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Three children burnt alive as fire breaks out in house PESHAWAR: Three children were burnt alive as a fire broke out in a house in the Ghazana area, on the outskirts of Peshawar, on Wednesday. According to the police, the fire was so severe that the ill-fated minors succumbed to their burn injuries before the Rescue 1122 workers could manage to douse the blaze. The victims are identified as five-year old Fatima, daughter of Naseer, six-year old Mahaz, son of Tariq and fiveyear old Asim, son of Naseer. Among the three minors, two were siblings. A pall of grief enveloped the entire locality as the dead bodies of the minors reached their homes. The reason behind the fire has not been ascertained yet, but it is speculated to have been caused by short circuiting of electricity. APP
Reference for PM’s disqualification filed in ECP ISLAMABAD” A reference against Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was submitted in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday, seeking his disqualification from premiership and the assembly. Chaudhry Mureed Hussain advocate and Aftab Ahmed Bajwa advocate moved the references in the ECP, saying that Gilani was convicted by the Supreme Court therefore according to constitution he was ineligible for holding any official post. The petitioners giving reference of a case of Mian Najeeb Owaisi and Malik Amir Yar Warren said that any citizen could send reference to ECP against a convicted member of assembly instead of only speaker of National Assembly. They urged the ECP to accept reference and order to disqualify Yousaf Raza Gilani’s as MNA. They also urged the ECP to order stopping work being done by the PM till finial decision of reference was not issued by ECP. OnLIne
Faisalabad judges continue strike, litigants in distress FAISALABAD: Judges in Faisalabad continued their strike in protest against the lawyer who hurled a shoe at a judge, causing difficulties for the clients whose cases were left pending in the courts. Sources said the tension between the lawyers and judges continued at the Faisalabad District Bar as 17 additional judges, 40 civil judges and eight special courts judges stopped working as a protest against the shoe-throwing incident in the local court. The clients are suffering the most due to the situation. 5,000 cases are heard at Faisalabad’s courts daily, besides the 2,000 cases heard at the special courts. The judges said they will not resume work till the registration of a case against the lawyer involved in the incident. On the other hand, the local lawyers have announced that they will defend their colleague at every cost. OnLIne
Cheaters torture college principal in Karachi KARACHI: The principal of the government-run National College Karachi (NCK) was tortured by students for not allowing the cheating mafia use unfair means during intermediate exams being held at the college. Reports said a few students backed by a political group wanted to cheat during the examination and quarreled with the principal when he prohibited them from doing so. “After attempting the exam, at least ten of them barged into my room, slapped and punched me, dragged me out and tore my cloths,” the principal told reporters. TV channels aired footages of principal’s office ransacked by the rowdy students. OnLIne
PeSHAWAR: A boy jumps into a canal as others take a bath to cool off during a hot day. The temperature soared to 38 degrees Celsius on Wednesday. ReuteRs
nawaz ropes in a Bhutto to thwart ‘threat to democracy’ RATO DERO
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AKISTAN Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said democracy in Pakistan was at risk because a convicted prime minister was holding on to rule the country. The PML-N chief was addressing a rally organised here in connection with the merger of Sindh National Front (SNF) into the PMLN, after SNF Chairman Mumtaz Bhutto announced to join hands with Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz said that a convicted man could not serve as the prime minister of any country in the world. He said the Supreme Court had convicted Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani because he was adamant in implementing court orders, however Gilani was continuing to rule despite his conviction. He said that President Asif Ali Zardari had been unfaithful to the people of Sindh and brought the country to the brink of destruction.
Nawaz said the people suspected of Benazir Bhutto’s murder had gathered around Zardari, adding that the PPP had violated the Charter of Democracy signed by the deceased PPP leader. Nawaz said that the common man was suffering due to bad governance by the current government, yet the PPP leaders were enjoying the rule without showing any concern for the people of the country. He said the PPP and Zardari had cashed in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and did
nothing to address the miseries of the people. The PML-N chief vowed that he would bring the killers of Benazir Bhutto to book. Addressing the rally, Mumtaz Bhutto said that Nawaz Sharif’s point of view was similar to his. “Now we are the members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, and will continue our struggle from the new platform,” Bhutto said. Bhutto said that he had been falsely labelled as a Sindhi nationalist contrary to his strong support for the federation.