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‘NA bodies better tool to check govt performance’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: National Assembly speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain has said the parliamentary committees are the most effective instrument to keep an eye on the government’s performance....		Community schooling in N. Areas to be restarted ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Community schooling in the Northern Areas will soon be restarted to provide quality education to the people of the area, said Education Minister Zobaida Jalal here on Wednesday....
NAB launches inquiry into corruption in Pims ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an inquiry into the allegations of corruption in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), the Institute’s chief said on Wednesday....		PML-N CWC to meet on 10th ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: A meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Pakistan Muslim League-N will be held at the party’s camp office here on December 10....
‘Globalization should value people’s right to resources’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The process of globalization should value environmental and social contributions of communities and peoples’ right to their resources and labour....		Better facilities for special children stressed ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: First Lady Begum Sehba Musharraf on Wednesday said special children had the ability to excel in any field of life if provided with adequate facilities and opportunities....
Rs929m uplift projects for Pims okayed ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The government has approved three projects worth Rs929.197 million for upgradation of healthcare facilities at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims)....		Islamabad, Ankara vow to fight terrorism ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Islamabad and Ankara have renewed their pledge to extend cooperation between the two countries to fight against terrorism....
MI5 bugging reports made UK visit less enjoyable: FM ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Wednesday said the reports of MI5 bugging at the Pakistan High Commission in London had put a damper on his successful visit...		Dawn Lifestyle show opens on Saturday ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Dawn Group of Newspapers is organizing “All About Lifestyles” exhibition 2003 on Dec 6 and 7 at the Convention Centre....
Chinese leader arrives on 4-day visit ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The chairman of National Committee of Chinese Political Consultative Conference, Jia Qinglin, was accorded a warm welcome when he arrived here on a four-day official visit on Wednesday....		SC Shariat appellate bench issues notices : Govt powers to grant pardon ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Shariat Appellate Bench issued notices to the attorney-general and provincial advocates-general on Wednesday to present their respective government’s view on the question whether the president and the...
Ruling reserved on Hashmi’s bail plea ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Asad Raza here on Wednesday reserved till Dec 5 (Friday) his ruling on a bail application filed on behalf of Javed Hashmi, ARD...		ARD to continue protest in Senate ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has decided to continue its protest against the Legal Framework Order (LFO) in the forthcoming Senate session on Friday, a...
Rs3.5 billion needed for uplift projects: Jam QUETTA, Dec 3: Balochistan needs over Rs3.5 billion immediately for its ongoing development projects....		Minister rejects HRW report ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has strongly rejected claims by a US-based Human Rights Watch alleging harassment of two journalists in Pakistan....
Suspension of US re-registration policy explained WASHINGTON, Dec 3: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained on Tuesday that the 30-day and annual re- registration requirements for those already registered would be suspended upon publication of...		Legislation on housing sector soon: minister NEW YORK, Dec 3: Federal Minister for Housing and Works Syed Safwanullah has said that he plans to introduce legislation in parliament to institute laws with the objective of streamlining the...
GHQ starts scrutiny for brigadiers’ promotions ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The process for scrutinising the files for promotion of brigadiers to major-generals has started in the GHQ and the profiles of the selected brigadiers would then be placed...		PPP asks govt to respect press ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: A spokesman for the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Senator Farhatullah Babar, has called upon the Musharraf regime to respect press freedom and allow the media to function independently....
Appointment ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Advocate Irfan Qadir was appointed as new Prosecutor-General of Accountability, here on Wednesday. The post fell vacant after the resignation of Navid Rasool Mirza about six months ago....		Withdrawal of FIR against MMA leaders: plea disposed of PESHAWAR, Dec 3: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday disposed of a writ petition filed by an NGO’s general-secretary against the NWFP government’s decision to withdraw an...
Industrial estate in Darra Adamkhel planned: governor PESHAWAR, Dec 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah hinted at the establishment of an industrial estate in Darra Adamkhel and offered tribal entrepreneurs to come forward and set up small...		Recruitment policy criticized SWABI, Dec 3: Primary schoolteachers and others who have passed the certificate of teaching long course demanded on Wednesday that appointments in the education department should be made on open merit....
‘Doctors treating without diagnosis’ PESHAWAR, Dec 3: The citizens have expressed concern over consultants’ practice of treating patients without first properly diagnosing the cause of illness through laboratory tests....		Detention of Afghan leader challenged PESHAWAR, Dec 3: The leader of an Afghan political organization, Shan Bacha Shinwari, has challenged before the Peshawar High Court his detention under the Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) by the tribal...
Hashmi’s arrest flayed HARIPUR, Dec 3: Former NWFP Assembly speaker Habibullah Khan Tareen on Tuesday criticized the detention of Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi....		Qazi asks govt to fulfil commitments ABBOTTABAD, Dec 3: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed on Tuesday warned that a campaign against President Pervez Musharraf would be launched if the government failed to fulfil its commitments with the Muttahida...
JJSO will be extended to Pata: Iftikhar PESHAWAR, Dec 3: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah on Wednesday said the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance (JJSO) would be extended to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas....		Businessmen urged to unite MARDAN, Dec 3: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industries President Adeel Rauf has asked the business community to join hands to overcome problems and properly exploit the natural resources of the...
Rs20m dist govt fund transferred illegally SUKKUR, Dec 3: A three-member team is investigating into the transfer of Rs20 million from the accounts of the district council to that of taluka council without following proper procedure....		‘Ban on harmful nets to protect fish species’ THATTA, Dec 3: The recent promulgation of the Fisheries (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003, banning the use of harmful nets and strengthening existing legal provisions and official monitoring system, will go a long...
Payment of arrears to cane growers urged MIRPURKHAS, Dec 3: The district sugar cess committee on Wednesday demanded of the government that growers should be ensured payment of arrears amounting Rs400 million outstanding against sugar mills of the...		Demo held against police raids DADU, Dec 3: A large number of residents of Laung Chohan and Karam Ali Chandio villages staged a protest demonstration against the police raid on their villages on Wednesday....
Probe into fraud demanded MIRPURKHAS, Dec 3: Nazims of seven union councils of the City taluka have called upon President Gen Pervez Musharraf and the National Reconstruction Bureau chairman to order a judicial inquiry into...		Two axed to death over Karo-kari SHIKARPUR, Dec 3: A man and a woman were killed in Daro Khoharo village on Tuesday on the pretext of Karo-kari....
Three killed JACOBABAD, Dec 3: Three Chachar tribesmen were killed in Kandhkot town on Wednesday....		Uncle asked to ensure safety of Shaista’s life SUKKUR, Dec 3: The division bench of the Sindh High Court here on Wednesday directed Khuda Bakhsh Almani, the uncle of Shaista Almani, to ensure safety of her life and produced...
Buildings of 219 schools declared dangerous SIALKOT, Dec 3: The local buildings department has declared the buildings of 219 government primary, elementary and high schools as the most dangerous, saying these could collapse any time....		Ban on public meetings, rallies flayed FAISALABAD, Dec 3: Political and religious parties have flayed the imposition of a ban on holding public meetings and rallies in the city, terming the orders of the DPO unjustified....
Four constables suspended: Torture of newsmen FAISALABAD, Dec 3: Four constables were suspended from service while a show-cause notice was issued to the Sargodha Road SHO for their involvement in a newsmen torture case here on Wednesday....		Rivalry claims two lives SIALKOT, Dec 3: Two persons were killed and three others hurt in an exchange of fire between two rival groups over land possession at Akbar village in Daska, on Wednesday evening....
Man shot dead; six of family injured FAISALABAD, Dec 3: A man was killed while six of his family members sustained injuries when six people opened fire on them in Sohal village over a property dispute in Thikriwala...		Waterlogged land along Abbasia Canal SADIQABAD, Dec 3: Farmers are facing difficulties in sowing wheat on the waterlogged land along the Abbasia canal,...
Commuters resent increase in fare GUJRANWALA, Dec 3: Scuffles between public transport crew and commuters have become more frequent, as the transporters have enhanced fare in the wake of increase in petrol prices....		One killed in cylinder blast SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 3: A man was killed while another suffered injuries in a gas cylinder blast at Bucheki, about 65 kilometres from here, on Wednesday evening....
Boy run over by official vehicle SADIQABAD, Dec 3: A 14-year-old boy died when he was hit by the official vehicle of Executive District Officer (Education) Rana Hazoor Bakhsh while crossing a road in Jamaldin Wali....		Two children burnt alive GUJRANWALA, Dec 3: A three-year-old boy and his younger sister were burnt alive while their father was injured in Ghakhar Town on Wednesday....
Issues with MMA to be settled: Shujaat LAHORE, Dec 3: All disputes with the MMA will be settled amicably during current month, hopes PML-Q president Shujaat Husain....		Pervaiz’s report ‘a bundle of lies’ LAHORE, Dec 3: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Qasim Zia has declared as “a bundle of lies” the one-year performance report of the provincial government released by the chief minister...