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Plea against CB officials’ powers: AG issued notice ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Federal Shariat Court issued notice on Friday to Attorney-General of Pakistan, Judge Advocate-General Branch of Pakistan (Jag branch), on the petition challenging the unbridled powers of the...		Pakistan faces new wave of refugees GENEVA, Feb 15: A new and growing exodus of Afghans are fleeing their homes for Pakistan because of lack of security and aid, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said here on...
Tribal clash claims two lives QUETTA, Feb 15: Two tribesmen were killed in an armed clash on Friday between Hameedzai and Ghabizai— two clans of Achakzai Tribe— in Gulistan area, 80 km north-west from here....		Shujaat’s bid to reverse PAC order fails ISLAMABAD Feb 15: A senior PML(QA) leader and former federal minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday forced his way in Ad hoc Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, but failed to get...
ADB approves $800,000 aid for SDP ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $800,000 technical assistance grant to help prepare a Sectoral Development Programme to support the operating environment of small and medium...		Asif terms Musharraf’s visit a PR exercise PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Asif Ali Zardari, spouse of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, has said the regional political situation will decide the fate of future political arrangement in Pakistan....
Kidnapping accused handed over to police QUETTA, Feb 15: The Afghan government has handed over to the Pakistan police an Afghan accused of kidnapping the seven-year-old daughter of a child specialist of Quetta....		Powell pays farewell call on Musharraf WASHINGTON, Feb 15: US Secretary of State Colin Powell paid a farewell call on Thursday afternoon on President Pervez Musharraf at Blair House before his departure for home....
Omar turned in on 5th, says US paper WASHINGTON, Feb 15: A report here on Friday quoted some Pakistani officials as confirming the claim of Shaikh Omar Saeed, the main suspect in the Daniel Pearl kidnapping case, that he...		Skardu to get potable water by June SKARDU, Feb 15: Work on the Greater Water Supply Scheme in Skardu, which was launched in 1992, will be completed by June this year....
1.7m refugees to be shifted to camps PESHAWAR, Feb 15: The government is chalking out a strategy to shift some 1.7 million scattered Afghans from urban areas to registered refugee camps along the Pakistan-Afghan border....		Arms licences ban to be reviewed PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Lifting of ban on issuance of licences for light weapons would be top on agenda at an inter-provincial police department meeting scheduled to be held in Islamabad on...
Political training for army proposed PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Seeking a complete end to army’s role in politics, chief of Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party, Mahmud Khan Achakzai said on Thursday that political training should be imparted to...		Decision on doctors’ practice welcomed TIMERGARA, Feb 15: Social circles, public representatives and local staff of the health department have welcomed the government decision of banning private practice by serving doctors outside the government health facilities....
Errors in voter list criticized MARDAN, Feb 15: The deputy election commissioner of Mardan, Ghiyasuddin Balban, has said that arrangements have been completed for a free and fair election to be held in October....		Court seeks comments on Ayub Afridi’s petition PESHAWAR, Feb 15: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday sought comments from the federal government on a writ petition filed by an alleged drug trafficker, Haji Ayub...
Khairabad Bridge to be opened in May PESHAWAR, Feb 15: Federal Communication and Railways Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi has inaugurated the Khairabad Bridge over River Indus on the Rawalpindi-Peshawar National Highway....		Woman killed PESHAWAR, Feb 15: A tribal woman was killed by her brother-in- law in Pishtakhara Bala near here on Thursday....
President to open 10th Comstech moot ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: President Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the three-day meeting of the OIC Ministerial Standing Committee on Science and Technology (Comstech) beginning here on Saturday....		Pre-Haj operation ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The pre-Haj operation that started on Jan 16 to ferry more than 113,000 pilgrims from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia will complete on Saturday....
Health officials ‘hush up’ proved bungling MULTAN, Feb 15: The provincial health authorities have allegedly swept under the carpet a proved case of bungling in the Expanded Programme for Immunization (EPI) store in the cover of reprobe....		Graduation condition must stay: PAT FAISALABAD, Feb 15: Corrupt politicians will again come to the fore if the government withdraws the condition of graduation....
Growers’ Rs17bn stuck in cotton market MULTAN, Feb 15: An amount of Rs17 billion of the cotton growers has been stuck in the market following a cotton crisis created by buyer’s manipulation....		Witnesses against Asif examined ATTOCK, Feb 15: Former federal minister Asif Ali Zardari was produced before an accountability court at the Attock Fort comprising judge Farrukh Latif on Friday in the illegal assets reference....
A horse-ride at Liberty LAHORE, Feb 15: Horse riding at Liberty Market has become a primary attraction for children....		Commuters lambaste hike in fare ATTOCK, Feb 15: Constant hike in transport fares and other irregularities are defaming the image of the district government due to the negligence of the local Road Transport Authority (RTA)....
Demolition of kutcha houses continues SAHIWAL, Feb 15: Railway authorities continued the demolition of kutcha houses on the Railway Colony here on Friday....		Postings at hometowns reduce IT revenue JHANG, Feb 15: Revenue has reduced substantially over the past few years after the postings of income tax officials at their hometowns, reveals a survey by a group of journalists in...
Opposition walks out from UC meeting GUJRANWALA, Feb 15: Opposition walked out from the Ghakkhar union council meeting on Friday when the treasury group insisted to increase commercial taxes without any justification....		Over 50 PPP workers held in Sialkot SIALKOT, Feb 15: The local police arrested over 50 PPP activists and injured 15 others when the protesters turned violent....
Tourism ministry rejects $4,000 UNDP aid offer: IYM celebrations ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The tourism ministry has turned down an offer of $4,000 made by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the events planned to celebrate International Year of Mountains,...		$10m venture fund being set up: Atta ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The government intends to launch a $10m venture fund to help transform feasible ideas and initiatives into successful businesses, Minister for Science and Technology Prof (Dr) Attaur Rehman...
‘Reserved seats for minorities be retained’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The restoration of joint electorate is a welcome step, but, the reserved seats for minorities as well as for women, as provided in the Constitution, should also be...		Minister for building durable highways ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: Particular attention should be paid on quality construction of highways and bridges to make these more durable, Federal Communications Minister Lt-Gen (Rtd) Javed Ashraf Qazi said....
Over Rs80m bungling in ICT police detected ISLAMABAD Feb 15: The ad hoc Public Accounts Committee, has detected over Rs80 million irregularity committed by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police department during the last five years, PAC sources...		Claims of debt waiver termed misleading ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: The Pakistan Muslim League’s central information secretary, Mohammad Siddiqul Farooq, has termed as misleading the claim of finance minister Shaukat Aziz that the US would waive off one...
Policeman killed in encounter RAWALPINDI, Feb 15: A policeman was killed in an encounter between a proclaimed offender and police party in Kotli Sattian on Friday, police said....		Wheat sowing increases by 0.8pc ISLAMABAD, Feb 15: Wheat sowing registered an increase of 0.8 per cent as compared to last year....
Gen Fazal Muqeem dies RAWALPINDI, Feb 15: Gen (Rtd) Fazal Muqeem Khan, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan Army, died in Rawalpindi on Friday at 3pm. He was 88....		Rain to decide fate of wheat crop LAHORE, Feb 15: The wheat crop faces an uncertain future in view of the dry conditions and early depletion of dams which has forced the Irrigation Department to announce closure of...
‘Passport offices to be closed’ LAHORE, Feb 15: Passport offices will be closed next year as the Interior Ministry plans to utilize Nadra resources to issue computerized passports to applicants, Interior Minister Moinud Din Haider said...		More leads in Pearl’s case, says Moin LAHORE, Feb 15: Sindh police have found more leads in the Daniel Pearl case, Interior Minister Moinud Din Haider claimed on Friday....
Hasan Rizvi dies of cardiac arrest LAHORE, Feb 15: Known educationist, poet and columnist Dr Hasan Rizvi died of a heart attack here on Saturday. He was 54....		‘No US agency probes affairs of seminary’ LAHORE, Feb 15: No US investigation agency was probing the affairs of any religious seminary in the country, Interior Minister Moinud Din Haider said on Friday....
Most monuments subjected to ‘vandalism’ LAHORE, Feb 15: Federal Tourism Secretary Yousaf Kamal has said that most of monuments in the country have been subjected to ‘vandalism’....		One killed, 15 hurt on road SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 15: One passenger was killed while 15 others received injuries in two road accidents here on Friday....