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HEC launches Rs35m monograph, textbooks project ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a Rs35 million scheme for writing monographs and textbooks of the disciplines being taught at the public sector universities in the...		RCB elected members form bodies: Judgment of tax cases RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: The RCB elected members formed two committees to judge tax-related cases and to take stock of the decisions taken after the implementation of the Cantonment Ordinance 2002 from...
ARD, MMA meet acting Nazim today: August 14 rally ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The representatives of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) have been invited to attend a meeting at the DCO Office on Wednesday morning...		NIRC verdict on CDA referendum today ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC) will announce its verdict on holding of referendum in Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday, a source in the Authority told Dawn....
Anti-Hepatitis vaccination drive launched RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: The district health department on Tuesday launched a three-day vaccination campaign against Hepatitis-B....		Minister proposes filing of FIR through internet RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof (Dr) Attaur Rehman on Tuesday said he had proposed to the government to introduce “electronic filing of FIR” through the internet to...
‘PTA set to enforce deregulation policy’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman, Maj-Gen Shahzada Alam Malik (retired), has said the authority is fully aware of its responsibilities to cope with the issues that will...		Three die in different incidents RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: Three people died in different incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Tuesday....
Govt urged to solve workers’ problems RAWALPINDI, Aug 5: The activists of Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC) on Tuesday held a protest rally against what they termed government apathy towards their problems....		Minorities observe protest day ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The All-Pakistan Minorities’ Alliance (APMA) observed a day of protest throughout the country on Tuesday to condemn alleged incidence of terrorism against religious minorities....
Preparations afoot for flag-hoisting ceremony ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Preparations for conducting flag hoisting ceremony at the Parliament House are under way, says a Press release issued here on Tuesday....		Ties with India not to affect relations with Pakistan: Cai ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Visiting Chinese Vice Minister Cai Wu has given the assurance that normalization of relations with India will not be at the cost of China’s time-tested friendship and close...
Uphill task ahead for govt to complete parliamentary year ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The opposition parties fear that the government will fail to meet the requirement of article 54(2) of the Constitution mandating the National Assembly to meet for a minimum...		PM calls for steps against terrorism ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over the current law and order situation in the country and directed the interior ministry to take effective measures...
Judgment to affect other cases: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday termed the verdict of a Swiss court against Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and former senator Asif Zardari historic and...		2 bodies recovered in Giyal GILGIT, Aug 5: The death toll after an accidental explosives blast in the Giyal village has risen to 46 after two more bodies were recovered in the debris, police said on...
Benazir grieved over loss of lives ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Monday expressed grief and shock over the death of about 50 people and injuries to many others in an incident in a...		Lawyers to discuss govt-MMA talks ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Representatives of all the lawyers bodies are meeting here on Thursday to consider the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s talks with the government on the Legal Framework Order....
Transit agreement signed with 3 states ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Experts from China, Kazakhstan, Kirgyzstan and Pakistan on Tuesday signed an agreement on traffic and transit and decided to issue 200 road permits to each member country for...		Friendly ties sought with Afghanistan, says Jamali ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali said on Tuesday that Pakistan wanted to establish and maintain peaceful, brotherly and friendly relations with Afghanistan and other countries of the...
Governor’s exit not result of deal: MMA QUETTA, Aug 5: Balochistan Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani said on Tuesday that the resignation of Governor Abdul Quadir was not a result of any deal between the government...		Cabinet meeting ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss, among other things, an amended law for the recovery of bad loans and allowing the family members of diplomats to...
Plan to waive phone line rent under study ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: The government is considering to reduce or completely waive the line rent of the Pakistan Telecommunication Company, said Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Awais Ahmed Khan...		‘Strong economy vital for security’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that a business-friendly environment has been created to make Pakistan a regional hub of economic activity....
Stay granted QUETTA, Aug 5: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court on Tuesday granted stay to Zarghoon town Nazim in a dispute over assets with the city government....		Flood water subsides in Sialkot, Narowal SIALKOT, Aug 5: The water level in Nullahs Aik, Bhed and Palkhu dropped considerably on Tuesday, as there was no rain in the Sialkot city and its adjoining areas after the...
7,500 PML-N men jailed: Hashmi MULTAN, Aug 5: At least 7,500 workers of the PML-N have to undergo imprisonment for demanding democratic rule during the last almost four years....		Two sisters among four drowned SIALKOT, Aug 5: Four people, including two sisters, drowned in two accidents here on Tuesday....
Christians protest against police ‘inaction’: Fr Ibrahim’s murder OKARA, Aug 5: The Christian community demonstrated in various parts of the Punjab on Tuesday to protest against police’s failure to arrest the killers of Fr George Ibrahim....		Three PICIC men held on graft charges MULTAN, Aug 5: Three officers of Pakistan Industrial and Credit Investment Corporation (PICIC), Multan branch, were arrested on Tuesday by the FIA on charges of embezzlement of Rs4.2 million....
Punjab governor distributes loan cheques RAHIM YAR KHAN, Aug 5: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool on Tuesday gave away cheques to people at Chak 111-P to help them set up their businesses....		Two jailers remanded in police custody GUJRANWALA, Aug 5: An anti-terrorism court remanded on Tuesday Sialkot jail superintendent in police custody till Aug 15....
Rains play havoc in Khyber Agency LANDI KOTAL, Aug 5: Torrential rains damaged property and the communication system in the Khyber Agency on Tuesday....		Arrest of govt driver’s killers urged PESHAWAR, Aug 5: The Secretariat Employees Coordination Council here on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration asking the government to arrest the killers of a driver of the Secretary to Chief Minister...
PHC CJ seeks 100 judges’ induction ISLAMABAD, Aug 5: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan said on Monday that he had submitted a requisition to the government to induct 100 civil judges to overcome the...		ANP MPs accused of meddling in LG SWABI, Aug 5: Tehsil Swabi Nazim Masood Jabar has alleged that the Awami National Party MNAs and MPAs were meddling in the tehsil government affairs, and posed a threat to the...
Students ransack govt offices SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Aug 5: Angry students ransacked government offices in the Tehsil building in Makeen in South Waziristan Agency and torched furniture and official record on Monday....		CM gives Rs10m, bus to Gomal University DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Aug 5: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani on Tuesday announced a grant of Rs10 million and one ambulance for Gomal University and Rs3 million for Lions Mehmood...
People briefed about hepatitis measures PESHAWAR, Aug 5: As a part of the week-long campaign against hepatitis lunched by the government, the administration of Khyber Teaching Hospital on Tuesday established a camp at the hospital where...		Loadshedding protest SWABI, Aug 5: Electricity consumers staged a demonstration against frequent loadshedding and inflated power bills blocking the Jehangira-Topi road for vehicular traffic....
Robbers loot lawyer HARIPUR, Aug 5: Armed bandits looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables from a house in TIP housing colony here on Sunday....		Lawyers seek full-time anti-corruption court ABBOTTABAD, Aug 5: Lawyers on Monday called for setting up a full-time special anti-corruption court for hearing cases from areas comprising the now defunct Hazara division....
ARD seeks change of MMA meeting venue LAHORE, Aug 5: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) wants the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to change its venue for the Aug 14 public meeting in Rawalpindi....		Probe against PBC vice-chief LAHORE, Aug 5: The Pakistan Bar Council on Tuesday constituted a two-member committee to probe corruption charges levelled against Punjab Bar Council vice-chairman Arif Chaudhry....
Acting CJ requested to forego extension LAHORE, Aug 5: The Lahore High Court Bar Association on Tuesday requested Acting Chief Justice Munir A. Sheikh to forgo the three-year extension of his service period under the Legal Framework...		Faisalabad DPO transferred, PA told LAHORE, Aug 5: Provincial law minister Raja Basharat told the house on Tuesday that Faisalabad DIG had reported full implementation of the chief minister’s orders regarding transfer of the district police...
Training in trauma case handling LAHORE, Aug 5: The Punjab government is considering to introduce legislation for the compulsory training of doctors, paramedics and ambulance drivers in handling of trauma cases....		Border military police being revamped LAHORE, Aug 5: Law minister Raja Basharat told the house on Tuesday that the provincial government had allocated more funds for revamping the Border Military Police (BMP) and the Baloch Levies...
Christians criticize police ‘apathy’ LAHORE, Aug 5: The All Parties’ Minorities Alliance demonstrated outside the Lahore Press Club on Tuesday to protest against what they called police’s lethargy in arresting the killers of Fr George...		Inauguration of Ghazi Barotha this month LAHORE, Aug 5: The first power unit of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) is expected to be formally inaugurated by the middle of this month....