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Rs50m grant for Arid University announced RAWALPINDI, Dec 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali on Friday announced a donation of Rs50 million for the University of Arid Agriculture and urged the university administration to specially address...		Law to check spam, denial of Internet service soon ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The government is bringing a legislation to put those elements to task that are involved in spam and denial of service to Pakistan’s internet backbone and making the...
Envoy urges president to give democracy a chance ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The ambassador of Germany to Pakistan Dr Christoph Brummer stressed the need for improving perceptions about Pakistan abroad and urged President Musharraf to give democracy a chance....		Parliamentarians to be sensitized on child rights issues ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Parliamentarians will be sensitized on child right issues in a meeting with the members of National Working Group on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of...
Developed states impose terms on LDCs to join WTO ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Developed countries impose on the least developed nations terms for accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) that make a joke of the organization’s claim to being a...		MMA rally demands change in govt policies ISLAMABAD Dec 19: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) has demanded restoration of supremacy of the parliament and change in foreign and internal policies....
QAU teachers opting for private institutions ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: A number of senior teachers of Quaid-i- Azam University (QAU) are opting for private universities due to better salary package and working conditions, sources told Dawn....		Waqf revival must to help destitute: CJ ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Sheikh Riaz Ahmed has stressed on the need to revive the institution of Waqf because it is instrumental in helping poor and destitute...
Double-murder convict gets death on two counts RAWALPINDI, Dec 19: Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Pervez Ali Shah on Friday awarded death on two counts and a fine of Rs200,000 to a person in a double-murder case....		ADB questions findings of US-based NGO ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday said the findings of a US NGO were “harsh conclusions” based on a small sample of 49 reports of the Operations...
760 villages to be electrified by June 2004 ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) will complete electrification process of 760 villages of five districts by June 2004 at a cost of Rs555.158 million....		Ogra chief salary comes under attack in Senate ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Members of the ruling coalition in the Senate questioned the salary of a head of a regulatory body, comparing it with salaries of the president, the prime minister,...
Wrangling likely to overshadow Saarc moot: Pakistan-India summit ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Going by the past experience, it seems very likely that the 12th Saarc Summit opening here on January 4 may be overshadowed again by the wrangling over the...		Kashmiris to be consulted: Rashid ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said on Friday that basically “plebiscite is the best option” to solve the Kashmir issue but if the Indian authorities “show sincerity” in...
Minister faces criticism over delayed sugarcane crushing season ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind faced criticism on Friday in the Senate when he failed to satisfy the members with his reply regarding...		Saarc social charter ready to be signed ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: The Saarc Social Charter is set to be signed by leaders of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation at the 12th Summit here next month, key...
Pakistan trying to stop illegal immigrants QUETTA, Dec 19: Pakistan is trying its best to stop illegal immigrants from crossing over the frontiers and has managed to erect 25km barbed wire fence on the western border along...		Bus service to Amritsar under study: minister ISLAMABAD, Dec 19: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Youth Affairs, Minorities and Sports, Rais Munir Ahmad, has said the government is considering a proposal of running a bus service between Lahore and...
110 illegal immigrants CHAGHAI, Dec 19: Iranian border authorities handed over 110 Pakistanis to Levies’ officials at Taftan on Friday....		US general arrives RAWALPINDI, Dec 19: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael W. Hagee arrived here on Friday on an official visit....
Governor’s orders declared illegal: Nishtar Hall’s management PESHAWAR, Dec 19: A civil court on Friday decreed in favour of the Abaseen Arts Council, declaring the NWFP governor’s order about the Nishtar Hall’s management illegal....		SHC orders police to send Shaista to Karachi SUKKUR, Dec 19: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, here on Friday ordered the police to send Shaista Almani to Karachi with her father, sister and two brothers for treatment and...
APA summoned in detention case PESHAWAR, Dec 19: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court summoned on Friday the Assistant Political Agent (APA) of the Mohmand Agency in a writ petition challenging detention of a...		Four die, 20 hurt in accident DADU, Dec 19: Four passengers were killed and 20 others injured when Mehar-bound passenger wagon overturned and fell into a ditch at village Kalary on Indus Highway near Sann on Thursday...
Changing course of Indus examined LARKANA, Dec 19: A five-member team of the consultants of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Sindh irrigation department and Sindh Irrigation and Drainage Authority (SIDA), arrived here on Friday following the reports...		Former MPA booked in fake domicile case MANSEHRA, Dec 19: The anti-corruption establishment has registered a case against a former MPA from the tribal belt of Kala Dhaka, his son, a student from Batgram and his father for...
Five killed, 14 injured in D. I. Khan DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 19: Five persons including a police constable were killed and 14 others injured in three different incidents here on Thursday....		Felling of trees criticized MINGORA, Dec 19: Residents of Jambel Kokarai valley have expressed concern over an increase in felling of trees, saying that forest department officials had failed to take action against this illegal...
MMA toughens stand against president: Second leg of anti-LFO drive MULTAN/OKARA, Dec 19: MMA leaders Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Maulana Fazalur Rehman toughened their stand against President Gen Pervez Musharraf on the second day of their protest drive in their addresses...		Subsidized flour: deserving families being enlisted BAHAWALPUR, Dec 19: At least 8,000 deserving families will be provided 16,000 flour bags monthly at subsidized rates of Rs170 per 20kg in the Bahawalpur district under the ‘Chief Minister Cheap...
Afsheen’s grandfather to record statement MULTAN, Dec 19: A local court on Friday directed the police to record the statement of the grandfather of alleged honour-killing victim, Afsheen Musarrat....		Norway calls for joint ventures SIALKOT, Dec 19: The business environment in Pakistan is conducive to foreign investment and there are bright prospects for expansion of trade relations between Norway and Pakistan, said the Norwegian ambassador...
Gas cylinders explode SAHIWAL, Dec 19: Panic spread on Noorshah Road near Iqbal Mandi due to gas cylinders’ blast in an LPG agency on Friday evening....		Kidnap case registered after seven months HAFIZABAD, Dec 19: On the orders of the Lahore High Court, the city police have registered a case against the alleged kidnappers of a woman after seven months of the incident....
aCattle-lifter killed in ‘encounter’ HAFIZABAD, Dec 19: A cattle-lifter was killed on Friday in an encounter near Kot Nakka police post, some 30 miles from here....		Musharraf’s statement on Kashmir upsets ARD LAHORE, Dec 19: Leaders of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, taking exception to President Pervez Musharraf’s offer that Pakistan could give up its consistent demand for a plebiscite in Kashmir,...
Case against MPA referred to trial court GUJRANWALA, Dec 19: The bail application of an MPA, his father and brother involved in a murder case was referred to trial court after extension given to interim bail till Dec...		Never-ending ordeal of a Kashmiri woman LAHORE, Dec 19: After eight years of imprisonment in Jammu and Kashmir, India, Shehnaz Parveen on Friday crossed the Wagah border at 2:45pm (PST)....
Dense fog blankets Lahore LAHORE, Dec 19: Fog blanketed the city for the first time during the current winter on Friday, increasing intensity of the weather....		Pervaiz lays foundation of housing colony today LAHORE, Dec 19: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi will lay the foundation stone of the first housing colony for government employees at Mohlanwal on Saturday....
MMA rallies ‘no threat’ LAHORE, Dec 19: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has been allowed to hold rallies but they will not be allowed to disturb law and order....		Jamali LAHORE, Dec 19: Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali is due to arrive here on a brief visit on Saturday....