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SAHIWAL - Former federal minister Humayun Akhtar said that the attack on Lal Masjid was a blunder of the PML-Q government. He added that half the country had become Lal Masjid now and America's 103 drown attacks had killed thousands of people.
Addressing a public meeting at Harappa Railway Station, he said a record development work was done and prices were kept under control during the PML-Q government, but the sitting government had failed to deliver and check the prices of

GUJRANWALA - Punjab Census Commissioner Dr Jamal Yousaf has urged the officers and staff to complete the national task of census in time with responsibility. He stated this while addressing a meeting attended by Gujranwala Division Commissioner Saeed Iqbal Wahla and the DCOs of Gujranwala, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Narowal and Hafizabad, Additional Commissioner Riaz Ahmad Butt, EDO Revenue Sialkot Tariq Zaman Khan and SSP Muhammad Afzal Butt.
Dr Jamal Yousaf said a field operation

PESHAWAR - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Prof Munawar Hassan on Saturday said the military operations against militants in the tribal areas had not only failed to get their objectives but also increased terrorism and violence.
"All such military actions have failed while the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press releases lack trust and credibility," the JI central leader remarked while addressing a meet the press programme at the press club here.
Flanked by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

PESHAWAR - The authorities have claimed killing more than 60 militants so far as the security forces continued operation in Tehsil Baezai of Mohmand agency on second consecutive day Friday. The security forces backed by gunship helicopters and artillery targeted the militants' hideouts in different localities.
The local tribesmen say the military action is focused on Sooran Dara, Chamarkand, Sheikh, Shamsha and Meenai areas. The action had been launched after an attack on a check

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday delayed operation of its verdict until April 11 in which it had overturned the Parliamentary Committee's (PC) decision of rejecting one-year extension to six additional judges of the Lahore and Sindh High Courts recommended by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, directing the federal government to issue a notification to give them one-year extension. A four-member bench of Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja,

ISLAMABAD - The fear of possible operation in Karachi in case the MQM pulls itself out of coalition government is pushing the Muttahida to continue dialogue with the PPP despite its reservations that the commitments made from the other side are unlikely to be fulfilled, Pakistan Today has learnt reliably. "The MQM does not want to disengage the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) to closing the door for dialogue as it could pave way for an operation in Karachi in which activists of the

PESHAWAR - Pakistan has put on hold a likely military operation in North Waziristan Agency in reaction to unnecessary pressure tactics by the US administration, sources said. In background interviews, sources privy to the development told Pakistan Today that military strategists had been giving a serious thought to launch the much-awaited military offensive in North Waziristan, which is considered a hotbed for Al Qaeda and its affiliated local Taliban. A senior security official said,

LAHORE - On the first day of the anti-encroachment campaign began at 8am. In Shalamar Town, 20 extended walk areas (Theray), 20 illegal shops, and 50 stairs were demolished. In Allama Iqbal Town, 80 extended walk areas (Theray) and 20 stairs were demolished. In Data Town, 166 extended walk areas (Theray) and 47 stairs were demolished. In Nishtar Town, 50 extended walk areas (Theray) and 15 stairs were demolished. In Aziz Bhatti Town, 100 extended walk areas (Theray) and 30 illegal

LAHORE - Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) services continued on Wednesday on the roads outside all government hospitals as half of the deadline given by the young doctors to the Punjab Health government surpassed. OPD services continued for the third day as the young doctors provided free medical advice to the public while sitting outside their respective government hospitals.
The tug of war between doctors and health department officials is at its climax as the young doctors

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) urges the federal government to hold a free and independent judicial inquiry into the Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa operations, APML Vice-President Major General (r) Rashid Qureshi said on Saturday. He was speaking at a press conference at the Lahore Press Club. The former presidential spokesman said that former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf's government did not harm civilians and took every decision in the national interest.