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Activists of PML-N stage anti-US rally RAWALPINDI, Feb 28: A large number of activists of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and students of religious seminaries took out a rally here on Friday against the possible US onslaught...		Basant celebrated in Pindi with enthusiasm RAWALPINDI, Feb 28: The residents of Rawalpindi on Friday enthusiastically celebrated the officially-banned and rain- affected Basant festival, in which about 60 people, mostly children, were injured....
New American non-immigrant visa forms from today ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The US Embassy starts using a new version of the non-immigrant visa application form, DS 156, from March 1, says a Press release issued here on Friday....		Meat shortage not due to export of goats, says minister ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The federal commerce minister, Humayun Akhtar, on Friday said the prevailing shortage of meat in the country was not due to export of goats....
Ministers asked to attend NA session ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Speaker of the National Assembly Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday asked the ministers to ensure their presence in the house during the question-hour session to answer the queries...		Approval for TV channels to be sought: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Friday said his ministry was preparing proposals for approval from the president and prime minister to allow print media organizations to start...
Omani team visits HIT, POF TAXILA, Feb 28: The visiting five-member defence delegation of Pakistan led by Commodore Saleem Bin Abdullah Bin Rashid visited Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) and Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF), Wah Cantt....		Resentment in ruling coalition evident: PPP ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday predicted a possible revolt in Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali’s coalition from which about 20 of the party’s own MNAs have...
Tribal MNA narrates kidnap ordeal in NA ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: A heated debate was witnessed in the National Assembly on Friday when the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal forced the chair to allow a tribal MNA to narrate his ordeal as...		Pakistan asks big powers to remove differences: Iraq issue UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28: Pakistan on Friday joined other non- permanent members of the UN Security Council in asking the five permanent members — the United States, Britain, France, Russia and...
Opposition, Bar vow to oppose LFO ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Members of opposition parties and leaders of the Bar vowed on Friday to resist moves of the government to make Legal Framework Order as part of the Constitution...		Inflation rate stood at 3.8pc, NA told ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday told the National Assembly that the rate of inflation had been kept at 3.8 per cent during last three years which was...
Government gives PIA back to ministry RAWALPINDI, Feb 28: The government on Friday decided to revert its decision to take back national flag carrier, Pakistan International  Airline (PIA), from defence  minister  after succumbing to intense pressure from...		Indian mission given land ISLAMABAD, Feb 28: Pakistan on Friday handed over possession of another plot of land to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad....
Irregularities found in rural uplift projects MANSEHRA, Feb 28: The provincial government, after a detailed investigation into the affairs of Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) has unearthed irregularities in its development schemes in Mansehra district and the...		PHC upholds MC official’s jail term PESHAWAR, Feb 28: A single bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday dismissed an appeal of a former rent controller of the Mardan Municipal Committee, and upheld his conviction by a trial court....
PML holds demo against Iraq war PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The PML-N on Friday held a protest rally condemning the possible attack on on Iraq and urged the government to support Iraq against US aggression....		Qalandar Momand remembered PESHAWAR, Feb 28: Speakers at a reference held to pay tributes to the literary personality, the late Qalandar Momand, exhorted the participants to carry forward the mission left incomplete by his...
Solidarity with Iraqis expressed PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The Peshawar University chapter of the Islami Jamiat Talaba, observed black day and took out a protest demonstration on Friday to express solidarity with the people of Iraq....		Heavy snowfall in Malakand MINGORA, Feb 28: Heavy rain and snowfall, that started on Thursday, have paralyzed life in Malakand....
Police killers still at large PESHAWAR, Feb 28: The city police have failed to arrest the killers of three policemen who had been shot dead during an encounter with villagers of Patwariyan in Mathra locality on...		401 centres for SSC exams in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Feb 28: The Gujranwala Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education has set up 401 examination centres for 130,000 candidates of secondary school certificate...
Demo against US, allies on PML-N’s call MULTAN, Feb 28: Activists of various political and religious parties took out a protest procession on the call of PML-N to condemn the US and its allies for their designs to...		Indian PM’s statement condemned LAHORE, Feb 28: The former National Kashmir Committee member, Afrasiab Khan, has condemned the Indian prime minister’s statement at the NAM conference that Kashmir is an integral part of India....
Two bike riders shot dead by highwaymen DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 28: Two armed robbers shot dead two persons and took away their motorcycle on Friday in the limits of Saddar police station....		Basant fever leaves minor dead GUJRANWALA, Feb 28: A minor boy was killed when he fell from the roof of his house while flying kite on Basant, which was celebrated for the second time in a...
Kidnapper’s house set on fire TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 28: Over a dozen relatives of a kidnapped girl set on fire the house of an alleged kidnapper on Friday in Chak 323-JB, Trandi....		Site selected for RYK EPZ BAHAWALPUR, Feb 28: Around 200 acres along the KLP Road between Rahimyar Khan and Sadiqabad, at Chak 5-NP, have been selected for setting up the proposed Export Processing Zone of Rahim...
One hurt in landmine blast SIALKOT, Feb 28: A villager was injured seriously in another landmine blast on Friday in a village near the working boundary’s Shakargarh-Narowal sector....		Magisterial powers sought for TMOs: Muharram peace TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 28: The district government has urged the provincial government to award magisterial powers to tehsil municipal officers and revenue officers so that they could be deputed to...
Two cops booked OKARA, Feb 28: The city police have registered a case against two constables who allegedly helped an undertrial man escape....		Workshop on Shish Mahal LAHORE, Feb 28: The Federal Archaeology and Museums Department and Unesco will organize a workshop primarily on the conservation of Shish Mahal at the Pakistan Institute of Archaeological Training and Research...
Govt pledges incentives for EPZ investment SIALKOT, Feb 28: Punjab Minister for Industries Mohammad Ajmal Cheema has said that the provincial government would soon announce a special package of incentives to attract investment in the newly-established Sialkot...		Nadra to register children on computer LAHORE, Feb 28: National Database and Registration Authority is set to launch the much-awaited computerized registration of children from April to facilitate people in getting ‘Form B.’...
SC turns down state’s plea: Khwajas case LAHORE, Feb 28: A division bench of the Supreme Court on Friday refused to accept the State’s plea regarding the suspension of three Khwaja family members’ release orders issued by the...		Contempt plea against Lesco LAHORE, Feb 28: The KAP Associates on Friday filed a contempt notice against the Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) for not following a court order to restore a contract that it...
Security tightened LAHORE, Feb 28: Security was heightened in the city and elsewhere in the Punjab on Friday to guard sensitive places with special focus on foreign installations and their missions....		Ombudsman’s order upheld LAHORE, Feb 28: The Punjab governor rejected the city district government representation against the provincial ombudsman’s order regarding payment of bills to a contractor....
Peace march LAHORE, Feb 28: Workers will stage a peace march from Nisbet Road to the Assembly Chambers here on March 3 to condemn the continuing US war mongering against Iraq....		PPP to file damages suit LAHORE, Feb 28: Ms Benazir Bhutto’s special envoy on international affairs on Friday claimed that the former prime minister or her husband maintained no account in any Swiss bank and all...
Congress on hepatitis begins LAHORE, Feb 28: The much-awaited national congress on gastroenterology began here on Friday with the aim to create public awareness about the potentially lethal Hepatitis B and bring this vital issue...		PML-N, JUP hold anti-US demo LAHORE, Feb 28: The PML-N and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan set up a protest camp at Faisal Square on Friday afternoon to voice their opposition to the imminent US attack on Iraq....