18 December 2004 Saturday 05 Ziqa'ad 1425 PML-N predicts collapse of system ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Information Secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Siddiqul Farooque has said the system set up by Gen Pervez Musharraf is heading towards its logical end. ... PPP, PML-N differ on religion column issue ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Differences between the People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, the two major component parties of the ARD, resurfaced on Friday ... Demo staged against uniform, price-hike KARACHI, Dec 17: A large number of supporters of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday held a protest demonstration at the Karachi Press Club, against the recent price hike ... MMA signs code of conduct for rally RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday signed a code of conduct with the district government to secure permission for its upcoming public gathering at Liaquat Bagh on Sunday. ... Tormentors of Asif to be punished: PPP RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: A Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader on Friday said whenever the party came into power, it would expose and punish those responsible for keeping Asif Ali Zardari in illegal detention for ... PPP terms poll result engineered PESHAWAR, Dec 17: The people's Party Parliamentarians have rejected the NA-35 by-election result. Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, the PPP provincial president, Rahim Dad Khan, said that both federal and provincial governments misused state machinery ... Asif allowed private security guards KARACHI, Dec 17: The Sindh High Court provisionally allowed PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Friday to have the services of personal armed security guards and use tinted glasses in his vehicle ... ARD meeting in Karachi on Jan 1 LAHORE, Dec 17: Heads of component parties of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have scheduled a meeting in Karachi for Jan 1, to discuss measures to step up movement against Gen Musharraf. ... Shujaat returns LAHORE, Dec 17: Ruling PML President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain returned home on Friday after several weeks of stay abroad with a happy tiding for the party leaders and workers that a bright and prosperous future ... Clarification ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Apropos of the news item "NAB not interested in old cases: lawyer" published on Dec 15, NAB has in a statement clarified that all appeals filed prior to the setting up of the National Accountability Bureau ... Zakat funds used in by-poll: PML PESHAWAR, Dec 17: Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam Khan has accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal of misusing provincial administrative machinery and Zakat funds ... ANP rules out talks on Kalabagh dam PESHAWAR, Dec 17: Awami National Party (ANP) leaders have said they will not hold negotiations with President Gen Pervez Musharraf or any representative of the federal government on the issue of building a large dam at Kalabagh. ... Training vital to enhance MPs' capacity, says NA speaker ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Research and training facilities are of vital importance for enhancing the efficiency and capacity of the legislators, specially the younger ones. ... BNP withdraws from parliamentary body QUETTA, Dec 17: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) has announced its disassociation from the parliamentary committee on Balochistan and withdrawal of its two members for what the party terms the government's anti-Baloch policies. ... Ejaz Shafi laid to rest KARACHI, Dec 17: The Pakistan Muslim League (N) central vice President Mian Ejaz Shafi, who died here yesterday of heart attack, was laid to rest after Friday prayers at Milk Plant graveyard. ... Free visa plan for Saarc journalists LAHORE, Dec 17: Indian information secretary Naveen B Chawla has said the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) is moving ahead for introduction of free visa regime for accredited journalists of its member countries. ... UNDP, oil firm sign accord: Sustainable forest in Sindh ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an oil and gas company to launch a $200,000 project for developing a sustainable forest in Sindh. ... Efforts to promote women rights urged: Report on UN Convention ready ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Participants of the national conference on Pakistan's draft implementation report on UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) have called for joint efforts ... Experts mulls over IT integration in education ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Policy-makers, educationists and IT experts are mulling a long-term strategy to enhance teaching, learning and administration through integration of technologies in education. ... 95pc HIV/Aids victims in developing world: Nasir ISLAMABAD, Dec 17: Minister for Health Mohammad Nasir Khan on Friday said governments, national and international NGOs and more importantly civil society and private sector must join the coalition against HIV/Aids ... Govt to forcefully implement ban on smoking: minister RAWALPINDI, Dec 17: The government would forcefully implement the ban on smoking from January next, said the federal minister for health, Nasir Ahmed Khan, here on Friday. ... Four SBC members elected unopposed KARACHI, Dec 17: Mohammad Siddiq Khoso of Jacobabad, Sher Mohammad Wassan of Mirpurkhas, Muzafar Ali Leghari of Tharparkar and Ali Mohammad Dahri of Nawabshah have been declared elected unopposed ...

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