Deportees spreading AIDS: health official
PESHAWAR, Nov 30: Many people deported from the United Arab Emirate and Middle Eastern countries after being tested positive for HIV/Aids positive have been transmitting the killer ailment to their wives...
Four ANF men suspended for missing outlaws’ documents
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 29: Missing National Identity Cards (NIC), passports and visas of two drug traffickers, who were arrested a few days back by Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), has created confusion...
Committees of Haripur district council dissolved
HARIPUR, Nov 30: All the standing committees of the district council were dissolved on Saturday for reconstitution under the new formula devised by the provincial government....
Vaccination of cattle begins
SWABI, Nov 30: A vaccination campaign launched by the Samajee Behbood Rabita Council (SBRC) and the local livestock department, civil veterinary hospital, has succeeded in preventing the spread of haemorrhagic septicemia...
Case lodged against sugar mills official
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 30: The conflict between the workers union and administration of Chashma Sugar Mills, which had begun in the last crushing season, took a new turn on Friday....
2 held for possessing hashish
ABBOTTABAD, Nov 30: The CIA police in a raid seized 11kg hashish from two people, including one constable of Abbottabad district jail on Friday....
NGO sets up hospital to provide free treatment
PESHAWAR, Nov 30: To provide free medical facilities to the poor people, a new NGO, Roshni Community Development (RCD), has set up its first hospital, Mashal, at Pajagi Road here on...
‘PML-Q will help alleviate poverty’
HARIPUR, Nov 30: The member of the NWFP Assembly of the Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam), Faisal Zaman, said that poverty alleviation and provision of the basic facilities to the people are...
Dialogue
PESHAWAR, 30: The Hizb-ut-Tahrir Wilayah Pakistan has arranged a talk, “from dictatorship to democracy” here at Peshawar Press Club on Sunday....
PML-N urges boycott of assemblies sessions
KARACHI, Nov 30: The parliamentary leader of the PML-N, Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, deploring the postponement of the provincial assembly session has called upon the democratic forces to boycott the national and...
Benazir criticizes dissidents
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Benazir Bhutto, has condemned “the betrayal of those who were elected from the PPP platform, but subsequently voted against the party discipline.”...
‘Quake-hit people need medical cover’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Around 35,000 quake-affected people of Chilas and Astore valleys of Diamer district still lack adequate medical facilities....
Call to restore district status of Umerkot
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 30: The Mirpurkhas district council here on Saturday unanimously approved a resolution, demanding restoration of district status of Umerkot....
Schedule of water rotation announced
SUKKUR, Nov 30: The irrigation department has announced water rotation programme at Rohri division from Dec 3 to 11 due to acute water shortage in the River Indus....
Sewerage system collapses
KHAIRPUR, Nov 30: The shopkeepers and residents held a demonstration here on Saturday against overflow of drain water on the city roads and streets....
Postponement of Sindh Assembly session flayed
JACOBABAD, Nov 30: Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman Dr Qadir Magsi has said his party will launch a protest drive if Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s chief minister was “imposed” on Sindh....
Man killed
DADU, Nov 30: A villager, Abdul Karim alias Adloo, 35, was shot dead by six men in Bandhi village, Mehar taluka, on Saturday....
Solidarity expressed with Kashmiris
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 30: Seif El Islam Qadhafi, son of Libyan President Moamer Qadhafi and head of Qadhafi International Foundation, on Saturday said he had great realization of the miseries of his...
Lawlessness in Larkana flayed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Larkana district....
Activist of banned outfit held
RAWALPINDI, Nov 30: The police have arrested an activist of a banned outfit on Saturday who was released by New Delhi in 1999 in response to the Indian plane hijacker’s demand,...
PPP tickets for Senate
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Candidates for the People’s Party Parliamentarians tickets for Senate from Punjab were asked on Saturday to submit brief resumes of their contributions for the party cause since 1999....
Hijacked car recovered
GILGIT, Nov 30: The police in a drive against outlaws recovered a stolen car (RNG-6911), a motorcycle and jewellery....
New govt welcomed
PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The outgoing NWFP Minister for Information Syed Imtiaz Hussain Gilani has congratulated and welcomed the new provincial government....
Selling kidneys to wriggle out of feudal clutches
SARGODHA, Nov 30: Sultanpur Mela, situated 40km away from here, has been highlighted in the print and electronic media because of its linkage to a network that does business in human...
Study stresses proportionate electoral system
MULTAN, Nov 30: An NGO which carried out an extensive survey of the Oct 10 election has stressed on the introduction of proportionate electoral system in the country....
Dacoit released on bail kills farmer
SAHIWAL, Nov 30: A dacoit released on bail from the Central Jail a day ago shot dead a farmer and injured his brother seriously on Saturday in Chak 82/6-R....
Fresh probe into maid’s rape
FAISALABAD, Nov 30: A district and sessions judge has asked the DIG to depute a senior police officer to reinvestigate the rape of a maid of the Madina Town Girls College...
Seminary student tortured to death
MULTAN, Nov 30: A student of the seminary was allegedly tortured to death by two teachers and four fellow students between Friday and Saturday night in Ahmedpur Sharqia....
Nine strikes by robbers
FAISALABAD, Nov 30: Robbers made of with thousands of rupees, gold ornaments and took away a car and five motorcycles in nine strikes in the city and its adjoining areas during...
Bar for restoration of bus route
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 30: The District Bar Association, in an emergent meeting, slammed a District Nazim’s decision of restricting Daewoo buses entry into the city jurisdiction....
Women lecturers back JAC
GUJRANWALA, Nov 30: Women lecturers will hold a protest meeting at the Government City College of Women at 10am on Monday against the constitution of boards of governors in educational institutions....
Nazim, kin owe Rs6m to revenue dept
VEHARI, Nov 30: District Nazim Mumtaz Khan Khichi and his family have been defaulter of Rs6 million of the revenue department for the last two years....
Loadshedding
GUJRAT, Nov 30: Residents of the district have been experiencing three to four hours unscheduled loadshedding for the last one week. The worst-hit areas are Gujrat, Lalamusa and Kharian....