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Villagers warn of D-12-like situation: Noorpur Shahan ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Member National Assembly Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari and residents of Noorpur Shahan and adjoining villages have vowed to resist their possible expropriation by the Capital Development Authority (CDA)....		People’s initiative must to fight poverty: speakers ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Individuals should take the initiative to fight poverty even if it means taking one small step at a time and not look towards external forces for the solution...
Nadra set to introduce online verification system ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The National Database Registration Authority (NADRA), utilizing its own resources, is providing a platform for e-government and technological advancement to the public and private sector....		60pc points of LFO resolved: Rashid RAWALPINDI, Aug 10: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said about 60 per cent of the contentious points relating to the LFO have been resolved with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA)....
Illegal bus stands sprout again ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Illegal bus terminals are again sprouting up in the capital especially at Faizabad under the very nose of the directorate concerned of the Capital Development Authority (CDA)....		Ram Jethmalani: the maverick politician ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Ram Jethmalani, currently on a peace mission here as head of India’s Kashmir Committee, is one of the most colourful and provocative politicians of India....
Laloo visits Lal Haveli RAWALPINDI, Aug 10: Laloo Prasad Yadav, head of the Indian delegation, on Sunday evening made a surprise visit to Lal Haveli and held a meeting with Federal Minister for Information and...		Akhtar Usman’s poetry analyzed ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: Critical evaluation of a piece of writing, based purely on literary standards, has been one of the proud traditions of Halqa-i-Arbab-i-Zauq since its inception....
Woman dies in road accident RAWALPINDI, Aug 10: An unidentified woman died in a traffic accident on the Mall near the military hospital on Sunday night....		Call to remove pressure horns from vehicles ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: People have been asked to remove pressure horns from their vehicles, otherwise action would be taken against them....
Rs31m Urdu varsity project ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project for computer networking at Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Karachi, at a cost of about Rs31...		Provisional licences for IPPs planned ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The government has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to grant provisional licences to all the independent power producers (IPPs) to address concerns being raised by...
Balochistan floods claimed 36 lives QUETTA, Aug 10: Over three dozen people were killed in the recent rains and floods in 14 districts of Balochistan....		Ecnec likely to okay 13 projects ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) meets here on Monday to approve around 13 projects, predominantly in Sindh, at a total cost of more than...
Judicial body to review reforms ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The National Judicial (Policy-Making) Committee will meet on Monday to review the ongoing reforms initiated with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank....		Border trade with China discussed GILGIT, Aug 10: Officials from Pakistan and China the other day reviewed the security and border trade situation in a meeting held in the Chinese province of Xingiang....
Cordial ties sought with Pakistan: Sonia ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The opposition leader in India’s Lok Sabha, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has said that her party has been committed to having cordial and good neighbourly relations with Pakistan....		Pakistani boy heads for home NEW DELHI, Aug 10: A 13-year-old Pakistani cowherder detained for more than a month at a juvenile home after he strayed over the Indian border was released Sunday and left for...
NA speaker, PPP leader fete Indian delegation ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: President of the People’s Party Parliamentarians Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Sunday hosted a dinner for the visiting Indian delegation of parliamentarians, journalists and intellectuals here....		Punishment to assailants urged QUETTA, Aug 10: Ulema speaking on Sunday on the occasion of the Chehlum of the victims of the July 4 attack on a mosque urged the government to award exemplary punishment...
Condition of 2 hunger strikers deteriorates QUETTA, Aug 10: The condition of two Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation employees, who have been on hunger strike unto death for the last seven days, has deteriorated but the officers’ association and...		Mandi Tehsil Nazim joins PML-Q to retain his seat GUJRAT, Aug 10: Mandi Bahauddin Tehsil Nazim Chaudhry Shahzad Anjum Pervez who tendered his resignation along with District Nazim and 34 Nazims of different union councils on Saturday has joined the...
Cardiology ward built at DHQ hospital GUJRANWALA, Aug 10: The building department handed over cardiology ward to the administration of district headquarters (DHQ) hospital here on Sunday....		Traders reject new income tax policy MULTAN, Aug 10: The Pakistan Traders Alliance has rejected the new income tax policy and decided not to file returns....
No pressure to send troops to Iraq: Kasuri KASUR, Aug 10: Pakistan is under no pressure to send troops to Iraq or accept Israel....		Vet hospital in disrepair RAJANPUR, Aug 10: The building of the only veterinary hospital in Rajanpur district is in ruins due to the sheer negligence of the present and the previous governments....
Faisal blames politicians for political instability SARGODHA, Aug 10: The present regime is determined to make the country a liberal, progressive and terror-free state as envisaged by Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah....		Mosque built on vacated land GUJRANWALA, Aug 10: A mosque will be constructed on the more than one acre plot in Garjakh, got vacated by the city tehsil council from land grabbers....
Rapists held GUJRANWALA, Aug 10: Ferozewala police claimed on Sunday to have arrested an influential landlord and his accomplices, who kidnapped and raped two sisters some days ago. Police said that Asad had...		Action demanded GUJRANWALA, Aug 10: The residents of Satellite Town have urged the city tehsil council to cancel the contract of a company which has not completed work on a recreation park for...
Two teenagers killed MULTAN, Aug 10: Two teenagers were crushed to death by a bus on Multan-Shujabad road on Sunday. Sources said Nazir Ahmad and his younger brother Mohammad Azhar were going on a...		No decision yet to start recruitment process LAHORE, Aug 10: No decision has so far been taken to start the recruitment process in the Punjab....
JUP-NS to invoke Article 6 LAHORE, Aug 10: Holding Gen Pervez Musharraf responsible for keeping the Constitution in abeyance, the Jamiat Ulema Pakistan-Nifaz-i-Shariat has said that it would move a court of law against the army...		NAB spent huge amounts to get verdict: PPP LAHORE, Aug 10: PPP Federal Council secretary-general Khalid Kharal and Foreign Liaison Committee chief Munir Ahmad Khan have alleged that a Swiss magistrate’s verdict against Ms Benazir Bhutto was being blown...
PM to speak at PML-Z seminar LAHORE, Aug 10: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali will be the chief guest at a seminar being organized by the PML-Z on “Challenges facing the country at present” on Aug...		Question mark over new PU disciplines LAHORE, Aug 10: Refusal to entertain MA Development Journalism (DJ) degrees by a government department again puts a question mark over the credibility of the Punjab University that launched new post-graduation...
‘End ban on Indian channels’ LAHORE, Aug 10: The Cable Operators’ Association has criticized the government’s decision to continue the ban on Indian channels....		Grants for marriage LAHORE, Aug 10: The Punjab Workers Welfare Board will give grants for the marriage of 10,000 daughters of low-paid industrial workers during the current financial year....
Thefts and robberies LAHORE, Aug 10: Thieves and dacoits took away cash and valuables from different parts of the city on Sunday....		Computerization of crime record at PS level ordered LAHORE, Aug 10: City police chief Khwaja Khalid Farooq on Sunday ordered that the record of criminals should be computerized at the level of police stations....
Action against illegal parking lots sought LAHORE, Aug 10: The City District Government has approached the city police chief for action after refusal by traffic police to remove illegal parking areas from certain places in Lahore....		Bengali held with 6kg heroin LAHORE, Aug 10: Customs officials claimed on Sunday to have arrested a Bengali national and recovered six kilo heroin worth Rs60 million from him at Lahore airport....
Light rain in parts of Lahore LAHORE, Aug 10: Light rain in parts of the city kept the weather mild on Sunday....		Rs2bn for operation theatres LAHORE, Aug 10: A sum of Rs2 billion will be spent on upgradation of operation theatres of teaching hospitals in the Punjab during the current financial year....
Darul Aman inaugurated LAHORE, Aug 10: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood inaugurated the City District Government Darul Aman on Bund Road here on Sunday....		Roof collapse LAHORE, Aug 10: A woman was killed and her teenaged son injured in a roof collapse inside Delhi Gate on Sunday....