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CDA finance wing opposes decision: Sector D-12 uplift charges ISLAMABAD, July 23: The imposition of additional development charges on the plot owners of Sector D-12 has been opposed by the finance wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA), a well-...		Punjab govt rounds off figures to discard paisas RAWALPINDI, July 23: The Punjab government has decided to round off the figures to discard paisa from its accounts and payments, a letter issued by the office of the Punjab accountant...
‘Uprooting extremism must for sustainable democracy’ ISLAMABAD, July 23: The interior minister, Moinuddin Haider, has said the democracy can only be strengthened if expansion of fanaticism is halted in the country....		CRCP welcomes govt decision on power tariff ISLAMABAD, July 23: Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) welcomed the president’s move of directing Wapda to put on hold the implementation of recent increase of 40 paisa per unit in...
Provinces fail to respond to NCSW proposal on women seats ISLAMABAD, July 23: The provincial steering committees, constituted by the federal government, have failed to respond to the proposal given by the National Commission on Status of Women (NCSW) for the...		Drunken driver hit, injures four persons RAWALPINDI, July 23: Four persons, including a woman and her child, sustained injuries and five vehicles were damaged after a drunken civil engineer of Army Welfare Housing Scheme (AWHS) lost control...
Water in Murree unfit for human consumption RAWALPINDI, July 23: Water available in Murree has been found to be contaminated and as such unfit for human consumption, a report of the tests, conducted by the Public Health Engineering...		Fruit exporters asked to study foreign market ISLAMABAD: July 23: Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries Abdul Razak Dawood on Tuesday opened 11th Mango and Summer Fruit Expo-2002....
CRI, dist govt sign deal on early childhood education ISLAMABAD, July 23: Children’s Resource International (CRI) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Rawalpindi district government to introduce early childhood education methodology in 19 schools of the marganalized sections of...		Provision of quality education stressed ISLAMABAD, July 23: Federal Minister for Sports and Youths Col S.K. Tressler (retired) on Tuesday emphasized the need for providing quality education to youths, on whom the country’s future depended....
Management of water resources stressed QUETTA, July 23: Latest water resources management techniques should be used for overcoming water shortage and to control the depleting underground water level in the province, Balochistan Irrigation and Power Minister...		Accountability law to be amended ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Accountability Ordinance, which was earlier amended in the light of Supreme Court’s verdict, is again being amended before its enactment by the parliament, an official of National...
Musharraf’s air route irks India NEW DELHI, July 23: India, responding to President Pervez Musharraf’s decision to avoid its airspace during his flight to Dhaka next week, accused Pakistan on Tuesday of lacking in sincerity to...		Syria backs Muslim S&T research fund ISLAMABAD, July 23: Science and Technology Minister Prof Attaur Rahman on Monday conveyed to Syrian President Bashar Al Asad in Damascus a message of President Gen Pervez Musharraf about setting up...
Court may conclude hearing in PS case ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Accountability Court Rawalpindi is expected to conclude hearing in Pakistan Steel Mills corruption case filed by National Accountability Bureau against Asif Ali Zardari....		Ord amended Sacked govt employees get 15 days to appeal ISLAMABAD, July 23: The president on Tuesday amended Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000, allowing a penalised civil servant to file representation within 15 days....
First round of APNS-govt talks held ISLAMABAD, July 23: The president of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, Hameed Haroon, has said the first round of talks with the representatives of the ministry of information and media development,...		FTA with Delhi ruled out ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan on Tuesday dismissed the possibility of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) or holding talks for trade through land route with India until prevailing tense atmosphere continued....
EU representative due on 27th ISLAMABAD, July 23: The European Union high representative for the commission’s foreign and security policy, Javier Solana, will arrive here on Saturday ahead of the US secretary of state Colin Powell’s...		Two hospitals to be set up in Hunza GILGIT, July 23: The government has decided to set up two hospitals with modern facilities in Hunza....
Accused in Czech’s murder declared PO GILGIT, July 23: The Ghizer police on Tuesday declared Daulat Shah, wanted for the murder of Czech nationals Peter Polasek and Gubriela Gobicova in Gupis on April 26, a proclaimed offender....		CEC’s stance hailed ISLAMABAD, July 23: Pakistan People’s Party on Tuesday welcomed the comments of the chief election commissioner barring the governors from using official machinery in their political campaigns....
Parties need to amend their constitutions under PPO ISLAMABAD, July 23: Political parties desiring to contest elections will have to amend their constitution to incorporate the newly added provisions of the Political Parties Order, 2002, it is learnt....		Nawabshah prone to water-borne disease NAWABSHAH, July 23: A large number of people in this district have been suffering from water-borne disease and doctors have attributed the cause to the contaminated water being supplied from Gujra...
Graduation condition irks tribal elders LANDI KOTAL, July 23: Tribal elders, Maliks and political and social organizations in Fata have appealed to the military government to rescind the graduation condition for becoming a member of legislative...		Suspects in attack on tourists sent to judicial lock-up MANSEHRA, July 23: Fourteen suspects arrested in connection with the attack on European tourists near Ashoka relics here on 13th, have been sent to judicial lock-up in the district jail Abbottabad...
Nazimeen complain about ministers SUKKUR, July 23: The nine district Nazims of Sindh have sent a letter to President Pervez Musharraf, in which they requested him for being given time to inform him of the...		Jobs for local youth in oil firms urged KHAIRPUR, July 23: The activists of the Nara Youth Ittehad took out a protest demonstration and staged a sit-in outside the district Nazim office here on Tuesday....
Three killed over petty disputes PESHAWAR, July 23: Three people were killed and one other was injured over petty disputes here on Tuesday....		Rs400m uplift plans launched in Haripur HARIPUR, July 23: The district government of Haripur has launched development schemes worth Rs400 million in different union councils to bring the under-developed areas at par with the developed areas....
Investigation in murder case biased: villagers BADIN, July 23: The villagers of the Ibrahim Mallah village, Badin Taluka, have on Tuesday expressed grave concern regarding the investigation of a murder case, No120/2002....		3 die as van overturns near Larkana LARKANA, July 23: Three persons died and seven were injured as a van overturned on Airport Road near Hatri on Tuesday....
Kidnappers free former banker LAKKI MARWAT, July 23: A former bank official, who was kidnapped near Chashma in the Dera Ismail Khan district a few days back, was recovered from the mountain range of the...		Hazara University depts to be strengthened ISLAMABAD, July 23: The Ministry of Science and Technology will strengthen the departments of microbiology and biochemistry at the Hazara University....
1,396 ASIs to be recruited in Punjab FAISALABAD, July 23: The Punjab government will recruit 1,396 assistant sub-inspectors and over 5,000 constables in nine districts of the Punjab....		Three more accused arrested in Mailsi: Bahawalpur church massacre VEHARI, July 23: Three of the eight alleged members of a banned militant outfit involved in the Bahawalpur church firing incident have been arrested by the Vehari police....
Councillor among a dozen booked FAISALABAD, July 23: D-Type Colony police claimed on Tuesday having registered a case against a dozen people, including a councillor, accused of receiving ‘jagga tax’ from the drivers of urban transport....		Arrested dacoits ‘belong to MQM’ SAHIWAL, July 23: Three dacoits, who were arrested after looting a bank branch at Adda Shabeel on Sahiwal-Arifwala Road on Monday, belong to the MQM....
Tenants reject fresh offer MULTAN, July 23: Tenants of the state-managed agricultural farms will not accept any official offer for which they have to withdraw from their demand of ownership rights over the land they...		Urs of Waris Shah begins SHEIKHUPURA, July 23: The 204th annual urs of Syed Waris Shah began at Jandiala Sher Khan on Tuesday....
Teachers’ meeting tomorrow GUJRANWALA, July 23: An education joint action committee has convened a meeting at the Government Higher Secondary School here on Thursday to adopt a future line of action against denationalization of...		PPLA’s Protest continues JHANG, July 23: The Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association, Jhang chapter, held a protest meeting at the Government Degree College for Women in protest against the denationalization of educational institutions....
Two minor Siblings drown BAHAWALNAGAR, July 23: Two minor siblings drowned in a canal in Chishtian on Tuesday....		PCSIR vying for degree awarding status LAHORE, July 23: The Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Laboratories Complex, Lahore, is planning to get a degree awarding status and its officials are busy framing a charter...
Rs1 billion Endowment to alleviate poverty LAHORE, July 23: The Punjab government decided on Tuesday to set up a Rs1 billion endowment fund to alleviate poverty and promote higher education in rural areas....		Case against former MPA withdrawn LAHORE, July 23: The National Accountability Bureau, Punjab, withdrew on Tuesday corruption charges against Farrukh Javed Ghumman, former MPA and Sargodha zila council chairman, and his two alleged accomplices....
‘Moin Qureshi not US citizen’ LAHORE, July 23: Moin Qureshi was a green card holder and not a US citizen when he took over as caretaker prime minister of Pakistan in 1993, an application moved in...		PML-QA team to meet MMA, NA leadership LAHORE, July 23: A PML-QA delegation will meet the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and National Alliance leadership in the first week of August to explore the possibilities of election alliance and seat-to-seat adjustments....
IEEEP against power tariff hike LAHORE, July 23: The government must not provide the Water and Power Development Authority the easy way of tariff increase without an overall reduction in line losses and recovery of arrears,...		NAB ordered to summon record of Pasban Co-op LAHORE, July 23: An accountability court on Tuesday directed the NAB to summon complete record of the defunct Pasban Co-operative Finance Corporation (PCFC) from the Punjab Co-operatives Bank Limited (PCBL) and...