Government to Accept Decision of SJC: Musharraf Mar 16, 2007
The project, to be completed in a period of one and a half years, will help improve the smooth supply of electricity in the rural areas of Narowal and Hafizabad, the President said while addressing a big public meeting here. He assured that every village in District Gujranwala having over 10 houses would be provided electricity. (Pakistan Times)
78,392 file nominations for 1,810 UCs in Punjab Jul 29, 2005
While, 64 nominations were filed for 72 seats of Attock, 40 nominations for 68 seats of Chakwal, 43 nomination papers for 54 seats of Jhelum, 37 nomination papers for 56 seats in Mianwali, 33 nominations for 42 seats of Bhakkar, 45 nominations for 128 seats of Jhang, 48 nominations against 42 seats in Hafizabad, 124 nominations for 114 seats in Okara, 108 nominations for 117 seats in Gujrat and 67 nominations for 65 seats in Mandi Bahauddin ... In 42 UCs of Hafizabad, a total of 2058 candidates... (NewsIsFree-Asia)
Plan is assisting families affected by the flooding in Pakistan Jul 29, 2005
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Two held in Pakistan may have al-Qaida link Aug 4, 2004
Another man was arrested at a bus station in Hafizabad, near Lahore, on Sunday. Police said he gave his name as Juma Ibrahim and claimed to be in the town on business. (Google News Canada -- World)
Pakistan Arrests Two More Al Qaeda Suspects Aug 3, 2004
In the latest arrests, one man was apprehended at a bus stop in the Hafizabad town in Punjab province, but officials were unsure of his nationality. "He first said he was from Yemen but later changed his statement to say he was Egyptian," one of the officials, who asked not to be named, told Reuters. (Yahoo News -- World)
Pakistan announces new Al Qaeda captures Aug 3, 2004
He was taken in Sunday in Hafizabad, a town near the eastern city of Lahore, said district police chief Aslam Ghauri. He said the man told authorities that he was in the town for business, but had no references and could not say who he was meeting with, Ghauri said. (Toronto Star -- World Report)
More al-Qaida Arrests Made in Pakistan Aug 3, 2004
He was arrested Sunday at a bus station in Hafizabad, a town near the eastern city of Lahore, and was turned over to Pakistan's spy agency, said district police chief Aslam Ghauri. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said another man was arrested trying to board a plane in Lahore with questionable documents. (The Daily Item, PA)
Pakistan makes more al-Qaida arrests Aug 3, 2004
He was arrested Sunday at a bus station in Hafizabad, a town near Lahore, and was turned over to Pakistan's spy agency, said district police chief Aslam Ghauri. A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a third man was arrested trying to board a plane in Lahore with questionable documents. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Pindi Bhattian domestic abuse and detention case : Sameera gets ... Jun 8, 2004
Allah Ditta and Haji Muhammad Yaqoob, elders in Pindi Bhattian, Hafizabad district, told an official of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) that Mr Sheikh had signed the divorce papers, returned the dowry and paid Rs 25,000 out of Rs 50,000 of the dower to Sameera. The HRCP official said Mr Sheikh and his family had pressured the local elders for a compromise. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
16-year-old wife claims domestic abuse Jun 5, 2004
LAHORE: A sixteen-year-old girl named Sameera was rescued by a man named Allah Ditta from her husbands house in Pindi Bhatian, Hafizabad, last Saturday. She met members of the press and a fact-finding team from the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Chief Minister Presides Meeting, Reviews Wheat Procurement ... May 12, 2004
He said that PASSCO is procuring wheat from 13 tehsils of the province, including Hafizabad district as well. Ch. (Pakistan News Service, Pakistan)
National Feb 18, 2004
hafizabad: At least twenty passengers were injured, nine of them seriously, when a goods train collided with a passenger train at Kaleke Mandi Railway Station near Hafizabad early on Tuesday. Sources at the Hafizabad Railway Station said a more severe accident was averted. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
NATIONAL Briefs: Nov 18, 2003
The meeting decided to grant ownership rights to slum residents in Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Hafizabad, Sialkot, Okara, Sheikhupura, Khanewal, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha and Lahore. He warned any official found delaying the ownership case of a slum resident would be punished (Daily Times, Pakistan)
