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10 injured in Pirwadhai bus stand explosion RAWALPINDI, Dec 24: At least 10 people were injured after a low intensity bomb went off at Pirwadhai bus stand on Tuesday at 4:15pm, the police said....		Dispute over college land mars Tehsil council session RAWALPINDI, Dec 24: Accusations against Nazim and municipal officer marred the Tehsil council session here on Tuesday....
Quaid stood for rule of law, says Benazir ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Former prime minister and chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto, has said Quaid-i- Azam stood for constitutionalism, rule of law, respect for human rights and honouring...		Delimitation process starts in Capital ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The process of delimitation has been started in Islamabad under which the capital will be divided into 48 union councils, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Tariq Malik told Dawn....
Nawaz for following democratic principles ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: The former prime minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif, has asked the nation to adhere to the democratic traditions and principles....		Rain lashes twin cities ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Rain lashed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Tuesday breaking the long dry spell and turning the weather colder....
PM headed for slender confidence vote on 30th ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali seems headed for a slender parliamentary vote of confidence next week, though the opposition is not interested to unsettle him at this stage....		Defence ties with Iran to be boosted RAWALPINDI, Dec 24: Pakistan and Iran on Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation in defence and exchange delegations to identify the areas where they could benefit from each other’s experience and expertise....
AJK election tribunal unseats LA member MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 24: An election tribunal on Tuesday unseated an AJK Legislative Assembly member belonging to the People’s Party after declaring his election from a refugees’ constituency in Punjab void....		Efforts for progressive, democratic state pledged ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali in their messages on the eve on Quaid-i-Azam’s birthday, have vowed to make Pakistan a progressive, democratic,...
Kharrazi, Kasuri agree to increase contacts ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri and his Iranian counterpart, Dr Kamal Kharrazi, on Tuesday agreed to increase regular contacts on regional and global issues besides enhancing bilateral cooperation....		Four accords signed with Iran ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Pakistan and Iran signed four agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday to enhance bilateral relationship....
Man killed in Indian shelling MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 24: A man was killed along the Line of Control in Azad Kashmir in heavy Indian shelling overnight Monday, official sources said here on Tuesday. The man, identified as...		PM felicitates Christians ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali extended greetings to the Christians on the occasion of Christmas....
PPP man to back Jamali ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Chaudhry Rehman Naseer, a PPP MNA from Qujrat, has assured his full support to Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali when the latter takes vote of confidence on...		Iranian president lauds Iqbal’s poetry ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Paying glowing tributes to the Poet of the East, the Iranian President Dr Mohammad Khatami on Tuesday called upon the Muslim fraternity to seek guidance from “our great...
Miner dies QUETTA, Dec 24: A mine worker was killed and three received serious burn injuries in a gas explosion in a coal mine in Narwar area on Monday, hospital sources said....		Local bodies elections in Fata soon, says Iftikhar HANGU, Dec 24: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has declared that arrangements have been completed for holding the local governments elections in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), saying that the announcement to the effect would be made soon....
Police donate blood, funds to Rescue-15 KOHAT, Dec 24: The police on Tuesday donated Rs40,000 and 43 pints of blood to Rescue-15 blood bank....		LG system needs streamlining MANSEHRA, Dec 24: The local government system in the NWFP is facing a host of problems due to abolition of the office of Assistant Director Local Government and Rural Development Department...
Politicking for Senate seat in full swing ABBOTTABAD, Dec 24: Manoeuvring for the Senate seat is in full swing in the Abbottabad district and the role of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q legislators in the NWFP Assembly has become...		Probe urged MANSEHRA, Dec 24: The students of the Government Polytechnic Institute, Mansehra, have threatened to launch a protest drive if action is not taken against those responsible for misappropriating funds of the institution....
Inquiry against medical board dropped MULTAN, Dec 24: The Punjab Health Department has finally withdrawn an inquiry initiated against the three members of a special medical board on whose findings the Lahore High Court had penalized...		Private coys help sought to install streetlights FAISALABAD, Dec 24: The Tehsil municipal administration has decided to invite national and multinational companies for financial assistance to install streetlights and renovate historical places....
State land sold at ‘nominal’ price SARGODHA, Dec 24: District Nazim Malik Amjad Ali Noon has expressed his concern over the sale of state land worth millions of rupees at throwaway prices by the revenue department....		SC moved against LHC order on Tevta ordinance MULTAN, Dec 24: The Untied Teachers Association (UTA) of the provincial technical education department has filed a petition with the Supreme Court against the judgment passed by a single bench of...
4 highwaymen arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 24: Four alleged highwaymen were arrested on Monday night who had robbed the passengers of a bus near Chak 414-JB....		Langah gets PPP ticket BAHAWALPUR, Dec 24: Pakistan Seraiki Party chief Taj Mohammad Langah has got himself a PPP ticket to the election for NA-187 (Bahawalpur-V). The seat was surrendered by Aitzaz Ahsan....
Potato crisis ‘imminent’ LAHORE, Dec 24: The Farmers Associates Pakistan on Tuesday warned of, what it called, imminent potato crisis in the country as its price crashes and farmers opt for other crops....		Sukkur Express LAHORE, Dec 24: Pakistan Railways has decided to extend the route of Sukkur Express presently running between Karachi city and Sukker up to Jacobabad from Dec 26....
Punjab PA prorogued LAHORE, Dec 24: The Punjab Assembly session was prorogued sine die on Tuesday without transacting any business for lack of quorum when the ruling PML-Q chose to stay away to thwart...		Opposition’s protest LAHORE, Dec 24: The joint opposition in the Punjab Assembly staged a demonstration outside the assembly building in protest against prorogation of the session, terming it an attempt to bulldoze the...
Requisition costs millions to kitty LAHORE, Dec 24: All members of the Punjab Assembly who marked their attendance on Tuesday for the session which was prorogued because of lack of quorum, without transacting any business, earned...		Differences over united PML head LAHORE, Dec 24: Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali’s desire to reunify all factions of the Muslim League, including the one led by Mian Shahbaz Sharif, is less likely to translate into reality...
PTI, PML-N, PPP to contest jointly LAHORE, Dec 24: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday met ARD president Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan in the presence of the PML-N and the PPP leaders and then declared that by-elections...		`Nadra drafting privacy laws LAHORE, Dec 24: The National Database and Registration Authority is drafting privacy laws whose enactment will allow it to share data about citizens with the other government agencies such as the...