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‘S. Asian union’ a must for regional peace: Tariq Ali ISLAMABAD, May 16: The only choice for a peaceful South Asia, according to noted activist, journalist and novelist living in England for many years, Tariq Ali, lies, in, what he calls...		UNDP offers help to CDA for kutchi abadis uplift ISLAMABAD, May 16: The UN assistant secretary general and United Nations Development Programme regional director for Asia and Pacific, Dr Hafiz A. Pasha, on Friday expressed dissatisfaction over the conditions in...
Ministry, Iesco row hampers G-6 development plan ISLAMABAD, May 16: A row between housing ministry and Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) is affecting re-development plan of Sector G-6, a source in the ministry told Dawn....		Minister assures support to GC implementation ISLAMABAD, May 16: Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar on Thursday pledged full support of the Government of Pakistan in implementing the UN Global Compact (GC) for harnessing the potentialities of private entrepreneurship...
Saudi envoy, senators, MNAs meet PM ISLAMABAD, May 16: The ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, called on Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali here on Thursday and discussed with him matters pertaining...		First GBHP power unit turbine tested successfully ATTOCK: May 16: The complete mechanical run of first power unit turbine of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) was successfully tested on Friday....
Pakistan, Algeria to cooperate in IT, telecom ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan and Algeria will collaborate in information technology and telecom sectors to forge a partnership for sharing expertise and available resources between the two countries....		PM reprimands religious ministry for bungling ISLAMABAD, May 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali Thursday reprimanded the religious affairs ministry for its dubious role during the Hajj early this year....
PIA launches 2 weekly flights for Chicago ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan International Airlines is launching a new twice-weekly flight to Chicago, USA from Saturday....		RLH where lepers get love, care RAWALPINDI, May 16: It was the Indian Leprosy Act 1867, which termed lepers untouchables and forced them to live in isolation outside cities....
LHC suspends PIA men’s termination order ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench on Friday suspended the operation of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) management order, terminating the services of 25 contractual employees who had...		PPP to take part in RCB polls RAWALPINDI, May 16: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would take part in the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board elections....
Pakistan seeks 5-year US economic package WASHINGTON, May 16: Pakistan and the United States are expected to work out a five-year economic package when President Pervez Musharraf visits the country in the third week of June, diplomatic...		Meeting on tenants issue inconclusive LAHORE, May 16: A meeting between Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi and representatives of tenants of military farms in Okara, human rights groups and some NGOs that have been supporting a...
Shujaat, Nasrullah discuss LFO ISLAMABAD, May 16: Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday met the chief the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, to persuade him to show...		KSE supports raise in gas price ISLAMABAD, May 16: Power utilities, generation companies and the industrial sector on Friday opposed a proposed increase in the gas prices but the Karachi Stock Exchange supported it “to ensure profits...
Doctors ask NAB to shift Asif to Karachi ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has submitted a report to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman asking him to shift jailed Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif...		No FBI raids without permission: minister QUETTA, May 16: Balochistan Home Minister Sardar Sanaullah Zahri said on Friday that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) would not be allowed to conduct raids for the arrest...
US to provide $50m for border security equipment ISLAMABAD, May 16: The United States will provide Pakistan $50 million in shape of equipment for border security, an official of the interior ministry said on Friday....		Hina Jilani leaves for Thailand today LAHORE, May 16: UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders Ms Hina Jilani will leave here for Thailand on Saturday (today) to look at the human rights activities there....
Nation urged to follow Islamic precepts ISLAMABAD, May 16: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday urged the nation to strictly adhere to the teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) by showing...		Germany, Italy, Canada briefed about peace initiatives LONDON, May 16: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri on Friday briefed his counterparts in Germany, Italy and Canada on the peace initiative for resumption of dialogue between Pakistan and India....
Ord amended ISLAMABAD, May 16: President General Pervez Musharraf on Thursday promulgated an ordinance called Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Second Amendment Ordinance), 2003....		Jasmshed Marker honoured WASHINGTON, May 16: Pakistan has honoured one of its most eminent diplomats, Ambassador Jamshed Marker, by naming the main hall at the new embassy building in Washington after him....
Swabi jail inmates’ condition miserable MINGORA, May 16: The inmates of the district jail, Swat, are living in a miserable condition as about 500 prisoners are crammed into the prison which can accommodate only 200 people....		Enforcement of Shariat urged BAJAUR, May 16: The Amir of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Bajaur Agency, MNA Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq, on Friday demanded immediate repeal of the laws of the colonial era, especially the Frontier Crimes...
Hospital in Haripur yet to start function HARIPUR, May 16: In spite of formal inauguration of the 210-bed new DHQ hospital, the health department has not made the health facility operative for the general public....		2 killed in accidents DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 16: Two people were killed and one was injured in separate incidents here on Friday....
Role for all leaders in talks sought KOHAT, May 16: Former senator and member of Pakistan People’s Party central executive committee, Barrister Syed Masood Kausar, has urged the government to involve all the heads of the major political...		Compensation package rejected HARIPUR, May 16: Rejecting the compensation package announced by the federal government for the victims of Tarbela dam project, Smaji Tanzeem Bara-i-Motasreen-i-Tarbela Dam (social organisation for dam victims) President Muhammad Ajaz...
1,078 ticketless travellers held PESHAWAR, May 16: The Pakistan Railways arrested 1,078 passengers during April on the charge of travelling without tickets and collected Rs1,91,296 as penalty from them, says a press release issued here...		Five arrested PESHAWAR, May 16: Police on Friday claimed foiling a robbery bid and arrested five people....
Sectarian clash leaves one dead, 11 injured FAISALABAD, May 16: One person was killed and 11 others injured, three of them seriously, when members of two religious sects opened fire on each other in Chak 68-GB, Jaranwala tehsil,...		Stuck-up funds main hurdle in electrification GUJRANWALA, May 16: The electrification process in villages could not be started on account of the government’s failure to release funds to the legislators concerned despite the fact that the Gujranwala...
Police kill two ‘robbers’ FAISALABAD, May 16: Two alleged robbers were killed in an encounter with police in Chak 610-GB when they were fleeing after a robbery in which a man was killed on Friday....		Three dozen prize bond dealers held TOBA TEK SINGH, May 16: Police claimed on Friday to have held three dozen prize bond numbers’ sellers during several raids in the district in the last few days....
MO reports ‘ovary’ in boy’s belly SIALKOT, May 16: A 14-year-old boy fell unconscious on being told by the medical officer at the Government Sardar Begum Memorial (DHQ) Hospital after his ultrasound examination that he had an...		Passengers beat robber to death KASUR, May 16: Passengers beat to death a robber when his accomplice shot dead a rickshaw driver on Wednesday night in Bola Garhi village, Pattoki....
Performer survives lion’s attack SHEIKHUPURA, May 16: The audience at a circus witnessed a horrifying scene here on Thursday night with blood flowing and screams filling the tent when a performer was suddenly attacked in...		Ex-MNA released SARGODHA, May 16: PML-N’s former MNA Chaudhry Abdul Hameed was released on Friday from the district jail after three-year detention under the NAB custody. He was taken to his residence amid...
Constable, PO hurt in shootout SARGODHA, May 16: A police constable and a proclaimed offender were injured in an exchange of fire near Chak 45-SB, about 60 kilometres from here, on Friday morning....		Defunct SSP activist shot dead SHEIKHUPURA, May 16: An activist of the defunct Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan was shot dead on Thursday night near Sheesh Mahal cinema on Gujranwala Road....
Surprise raid SADIQABAD, May 16: The deputy director of Federal Seeds Department conducted surprise raids on a number of shops and took into custody non-certified seeds and sealed their stocks....		Tenant’s body to be exhumed, LHC told LAHORE, May 16: The state informed the Lahore High Court on Friday that the body of an Anjuman-i-Mazareen Punjab tenant who was killed in firing at the Okara military farms earlier...
Academic session to be of 9 months LAHORE, May 16: The federal government has decided to introduce a nine-month continuous academic session in educational institutions across the country. The session will close with final examinations before a three-month...		String cuts 3-year boy’s throat LAHORE, May 16: A three-year-old boy was killed when the string of a stray kite cut his throat in Shamnagar, Chauburji, here on Friday....
PML-Q wants Patriots, NA to merge with it LAHORE, May 16: Some important PML-Q leaders want its coalition partners PPP-Patriots and the National Alliance to merge with the ruling party as they think their existence as separate entities is...		Procurement going as planned: Randhawa LAHORE, May 16: Punjab Chief Secretary Hafeez Akhtar Randhawa claimed on Friday that all wheat procurement targets were being met, and the impression to the contrary was not correct....
Serial killings: toll rises to 10 LAHORE, May 16: Death toll in the serial killing rose to 10 when an injured man died on Thursday....		Mehr meets Azhar LAHORE, May 16: Railways Minister Ghaus Bakhsh Mehr, in his personal capacity, called on former PML-Q president Mian Azhar and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest. — Staff Reporter...