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NHA earns Rs1.36bn toll on M2 ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has collected Rs1.36 billion toll tax and fines on Lahore-Islamabad Motorway (M2) during the last three years....		CDA starts uplift work without approval ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Engineering and services wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started development work without the approval of the authority, a source in the CDA told Dawn on...
Nust to get EC grant for research RAWALPINDI, Aug 22: Under the Asia Link Programme for research and human resources development, four universities in France, UK, China and Pakistan will receive Euro 400,000 from the European Commission (EC)....		CBR asked to identify officials: Forged entries in records ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Justice Saleem Akhtar (retired) has asked the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) to identify those tax officials responsible for forging entries in the records...
Steps to avoid delays in Haj flights assured ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal told the National Assembly on Friday that steps had been taken to ensure the timely arrival of pilgrims and to minimize the delays...		Govt urged to allow steel, cement import ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: All Pakistan Contractors Association (APCA) has urged the government to save the construction industry by controlling the ever-increasing prices of cement and steel....
GBHP to start full production by July next, says Zulfiqar ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Wapda chairman, Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan (retired), has said Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project will start full production of 1450mw by July next year....		PRCS sends medical teams to flood-hit areas ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: In view of the threat of increased incidence of water-borne diseases, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has dispatched three medical teams to Jhal Magsi, Jafarabad and Harnai...
Indonesian team asked to increase imports ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has urged the visiting Indonesian trade delegation to consider increase in imports from Pakistan to reduce the current trade deficit between...		PR to install new signalling equipment, says minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Pakistan Railways (PR) will install modern signalling equipment on its entire main network in a period of six years....
UNDP, govt sign Rs1bn gender support programme ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has signed a five-year‘gender support programme (GSP)’ worth Rs1 billion with the government as a step towards eradicating poverty in Pakistan through...		Parties told to submit accounts statements ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Election Commission (EC) has reminded all political parties that under Article 13 of the Political Parties Order, 2002, they are required to submit to the EC a...
Torture victim in critical condition RAWALPINDI, Aug 22: A 35-year-old youth, who was allegedly tortured by some officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC), Islamabad, is in bad condition and unable to pass urine and faeces,...		Minfal upbeat about sugarbeet as substitute crop ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Officials at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) these days are quite upbeat about sugarbeet as a substitute crop after successful experiments carried out at research...
‘New Delhi looking for unilateral concessions’ UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22: Pakistan on Thursday asked the international community to “urgently” call on India to respond positively to its proposals “to revive bilateral dialogue, install a ceasefire along the Line of...		Treasury MNAs criticize Nazims ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Differences between Nazims and ruling party members of the Parliament came to the fore in the National Assembly on Friday when the members agitated against heads of the...
ARD, MMA plan privilege motion against minister ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy and the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal have decided to jointly move a privilege motion against the law and parliamentary affairs minister, Raza Hayat Hiraj,...		Ministers asked to attend sessions ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: National Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain on Friday reprimanded the cabinet members for not attending the sessions of the house....
19 Pakistanis detained in Canada TORONTO, Aug 22: Police Friday confirmed the arrest of some 19 people last week, who reportedly remain in Toronto-area prisons while an investigation into possible terrorist links is under way....		Demand for apology rejected ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Raza Hayat Hiraj on Friday rejected an opposition demand for apology for allegedly misbehaving with a PPP woman member of the National...
Five killed in Indian firing MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 22: Five people, including, two woman and two children, were killed in Azad Kashmir on Friday in Indian firing, police said....		Azam Tariq, 2 others booked ATTOCK, Aug 22: A terrorism case was registered against three religious leaders, including MNA Azam Tariq, on delivering provocative and derogatory remarks against a religious sect during a gathering on Thursday...
Sidelining of Kashmir issue not an option: Jamali ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has said that Pakistan desires peaceful, cooperative and friendly relations with India....		Breakthrough in education urged SWABI, Aug 22: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has termed sophisticated strategic capability and vibrant economy vital to meeting all confronting challenges, saying that Pakistan has been strengthened in both these...
CM declares three Badin talukas calamity-hit: Farm taxes written off BADIN, Aug 22: Sindh Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar announced here on Friday that the Badin, Shaheed Fazil Rahu and Tando Bago talukas were declared calamity-affected areas....		Breach floods villages SUKKUR, Aug 22: Three villages and a vast area of paddy crop were flooded on Friday after a breach developed in the Moosa Allah Yar canal in Thul taluka, Jacobabad district....
Three injured in Hyderabad blast HYDERABAD, Aug 22: Three persons were injured when a low- intensity bomb exploded outside a hotel near the SRTC depot in the GOR police station jurisdiction here on Friday night....		Growers warn of burning tobacco crops SWABI, Aug 22: As the hunger strike of the tobacco growers entered its fifth day here on Friday, the Ittehad-i-Kashtkaran announced the growers would torch their produce on Saturday....
Councillors threaten to resign HANGU, Aug 22: Local councillors have decided that they will resign from the union councils if the Nazims continue not to involve them in development activities in the region....		Worker’s death sparks protest HARIPUR, Aug 22: A labourer was electrocuted while working on the roof of a newly-constructed house on Jail Road here on Friday....
Bahawalpur lawyers deny neglect of south Punjab: Judges’ appointment BAHAWALPUR, Aug 22: Local lawyers community on Friday flayed its Multan fraternity for exploiting the name of south Punjab with regard to the appointment of new judges of the Lahore High...		Wapda chief forms inquiry committee: Power theft by PM’s adviser GUJRANWALA, Aug 22: Wapda chairman Lt-Gen Zulfiqar Ali Khan (retired) has constituted a committee to inquire into the accusations of electricity theft by prime minister’s political adviser Rana Nazir Ahmad....
ACE being overhauled FAISALABAD, Aug 22: The Anti-Corruption Establishment will be made more active to eliminate the menace of corruption from the government departments....		Met office to be set up in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, Aug 22: The weather forecast centre will be set up in Sahiwal to keep growers informed about the latest weather conditions....
Multan lawyers continue protest MULTAN, Aug 22: The Lahore High Court Bar Association, Multan bench, staged a sit-in for the third consecutive day on Friday to protest against non-representation of south Punjab in the appointment...		Gujranwala jail’s dozen officials sent packing GUJRANWALA, Aug 22: At least a dozen officials of the district jail were suspended from service on the charges of breach of duty and failure to prevent a clash among captives...
No-trust: two UC Nazims lose posts OKARA, Aug 22: The Naib Nazims of the union councils 37 and 40, Renala Khurd, were removed from their offices after a no- trust move against them was approved here on...		Sialkot tragedy accused jailed SIALKOT, Aug 22: On the orders of the special anti-terrorism court, Gujranwala, Sialkot district jail’s suspended head warden Riasat Ali, warden Abdul Aziz and accused Shahid alias Kalu were jailed on...
‘Govt non-serious in solving crisis’ MULTAN, Aug 22: Former Naational Assembly speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday the countdown of assemblies had started....		Controversy delaying prosecution service setup LAHORE, Aug 22: A controversy between home and law departments on heading proposed independent prosecution service is delaying its constitution in the Punjab and elsewhere in the country....
41 released from Kot Lakhpat jail LAHORE, Aug 22: Forty one prisoners who returned from Afghanistan were relesed from the Kot Lakhpat Jail on Friday....		PPP irked by ex-NAB chief’s statement LAHORE, Aug 22: The PPP has taken exception to former ehtesab bureau chairman Saifur Rehman’s assertion that cases instituted against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Zarari were...
PML-N man to contest for Ravi Town Nazim LAHORE, Aug 22: The Democratic Group of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Pakistan People’s Party and the Jama’at-i-Islami has nominated Khwaja Salman Rafiq of the PML-N and Chaudhry Sarfraz of the...		PPP condemns misbehaviour with women MNAs LAHORE, Aug 22: The PPP leaders condemned in the strongest terms misbehaviour of some treasury members with women opposition legislators in the National Assembly and the use of abusive language against...
Archaeologists not issued NOCs for Lanka moot LAHORE, Aug 22: A team of archaeologists and an FIA official have not been issued NOCs to attend a seven-day workshop on the ‘Protection of cultural heritage in South Asia’ scheduled...		CDG to complete 20 roads LAHORE, Aug 22: The City District Government will complete 20 roads under construction for the past three years under the Lahore Roads Reahbilitation Projects by December....
Petition for recovering NA sessions’ costs filed LAHORE, Aug 22: The Lahore High Court was urged on Friday to order the recovery of the cost incurred on all National Assembly sessions summoned since November, 2002, from President Gen...		Data council to meet at town office LAHORE, Aug 22: The Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Council will hold its monthly meeting at the town office on Lower Mall here on Saturday morning due to refusal of the City...
LHC questions legality of notification: Nazim’s removal LAHORE, Aug 22: The Lahore High Court questioned on Friday the legality of the local government secretary’s notification through which he had stopped Data Ganj Bakhsh Town Nazim Khwaja Ahmad Hassaan...		Alternative routes for traffic ordered LAHORE, Aug 22: Punjab Education Minister Imran Masood has stressed the need for provision of alternative routes for traffic diverted from The Mall to ensure its smooth flow after the opening...