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February 17, 2008 Sunday Safar 09, 1429   People stock flour ahead of polls: Panic buying leaves shops empty KARACHI, Feb 16: Various varieties of flour have disappeared from markets in the city as people bought the commodity in large quantities on Friday and Saturday as against their normal consumption... Punjab sees violence on last day of campaign MULTAN, Feb 16: Nearly a dozen people were injured in election-related violence in different parts of Punjab on Saturday.... PPP’s feast of reason distasteful to PML-Q MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 16: While Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) hired the services of orators (maulvis or zakireen) to give impetus to their electioneering, Pakistan Muslim League-Q candidates were so ‘confident’ of their... Pervaiz sees Feb 18 as PML-Q’s day SIALKOT, Feb 16: Punjab PML-Q President Pervaiz Elahi says Feb 18 will be the day of the PML-Q. Claiming the PML-Q will win the forthcoming elections on the basis of its... 29 booked for kidnap of doctors SAHIWAL, Feb 16: Farid Town police have registered a case against 29 Punjab Emergency Service (PES) and Rescue 1122 local officials for kidnapping two doctors and arrested 12 of them while... APDM’s role to start after elections: NWP ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: National Workers Party (NWP) secretary general and senior lawyer Akhtar Hussain has said the actual role of the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) will start after the Feb... Govt’s warning to foreign observers, media: Code of conduct LAHORE, Feb 16: The Punjab government has warned against any attempt to disrupt Monday’s elections, warning that foreign observers and media persons... PML-Q’s airborne performance LAHORE, Feb 16: The leaflets carrying PML-Q message dropped in several areas of the provincial capital from a helicopter on Saturday remind one of the ‘good old days’ when the late Gen Ziaul Haq was calling the shots.... Workers set to defy canvassing deadline LAHORE, Feb 16: Despite the official deadline for campaigning lapsed on Saturday midnight, workers of political parties say they will continue the door-to-door canvassing to persuade people to vote for them.... APDM leaves note for new govt LAHORE, Feb 16: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) warned on Saturday the ‘government-in-waiting’ that alliance activists would take to the street if the deposed judges of higher courts were not restored.... French lawyer not allowed to meet Aitzaz LAHORE, Feb 16: International Union of Lawyers (IUL) member executive committee Don Ramon Oria Fernandez de Munain was not allowed to meet Supreme Court Bar Associaton president Aitzaz Ahsan detained at his Zaman Park residence.... ‘Call’ that came as complete surprise LAHORE, Feb 16: As his cell phone rang, his joy knew no bounds. Mr ABC was waiting for a call from his friend in the United States.... Govt urged to let judges cast vote ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Caretaker Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney on Saturday formally asked the government to let deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and detained lawyers to vote in the general election.... Media asked not to cover poll activity for 36 hours ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Pemra and the PBA have advised the media not to give coverage to election activities of parties and their candidates during a 36-hour period that commenced on Saturday midnight.... Sensitive polling stations reduced THATTA, Feb 16: The district administration has brought down the number of highly-sensitive polling stations to 233 from 276 citing shortage of police force, a step seen by the Pakistan People’s Party leaders as part of pre-poll rigging.... ‘PML-Q behind May 12, Oct 18 killings’ LARKANA, Feb 16: Former leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmed Khuhro on Saturday accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid of being involved in the May 12 killings and Oct 18 blasts in Benazir Bhutto’s homecoming rally in Karachi.... Clarification A SPOKESMAN for the National Bank has disputed a story headlined “NBP deviated from Saiban policy” carried by Dawn in its Feb 12 issue, contending that the loan to the Chief... EC fails to check misuse of govt resources “YOUR wife won’t walk on you if you delay your visit by a day,” Shabbir Ali, a naib qasid at a union council of Vehari district, is reprimanded by his seniors... Candidate refuses to bow despite losing legs in blast Israr Shah lost both legs in a bomb attack on members of a leading opposition party in July that left 20 others dead. But that did not stop him from contesting a seat in Monday’s parliamentary election.... The algebra of rigging ON the eve of the 2008 general election, allegations of rigging have been among the recurring themes. However, the likelihood of massive rigging on the polling day is based on several... Is the PML-Q likely to sweep the polls? HOW likely is it that the PML-Q and its allies will gain equal to or more seats than they held in the last parliament? This is a fundamental question that is being debated in each and every voting household in Pakistan.... Elections in NWFP may prove most forecasts wrong CYNICS say forecasts about two things can go wrong in Pakistan: weather and elections. Rarely have weather pundits in Pakistan been spot on, rain or sunshine.... The troubled transition to democracy THERE are two moments in Pakistan’s history that offer us lessons to understand the historic transition that is now upon us. Both moments saw the military hand over power to a democratically-elected civilian government.... Americans warned of possible violence ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The US embassy in Pakistan on Saturday warned American citizens to restrict their movements and avoid travelling to the country during the general election.... A poor man’s vote for a square meal FAISALABAD, Feb 16: Najma Bibi cursed the rulers and political parties as she was jostled out of the queue outside a utility store of Gulistan Colony for trying to break a long row on Saturday.... Warrants for public safety head SAHIWAL, Feb 16: Additional District and Sessions Judge Rai Muhammad Ayub Khan Marth, who is the returning officer for NA-161, has issued warrants for the arrest of District Public Safety and... Ramday’s son seeks vote for PML-N TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 16: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz patron Nawaz Sharif is faithful to deposed judges and he will reinstate all of them after coming into power, Barrister Mustafa Ramday told a gathering in Kamal Chowk late on Friday night.... Tension in Gujrat GUJRAT: Five PPP workers and a passer-by were injured when some PML-Q workers allegedly attacked a rally led by party candidate Ch Ahmad Mukhtar.... Pilot laid to rest FAISALABAD, Feb 16: A Pakistan Air Force pilot, who died in a jet crash near Shaheenabad in Sargodha on Friday, was laid to rest here in a Gulistan Colony graveyard on Saturday.... 24 vying for five PA seats in Attock ATTOCK, Feb 16: Twenty-four candidates are in the run for five provincial assembly seats in Attock district.... FWO in no mood to vacate AJK govt land MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 16: The Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) seems to be in no mood to vacate the AJK government’s land adjacent to the civil secretariat in the state capital at the... Sardars desperate to save Chakwal The last round of the battle has begun in Chakwal as elsewhere but the heat of electioneering here is probably matchless as the Sardars of the king’s party are in real... Political parties stage rallies MURREE, Feb 16: Political parties on Saturday, the last day of electioneering, brought out rallies to show their strength.... Four ‘sensitive’ constituencies LAHORE, Feb 16: Four national assembly constituencies were declared more sensitive in the provincial capital on polling day, Dawn learnt on Saturday....

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