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Rs20m fixed for Katas preservation: minister; Over 175 heritage sites discovered in Salt Range CHAKWAL, Dec 21: The government has provided Rs20 million for the preservation of Katas Raj, a historical monument....		MMA not to join govt in case of deal, says MNA ATTOCK, Dec 21: Member of National Assembly from Islamabad Mian Mohammad Aslam has said even after the adoption of the amended constitution bill, the MMA will not join the government....
Classical dances enthral audience ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Pakistan’s leading dancer, Tehreema Mitha, gave a thrilling 90-minute performance at the Islamabad Club Auditorium on Saturday night....		Work on gas supply scheme begins TAXILA, Dec 21: Pakistan Muslim League-Q MNA Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that Rs7.5 million would be spent on provision of gas to Lub Union Council....
Two killed in separate incidents RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: Two persons were killed and another was injured in separate incidents on Sunday, hospital authorities and police said....		Navy officer found dead RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: A naval officer was found dead in his house in Al-Noor Colony, Sadiqabad, while a teenage girl, who was critically burnt on Saturday, died here on Sunday, police...
Health unit without staff, medicines RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: Residents of Ratta Amaral have expressed concern over the unavailability of staff and medicines in the Municipal Health Unit of their area....		No harm in ratifying treaties: expert ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: There is no harm if Pakistan ratifies international treaties as these are compatible with Islamic laws....
Regularization of PTCL workers lauded RAWALPINDI, Dec 21: The daily wagers of Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) on Sunday appreciated the announcement made by the minister for information technology in which he directed regularization of company’s employees....		AJK ruling party against Musharraf’s peace moves MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 21: The ruling Muslim Conference on Sunday expressed concern over Pakistan’s offer for alternatives to a UN- sponsored plebiscite in the occupied Kashmir....
SC should reject age extension: MMA ISLAMABAD Dec 21: MMA’s deputy secretary-general Hafiz Husain Ahmed has appealed to the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing constitutional wrangling and reject what he termed the ‘unconstitutional’ favour of...		Al Qaeda suspect held in Peshawar PESHAWAR, Dec 21: Covert agency officials picked up an official of the Afghan Trade Commission here on suspicion of links with the Al Qaeda network and Taliban fugitives, sources said on...
Govt given deadline to nab killers DHAKA, Dec 21: The Stranded Pakistanis’ General Repatriation Committee (SPG-RC) gave the government a seven-day deadline on Sunday to arrest the killers of a stranded Pakistani trader and his son....		PFUJ urges release of journalists KARACHI, Dec 21: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has called for even-handed and rational treatment and immediate release of two French journalists, Mare Epstein and Jean-Paul Guillotean, and their colleague,...
Goodwill message sent to Vajpayee ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: Pakistan High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmad Khan said on Sunday that a message of goodwill was conveyed to Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on behalf of...		Police official, son killed DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Dec 21: A senior police official and his son were killed here on Sunday evening on Dera-Darya Khan road....
One die GILGIT, Dec 21: An engineer of the Northern Areas PWD was killed and a police official injured after a jeep plunged into a river near the Mushkin village in the Astore...		Kharif crop may get less water SUKKUR, Dec 21: There will be 20 per cent water shortage in the canals of the Sukkur barrage in the wake of Kharif season, irrigation experts said on Sunday....
Registration of FIR demanded: Students abuse case PESHAWAR, Dec 21: The regional directorate of human rights, ministry of law, Justice and Human Rights, has requested legislators, prison authorities and other authorities concerned to register an FIR against employees...		Project to widen highway launched LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Dec 21: NWFP Governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah inaugurated on Saturday the widening of Torkhum-Jamrud highway alongside construction of a custom complex at the Torkhum border checkpoint....
Probe into varsity affairs begins GILGIT, Dec 21: A two-member team of the National Accountability Bureau has started investigations against the alleged irregularities and financial embezzlement in the newly established Karakoram International University, sources said....		Haripur Bar polls held HARIPUR, Dec 21: A People’s Party Patriots candidate was elected the district bar association president for the third consecutive time here on Saturday....
2 policemen, 12 others booked for kidnapping DADU, Dec 21: Two police officials with 12 other accused were booked on Sunday for kidnapping the Warah Mukhtiarkar and four passengers....		University fund MANSEHRA, Dec 21: Funds are being raised for the Hazara University from expatriates and philanthropists in the United States, a Pakistani businessman in the US, Gulfam Khan Swati, told newsmen here on Sunday....
Brawls over transport fare order of the day GUJRANWALA, Dec 21: Frequent increase in the POL prices over the last few months has triggered off a series of clashes between transporters and passengers over fare issue on almost every...		Wapda team thrashed by power thieves GUJRANWALA, Dec 21: Members of a Wapda raiding team were thrashed and held hostage by power thieves on Sunday in Gunaur village in Wahando....
No opposition to water project, says Nazim FAISALABAD, Dec 21: Sadar Tehsil Municipal Administration Nazim Muhammad Afzal Chaudhry says that residents and farmers living along the Jhang Branch Canal are extending full cooperation for sinking 22 tubewells in...		Body on cotton meets today MULTAN, Dec 21: The Standing Committee on Cotton Crop Assessment (SCCCA) of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, a subsidiary of the Federal Agriculture Ministry, will meet here on Monday (today) for...
Bandits make life miserable for Mandi residents GUJRAT, Dec 21: Residents have expressed grave concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Mandi Bahaudin district where three men have been killed by dacoits over the last eight...		Development package for Kasur soon KASUR, Dec 21: A special development package for Kasur will be announced by Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi in a few days....
Dacoit injured OKARA, Dec 21: A dacoit was injured in an encounter with police near Hujra Shah Muqeem on Sunday....		Road blocked GUJRANWALA, Dec 21: Residents of Ilyas Colony on main Sheikhupura Road threw traffic out of gear after a speeding car crushed to death a minor girl on Sunday....
MMA-govt deal termed against Noorani’s vision LAHORE, Dec 21: Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan and some other parties paid glowing tributes to the late Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, saying that his services to politics and religion and...		PML-N for protests during Saarc moot LAHORE, Dec 21: Maintaining that the unilateral ceasefire and a U-turn on Kashmir policy did not enjoy support of the nation, the PML-N said on Sunday that it would ask the...
National education assessment system set to be launched LAHORE; Dec 21: The Ministry of Education is all set to launch the National Education Assessment System (NEAS) to develop national capacity for monitoring learning achievements of elementary students and improve...		Property prices stabilize in Lahore LAHORE, Dec 21: The abnormal increase in property prices in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) has hit a plateau with the collapse of forex companies, estrangement of individual buyers and the...
CEC calls for better gender equilibrium LAHORE, Dec 21: Women are still under-represented in decision-making positions despite reservation of 60 seats in the National Assembly, 17 in the Senate and 128 in the provincial assemblies....		Over 180,000 people visit lifestyles exhibition LAHORE, Dec 21: The All About Lifestyles Exhibition 2003 concluded at the Lahore Polo Club here on Sunday night after being visited by more than 180,000 people from all age groups...