| Rs 100.5m to be spent to make Hazro model village |  |  |  |
| Written by | | Monday, 30 July 2007 |  Tehsil Nazim Hazro, Raza Khan has said that village Behbodi of tehsil Hazro will be made ‘Model Village’ at the cost of Rs. 100.54 million and it will be one of the 18 villages of Punjab to be converted into model villages.
Giving details of projects being carried out under the programme, he said that Rs. 20.3 million would be spent on construction of Government Girls High School, Rs. 10.85 million on Basic Health Unit, Rs. 20.54 million has been allocated for Government Boys High School, Rs. 2.6 million to be spent on Vetnary Hospital.
The Nazim said that Rs. 10.78 million have been allocated for pavement of streets, Rs. 5.7 million would be provided for provision of street lights, Rs. 10.4 million for pavement of two ‘Nalas’ Rs. 9.5 million have been allocated for construction of boundary wall of Janaza Gah while graveyard would be built in Behbodi village.
Khan said besides this Chief Minister Punjab Ch. Pervaiz Ellahi has approved Rs. 80 million for development project. He said Punjab Municipal Development Corporation (PMDC) has approved Rs. 50 million for Hazro urban area and Rs. 30 million for the sewerage of Ghurgusti village.
Tehsil Nazim Hazro said his priority was rehabilitation of roads and ensuring sewerage system in different area of Hazro tehsil. He said that record development projects had been completed during the last five years in Hazro tehsil. |
| Govt given 7 days to hand over body | | | |
| Written by | | Sunday, 29 July 2007 | ATTOCK: The interior ministry has sought seven days from the Supreme Court to hand over the body of a seminary student hailing from Shakardra village of Attock, who was killed in the Lal Masjid operation, to his parents.
 According to Hafiz Syed Sanaullah Shah, the uncle of Shahid Usman; the interior ministry spokesman informed the two-member bench comprising Justice Nawaz Abbasi and Justice Abdul Hameed Doggar on Thursday that DNA test of Shahid Usman’s parents was in progress which would take about one week.
Only after receiving the DNA test report and completion of other verifications, the authority would be in a position to hand over the body to the parents, he argued.
The bench granted seven days’ time to the ministry and directed them to expedite the process. The hearing was adjourned till Thursday.
Meanwhile, Safiullah, the 18-year-old injured brother of Shahid Usman, was shifted to Adiala Jail by the Islamabad police on Saturday after completion of his physical remand, Mr Shah added.
It may be noted that the body of another Lal Masjid student, Mohammad Aksar from the Shakardra village, has also not been handed over to his family.
The parents of Shahid Usman and Mohammad Ashraf had identified their sons after their photographs were published in national dailies as foreign militants. |
| Pak archaeologists discover over one million years old human footprints | | | |
| Written by | | Sunday, 29 July 2007 | ATTOCK: Pakistani archaeologists have found two over one million years old human footprints preserved on sandstone in the Margalla Hills, which surround the capital. World-renowned archaeologist and historian Dr Ahmad Hassan Dani of the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations, Quaid-i-Azam University, made the discovery.
A footprint of one foot is in complete and well-preserved form, while another is broken from the finger side, which is also of the same size in comparative manner, the Dawn reports.
The notable marks of the feet are the clear veins and opposite folded appearance, the report adds.
According to Dr. Azad, further research of the footmarks using anthropological and geophysical methods, might give more clues.
The recent discovery is the continuity of the Indusian Research Cell's earlier research about human evolution, which previously revealed a fossilised upper jaw from the site of Dhudhumber, foot, and handprints from Attock and Palaeolithic cave from the Margalla Hills.
Pakistan is said to have abundant fossilised evidences of Pre-Cambrian to Holocene epochs, the earliest evidences of the anthropoid existence, the earliest cultural centre at Mehargarh (contemporary of Jericho and Jarmo) and most advanced civilisation of the world (Indus Valley).
According to Dr. Azad the formation of the Margalla Hills goes back to the Miocene epoch. The dominant limestone of the Margalla is also mixed with the sand stone. |
| TMA fails to remove garbage from city | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 27 July 2007 | | FATEH JANG: The Tehsil Municipal Administration, Fateh Jang has failed to keep the city clean and dispose of heaps of garbage causing traffic problems and diseases. This was stated by UC Nazim Fateh Jang (West) Haji Manzoor Hussain here. He said that the filth depots were jam-packed and the garbage was spreading on the city roads. He said that the sanitation staff lifted the garbage once a month. He said the heaps of garbage were the sanctuaries of mosquitoes. He feared outbreak of dengue fever if the dumps of garbage were not removed. Veterinary hospital needs attention: The veterinary hospital in Tehsil Fateh Jang is in a shabby condition inviting the attention of the authorities concerned. Most of the shades and rooms constructed for animals have broken and caved in and external walls have fallen at several points. It has been learnt that the breeding animals in the hospital are missing since long and the staff is oblivious to it. The farmers said that they had so far taken no benefit of the hospital. They said that medicines available in the hospital were used by the doctors in their private clinics. They demanded of the authorities concerned to pay heed to their request, reconstruct and renovate the hospital for the welfare of the tehsil. |
| Sale of unhygienic meat on rise | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 27 July 2007 | FATEH JANG: Sale of substandard meat is on a rise in Fateh Jang and surrounding areas. According to details, Butchers are playing havoc with lives of masses as they are selling stale
meat thus playing with both lives and pockets of poor masses. Despite strict warning by Tehsil Nazim, Butchers are selling unhygienic meat on higher prices and fooling masses. Public circles have urged high ups to take notice of the scenario as, firstly they (butchers) are selling stale meat (beef) and secondly on prices of their own choice thus violating authorised price list given to them. |
| Steps taken to check unemployment | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 27 July 2007 | | JAND: The present government is taking concrete steps to check unemployment and make the youth skilled. This was stated by Manager Technical Training centre Jand Syed Ejaz Haider while talking to APP here at his office on Monday. He said that for the purpose, short term courses had been launched. The students are being provided with all facilities free of cost and are also given Rs. 500/- as stipend. He said that during the last three months 36 students had completed electrical and motor-winding courses and their result remained 100 %. He said that under the second phase of short courses, from January, electrical, welding and motor-winding courses would be started for which admissions are under progress. He said that efforts were being made to provide the students on job training. Syed Ejaz Haider said that with the collaboration of an NGO, a Deeni Madrassa technical training centre would be established at Makhad, where made and female students would be provided facility to undergo, electrical, welding, tailoring knitting, poultry farming and embroidery. |
| Shopkeepers shrug off price list | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 27 July 2007 |  FATEH JANG: The shopkeepers of Fateh Jang district have shrugged off the price list of the price control committee and sell commodities on high prices negating the directives of the district government. The price control committee provides price list to the shopkeepers on daily basis and the district coordination officer (DCO) also pay weekly visit to the bazaar imposing fine on the profiteers. But soon the shopkeepers raise the prices. The price control committee has failed to check profiteering and implement the directives of the district government. That is why brawls between customers and shopkeepers have become a matter of the day. The people have demanded of the district Nazim Maj Tahir Sadiq to take stern action against the profiteers and ensure provision of edibles on the prices fixed by the government. |
| Suspension of tar coal supply slows pace of road projects | | | |
| Written by | | Wednesday, 25 July 2007 | ISLAMABAD: The pace of ongoing development projects in the capital is being badly affected due to stoppage of the supply of tar coal. If the supply is not restored, then all the projects related to construction of the roads would be suspended.
CDA sources said that the only source of provision of tar coal is the Attock Oil Refinery, which provides 40 tonnes of tar coal daily out of which 20 tonnes was used by the MPO Directorate while 20 tonnes was distributed among construction firms busy in the construction of roads. It may be recalled that the Refinery had stopped the supply of tar coal from last Thursday. Sources said the CDA did not cooperate with the oil refinery in setting up petrol pumps due to which the refinery stopped the supply of tar coal. online |
| Research-oriented edu must for quality education: Senator | | | |
| Written by | | Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |  HAZRO: Senator Sardar Mehmood Khan has said that research-oriented and knowledge based education is imperative for the promotion of quality education in the country. This was stated by him while speaking at an annual prize distribution ceremony of Welkin Grammar School. He said that we could not achieve the goals of progress and development unless we get expertise and skill in the fields of Science and Technology saying therefore a special focus was being given on this important field. Senator Sardar Mehmood said the promotion of modern education at mass level was the government's top priority, as it was not only the need of hour but also necessary to meet the future challenges adding that the students are our future, it is our responsibility to provide modern education facilities to them. He commended the efforts and policies of President General Pervez Musharraf for the promotion of education in the country. |
| Political bigwigs lobby for tickets for their children | | | |
| Written by | | Monday, 23 July 2007 |  ATTOCK: As the general elections are approaching, political families in Punjab are flexing their muscles to get tickets for their sons, daughters and nephews.
The graduation requirement in the 2002 polls barred many seasoned politicians from contesting the polls. As a result, political families had to change their strategy and brought in their young talent.
Party tickets will be awarded in the next few days and the country is likely to see many young politicians in the assemblies.
Federal State Minister Malik Ameen Aslam will get the ruling party ticket. Malik Shayan Hakimeen is looking for a PPP ticket for the provincial assembly. Khawaja Kamaluddin, another PPP leader, is trying to get a party ticket for his son Khawaja Sheraz Kamal. |
| Security beefed up in Attock | | | |
| Written by | | Sunday, 22 July 2007 |  ATTOCK: All security measures were being taken to maintain law and order in the district to avoid any untoward incident following the bomb attacks on security forces. The religious scholars of all school of thoughts should play their role in maintaining peace and tranquility in the area, said DPO Attock Inayatullah Farooque while chairing a meeting of the Ulema Board and other religious scholars held at TMA Hall Hassanabdal. The meeting was also attended by SDPOs, Maulvi Sher Zaman, Syed Pir Muhammad Shah and other scholars of the Ulema Board. The DPO said that although efforts were being made by the Police to avert any mishap in the area but it is also the responsibility of the religious scholars to play their role to maintain religious harmony in the area. |
| Sulemanabad Railway Station Problems | | | |
| Written by admin | | Sunday, 22 July 2007 | | ATTOCK: Residents of Sulemanabad and its adjoining areas have urged from railways authorities to ensure provision of basic facilities at Sulemanabad Railway Station established in 1969, which is about 50 km away from Jand and 30 km away from Attock. The residents of the area told this reporter that this railway station was established in 1969 on their demands. As per the railway authorities requriments the residents of the area built a room(ticket office) on self help basis. As 39 years have elapsed this room is now not worth using. They told that the station had been generating a considerable revenue for Railways. They said that since its establishment only one employee of Railway Department had been running the Railway Station and performing his duties round the clock. They added that the station at present was generating more than Rs 50 thousand income for Pakistan Railways on monthly basis but since its establishment (39 years) Railways Authorities did not bother to build a proper ticketing office, waiting room and could not ensure provision of drinking water and electricity. The residents further said that because of non availability of basic facilities they have to face a lot of difficulties during extreme summer and winter. They demanded from Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and Divisional Superintendent Railways (Peshawar Division) to ensure basic facilities at Sulemanabad Railway Station. APP tried contact Divisional Superintendent Railways but he was not available for comments. |
| FBISE result from whole district Attock | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 | ATTOCK: In Attock District in Federal Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education(FBISE)  Secondary level Examination 1st & 2nd position were bagged by girls where as 3rd position were went to a boy. From Attock District 851 students which included girls and boys, of 17 different institutes appeared in the secondary examination. Out of these students 650 were declared successful where as 206 could not qualify, thus the result remained 76.38%. The position holders include Amara Yasmin Roll No 734988 of MRF College Kamra who secured 773 marks and stood first in the district, Farhat-ul-Ain Roll No 734941 of F.G. Girls School Sanjwal secured 767 marks and stood second, where as Rana Ahsan Javed Roll No 712137 of Fauji Foundation Model School Attock secured 759 marks and stood third in the district. Results of the four schools which included Army Public School Attock, Fauji Foundation Model School Attock, FG Girls School Sanjwal and Wapda School Barotha remained 100%, where no students was failed. |
| Local bodies system has empowered people: Shaukat Aziz | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 |  ATTOCK: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday said the local bodies system has empowered the people at the grassroots level, thus adding confidence to generate development activities as per their needs. He was talking to District Nazim Attock, Maj ® Tahir Sadiq, who called on him here at the Prime Minister House this afternoon. The Prime Minister said that the local bodies system has been designed to facilitate the solution of people’s problems and providing them basic facilities and necessities of life at their doorstep.
Nazim Attock updated the Prime Minister about several development projects relating to the provision of electricity, water, gas, education, health facilities and construction of roads, which he added has brought about a qualitative improvement in the lives of common people in the district. Maj ® Tahir Sadiq said that Attock is an agricultural area and the district government has taken several initiatives including the development of livestock to increase the income of the farming community. |
| Pakistan Railways has launched ETS | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 |  ATTOCK: Pakistan Railways has launched "Electronic Ticketing Service"(ETS) at Attock Railway Station and now people would be able to get tickets for any Railway Station and return tickets. This was stated by Sher Muhammad spokesman of Pak Railway at Attock Railway Station while talking to The Nation. He said that by launching ETS people would be able to get railway tickets from Attock Railway Station to any other railway station at any time and may reserve their seats also. He said that ETS was available for all the trains running throughout the country. He said that by introducing ETS people would be able to save their precious time and money as they had not to travel to any other city for getting railway tickets. |
| PPP announces partial list of ticket-holders | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 | HAZRO: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has nearly finalised its list of MNAs and MPAs from Punjab who will be interviewed by the party’s parliamentary board, headed by Benazir Bhutto, throughout the next week in London. In Attock, Sardar Saleem Haider and Sheikh Ahsan were finalised for MNAs. |
| Tehreek Chief hails restoration of Chief Justice | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 |  JAND: President Pakistan Tehreek-e-Istiqlal (TIP) Rehmat Khan Wardag said the short order by the Supreme Court restoring the Chief Justice is the supremacy of law and constitution of the country. Talking to APP here Saturday he said the credit goes to the government that it provided opportunities for stability of democratic institutions and freedom of media which find no example in the past.
Wardag said there was no such example available and this verdict would strengthen the belief of the people in judiciary. He said that President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz had honored the verdict which shows their honor and belief in supremacy of judiciary. The TIP Chief said that from the very first day it was the stance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-istiqlal that reference against the Chief Justice should not be taken back but verdict and opinion be given. He said and now it is the responsibility of the judiciary to play its role to take advantage of this impartial environment to the people. |
| Educators demand inrease in Salary | | | |
| Written by | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 | | ATTOCK: The Educators working on contract in different schools of Attock have demanded raise in their salaries and regularisation of their service. They demanded this in a meeting of the educators held in Attock. The meeting was attended by male and female educators of the district. They demanded that 15% raise in salaries and teaching allowances be paid to them and their services must be regularised. They demanded that govt to ensure basic rights of the teachers. |
| Thanks Giving Day in Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Saturday, 21 July 2007 | ATTOCK: By restoring Mr Chief Justice Itikhar Muhammad Chaudhary, Supreme Court has announced the freedom of Judiciary and now people are seeing a way of hope. This was stated by President DBA Rana Afsar Ali Khan which addressing bars members on "Thanks Giving Day". On the ocassion Advocate Sheikh Ahsan-ud-Din, Advocate Sheikh Waqar Azeem, Irfan-ullah Malik, General Secretary Bar Syed Tahir Bokhari, Advocate Shah Nawaz were also present. Rana Afsar Ali said that this movement was the Pakistan Movement, and would remain continue till the resination of President General Pervez Musharraf and return of army to barracks. The other advocates in their addresses said that the success of movement of the advocates was the symbol of the unity of the lawyers. They saidthat advocate had won the battle of the freedom of judiciary. By giving historic verdict Supreme Court has saved Pakistan from disintegration and they paid rich tributes to the judges of the Supreme Court. The members of the bar also paid rich tributes to media and specially journalists of Attock for giving coverage to the lawyers movement. |
| Action against land grabber demanded | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 20 July 2007 | | HASSAN ABDAL: The notables of Hassan Abdal have called for the strict action against the land mafia who have occupied on the land of graveyard and started illegal construction. The president of the Social Welfare Organization Asad Iqbal, Khateeb Markazi Jamia, Qari Abdul-ur-Rehman, President Anjuman-e-Tajaran, Chaudhry Jamshid Akhtar and other social figure Malik Amir expressed these views in a joint press conference here the other day. They blamed that the authorities of the revenue department are also involved with the land mafia and always expresses their ignorance over the records to support them. President of the Social Welfare Organization Asad Iqbal said that the illegal construction over the land of graveyard is still continuing and we have also filed case in the court in this regard. The court while taking immediate action on the petition has appointed a Commission. But, Naib Tehsildar, Amir Zaman and the Chief Collector of the Revenue department, Sarwar has prepared a survey report by sitting in the same office. It was said in the report that record avail is not sufficient. |
| Life threat to staff of primary school HAZRO | | | |
| Written by | | Friday, 20 July 2007 | | HAZRO: Unidentified miscreants have hurled life threat to the headmaster and other staff of government boys primary school Taja Baja. Headmaster of the school, Muhammad Arshad while filing FIR in police station Rango said that unidentified men through a letter had given him life threat and also warned damaging the school building. The English teachers association district Attock has lambasted the coward act and demanded immediate arrest of the accused. The teachers in a resolution have demanded of the district government to provide them security and arrest the miscreants creating unrest in the teachers community. They said in such situation, they would be unable to come to the school and continue teaching. |
| Video centres spreading vulgarity | | | |
| Written by | | Thursday, 19 July 2007 | | FATEH JANG: The video centers playing pornographic video clips in the city are spreading vulgarity among the students. It has been observed that video centers have turned into mini-cinema houses playing immoral movies day and night destroying the moral character of youth especially school going children. The students instead of going to their educational institutions enter the video centre and remain there for hours while their parents are oblivious of their activities. This practice is not only causing wastage of their precious time but also loss of their character. It is a matter of grave concern for the authorities concerned and Tehsil Nazim Fateh Jang. The authorities concerned may take in time action against the menace for the sake of the future of students. |
| Another foreigner turns out to be resident of Attock | | | |
| Written by | | Thursday, 19 July 2007 | ATTOCK: Another deceased, who had been declared foreign terrorist by the government after the Lal Majid operation, has been identified as a resident of Attock.
The authorities had released pictures of some deceased, saying they were foreign terrorists and were involved in firing at the law enforcers from Lal Masjid. One of them had been identified as Usman Shah of Attock a few days ago.
Mohammad Ashraf, a resident of Shakardarra, Attock, has identified another “foreigner” as his son, Mohammad Aksar. Mohammad Ashraf told reporters that he was proud of the martyrdom of his son who offered the supreme sacrifice for Islam. He criticised the government for terming those martyred in the Lal Masjid operation as terrorists.
“When I saw the picture of my son, he was wearing the same clothes that he had taken from home. His martyrdom has not saddened our family but the statement of the government did so,” Ashraf said. |
| It's not hard to find own blood | | | |
| Written by | | Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/07/070716_shahid_usman_father_zs.shtml  | | | میرے بیٹے کا تعلق کسی بھی شدت پسند تنظیم سے نہیں ہے |
لال مسجد آپریشن کے دوران ہلاک ہونے والے شاہد عثمان کے والد سید عثمان شاہ کا کہنا ہے کہ اُنہیں اپنے بیٹے کی ہلاکت سے زیادہ افسوس اس بات کا ہوا کہ اُن کے بیٹے کی تصویر اخبار میں یہ کہہ کر شائع کی گئی کہ وہ ایک غیر ملکی ہیں۔ حکومت کی جانب سے اخبارات میں لال مسجد کے آپریشن کے دوران ہلاک ہونے والے چند افراد کی تصاویر یہ کہہ کر شائع کی گئی تھیں کہ یہ مسجد میں موجود غیر ملکی شدت پسند ہیں۔انہی میں سے ایک تصویر کے بارے میں ضلع اٹک کے مضافاتی گاؤں شکردرہ کے سید عثمان شاہ کا کہنا ہے کہ ان کے بیٹے شاہد عثمان کی ہے۔ سید عثمان کا کہنا تھا کہ جب لوگوں نے اُنہیں یہ تصویر لا کر دکھائی تو اُنہوں نے اور اُن کی اہلیہ نے فورًا یہ تصویر پہچان لی۔ ان کا کہنا تھا ’اگرچہ اپنے خون کو پہچاننے میں دیر نہیں لگتی، لیکن شاہد عثمان جو کپڑے گھر سے پہن کر گیا تھا تصویر میں وہی کپڑے پہن رکھے تھے اور سر پر ٹوپی بھی وہی پہن رکھی تھی‘۔ لوگوں کی جانب سے پہنائے جانے والے پھولوں کے ہار پہنے لال مسجد آپریشن کے دوران ہلاک ہونے والے اپنے بیٹے شاہد عثمان کے لیے جہاں دعائے مغفرت کرتے نظر آتے ہیں وہیں اُن کے اپنے گاؤں اور اردگرد کے لوگ اُنہیں بیٹے کی’شہادت‘ پر مبارکباد بھی دیتے نظر آتے ہیں۔ |
| Govt. is not handing over dead body | | | |
| Written by | | Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2007/07/070717_cheema_foriegner_sen.shtml | | ’ہمیں اپنے بھائی کی شہادت پر فخر ہے کیونکہ یہ ایک اچھی موت ہے‘ |
لال مسجد آپریشن میں ہلاکت کے بعد حکومت کی جانب سے غیر ملکی قرار دیے جانے والے شاہد عثمان کی والدہ کا کہنا ہے کہ انہیں تاحال ان کے بیٹے کی لاش نہیں دی گئی اور نہ ہی ان کی لال مسجد آپریشن میں زخمی ہونے والے ان کے دوسرے بیٹے سے تفصیلی ملاقات کروائی گئی ہے۔ اٹک کے مضافاتی گاؤں شکردرہ سے تعلق رکھنے والی حنفیہ بی بی نے بی بی سی سے بات کرتے ہوئے بتایا کہ وہ وہ تین چار دن سے لاش کی تلاش میں اسلام میں واقع جناح سٹیڈیم کے مسلسل چکر لگا رہی ہیں لیکن اُنہیں اپنے بیٹے کی میت کے بارے میں کچھ پتہ نہیں چل رہا۔ ادھر وزارتِ داخلہ کے ترجمان بریگیڈئر جاوید اقبال چیمہ کا کہنا ہے کہ لال مسجد آپریشن میں ہلاک ہونے والے افراد میں سے دس کو ان کے خدوخال کی بناء پر غیر ملکی قرار دیا گیا تھا۔ بی بی سی سے بات کرتے ہوئے انہوں نے تسلیم کیا کہ حکومت کے پاس ان افراد کے بارے میں کوئی حتمی معلومات نہیں تھیں۔ بریگیڈئر چیمہ کا یہ بھی کہنا تھا کہ جن افراد کی تصاویر شائع کی گئی ہیں، اگر وہ پاکستانی ہیں تو ڈی این اے ٹیسٹ کے بعد ان کی لاشیں ورثاء کے حوالے کر دی جائیں گی۔ شاہد عثمان کی والدہ حنفیہ بی بی کا کہنا تھا کہ انہیں اسلام آباد کے ایک تھانے میں تصاویر اور فلم دکھائی گئی لیکن اُن کے بیٹے کی اُس میں کوئی تصویر نہیں تھی۔ حنیفہ بی بی نے بتایا کہ اُنہوں نے اور اُن کے شوہر نے مزید جانچ پڑتال کے لیے خون کے ٹیسٹ دیے ہیں جن کے بارے میں حُکام کا کہنا ہے تئیس جولائی کو رزلٹ آئے گا |
| Illegal Check posts infuriating Citizens | | | |
| Written by | | Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |  HASSAN ABDAL: Illegal check posts located at every nook and corner of Hasan Abdal City is infuriating masses since last many days and instead of giving relief is turning out to be a headache for them. It is learnt that check posts have been located at main points of the City limits for the safety of masses, however some of them are taking undue advantage of people’s innocence thus looting them, in the name of checking. Public circles have urged high ups to take serious notice of such officials who have made illegal check posts and annoying families in the name of checking in Hasan Abdal. |
| Written by | | Wednesday, 18 July 2007 | | PINDI GHEB: City Police Pindi Gheb arrested five gamblers including two bank officers and a General Councilor from Basit Market near old Sabzi Mandi other day. Reports said that Sub-inspector Hajji Muhammad Khan on the tip of constituted a team and raided on Basit Market yesterday night. During the operation police arrested Mushtaq Ahmad Khan s/o Fazal Khan, Manager Muslim Bank Civil Hospital Pindi Gheb, Ghulam Rabbani s/o Muhammad Bux Akhlas, Manager Muslim Bank and Noor Muhammad s/o Noor Khan, General Councilor and the two others Mira Sharif and Ashraf Khan s/o Nawab Khan red handed and recovered bet amount of Rs. 42970 and cell phones from their possession. Police have registered the case against them. |
| Loadshedding angers consumers | | | |
| Written by | | Tuesday, 17 July 2007 | | FATEH JANG: Despite strict directives of Prime Minister, WAPDA has failed to stop the practise of unannounced load shedding in Fateh Jang and surrounding areas since many days. According to details, inhabitants of Fateh Jang are facing immense difficulties coping with impromptu load shedding since last many days. They were of the view that who is responsible for it as WAPDA when contacted have lame excuses to satisfy them. On the other hand, WAPDA Complaint Cell Fateh Jang says that there was a fault in main transformer that is being repaired. Public circles especially shop keepers have shown their grave concern as business is on a slow side as people (shoppers) do not visit markets due to darkness as evening approaches while they are sitting idle and praying to God for restoration of Power Supply. |
| Unlicensed drivers: Life threat to people | | | |
| Written by | | Monday, 16 July 2007 | | HAZRO: The unauthorized and inexperience drivers of the public transport vehicles are posing great threat to the lives of people due to the negligence of Attock Police. The public circles of Attock city while demanding strict action against them said that most of drivers of these vehicles are not only unauthorized but also inexperience and underage that might cause major accident. They further said that several people have suffered injuries due to these inexperience and unlicensed drivers who usually make illegal turns. |
| High alert declared in Attock district | | | |
| Written by | | Monday, 16 July 2007 | ATTOCK: Security has been enhanced in the Attock district that is home to a large number of defence installations, it has been learnt.
Pakistan Army vehicles mounted with machines guns have intensified patrols around the premises of sensitive organisations like Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra, Pakistan Ordnance Factories in Sanjwal and the Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project.
Sandbag bunkers manned by heavily armed soldiers have also been established at all entry points leading to the PAC Kamra.
All SDPOs, SHOs and officials of other law-enforcement agencies have been directed to intensify patrolling in their respective jurisdictions.
The Attock police have also started collecting complete details of Afghan refugees, activists of religious organisations and other anti-social elements.
Meanwhile, security has been tightened for foreigners working on various projects including the Ghazi Barotha Hydro-power Project, PAC Kamra and in oil exploring companies in the Attock district. |
| Woman from ATTOCK identifies foreigner as son | | | |
| Written by | | Sunday, 15 July 2007 | A local woman has identified one of the “foreigners” as her son who was so labeled by the government following the assault on Lal-Masjid-Jamia-Hafsa Complex, according to a Geo News report aired on Sunday.
The mother of Shahid Usman, who was killed in the Operation Silence and later portrayed by the security agencies as a foreign militant, identified her son whose photograph was published in national dailies.
The family of Shahid belongs to Shakardarra and is at present settled in the Attock district. Safiullah, brother of Shahid Usman, also sustained bullet injuries during the operation and is under treatment at a hospital in the federal capital. |
| MMA President says locals were 'dubbed' foreigners in Lal Masjid | | | |
| Written by | | Sunday, 15 July 2007 | | Terming the Pakistani Government's claims of involvement of Islamic fighters from neighbouring countries in the Lal Masjid stand-off a "joke," the leader of opposition Jamat-e-Islami today alleged that locals were "dubbed" as foreigners. Addressing a condolence meeting in Rawalpindi today, Qazi Hussain Ahmed said the government claimed that a large number of foreigners were present in Lal Masjid, but none were found or detained during the operation. "It is joke that locals are being dubbed as foreigners," Hussain, who is also President of the Islamist alliance Muthahida Majlis Amal (MMA), said. Ahmed said one the student being shown as a foreigner belonged to Attock in Punjab, and accused the military government of conducting the operation only to please America. |
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