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Pasha group wins CDA referendum ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The government-backed Capital Development Authority Employees’ Union (Pasha group) on Monday won the referendum in the CDA by a margin of about 500 votes....		Capital police receive Rs52m for equipment RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: The government has released a sum of Rs52 million to the Islamabad Capital Territory police for the purchase of anti-riot equipment — vehicles and other paraphernalia — ,...
Rs194.5m for PhD scholarships in social sciences ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has earmarked an amount of Rs194.513 million for PhD scholarships in social sciences, arts and humanities....		RCB mini-board stops working RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: The three-member mini-board of the Rawalpindi Cantonment has stopped working after refusal of the apex court to grant interim relief to the civic body against a decision of...
Twin cities hit by throat infection ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: After the complaints of ‘Ashob-i-Chasham’ (viral conjunctivitis) subsided, the twin cities are in the grip of viral pharyngitis, painful inflammation of pharynx....		Documentary depicts tortuous life of Swara victim ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: It seemed shocking for those who viewed on Monday a documentary film depicting the tortuous life of a girl becoming a victim of the infamous Swara custom still...
CDA asked to end parents’ unrest ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Federal Education Minister Zobaida Jalal on Monday again directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to end the unrest among parents of students due to the authority’s drive against...		PSEB launches Rs30 million automation project RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: The Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) has launched a Rs30 million project for the automation of 100 manufacturing units, an official said on Monday....
Troops leave for Congo RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: The first batch of Pakistan Army troops left for Congo on Monday to perform peacekeeping duties under the United Nations Mission, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public...		Durable peace talks needed: Kasuri ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Pakistan seeks durable, sustained and result-oriented dialogue with India for the solution of bilateral issues, including the core issue of Kashmir....
PML-Q to separate party, public posts ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q has decided to implement the provision of the Political Parties order (PPO) envisaging separation of the party and public offices, sources say....		Floods affected 16 Balochistan dists QUETTA, Aug 18: Recent torrential rains and floods affected 420,337 people on 1,105,063 acres in 16 districts in Balochistan, causing 46 deaths, destruction of 29,045 houses and loss of 19,454 cattle...
US to give $115m for healthcare ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Pakistan and the United States on Monday signed an agreement for $115.7 million grant-in-aid support to the National Health and Population Strategy and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)....		Pakistanis top in 3 A Level subjects KARACHI, Aug 18: Pakistani students were ‘top in the world’ in three A-level subjects of the Cambridge GCE examinations held in June this year....
First Ghazi Barotha unit opens today ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: President Pervez Musharraf will inaugurate the first 290-megawatt unit of the $2.05 billion Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project (GBHP) on Tuesday, seven kilometres downstream from Tarbela Dam in the...		Group tours planned BEIJING, Aug 18: Pakistan and China have decided to strengthen their cooperation to promote tourism industry and develop people-to-people contacts....
Power supply to North Waziristan restored PESHAWAR, Aug 18: Power to the North Waziristan tribal area was restored on Monday following hours of breakdown amid the sweltering heat that persisted since the past week....		Candles lit to remember missing Kashmiris SRINAGAR, Aug 18: Relatives of thousands of people who have gone missing in occupied Kashmir since the launch of anti-Indian rebellion 14 years ago lit candles in their memory on Monday....
Imambargah attack victim dies QUETTA, Aug 18: Syed Fazal Hussain Shah, who had sustained bullet injuries in the July 4 attack on an Imambargah here, succumbed to his injuries in the Aga Khan Hospital, Karachi,...		FC men injured QUETTA, Aug 18: A landmine explosion injured five Frontier Corps officials on Monday in Dera Bugti district and badly damaged their vehicle....
Funds for PTC teachers training may go waste MIANWALI, Aug 18: Another Rs400 million allocated for the PTC teachers training are feared to be wasted as to the result of poor planning, corruption and political intervention in the education...		Theatre team arrested for violating code of ethics GUJRANWALA, Aug 18: A district administration and police team claimed on Monday to have arrested the owner of a theatre, play producer and a dancer for violating ban on showing obscene...
MPs asked to mind their own business: Defamation charges FAISALABAD, Aug 18: The district council has expressed concern over the reports of mudslinging against the local governments by the members of the National and provincial assemblies, warning that they (the...		Appendectomy performed without any ‘justification’ SARGODHA, Aug 18: Appendectomy was performed on more than 120 people without any justification in Chokera village, some 25 kilometres from here, just to earn money, said a team of doctors...
Rs363m zakat distributed FAISALABAD, Aug 18: The District Zakat and Ushr Committee distributed Rs362.979 million among the deserving people during the last financial year....		Wither anti-encroachment drive MULTAN, Aug 18: The tehsil municipal administration may fail to clean the city of encroachments allegedly due to the influential ‘encroachment mafia’....
Farmers for withdrawal of abiana flat rate TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 18: The flat rate of abiana (water cess) has been announced by the Punjab government just to please the feudal lords because their areas receive more water...		Nomination papers accepted MULTAN, Aug 18: Returning officer and additional district and sessions judge Falak Sher Farooka on Monday accepted nomination papers of all three candidates after no objections were filed against them for...
Courtroom shootout: counter FIR registered JHANG, Aug 18: The Kotwali police have registered a counter FIR in the last month’s courtroom shootout case....		Newspapers after 10am in Faisalabad FAISALABAD, Aug 18: Newspapers will be distributed in the district after 10am from Tuesday (today) till the arrest of the ‘trader’ and his accomplices, who thrashed an Akhbar Farosh Union office-bearer...
Robbers kill two constables HAFIZABAD, Aug 18: Two police constables were shot dead by three dacoits at a picket near Alipur Chattha here on Monday....		Miller robbed of Rs0.8m GUJRAT, Aug 18: Three dacoits looted Rs800,000 in cash from the owner of a flour mills in Gala Mandi, Lalamusa, on Monday evening....
Boy falls victim to stray dog SIALKOT, Aug 18: A minor boy died on Monday when a stray dog bit him in Talwandi Riyalpur village, Zafarwal....		Villager killed FAISALABAD, Aug 18: Dacoits shot dead a villager and injured his friend on resistance in Chak 223 RB, Saddar area, on Sunday night....
Government trying to control Madaris, says report WASHINGTON, Aug 18: Through a new $255 million reform package, the Pakistan government is trying to take control of the country’s 8,000 Madaris from the religious parties, says a report published...		NWFP orders inquiry into shootout: Killing of Al Qaeda suspect PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The NWFP government has ordered an inquiry into a shootout that took place on Thursday in Peshawar’s Hayatabad Township and resulted in the killing of a suspected Al Qaeda operative....
Tobacco companies’ policies criticized SWABI, Aug 18: Tobacco growers have warned that they would revert to growing poppy to protest the exploitative policies of tobacco purchasing companies and small cigarette manufacturers....		Kidnapped man escapes LANDI KOTAL, Aug 18: An eye specialist, Dr Masoodul Haq, who was kidnapped from Bara on July 20, escaped from his captors’ hideout in the Khyber Agency and reached home on Monday....
2,000 power meters seized from Afghan DPs DARA ADAMKHEL, Aug 18: Local authorities have arrested four Afghan scrap dealers on Monday, recovering about 2,000 second- hand power meters from their possession....		Surcharge, royalty exemption sought HARIPUR, Aug 18: There is a need to ensure provision of at least five to 10 per cent of the royalty on electricity produced at the Ghazi Barotha Dam to the...
Journalist’s house raided PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The police on Monday raided the house of a journalist Mukhtar Ahmad in Sawaldher, Mardan, without producing a search warrant....		Self-immolation threatened PESHAWAR, Aug 18: The All Class-IV (government) Employees Association has threatened that its members would immolation themselves on Aug 28 if the provincial government did not accept their demands....
Kite-flying ban to continue, says Nazim LAHORE, Aug 18: City District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood said on Monday the ban on kite-flying would continue here....		Road closures create problems in Lahore LAHORE, Aug 18: Closure of several roads due to construction work on The Mall underpass and ill-planned alternative arrangements are causing numerous problems for motorists....
Mineral water without minerals LAHORE, Aug 18: Over 90 per cent brands of mineral water available in the market do not conform to any standard specifications and some of these do not contain minerals at...		Intending pilgrims to get NICs within 10 days LAHORE, Aug 18: The National Database and Registration Authority has made special arrangements to issue computerized national identity cards to intending pilgrims within 10 days....
Murder of journalist condemned LAHORE, Aug 18: Education minister Mian Imran Masood has expressed grief over the murder of a local Urdu daily reporter, Raja Ejaz....		Punjab ACE to get autonomy soon LAHORE, Aug 18: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Punjab, (ACE) will soon be given autonomous status, it is learnt....
Investigation into selling of relief goods begins THATTA, Aug 18: The district administration and law enforcement agencies have initiated separate investigations into the selling of a truckload of relief goods to traders in the Jati taluka....		Gastroenteritis hits Rohri SUKKUR, Aug 18: Three people, including a woman, have died of gastroenteritis and more than 30 suffering from the disease have been hospitalized in different areas of the Rohri town....