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Students turn violent in Pakpattan: Damage vehicles, ransack offices to protest fellow’s killing MULTAN, Nov 15: Riots broke out in Pakpattan on Saturday when students of a college and several schools came out on roads to protest the killing of a fellow in an...		Rush at flour fair price shops in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 15: With the steep rise of flour prices in the open market, the people are flocking to the fair price shops/depots set up under the Ramazan package by the...
Dignitaries not allowed to hunt for 24 hours DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 15: Hunting teams comprising foreign dignitaries were not allowed to operate for 24 hours by the local wildlife officials for lack of permission in Dera Ghazi Khan...		Robbers have field day in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Nov 15: Robbers took away cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, besides two motorcycles in several strikes in and around the district, on Saturday....
Four revenue officials booked on fraud charges SAHIWAL, Nov 15: The Anti-Corruption Establishment, Sahiwal circle, registered a case against six men, including four revenue officials, on the charge of depriving a women of her agricultural land by fraudulent...		Govt urged to simplify arms’ licences procedure TOBA TEK SIGH, Nov 15: People have urged the government to simplify the procedure for issuance of arms’ licences as robberies are on the rise....
Police fail to arrest rape accused TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 15: Police have failed to arrest two rape accused even after a month of commission of crime....		Two killed SADIQABAD, Nov 15: Two motorcyclists were killed while their another co-rider sustained serious injuries in a road accident here on Friday....
NWFP to regulate private schools PESHAWAR, Nov 15: The government has decided to regulate private schools throughout the province and formed a committee to formulate concrete proposals regarding the fee structure and the facilities they offered...		ZTBL begins disbursing loans in Mardan MARDAN, Nov 15: The Zarai Taraqyati Bank Limited (ZTBL) of Mardan has begun the one-window operation plan to disburse loan for Rabbi season at 11 points in different villages at both...
Hashmi’s release demanded SWABI, Nov 15: Leaders of various political parties here on Saturday demanded immediate release of ARD president Javed Hashmi....		D. I. Khan budget specified DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 15: More than 50 per cent of the budget has been allocated for development projects in Dera Ismail Khan during the current fiscal year....
Abbottabad shopkeepers given relief in tax ABBOTTABAD, Nov 15: The district government of Abbottabad has abolished Chhajja tax on shops to give relief to traders after an anti-encroachment drive in Abbottabad....		Postings MANSEHRA, Nov 15: In order to ensure merit and transparency in transferring or posting government officials consultation with respective union council Nazims is mandatory....
Flood-hit people await relief SKARDU, Nov 15: The flood affected people of Kandey village in Ghanche district are living in a miserable state owing to the indifferent attitude of the district administration and the elected...		Devolution plan has failed, says PML-N leader HARIPUR, Nov 15: The local government system would collapse once the president puts off his military uniform, former provincial minister and PML-N leader Yousaf Ayub Khan, said here on Saturday....
25 Hesco defaulters arrested SUKKUR, Nov 15: The Thul police arrested 25 villagers on Saturday on charges of non-payment of electricity dues on the complaint of the Hesco SDO....		Water theft case leads to dispute NAWABSHAH, Nov 15: The union council Nazims and irrigation officials held demonstrations against each other outside the local press club on Saturday....
Sugarcane crushing process starts NAWABSHAH, Nov 15: Three sugar mills of the district, Habib Sugar Mills, Al-Noor Sugar Mills and Sakrand Sugar Mills, fired their boilers on Saturday to start sugarcane crushing season....		Villagers to get soft loans, says ADB MIRPURKHAS, Nov 15: A rural development project is being launched in four districts of Sindh in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank to provide job opportunities and alleviate poverty....
Three killed in bank robbery SHIKARPUR, Nov 15: A police constable, a bandit and an account holder were killed and two others injured during a foiled bank robbery attempt here on Saturday....		Benazir’s aunt laid to rest SHIKARPUR, Nov 15: Huzoor Begum, wife of Imdad Ali Bhutto, was laid to rest in Garhi Khuda Bukhsh Bhutto on Saturday....
Relief cheques distributed THATTA, Nov 15: District Nazim Shafqat Hussain Shirazi at a ceremony here on Saturday distributed cheques of Rs1.33 million as compensation to the heirs of 30 rain victims....		Uplift schemes cost exceeds budget of PM’s package HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The cost of the proposed development plan of Hyderabad has exceeded the budget of the package announced by the president and prime minister due to the number of...
‘Industrial waste causes disease in Kotri area’ HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The secretary, administrative board, Quetta Textile Mills, Kotri Site, has said respiratory diseases have spread in the mill’s Labour Colony and nearby villages as the Sindh Particles Board...		Plea to appoint headmasters HYDERABAD, Nov 15: Parents-Teachers Action Committee chairman Hafiz Matloob Ahmad Chishti has criticized the government for posting assistant district education officers at remote areas of Dadu and Ghorabari but not filling...
Wheat shortage feared HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The Sindh food department has reportedly ordered the transportation of a large quantity of wheat from the godowns of Bolhari to Karachi to meet requirements of the metropolis....		SHC orders inquiry against two SHOs HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Thursday appointed the sessions judge, Dadu, as an inquiry officer to take action against police officials if they were found...
MA English admissions begin HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The director, admissions, University of Sindh, announced on Saturday that the admission to MA (English) under evening programme had begun....		Police barred from arresting jailer HYDERABAD, Nov 15: The Sindh High Court restrained the police from arresting deputy superintendent of the Hyderabad central prison, Aijaz Hyder, in the custodial killing case of an under trial prisoner,...
Organization revived HYDERABAD, Nov 15: Hyderabad chapter of the Society of Surgeons of Pakistan revived at an Iftar party here on Friday....		Musharraf’s limitations highlighted WASHINGTON, Nov 15: Pakistan’s “under-whelming reaction” to India’s recent peace overture highlights the practical limitations of President Pervez Musharraf’s leadership, says a Washington Times editorial published on Saturday....
ANP team to visit Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: An ANP delegation, led by its president Asfandyar Wali and comprising Begum Nasim Wali Khan, Ajmal Khattak, Afrasiab Khattak and Fareed Toofan, is leaving for Kabul on Nov...		Hashmi tortured, claims daughter ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: MNA Maimoona Hashmi, daughter of detained ARD president Javed Hashmi, on Saturday alleged that her father was tortured and was still being kept in isolation to break his...
Ziarat receives first snowfall of season QUETTA, Nov 15: The Quetta valley and other parts of northern Balochistan, including Ziarat and Kan Mahtarzai, received the first winter rain and snowfall on Saturday after a long dry spell....		US praises Pakistan’s anti-terror fight WASHINGTON, Nov 15: The US administration has rejected Afghanistan’s accusation that Pakistan was allowing the Taliban to regroup inside its territory and said that Islamabad was doing all it could to...
Relief package for Indian shelling victims okayed MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 15: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Saturday approved Rs77.45 million special Eid relief package for the people affected by Indian shelling along the Line of Control....		India urged to accept Kashmir as disputed ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Gilani has said that there is no room for any dialogue with India unless it acknowledges the disputed status of Jammu...
Increase in HC officials insufficient, says FO ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said on Saturday the increase in the number of officials in the high commissions of Pakistan and India were insufficient....		Ruet-i-Hilal committee to meet on 25th ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The meeting of the central Ruet-i-Hilal committee for sighting the moon of Shawwal will be held on Nov 25 at the Saudi Pak Towers, Blue Area....
Kasi’s death anniversary observed QUETTA, Nov 15: The first death anniversary of Aimal Kasi, who was executed in the United States last year for killing two Central Intelligence Agency agents in 1993, was observed on...		PTV not on India’s list of approved channels ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: The Indian government’s claim that PTV was on their approved list of TV channels seems contradictory after an issuance of a list in the Lok Sabha, which did...