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CNG stations closed for third day in Faisalabad, Bahawalpur

 CNG stations in Faisalabad and Bahawalpur regions remained closed for the third consecutive day on Saturday.
The stations were closed following the gas load management program in the two regions while they were opened in Sindh after 24 hours closure. Areas affected by the gas closure include Sargodha, Jhang, Mianwali, Chiniot, Faisalabad, Bahawalnagar, Rahim Yar Khan and Lodhran. CNG supply …

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At least 4 killed, 4 injured as bus falls into river in Bahawalpur

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A bus carrying thirteen passengers fell into Bahawal Canal that killed four persons including two women and two girls while four others sustained injuries, a private TV reported Wednesday.
According to the report, the bus was on its way to Faisalabad from Bahawalnagar but unfortunately fell into the canal due…

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LeJ chief aide put under house arrest

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BAHAWALNAGAR (Online) – Security forces have put Ghulam Rasool Shah, a member of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s (LeJ), under house arrest here. He is said to be a close aide of LeJ leader Malik Ishaq.
According to media reports, Shah has been put under house arrest in his hometown, Bahawalnagar.…

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Govt fails to tackle flood crisis: MNA

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BAHAWALNAGAR – A former federal minister and PPP MNA admitted that his government had failed in overcoming energy crisis due to its full concentration on war against terrorism.
Expressing his deep concerns over the conditions of rain and flood effectees of Sutlei areas in district Bahawalnagar in…

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Flood ravages 100 Bahawalnagar villages

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BAHAWALNAGAR – Some 100 villages in Bahawalnagar district suffered massive damages due to recent flood in Sutlej River, a reliable source said on Saturday.
As per reports, heavy losses were incurred by thousands of villagers as standing crops over 40,000 acres of land were ravaged, 60,000 acres of cultivable land…

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Downpour inundates Bahawalnagar streets

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BAHAWALNAGAR – Daylong downpour submerged Bahawalnagar Town due to poor drainage plus the apathetic attitude of TMA authorities which multiplied the difficulties of the people.
Fresh spell of rain started early in the morning and continued intermittently till filing of this report. Routine life came to a standstill as…

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Kite-flying claims minor’s life

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BAHAWALNAGAR – Kite selling and flying, which has been going on unchecked and unnoticed claimed the life an innocent child here the other day.
Despite an official ban imposed by the Punjab government across the province, this dangerous activity has been continued without any check from the district police…

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Flood warning for 45 Bahawalnagar villages

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BAHAWALNAGAR – About 45 villages of Bahawalnagar district have been declared as red zone with regard to the imminent danger of floods while raging Sutlej River has taken a pity on the population of district Kasur by receding a little as compared to few days ago. The villagers in Bahawalnagar…

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Newly married couple found dead in Bahawalnagar

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A newly married couple was found dead in their room. Mohammad Zaman and Rubina got married on Sunday, but on Monday morning their relatives found them dead.
The couple did not reply when their relatives demanded for them. When they did not receive any answer, the relatives broke the door…

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Hot weather forecast from today

LAHORE, April 24: Temperatures started rising in the country on Sunday because of dry weather and the Met Office forecast very hot conditions from Monday (today).

Temperatures were likely to rise by 3 to 5 degrees C over their normal value of this part of April because of clear weather. A heat wave had already set over southern parts of the country including Sindh and Balochistan, and weather is likely to become very hot in Islamabad, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir from Monday, the Met Office said.

It said day temperatures too had started rising in northern areas of the country and this trend was likely to continue. This would start snow melting over the hills, gradually increasing the inflows of major water reservoirs.

The Met Office said no rain was expected in the country during the next week. However, some isolated rain was expected in rain-fed areas of the country in the last three days of the current month because of a weak westerly wave that lay over northern Iran on Sunday.

The maximum temperature of Lahore was 40 degrees C and minimum 22 degrees C on Sunday. Larkana was the hottest place in the country with a maximum temperature of 46 degrees C. Noorpur Thal recorded the highest maximum temperature in Punjab that was 44 degrees C.

Maximum temperature in Rahim Yar Khan was 43.1 degrees C, Khanpur 42.4, Bahawalpur 43.3, Dera Ghazi Khan 42, Okara 41.7, Bhakkar and Bahawalnagar 41.5 each, Jauharabad 41, Jhang 40.4, Multan 41.2, Mianwali 40.5, Sahiwal 40.2 and Shorkot and Sargodha 40.5 degrees C each.

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Behind bars with Faiz

Faiz Saheb was never in a hurry nor was he ever nervous. He was always cool and collected.

Faiz Saheb was those days in Moscow [when Ayub Khan imposed Martial Law on the night between 7th and 8th October, 1958] attending, along with Hafeez Jallundri, the inaugural ceremonies, related to the Afro-Asian writers’ conference. Faiz wasn’t surprised to hear about the development back home because the rumours of the army takeover had been rife for many months. He wasn’t unaware of the fact that those who were opposed to the National Assembly elections had been colluding with the army.

Faiz Saheb was certain that his fate would not be different from that of the like-minded people in his country. But his national verve was too strong to keep him away from his homeland. He first flew to London and then to Lahore, where he was arrested the very next day of his homecoming.

It was a bright November evening. Chaudhry A.R. Aslam and I were in the hospital ward of the Lahore Jail, busy talking to each other, when one of the assistant superintendents dropped in to say, “A guest of yours is expected tonight. You should make arrangements for his dinner also.” We asked the name of the guest but he simply smiled and said “You will soon have the answer to your question.”

We were happy whenever a newly arrested friend of ours joined us in the jail. But this time we were perplexed for we had not read about the arrest of anyone in the morning’s paper. We then thought that like us someone may have also filed an appeal for habeas corpus and may be housed with us before being taken to the court. Our main worry was that the room in the jail, which had once served as a mortuary and where we were put up, had just enough space for two cots.

Our eyes were fixed on the gate. Much to our surprise, when it opened we saw Faiz Saheb, with a cigarette pursed between his lips, walking in at his own pace. He was accompanied by half a dozen staff members of the jail. We hugged our friend warmly and the three of us laughed merrily.

In response to our query, Faiz told us that he had reached Lahore only a day earlier. “My friends, only the day before yesterday I pleaded your case with Manzoor Qadir (the law minister) for four to five hours and I thought I had convinced him to release you people. When I wasn’t arrested in Karachi [on landing there from London] I thought that this time I would be spared. But anyway it’s good to be with you. We should have a good time.”

Faiz Saheb had brought with him two large steel trunks. We said, “It seems that you have planned to live here permanently” to which he responded, “There are books in the trunk. For many years I have been unable to do serious reading. Now I think I will have all the time in the world to catch up.”

There was not enough space for three jailbirds in the tiny room so the superintendent of the jail made arrangements for us to move into the B Class ward. The erstwhile occupants were accommodated elsewhere on the premises.

Slowly our ward began to fill up. Dada Ferozdin Manzoor came from Bahawalnagar Jail, Fazal Elahi Qurban arrived from Bahawalpur and Dada Amir Haider from Rawalpindi. Qaswar Gardezi, who was under fire [from the military regime] (many buildings of his in Multan had been bulldozed leaving only debris behind) and was hitherto a ‘guest’ of the police inside the Lahore Fort, also became our fellow prisoner.

Faiz Saheb was never in a hurry nor was he ever nervous. He was always cool and collected. He had the habit of walking slowly and speaking softly. He did all his work calmly but on time, of course. His daily routine didn’t change even when he was in jail. In the morning he shaved and changed his clothes as if he was to leave for his office. After going through the newspaper he took a chair and basked in the winter sun with a book to keep him company. Around 11 we had tea and coffee. He retired after lunch, which was at 1.30 or 2pm. Then, after the evening tea, he would take a walk on the premises, sometimes alone and sometimes in the company of his fellow inmates. After dinner he settled down with books and read till late in the night.

Excerpted from Sukhan dar sukhan (Karachi, Maktaba-i-Danial, 2009), a posthumous book on Faiz Ahmed Faiz by his long time friend. Translated from the Urdu by Asif Noorani)

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Houbara hunting permits issued to Gulf dignitaries

KARACHI: The federal government has issued 28 special permits to the rulers, members of ruling families and other dignitaries of four Gulf states to hunt the internationally protected Houbara bustard during the 2010-2011 season, according to reliable sources.

The sources said that, according to the code of conduct, the hunting period is restricted to 10 days with a bag limit of 100 birds.

Hunting of Houbara bustard by Pakistanis is banned under wildlife laws.

Houbara bustard, a native to Central Asia’s Kuzl Kum region, around the Aral Sea, is a migratory bird species that visits Pakistan every year to escape the harsh winter.

The bird is sought after by Arab hunters owing to a myth that its meat has aphrodisiac qualities — a notion not supported by scientific evidence.

The United Arab Emirates tops the list with 13 hunting permits — 11 of these have been awarded to the ruler and ruling family members. Five of these have been granted to people from Abu Dhabi and six from Dubai.

ABU DHABI
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE and ruler of Abu Dhabi, has been allotted hunting areas in three provinces.

In Punjab he has been granted Rahimyar Khan, Rajanpur and D.G. Khan districts, in Sindh Sukkur, Ghotki, Nawabshah and Sanghar districts and in Balochistan his areas comprise Zhob, Ormara, Gwadar, Pasni, Panjgur and Washuk districts.

Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Crown prince of Abu Dhabi, can hunt in Lehri Tehsil of Sibi district, Balochistan.

Deputy prime minister of UAE, Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, has been permitted to hunt in Khairpur district, including Kot Diji.

DUBAI
Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice-president of UAE and ruler of Dubai, has been permitted to hunt in Khuzdar and Lasbela districts of Balochistan and Muzaffargarh district in Punjab.

SAUDI ARABIA
Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has been allotted Chagai and Nushki districts of Balochistan.

Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz, interior minister and brother of King Abdullah, has been permitted to hunt in Dera Bugti, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad and Awaran districts of Balochistan.

In Punjab his territory comprises Khushab, Jhang, Mianwali and Sargodha districts.

QATAR
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the amir of Qatar, has been allotted Bahawalnagar district in Punjab.

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Woman appeals to CJ, CM, IGP for justice

LAHORE – A woman of Bahawalnagar has appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief Minister Punjab and Inspector General of Police to provide her justice as she was receiving life threats after the members of a banned outfit had killed her son in the past.
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Man killed in Bahawalnagar suicide attack

A man, besides the suicide bomber, has been killed in a suicide attack neat the Bahawalnagar Cantonment area.
As per details a suicide bomber early Thursday morning blew himself by striking the eastern wall of Cantonment located in Chak Abdullah area of Bahawalnagar. The attack damaged the wall slightly.
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PML-N candidates win NA-123, PP-82 seats

PML-N’s Pervez Malik won his seat of NA-123 Lahore with heavy margin on Wednesday while PML-N candidate Azam Chaila clinched his seat of PP-82 Jhang. PPP’s candidate won his seat of PP-25 Jaffarabad and Muslim League Zia’s candidate declared successful in PP-284 Bahawalnagar. Poling for the by-elections on one National…

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By-elections in NA-123, PP-82 and PP-284 underway

The by-elections in NA-123 and three other constituencies are taking place today in Lahore, Bahawalnagar, Jhang and Jafarabad. Over 200, 000 eligible voters will be casting their vote in over 250 polling stations established for NA-123 Lahore.
In PP-82 Bahawalnagar and PP-284 Jhang, 126 and 130 polling stations have been…

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SC orders holding of polls in NA-123

The Supreme Court has issued orders to hold by-polls in NA-123 Lahore within 60 days which awaits candidate for last two years. The SC also directed to hold by-polls on the provincial seats of Jhang and Bahawalnagar within 60 days.
In his remarks during hearing of the case, Chief Justice…

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