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	Attock - LoveToKnow 1911
		ATTOCK, a town and fort of British India, in the Rawalpindi district of the Punjab, 47 m.
		The fort of Attock was built by the emperor Akbar in 1581, on a low hillock beside the river.
		The walls are of polished stone, and the whole structure is handsome; but from a military point of view it is of little importance, being commanded by a hill, from which it is divided only by a ravine.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Attock (274 words)

	TMA Attock Website
		Tehsil Attock is one of the six tehsils of Attock district.
		Attock was raised to the level of Municipal Committee in 1922.
		People of Attock will have access to clean drinking water for all day long along with the provision of other facilities at their doorstep....
	www.tmaattock.com (195 words)

	AlterNet: DrugReporter: Afghan Poppies Bloom
		Attock is a bundle of physical and intellectual energy, not all of it well focused.
		Attock owns or manages a farm (it's not entirely clear who actually owns the establishment, but he is in charge).
		Attock's kala, a fortress-like family compound, he corrals three farmers and tells them to fetch opium and opium seeds, to take seats and to explain the trade to his guest.
	www.alternet.org /drugreporter/20958 (3106 words)

	Attock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Attock (Urdu: اٹک) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
		Attock is a historically important area of the Punjab, having once been the site of a fort of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
		Attock was also the last frontier of the Marathas when they defeated Ahmed Shah Abdali.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attock (97 words)

	Abolition of Attock Khurd check post sought -DAWN - National; October 05, 2007
		ATTOCK, Oct 4: Social circles on Thursday demanded of the government and police high-ups to abolish the Attock Khurd check post instead of setting up Police-Public Liaison Committee to monitor its working.
		He said that government had already abolished an excise check post at the same spot on the basis of serious public complaints of abuses, harassment and numerable cases of extortion, which were also a source of a lot of criticism both in the provincial as well as national assembly, they said.
		The Attock Khurd Police check post was on a number of occasion abolished after some serious incidents of malpractice and corruption were reported but reopened after some time due to influence of some hidden bureaucratic and political bigwigs, the sources said.
	www.dawn.com /2007/10/05/nat14.htm (396 words)

	Attock District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The district was created in 1904 by the merger of Talagang tehsil from the Jhelum District and the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of British Raj.
		Attock District is bordered by the Haripur and Swabi districts of North-West Frontier Province to the north, the district of Rawalpindi to the east, the district of Chakwal ot the southeast, the district of Mianwali to the southwest, and North-West Frontier Province districts of Kohat and Nowshera to the west and northwest.
		Attock fort was completed in 1583 under the supervision of Khawaja Shamsuddin Khawafi, a minister of Emperor Akbar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attock_District (868 words)

	CIIT - Attock Campus
		Attock is a place of contrast offering the best life with the peace of most beautiful countryside.
		The Attock city is neither certainly static nor backward looking and is continuously at the fore front of development and change.
		Most of the population belongs to the profession of agriculture but the development and advancement in various walks of life has paved the path to understand the importance of education in the lives of people as an individual and as a nation.
	www.ciit.edu.pk /Campuses/?Link=Attock&SMID=18 (167 words)

	When Kabul comes to Attock : ALL THINGS PAKISTAN
		Indeed Attock is the eastern terminus of the Kabul-Attock corridor to the Central Asia through which for centuries have passed the armies and the caravans alike.
		District Attock has never been a part of NWFP, which itself was once a part of Punjab, and remained a part of One Unit of West Pakistan for some years during Ayub rule.
		Attock was, in fact, a sub-division of Rawalpindi district which was separated from it towards the start of the 20th century, with its headquarter at the newly established city of Campbellpur.
	pakistaniat.com /2007/01/24/kabul-river-pakistan-attock/comment-page-4 (2728 words)

	Barakat \| Schools
		Barakat programs are currently established in Attock, Punjab which is also home to many refugees from Afghanistan.
		Attock lies at the border of Punjab and North West Frontier Province
		Channels of communication between Barakat staff in Attock, Pakistan and staff in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA are always open - not only because Barakat's Program Director is fluent in the local language, Urdu, but also because this is an essential part of Barakat's work philosophy.
	www.barakatworld.org /pak_main_pg.html (568 words)

	Pictures: A Day Trip to Attock
		The train left the Peshawar Cantt station for it's onward journey to Attock Khurd on the morning of Sunday, 25th January 2004, carrying with it representatives of various tourism and heritage organizations.
		The Sikhs over-ran Attock in 1819 and within a few years the British had taken its possession and built the bridge of boats across Indus.
		She confessed that this was her first visit to all these places around Attock Khurd ever since the use of the old route was discontinued many years ago.
	www.geocities.com /scn_pk/attock_khurd.html (1133 words)

	BBC - Birmingham - Sport - Attock blow Cannock away
		A whirlwind spell of fast bowling from Imran Sabir ensured Attock were too strong for Cannock in the Birmingham League Twenty20 Challenge Cup Final.
		Attock won the first Birmingham League competition of the 2006 season when they hammered Cannock over two legs in the final of the Twenty20 Challenge Cup.
		But the 61 run lead Attock took into the deciding second match, at the Morris Ground, was never threatened.
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/content/articles/2006/07/21/brumleague_twenty20_winners_attock_feature.shtml (349 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| The president's pick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The two constituencies he contested were Attock in northern Punjab and Tharparkar in Sind -- one of the rare constituencies in Pakistan with a sizeable Hindu population.
		While the Attock result was generally accepted, many eyebrows were raised over the Tharparkar result.
		Unfortunately for Aziz, this means that he is now a target of those militant groups in the same way that Musharraf is. While campaigning in Attock, a suicide bomber approached the finance minister's car as he was leaving a rally on 30 July.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/706/in3.htm (1110 words)

	Fun and frolic at Attock (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The mighty Attock Fort and its surroundings are being decimated, one brick at a time, by all and sundry.
		The Sikhs over-ran Attock in 1819 and within a few years the British had taken control of it and built a bridge here, across the Indus.
		This was the first tour of Attock and hopefully, SCN would launch similar visits of other important sites like Golra Train Station by Steam Safari, Taxilla Museum and Takht Bhai Buddhist remains in the current year.
	www.mahapunjab.org /articles/2004/04jan.html (907 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines
		"The ban on newsmen to cover the case of Asif Ali Zardari at Attock fort is intended to hide from the public the fact that there is a lack of evidence against him", a spokesman of the Party said in a statement here.
		On Saturday March 9 soon after Zardari was brought in an ambulance from the hospital in Islamabad for hearing in assets case against him, the security personnel at the Attock Fort forbade newsmen from entering the accountability court.
		The spokesman said that having failed to prove its charges even in accountability courts the government had now resorted to hiding from the public how justice was being perverted and Zardari held a hostage to the political career of his wife.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/Mar/13/20.html (349 words)

	The Oil Companies Advisory Committee
		Attock Petroleum Limited (APL) is the 4th Oil Marketing Company that was granted marketing license in February 1997 after PSO, Shell and Caltex.
		APL is a part of fully integrated first Oil Company of the sub-continent, The Attock Oil Company Ltd., which was incorporated with limited liability in England on December 01, 1913.
		This state of the art terminal is specifically meeting the requirements of APL and has the capability to cope with the increasing demand in the region.
	www.ocac.org.pk /apl.html (767 words)

	View of Attock (Punjab). 1 March 1860
		Pencil drawing of Attock (Punjab) by Sir Henry Yule (1820-1889), 1 March 1860.
		Attock is situated next to the Indus River and is considered the gateway to the North-West Frontier from the Punjab.
		The fort on the east bank of the river was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1580s to support his military campaigns in Afghanistan.
	www.collectbritain.co.uk /personalisation/object.cfm?uid=019WDZ000001044U00000000 (199 words)

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		Admittedly, Attock Petroleum is an associated undertaking of the Company in terms of Clause (2) of Sub-section 1 of Section 2 of the Ordinance.
		Attock Petroleum, however, did not make any offer to general public/employees for the 20% capital reserved for them on the pretex that the listing regulations required 50% of the capital to be offered to public.
		As regard to the assertion that Attock Petroleum was not formed by the Company, it is on record that the Company has sponsored this associated company although it has got only 10% equity in it.
	www.secp.gov.pk /orders/doc/Jan_14_3.doc (6008 words)

	Attock Oil Co okays $400m investment -DAWN - National; 15 March, 2004
		RAWALPINDI, March 14: The Attock Oil Company and its affiliates including Attock Refinery Limited and Attock Petroleum Limited, have approved investments of over $400 million in the country, it is learnt on Sunday.
		Apart from this, the Attock Group is also planning to build a 150mw power plant in Rawalpindi district.
		With the approval of the board of directors, the Attock Refinery Limited is also discussing with the ministry of petroleum, plans to upgrade and expand the refinery at Morgah.
	www.dawn.com /2004/03/15/nat15.htm (265 words)

	Afghan refugees feel coerced into repatriation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ATTOCK, 5 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Eviction notices and increased police harassment of Afghan refugees in recent months have forced many to opt for repatriation to Afghanistan despite security and livelihood concerns, refugees said on Monday.
		This relatively prosperous Dari-speaking Afghan community in Attock is extremely reluctant to relocate its established businesses to Afghanistan where immense problems await them, they say.
		Despite the fear and reluctance to go back to their country of origin, in recent weeks, over 700 Afghan families from Attock have registered with mobile repatriation teams of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under the agency's voluntary repatriation programme.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=48911 (640 words)

	Attock
		Attock was ruled by Wazrikhels and Jhang lay at the feet of Sials.
		The commandos are distinguished by their insignia of maroon berets with a silver metal tab on a light blue felt square with a dagger and lightning bolts, and a wing on right side of chest.
		The NWFP has an estimated population of roughly 21 million that does not include more than 5 million Afghan refugees and their descendents in the province.[2] The major language spoken in the NWFP is Pashto, and most of its residents are Pashtuns, especially in the lowlands and the southern areas of the NWFP.
	www.experiencefestival.com /attock (2418 words)

	news @ accountancy.com.pk > Attock Petroleum plans to offer 10 million shares
		KARACHI (December 13 2004): The Attock Petroleum Ltd (APL) will offer 10 million shares at 57.75 rupees by the end of next month through initial public offering which sales range of petroleum products in the country.
		The company is an associate company of the Attock Oil Group of Companies, which is a fully vertically integrated Group in the oil and gas sector of Pakistan, involved in exploration and production, refining and marketing.
		The Pharaon Commercial Investment Group of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the sponsor of the company, which as diversified global interest in upstream and downstream petroleum, chemical, cement and real estate.
	www.accountancy.com.pk /pr_pg_newsgen.asp?newsid=1467 (325 words)

	PILDAT > Events
		The mission found that contrary to the charges that 15000 postal ballots were being readied for casting in favour of District Nazim-supported candidates, 708, 599 and 365 ballot papers were approved for constituencies NA-57, Attock I, NA-58, Attock II and NA-59, Attock III respectively by the concerned Returning Officers.
		The Group also discovered that the total strength of the Attock District Police Force was increased from 900 to 2376 by recruiting 1676 new constables close to the date of announcement of election schedule.
		Although the DPO informed the mission that no arrest was made as a result of these FIRs, the PPP candidates and their supporters apprehend that the FIRs were registered to flmail them and to arrest them at the peak of electioneering.
	pildat.org /eventsdel.asp?detid=231 (529 words)

	Pakistan Peoples Party
		In the same way, the election Commission had allotted the election symbol to the ruling party’s candidates in violation of section 11 and 12 of Political Parties Order 2002 which bars the allotment of election symbol to a party which has not held election within the party.
		Mr.Shaukat Aziz’s election campaign had the backing of the members of the federal and provincial executives both in Attock as well as in Tharparkar, where the Sindh Chief Minister himself was supervising electioneering.
		A number of election camps of PPPP were demolished in both the constituencies in Attock as well as in Tharparkar.
	www.ppp.org.pk /Attock-Tharparkar.html (5186 words)

	Attock News
		He was elected MNA from Attock and a rural seat in interior Sindh in 2003, but this time he is being tipped to be candidate from urban area of the province.
		ATTOCK: The trading remained volatile on the Lahore stock market, which was evident from the way the index rose above the 4,500 barrier in the first hour, declined in the next 90 minutes by over 100 points to reach 4,400 before closing at 4,459.
		Noor, a resident of Pindigheb in Attock district of Punjab, was lifted during his visit to the area 16 days ago by a gang led by Wajid Ali alias Buddagay and was kept at Kundao area of the Frontier Region (FR) Kohat.
	www.attocknews.com /index.php?option=com_ab_archives&year=2007&month=08 (9867 words)

	Imran may contest against Shaukat Aziz
		The finance minister led a procession of hundreds of supporters to Attock, 80 km northwest of Islamabad, to file the nomination papers, reports in Islamabad said.
		The two constituencies were previously held by the members of Musharraf-backed ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) and were specially vacated for Aziz, who is a Senator, to enable him to become a member of the National Assembly.
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	in.rediff.com /news/2004/jul/06pak1.htm (302 words)

	UNHCR - Return to Afghanistan
		ATTOCK, Pakistan, Sept 1 (UNHCR) – More than 3,000 Afghans are rolling up their carpets and packing up to go home this week from Pakistan's Attock city, bringing their renowned weaving skills back to Afghanistan.
		Attock is home to 38,892 mostly-Turkmen Afghans, according to a census of Afghans in Pakistan taken earlier this year.
		The agreement, which was due to expire in March 2006, was extended to December 2006 by the three parties in a meeting held in Kabul earlier this week.
	www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/afghan?page=news&id=431721cc4 (572 words)

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