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Opposition yet to decide strategy for joint session ISLAMABAD April 13: The combined opposition in the National Assembly will decide on whether to repeat its earlier noisy and stormy scenes or to take a middle path on the LFO...		ANP warns govt of internal crisis QUETTA, April 13: The Awami National Party (ANP) has warned the government of an internal crisis if it does not take the leadership of all provinces into confidence keeping in view...
PML-Q believes in tolerance: Jamali ISLAMABAD, April 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that the ruling PML-Q government believes in tolerance and accommodation in politics and it will continue striving to uphold these...		Quake victims stage sit-in in Gilgit GILGIT, April 13: Over 250 earthquake victims in Astore valley stage a sit-in on Saturday in front of the Northern Areas Civil Secretariat to press for their demands....
Federal Shariat Court not working ISLAMABAD, April 13: The Federal Shariat Court has not been functioning for last many months after the retirement of Chief Justice Fazal Ellahi Khan....		LFO needs parliament approval: PPP leader MIRPURKHAS, April 13: Former federal minister and PPP leader Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, MNA, has expressed his fear that the current regime can collapse if it remained adamant to its stance...
Controversy over plots delays bus stand shifting QUETTA, April 13: Controversy over the allotment of plots to transport companies for booking offices is causing a delay in shifting the Satellite Town bus stand to its new site in...		Drugs seized from Chaman QUETTA, April 13: The Balochistan Frontier Corps has seized about one ton of morphine and hashish from Chaman, a border town, and Chaghai area....
Timber mafia depriving Azad Kashmir of resources MUZAFARRABAD, April 13: On an autumn morning last year Kashmiris in Lamnian, 60km south of here, watched in horror as an ambulance skidded off the road and plunged into a field....		Practical steps can liberate Kashmir: AJK president RAWALPINDI, April 13: President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Muhammad Anwar Khan on Sunday urged Muslims to take concrete steps for the liberation of Kashmir....
Two ‘outlaws’ killed, two cops hurt in shootout QUETTA, April 13: Two alleged outlaws were killed and two policemen injured on Saturday in an exchange of fire with each other in the jurisdiction of Resaldar Police Station, near the...		Undue checking of people banned in Punjab MIRPUR (AJK), April 13: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, disclosed here on Sunday that the Punjab government had banned surprise checking and scrutiny of passengers traveling on...
PPP appeals for order in Iraq ISLAMABAD, April 13: Pakistan People’s Party has called upon the allied forces to restore calm and order in the essential services in Iraq as soon as possible....		Anti-polio drive from today HARIPUR, April 13: The district government will ensure security of female staff assigned with the task of administering polio drops to children during the five-day anti-polio campaign starting from April 14...
Rain-hit people await compensation PESHAWAR, April 13: The NWFP government due to lack of funds failed to pay compensation to thousands of people who suffered losses due to heavy rains during the last monsoon, according...		Early completion of uplift plans urged MINGORA, April 13: Swat District Nazim Dr Mehboobur Rehman has asked the heads of all government departments to expedite work on the ongoing schemes and ensure their completion by June....
Rs855.75m being spent on law and order in Fata PESHAWAR, April 13: The federal government is spending Rs855.75 million on levies and Khasadar force to maintain law and order in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (Fata)....		Two non-duty paid cars seized DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 13: The customs anti-smuggling staff has recovered two non-custom paid cars here on Sunday....
Kidnapping condemned MARDAN, April 13: The All Pakistan Clerks Association, Mardan, has condemned the kidnapping of a government contractor of Mardan in Khyber Agency and warned that if he was not recovered immediately,...		Industrial exhibition PESHAWAR, April 13: Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) will hold an industrial and scientific exhibition and arrange a seminar to highlight the importance of locally available natural resources....
Teachers threaten to go on strike GUJRANWALA, April 13: Teachers have threatened that they will go on strike if their demand about the abolition of denationalization policy is not accepted within three days....		Rs12.9m for making Sialkot model IT dist SIALKOT, April 13; The Punjab government has allocated Rs12.9 million for converting Sialkot into the first model information technology district of the province, and released Rs8.5 million of the allocated amount....
Three of family drown GUJRAT, April 13: Three members of a family were drowned in the river Chenab near Shahbazpur, Jalalpur Jattan, some 40km from here, on Sunday morning....		Journalists may not rely on foreign media BAHAWALPUR, April 13: Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Syed Anwar Mahmood has urged the journalists to discharge their duty while keeping in view the national interest supreme....
AMP chairman ‘forced’ to quit struggle MULTAN, April 13: The missing chairman of Anjuman Mazareen Punjab, Younas Iqbal, dramatically appeared at Chak 10/4L of the Okara military farms in the company of P-5 MPA Ashraf Sohna and...		MMA’s stand on LFO ‘unchanged’ VEHARI, April 13: Maulana Fazlur Rahman said on Sunday that the MMA’s stand on the Legal Framework Order had been unchanged....
Bugti outlaws release one Mazari after getting Rs1m DERA GHAZI KHAN, April 13: Bugti outlaws released on Sunday one of the two relatives of Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Shaukat Khan Mazari allegedly after getting ransom....		TMA team beaten up FAISALABAD, April 13: A group of people gave a sound thrashing to the members of a Tehsil Municipal Administration (city) team in Malkhanwala here on Sunday....
Man killed by wife, her lover KASUR, April 13: A man was shot dead allegedly by his wife and her lover in Dena Nath village, Phoolnagar, here on Sunday....		PM announces Rs50m package for Gujar Khan GUJAR KHAN, April 13: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has announced a Rs50 million uplift package for Gujar Khan as well as provision of gas to the villages, including Changa...
Seminaries’ help sought to end sectarianism RAWALPINDI, April 13: Seminaries should put an end to the menace of sectarianism, and play their role in promoting peace, fraternity and brotherhood in the society, Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz...		Metal detectors out of order ISLAMABAD, April 13: The metal detectors being used at the entrance of the weekly bazaar at Peshawar Mor, G-9 sector, are out of order, raising risk of terrorist activities, sources told...
Three killed, 6 injured in road accident TAXILA, April 13: Three persons were killed, while six others sustained injuries in a road accident on the GT Road near the Margalla Hills....		Navy donates Rs0.2m to trust ISLAMABAD, April 13: Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Mohammad Haroon handed over a cheque for Rs200,000 to the famous singer, Shahzad Roy, for his charitable organization “Zindagi Trust” at Naval Headquarters...
Art gallery project in doldrums ISLAMABAD, April 13: The National Art Gallery complex, promised as a gift to the people in 1997, was destined to be a repository of the works of art and a symbol...		Sikhs term Pakistan their second home TAXILA, April 13: The Sikh community considers Pakistan as its second home because of the immense love and respect it receives here....
Writers ‘fathom’ the depths of melody ISLAMABAD, April 13: A few weeks ago it was a painter. Now it was the turn of the musician to interact with writers and critics at the meeting of Halqa-i-Arbab-i-Zauq held...		Sacked NARC guards seek reinstatement ISLAMABAD, April 13: The sacked security guards of National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) have faxed letters to President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Minister for Food and...
Security to be stepped up around Qatari installations RAWALPINDI, April 13: Interior ministry has directed the police to step up security around Qatari installations, especially the offices of Qatar Airways....		AIOU exams from May 5 ISLAMABAD, April 13: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has announced that the final examinations for the Semester Autumn 2002 will start from May 5....
LFO main obstacle to unity: Nasrullah LAHORE, April 13: President of his faction of the PML Hamid Nasir Chattha on Sunday called on ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan and discussed with him the need for “national unity”....		Nine parties express solidarity with AMP LAHORE, April 13: Nine political parties showed solidarity with the Anjuman Mazareen Punjab at a meeting held here on Sunday....
Invasion of Iraq termed ‘clash of interests’ LAHORE, April 13: The invasion of Iraq by US-led coalition forces was the result of the ‘clash of interests’ and has no connection with Samuel Huntington’s hypothesis of the ‘clash of...		Corporate farming to modernize sector LAHORE, April 13: Corporate farming is aimed at modernizing the sector and attracting capital rather than allowing the profit-driven corporations to take it over....
Security guard kills aunt LAHORE, April 13: A security guard shot dead his aunt in Arifwal, Sherakot, on Sunday....		73kg hash seized LAHORE, April 13: The Sadar Division police have recovered 73kg of hashish worth Rs2.1 million from the possession of two drug-peddlers of Peshawar, SP (Sadar) Raja Riffat Mukhtar told a press...
Pervaiz’s assurance to workers LAHORE, April 13: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the government is taking steps for providing a safe working environment to workers and increasing the job opportunities....		PAT protests occupation of Baghdad by US LAHORE, April 13: The Pakistan Awami Tehrik on Sunday staged a protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club against the Anglo-American occupation of Baghdad....
Rao, Faisal, Naurez meet Pervaiz LAHORE, April 13: Defence, Interior and Petroleum Ministers Rao Sikandar Iqbal, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat and Naurez Shakoor, respectively, called on Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday and...		Cold drinks’ prices increase LAHORE, April 13: Aerated beverage manufacturers have raised the prices of cold drinks by Re1 per 250ml bottle with the increase in temperature....