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LG polls planned early next year ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The government has decided to hold Local Government (LG) elections in Islamabad with the beginning of next calender year, said the interior minister, Faisal Saleh Hayat, here on...		S&T institutes planned with China’s help ISLAMABAD: Nov 11: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) is considering establishing joint institutions of science and technology, naming Pak-China Institutes, where the facilities of exchange of skills and expertise will be...
Ample funds for education okayed, NA told ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The government has launched an aggressive programme to promote education in the country spreading over fifteen years in three phases each, Parliamentary Secretary for Education Dewan Jaffer Hussain...		LHC orders filing of case for evicting woman ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, has ordered the registration of a case against seven people, including three policemen, for assisting a man in forcing his wife to...
MPs dissatified with democratic system ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Five parliamentarians who have returned from a study tour of Germany expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which democratic institutions are run in Pakistan....		Need for reforming Muslim world stressed ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Muslim world today needs renaissance and reformation, which brought about incredible changes in Europe, said Prof Khawaja Masood while delivering a lecture on “Role of Mathematics in...
Asif allowed to spend Eid with children RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: An accountability court here on Tuesday allowed Asif Ali Zardari to spend Eid holidays with his children here at the sub-jail in the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences...		Minister asked to continue ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The newly-appointed parliamentary leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Farooq Sattar, has said the issue of the resignation of Federal Minister for Communications Ahmed Ali has been...
SSC exams to be held on March 9 ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Tuesday announced the SSC parts I and II annual examination for 2004 would commence from March 9. The...		Resolution moved in NA against Karo-kari ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The National Assembly briefly discussed the Karo-kari issue on Tuesday with members suggesting amendment to the relevant laws to declare honour killing as a non-compoundable offence that could...
Free movement of Saarc journalists supported NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Tuesday that Pakistan “supports free movement of journalists” in Saarc member-states but necessary modalities “need to be worked out in...		50 detained over Quetta blasts QUETTA, Nov 11: The Quetta police on Tuesday detained around 50 people in connection with three bomb blasts that rocked the city on Monday night....
Over 1,000kg of heroin seized: 6 Africans held in raid QUETTA, Nov 11: Anti-Narcotics Force Quetta has busted an international gang of drug smugglers and arrested six foreigners, including a woman, from a local hotel and recovered 3.8 kg of fine...		Opposition to take part in debates WASHINGTON, Nov 11: The opposition will participate partly in the parliamentary proceedings from the next month but will continue to boycott official business, two opposition senators told a meeting in Washington...
Indian allegation denied NEW DELHI, Nov 11: Pakistan’s Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Tuesday denied US and Indian claims that Pakistan was harbouring global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim....		Parliament passes two laws in a year ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The legislative performance of the present parliament in the first year of its tenure compares dismally with that of the last five parliaments elected since 1985, statistics collected...
Governor accepts CPLC post QUETTA, Nov 11: Chairman Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Aurangzeb advocate has said that the provincial governor has agreed to become the chairman of the advisory council of the committee to...		‘China to help maintain peace in S. Asia’ BEIJING, Nov 11: China will continue its efforts to maintain peace and stability in South Asia, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on Tuesday....
Solidarity expressed with Riyadh ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday telephoned Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz and expressed solidarity with the leadership and people of Saudi Arabia in the hour...		‘Paramilitary forces engaged in operation’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: ISPR Director-General Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan said on Tuesday that the paramilitary forces were carrying out operation against undesired elements in South Waziristan....
Sikh Yatris meet Jamali ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Tuesday said that the government was committed to provide protection and proper upkeep of places of worship of all religions besides...		US mly official arrives ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: United States Central Command (Centcom) Deputy Commander Lt-Gen Lance L. Smith arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day visit to the country. Lt-Gen Smith, besides meeting President Gen...
Arrested QUETTA, Nov 11: Anti-Terrorism court judge Mohammad Shaukat Rakshani on Tuesday did not confirm the interim bail of a leader allegedly involved in the case of the July 4 Imambargah attack...		Punjab Constabulary to protect hunters DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 11: The district police have sought the help of Punjab Constabulary to extend security to UAE and Houbara Foundation teams camping here to facilitate ‘sustainable hunt’ of...
Farmers demand diesel engine tax withdrawal GUJRANWALA, Nov 11: The farmers’ organizations in the district have criticized the government for imposing sales tax on agricultural diesel engine and described it as a burden on the poor farmers....		Yet another ‘victim’ of kidney trade VEHARI, Nov 11: The claim of a gypsy girl that she has been deprived of one of her kidneys at a private hospital in Lahore once again raises the issue of...
BZU management blamed for clash MULTAN, Nov 11: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba, a student wing of the Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan, has demanded removal of the Bahauddin Zakariya University vice-chancellor from service for his alleged involvement in malpractices....		Two injured in attack on labour body office FAISALABAD, Nov 11: Two activists were injured when some participants in a procession of powerloom owners attacked the office of a labour organization in Faizabad on Tuesday....
LHC summons Rajanpur Nazim MULTAN, Nov 11: The Lahore High Court, Multan bench, has directed the Rajanpur District Nazim to appear in person before the court on Dec 6....		Delay in fixing of wheat price criticized MULTAN, Nov 11: National Assembly former speaker Syed Fakhr Imam expressed the fear on Tuesday that the country could become a wheat importer if the government did not announce a fair...
173 villages electrified GUJRANWALA, Nov 11: As many as 173 villages of the region have been electrified by the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) during the current fiscal year on the recommendations of members...		SHC official recovers 4 detainees SUKKUR, Nov 11: On the order of the district and sessions judge, the Ghotki raid commissioner, Faiz Mohammad Memon, who is also judicial magistrate, conducted a raid at the Ghotki police...
Livestock dept contributes Rs10m annually PESHAWAR, Nov 11: The NWFP livestock department contributes Rs10 million annually to the provincial kitty while its share in the production is 17 per cent and 55 per cent in the...		Former XEN’s plea rejected PESHAWAR, Nov 11: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition filed by a former executive engineer (XEN) of the communications and works department against...
Tobacco cell to be set up PESHAWAR, Nov 11: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has accepted a proposal to establish an export cell within the purview of the Pakistan Tobacco Board to act as a liaison office between the foreign...		Six booked for water theft KHAIRPUR, Nov 11: The Faiz Ganj police on Monday registered two separate cases of water theft against six people, including political activists and Nazims....
Banned outfit chief refuses to submit bail application DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 11: World Prisoners Relief Committee President Javed Ibrahim Paracha has failed to persuade Sufi Muhammad, president of the banned religious organization Tehrik Nafaz Shariat-i-Muhammad to submit bail application....		Five die, 8 hurt in accident KOHAT, Nov 11: Five people including a minor girl were killed and eight injured in a head-on collision between a coach and a truck at the Kohat-Hangu road near Kacha Pakha...
Lack of fund affects uplift schemes LARKANA, Nov 11: Eighteen development schemes initiated in the district under the special grant announced by the former Sindh governor have been left incomplete for want of funds....		Officials held MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 11: The AJK Ehtesab Bureau on Monday arrested the Muzaffarabad District Health Officer Mallick Mohammad Ishaq and an accountant, Rashid Mir, on corruption charges, an official said. They were...
No PML-Q president in uniform, says Majeed LAHORE, Nov 11: The PML-Q had never discussed the idea of making Gen Pervez Musharraf its president and any such move would be “premature” as long as the general was in...		‘Govt to resist pressure to raise flour prices’ LAHORE, Nov 11: The Punjab government will resist all pressure tactics or blackmailing by millers and continue to provide flour to people at concessional prices during Ramazan....
Farmers for action against culprits: Pesticide shortage LAHORE, Nov 11: The farmer bodies on Tuesday welcomed resolve of Food and Agriculture Minister Sikandar Bosan to launch an inquiry into shortage of cotton pesticides....		Students’ clash Two injured in firing LAHORE, Nov 11: A student and a passerby were shot at and injured on Tuesday in connection with a clash between two politically motivated groups at the Railway Road College in...
Govt to combat child labour LAHORE, Nov 11: The government will strengthen its agencies and encourage stakeholders to combat hazardous forms of child labour under the Time Bound Programme of the International Labour Organization....		HRCP criticizes SC decision: Air-hostesses case LAHORE, Nov 11: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has criticized upholding by the Supreme Court of the PIA policy to retire air-hostesses at the age of 45, saying it may...
Railway police help 77 lost kids reach home LAHORE, Nov 11: The railway police help centre has restored 77 runaway/lost children and eight women to their parents/guardians, found wandering at the Lahore Railway Station in the last four months....		Report on daily-wagers legal status sought LAHORE, Nov 11: The Lahore High Court has asked for a government policy on those employed in various city markets on daily wages, as they are not protected by any law....
Feasibility report sought LAHORE, Nov 11: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood on Tuesday directed the Solid Waste Management to get feasibility reports from three companies desirous of setting up compost and waste-to-energy plants in...		LFO more serious threat than India: Khosa LAHORE, Nov 11: Punjab PML-N president Zulfiqar Khosa thinks the LFO poses a more serious threat to the country than India....