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April 04, 2008 Friday Rabi-ul-Awwal 26, 1429   LHC asks govt to set criteria for hiring law officers: Deadline given for examining appointments LAHORE, April 3: The Lahore High Court has directed the Punjab government to revise the number of law officers, set a criterion for their induction and make all appointments, including that... Italy converts $100m debt into uplift funding ISLAMABAD, April 3: Italy has converted its $100 million debt into funding for development of social sector in the country.... Talks will be held with all Baloch groups: Raisani QUETTA, April 3: Balochistan’s Chief Minister-designate Nawab Aslam Raisani said on Thursday that his government would initiate a process of dialogue with all Baloch parties, including the banned militant groups, to resolve issues concerning the province.... PML-Q govt ruined economy: Dar ISLAMABAD, April 3: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said the coalition government faces a ‘tough task’ of rebuilding economy which has been ‘ruined’ by the last government.... PAF inducts SAAB system into fleet ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has inducted the SAAB 2000 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system in its fleet.... 9 injured in blasts QUETTA, April 3: At least nine people were injured in bomb explosions in Dera Allahyar and Mastung on Thursday.... Nato leaders seek deeper ties with Pakistan BUCHAREST, April 3: Nato leaders said on Thursday they wanted to deepen ties with Pakistan and strive to boost security along its porous border with Afghanistan.... NAB allowed to withdraw corruption cases QUETTA, April 3: An Accountability Court on Thursday allowed the National Accountability Bureau to withdraw corruption cases against two PPP and one PML-Q leaders.... Banks forming cartel to fleece depositors — probe completed ISLAMABAD, April 3: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has completed an inquiry against 42 banks allegedly involved in fleecing depositors by forming a cartel, says its Chairman Khalid A. Mirza.... STP slams Asif’s visit to 90 HYDERABAD, April 3: Sindh Tarraqi Passand (STP) chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has criticised PPP leaders for visiting the Muttahida Qaumi Movement headquarters on Wednesday night and said: “Benazir Bhutto was physically murdered in Rawalpindi but her soul was murdered in Azizabad.”... International chain opens wholesale business ISLAMABAD, April 3: A controversial international wholesale centre opened to business here at I-11 near Fruit and Vegetable Market on Thursday.... Flour millers-retailers nexus hard to crack TAXILA, April 3: Exorbitant prices of wheat flour, coupled with artificial shortage, are prolonging the miseries of consumers, specially those belonging to the salaried class.... Maltreatment case: court Summons jail officials RAWALPINDI, April 3: A civil judge here on Thursday served notice on superintendent and deputy superintendent of Adiala jail and directed them to appear before the court and explain their position... Dance is thought and feeling, says Indu Mitha RAWALPINDI, April 3: Indu Mitha, a famous classical dancer and teacher, shared her views with the students of National College of Arts (NCA) here Thursday evening.... Alleged misuse of uplift funds triggers rumpus: District assembly meets RAWALPINDI, April 3: Opposition on Thursday kicked up a rumpus in the first session of the city district assembly after the February 18 turnaround, alleging embezzlement in Rs180 million carry-forward funds and last year’s Rs60 million development budget.... 25 ASIs promoted ISLAMABAD, April 3: Inspector General of Police Islamabad Shahid Nadeem Baloch here on Thursday promoted 25 assistant sub- inspectors to sub-inspectors.... Man kills ex-wife RAWALPINDI, April 3: A man shot dead his ex-wife, who he had divorced six years ago, in Kalar Syedan on Thursday, police said.... Education expo receives thumping response RAWALPINDI, April 3: Youth thronged the fourth Dawn Education Expo on its opening day at a local hotel here on Thursday.... Work on new BISE campus soon AWALPINDI, April 3: Tender for the long-awaited new campus building of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) will be awarded next week and construction work on it will start without any further delay.... Call to promote sufis’ thoughts ISLAMABAD, April 3: Speakers at a seminar on mystic poet Baba Fareed on Thursday underlined the need for making efforts to promote thoughts of saints for creating harmony and healthy development of society.... Test reports confirm brothers died of bird flu PESHAWAR, April 3: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed two cases of human-to-human transmission of avian influenza in Pakistan.... Contractors want increase in project costs ISLAMABAD, April 3: The All Pakistan Contractors Association (Apca) has threatened to stop work on development projects across the country if the new government fails to increase the cost of ongoing... Chemical weapons ISLAMABAD, April 3: Pakistan’s Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Implementation Mechanism has become operational.... Thousands pour into Garhi for Bhutto anniversary LARKANA, April 3: Hundreds of thousands of admirers and devotees of Bhuttos, some on foot and others in cars and luxury vehicles, are pouring in the tiny village of Garhi Khuda... Lawyer commits suicide KHAIRPUR, April 3: A young lawyer Mansoor Rahat committed suicide by shooting himself with his licensed pistol while he was sitting in lawyers chamber in Khairpur on Thursday morning.... Long march if judges not reinstated: Aitzaz SUKKUR, April 3: The Supreme Court Bar Association President Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan warned on Thursday that the lawyers would stage a long-march if the government failed to reinstate deposed judges in 30 days.... Septuagenarian Pakistani lands in Tihar jail HYDERABAD, April 3: Family members of a 70-year-old man picked up by Indian intelligence agencies on his arrival in Delhi have urged the government of Pakistan to help secure his release from India’s Tihar prisons.... Foreign experts visit Thar coal fields MITHI, April 3: A team of foreign coal fields’ experts accompanied by officials of Sindh Carbon Energy Ltd and Sindh Coal Authority visited the sites of coal deposits in Thar coal... Arrest of JSSF leader slammed HYDERABAD, April 3: Jeay Sindh Students Federation activists staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday to protest against the arrest of JSSF leader Suryah Sindhi by the Qasimabad police.... Thieves kill 3 of a family JACOBABAD, April 3: Three persons including one woman were killed and five others were injured by thieves in Mohammad Moosa Banglani village in the jurisdiction of Thul police on Wednesday night.... 25-year jail for policemen in custodial killing case MIRPURKHAS, April 3: The second additional sessions judge of Mirpurkhas, Manthar Ali Jatoi, has sentenced four policemen of Satellite Town police, including an ASI, to 25 years imprisonment and fine of Rs50,000 each for killing a man in custody.... Panchayat visits villager’s sins on his niece LAYYAH, April 3: In yet another incident of the draconian ‘Vani’ custom, a sixth-class student has been made to pay a heavy price for the audacity of her uncle at Thal Calan union council.... Lawyers’ torture: ex-DPO, others booked GUJRAT, April 3: Civil Lines police have registered a case against former DPO and other officials on the orders of the additional district and sessions judge.... 50 LPG booby traps in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, April 3: There are 50 illegal points of sale and refilling of LPG cylinders in the Sahiwal city which may cause any untoward incident, it is learnt.... Truckers Resent bridge closure Muzaffargarh, April 3: Goods transporters are bearing the loss of millions rupees due to the closure of Muzaffargarh Canal bridge by the National Highways Authority.... Three more flour mills sealed GUJRANWALA, April 3: Three more flour mills were sealed after a joint raiding team of the food department and police seized two more flour-laden trucks on Thursday.... Indian Delegates see governor LAHORE, April 3: Governor Khalid Maqbool says the government is ready to resolve the disputes causing bitterness in its relations with India for the past 60 years with an open heart.... Experts, Ogra fail to ascertain cause: Gas cylinder blast FAISALABAD, April 3: Explosive experts and officials of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) have failed to ascertain the cause of the Mansoorabad blast on Wednesday that claimed 13 lives.... Bureaucracy under fire MUZAFFARGARH, April 3: The first session of the district assembly, after the general election, on Thursday saw union council nazims changing their affiliations and taking on the bureaucracy to vent their anger.... Staff go postal Against two ACs FAISALABAD, April 3: Scores of employees of the regional income and sales tax office on Thursday observed a complete strike and staged a demonstration against two assistant commissioners for implicating an office guard in a false case.... Six revenue employees jailed, fined SARGODHA, April 3: The Anti-Corruption special judge on Thursday awarded 47-year imprisonment with a fine of Rs300,000 to six Revenue Department employees, including a former magistrate, on charges of illegal allotment of land.... Two killed as train hits van FAISALABAD, April 3: A freight train hit a van in Mansoorabad area on Jhumra Road, causing the death of two persons.... Slow grinding blamed for flour price hike LAHORE, April 3: Flour supply and price crises on Thursday shot through the roof with the price of a 20kg bag going up by almost Rs70 -- the biggest ever increase in one go -- in some pockets of the province.... Two former CMA officials arrested for Rs66m fraud LAHORE, April 3: The National Accountability Bureau, Punjab, has arrested two former officials of the disbursement section of the Controller of Military Accounts, Defence Purchases (CMA-DP), Rawalpindi, for their alleged fraudulent withdrawal and misappropriation of Rs66.55... Anti-measles campaign misses target: Elite schools’ mistrust LAHORE, April 3: The World Health Organisation-backed anti-measles vaccination campaign ended on Thursday without covering thousands of schoolchildren, primarily because of the obstinacy of some elite schools in Lahore who refused to cooperate with the government on the issue.... Lawyers’ another thrilling Thursday LAHORE, April 3: In yet another Thursday show, tireless lawyers reminded the government they were committed to the reinstatement of the judges deposed under the Nov 3 Provisional Constitution Order.... Trains stop LAHORE, April 3: Two express trains will be stopping at the Chura Sharif railway station for one minute during the four-day Urs at Aastana-i-Aalia Nooria.... LHC benches Reduce backlog LAHORE, April 3: The principal seat of the Lahore High Court and its all three benches, during the last three months, decided 15,000 cases, reducing the backlog remarkably....

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