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Trainee doctors to launch silent protest from today ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Trainee doctors at the Federal Government Services Hospital (FGSH), commonly known as Poly Clinic, will begin a week-long silent protest on Wednesday to press for immediate raise in...		Fire destroys over 300 stalls at Sasta Bazaar RAWALPINDI, Dec 10: More than 300 stalls were completely gutted after fire broke out at a Sasta bazaar in Chungi No-22 in the early hours of Tuesday....
Punjab gets ADB water award ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Punjab housing, urban development and public health engineering department has received the Asian Development Bank award for promoting community participation, its ownership, and hygiene education, says a...		Progress on SNT projects reviewed ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A three-day annual meeting of Shimshal Nature Trust’s (SNT) Task Force held here from Dec 6-8 reviewed the pace of work on various community development, environmental, educational, cultural...
Human Rights Day: Rawa stages protest in front of UN office ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (Rawa) on the eve of Human Rights Day on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in front of the United Nations office...		US seeks explanation on minorities issue ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The State Department of the USA has demanded of the Pakistan Embassy in Washington to ‘do a little explaining’ about the state of affairs regarding the condition of...
Repatriation of all refugees in three years planned ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to repatriate the remaining 1.8 million refugees, lodged in camps, within three years....		Army’s withdrawal from tribal areas demanded NOWSHERA, Dec 10: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed has urged the government to withdraw the armed forces from the tribal belt and to end the humiliation of the patriotic tribesmen....
Schools turned into godowns DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 10: Dozens of ghost schools were unearthed during a survey conducted by a group of newsmen from Media Centre....		Low rainfall affects Rabi crop sowing PESHAWAR, Dec 10: Insufficient rain was affecting the sowing of Rabi crop, specially in barani areas, farmers said on Tuesday....
No papers filed for by-polls in Sindh KARACHI, Dec 10: Not a single nomination paper was filed on Tuesday for the by-elections, scheduled for Jan 15, in the four National Assembly and five Sindh Assembly constituencies in Sindh....		Chinese delegation calls on president ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A five-member delegation of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) on Tuesday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf....
Indian troops deployment failed, says Yusaf QUETTA, Dec 10: The Vice-Chief of Army Staff, General Mohammad Yusaf, has said that the Indian policy of military coercion through the assembly and build up of Indian armed forces on...		Notification issued ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The cabinet division on Tuesday issued a notification for the appointment of Amirul Mulk Mengal as governor of Balochistan....
NAB says its drive is on ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: A spokesman for the National Accountability Bureau has taken strong exception to certain reports carried in leading national dallies that the proceedings of anti-corruption nature and others against...		Another PPP MNA defects LAHORE, Dec 10: Azhar Ahmad Khan Yousafzai, MNA from NA-170 (Vehari), announced his decision to join the P-5 on Tuesday....
Man shot dead SUKKUR, Dec 10: A man, Morio Almani, was shot dead by armed men in Baiji Chowk, Pano Aqil, while he was headed towards home on a motorcycle on Tuesday.—Correspondent...		PPP leader escapes murder attempt SIALKOT, Dec 10: A PPP leader had a narrow escape when three men shot at his car near a Shakargarh village late on Monday night....
Laleka’s BA degree fake, claims MMA leader MULTAN, Dec 10: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader Mian Ihsan Bari has challenged the educational credentials of federal minister Abdul Sattar Laleka....		Environmental Law Centre LAHORE, Dec 10: Gov Khalid Maqbool on Tuesday visited the recently completed ‘Environmental Law Centre’ at the Punjab University Law College, which would be formally inaugurated in February....
Bugti outlaws rule Indus Highway RAJANPUR, Dec 10: The Indus Highway was blocked by motorists for eight hours near Shahwali Checkpost, 80km from here, on Monday night after eight highwaymen looted passengers of a coach and...		Chandeliers recovered, claim police BAHAWALPUR, Dec 10: Derawar police on Tuesday claimed having recovered stolen chandeliers and arrested four of the accused....
POs escape after 10-hour shootout GUJRAT, Dec 10: Some proclaimed offenders escaped from Shah Sarmast, Lalamusa, on Monday night following an encounter with the area police....		Five cheated, issued fake appointment letters GUJRANWALA, Dec 10: A cheat has deprived five unemployed youth of thousands of rupees and gave them fake letters of appointment as junior clerk in the Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and...
1,400 teachers not paid for two months SADIQABAD, Dec 10: Fourteen hundred teachers recruited two months ago have still not been paid their salaries....		Boy kidnapped for ransom in Khuddian KASUR, Dec 10: Five gunmen allegedly kidnapped a boy for ransom in Khuddian....
Two die on road GUJRANWALA, Dec 10: Two members of a family were killed in a road accident on Pasrur Road here on Tuesday....		Three killed as high-voltage wire falls on rickshaw BUREWALA, Dec 10: Three people, including two brothers, were killed and six others injured when a high-voltage wire fell on a motorcycle-rickshaw here on Tuesday....
Kalabagh Dam not core issue: Jamaat SWABI, Dec 10: The provincial chief of Jamaat-i-Islami and a leader of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Prof Ibrahim, has said that the “core issue” is not the construction of Kalabagh Dam...		MPAs threaten to withdraw support to NWFP CM MINGORA, Dec 10: A number of the provincial assembly members have asked the chief minister to restore the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) here, otherwise, they will withdraw their...
Recovery of plundered money pledged CHITRAL, Dec 10: Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, an MMA from Chitral, has said the MMA government will take action against all corrupt elements and recover every penny looted from the national...		ITNE hears newspaper workers’ complaints ISLAMABAD, Dec 10: The Chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees, Mr Justice Jawaid Nawaz Khan Gandapur, held court at Peshawar on Tuesday and heard the complaints of the newspaper...
Motorway design PESHAWAR, Dec 10: PPP-S MPA Sikandar Sherpao has urged the government to restore the original design of the Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway....		Sit-in outside PA today as JAC-govt talks fail LAHORE, Dec 10: Talks between the government and the Joint Action Committee of teachers, doctors and students failed on Tuesday....
Tenants protest leader’s arrest by Okara police LAHORE, Dec 10: The Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab (AMP) ended its five-hour sit-in on Tuesday night when Lahore police registered a complaint against Okara police for arresting the AMP president without informing them....		Azhar says he was expecting no-trust move LAHORE, Dec 10: PML-Q president Mian Azhar said on Tuesday that he was expecting a no-trust motion against him and he would have been surprised if it had not been tabled....
Meddling threatens police reforms LAHORE, Dec 10: The fresh reshuffle in the Punjab police setup is being seen as the re-emergence of political interference in administrative matters....		Crime-free society must for progress: Maqbool LAHORE, Dec 10: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said that the society needs to be purged of crime for progress....
Pervaiz admits law, order deteriorating LAHORE, Dec 10: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, admitting that the law and order was deteriorating in the province, has announced a vigorous drive against criminals and their harbourers....		Dorab Patel Award for Hamid Khan LAHORE, Dec 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has awarded the first Dorab Patel Award to advocate Hamid Khan for his services for the promotion of the rule of law....
Lahorites consume rotten wheat flour LAHORE, Dec 10: Lahorites have been consuming flour prepared from rotten wheat for quite some time....		Cold wave to last for another three days LAHORE, Dec 10: The temperature here dipped to below 5 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, but bright sunshine neutralized its impact during the day....
PPP, PML-N to cooperate for bypolls LAHORE, Dec 10: The PPP and the PML-N will cooperate with each other in the by-election on the national and provincial seats in the Punjab....		HR situation unsatisfactory all over world LAHORE, Dec 10: The speakers at a seminar held to mark the Human Rights Day here on Tuesday urged all sections of society to play their role in protecting rights and...
Sikandar ready to play role in govt-PPP talks LAHORE, Dec 10: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal said on Tuesday that the P-5’s point of view about the need for a coalition in the country would stand vindicated in case...		Shujaat likely choice for PML-Q president LAHORE, Dec 10: Chaudhry Shujaat Husain is expected to be elected as new president of the PML-Q after the removal of Mian Azhar, party leaders say....
New DCO takes charge LAHORE, Dec 10: Tariq Sultan, a former administrator of the defunct metropolitan corporation of Lahore, took over as the District Coordination Officer of Lahore here on Tuesday....		No papers submitted for bypolls LAHORE, Dec 10: No candidate submitted papers for the byelections, being held in two Lahore constituencies, before the returning officers on Tuesday, the first day of filing nominations....