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Environment Protection Court established ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Environment Protection Court (EPC) has been established in the federal capital which will deal with cases related to pollution....		Proposal for teachers promotions approved ISLAMABAD, May 23: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has approved a proposal under which schoolteachers will be able to move up to grade 20, education minister Zobaida Jalal said on...
Row between Wasa, PMU on water plan RAWALPINDI, May 23: Differences have surfaced between the Project Management Unit (PMU) and the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) as the latter has refused to take over the urban water supply...		Amend in rules of promotion: summary sent to ministry ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has sent a summary to the education ministry seeking amendments in the promotion rules, sources told Dawn....
27pc development fund of Rawalpindi may lapse RAWALPINDI, May 23: Rawalpindi district has so far received 73 per cent of the annual development grant with barely a month left in the end of the current fiscal year, official...		Abolition of BoGs in colleges, schools hailed RAWALPINDI, May 23: Members and office-bearers of Ittehad-i- Asataza Pakistan (IAP) have welcomed the decision of abolishing the board of governors for colleges and schools....
Cervix cancer diagnosis facility at RGH RAWALPINDI, May 23: Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH) will be shortly starting colposcopy diagnosis for detecting cancer of cervix at pre-invasive stage, hospital’s head of gynaecology department Prof (Dr) Asma Tanvir Usmani...		Nagar state’s former ruler passes away ISLAMABAD, May 23: Mir Shaukat Ali, the last ruler of the defunct Nagar state, died of renal failure here late Thursday night. He was 86....
Youm-i-Takbeer to be observed on 28th ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to bring out a torch-bearing procession on May 28 (Yom-i-Takbeer) to mark the anniversary of nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan....		Scattered rains forecast ISLAMABAD, May 23: Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast scattered rains in the upper parts of the country in the next couple of days....
EFA declaration seeks 4pc of GDP for education ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Islamabad Declaration on Education for All (EFA) on Friday urged the governments of South Asia to allocate progressively a minimum of 4 per cent of the GDP...		Pilgrim-friendly policy to be evolved: official ISLAMABAD, May 23: The secretary for the ministry of religious affairs, zakat and ushr, Rashid Mahmud Ansari, has said a pilgrim friendly policy would be evolved for Haj 2004 to ensure...
AMP’s token hunger strike enters 8th day ISLAMABAD, May 23: The token hunger strike of Anjuman Mazarain Punjab (AMP) has entered eighth consecutive day on Friday. To express solidarity with the tenants’ cause, All Pakistan Alliance of Kutchi...		Consumers asked to benefit from Wasa package RAWALPINDI, May 23: Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has appealed to the citizens to benefit from its ‘Relief Package’ and legalize their connections....
SC directs completion of Mansur case in a month ISLAMABAD, May 23: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Accountability Court to conduct hearing on a daily basis in the Mansurul Haq case in which the ex-naval chief is facing...		Donors urged to realize ground realities: Saarc ministers conference ISLAMABAD, May 23: Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has asked the donor agencies to let the local implementation machinery perform in light of ground realities....
Pakistan, US hold security talks RAWALPINDI, May 23: Assistant Secretary of State for US Political and Military Affairs Bureau Lincoln. P. Bloomfield, along with his entourage, currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan, spent here a...		Allotment of land in Gwadar denounced: Balochistan strike QUETTA, May 23: A complete shutter-down strike was observed on Friday in Gwadar, Turbat and Panjgur against Gwadar Master Plan and allotment of lands to outsiders in the future port city...
Jamali invited to visit Kabul ISLAMABAD May 23: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has invited Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali to visit Afghanistan at his earliest to help strengthen ties between the two countries....		Woman hurt in Germany HANOVER (Germany), May 23: A Pakistani woman was hurt on Friday when German police raided her home following an anonymous tip-off that an Islamic militant organization might be preparing to launch...
Phalcon’s sale to India no surprise WASHINGTON, May 23: The Bush administration is believed to have informed Pakistan in advance of its decision to approve the sale of Israel’s Phalcon airborne early warning system to India....		Islamabad backs lifting of sanctions ISLAMABAD, May 23: Pakistan backed the lifting of sanctions against Iraq because it would end the people’s suffering, state media reported on Friday....
Opposition stand on LFO criticized SUKKUR, May 23: The chief of the Sindh Democratic Alliance and provincial minister, Imtiaz Shaikh, has criticized the opposition for its policy over the issue of the Legal Framework Order (LFO),...		Maternity cases claim 30,000 lives every year MIRPURKHAS, May 23: A seminar on “Maternity Diseases” organized here on Friday by the Pakistan Medical Association was informed that 30,000 pregnant women died in the country every year due to...
Inquiry into RBOD affairs begins DADU, May 23: Two special teams of the army engineering wing arrived here on Friday and initiated investigation against the Right Bank Outfall Drain project officers and contractors for starting work...		Mill workers warn management BADIN, May 23: The representatives of CBA workers union, Army Welfare Sugar Mills, Badin, have expressed concern at the disdainful attitude of the mill management and have warned it to refrain...
Sikandar defends ‘Chenab formula’ MUZAFFARABAD, May 23: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan on Thursday said the Kashmiris on either side of the Line of Control would not accept the status quo and called...		Law and order improving: CM PESHAWAR, May 23: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said the formation of an Islamic society based on justice and equality, getting provincial rights, protection of human rights and development...
No-trust vote against Nazim passed KOHAT, May 23: The town council on Friday passed a vote of no-confidence against the Nazim and announced that an interim head would be appointed within 10 days....		SAU employees end protest HYDERABAD, May 23: The employees of the Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, who have been on strike for the last 12 days, called off their protest on Friday following the acceptance...
Seven of a family killed DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 23: Seven members of a family, including four children, were murdered allegedly by their stepbrothers over a property issue in Ward No 2, Rajanpur....		Bus hijacked on Indus Highway MULTAN, May 23: A bus carrying 13 passengers has reportedly been hijacked on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur while going from Peshawar to Karachi....
Efforts to ‘create’ dissident group in MMA fail SAHIWAL, May 23: All efforts by the government to create a dissident group in the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have ended in smoke....		Doctors go on strike after clash with police MULTAN, May 23: Doctors at the Nishtar Medical College and Hospital went on a strike for an indefinite period from Friday night against what they alleged high-handedness of the area police....
Rao blames India for delay in talks OKARA, May 23: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal has held India responsible for delay in a dialogue....		22 Nazims threaten with protest GUJRAT, May 23: Twenty-two union council Nazims belonging to the PPP have threatened that they would come on roads if the provincial government ordered arrest of Kharian tehsil Nazim Nadeem Asghar...
3 arrested on court premises GUJRANWALA, May 23: Three armed men were arrested from the district courts on Friday for a possible attempt on the life of an official of the banned religious outfit, the Sipah-i-Sahaba...		Wheat yield 14.5m ton only: KBP LAHORE, May 23: The Kissan Board Pakistan on Friday claimed that wheat yield in Punjab was 14.5 million ton rather than the officially-estimated 15.4 million ton....
Indian bid to fence border thwarted SIALKOT, May 23: The Pakistan forces thwarted on Friday an Indian attempt of fencing Jammu-Akhnoor-Saamba sector early in the morning besides causing heavy loss to the enemy....		JAC objects to PBC dinner offer to chief minister LAHORE, May 23: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) has objected to the Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman’s plan to host a dinner in honour of the Punjab chief minister on May 30,...
Opposition may create ruckus over uplift funds: PA session from 26th LAHORE, May 23: Noisy scenes witnessed in both houses of parliament on controversy over the LFO are likely to be repeated by opposition parties in the Punjab Assembly here on the...		Target achieved: govt LAHORE, May 23: The Punjab claimed on Friday to have achieved its revised targets of 2.5 million ton of wheat required for food security in the province....
Two killed, 11 injured in Lahore rainstorm LAHORE, May 23: Two people were killed and 11 others injured in rainstorm-related incidents in different parts of the city on Friday morning....		Weather pleasant LAHORE, May 23: A strong windstorm and rain lashed city in the early hours on Friday, breaking a four-day spell of hot and dry weather....