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Changes in EPI strategy in the offing RAWALPINDI, May 12: Major changes in the strategy for Expanded Programme of Immunization (EPI) are in the offing as the programme has consistently failed to attain targets, a source said on...		Fund may lapse due to delay in project: Chiller plant installation in NA ISLAMABAD, May 12: The fund allocated for the installation of a chiller plant in the National Assembly may lapse as bidding for the project has not yet been held due to...
Body recommends drugs import from 49 countries ISLAMABAD, May 12: A committee constituted to amend the Drugs Act 1976 has suggested import of medicines both for human and veterinary purposes from 49 countries....		70pc TMA areas without planned sewerage system RAWALPINDI, May 12: About 70 per cent residential areas under the Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) have no planned sewerage system, a survey conducted by the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has...
Chairlift project yet to take off ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Capital Development Authority has failed to undertake a unique chairlift project from Margalla Hills to Makhiala Peak, Pir Sohawar, in spite of instructions by Interior Minister Syed...		Adnan files case against Zeba for breach of agreement ISLAMABAD, May 12: The judicial war between Adnan Sami Khan and Zeba Bakhtiar has once again erupted as the former has filed a case against his ex-wife for breach of agreement....
No shortage of life-saving drugs: ministry ISLAMABAD, May 12: The health ministry has claimed that there is no critical shortage of life-saving drugs in the market....		Rs35 million IT project for Nust approved ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project of e-learning for National University of Sciences and Technology (Nust) worth Rs35 million....
RCB, Iesco meet today to resolve differences RAWALPINDI, May 12: The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board and Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) are meeting on Tuesday to resolve their dispute over the payment of dues....		Two court officials suspended ISLAMABAD, May 12: District and sessions judge Chaudhary Asad Raza paid a surprise visit to the court of judicial magistrate Chaudhry Mumtaz Hussain and found inspector legal Hassan Raza performing duty...
Donors seek poverty reduction measures ISLAMABAD, May 12: Participants of the three-day-long meeting of the Pakistan Development Forum (PDF) on Monday asked the government to take steps for reducing poverty, ensuring access to justice for everyone...		Wapda suggests reduction in tariff ISLAMABAD, May 12: Wapda on Monday proposed a six-point package to reduce power tariff by an average Rs1.10 per unit provided the federal government makes some structural adjustments in the tariff...
Hizb ready to support talks MUZAFFARABAD, May 12: The Hizbul Mujahideen said on Monday that it could take a step conducive for the success of dialogue provided India proved its sincerity and seriousness in this regard....		Demo held against MPs’ visit AGRA, May 12: Several right-wing Hindu activists on Monday shouted slogans and waved black flags in protest against a visit by a delegation of Pakistani legislators to the Taj Mahal....
Victimization of tenants slammed ISLAMABAD, May 12: The PPP on Monday condemned the continued victimization of tenants and the shooting to death of a tenant by the paramilitary forces on the military farms in Okara...		Lawyers’ convention ISLAMABAD, May 12: Three former Supreme Court judges who had refused to swear allegiance to the Provisional Constitutional Order will address the lawyers’ protest meeting against the Legal Framework Order and...
Power rates hike flayed ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Pakistan People’s Party on Monday criticized the increase in power tariff and called for its withdrawal....		India, Iran discuss gas pipeline thru Pakistan NEW DELHI, May 12: Senior Indian and Iranian oficials are discussing plans for a gas pipeline between the two countries that could pass through Pakistan, a possibility brigthened by hush hush...
Javed Hashmi sees no breakthrough on LFO MULTAN, May 12: PML-N’s acting chief Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has expressed skepticism with regard to any breakthrough between the government and the opposition on the controversial Legal Framework Order due to...		Power tariff raise condemned GUJRANWALA, May 12: The local chamber of commerce and industry and other organizations of traders and domestic consumers have strongly protested against the seven paisa per unit raise in power tariff....
245 uplift schemes approved SIALKOT, May 12: The District Development Committee at a meeting presided over by its chairman, MPA Chaudhry Azeem Noori Ghuman, approved 245 development schemes for the district under the Tameer-i-Punjab programme....		Wheat purchase target may not be achieved TOBA TEK SINGH, May 12: The food department and Passco may not be able to meet wheat procurement target this year due to couple of factors....
Rape case not yet registered BAHAWALPUR, May 12: Uch Sharif police have not so far registered a case against six masked men who raped a married woman and her mother-in-law on Thursday in their house at...		Two brothers freed from detention GUJRANWALA, May 12: A bailiff of a local court on Monday recovered two brothers who had been detained illegally in the lock-up of the Sabzi Mandi police station for the last...
Robbers’ firing leaves ally dead, ASI hurt SAHIWAL, May 12: A robber was shot dead while an ASI injured when a gang opened fire at the policeman here on Monday....		Student beaten to death by fellows KASUR, May 12: An eighth class student was beaten to death on Monday by his school fellows over a trivial matter while playing near Dobla stop, Chunian....
Woman burnt to death by sister-in-law SIALKOT, May 12: A woman died when her sister-in-law threw acid on her following a quarrel in Sambrial, tehsil Daska, on Monday....		Murderer gets death GUJRAT, May 12: A local court on Monday awarded death sentence with a fine of Rs100,000 to a convict in a murder case....
Digital music library established PESHAWAR, May 12: Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has installed a computerised library to entertain the listeners of FM101 channel, Programme Manager Sardar Ali told Dawn on Monday....		Karak police face staff, equipment shortage PESHAWAR, May 12: A wrong planning by junior police officers and shortage of staff and safety equipment have left four policemen’s families in miseries in Karak district....
Two killed in firing LANDI KOTAL, May 12: Two people were killed and one was injured in a firing incident at the Jamrud Bazaar here on Monday....		Govt asked to help Pakistanis’ return: Illegal residents in Dubai DID it coincide with Labour Day? Maybe, for it was May 1 when young Mohammed Khan and Mohammed Raip, who had come to this town of money to work about one...
Drive against obscenity launched PESHAWAR, May 12: The Shabab-i-Milli launched a campaign against ‘obscenity’ and in the first step its activists smashed the signboards of a multinational soft drink company on Grand Trunk Road on...		Allergy cases on the rise in Abbottabad ABBOTTABAD, May 12: Abbottabad city has been badly hit by the pollen allergy and the number of asthma cases have increased 10 times as compared to normal days, said a doctor...
Four die in road accident MANSEHRA, May 12: Four people were killed and eight injured on Monday when a passenger wagon fell into a ravine near Sosal Gali....		Benazir thanks NWFP PA for demanding her return PESHAWAR, May 12: Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has thanked all democratic forces in the NWFP Assembly for demanding her early return to Pakistan and release of her spouse, Asif...
Dacoity bid foiled NOWSHEHRA, May 12: The Nowshehra police on Monday foiled a dacoity bid to loot over Rs14 million from a cash van of a money-changer and arrested an armed highway man near...		Minister accused of interference PESHAWAR, May 12: President of the Pukhtoon Students Federation Sardar Khan Yousafzai on Monday condemned the activities of the IJT and accused the senior minister of undue interference in the university...
Baloch warns of assemblies’ dissolution LAHORE, May 12: MMA coordination secretary and Jamaat-i-Islami naib amir Liaquat Baloch has warned Gen Pervez Musharraf that he too will not remain in power if he dissolves assemblies....		Laws under PCO can’t be questioned: LHC LAHORE, May 12: The Lahore High Court on Monday ruled that all the laws and enactments issued under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) were protected by the Legal Framework Order 2002...
Students boycott promotion test: FCC privatization LAHORE, May 12: A majority of the third-year students of FC College on Monday boycotted their promotion test and walked out of the examination hall after tearing up their answer-sheets as...		UHS, other orders ‘subject to review’ LAHORE, May 12: Punjab chief minister’s adviser on education Mowahid Husain Shah said on Monday all orders, including the president’s executive order about compulsory affiliation of public and private sector medical...
Wheat procurement drive slows down LAHORE, May 12: The Punjab food department faces a slowdown in its wheat procurement drive with the price going above Rs300 per 40kg in the open market....		Kashmir still core issue, says Rashid LAHORE, May 12: Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that resolution of Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes of Kashmiris is the top priority of Pakistan....
Morbidity, mortality due to malaria increasing LAHORE, May 12: Incidents of morbidity and mortality from malaria are increasing due to combination of factors, including the unresponsive health system....		Protest against tenant’s killing LAHORE, May 12: The Labour Party held a protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Monday against the killing of a tenant of Okara military farms allegedly by the Rangers....
Boy killed, 200 houses, wheat stock gutted: Fire devastates village SUKKUR May 12: A boy and 300 cattlehead were burnt to death, 30 persons injured and about 200 houses and huge stock of wheat gutted when fire broke out in Haji...		5,000 acre of land rendered barren: Water shortage NAWABSHAH, May 12: Growers of the Jamal Shah Minor, Dad irrigation division, Nawabshah, have threatened to go on hunger strike, if a legal action was not taken against irrigation officials for...
Plea to reinstate sacked teachers DADU, May 12: Ten primary school teachers have announced that they will commit self-immolation on May 17 against the termination from their services....		Minister backs small dams LARKANA, May 12: Minister of state for water and power Khalid Lund has said that a small dam should be constructed for every two districts of the country to address the...