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| Written by admin | | Thursday, 28 February 2008 | ATTOCK: The Federal Food Committee (FFC) has sealed a flour mill in Attock for illegally transporting wheat flour.
FFC Chairman Lt-Gen (Retd) Farooq Ahmed Khan, without disclosing the name of the owner of the flour mill, said the mill was sealed and its quota suspended. The FFC also slapped a fine on the mill. Sharing another sad episode of the quality and standard of food items, the chairman said that there were no minimum standards with the Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA).
“We have asked them to provide a list of food items to be included in the mandatory list to ensure food quality in the market,” he added. The chairman said the monitoring and regulation of wheat flour movement at the borders would continue in order to stabilise its prices in affected areas.
Briefing mediamen about decisions of the committee, he said the prices of flour in three provinces were stable while the situation in some parts of the NWFP was not comfortable.
“Grain is touching the price of gold,” he said adding that the commodity price in the country is not competitive one among the regional countries, however, he said FFC had no input in the announcement of wheat procurement price.
He also anticipated low strategic reserves for the coming year because the government had revised its procurement target from 7 million tonnes to 5 million tonnes. Giving larger share to the private sector in wheat procurement would also lead to manipulation like they did this year, he added. About the edible oil, the chairman said: “We are discussing the matter with the stakeholders and working out strategy for harmonization of commodity prices rather linking it with the international one.” |
| Inter-Provincial Under-17 Football Championship: PSB unable to provide first-aid to players | | | |
| Written by admin | | Wednesday, 27 February 2008 | ATTOCK: The absence of medical facilities at the ongoing Inter Provincial Under-17 Football Championship, being played at the Punjab Stadium under the auspices of the Punjab Sports Board (PSB), is creating problems for the participating players.
According to details, Attock’s player Akhlaq was severely injured during a match against Lahore. Ironically, there were no first-aid facilities in the stadium. And after a delay of about half an hour, the injured player was taken to a hospital with the help of the ambulance provided by the Rescue 1122. It is pertinent to mention that the Punjab government has increased funds for the PSB recently but the utilisation of the grant is not visible for the betterment of the players. Sources close to the PSB have said that the Punjab Stadium is being used for private functions as well. “The stadium is constantly being used for the sports days organised by the local schools. Owing to this very reason, the training camps of the national football and hockey teams are badly affected,” sources said. |
| Attock NA-57,58,59: Polling held in smooth, peaceful manner | | | |
| Written by admin | | Sunday, 17 February 2008 | Attock: Polling on three constituencies of Attock NA-57, 58 and 59 were held in a smooth and peaceful manner.
No untoward act of violence, brawl or disruption was observed in these constituencies throughout the day.
Attock district consists of three national assembly seats and five provincial assembly seats including PP-15, PP-16, PP-17, and PP 18.
Police and Rangers were seen patrolling the polling stations and people were queuing to cast their votes.
Total number of registered voters on the three constituencies were, 275468, 31556 and 828054 respectively.
Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of PML-Q, Sardar Shahnawaz of PPP and Malik Sohail of PML N were in the run for NA-58.
The total voters’ turnout remained between 35-40 percent.
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| Police arrest Noorul Ains killers after 3 years | | | |
| Written by admin | | Saturday, 16 February 2008 | ATTOCK: Attock Police have traced two alleged killers of a woman and recovered her decomposed body from a rented house near Sir Syed Chowk, Tipu Road, District Police Officer (DPO), Attock, Tariq Joya told reporters here on Saturday.
Nooul Ain, 22, went missing in January 2004 while living with her husband, Amir Wasim. The missing woman’s parents had lodged a complaint with the New Town police. Police had constituted a team to recover the women, but failed to trace her.
Noorul Ain had been employed at an advertising company and she had also worked as anchorperson in Pakistan Television (PTV). She went missing after three years of marriage.
Noorul Ain’s father, Qamar Abbas, told Daily Times that police could not trace his daughter, leaving him with no option but to move the Supreme Court of Pakistan in February 2007 for his daughter’s recovery.
He said the sacked Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had transferred the case investigation to Attock police and directed Attock District Police Officer (DPO) Tariq Joya to investigate the case. He said Tariq Joya investigated the case and found that Noorul Ain had been murdered by one Amir Wasim and his friend, Zubair.
Talking to reporters on the crime scene, Joya told reporters that accused Zubair was in jail on judicial remand in an abduction case. He said the investigating team scanned Zubair’s mails and found that he had mailed a message to Amir Wasim in which he threatened him with dire consequences for failing to give his money amounting to Rs 25,000.
In order to investigate the motive for the threat, police arrested Zubair and during interrogation he confessed to killing Noorul Ain with the assistance of Amir Wasim in 2004. He also identified the place where they had buried Noorul Ain’s body.
The DPO said the decomposed body of the deceased was recovered from Zubair’s house. He said preliminary investigations showed that the accused first strangulated Noorul Ain and later chopped her body and stuffed body pieces into a bag. He said the accused dug out a hole in the washroom and buried the bag there.
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| Police arrest two-suspects near Nawaz Sharif public meeting | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 15 February 2008 | ATTOCK: Police have arrested two suspected persons near the public meeting of former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.
According to details, four armed men knocked at the door of Bank Manager’s house in Darul Islam Colony but the armed men opened fire when inmates of the house made hue and cry.
The police guard at the residence of District Nazim ran after the armed men and arrested two of them. They were known as Shamsher Khan s/o Saad Khan and Islam Gul s/o Zaraat Khan r/o Peshawar.
However, two culprits managed to escape from the site. The final thing will be revealed after investigation. |
| Musharrafs rule to end after February, says Nawaz | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 15 February 2008 | ATTOCK: Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that 18th Feb would be day of reckoning for despotic forces.
Addressing a public gathering at Attock, he said that all the heinous sins like deposing the judges of Supreme Court including CJ, illegally and unconstitutionally, martyring thousands of innocent citizens during the Lal Masjid operation, and illegal house arrest of National hero scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan would be reckoned.
He disclosed details of gory treatment he had met through the hands of his captors after the 1999 coup, and lauded the courage of PML (N) candidate from Attock’s constituency of NA-57, Sheikh Aftab Ahmad who faced the Musharraf regime with great courage and fortitude.
He urged the brave masses of Attock to vote-in massively for PML (N), so that the party should be able to reinstate all the deposed judges of Supreme Court and effect the release of great Pakistani scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer.
He severely criticized President Musharraf, Chaudhry brothers and PML (Q) , and cited aversion of masses for them , so much that they don’t even want the posters of them around their homes.
While claiming pride at the fact that no corruption case has ever been lodged against him, he vowed to take all rectification measures for the Country, Judiciary and Constitution. |
| Mian Nawaz Sharif address at Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 15 February 2008 | ATTOCK: While addressing a grand public meeting at Attock, the ex-Prime Minister and PML(N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif Friday said election will bring political change in the country as the electoral contest was between two ideologies and not just between parties.
Speaking to a big gathering Friday at district council stadium, Nawaz Sharif asked people to vote for PML-N to bring prosperity to the nation.
He said PML-N was the symbol of federation and his hands were clean and even a single case of corruption and embezzlement could not be proved against him.
If voted to power, PML (N) would ensure independence of judiciary and provide better job opportunities to the young people, he said adding Pakistan will be made a land of peace and steps would be taken to ensure provision of basic commodities at reasonable prices.
Nawaz Sharif said PML-N made the country a nuclear power and built motorways.
When PML-N was heading the government edible items were available in the market at reasonable prices, he recalled.
He criticised the policies of the previous government and expressed his concern over the law and order situation.
PML (N) candidates from different constituencies of Attock including Sheikh Aftab Ahmed NA-57, Malik Sohail Khan NA-58, Malik Asif Ali NA-59, Salman Sarwar PP-15, Fazlur Rehman PP-16, Sardar Ali PP-17 and Sardar Mumtaz Khan PP-19 were present on the occasion and made speeches |
| Musharraf is trying to rig polls: Nawaz Sharif | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 15 February 2008 | ATTOCK: While campaigning is on in full swing for the general elections in Pakistan, doubts are already being raised over the transparency of the polls. Former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif alleges President Musharraf is trying to rig the polls.
At a rally in Attock, famous for a jail that once held Nawaz Sharif, the message is all too clear. If Zardari's rallies concentrate on the memory of Benazir, Sharif's rallies are all about Musharraf.
If Nawaz Sharif’s party does well enough in the elections, he may be able to dethrone the very man who ousted him in a coup.
While the PML-N leader insists it isn't personal, its obvious that he sees this election as a referendum on Pakistan's president, and a chance for revenge against the men who split his party to form the pro-Musharraf PML-Q. Sharif, who spent months in jail and years in Saudi exile, says it's a miracle his party has been able to spring back.
“I feel blessed that even after so many years, my party is still intact,” says Sharif.
Even though Nawaz Sharif leads the popularity stakes, according to surveys his party will fall way behind the PPP in terms of seats. Sharif says he's also sure that the government will rig the elections.
“Musharraf is rigging the elections and that is why he rejected my papers. It’s a contest between PPP and us. The q-league doesn’t figure in it,” says Sharif.
A day after Musharraf had promised to make the elections free, fair and transparent, the US-based Human Rights Watch claimed it had caught Pakistan's Attorney General, Malik Qayyum on tape saying that the upcoming parliamentary elections will be ‘massively rigged’.
For sometime now, there had been speculation that Musharraf will try to rig the polls in order to get his own people elected to power. However, the secret tape revelation now seems to confirm these suspicions.
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| Election to bring change: Nawaz Sharif | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 14 February 2008 | ATTOCK: Former prime minister and PML(N) chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said election will bring political change in the country as the electoral contest was between two ideologies and not just between parties.Addressing a big gathering here Friday at district council stadium, Nawaz Sharif asked people to vote for PML-N to bring prosperity to the nation.
He said PML-N was the symbol of federation and his hands were clean and even a single case of corruption and embezzlement could not be proved against him.
If voted to power, PML (N) would ensure independence of judiciary and provide better job opportunities to the young people, he said adding Pakistan will be made a land of peace and steps would be taken to ensure provision of basic commodities at reasonable prices.
Nawaz Sharif said PML-N made the country a nuclear power and built motorways.
When PML-N was heading the government edible items were available in the market at reasonable prices, he recalled.
He criticised the policies of the previous government and expressed his concern over the law and order situation.
PML (N) candidates from different constituencies of Attock including Sheikh Aftab Ahmed NA-57, Malik Sohail Khan NA-58, Malik Asif Ali NA-59, Salman Sarwar PP-15, Fazlur Rehman PP-16, Sardar Ali PP-17 and Sardar Mumtaz Khan PP-19 were present on the occasion and made speeches.
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| 400 adult literacy centres to be set up in Attock in Pakistan | | | |
| Written by admin | | Friday, 08 February 2008 | ATTOCK: At least 400 Adult Literacy Centres (ALC) and Non-formal Literacy Centres would be established in 10 union councils (UCs) of Attock district where 12,000 people would be made literate. Education District Officer Literacy and Information Technology Professor Waris Khan said while talking to newsmen here on Friday.
Giving details, EDO said that 200 ALCs would be set up for adults of 15 years and above, where they would get education. In 200 Non-formal Literacy Centres children between five to 14 years of age would be made literate and they would be given all the relevant learning material and other facilities free of cost. He said that for those centres teachers were being employed on contract basis, adding that those centres would start functioning in the first week of April and would be established in different areas. |
| Arrangements finalised for elections in Attock | | | |
| Written by admin | | Thursday, 07 February 2008 | ATTOCK: All necessary arrangements including setting up of polling stations have been finalised by the Election Commission aimed at conducting the upcoming general elections on February 18 in a peaceful manner for three national and five provincial assembly constituencies of district Attock.
According to the details, up to 1510 polling stations have been established including 374 polling stations for male and 350 for female voters while 786 polling stations will cater to the needs of both male and female voters.
A total of 7706 presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers will conduct the elections.
Sources in Election Commission office Attock told APP that total of 854863 voters will use their right of vote.
According to the break up, total voters for NA-57 constituency are 2,75,468, for NA-58 3,15,556 and for NA-59 total voters are 2,63,849 while for provincial assembly seats, total voters for PA-15 are 1,53,030, for PA-16 1,50,816, for PA-17 1,86,301, for PA-18 1,97,730 and for PA-19 1,68,131.
According to 1998 census total population of district Attock is 12,74,935. The district consists of 72 union councils and six tehsils including Attock, Hazro, Hassanabdal, Fatehjang, Pindigheb and Jand. |
| MMM to support Amin Aslam, Shahan Malik | | | |
| Written by admin | | Saturday, 02 February 2008 | ATTOCK: Mutahida Mehnatkash Mahaaz (MMM) would support former State Minister for Environment Malik Amin Aslam an independent candidate for NA-57 and Shahan Malik of PPP candidate for PP-15.
Pattern-in-Chief MMM, Rana Liaqat Ali Khan said this while addressing a press conference here Sunday at his residence.
On this occasion former State Minister Malik Amin Aslam, Nazim UC-2 Rana Shaukat Ali, Councillors Abid Hanif,Haji Ghulam Sarwar, Mrs. Majeed, Haji Sher Ahmed, Javed Masih, Shahzad were present.
Rana Liaqat Ali said that MMM had always raised voice against the corrupt politicians and those who looted and plundered national wealth.
He said that MMM would always fight for the rights of the deprived and depressed people.
Rana Liaqat Ali criticized the policies of Distt. Nazim Attock, Maj. ® Tahir Sadiq and alleged that the Distt. Nazim had promoted nepotism and corruption in the Distt.
He said that MMM had decided to support Malik Amin Aslam due to his positive thinking and realistic approach towards country’s affairs.
He said that his group would support Shahan Malik of PPP, a candidate for PP-15. On this occasion former State Minister Malik Amin Aslam said that he had resigned from the membership of PML(Q) and would not join the party again. |
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