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| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | President General Pervez Musharraf vowed to take the country forward towards the final phase of its {mosimage} transition to complete democracy and warned those trying to create obstacles in the process.
"Unfortunately, some people are trying to create obstacles in this transition," President Musharraf said while inaugurating the 154 kilometre six-lane M-1 Motorway linking Islamabad with Peshawar.
The president said only a few months were left in completion of the third phase in transition towards democracy. "We will not let anyone create any obstacle in transition towards democracy," the president said.
He mentioned that in the first phase from 1999 to 2002, he was managing the affairs of the state while in the second five-year phase from 2002-2007, the parliament was fully functional and his role was confined to giving advice to the government.
President Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan was progressing rapidly in all areas of health, education and communications. He cited the example of national revenues that had swelled from Rs306 billion during 1988-99 to around a trillion, while the PSDP also grew from Rs80 billion to Rs520 billion during the same period.
He said with more projects in the pipeline, there were increased employment opportunities and lesser poverty. The president acknowledged that the increase in prices of everyday items was a heavy burden on the common man adding more effort was needed to check it. Pervez Musharraf termed the M-I project an important link in the northsouth corridor that was also creating a linkage between different provinces.
He recalled that the M-I was conceived in early '90s but due to lack of resources and sincerity the process was delayed. The government, he said, has a comprehensive plan to expand the country's road network and mentioned various new roads that were being planned or were under execution.
The president mentioned the 950 km long Gwadar to Iran road that will link up the Indus Highway, the RCD Highway, linkages to Afghanistan, China, Iran and Central Asia. He said road links between Chitral-Gilgit, Kaghan-Gilgit and Gilgit-Skardu were planned to increase trade and tourist traffic, besides improving communication between various regions.
Musharraf also directed enhancing the pace of work on the Chach and Col Sher Khan (Nishan-e-Haider) interchanges. He said there was also a need to initiate work on the Rawalpindi Bypass from Tarnol to Rawat to ease load of heavy traffic from the city.
He also agreed with the demand for initiating dualisation work on the Hassanabdal-Mansehra road and said it needs to be extended up to the Karakoram Highway for which there are also plans for expansion. The president earlier unveiled the plaque of the M-I section of the motorway near Swabi along the river Indus, bordering Punjab and NWFP. |
| Terrorists to be dealt with by force: Musharraf | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 31 October 2007 | | ISLAMABAD: President General Pervez Musharraf has warned that if terrorists and extremists do not understand the language of dialogue, they will be dealt with by use of force. He said at the inauguration of the Islamabad-Peshawar motorway that if terrorism was not stamped out, it would put national integrity into jeopardy. He said the government was trying to initiate dialogues to resolve the situation in Swat. The president said that those opposed to development in the country were behind the Rawalpindi attacks. |
| First death anniversary of Journalist Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |  Brutally murdered veteran journalist malik ismail’s first death anniversary on 01 November, held in “daurdad” (attock). Family members appeal for justice.
Malik Mohammad Ismail Khan, brutally murdered veteran journalist’s first death anniversary will be observed at his native village Daurdad, (Sanjwal-Bahter Road) Tehsil and District Attock, on Thursday 01 November 2007.
Recitation of the Holy Quran and Fateh prayer will be held for the departed soul of Shaheed Mohammad Ismail Khan. |
| Accused gets life term for rape, murder | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 29 October 2007 | FATEHJANG: Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Sakhi Mohammad Kahot on Saturday awarded life imprisonment to Mohammad Wajahat, a resident of Fatehjang, for raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl. Two other accused in the case, Usman and Mohammad Nadeem alias Mawia were released. According to the case, Sadia Bibi, a class five student, was reportedly raped and burnt to death by the accused, who were brothers. The case was registered in this regard at Fatehjang Police Station under the sections 302, 365-A and 7ATA on September 27, 2006. The police recovered the girl’s body near the office of the Tehsil Municipal Corporation (TMC), Fatehjang, on the information of Mohammad Ramzan, a TMC watchman. |
| Girl rape, murder case ATC judgement on 27th | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 25 October 2007 | The case was registered under Sections 302, 365A and 7ATA against three persons including Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Wajahat and Muhammad Nadeem on September 27 last with Fatehjang Police Station. The accused are real brothers and have confessed their crime before the court.
Muhammad Ramzan, a watchman of Fatehjang Municipal Committee, informed the Fatehjang Police Station that a dead body was lying nearby his office. The police reached the spot and took the body in their custody. Later on the body was identified as of Sadia Bibi, 10-year-old, and student of 5th class in Government School Fatehjang. The body was unrecognisable due to burning of her face.
The parents of the girl, mother Razia Bibi and father Amanat Khan, was very upset that their daughter did not reach home even after hours of school time. |
| M1 to be opened for all kinds of traffic soon | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 24 October 2007 | ATTOCK: President General Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway Project M-1 for all kinds of traffic very soon, said M-1 General Manager Chaudhery Mujeeb Qadir while talking to reporters.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) has completed the project with the cost of Rs 15 billion, he said, adding that the construction work on the 154 km long road started in 2002 and first phase of Islamabad-Burhan was opened for all kinds of traffic in 2005. Qadir said the 154 km long road has 27 small bridges, three big bridges on Kabul, Indus and Harro rivers.
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| Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem and brother laid to rest with full military honors | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 22 October 2007 | | ATTOCK: The Rear Admiral of Pakistan Navy, Tahir Waseem and his brother Maj. (Retd) Amjad Saeed was laid to rest on Monday in the local Attock graveyard with full military honors. The funeral ceremony was attended by thousand of mournful citizens and all the high-ranking officers of three services chiefs. Prominent among the mourners included, acting chief of Naval staff Vice Admiral Asif Humayun, DG, IPD, Lt. Gen Kidwai, DG Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra, Air Vice Marshall Javed Chaudhry, former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Yastoor-Ul-Haq Malik, DG, AYC, Fareed Iqbal Malik, Vice Admiral Saleem Miani, and others. |
| Soomro condoles over the death of Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 22 October 2007 | ISLAMABAD: The Chairman Senate . Mohammadmian Soomro and Acting Chairman, Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali have expressed their deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem, Director General (MTC). Tahir Waseem was killed in a road accident near Attock on Sunday. They described him as an able and devoted officer, who had served the country with full commitment. In a condolence message, the Chairman Senate and Acting Chairman have sympathized with the family of the deceased and prayed that Allah Almighty might rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage and fortitude to the members of the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with equanimity. |
| PPP workers asked to turn grief into strength | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 22 October 2007 |  ATTOCK: Pakistan Peoples Party central leader Malik Hakmeen Khan on Sunday asked the party workers and activists to turn their grief into determination to defeat undemocratic and fascist elements.
This he said while talking to local journalists here after his return from Karachi.
He further said that undemocratic forces wanted to frighten political parties, particularly the PPP, fighting for a liberal and progressive Pakistan. |
| Owners of big hotels have increased Rs. 3 in the rate of tea | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 22 October 2007 | | ATTOCK: With the collusion of the Administration, the owners of big hotels have increased Rs. 3 in the rate of tea immediately after Eid causing sense of concern among poor people . Protesting over the situation, the citizens said that after Rs. 3 increase; the tea is being sold as Rs. 10 which is injustice to them. The public and social circles of the city have demanded the authorities concerned to take notice over increasing rate of tea and take action against the hotel owners involved in the proffering. Meanwhile, DC Attock has said that strict action would be taken against profiteers and hoarders, adding that the selling of tea as Rs. 10 is not fair and the administration would take notice of the matter |
| Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem dies in road accident | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 22 October 2007 | ATTOCK: Metallurgical Training Centre (MTC) Director General Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem died here on Sunday in a road accident.
He and his family were on their way back home after attending the wedding ceremony of his niece.
Their vehicle turned turtle some nine kilometres from Attock after one of its tyres burst near Ghazi Brotha water stream. The injured were rushed to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) at Attock where Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem succumbed to his injuries.
His son, Asfar Hussain, was shifted to Rawalpindi CMH in critical condition. The funeral prayers of Rear Admiral Tahir Waseem would be offered at Eidgah, Attock at 2.30pm on Monday. |
| 3 killed in different incidents | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 19 October 2007 | Hassanabdal: Three persons were killed and a dozen others injured in different incidents here on Thursday.
A passenger van driver died here in a road accident in the jurisdiction of Hassanabdal Police Station.
Police sources said that Amjad was driving his passenger van (MR 4403) on Hazara road when a car (IDK 3561) coming from opposite side collided head on with the van killing the van driver on the spot.
The car driver managed to escape from the scene. Hassanabdal Police registered a case against the driver and started investigations A vehicle crushed a wage earner to death. In another incident, a person died after taking liquor whereas one of his accomplices is reported to be in critical condition.
At least eleven persons were injured when a Toyota Hiace overturned. |
| Railway Station to be built near planned new Islamabad Airport: Rashid | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 16 October 2007 | FATEHJANG: Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Wednesday that a Railway Station would be built near the planned new Islamabad Airport at Fateh Jang to facilitate passengers.
He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of another new train Nishtar Express named after a renowned leader of Pakistan Movement Sardar Adur Rab Nishtar. The train will run between Rawalpindi and Karachi. |
| LPG price rises in Fateh Jang | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 16 October 2007 | | FATEH JANG: With the onset of winter season, the shopkeepers have started charging the consumers of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) with high prices. The 11.8 kilogram gas cylinder is available at Rs. 530 in bazaars that are used for filling of small gas cylinders with Rs. 60 and Rs. 65 respectively. The authorities' concerned have kept mum over the profiteering. The consumers have demanded of the district coordination officer Attock and district Nazim Attock for taking immediate action against the profiteers. |
| 5 motorcyclists die in accident | | | |
| Written by admin | | Tuesday, 16 October 2007 | FETAHJANG: Five young motorcyclists died in a head on collision with a traileron at Pindighep Fetahjang road near Gali Jageer. According to Sub inspector traffic police Attock Pervaiz Khan five motorcyclists traveling on two motorcycles IDC 6237 and an unregistered motorcycle were going to Pindighep collided head on with a trailer no. LSA 875 coming from opposite direction on Pindighep Fetahjang road near Gali Jageer 70 Km away from Attock. The motorcyclists who died include Tanveer Ahmed, Mohsin Abbas Tahir Mehmood resident of Pindighep, Khurrum Shazad resident of Talagang and identity of the fifith could not be known . Sub inspector Pervaiz Khan further told that the tragic accident occurred due to over taking of the trailer driver. |
| Rs 160 million provided for schemes in Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 15 October 2007 | ATTOCK Punjab government has provided Rs 160 million for the development of PP-15 Attock city and various schemes in final stages of completion. The MPA, Syed Ijaz Hussain Bokhari informed APP on Friday. He said that the Chief Minister Punjab, Chawdhry Pervaiz EIlahi is taking personal interest in the development of Attock allocated sufficient funds for various development projects including health, education, and communication and electricity projects.
Bokhari further said that the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has allocated Rs 30 million for the provision of sui gas to 15 additional abadis of PP-15 Attock. Punjab government would provide an surplus fund of Rs 20 million for constructing nullahs in his constituency for a proper drainage system. To a question, he replied that all local members are united under the leadership of Zila Nazim Major Tahir Sadiq (R) to undertake development work. |
| 18 development schemes completed in Pindigheb | | | |
| Written by admin | | Sunday, 14 October 2007 | PINDIGHEB As many as 18 development schemes have been completed with the cost of Rs 41.884 under "Tameer-e-Punjab programme in different areas of Tehsil Pindigheb while work on five electrification schemes is near completion. A source of IESCO told APP here on Thursday.
The electrification schemes had been completed including Dhoke Dabola, Dhoke Akbar, Dhoke Taween, Dhoke Bhutral, Dhoke Dab, Mohala Ghulab Khan, Mohala Abbas Colony, Sehal Dhok Lahm, Dhok Ghani, Dhoke Inayat, Thati Noor Ahmed, Gharibwal, Dhoke Nari, Dhok Shom, Dhoke Awan, Parri and Dhok Sarwaya, whereas electrification to five locations including Dandi, Dhok Hayatabad, Dhok Chakrial, Dhok Nara and Dhok Awan is at final stage of completion. With the electrification of these areas, a longstanding demand of the people has been met. |
| Attock road mishap claims 7 lives | | | |
| Written by admin | | Sunday, 14 October 2007 | ATTOCK: Atleast seven people died while three were seriously injured in a terrible road accident near GT Road Gondal on Friday morning. The accident occurred some 20 kilometres away from Attock at GT Road near Gondal Mandhi when a fast moving vehicle number LV 455 collided with an Alto number LWQ-1508 going towards Lahore. The accident claimed seven lives including Sabir, Saeed, Sarwar, Najeeb Ullah, Muhammad din, Saad Ghulam and others whose names could not be identified till the filing of the report. |
| Two drug sellers arrested | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 11 October 2007 |  ATTOCK (PPI): In an operation against anti social elements the Attock police has arrested two drug sellers involved in selling drug on open public places. As per details police personals arrested two drug sellers red handed during checking here on Peshawar, Attock road. Heavy quantity of drug including 7kg Charas was also recovered from the arrested persons. The police arrested another person named Sannar Khan and recovered 1500 gram Charas from his possession and registered cases against them. |
| Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-1) will be opened by the end of October | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 10 October 2007 |  HAZRO: Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (M-1) will be opened for all types of traffic by the end of October, Member Motorways National Highway Authority (NHA) Altaf Chaudhry informed APP here on Wednesday. He said “the contractors have almost completed work on remaining three sections
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| Muslim Ummah urged to create soft image of Islam among European countries | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 08 October 2007 | | ATTOCK: Speaker National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain has urged Muslim Ummah to create soft image of Islam to remove misunderstanding about it among the European countries. Islam is a religion of peace, tolerance, harmony, brotherhood and abhors every type of terrorism, he said this while addressing the ceremony at annual Urs of Pir Anwar Shah, Manser Camp, District Attock on Monday. Ulema have played a major role to promote Islam in sub-continent and their mission was love, companionship and International Peace which entered million of people in circle of Islam, Amir pointed out. |
| Prompt phone connections drive for rural areas | | | |
| Written by admin | | Monday, 08 October 2007 | ATTOCK: The spokesman of the office of general manager access network (operation) Islamabad said the campaign of prompt phone connections to the customers of Rawalpindi and its adjacent cities had been started from first week of October till last week of October.
The phone connections are being provided to the applicants at the camp offices established in Taxila, Attock, Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi and Murree areas, said a press release issued here Sunday.
The cities senior engineers are supervising the camp offices setup for the purpose where the PTCL staff is available to install the phones on submission of applications within 24 hours.
This campaign is possible due to expansion of PTCL network in these particular cities. The areas of Taxila, Attock Gujar Khan, Rawalpindi and Murree in this respect are included Hassanabdal, Lal Rukh, Burhan, Balhot, Basal, Jand, Hazro, Shadi Khan, Pindi Gheb, Maria Sharif, Fateh Jhang, Nara, Mandra, Rawat, Kallar Syadan and main Murree respectively.
The aim of launching the campaign of providing phones connections to the people of rural far-flung areas of Rawalpindi division at priority basis in order to improve teledensity in the country as well as the PTCL telecom staff of the art technology facilities to everyone and everywhere.
The application forms are available in these camp offices where valued customers of concerned areas can avail phone connections on the basis of the first come first again. They can also lodge their phone complaints for earliest rectification by operational staff. PTCL always tries its level best to serve the valued customers. |
| Rs 1.7bn alleged fraud in the name of Musharraf | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 05 October 2007 |  The Defence Ministry is probing an alleged fraud of Rs 1.72 billion in the new Islamabad Airport project, committed in the name of President General Pervez Musharraf and the institution of Pakistan Army.
According to unconfirmed reports, the Defence Ministry contacted President Musharraf, who asked the ministry to initiate a probe. The alleged fraud, which has not yet been investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), allegedly involves commissions and kickbacks in the purchase of land for the new Islamabad airport being constructed near Fatehjang by the CAA. |
| Mastermind of kidnappers’ gang nabbed in shootout | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 05 October 2007 | HASANABDAL: An SHO and an elite force official received bullet injuries in a shootout with proclaimed offenders, wanted in kidnapping for ransom cases, in the early hours of Thursday.
The shootout took place near the Lunda Mera village, in the jurisdiction of the Hassanabdal police station.
Talking to newsmen here, the district police officer, Tariq Haneef, said the police arrested one member of an inter- provincial gang of kidnappers, Badar Muneer, a resident of Mardan, for his alleged involvement in a kidnapping for ransom case of a young boy, Adnan, a resident of the Kot Najeeb Ullah district Haripur.
During preliminary interrogation, the accused disclosed that other members of his gang, including Nazakat and his brother, Inyat, had abducted the boy and taken him to Sakha Kot, in the Mardan district.
He further said that “a deal” with the family of the abducted boy was underway. He told the interrogators that the gang members were hiding in their house in the Lunda Mera village, Hazara Road, near Hassanabdal.
On this information, a police party, headed by Attock Saddar SHO, Inspector Syed Shoukat Shah, along with a battery of the elite force, raided the hideout, which is in the jurisdiction of the Hassanabdal police station, around 3.00am on Thursday.
On seeing the police party, the outlaws opened indiscriminate fire on them. As result, Inspector Syed Shoukat Shah and a head- constable of the elite force, Azam, received bullet injuries.
Nevertheless, the police succeeded in arresting the alleged mastermind of the gang, Nazakat. But the other four gang members, identified as Salman Khan, Walayat Khan, Zahir Khan and Zahid Khan, managed to escape by breaking the police cordon during the heavy exchange fire between the two parties.
The injured officers were brought to the POF Hospital, Wah Cantonment, for treatment and their condition was said to be stable. Two bullets were removed from Shah’s body and one from Azam’s, the head-constable. The DDO, Haneef Joya, also visited the hospital later in the day to inquire about their health.
The DPO informed that these outlaws were members of a gang of kidnappers who had abducted a number of persons for ransom from various cities. He said the gang was involved in two such cases in Wah Cantonment, two in Hassanabdal, one in Taxila and one in the Haripur area.
A case under the Anti-Terrorism Act has been registered against the accused at the Hassanabdal police station for attaching the police party and two police parties —one headed by DSP Saddar circle and the other by DSP Hassanabdal circle— have been constituted to capture the rest of the absconders. |
| Joint committee to be formed to curb corruption | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 04 October 2007 | ATTOCK: Special Police Deputy Inspector General Amroz Nasir Khan Durrani on Wednesday ordered the Attock district police officer to constitute a joint police and public committee to curb corruption and fear of police personnel among people.
He said the committee members should be respected members of the society, adding that the committee would have to be authorised to monitor police officials and to ensure that they were not harming the general public.
He said the committee’s function would be to investigate issues and conduct departmental enquiries if any police officer was found guilty of corruption or any other crime. |
| Musharraf's re-election a good omen: minorities | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 04 October 2007 | WAH CANTT: Minorities of Pakistan have termed the re-election of President General Pervez Musharraf as ‘good omen’ for the country, since they believe that it would lead the country to full fledge democracy.
They said the completion of tenure of assemblies for the first time in country’s history was an unprecedented political development, which would strengthen democratic institutions in Pakistan.
Minorities, including Sikhs, Christians and Hindus living in the small town of Hassanabdal, around 50 kilometres from Islamabad, are not oblivious of important developments taking place in politics of the country.
Sardar Deep Singh, a medical technician by profession, termed the re-election of President General Musharraf as good and positive for the people, especially for minorities. Singh said the steps taken by General Pervez Musharraf for the socio-economic uplift of the minorities, especially for the Sikh community, would be written in gold in the history of the country. He said that allowing Sikh youth to join Pakistan Armed Forces and Police had won the hearts of the Sikh community, which would wholeheartedly support Musharraf’s re-election for next five years.
Sardar Gopi Singh said that Musharraf had allocated over 10 million rupees for the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of religious places of Sikhs, especially temples, during the previous fiscal year. The Sikh community supports General Pervez Musharraf, he added.
Soubah Ram, a Hindu rickshaw driver, said that his community was keenly monitoring the developments in the political scenario of the country. The policies of General Pervez Musharraf are source of strength for the democratic institutions of the country, he said, adding that President Pervez Musharraf’s ideology of enlightened moderation discouraged extremism. Karam Lal, another Hindu, who shifted his residence from Mansehra after the 2005 earthquake, said that minorities living in Pakistan generally and in Hassanabdal particularly supported the policies of General Pervez Musharraf.
A Christian Asif Masih said, “My community living in the town is fully aware of the political developments in the country, thanks to the electronic and
print media, which has been given freedom by the Musharraf government.”
He said the Christian community supported General Pervez Musharraf for his consistent policies that brought economic stability and socio-economic uplift of the masses. |
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