Seminars on social sector issues
MULTAN, Nov 24: The multi-donor support unit (MSU) has planned a series of seminars at the district level throughout the Punjab....
Provinces directed to clear power dues
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24: A high-level meeting presided over by the finance minister on Saturday asked the provincial governments to clear their electricity dues immediately to avoid at-source deduction....
Quake hits Islamabad, Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: An earthquake of severe intensity rattled Peshawar, Islamabad and Chitral during the wee hours of Saturday at 1:43 hours....
Eight killed in US bombing
PESHAWAR, Nov 24: As many as eight persons were killed and five others were injured when US war planes hit some targets in Paktia province, Afghanistan, adjacent to the Pakistan tribal...
Benazir to meet Vajpayee
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto who is to arrive here on Sunday to speak at a conference, is expected to meet Prime Minister Atal Bihari...
Community’s role in education stressed
TOPI, Nov 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has said that development in technological field is a key to progress....
Power supply to lawyers’ offices cut
MARDAN, Nov 24: More than 400 lawyers were affected when the Water and Power Development Authority disconnected power to the bar room and their offices following dismissal of a suit against...
WTO pacts to enslave poor, seminar told
HARIPUR, Nov 24: The agriculture-related agreements of WTO would enslave the developing nations economically and if poor nations failed to join hands against such discriminatory and anti-poor laws, the end result...
Robberies in Haripur on the rise
HARIPUR, No 24: Some armed bandits deprived a local resident of cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees at gunpoint in Mohalla Akbarabad Pandak here the other day....
PPP to remain part of ARD: Asif
NOWSHERA, Nov 24: Asserting that the Pakistan People’s Party would continue to remain part of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, Asif Ali Zardari, PPP’s jailed former senator, has said that...
Uplift plan for Lakki Marwat approved
LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 24: The distric council of Lakki Marwat on Saturday approved a Rs30 million development plan for 2001-02. Naib Nazim Arifullah Khan Meenakhel was in the chair....
Five POs held
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 24: The district police arrested five proclaimed offenders and seized illicit weapons during the last 24 hours....
Three dacoits gunned down in ‘encounter’ with police
SUKKUR, Nov 24: Three most wanted and notorious dacoits were killed and two injured in an encounter with police in SITE area here on Saturday and a huge quantity of sophisticated...
Six injured in tribal clash
DADU, Nov 24: Six persons, including a woman, were injured in an armed clash between two groups of Panhwar tribesmen over some domestic problem in village Tandan Panhwar, some 20km from...
Case against three cops
KHAIRPUR, Nov 24: Anti-corruption police Khairpur have registered a case against four persons — three cops and one Tapedar — here on Saturday....
Truck drivers block road
SHIKARPUR, Nov 24: A gang of unidentified highwaymen intercepted some trucks near village Lodro on Shikarpur-Jaccobabad road on Friday night, looted cash and watches from the drivers and fled....
