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Govt renews efforts to woo MMA ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The government on Thursday launched renewed effort to dissuade the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) from its ongoing mass movement by taking it into confidence on the proposed ‘joint constitutional...		Rs 43bn development projects approved ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Planning Commission here on Thursday approved 20 development projects at a cost of Rs42.9 billion, including Rs4.9 billion Sindh on Farm Management Project....
SDC to give $1.3m for social audit: Public services delivery ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) will provide $1.3 million to the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) for carrying out a social audit of public services delivery,...		US wants peaceful Kashmir resolution WASHINGTON, Dec 18: The United States has said that it desires India and Pakistan to “actively engage” each other for peacefully resolving their disputes....
ANP hopes CBMs will lead to dialogue ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has expressed his willingness to visit Peshawar on Jan 20 to attend the death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan....		PPP seeks extension ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has submitted a resolution to the Senate seeking extension in the deadline set by the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) for the expiry...
AJK SC stops notice MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 18: The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has suspended the operation of a show-cause notice issued by the High Court whereby commissioner income tax-cum-collector excise and sales...		Saarc summit preparations reviewed ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: A high-level inter-ministerial meeting presided over by Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar on Thursday reviewed preparations for the 12th summit of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation...
Musharraf briefed ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: President Gen Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked Interior Minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat to ensure foolproof security for people and institutions in the country, a source in...		MMA holds protest demonstrations PESHAWAR, Dec 18: On the call of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal rallies and meetings were held across the NWFP on Thursday to protest against the Legal Framework Order (LFO)....
Dadu district govt seeks royalty on oil and gas DADU, Dec 18: The district council has demanded that multinational companies should pay 13 per cent royalty on gas and oil to the district government to initiate development schemes in the...		3 killed in accident MIRANSHAH (North Waziristan), Dec 18: Three people of a family were killed and five others received serious injuries when a passenger coach fell into a deep ravine in the Garyom Tehsil...
Old house destroyed in fire PESHAWAR, Dec 18: A fire caused by short circuit destroyed a 175-year-old house in the Khudadad locality in the walled city on Thursday....		Court issues show-cause notices to officials PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued show cause notices to the provincial health secretary and two other officials in a contempt of court petition....
Shaista not welcomed in Hyderabad, returns HYDERABAD, Dec 18: Shaista Almani, who was sent to Hyderabad on Wednesday under the directive of the Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, reached Jamshoro at midnight....		Improvement of eye care services urged PESHAWAR, Dec 18: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah has stressed the need of making concrete efforts by all concerned to improve and maintain the quality of eye care services at...
Dam supporters attacked BADIN, Dec 18: Activists of the Musharraf Himayat Tehrik were pelted with eggs and tomatoes by town residents here on Wednesday....		Release of scientist demanded ABBOTTABAD, Dec 18: An action committee of political parties and social organizations on Thursday organized a protest demonstration demanding the release of Kahuta Research Laboratories Director-General Farooq Khan....
Exports from Sialkot to be doubled: CM: Ground-breaking of airport SIALKOT, Dec 18: Philanthropists and the private sector play a pivotal role to help the government in launching various social, welfare and economic development projects in the country....		Wasa denied Rs250m grant GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: The Punjab Civil Secretariat refused to give approval for the provision of a Rs250 million grant to the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa), Gujranwala, despite the enhancement of...
NRB media team reviews uplift projects GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: The electronic media team of the National Reconstruction Bureau on Thursday reviewed the construction work of several ongoing development schemes in different parts of the district....		One-shop facility for farmers suggested FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Research scientists belonging to national and international universities and institutions have emphasized the need to make all the things required by farmers available at one shop, describing the...
A risky travel SIALKOT, Dec 18: Travelling on the 46-kilometre Sialkot-Motra-Daska-Gujranwala Road, especially in public transports, has become positively dangerous because of its dilapidated condition and reckless driving....		Woman kills 10-year son TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 18: A woman axed to death her 10-year-old son and injured another because of what police said her frustration over altercations with husband at a village, about...
Villagers block road to protest trafficking JHANG, Dec 18: Villagers blocked the Jhang-Faisalabad Road in protest against drug trafficking here on Thursday....		Decision on Sambrial till July SIALKOT, Dec 18: The provincial government will take the final decision on the status of Sambrial in July next year after consultation with politicians of the Sialkot district....
‘No deadline set by JICA’ FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Water and Sanitation Agency contradicted on Thursday a news item quoting the provincial housing minister as saying that JICA has given a deadline of one month to settle...		MMA warned OKARA, Dec 18: The MMA will not be allowed to block the GT Road when its leaders reach here on Friday afternoon, DPO Zafar Abbas Bokhari said on Thursday....
Peddlers held SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 18: The B-Division police claimed on Thursday to have seized 11kg hashish from two peddlers....		Two get death GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: An anti-terrorism court handed down death sentence with Rs230,000 fine to two persons on Thursday in a murder case....
Medical report sufficient to confirm rape LAHORE, Dec 18: A division bench of the Federal Shariat Court on Thursday declared that the statement of a rape victim corroborated by the medical examination report, was enough evidence for...		Students hold demo against UHS LAHORE, Dec 18: Students of the Fatima Memorial Medical College and the Allama Iqbal Medical College staged a protest demonstration against “lack of transparency” in University of Health Sciences’ examination system,...
All About Lifestyles in Lahore tomorrow LAHORE, Dec 18: The two-day exhibition — All About Lifestyles — organized by the Dawn Group of Newspapers is set to begin here on Saturday morning at the Lahore Polo Club...		ADB man lauds pace of devolution LAHORE, Dec 18: Though uneven, the implementation of devolution plan in Pakistan has been much faster than in any other country and it would not be easy to wrap up the...
LHC seeks report from Pemra LAHORE, Dec 18: The Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority to submit a report within a month, stating whether it was exercising sufficient control over...		EU to fund more IT projects LAHORE, Dec 18: The European Union has decided to continue offering grants to the information technology organizations based in Pakistan for developing IT projects covering e-government, agriculture, health and transport sectors....
Court vacation LAHORE, Dec 18: Winter vacation in the Lahore High Court and its subordinate courts are scheduled to begin from Dec 25....		Japan pledges $10m for polio eradication ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The Japanese government on Thursday signed an agreement with Unicef to provide an assistance worth $10 million for Pakistan’s polio-eradication campaign during the year 2004....
Benazir for end to perversion of justice ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Former prime minister and Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, Benazir Bhutto has urged the international community to condemn and confront state sponsored perversion of justice in Pakistan so...		70pc of $4.6bn ADB projects failed: report ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: More than 70 per cent of the Asian Development Bank’s failed projects in the country are potentially the equivalent of $4.6 billion that Pakistan owes to the bank...
Wheat flour price increased RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: The price of wheat flour has been increased by Rs10 to Rs12 per 20 kilogramme....		MMA holds rally against govt, LFO RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: Like other parts of the country, the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Thursday staged a rally against the government and the Legal Framework Order (LFO) on Murree Road....
‘Dist govts not responsible for price hike’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) chairman, Danyal Aziz, on Thursday blamed some ministries, bureaucracy and profiteers for price hike. He rejected the allegations against the local governments for...		‘Poverty a violation of human rights’ ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: A Unesco official has declared poverty a human rights violation and urged the government and the civil society organizations working for human rights to make the issue a...