindh High Court dismissed as not maintainable on Tuesday a writ petition against the suspension of Geo television channel transmissions.... Musharraf’s ‘envoys’ face counter-campaign LONDON, Dec 4: The week-long visit of former ISI chief Lt-Gen (retd) Javed Ashraf Qazi and former junior information minister Senator Tariq Azim on what appears to be a PR job... Mengal criticises Benazir QUETTA, Dec 4: Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal, patron-in-chief of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal) on Tuesday criticised PPP leader Benazir Bhutto for urging the government to announce a general amnesty for Baloch fighters.... Either chaos or democracy : US think tank expects ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Transition to democracy or chaos will come out of the developments unfolding in Pakistan, according to the head of an American think tank.... Aids control programme chief sacked ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: The health ministry on Tuesday sacked the chief of the National Aids Control Programme in the wake of a UN report that Pakistan had regressed to a “high... Protesting Americans held, released : To be deported today LAHORE, Dec 4: Two American peace activists campaigning for restoration of democracy here were kept in police custody apparently without charges for about three-and-a-half hours before they were released at midnight on Tuesday being informed they would be deported on Wednesday.... Caretaker CM pledges transparent elections HYDERABAD, Dec 4: Ca-retaker Sindh Chief Minister, Justice (Rtd) Abdul Qadir Halepoto, has said that caretaker government is determined to conduct the upcoming elections in free, fair and transparent manner and... No chance of fair polls: Qaim KHAIRPUR, Dec 4: Sindh PPP President Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that free and fair elections are not possible in the present situation where judiciary is in crisis, issue of... Deposed judge wants to join lawyers’ movement LAHORE, Dec 4: Lahore High Court Judge Justice MA Shahid Siddiqui has announced joining the movement for the rule of law and independence of judiciary.... Senate body for establishing more varsities ISLAMABAD, Nov 4: The Senate Standing Committee on Education, Science and Technology has said that there was a dire need to establish more engineering, science and technology universities in the country... Civil society’s help sought in rooting out corruption ATTOCK, Dec 4: Every citizen including civil society activists must play their role in elimination of corruption from the society.... Students defy police cordons to protest emergency ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Hundreds of demonstrators, majority of them students of universities and colleges and civil society, converged on the Rawalpindi Press Club’s camp office at Melody on Tuesday after breaking... Extension in Aitzaz’s detention condemned ISLAMABAD, Dec 4: Opposition Leader in the Senate Raza Rabbani has condemned the government for extending the detention of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan.... 3 Pakistanis die of cold at Greek-Turkish border RAWALPINDI, Dec 4: Three Pakistani illegal immigrants died while trying to enter into Greece from Turkey, official sources told Dawn here on Tuesday.... Body formed to end rift within PPP RAWALPINDI, Dec 4: In a move to put an end to the internal grouping in the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the city, an 11- member committee has been constituted by... Workers urged to speed up campaign PESHAWAR, Dec 4: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has asked workers of his party to speed up the election campaign and said the JUI(F) would not leave the field open to supporters of the United States and Pervez Musharraf.... PIA begins Sialkot flights KARACHI, Dec 4: PIA launched its first Boeing 737 flight operation on the Karachi-Sialkot-Karachi sector on Nov 30, carrying 118 passengers from Karachi. The flight will operate twice a week – every Friday and Tuesday.... Flour costlier in NWFP than in Punjab PESHAWAR, Dec 4: Consumers in Peshawar are paying Rs100 to Rs115 more than those of other provinces, especially Punjab, for a 20-kilogramme bag of wheat flour of ordinary quality.... Bilour gets interim bail PESHAWAR, Dec 4: A court on Tuesday granted pre-arrest interim bail to former provincial minister and Awami National Party candidate for PF-3 constituency Bashir Bilour and three others in a firing case which had resulted in the killing of a woman.... ICRC provides medical aid to the injured PESHAWAR, Dec 4: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has provided medical kits and other material for 150 people who were admitted to hospitals in Swat and the Kurram Agency following recent clashes there.... Price hike badly hits the poor of Swabi SWABI, Dec 4: Prices of wheat flour and other essential commodities have registered a sharp increase over the past few days in the Swabi district.... Provision of gas in Banda Daud area sought KARAK, Dec 4: The people of the Banda Daud Shah tehsil have formed a committee to put pressure on the authorities to ensure provision of natural gas to their area.... An institute falling prey to ‘vested interest’ RAHIM YAR KHAN, Dec 4: The students of a state-run college in the district are bearing the brunt of mismanagement and absence of teachers and other officials.... Protesters keep momentum up LAHORE, Dec 4: Almost 300 people attended a protest on Tuesday afternoon at the Lahore Press Club, organised by the Campaign for Democracy and Rule of Law in Pakistan in conjunction... Setback for PPP in Okara OKARA, Dec 4: The Pakistan People''s Party (PPP) has suffered a setback with the rejection of nomination papers of its two candidates, Rai Noor Muhammad Kharal from NA-143 and Muhammad Arif... UET campus groundbreaking FAISALABAD, Dec 4: Caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro is scheduled to visit the district on Dec 5 (today).... Shift from the past? LAHORE, Dec 4: Unlike past, the Interior Ministry has not been asked to launch pre-poll exercise of identifying potential winners besides monitoring the role of different departments during the election campaign.... ‘Panic’ on the campus LAHORE, Dec 4: An email which detailed the lodging of FIRs against some Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) faculty and students created panic on campus on Monday evening.... ‘No transfer and posting during polls’ LAHORE, Dec 4: Caretaker Chief Minister Justice Ejaz Nisar (retired) on Tuesday ordered strict enforcement of a ban on transfers and postings of government officials imposed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).... Lawyers slam judges’ eviction LAHORE, Dec 4: The Lahore High Court Bar Association has condemned the government for notifying the withdrawal of official residences of the judges who did not take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO).... Inquiry committee LAHORE, Dec 4: A committee will hold a probe into the affairs of private housing schemes approved by the LDA, District Nazim Mian Amer said on Tuesday.... LPG distributors LAHORE, Dec 4: The LPG Distributors Association has threatened to stage a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad against increase in gas prices.... Arbab angry over reshuflle in Hyderabad police HYDERABAD, Nov 4: Former Sindh chief minister Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim, who is also PML Sindh president, expressed his annoyance over recent reshuffling in police department in Hyderabad district and spoke... Cover candidate refuses to take back papers LARKANA, Dec 4: Mir Qadir Bakhsh Brohi, who is cover candidate for Aziz Jatoi of Pakistan People’s Party for PS-41, has refused to withdraw his nomination papers in favour of Jatoi.... Mirpurkhas board’s HSC-I result out MIRPURKHAS, Dec 4: The controller examinations of the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) announced on Tuesday the results of annual examination for Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I (Class-XI) of pre-engineering, pre-medical, humanities (regular and private) and commerce groups.... PML withdraws from Mirpurkhas contest in favour of MQM MIRPURKHAS, Dec 4: Fo-rmer Sindh chief minister and provincial president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said the party will field no candidate on the PS-64 (Mirpurkhas... Mumtaz criticises electoral system JACOBABAD, Dec 4: The chairman of the Sindh National Front, Mumtaz Bhutto, on Tuesday criticised the country’s electoral system, which he said helped only the looters, the corrupt, the blackmailers and the murderers to power....

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