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Non-Muslims be exempted from Hudood laws: NCSW ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The special committee of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) has recommended that non-Muslims shouldn’t be dealt with under the Hudood laws....		Ministries mend fences over Rs1bn project ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: After months of bickering, the federal ministries of environment and science and technology (S&T) have agreed to send the over Rs1 billion Environmental Monitoring Systems (EMSs) project to...
Winter sets in with light showers ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The much awaited winter showers finally came down over the vast areas of the country and people in and around the capital and its adjoining areas felt the...		Rs30m needed for new traffic signals ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The new traffic signal system proposed for the federal capital requires Rs30 million, a source in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Dawn on Sunday....
Two persons killed in accident RAWALPINDI, Nov 16: A minor girl and a motorcyclist were run over by a truck and killed on Islamabad Highway on Sunday, police said....		Raids continue, 25 offices of banned outfits sealed in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Nov 16: Police on Sunday continued raids in Rawalpindi and its suburbs and sealed more than 25 offices of banned religious outfits, police sources said....
PPP demands probe into Bahawalnagar firing case ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has condemned police firing on people in Bahawalnagar and demanded inquiry into the incident and compensation for the families of those killed and...		Govt failed to achieve quorum in NA: Tehmina ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The ruling alliance has neither achieved quorum in the National Assembly nor passed a legislation even in the absence of the opposition....
Withdrawal of cases against Asif demanded RAWALPINDI, Nov 16: Activists of the People’s Labour Bureau (women wing) at a ceremony here on Sunday demanded of the government to withdraw what they said false cases against Asif Ali...		Eid bonus demanded ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The president of the Punjab Professors and Lecturers Association (PPLA), Rawalpindi division, Mohammad Ilyas Qureshi, has urged the government to pay at least one month salary in bonus...
Poppy cultivation on the rise despite ban PESHAWAR, Nov 16: Despite ban on cultivation of poppy in the remote areas known for the opium production, an unusual upsurge in the poppy cultivation has been reported by the government...		Breach leads to canal closure SANGHAR, Nov 16: Irrigation officials closed the Chotiari distributary on Sunday due to a minor breach at 2RD below the regulator causing water shortage in the area....
Protesters booked in Badin: Rain victims criticize relief work BADIN, Nov 16: The Kadhan police have registered a case against 35 rain victims of different villages of the coastal belt, Badin taluka, for raising slogans against authorities during protest rallies...		Thai woman held for drug smuggling PESHAWAR, Nov 16: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has recovered 123 heroin-filled capsules from the stomach of a Thai woman, who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency at Peshawar airport on...
30 Hesco defaulters arrested DADU, Nov 16: At least 30 Hesco defaulters were arrested, FIRs of power theft were registered against five businessmen, and 50 illegal power connections were disconnected by Hesco officials during raids...		ARD demands Hashmi’s release HYDERABAD, Nov 16: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Pakistan Muslim League-N and other parties held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday, demanding release of Makhdoom Javed Hashmi...
Huge funds allocated for Hazara uplift MANSEHRA, Nov 16: Huge funds have been allocated for development schemes to be carried out in five districts of Hazara under the Barani Area Development Project (BADP) in collaboration with the...		Car-lifters arrested MINGORA, Nov 16: Police claimed to have busted a gang of car-lifters and arrested three accused in Khwazakhela early on Sunday morning....
Potable water projects MANSEHRA, Nov 16: The tehsil municipal administration has initiated work on a drinking water project which would cost Rs20 million....		Hazrat Ali strictly followed Quran and Sunnah ISLAM is a great revolutionary religion and Islamic society a revolutionary society committed to promote certain values in life with a view to establishing God’s kingdom on earth. Among the great...
‘Indian move for overseas mly base to be assessed’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The news report that India has set up its first permanent overseas military base in Tajikistan has set off alarm bells in the official circles in Islamabad and...		Eight villages to get power supply QUETTA, Nov 16: Eight villages of Gwadar would be provided electricity supply at a cost of Rs13 million soon, Quetta Electricity Supply Company Chief Executive Officer Brig Tassaduq Hussain Shah has...
60 Afghan nationals arrested CHAMAN, Nov 16: Pakistani border security forces arrested 60 Afghan nationals trying to cross over into Pakistan illegally on Sunday in the wake of tight security measures enforced to stop unlawful...		New PQA DG named ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: The establishment division on Saturday notified that Mohammad Sharif, a BS-21 officer of the district management group (DMG), had been transferred and posted as the Port Qasim Authority...
Trade accord to be signed with BD DHAKA, Nov 16: Pakistan and Bangladesh on Sunday began trade talks in Dhaka, with Islamabad agreeing in principle to give Dhaka preferential treatment in view of its status as a least-developed...		Eight killed in accident MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 16: At least eight people were killed and four others injured after they fell into River Jhelum on Sunday, witnesses said....
District council elects chairman GILGIT, Nov 16: Over 16 members of the Gilgit district on Saturday elected their third chairman during a period of four years as the slot was vacant after the resignation of...		Post upgraded QUETTA, Nov 16: The provincial government has upgraded the post of Balochistan public relations director and appointed Masood Ahmed as the first Director-General public relations, it was announced here....
Kin injure SI, free three NAB accused FAISALABAD, Nov 16: Relatives and neighbours injured a sub-inspector and freed three NAB accused from a police party in Chandian Talwan village on Sunday....		Neglected Clock Tower turns 100 FAISALABAD, Nov 16: The historical Clock Tower of Faisalabad has failed to attract the local administration or any non-government organization even at its 100th birthday, which went uncelebrated on Nov 14....
Bungling in civil defence detected KASUR, Nov 16: The local civil defence office is not alive to one of its basic objectives of providing fire-fighting training to workers of government and private sector departments to meet...		Differences in PML-N over rally FAISALABAD, Nov 16: The local leadership of the PML-N is divided over the issue of holding a demonstration on Nov 20 to protest the arrest of party chief Makhdum Javed Hashmi....
Price of bricks raised twice within a week TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 16: The price of bricks has twice been raised within a week from Rs1,400 per 1,000 bricks to Rs1,600....		Court orders being violated SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 16: A multinational company is reportedly violating the court orders....
Police registers dacoity case after 13 months GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: Naushera Virkan police on Sunday registered a dacoity case after 13 months of the incident....		20 Pos arrested in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Nov 16: The district police claimed to have arrested 20 proclaimed offenders besides busting three gangs of dacoits during the last 48 hours....
Motorcyclist shot dead by robbers OKARA, Nov 16: A motorcyclist was shot dead by three highwaymen for not stopping the vehicle here on Sunday....		Ban on Islami Tehrik won’t affect MMA SAHIWAL, Nov 16: MMA’s deputy secretary-general Liaquat Baloch said on Sunday that the ban on Islami Tehrik would not affect the alliance....
Textile industry told to change investment trends SIALKOT, Nov 16: WTO laws expert and legal consultant to the Geneva-based International Trade Centre (on trade remedy laws), Ms Huma Fakhar, has urged hosiery manufacturers to prepare themselves to meet...		Policemen overworked, underpaid SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 16: Newly inducted ASIs and senior officials of the district police were invited to a seminar here at the DPO office in an effort to discuss and improve police’s...
Light rain in Sialkot, Narowal SIALKOT, Nov 16: After a long dry spell, the Sialkot and Narowal districts have received a light rain....		Two killed CHINIOT, Nov 16: Two persons were killed and five injured when a bus rammed into a truck parked near Jamia Abad about 27km from here....
UCs’ audit likely next month: Majority has no expenditure record LAHORE, Nov 16: Audit of union council accounts in the Punjab is expected to begin next month, more than two years and four months after their coming into existence on Aug...		Suspended for failing to oblige an officer LAHORE, Nov 16: An elderly special ticket examiner was suspended from service when he failed to allot a seat in the Rawalpindi-bound rail car to an officer posted at the Railway...
Khar wants army to share power with politicians LAHORE, Nov 16: Warning that the incessant hostility between the army and the political parties may change the very geography of the country over the next few years, former Punjab governor...		Farmers to get loans worth Rs5.43bn LAHORE, Nov 16: The Punjab government will provide Rs5.43 billion to farmers for the Rabi crop for purchase of fertilizer and pesticides....
Wapda violates govt order: Exam for promotions LAHORE, Nov 16: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has decided to persist with the policy of departmental examination for promotions in spite of clear instructions from the government to...		Light rain brings chill to Lahore LAHORE, Nov 16: Light rain followed by chilly wind early Sunday made Lahorites to wear pullovers....
Enforcement of labour laws demanded LAHORE, Nov 16: The Muttahida Labour Federation has demanded enforcement of labour laws on informal sector, fixation of minimum wage at Rs5,000 and lifting of curbs on collective bargaining....		Three mills start cane crushing LAHORE, Nov 16: Three sugar mills of the southern Punjab started crushing sugar-cane on Sunday, formally launching the crushing season in the province....