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Construction of apartments in sector G-6 starts today ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The Rs5 billion re-development project of Sector G-6, a joint venture of Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) and Capital Development Authority (CDA), will start from Monday, an official of...		CBR asked to ensure proper tax assessments ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to direct the assessing officials to compute income tax on the basis...
Man commits suicide RAWALPINDI, Jan 19: A mutilated body was found lying near Faisal Mosque while a man committed suicide in Bhara Kahu, police said on Sunday....		European states may adopt registration laws, fears minister RAWALPINDI, Jan 19: The federal information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, has feared that European countries might also adopt the registration and naturalization system....
People throng SGA cultural programme ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: A colourful cultural and get-together programme was held at the Shah Latif Bhittai Community Centre here on Sunday....		Demo held against US RAWALPINDI, Jan 19: Activists of Youth for International Socialism (YFIS) on Sunday criticized the policies of the US government and asked world leaders to stop America from starting war on Iraq....
Expatriates briefed on Islamabad’s policies WASHINGTON, Jan 19: Ambassador to the United States Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, in the first of a series of planned meetings and outreach efforts, exchanged views here on Saturday with the US...		Faisal to hold talks with Saudi leaders: Anti-terror war, drugs ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri called on Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat on Saturday and discussed with him matters of bilateral interest....
Incentives for overseas Pakistanis planned ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Having earned Rs20 billion savings in 2002, the federal government on Sunday announced two per cent additional profit to pensioners on their 10-year fixed saving accounts of Rs10,000...		Banks to give dollar loans for machinery import ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The State Bank of Pakistan will shortly ask the commercial banks to offer medium-term dollar financing for the import of machinery....
Solution to Neelum road closures demanded MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 19: A People’s Party leader of Neelum Valley has called upon the governments in Islamabad and Muzaffarabad to ensure that the main road of the valley remained open for...		Kasuri-Powell talks’ outcome awaited NEW YORK, Jan 19: Pakistanis here are waiting for a meeting scheduled for Jan 29, between Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri and US Secretary of State Colin Powell before turning up for...
US, Russia focus of diplomacy ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Two of world’s key capitals, Washington and Moscow, appear to have become the focus of Pakistan’s diplomacy with the top foreign office men present there at the moment...		Military govt’s policies failed: PPP ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: The spokesman for Pakistan People’s Party, Farhatullah Babar has said that military government’s economic policies and programmes during the last three years have miserably failed....
Sanghar cadet college to get Rs150m SANGHAR, Jan 19: The government will provide Rs150 million to the Cadet College at Jam Nawaz Ali, Sanghar, over the next three years....		Body to monitor jail affairs MIRPURKHAS, Jan 19: An eight-member committee has been constituted to monitor prisons and improve the conditions of prisoners in Mirpurkhas....
Four relatives of ex-MNA acquitted PESHAWAR, Jan 19: An accountability court on Saturday acquitted four relatives of a former MNA, Haji Naseemur Rehman, in a reference pertaining to the possession of illegal assets....		Two shot dead MINGORA, Jan 19: Two persons were shot dead and seven others critically injured over a land dispute here on Saturday in Kokarai village, some eight kilometres from here....
Chitral faces shortage of consumer goods CHITRAL, Jan 19: The district Nazim has told the Home Ministry that he will continue issuing permits to traders to bring edibles from Afghanistan as there is no alternative with him...		PPP’s choice for Senate ticket opposed THATTA, Jan 19: Over two dozen activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians have criticized the allotment of party ticket for Senate election to Maliha Malik, the sister of former Sindh governor...
Enforcement of Shariat MMA’s aim, says Fazl DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Jan 19: The chief of JUI-F and secretary- general of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, has said that his party will strive to enforce Shariat as the...		Five more degree colleges to be set up PESHAWAR, Jan 19: The board of directors of Frontier Education Foundation on the other day approved the establishment of five new degree colleges and decided to start postgraduate classes in the...
Two killed in shootout SUKKUR, Jan 19: A Jakhrani tribesman and a dacoit were killed in an exchange of fire near Kandhkot on Friday....		Minister inspects desiltation KOHAT, Jan 19: NWFP irrigation minister, Hafiz Akhtar Ali Khan, has stressed the need for a comprehensive network of canals in the province to make it self-sufficient in grain, fruit and...
Cotton leaf curl virus re-appears MULTAN, Jan 19: Economically fatal cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) which hit the crop badly in early 1990s in the country has re-emerged this year....		Killers of four sisters at large FAISALABAD, Jan 19: The family and villagers have refuted that any of the girls who were killed by their brother in Chak 644-GB in the limits of Lundianwala police on Saturday...
No drugs in public hospital emergencies GUJRAT, Jan 19: The emergency wards of DHQ Hospital, Gujrat Maternity Hospital and Kharian THQ Hospital have been doing without medicines for the last four months, it was learnt....		15 robbery incidents in Sialkot SIALKOT, Jan 19: Unidentified armed outlaws injured two women on resistance, looted cash, mobile phones, other valuables worth hundreds and thousands of rupees and took away three cars, two tractor trollies...
Rickshaw drivers block road GUJRANWALA, Jan 19: Drivers of motorcycle and auto-rickshaws blocked the Khiali Bypass intersection on Sunday in protest against the collection of forced tax by some vagabonds....		Fast food outlet gutted FAISALABAD, Jan 19: Fire reduced to ashes articles, furniture and other valuables in a branch of a multi-national fast food restaurant on Faisalabad-Satiana Road on Sunday....
Prayer leader gunned down GUJRAT, Jan 19: A prayer leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the limit of the Railway police station here on Sunday....		Schoolboys to control traffic MULTAN, Jan 19: Fifty boys selected from four schools of the city have been imparted training to control traffic at school opening and closing timing....
ADB again asks govt to resolve INHS issue: ‘Loan deal violation’ LAHORE, Jan 19: The Asian Development Bank has once again asked the Economic Affairs Division to clarify the status of the Shaikha Fatima Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences,...		Pervaiz rejects demand for fresh elections LAHORE, Jan 19: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday rejected some politicians’ demand for fresh elections and an interim government....
Prof Ghafoor for Senate LAHORE, Jan 19: The Jamaat-i-Islami has nominated Prof Abdul Ghafoor for the Senate....		Police pickets a permanent nuisance LAHORE, Jan 19: Police pickets, aimed at crime control at the cost of public comfort, have become a permanent feature of the city....
Lahore braces itself for another foggy night LAHORE, Jan 19: Sunshine, though dimmed by a haze of mist, provided a relief to the people of Lahore on Sunday from the effects of a cold night....		Prices of flour, ghee go up LAHORE, Jan 19: Flour, vegetable ghee and sugar prices have registered an increase in the provincial metropolis due to the absence of any price control mechanism....
NA assured more share in cabinets LAHORE, Jan 19: The Jamali government has assured the National Alliance more share in the federal as well as provincial cabinets, it is learnt....		Call to make oil price fixing mechanism transparent LAHORE, Jan 19: Experts in oil sector have asked the government to bring in transparency in the price fixing mechanism and place it under the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority....
PTPC MD for probe into chairlift mishap LAHORE, Jan 19: Bashir Sheikh, managing director of the Pakistan Tourism Promotion Council, on Sunday demanded sacking of those responsible for the Murree chairlift mishap....		Rally for Iraq LAHORE, Jan 19: The Jamaat Ahle Sunnat has announced that it will organize a “defence of Iraq” rally from Data Darbar to Regal Chowk on Jan 23....
Demo LAHORE, Jan 19: The Pasban Ahle Sunnat demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday to protest impending US attack on Iraq....		PCGA report dashes hopes of bumper crop MULTAN, Jan 19: Only 400,000 bales of cotton reached ginneries across the country during the first fortnight of the current month as against 570,000 that arrived in the corresponding period last...