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Law soon to check illegal medical colleges ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The government will soon introduce a legislation to close down medical colleges not recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), besides enforcing strict merit system in...		Army’s help sought to ensure security: Saarc summit ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Army will provide aerial surveillance to ensure foolproof security during the Saarc summit scheduled to be held in the first week of next month, a meeting of Islamabad...
Hearing in Naqvi’s bail plea put off RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: The special anti-terrorism court no 1 on Wednesday adjourned hearing of the bail plea of banned Islami Tehrik Pakistan (ITP) chief Allama Sajid Naqvi till December 20....		China invited to invest in IT ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Greater cooperation between Pakistan and China has been underlined for the growth and promotion of telecom and IT sectors in Pakistan, said an official statement....
‘Rs555m fixed for environment, forestry’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Federal Minister for Environment Maj Tahir Iqbal (retired) on Wednesday said Rs555.732 million had been allocated for 19 development projects in environment and forestry sectors for the year...		Veteran journalist Aslam Sheikh dies ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Veteran journalist and a former director- general of Associated Press of Pakistan, Aslam Sheikh, died here on Wednesday after a protracted illness, aged 71. He leaves behind a...
No change in Islamiyat syllabus: Zobaida ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Education Minister Zubaida Jalal has said she is a fundamentalist, as she practices all the fundamentals of Islam....		Rs2.8 billion programme to fight AIDS prepared: PM ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Wednesday said the government has prepared a comprehensive strategy with Rs2.85 billion financial assistance from the World Bank to fight HIV/AIDS...
PM to open dental moot today ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Prime Minister Zafaraullah Khan Jamali will inaugurate the 7th Pakistan international dental congress from December 18-21 at the Convention Centre here on Thursday....		Kashmir central issue with India: HC NEW DELHI, Dec 17: Stressing sustained dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad to resolve all outstanding issues, Pakistan’s high commissioner here, Aziz Ahmad Khan, has said that Kashmir is the only...
Steps being taken for prisoners release: Issue raised with Kabul: Kasuri ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Wednesday the government was taking all possible measures for the repatriation of Pakistani nationals languishing in Afghan jails, and exerting pressure...		18 Sindh MPAs demand CM’s removal: Resignations submitted to Shujaat ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Eighteen members of the Sindh Assembly, including three ministers, have submitted their resignations to PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Wednesday to protest against the attitude of the...
All aspects being probed: minister: Rawalpindi blast ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat on Wednesday said the involvement of Al Qaeda or a foreign hand in the Rawalpindi blast could not be ruled out....		PTV criticized for not covering Senate ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The opposition in the Senate on Wednesday criticized the Pakistan Television for a blackout of a portion of proceedings of Monday, which was devoted to paying homage to...
EU voices concern at Hashmi’s arrest ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The European Union has raised concern about the arrest of Javed Hashmi and the way he is being subsequently treated by the government....		Musharraf to attend APNS celebrations ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: President Gen Pervez Musharraf will be the chief guest at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society, starting from Dec 29....
72-hour PTV transmission planned for Saarc summit ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Pakistan Television would telecast live different programmes of the three-day South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit during an over 72-hour transmission starting on Jan 4....		Intimation letters sent to Hajis ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Haj flights to all the successful intending pilgrims have been allocated and intimation letters have been sent to them....
Two suffocate QUETTA, Dec 17: A retired woman constable and her husband died due to suffocation in Railway Colony joint road in the wee hours of Wednesday....		DPOs criticized for holding Jirgas: Sanghar District Council session SANGHAR, Dec 17: Members of the district council have strongly protested against the ‘private courts’ and Jirgas held by District Police Officer outside his office....
30 more arrested as crackdown on bandits continues NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Dec 17: In a bid to recover the people kidnapped from Thariri Mohabbat, Dadu district, at least 30 more persons were picked up from the kutcha area of the...		Shaista fears for her life: Records statement in court SUKKUR, Dec 17: A worried Shaista Almani on Wednesday recorded her statement before the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, saying Balkhsher Mahar had not divorced her and she came to know...
Three injured in blast JACOBABAD, Dec 17: Three personnel of the Punjab Rangers were injured in a landmine blast at the Sindh-Punjab border in Kashmore taluka on Tuesday....		Three killed in accident DADU, Dec 17: Three people were killed and another ser-...
Teachers seek salary LARKANA, Dec 17: The high school teachers working under the middle school project in the district have urged the government to release their salaries immediately....		Provinces want scope of divisible pool enlarged PESHAWAR, Dec 17: In the wake of repeated indications from the federal government in respect of increasing provinces’ share under the new National Finance Commission (NFC) award, fiscal space available with...
Tribal force’s training will continue: Officials deny violation of rules LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 17: Auhtorities in Khyber Agency on Wednesday scoffed at criticism of violation of rules in selection of Khasadars and said training of the Khasadar force would...		Councillors demand uplift funds HARIPUR, Dec 17: The representatives of union councils of Khalabat and Tarbela threatened to go on hunger strike if the funds earmarked for their UCs were not transferred to their accounts...
FWO worker dies in landslide MANSEHRA, Dec 17: A worker of the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) was buried alive, while his two colleagues were seriously injured in a landslide on the Karakoram Highway near Dassu in...		Explosion kills man LANDI KOTAL, Dec 17: A man was killed in an explosion at the Tedee bazaar in Jamrud on Wednesday....
Notorious criminal held after encounter LANDI KOTAL, (Khyber Agency) Dec 17: The Jamrud political authorities arrested a notorious criminal after he and two of his accomplices killed an Afghan during an armed encounter At Ibrahimkhel area...		Cold spell claims three lives KHAIRPUR, Dec 17: At least three people died of cold in the the district on Tuesday....
Education to be Islamized: minister PESHAWAR, Dec 17: NWFP Minister for Science, Technology and IT, Hussain Ahmed Kanju, has said the MMA government was committed to Islamizing and harmonizing the existing education system with the modern-age...		Test for teachers’ appointment postponed SWABI, Dec 17: A test for the appointment of Arabic and theology teachers was postponed when the candidates of madaris protested against the refusal of the education department staff to award...
3 die as boat capsizes NOWSHERA, Dec 17: Three fishermen, including two brothers, died on Wednesday when a boat capsized at the confluence of the Sindh and Kabul rivers near Captain Iqbal Shaheed Bridge....		Entries invited for journalism award ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Entries have been invited for second annual ‘Gender in Journalism Awards 2004’ for two print media journalists instituted by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) with support of United Nations...
Maqbool for contributory pension system LAHORE, Dec 17: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has said the government must find ways to develop contributory pension system for doctors and teachers being appointed on a contract....		Govt to clamp down on unregistered colleges: ‘No need’ for more medical institutions LAHORE, Dec 17: The federal government has decided to clamp down on the unregistered medical colleges exploiting students all over the country....
‘Army had warned Bhutto of takeover’ LAHORE, Dec 17: Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had been told by the army in plain terms that military takeover would become unavoidable if his government failed to control the law and...		Niazi ‘surrendered’ on Yahya’s orders LAHORE, Dec 17: Gen A.A.K Niazi, then commander of the eastern command, said on Wednesday that he had surrendered to the Indian army in 1971 under instructions from then president Yahya...
Focus on marketing of agri commodities LAHORE, Dec 17: The kind of importance that Punjab government attaches to the marketing of agricultural commodities can be gauged by the fact that it has created a new department for...		Home secy fails to appear before PAC LAHORE, Dec 17: Punjab Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee-II exempted the home secretary from personal appearance before it on Wednesday when the chief minister and the law minister personally requested its chairman...
Railway team off to India LAHORE, Dec 17: A four-member delegation of the Pakistan Railways left for New Delhi via Wagah on Wednesday to hold talks with the Indian authorities for resuming Samjhota Express....		LHCBA body protests scientists’ abduction LAHORE, Dec 17: The human rights committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association on Wednesday staged a demonstration in protest against the “abduction” of nuclear scientists Dr Farooq and Dr...
Nazim seeks powers to impose tax on industry SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 17: District Nazim Chaudhry Tawakalullah Virk has asked the federal and provincial governments to empower the local administration to impose tax on industrial unit here to spend the collected...		ST target not achieved in Gujranwala GUJRANWALA, Dec 17: The local collectorate of sales tax and central excise has failed to achieve the target despite Central Board of Revenue (CBR) warning, it is learnt here on Wednesday....
Unrest continues QMC vacation announced a week earlier BAHAWALPUR, Dec 17: The Quaid-i-Azam Medical College announced on Wednesday that now the college would remain closed from Dec 17 to Dec 25 for a vacation due to students’ continued protest...		Three of a family killed on road FAISALABAD, Dec 17: Three women of a family were killed while six others sustained injuries when their wagon overturned on Motorway here on Tuesday night....
Abu Dhabi crown prince in RYK RAHIM YAR KHAN, Dec 17: Shiekh Khalifa Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, reached here on Wednesday....		One gets death, nine life term SARGODHA, Dec 17: A local court on Wednesday handed down death sentence to a convict and 225 years collective imprisonment to nine others in a gangrape-cum-murder case....