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Petition can sabotage talks on LFO: Fazl: 65 MMA MPs face disqualification PESHAWAR, May 10: A writ petition seeking disqualification of MMA MPs on academic grounds has sent the six-party ruling alliance in a state of tizzy in the NWFP where more than...		Unregistered schools warned HARIPUR, May 10: The owners of all unregistered private educational institutions in Haripur have been given a one-month deadline in which to register themselves or face action....
Asfandyar re-elected ANP president PESHAWAR, May 10: Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan was re-elected president of the Awami National Party for four years in its general council meeting at the Bacha Khan Markaz on Saturday....		Tribesmen resent toll tax LANDI KOTAL, May 10: Shinwari tribesmen have resented establishment of a checkpoint at China only 50 meters from Parangsum on the main Peshawar-Torkhum highway by armed Zakhakhel tribesmen....
Two killed in shootout CHARSADDA, May 10: Two people were killed in a shootout between rival groups in the main bazaar of Charsadda town on Friday....		Garlic crop infected by fungus HARIPUR, May 10: Fungous disease has played havoc with the garlic crop, reducing its yield considerably and forcing harvesters to reap it prematurely in many of Haripur villages, farmers said....
Local radio planned GILGIT, May 10: A meeting with a group organized by the Northern Areas Conservation Strategy (NACS) explored the prospects and usefulness of community radio stations in the five districts of the...		Inauguration of Kohat Tunnel rescheduled KOHAT, May 10: The inauguration of Kohat Tunnel, completed at a cost of more than Rs5 billion and ready for commissioning since April, has been postponed for a third time owing...
20 Pakistanis held in Greece ATHENS, May 10: Greek authorities have arrested a group of 20 Pakistani illegal immigrants near the Greek-Turkish border, police sources said....		Old scheme for 9th, 10th classes revived: Syllabus change after 5 years ISLAMABAD, May 10: The old scheme of education for class 9th and 10th has been re-introduced by splitting the curriculum into two but retaining the part-wise examination system....
Parties want LFO talks stay on track ISLAMABAD, May 10: Two key opposition parties on Saturday said they did not intend to convene a session of the National Assembly or Senate to discuss Pakistan-India relations as it could...		Three donors offer $70m for uplift: Reproductive health care services ISLAMABAD, May 10: The Unites States Agency for International Development and two other world uplift bodies will jointly offer $70 million grant to Pakistan over a three-year period for improving reproductive...
PPP slams Jamali’s remarks ISLAMABAD, May 10: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has criticized Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali for saying that there was no need to consult with Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif on...		Gas issue settled: Jam QUETTA, May 10: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousaf has said the issue pertaining to gas companies has been settled following negotiation between Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and Governor Balochistan,...
Parliamentary delegation leaves for Berlin ISLAMABAD, May 10: A parliamentary delegation will leave Lahore on Sunday for Berlin, Germany, to attend the Fourth World Forum of Parliamentarians on Habitat....		Lunar eclipse on 16th ISLAMABAD, May 10: There will be total eclipse of the moon on May 16 but it will not be visible in Pakistan, said a Met official....
PDF to review reforms from tomorrow ISLAMABAD, May 10: A 3-day meeting of the Pakistan Development Forum (PDF) will begin on Monday to take stock of the reform process and development priorities of the government....		Balochistan gets Rs3bn less: Jam QUETTA, May 10: There is a shortfall of Rs3 billion from the federal revenue receipts to the province during the current financial year....
Dialogue to bring peace in region, says Bosnian FM ISLAMABAD, May 10: Foreign Minister of Bosnia Herzegovina Dr Mladen Ivanic has expressed the hope that the ongoing efforts to bring peace in South Asia will succeed and both Pakistan and...		UN lauds role of Pakistani troops FREE TOWN (Sierra Leone), May 10: Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, on Thursday said Pakistan troops deployed on the eastern border, the most sensitive...
Four awarded life term for murder, six acquitted QUETTA, May 10: A special court judge for suppression of terrorism, Khuzdar Muhammad Yousuf Khoso, on Saturday awarded four persons life term in a murder case and acquitted six others owing...		Pakistani faces extradition MELBOURNE, May 10: A Pakistani man could be brought to Australia to face charges of people-smuggling after he lost an appeal against extradition from Thailand, the government said on Saturday....
Compensation for land demanded: RBOD project DADU, May 10: Growers have not been paid compensation for their land used for the construction of the Right Bank Outfall Drain....		Two cops killed in encounter SUKKUR, May 10: Two policemen were killed and two were injured in an encounter with bandits near a police picket at the Garang Wah here on Friday night....
Kidnapped girl’s parents protest BADIN, May 10: Parents of a 10-year-old girl, Benazir Jarwar, on Saturday observed a token hunger strike outside the local press club to protest against a local landlord, Roshan Khoso, and...		Nazim refuses to supervise distribution of relief wheat MITHI, May 10: Tharparkar District Nazim Arbab Ataullah has refused to supervise the distribution of wheat bags being provided at subsidized rates....
Growers hold demo MIRPURKHAS, May 10: Hundreds of growers from the area irrigated by Nabisar minor on Friday staged a demonstration in Kunri, blocking roads for several hours, to protest against the incidents of...		Eight of a family suffer burns in acid attack BAHAWALPUR, May 10: Eight members of a family suffered burns in an acid attack near Mauza Mubarakpur, about 50 kilometres from here, on Saturday....
ASI, two dacoits die in shootout KASUR, May 10: An ASI and two dacoits were killed while an ASI and a constable received serious bullet wounds on Saturday in an encounter in Rajowal Nau village in the...		Tenants pledge to continue struggle MULTAN, May 10: Tenants of the Okara military farms have vowed that they will continue their struggle under their slogan ‘ownership rights or death’ despite all coercive tactics of police and...
PWD union for salaries according to pay scale GUJRANWALA, May 10: All Pakistan PWD Workers Union has resented that salaries of the low-paid employees have not been paid in accordance with their pay scales for the last one-and-a-half-year....		ADB provides $300m to improve govt system FAISALABAD, May 10: The Asian Development Bank has provided $300 million for making the local government system more efficient....
Panchayat head arrested TOBA TEK SINGH, May 10: The head of a panchayat was arrested on Saturday by police when a district and sessions judge cancelled his bail before arrest....		SHO, ASI get death for killing innocent VEHARI, May 10: A local court on Saturday handed down death sentence and fined Rs200,000 each to an SHO and an ASI for kidnapping and torturing to death an innocent citizen....
Death, fine for killers of four SIALKOT, May 10: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Zafar Husain has awarded death sentence on four counts each with Rs1,600,000 fine to four men who had killed as many people in...		Clash leaves eight injured SADIQABAD, May 10: Eight people sustained injuries in a clash to occupy the bus stand for airconditioned coaches in Zahir Pir Chowk on the GT Road on Friday....
Police claim killer’s arrest SAHIWAL, May 10: Dera Rahim police claimed on Saturday to have arrested one of the killers of four family members, residents of Chak 141/9-L, and recovered a kidnapped girl....		PMA’s health moot opens GUJRANWALA, May 10: The third national health conference organized by the Pakistan Medical Association started here on Saturday....
Naib Nazims’ concern at no-trust moves GUJRANWALA, May 10: Seventy Naib Nazims of various union councils expressed concern on tabling no-confidence motion against many of them and sought the help of president and Punjab chief minister so...		Rain in Sialkot, Narowal SIALKOT, May 10: Light rain in Sialkot and Narowal on Saturday afternoon broke the spell of heat....
Minor boy run over by tanker KASUR, May 10: A water tanker of the Local Tehsil Municipal Administration on Saturday crushed to death a minor boy near Kot Ghulam Muhammad Khan....		Gas supply disconnected BAHAWALPUR, May 10: Gas supply to around 200,000 residents of Satellite Town and 10 other localities was disconnected from Farid Gate at about 5pm on Saturday....
UHS ordinance ‘demolished’ LAHORE, May 10: The Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Bill’s (2003) approval by the Punjab cabinet has ‘demolished’ the UHS Ordinance, 2002, which made it mandatory for all the medical institutes...		Anaesthesia machines at Mayo out of order LAHORE, May 10: Three anaesthesia machines of the ear, nose and throat (ENT) operation units of the Mayo Hospital, went out of order about six months ago, have not yet been...
CDG men may get magisterial powers LAHORE, May 10: The government is considering to give magisterial powers to some officials of district governments so as to implement local and special laws....		GDA evaporates? LAHORE, May 10: The Grand Democratic Alliance, a coalition of smaller parties headed by PML-C president Hamid Nasir Chattha, has quietly evaporated after the general elections as its leaders have not...
Musharraf offered PML’s top slot LAHORE, May 10: Spiritual leader Pir Pagara is willing to accept Gen Pervez Musharraf as president of the Pakistan Muslim League at a time when he is the head of state...		Clouds lower temperatures in Lahore LAHORE, May 10: It remained partly cloudy here on Saturday, breaking once again the brief spell of hot weather which persisted for only two days....