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NCSW divided on stoning to death punishment ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Special Committee of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) on Hudood Ordinance is divided on whether Rajam (stoning to death) punishment comes under Hadd...		Biotech institute to be set up at BZU ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a proposal to establish an institute of biotechnology on the campus of Bahauddin Zakria University, Multan, says an official statement....
Wheat quota for Capital sought: Summary sent to govt ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has sought separate wheat quota for the flour mills, running in the Capital, a source told Dawn on Friday....		Diplomatic Enclave fencing plan hits snags RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The plan to fence and erect brick wall around the Diplomatic Enclave has hit snags immediately after the start of the construction work, Dawn has learnt reliably....
Exchange of visits with India may improve ties ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: PML-Q senator Tariq Azeem, who has recently returned from India after having spent almost a week there, believes that the increased exchange of visits between Pakistan and India...		Govt urged to allocate more for health, education ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Islamabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has urged the government to invest in education and health sectors to arrest the constant increase in poverty level during...
Bill on child rights to be tabled in NA soon: Nilofar RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The government is all set to present a bill regarding lawmaking for the rights of children during the ongoing session of the National Assembly, the adviser to the...		Minorities in national politics welcomed RAWALPINDI, Nov 7: The United Christian Front chairman, Dr Shamshad Sanaullah, has said representation of minorities in national politics was a great relief and would play an instrumental role in protecting...
Northern Areas receive winter’s first snow ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Northern Areas on Friday received winter’s first snow....		More packages for PTCL subscribers soon: minister ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: More attractive packages will be announced in a week or so for the benefit of telephone subscribers keeping in view their income level, Minister for Information Technology and...
Man killed in road accident ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: A person was killed after being hit by a motorcycle on Kashmir Highway on Friday, the police said....		Clarification ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The ministry of local government and rural development has clarified a report published in a section of press on November 6, regarding the national development programme....
Opposition chalks out strategy today ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Combined opposition in the National Assembly decided on Friday to convene a meeting of the heads of all opposition parties on Monday to chalk out a joint strategy...		Sindh seeks to enhance scope: Optimization of RBOD-III ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Sindh government is seeking to enhance the scope of the third phase of the Right Bank Outfall Drain to save around 14,000 hectares of land in Sindh...
FSC issues notices to AGs over VCs’ powers ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Federal Shariat Court on Friday issued notices to all advocate-generals to explain the provincial government’s view on the public sector universities’ charters which give sweeping powers to...		Imambargah attackers sentenced to 5 years QUETTA, Nov 7: Anti-Terrorist Court Quetta Judge Mohammad Shaukat Rakhshani has convicted seven proclaimed absconders in absentia for five years imprisonment each allegedly involved in the attacks on June 8 and...
Kasuri’s visit puts Pakistan back on EU policy agenda BRUSSELS, Nov 7: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri’s visit to Brussels this week has put Pakistan back on the European Union’s crowded foreign policy agenda....		US fears seminaries still breeding ‘extremists’ WASHINGTON, Nov 7: Education Minister Zubaida Jalal’s talks in Washington were dominated by US concerns about madressahs as almost every senior American official she met during her two-day stay in the...
Politicians threatened of more arrests ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The vocal critics of the government are being intimidated into crossing over to the ruling alliance by conveying to them through ‘faceless’ elements that their names have been...		PPP rejects NAB’s report of Geneva tribunal ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The PPP has condemned the NAB for deceiving the people of Pakistan by wrongly claiming that the Swiss Police Tribunal had rejected former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s opposition...
Pakistan yet to ratify CLC ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: Pakistan will not be able to benefit from the new amendments to the Protocol of the International Convention on Civil Liability (CLC) for Oil Pollution Damage as Islamabad...		Dues’ refund to unsuccessful Haj applicants ISLAMABAD, Nov 7: The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Zakat and Ushr has advised banks here on Friday to refund dues to all those Haj applicants who were not selected in two...
Minister says agitation can’t hurt democracy QUETTA, Nov 7: The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Food and Livestock, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, has said that the agitation of the opposition could not harm democracy and elected assemblies....		PPP stresses independence of parliament SUKKUR, Nov 7: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah has said the country’s problems can only be resolved by restoring real democracy for which an independent parliament is a...
Three record statements: Double murder case SANGHAR, Nov 7: Three men who are in police custody in the murder case of Shazia Khaskheli and Mohammad Hassan Solangi recorded their statements in the court of the judicial magistrate...		PHC summons 2 policemen PESHAWAR, Nov 7: The Peshawar High Court on Friday summoned the SHO and head constable of a police station in Buner for failing to arrest a man convicted of killing his...
Economic sanctions against tribe lifted PESHAWAR, Nov 7: Authorities in the South Waziristan Agency on Friday lifted economic sanctions lasting over a month on Wazir tribesmen, providing them relief in Ramazan but warned them of tougher...		‘Unwanted Caesarean leads to two deaths’ SHIKARPUR, Nov 7: The family of a woman observed a token hunger strike outside the press club here on Friday to protest against her and her baby’s death caused by an...
Two tribal chiefs held for visiting Afghanistan HANGU, Nov 7: Authorities on Friday arrested two tribal chieftains from the Orakzai Agency, who, along with a number of other tribal leaders, went to Afghanistan during the army’s operation against...		SAU registrar summoned LARKANA, Nov 7: The Sindh High Court, Larkana circuit bench, on Friday directed the registrar of the Sindh Agriculture University to appear on Nov 13 before the court in connection with...
Five killed in Bajaur ambush KHAR, Nov 7: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a passenger van and killed five tribesmen in the remote Salarzai mountainous area of the Bajaur Agency, witnesses and sources told Dawn here on Friday....		Robbers among 4 killed KOHAT, Nov 7: Two highway robbers were killed in an encounter with police in Marai, a border town between Kohat and Orakzai Agency, on Friday....
16 injured in clash KHAIRPUR, Nov 7: Sixteen people were injured in a clash between two groups of Sehto clan in Setharja Bala village on Thursday....		Wapda union leader fired DADU, Nov 7: The Hesco superintending engineer issued the compulsory retirement order of line superintendent Nazir Ahmed Panhwar on Friday on charges of increasing line losses in Dadu sub-division....
Flour millers go on three-day strike GUJRANWALA, Nov 7: On the call of the Punjab Flour Mills Association, a majority of the flour millers across the province began their three-day strike on Friday to protest against the...		Extension to applications deadline cut down: BZU professors promotion MULTAN, Nov 7: The Bahauddin Zakariya University has cut down the two-month extension to the last date of furnishing candidature by the eligible professors for the grant of grade 22 posts...
Stern action against pesticide mafia demanded MULTAN, Nov 7: The Kissan Bachao Tehrik has demanded stern action against, what it called, pesticide mafia and its patrons in the agriculture department....		Inspector, his nephew injured by neighbours Faisalabad, Nov 7: An inspector and his nephew sustained serious bullet injuries on Thursday night when two neighbours opened fire on them over the construction of a wall dispute at Chak...
Passenger held with 3kg heroin MIANWALI, Nov 7: The Chakrala police claimed on Friday to have arrested a passenger, who was carrying three kilograms of heroin to Karachi....		Three killed as rivals trade fire SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 7: Three people were killed and two others injured in a crossfire between two groups in Dawoki Mallian here on Friday....
Cotton gutted by fire in factory VEHARI, Nov 7: Cotton in quantity was reduced to ashes when a factory caught fire at Gago area on the Lahore-Burewala Road, about 50 kilometres from here, on Friday....		Dacoit killed in ‘encounter’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 7: A dacoit was killed in an encounter with police near Kamalia on Thursday night....
UHS bid to occupy university land LAHORE, Nov 7: The management of University of Health Sciences on Thursday demolished one of the walls of the building in a bid to occupy Shaikh Zayed Hospital’s (SZH) parking space...		Operation in tribal areas to continue, says Rashid LAHORE, Nov 7: Tribal leaders from South Waziristan were assured that none of the...
FIA arrests nine more human smugglers LAHORE, Nov 7: The Federal Investigation Agency claimed on Friday to have arrested nine more human smugglers, including a proclaimed offender, from Gujrat in a fresh crackdown....		Qazi slams Waziristan operation LAHORE, Nov 7: The government is targeting innocent tribals in south Waziristan under pressure from the US and such tactics will not end the so-called terrorism from the globe....
Deregulation of oil sector beneficial LAHORE, Nov 7: Initiatives taken by the government to de-regulate the oil sector will not only bring competition in the marketing of petroleum products but also ensure services of international standards...		Asma calls for review of verdict on airhostesses LAHORE, Nov 7: Human rights activist Asma Jehangir has termed the Supreme Court’s judgment of allowing PIA to retire airhostesses over the age of 45 ‘biased’....
Kuwait keen to invest in housing sector LAHORE, Nov 7: Kuwait is interested in making heavy investment in the housing sector in the Punjab and has agreed to form a joint working group and sending a business delegation...		Millers’ strike pushes up flour price LAHORE, Nov 7: Flour prices increased by Rs5 to 10 per 20kg on Friday, as millers went on a strike throughout the Punjab to protest the arrest of four profiteers....