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Holy Family Hospital’s electricity meters stolen RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: The high tension electricity meters of Holy Family Hospital (HFH) have gone missing soon after its installation, sources said here on Tuesday....		Ill-planning mars uplift of three sectors ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is facing hardships in developing three new sectors — I-14, I-15 and I-16 — due to faulty planning, the CDA’s director-general services, Moiuddin...
Fire breaks out near NA building ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Fire broke out on Friday in an underground duct in front of the National Assembly building due to gas leakage, injuring a lineman....		Police detain media persons at LHC RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: The police harassed and detained some journalists when they came to the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench to cover a press conference called by the Lahore High Court...
Officials asked to complete RCB bifurcation process by 22nd RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: The station commander Rawalpindi Cantonment Board, Brig Hamid Khalil, has set January 22 as the deadline for officials to complete the bifurcation process, officials sources told Dawn....		Missing cab driver found murdered RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: A taxi driver was found murdered in his abandoned cab parked near Rawal Lake on Tuesday, police sources said....
Desertions prompt PML-N to stake claim: Opposition leader’s slot ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The large-scale desertions in the PPP ranks have prompted the lowly-placed PML-N to stake a claim to the prestigious slot of the Leader of the Opposition in the...		CBR to hire experts for detecting tax evasions ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Central Board of Revenue (CBR) is set to hire the services of specialists from private sector to detect businessmen who understate their sales and income, CBR spokesman...
Unlawful Pakistani immigrants get help ABU DHABI, Dec 31: Pakistan embassy has made arrangements to help illegal Pakistani immigrants here benefit from the four-month-long amnesty by the UAE government....		NAB files 160 cases against politicians ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The National Accountability Bureau has registered 160 cases against politicians for their alleged involvement in illegal practices....
Envoy asks Pakistani Christians to project country WASHINGTON, Dec 31: Pakistani Christians in America can play a positive role in increasing awareness about Pakistan in the United States, Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi told two separate Christian gatherings in...		Seven lawyers enrolled as SC advocates ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Enrolment Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council has enrolled six lawyers from Karachi and one from Hyderabad as Advocates of Supreme Court....
US-Pakistan security symposium on Jan 10 ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf is scheduled to open a high-profile Pakistan-US symposium on security issues, here on Jan 10....		Drought claims 24 lives in a month HUB, Dec 31: At least 24 people died in Aranji sub-Tehsil of Khuzdar district during December because of prolonged drought, it was learnt on Tuesday....
Army can face any threat: Musharraf KARACHI, Dec 31: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has declared that the Pakistan army is fully capable of frustrating any malicious designs of the enemy....		Investment Promotion steps hailed MIRPUR, Dec 31: President of Britain-based Jammu Kashmir Human Rights Organization and convener of Kashmir Expatriates Association, Raja Mohammad Shabir Khan, on Monday welcomed steps taken by the AJK government for...
MNA’s uncle offers apology to PPP ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Former National Assembly member of the PPP, Mumtaz Taman, on Tuesday condemned the decision of his nephew, Faiz Taman, of joining the People’s Party Patriots and voting for...		Prime minister performs Umra MEKKAH, Dec 31: Premier Zafarullah Jamali performed Umra along with members of his entourage soon after his arrival in Saudi Arabia early Tuesday morning....
PPAF amount was increased by 99pc in 2001-02: report ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) disbursed Rs1,188 million for the fiscal year 2001-02, which is 99 per cent more than the amount given for 2000-01 for the...		Mobile lab to gauge air pollution: Emissions from Muzaffargarh power units MULTAN, Dec 31: The Punjab Environment Protection Department has decided to send a mobile laboratory to Muzaffargarh in order to gauge the intensity of the air pollution being caused by thermal...
All odds against Gardezi in by-elections BAHAWALPUR, Dec 31: Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi is likely to support independent candidate Saood Majid Chaudhry in the by-election on NA-187 instead of Syed Tasnim Gardezi....		MPA’s murder: FIR against 17 GUJRAT, Dec 31: Sarai police have registered a case against 17 people, including nine nominated, on the charge of killing MPA Chaudhry Farooq and his five companions on Sunday near Dandi...
Constable killed in encounter VEHARI, Dec 31: One constable was killed while another was injured in an encounter with dacoits in Jehania here on Monday night....		Christians hold demo in Gojra TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 31: The Christian community took out a protest procession in Gojra on Tuesday to condemn the terrorist attack on a Daska church....
Church attack suspect innocent, says MMA SIALKOT, Dec 31: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal says that Qari Muhammad Afzal, detained as a suspect in the Daska Church attack, is innocent....		One more device recovered OKARA, Dec 31: One more rocket was recovered from under the lower Bari Doaab canal’s bridge on Tuesday....
2 cops held for killing man in fake encounter GUJRANWALA, Dec 31: Two police constables involved in the killing of a man in a fake encounter were arrested on Tuesday by the Cantt police after a judicial inquiry found them...		Electricity outages not on cards: Wapda chief briefs Press LAHORE, Dec 31: Wapda chairman Zulifqar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that there would be no power loadshedding during the current winter despite the declining water level in rivers....
Govt ‘promoted’ horse-trading LAHORE, Dec 31: The Awami National Party has criticized the Jamali government for introducing horse trading to win vote of confidence. The Jamali administration was the weakest in the country’s history...		Politicians urged to unite against Musharraf LAHORE, Dec 31: Jamaat-i-Islami information secretary Amirul Azim has urged politicians to unite against Gen Musharraf’s dictatorship for restoring 1973 Constitution....
Punjab cabinet in a couple of days: CM LAHORE, Dec 31: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has hinted that the provincial cabinet is expected to be announced in a couple of days....		Madad committee MULTAN, Dec 31: Another batch of 448 Madad Committee victims would receive payments at the Multan Arts Council here on Wednesday (today).—APP...