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MMA will not accept polls under Musharraf ISLAMABAD Dec 15: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) is most likely to announce a sit-in or a 'march on Islamabad programme' at its last mass mobilisation public rally in Rawalpindi on December 19. ...		PML-N rules out patch-up with 'dictatorship' LAHORE, Dec 15: The PML-N on Wednesday ruled out reconciliation with the 'military dictatorship.' MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq, who is also provincial secretary-general of the party, said in a statement that military dictatorship and national reconciliation could not go together. ...
Jhagra to be new PML-N secretary general ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Chief of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to change some central and provincial office-bearers ...		Altaf demands rights of provinces KARACHI, Dec 15: Warning the nation that the country was facing a 1971-like situation, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Altaf Hussain has called for restoring the rights of the provinces ...
Asif Zardari denied passport KARACHI, Dec 15: Passport authorities declined to accept application of the Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari for fresh passport without assigning any reason, said the PPP information secretary Taj Haider on Wednesday. ...		MMA's popularity on rise: CM MINGORA, Dec 15: Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has criticized the opposition parties for launching a negative propaganda against the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), saying his government had launched a record number of development schemes during the past two years. ...
Militants rooted out: governor PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The Governor of NWFP, Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah, has said that the people of tribal areas will thwart the nefarious designs of mischievous elements against the country. ...		Jamali, Bugti differ on projects QUETTA, Dec 15: Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali on Wednesday met Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti and discussed with him the political situation in the country. ...
Amir Khan convicted in murder case KARACHI, Dec 15: Amir Khan, secretary general of Mohajir Qaumi Movement, was sentenced on Wednesday to a 10-year term in the murder case of two workers of the rival Muttahida Qaumi Movement. ...		Saarc plan for free flow of information adopted ISLAMABAD Dec 15: The fourth Saarc information ministers' conference adopted an 11-point plan of action on Wednesday to enhance multilateral media cooperation and ensure free flow of information among the member nations. ...
$41 ADB loan for improving barani areas livelihoods ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: A comprehensive programme has been chalked out to improve the livelihoods of the poverty-stricken and neglected people living in barani areas in the Punjab. ...		ADB's help for vocational training ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Pakistan to improve technical and vocational training in Balochistan and the NWFP. ...
Pakistan worst performer in South Asia: Human development report ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: A child born in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhuttan, Sri Lanka and other South Asian countries has better chances of living a good quality life in terms of human development than the average compatriot in Pakistan ...		BD shows interest in Nadra's services ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The visiting Bangladesh delegation on Wednesday showed interest in the back-end technology being used in Machine Readable Passport (MRP) project of the National Database and Registration Authority ...
Evaluation cell to be set up in education ministry ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The federal education ministry has decided in principle to establish a "Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)" cell to ensure strict financial discipline and smooth functioning in the ministry, official sources told Dawn. ...		Religious parties 'misleading people on board issue' ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Federal Education Minister Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi on Tuesday lashed out at Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT), the student wing of Jamaat-i-Islami, for what he called misleading people on setting up of Aga Khan Examination Board (AKEB). ...
'Micro credits can change life in rural areas' ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Micro credits can bring revolutionary changes to the lives of people in the rural areas and help in creating new jobs. ...		Call to make PR customer-oriented ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Senate Standing Committee on Railways Kamil Ali Agha has said steps should be taken to transform Pakistan Railways (PR) into a safe, customer-oriented and viable organization. ...
Sales tax needs to be reviewed: CBR chief RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: Central Board of Revenue (CBR) Chairman Abdullah Yousaf on Wednesday said the current 15 per cent sales tax was higher compared to other countries and there was a need to review it. ...		Private firms asked to produce vaccines ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan has invited private sector to invest in the production of different vaccines to protect masses from preventable diseases. ...
Minimum reliance on donors' policies urged - International moot on population KARACHI, Dec 15: Speakers of a panel discussion at the international population and research development conference on Wednesday expressed the view that capacity and resource constraints in population and reproductive ...		Coordinated efforts to check maternal death rate stressed KARACHI, Dec 15: Maternal mortality rate can be brought down considerably, if a multi sectoral approach is adopted and coordinated efforts are made. ...