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VU to enrol 80,000 in bachelor’s programme ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Virtual University (VU) will be brought on a par with international universities in the field of science and technology....		CDA policy on private schools relaxed ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has assured the private schools operating in residential areas of some flexibility by reviewing its stance on those institutions which have expanded their...
Economic policy linked to institutional capacity ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Economic policies can be fruitfully implemented only if these are conceived and adopted keeping in view the institutional capacity and political policy-making process of a country....		124 literacy centres to be set up in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: The district government, in collaboration with the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), will establish another 124 literacy centres in the city by the end of November, District...
Pakistan, UK agree to promote tourism ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan and United Kingdom on Tuesday agreed to promote tourism between the two countries, and joint efforts would be made in this connection, said an official statement....		More rains forecast ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The heavy rain which lashed Islamabad on Monday night broke a long humid spell and turned the weather pleasant....
Team formed to devise code for signboards RAWALPINDI, Aug 19: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) chairman, Hamid Nawaz, has constituted a team to devise a code to standardize the display of signboards in the city, official sources told...		Two killed in road accidents ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents on Islamabad Highway, police said on Tuesday....
Fahim fears NA dissolution ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: People’s Party Parliamentarians President Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Tuesday expressed the fear that President Gen Pervez Musharraf was about to dissolve the National Assembly to prolong his rule....		Government acknowledges Iraq’s ruling council UNITED NATIONS, Aug 19: Pakistan has voted in favour of Resolution No 1500 on Iraq as an acknowledgement of the Governing Council of Iraq, and establishment of the United Nations Assistance...
Magsi wants name removed from ECL QUETTA, Aug 19: A Balochistan High Court division bench on Tuesday issued notices to the interior ministry and the assistant director, passport, Quetta, on a petition filed by former Balochistan chief...		‘Movement of Indian troops observed’ ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Unusual Indian troop movements have been observed in northern Kashmir in the icy Kargil heights, the military here said Tuesday....
Indian SC questions Pakistanis’ detention NEW DELHI, Aug 19: India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to Attorney General Soli Sorabjee asking him to explain why 11 Pakistani nationals have been detained in Indian jails for...		Balochistan to seek loan from Japan ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: The Balochistan government has decided to obtain a loan from Japan for construction and repair of the Coastal Highway and other routes linking the province with the rest...
Pakistan to propose Mahathir as OIC envoy ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan will propose at the upcoming Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit that Dr Mahathir Mohammad be made the ‘Muslim Elder Statesman,’ Dawn has learnt through reliable sources....		New HC to UK takes charge next month ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: Pakistan’s High Commissioner designate to the United Kingdom Dr Maleeha Lodhi will proceed to London early next month....
Plan against sectarian violence soon: official ISLAMABAD, Aug 19: A new strategy is being worked out to control law and order problem in urban Sindh, says Secretary Interior Tasneem Noorani....		College closed after clash QUETTA, Aug 19: The Government degree college, Loralai, was closed for three days following a clash between two students’ groups in which several people sustained injuries on Monday....
45 Giyal victims develop disabilities GILGIT, Aug 19: Around 45 of the 80 critically injured in the Giyal blast have reportedly developed disabilities, despite regular treatment given to them at the DHQ hospitals of Gilgit and...		Plea bargain accepted QUETTA, Aug 19: Accountability court judge Mohammad Naeem Kakar on Tuesday ordered the release of a former sub-divisional officer of the public works department, Irshad Jamil, following acceptance of his plea...
Doctor killed in Karachi KARACHI, Aug 19: Assistant Medical Director Administration of Liaquat National Hospital was shot dead at Stadium Road late on Tuesday night....		Oil tanker crushes six people to death HYDERABAD, Aug 19: Six people were killed during their sleep when the driver of a stationary oil tanker (LS-9969) started reversing it without checking the rear view mirror as a result...
Dist council members take out procession: Tail-end lands without water MIRPURKHAS, Aug 19: Members of the Mirpurkhas District Council took out a procession on Tuesday to protest against non-supply of water to tail-end areas of Mithrao and Jamrao canals....		Protests against Hesco continue DADU, Aug 19: Residents of 10 villages of Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka held a demonstration on the Indus Highway on Tuesday, resulting in suspension of vehicular traffic for three hours....
Growers, ginners in dispute over taxes SANGHAR, Aug 19: Cotton growers and ginners are at loggerheads over the deduction by ginners of 1kg per 40kg of phutti, levy of Rs6 per 40kg as excise, market fees and...		Relief measures termed inadequate BADIN, Aug 19: Pakistan People’s Party-SB chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto has criticized the government for not providing adequate relief to rain victims of the district....
Cop killed in attack on picket, five injured JACOBABAD, Aug 19: A police head constable was killed and five constables were injured when about 15 bandits attacked the Mulguzar police picket near the Sindh-Balochistan border on Tuesday....		MBBS admission test LARKANA, Aug 18: Entry test forms for admission to MBBS first year (2003-2004) for candidates hailing from Larkana, Sukkur, Dadu, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Khairpur and Shikarpur were available at the Muslim Commercial...
DCO accused of delaying uplift work DADU, Aug 19: The contractors of building and road departments held a protest demonstration here on Monday to protest against the district coordination officer, Dadu, for not issuing them work orders...		Man shot dead SHIKARPUR, Aug 19: A villager, Sobho, son of Pingo Rind, of the Kandhkot area, was shot dead by his rivals near the Rahimabad village on a section of the Diloo-Daro...
Tobacco growers vow to continue hunger strike SWABI, Aug 19: Tobacco growers have vowed to continue their hunger strike until their problems are resolved and requirements are met by tobacco companies and the local administration....		Govt interference in local bodies affairs resented KOHAT, Aug 19: District Kohat Nazim Malik Asad has demanded that the National Reconstruction Bureau chairman should order an inquiry into the interference by the MMA government and the bureaucracy in...
Fata resources to be tapped PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The Director Industries of Governor’s Fata Secretariat, Salim Mohmand, has said 3,000 tons each of soapstone and coal would be produced from the mineral deposits in Kurram and...		‘Doctors fleecing patients’ PESHAWAR, Aug 19: Doctors at the Khyber Teaching Hospital have been allegedly fleecing the poor patients by sending them forcibly to certain medical stores for the sake of commissions, patients’ relatives...
Government wants uplift of backward areas: Sardar Yaqoob KOHALA, Aug 19: National Assembly Deputy Speaker Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan has said the government is committed to develop the backward areas....		Policeman summoned in contempt case PESHAWAR, Aug 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday summoned a sub-inspector of Chamkani police station along with all the relevant record in a contempt of court...
PHC admits plea against trial by ATC PESHAWAR, Aug 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court admitted on Tuesday to full hearing a writ petition of a high court advocate, Sardar Moazzam, against his trial by...		Three-month salary not paid to health workers PESHAWAR, Aug 19: The monthly salary of about 16,000 lady health workers (LHWs) of national programme for family planning and primary health care, NWFP, have not been paid since June 2003....
Girl dies as roof caves in ABBOTTABAD, Aug 19: A young girl died and two of her sisters and grandmother received injuries when the roof of their house caved in in Baldheri village here on Monday night....		HR group visits district jail GILGIT, Aug 19: A group of the National Human Rights organization on Tuesday visited district jail Gilgit and inspected the prisoners’ condition.—APP...
Bhandari opts for extension under LFO: Bar expresses disappointment LAHORE, Aug 19: Justice Karamat Nazir Bhandari, a judge of the Supreme Court working on an ad hoc basis, has availed himself of three-year extension offered under the Legal Framework Order....		PML-Q, Patriots’ alliance in trouble LAHORE, Aug 19: Differences between the PML-Q and the PPP-Patriots have come to light because of which the alliance between the two ideological rivals is in danger....
Contempt plea filed against principal LAHORE, Aug 19: The Lahore Church Council of the United Church on Tuesday filed a contempt application against Forman Christian College Principal Peter H Armacost for having flouted court orders regarding...		Analysis of water brands ordered LAHORE, Aug 19: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood on Tuesday ordered analysis of mineral water on sale in the provincial metropolis at the PCSIR Laboratories and sealing of factories bottling sub-standard...
Chaudhrys accused of victimizing Nazim LAHORE, Aug 19: Mandi Bahauddin District Nazim Nazar Mohammed Gondal has alleged political victimization by chaudhrys to avenge the defeat of their brother-in-law at his hands in the local elections....		EPA plans to clean Ravi, canal LAHORE, Aug 19: The Environment Protection Department, Punjab, is evolving a comprehensive plan to clean the water of the Lahore Canal and the Ravi with the collaboration of other government departments....
Lawyers boycott courts SIALKOT, Aug 19: Lawyers on Tuesday boycotted courts in protest against keeping the son of district Bar president in illegal custody by Naikapura police and misbehaviour of SHO with him....		Case ordered against tehsil council staffers SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 19: A district and session judge on Tuesday ordered registration of a case against four staffers of tehsil council on corruption charge....
Crops damaged by canal breach TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 19: Crops on hundreds of acres of land were damaged when a 100-foot-wide breach occurred in the Khewra sub-canal on Tuesday....		Constable dies while chasing suspects OKARA, Aug 19: A police constable was killed and his colleague injured when their motorcycle rolled over after hitting a milestone near Tabrooq on the GT Road while they were chasing...