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MMA renews pledge to oppose LFO RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Thursday reiterated its opposition to the Legal Framework Order (LFO) and vowed to strive for the supremacy of the Constitution and stability of the...		Second phase of curriculum scheme launched ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched the second phase of curriculum development of all the disciplines being taught in the public sector universities of the country....
Two sisters suffocate, third serious: Three die in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: Two sisters died of suffocation, while the third one survived in an apparent gas leak incident at Dhok Kashmirian, Sadiqabad, on Friday, police and hospital authorities said....		‘Time ripe to solve Kashmir dispute’ RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: Raja Afrasiab Khan, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, on Friday said a fair resolution of Kashmir dispute would not only ensure durable peace in...
Nespak awarded REIP contract RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved the award of contract for conducting a technical survey of the city the Rawalpindi Environmental Improvement Project (REIP) to Nespak, official...		‘PTCL introducing new techs’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) is in the process of introducing new technologies in Telecom sector for maintaining its network, Director General (Operations) Tanvir Ahmad said here Friday....
Nazim asked to extend quality service to people ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Thursday directed Rawalpindi district Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani to improve facilities and delivery of services to the people of the district....		Amends to anti-terror act sought RAWALPINDI, Aug 15: Speakers at a seminar here on Friday called for amendment in the Anti Terrorism Act for redefining violence against women as an act of terrorism....
I-11, I-12 yet to be developed ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to develop sector I-11 and I-12 which had to be developed for government employees a decade ago....		CDA to supply water to residents regularly ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Water Supply Directorate of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has assured regular and sufficient water supply to the citizens....
China offers support in telecom, energy ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: The investment policy of Pakistan is business-friendly and in many cases, no permission is required to set up industries in the country....		Body takes up motion against postal official ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: A privilege motion moved by Chaudhry Anwar Ali Cheema regarding the alleged indifferent attitude of Pakistan Postal Services director-general Agha Masood Hassan was taken up at the meeting...
Rift surfaces between PPP-Patriot, PML-Q: Police reforms ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: A tussle between interior minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat and the Punjab government has started due to political differences over the implementation of recently introduced Police Order-2002,...		IMF to discuss power sector reforms: Review mission due on 28th ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: A five-member IMF review mission is arriving here on Aug 28 to take stock of the economy and discuss power sector reforms aimed at improving the financial health...
Kashmiris observe black day MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: In order to apprise the world fraternity about their plight at the hands of Indian occupation troops, the Kashmiris across the Line of Control observed Indian Independence Day...		MMA-govt deadlock is a drama: ANP ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Awami National Party (ANP) information secretary Zahid Khan on Wednesday termed the present deadlock in the talks between the government and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) a drama and...
Arms cache seized QUETTA, Aug 15: Balochistan Levies has seized a cache of arms and ammunitions including anti-aircraft guns near Kalat, some 160 km south of the provincial capital....		Neelum valley transporters’ strike ends MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 15: A wheel-jam strike by the transporters in Neelum valley region came to an end on Friday after a meeting between the notables of the area, district administration and...
Islamabad endorses Dhaka’s candidature ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Pakistan formally announced on Friday its support for the candidature of Bangladesh for the top slot of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)....		Musharraf, Jamali greet Indian president, PM ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have greeted the Indian president and premier on the occasion of India’s 56th anniversary of independence from...
Vajpayee, Kalam greet Jamali, Musharraf NEW DELHI, Aug 15: Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee have greeted their counterparts, President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan...		Two injured in Afghan shelling MOHMAND AGENCY, Aug 15: Afghan troops fired mortar shells on Pakistani observatory posts in the Mohmand region on Thursday night, wounding two civilians, including a woman, witnesses said....
Badin Nazim boycotts relief body meeting: Rain victims still awaiting help BADIN, Aug 15: District Nazim Sardar Kamal Khan Chang on Friday boycotted the first formal meeting of the District Relief Committee as rain victims continued to complain about the non- provision...		Voting on no-trust move today KOHAT, Aug 15: The voting on the no-confidence motion against the district nazim will be held here on Saturday, a government notification states....
Five die in accident BAJAUR, Aug 15: Five people were killed and eight others seriously injured when a speeding truck rammed into a busy shopping centre in Mamond subdivision here on Friday....		Road blocked near Kohala Bridge ABBOTTABAD, Aug 15: Traffic between Muzaffarabad and Abbottabad was suspended for more than three hours when hundreds of people of the union councils of Nambal and Bakot blocked the main road...
Two picnickers drown THATTA, Aug 15: Two picnickers drowned in two different incidents in the district on the eve of Independence Day....		Man killed, six injured LARKANA, Aug 15: A passenger was killed and six others injured when a Khuzdar-bound bus plunged into a ditch near Golo Wah, Shahdadkot taluka on Thursday....
4 picnickers drown in Indus SWABI, Aug 15: Four picnickers drowned in the Indus river near Kund park and one was rescued on Thursday....		Two killed in Bara LANDI KOTAL, Aug 15: Two persons were killed and two others were injured in separate incidents on Friday in Bara tehsil of Khyber Agency....
UC Nazim moves court against 33 policemen: Highhandedness GUJRAT, Aug 15: A Nazim of the union council No 59 filed a petition in a local court against the highhandedness of 33 policemen, including two inspectors, with a request to...		Former Sialkot jail official sent on judicial remand GUJRANWALA, Aug 15: The judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court No 1, Syed Iftikhar Husain Shah, on Friday sent the Sialkot jail former superintendent on a six-day judicial remand....
Two ‘corrupt’ SHOs suspended LAHORE, Aug 15: The city police chief on Friday suspended two SHOs from service....		Case against eight for stripping 4 women BAHAWALPUR, Aug 15: Abbasnagar police on Friday registered a case against eight people for allegedly stripping four women at Mauza Abbasnagar....
Appendicitis cases in Sargodha’s village SARGODHA, Aug 15: Appendicitis has assumed the form of an epidemic in Chokera village as 117 people have undergone appendectomy and over 200 people are reportedly admitted to various hospitals for...		PML-Q man’s election as Naib Nazim certain SARGODHA, Aug 15: PML-Q’s Chaudhry Hamid Saleem Warraich will face no more resistance in becoming Sargodha’s Naib Nazim, as his only rival on Thursday agreed to withdraw his candidature....
Convict seeks aid to patch up with complainants OKARA, Aug 15: A convict, who has been undergoing sentence at the Sahiwal central jail after being awarded death penalty, reconciled with the aggrieved party on Friday with a pledge to...		Nine submit papers for Sialkot Naib Nazim SIALKOT, Aug 15: Sialkot district bar association president Chaudhry Munawar Hussain Warraich and SCCI vice-president also filed their nomination papers on Wednesday for the election of the district Naib Nazim....
Drive against corrupt dist officials ordered SAHIWAL, Aug 15: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has directed the district governments to launch an operation against the corrupt district officers....		Two killed as motorbike hits tanker MULTAN, Aug 15: Two young men were killed and another injured when a motorcycle hit an oil-tanker near Muzaffargarh, some 30km from here, on Thursday....
Bulleh Shah’s Urs from 26th KASUR, Aug 15: The three-day annual Urs of Baba Bulleh Shah will start here on Aug 26 under the auspices of the Auqaf Department....		ARD resolves to resist military dictatorship LAHORE, Aug 15: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy pledged on the 56th Independence Day of the country on Thursday to fight a decisive battle to obviate the possibility of military...
Hassaan resigns as Data Town Nazim LAHORE, Aug 15: Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Hassaan announced his resignation after the no-confidence motion against him was carried by a majority vote in a secret ballot in the...		SHOs suspended LAHORE, Aug 15: The city police chief on Friday suspended two SHOs from service....
Two SSPs summoned on contempt petition LAHORE, Aug 15: The Lahore District and Sessions Judge on Friday summoned the SSPs of operation and investigation branches for Aug 19 on a contempt of court application....		Okara’s SSP transferred LAHORE, Aug 15: The Punjab government transferred on Friday Okara SSP Aslam Tareen, considered a friend of Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali, on the direction of the chief minister....
Record storage of Tarbela, Mangla LAHORE, Aug 15: The combined live storage of Tarbela and Mangla dams on Thursday reached 11.68 million acre feet —- 7.11maf and 4.57maf, respectively —- that is a 10-year record for...		Light rain LAHORE, Aug 15: Light rain in parts of the city made weather pleasant on Friday....