Protests against media restrictions continue
* Journalists, civil society protesters warn emergency rule also discouraging investment
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The journalists of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad continued their protest on Sunday against media curbs and the imposition of emergency rule in the country.
The... 
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APDM unlikely to attend Bhutto’s APC
* PML-N says no decision until Bhutto responds to Nawaz’s letter
By Muhammad Bilal
ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) is unlikely to attend an all parties conference (APC) called by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto on Wednesday.
Leaders...
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7-member bench hears emergency case today
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: A seven-member bench of the apex court will today (Monday) resume hearing into the petitions challenging the proclamation of emergency and Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) today (Monday) at 9.30am.
Irfan Qadir, counsel for PPP leader Tikka Iqbal Khan,...
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Three PHE officials kidnapped in Mohmand Agency
Staff Report
GHALANAI: Some unidentified armed men on Sunday kidnapped three Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department officials and seized their vehicle in Mohmand Agency, Daily Times has learnt.
Sources said the three PHE officials – Waqar (driver), Rukhsar (electrician) and...
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One killed in Nowshera blast
PESHAWAR: A railway employee died on Sunday in a bomb blast at a railway track near the Ajab Khan area, in the Azakhel police precincts of Nowshera district, police said.
Azakhel Police Station duty officer Lajbar Khan told Daily Times that the bomb went off at around 8.40am as Khushal Express...
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‘Amnesty to BB in graft cases may be overturned’
* AGP says NRO was not ‘happily worded’
LONDON: Former premier Benazir Bhutto may soon face the same corruption cases that forced her into exile for eight years as the amnesty [National Reconciliation Order] lifting the charges was likely to be overturned, said Attorney General (AG) Malik...
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JUI-F least interested in anti-emergency rallies
* Meeting decides to leave protests to Jamaat-e-Islami
ISLAMABAD: The JUI-F seems more interested in winning the majority seats of the MMA, than with taking out protest rallies against the imposition of emergency.
The JUI-F’s Central Executive Committee, in its meeting on Sunday,...
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Taliban hang cops’ bodies from trees
KANDAHAR: The Taliban have shot dead five policemen they had abducted two months ago and strung up their bodies in trees in a village, a provincial police chief said on Sunday, AFP reported. Alerted to the bodies on display, police went on Sunday to the area in Uruzgan province and killed two rebels...
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US military strike on Pakistan advocated
* Analysts say likely dangers include collapse of Pakistan govt
* Propose Special Forces operation to prevent nukes from falling into wrong hands
* Suggest supporting army
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: Two experts have proposed that the US should take pre-emptive action to...
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‘US may review military aid to Pakistan’
ISLAMABAD: A top US envoy warned President General Pervez Musharraf on Saturday that Washington will review its military aid to the country unless he lifts a state of emergency he imposed on November 3, diplomats said.
John Negroponte, number two in the US State Department, met Musharraf for...
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‘Good, efficient’ judges unavailable: Qayyum
* Government set to cut Supreme Court strength to 12 judges
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to cut the Supreme Court strength from 17 to 12 judges, and the process would be completed by the end of this week by elevating a judge of Lahore High Court to the apex court, said Attorney...
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PTI rally today to protest Imran’s arrest
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) will hold a rally at Regal Chowk today (Monday) to protest the arrest of party chief Imran Khan and imposition of emergency in the country, said Acting party chairman Hamid Khan on Sunday. Addressing a press conference, he said the party had decided to go to...
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Jemima protests against emergency in London
LONDON: Jemima Khan, the ex-wife of detained politician Imran Khan, joined a protest here on Sunday outside the Pakistan Embassy, calling for his release and an end to emergency rule.
“I’m doing this because Imran and my friends in Pakistan have asked us to make noise here because they are not...
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Pakistanis protest outside White House against emergency rule
* Protester says Musharraf weakened civilised society’s foundations by dismissing independent judiciary
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: A number of Pakistanis, some of whom had travelled from New York, staged a demonstration for the return of constitutional government to Pakistan in...
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Sindh govt yet to comply with caretaker PM’s first order: PPP
KARACHI: The Sindh government has yet to comply with the caretaker prime minister’s first order to release all political prisoners, the Pakistan People’s Party pointed out on Sunday.
“The continued detention of the leaders and workers of the opposition parties, mainly of the PPP, lawyers and...
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No need for emergency during elections: Shujaat
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that there is no need for emergency during the upcoming general elections.
“We will give a proposal to President General Pervez Musharraf that there is no need for emergency during the elections. Had we needed such...
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10 PPP workers released on bail, 60 sent to jail
RAWALPINDI: Judicial Magistrate Rai Afzal Kharal on Sunday ordered the release of 10 Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers, including seven women, on surety bond of Rs 50,000 each and sent 60 others to Adiala Jail on a 14-day judicial remand.
Those who were released included PPP leaders Raja...
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Freed lawyer thanks colleagues for support
PESHAWAR: Barrister Baachaa thanked the lawyer community for supporting him and demanding unconditional withdrawal of the order on his release late Friday night from the Haripur Central Prison after a 13-day incarceration under Saection 3 (1) of the West Pakistan Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance...
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Cautious India keeps close eye on Pakistan
* Official says New Delhi wants to stay out of Pakistan’s domestic problems
* Analyst says India cannot afford Taliban-style militants in Pakistan
NEW DELHI: India is keeping a close but wary eye on the crisis besetting Pakistan, keen to avoid accusations of meddling, officials and...
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Shafi Muhammad Shah laid to rest
Staff Report
KARACHI: Veteran art performer and actor Shafi Muhammad Shah was laid to rest Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the Gizri Graveyard, Defence Phase IV.
The 57-year old actor was born in a town called Kandiaro in Nushero Feroz. He left a widow, a son and two daughters,...
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Emergency meant to ensure peaceful elections: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD: The state of emergency imposed in the country was not meant to rig the elections, but to make sure they are held peacefully, President General Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday.
“We are facing the threat of terrorism. We are into the process of elections and this process must go unhindered,”...
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Politicians talking of boycott want to evade polls, says Musharraf
* President says country more important than constitution and democracy * Projects worth Rs 50bn completed in Balochistan
KARACHI/QUETTA: President General Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday that those talking of boycotting the elections were in fact running away from the polls for fear...
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Benazir should avoid politics of agitation, says Musharraf
LAHORE: President General Pervez Musharraf has called upon politicians, including former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, to avoid politics of agitation and focus on electioneering.
“The politicians, including Benazir Bhutto, who are pursuing politics of agitation, should do away with it and focus...
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Clashes in Parachinar very unfortunate: Memon
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Nisar A Memon on Sunday termed the incidents that occurred in Parachinar as ‘most unfortunate’, adding that Muslims from different sects had been living peacefully in the area in a tolerant atmosphere for many years.
In a press statement...
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RSF ‘shocked’ at murder of slain journalist’s wife
PESHAWAR: Reporters sans Frontières (RSF), a Paris-based media watchdog, is shocked at the murder of the widow of Hayatullah Khan, a journalist slain last year.
She was killed in the early hours of Saturday by a bomb planted next to her bedroom outside her home in Mir Ali, North Waziristan.
Her...
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Benazir slams sectarian clashes in Parachinar
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto on Sunday condemned sectarian clashes in Parachinar and said that the clashes were a result of wrong policies of the government. In a statement issued by PPP’s media center, she said that it was most unfortunate...
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Musharraf intensifies campaign against perceived threats
* Prior to visit, Negroponte was seen as last, best chance to avoid political turmoil
Daily Times Monitor
ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf’s continuing campaign against what he perceives as dual threats to his government — the free-flow of information and a growing...
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Student protests shake PU administration-IJT nexus
By Ali Waqar
The recent anti-IJT demonstrations at Punjab University (PU) in which thousands of students took part has shaken the decades old PU administration-IJT nexus on campus, the PU insiders observed.
They believe that there is nothing new to expose about the PU-IJT nexus....
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Former women MPAs describe assembly experience as good
Arslan Rafiq Bhatti
LAHORE: Women MPAs took active part in every business of the assembly whether it was legislation, question hour or the privilege motions, said Misbah Kokab, a former PML-Q MPA, on Sunday.
Talking to Daily Times, she said that reserved seats for women should stay...
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‘Government should appoint gynaecologists in rural areas’
LAHORE: The government should appoint gynaecologists at all hospitals in rural areas to improve the health of both mother and child, Post Graduate Medical Institution (PGMI) principal Prof Sajjad Hussain said on Sunday.
He was addressing the participants of a three-day FCPS gynaecology-training...
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‘48 CM Secretariat employees to get security clearance’
By Shahnawaz Khan
LAHORE: Salman Ali Khan, chief security officer of the Punjab chief minister, has sent a letter to the Punjab Police and Intelligence Bureau to clear up 48 officials who are deployed at the CM Secretariat during the interim set up, sources told Daily Times on Sunday.
“This...
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16 years of service: CLAAS honours partners in humanitarian assistance with awards
Staff Report
LAHORE: Mother Teresa once told me, when I was in Rome, that all gospels could be summed into charity work done to humanity, said Catholic Bishop of Multan Andrew Francis at a prize distribution ceremony of the Centre of Legal Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) at St Peter’s...
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Chicken prices up by Rs 34
Staff Report
LAHORE: The chicken prices went up by Rs 34 a kilo at the Sunday Bazaars this week. Last week it was sold at Rs 64 a kilo. This week it was sold at Rs 98 a kilo.
Last week tomatoes were sold at between Rs 24 and Rs 26 a kilo. They were sold at Rs 24 and Rs 28 a kilo...
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Yellow autumn
Chrysanthemum flowers blossom on the median of The Mall. app
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ISO rally slams sectarian clashes in Parachinar
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: The Imamia Students Organisation (ISO), Rawalpindi division, held a protest demonstration in front of the Rawalpindi and Islamabad Press Club camp office on Sunday to condemn sectarian violence in Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram Agency, which claimed over...
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PCS to hold 18th cardiology conference
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cardiac Society is holding its three day 18th Biennial International Cardiology Conference as per schedule in Rawalpindi on December 7.
The Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and the National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC/NIHD) will organise the conference, Brig...
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TV channels’ closure in line with UAE foreign policy
ISLAMABAD: United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Media Council Director Ibrahim-al-Abed said that the closure of two news television channels was compatible with the foreign policy of the UAE.
Dubai Media City ED Rustamani said Media City could not allow the media it hosts to rule broadcast material...
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Partridges hunting season starts in NWFP
PESHAWAR: The NWFP Wildlife Department has announced commencement of partridges hunting season 2007-08 in the province under Wildlife Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management Act 1975.
According to notification issued by the department, partridges shooting will be allowed at protected...
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MINFAL to cultivate 10,395,000 hectares of land with sugarcane
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and livestock (MINFAL) has decided to cultivate 1039.5 thousand hectares of land with sugarcane to meet domestic sugar consumption needs during the current financial year.
An official MINFAL source said on Sunday that bumper crop of sugarcane was achieved...
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DROs appointed in all 30 districts for general elections in Balochistan
QUETTA: On the directives of the Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan, the Balochistan Election Commissioner has appointed District Returning Officers (DRO) in all 30 districts for the upcoming general elections in the province, said a notification of the Provincial Election Commission Office issued...
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‘Textile industry problems to be resolved in Soomro’s tenure’
ISLAMABAD: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Chairman Dr Shahzad Arshad welcomed the appointment of Muhammad Mian Soomro as caretaker prime minister and hoped that he would resolve textile industry problems on a priority basis. In a statement, the FPCCI chairman said that...
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Work on highway between Peshawar, Torkham to start in 2008
ISLAMABAD: Construction work on the 51 kilometres Peshawar-Torkham Expressway, at a cost of Rs 11 billion, will start in January 2008 and will be completed within three years, National Highway Authority (NHA) sources said on Sunday.
Sources sad that work on the Expressway will start from Surkamar...
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ITP to be involved in AIDS awareness drive
ISLAMABAD: The National Aids Control Programmme (NACP) will involve Islamabad Traffic Police in its ongoing awareness campaign of informing the masses about the disease.
According to official sources, traffic police personnel will be provided with red ribbons and umbrellas branded with messages...
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Sale of winter clothes goes up in twin cities
ISLAMABAD: As the winter has set in, sale of new and used winter clothes has considerably increased in the twin cities.
Both rich and poor people can be seen bargaining with retailers at various markets and weekly bazaars, where woollies, heaps of quilts, quilted bedcovers, blankets, and rugs...
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Bombs kill 17 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD: At least 17 people were killed by explosions in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities on Sunday, Iraqi police and officials said, Reuters reported.
Nine people were killed and at least 20 others were also wounded in one of the worst attacks in the Iraqi capital in several weeks, which police...
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European Union seeks to stem illegal migration
LISBON: The European Union (EU) hopes a meeting on migration with its poorer neighbours from the Mediterranean region on Monday will help stop thousands of illegal immigrants from reaching its shores. Portuguese Interior Minister Rui Pereira, whose country holds the EU presidency, said illegal immigration...
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Jordanian king arrives in Syria
DAMASCUS: Jordan’s King Abdullah II arrived in Syria Sunday on a previously unannounced trip, his first to the Syrian capital in nearly four years, Syria’s official news agency reported.
Jordan’s chief government spokesman Nasser Judeh confirmed Sunday that King Abdullah II would be traveling...
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Facebookers and bloggers fight Pakistan emergency
* ‘We Oppose Emergency in Pakistan’ biggest Facebook protest group from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Defying a growing crackdown on dissent by President Pervez Musharraf, young Pakistanis are using blogs and social networking sites such as Facebook to hit back at a state of emergency.
Plans...
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‘Superpowers should pressure govt to restore constitution’
SWABI: The superpowers should put more pressure on President General Pervez Musharraf to restore the Constitution and reinstate the removed judges, said Save Judiciary Movement Provincial President Changaiz Khan.
He said this on Sunday while talking to journalists at a protest demonstration organised...
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Ministry to train local officers in education statistics
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Education will hold a weeklong training workshop on capacity building of district education managers and computer personnel of selected districts from across the country from today (Monday).
The workshop titled ‘Use and Analysis of Education Statistics’ is being held...
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