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Antiquities of Iron Age, Achaemenian, Mauryan periods discovered at Bhera ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Antiquities of Iron Age, Achaemenian (553-330BC), Greek (321-184BC) and Mauryan (14Bc) periods have been discovered in an excavation from the Greek city of Bhera....		Strong nexus creates price hike in Pindi: 12 men control meat business RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: The meat business in the city has been monopolized by a nexus of 12 people, who have been manipulating the prices and are behind the protest drive launched...
APMA seeks equal rights for minorities ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The All Pakistan Minorities’ Alliance (APMA) has condemned the inclusion of the alliance chief’s name in the Exit Control List (ECL) and warned the government against “harassing” the...		Admissions to Wah Medical College from January WAH CANTT, Nov 5: A fully-fledged medical college will start admission to first-year MBBS from January next year in Wah Cantonment, said Lt-Gen Abdul Qayyum, Chairman Pakistan Ordinance Factories (POF)....
PRSP to exacerbate poverty, say experts ISLAMABAD, Nov. 5: The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) is the extension of structural adjustment policies (SAP) of the World Bank and the IMF and will only exacerbate poverty, experts attending...		Balochistan wants QAU student’s killers arrested RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: The Balochistan government has asked the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police to arrest killers of a Quaid-i-Azam University student as ‘delay’ is causing concern among the students in...
Opposition asked not to taketo streets ISLAMABAD Nov 5: Millat Party and National Alliance secretary-general Mohammad Ali Durrani has advised the opposition to move court in the case of detained PML-N leader Javed Hashmi instead of taking...		PAF teachers resent denial of due raise in salary ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The teaching and the non-teaching staff of the PAF educational institutions throughout the country are perturbed over the decision of the management to give them only seven per...
Consensus over environmental issues stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Lawmakers, politicians and environmentalists at a conference were unanimous in their opinion that the environmental issues are above political differences because they affect lives regardless of political and...		Man shot dead; another injured RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: One person was shot dead while a security guard was injured in four separate robbery incidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, police said on Wednesday....
Asif seeks release on parole ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Imprisoned PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has filed an application with the home secretary, Punjab, for release on parole for seven days, from November 10, to attend the...		Future belongs to Asia, Musharraf tells Chinese BEIJING, Nov 5: President Gen Pervez Musharraf met the Chinese defence officials here on Wednesday, and emphasized strong military ties between the longtime allies....
Nationalists asked to give suggestions: Gwadar port project QUETTA, Nov 5: The provincial general secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Senator Malik Sarwar Khan Kakar, has asked the nationalist parties to come up with positive suggestions regarding their reservations...		Opposition differs on members’ nomination ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has taken a view different from that of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy on the issue of National Assembly standing committees....
SC to take up appeal if NA court not formed ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Supreme Court has observed it would consider the request for bail by a resident of the Northern Areas after one week if the Court of Appeals with...		India can opt talks format: Kasuri LONDON, Nov 5: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has expressed Pakistan’s readiness to enter into “bilateral, trilateral or multi-lateral” talks with India to resolve outstanding issues including Kashmir....
MMA leader to help settle Luni-Marri dispute QUETTA, Nov 5: The provincial government has nominated Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, MMA’s provincial president, as a arbitrator to help resolve a conflict between Luni and Marri tribes over a dispute...		Religious leaders stress harmony QUETTA, Nov 5: Religious leaders have decided to cooperate and protect the religious seminaries and worship places of all the sects in the province to promote harmony among the people....
Govt websites need check, care: report ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The government websites especially related to the economic ministries and divisions are outdated, lack appropriate information and in many cases require a lot of editing....		Interim order in Gwadar land dispute confirmed ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed its interim order in a land dispute case in Gwadar in which a former provincial minister is claiming that the Civil Aviation...
Balochistan to seek funds for dams: governor QUETTA, Nov 5: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani has said the provincial government will approach the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other financial agencies for provision of...		Jammu martyrs day today MIRPUR (Azad Kashmir), Nov 5: The 56th Jammu Martyrs day will be observed in Jammu and Kashmir, across the Line of of Control in occupied Kashmir, in Pakistan and the rest...
Two officials put on notice QUETTA, Nov 5: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court has issued show cause notices to the provincial secretary and deputy secretary of the home department for not appearing before...		PHC issues notice to NAB PESHAWAR, Nov 5: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the National Accountability Bureau in two writ petitions challenging the non-encashment of the National...
Spurious drugs being sold PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The sale of spurious drugs poses serious health hazards for the people in the city and elsewhere in the NWFP, doctors and pharmacists complained....		Four kidnapped KOHAT, Nov 5: Four tribesmen were kidnapped on gun point by unidentified men on the Kohat-Orakzai Agency road on Wednesday, police said....
Passengers robbed of cash, valuables HARIPUR, Nov 5: Three bandits, who were travelling in a Lahore-bound coach, robbed passengers of their cash and valuables on Tuesday night near Dhaiden village on the GT Road in the...		Rain brings cold wave in Swat MINGORA, Nov 5: Rain and snowfall lashed the hilly areas of Swat valley on Wednesday.  The rain with intervals brought a cold wave in the weather. Some parts of the valley...
Transfers and postings PESHAWAR, Nov 5: The NWFP government on Wednesday issued transfer and posting orders to officials of different departments....		Fertilizers’ prices hit growers MIRPURKHAS, Nov 5: Growers are facing hardships due to the increase in the prices of fertilizers in Mirpurkhas district....
Release of Hashmi, Asif demanded: Demos held in Sindh LARKANA, Nov 5: The People’s Party Parliamentarian and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) staged rallies in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday, demanding release of Javed Hashmi and Asif Zardari....		Two cousins kidnapped SUKKUR, Nov 5: Two cousins were kidnapped by armed men in Gemro village in the limits of Buxapur police station on the Sindh-Balochistan border on Wednesday....
2nd FIR of newsman’s murder registered SHIKARPUR, Nov 5: The Lakhi Gate police here on Wednesday registered a second FIR in the murder case of...		Bandits kill bus conductor, loot passengers NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 5: A bus conductor was killed by six bandits near the Moro toll plaza when he offered resistance to them on Wednesday....
Artificial water shortage flayed SANGHAR, Nov 5: The farmers’ organizations have said that an artificial shortage of water has been created by the irrigation authorities in the Nara canal system....		Man commits suicide KHAIRPUR, Nov 5: A man, Ashfaq Ali, committed suicide after killing his cousin’s wife, Kazbano Lashari, 22, in the Ghulam Akbar Lashari village near Rasoolabad on Tuesday....
10 injured DADU, Nov 5: At least 10 passengers were injured when a Larkana-bound trailer (PT-0797) collided with a Sehwan-bound wagon (R-0007) on a section of the Indus Highway, some 35kms from...		Woman killed JACOBABAD, Nov 5: A woman, Sikandar Khatoon, was shot dead by armed men when she was alone at home in Nasir Khan village, Jafarabad district, on Wednesday....
Sikhs for easing visa curbs LAHORE, Nov 5: Sikh pilgrims have urged the governments of Pakistan and India to remove visa restrictions on senior citizens and relax some immigration laws to facilitate ordinary citizens of both...		Crackdown on quacks LAHORE, Nov 5: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood has ordered an immediate crackdown on quacks, magicians and fake spiritual healers engaged in depriving the people of their hard-earned money....
SECP, real estate dealers summoned: Land offer in UK LAHORE, Nov 5: Taking suo moto notice of an announcement for sale of land at Guilford, near London in the UK, the Lahore High Court has issued notices to the real...		Shahbaz moves SC for return LAHORE, Nov 5: Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking a direction that he be allowed to return home to stand trial on...
PML-N’s two-week drive from 12th LAHORE, Nov 5: The Punjab PML-N will go for a strong protest all over the province to express resentment against the arrest of its acting president Javed Hashmi....		Struggle for democratic rule to accelerate LAHORE, Nov 5: The PPP observed a protest day on Wednesday, as former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s husband Asif Ali Zardari completed seven years in detention....
Lesco expects to generate over Rs51bn revenue LAHORE, Nov 5: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) is expected to generate over Rs51 billion revenue during the current fiscal year....		Rs2 million looted in robberies LAHORE, Nov 5: Robbers on Wednesday made off with cash, jewellery and valuables worth Rs2 million from different parts of the city....
Lawyers to observe black day today LAHORE, Nov 5: The Lahore High Court Bar Association’s call for a black day on Thursday against the outside elements’ unruliness at the bar meeting on Monday (Nov 3), has been...		LHC record room partially destroyed LAHORE, Nov 5: The Lahore High Court writ branch’s main record room was partially destroyed when it caught fire, on Wednesday afternoon.It is learnt that some files of the settled cases...
Opposition not interested in legislative work: Kamil LAHORE, Nov 5: ARD legislators’ resignations from the National Assembly standing committees aim at blackmailing the government which also shows opposition’s lack of interest in the legislative business, a PML-Q leader...		Workshop on dams LAHORE, Nov 5: A one-day workshop on sustainable investment in water sector infrastructure projects will be arranged here on Nov 11 by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the Pakistan Water...