Friday 10 Zilhaj 1425 President, PM call upon rich to share joys with poor: Messages on Eidul Azha ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have felicitated the nation and the entire Muslim Ummah on the occasion of Eidul Azha ... PM visits Pims, gives Eid gifts to children ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and listened to the problems of the patients. ... Benazir, Nawaz urge people to fight poverty, dictatorship ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Former prime ministers, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have urged the people to fight tyranny, poverty, unemployment and prejudices. ... Shahbaz contacts Benazir, Zardari ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Pakistan Muslim League-N President Shahbaz Sharif made a telephonic contact with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari before leaving Dubai for New York, a source close to the Sharif family told Dawn ... ARD wants political solution to Balochistan PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has urged President Gen Pervez Musharraf to employ political means to solve the Balochistan issue instead of using military as the use of force will complicate the problem. ... Centre starts giving royalty to NWFP: Gas, crude oil production PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The NWFP has become eligible to receive royalty on gas and crude oil asone of its oil and gas fields started commercial operations during the current financial year, official sources told Dawn. ... ANP seeks changes in FCR PESHAWAR, Jan 20: The Awami National Party (ANP) has demanded of the federal government to bring about improvements in the century-old 'draconian' Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) governing the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). ... Rs20m sanctioned for gas to Swabi SWABI, Jan 20: The federal government has sanctioned Rs20 million for provision of Sui gas to the district, say informed sources. ... Nationalist groups give strike call for 24th KARACHI, Jan 20: Representatives of all Sindh-based nationalist parties have given a joint call for a strike on Jan 24 after reaching a consensus strategy to resolve the basic issues confronting the province. ... Operation in Sui denied ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: A spokesman of interior ministry on Thursday clarified that no operation was being carried out in Sui area. "Neither any operation is carried out in Sui area nor it is in the offing," the spokesman said. ... Of Indus Waters Treaty and beyond ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Pakistan's formal notification on Tuesday to the World Bank for appointment of a neutral expert to settle the Baglihar dam dispute with India has raised questions in certain circles about the fate of the bilateral water-sharing Indus Waters Treaty. ... Pakistan asked not to stall dam project SRINAGAR, Jan 20: Indian-held Kashmir's Chief Minister, Mohammed Sayeed, said neutral technical experts were "welcome to inspect" the one-billion-dollar plant in south Kashmir, saying it in no way breaches a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan. ... Separation of Lehri from Sibi demanded QUETTA, Jan 20: The People's Party Parliamentarians and the Pukhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party on Wednesday staged a demonstration at the press club in support of the demand for separation of Lehri tehsil from Sibi. ... Bishop greets Muslims LAHORE, Jan 20: The Bishop of Lahore, Rt Rev Dr Alexander John Malik, has extended greetings to Muslim brethren on the occasion of Eidul Azha. ... Tunnel project to start in May: NHA ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: National Highway Authority Chairman Maj-Gen (retd) Farrukh Javed on Wednesday said that work on the Lowari tunnel project would start in May. ... Lower courts' verdicts be respected: LHC ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has taken serious notice of the unduly burdening of the high court by challenging unnecessarily orders of the lower judiciary ... Sikhs protest KARACHI, Jan 20: Some 20 Sikh families, residing in Adam Khan Goth near Gulshan-i-Maymar on Thursday held a protest demonstration at the Press Club against alleged atrocities by a local landlord and closure of their worship place, Gurudawara Guru Nanak. ... Job quota for Balochistan to be increased: minister ISLAMABAD, Jan 20: Balochistan will soon have 'substantial job quota' in all the federal ministries, departments as well as state-run corporations, says Minister for States and Frontier Regions, Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind. ... 'Culprits identified in bypass blast case' HYDERABAD, Jan 20: The investigation into Tuesday's explosion underneath the Hyderabad bypass is said to have made headway as the investigators are about to reach the miscreants. ... Tribesmen's role praised PESHAWAR, Jan 20: Peshawar Corps Commander Lt-Gen Safdar Hussain has said that tribal people are as much patriotic and loyal to their country as anybody else and their role in frustrating the nefarious designs of anti-state elements in Waziristan cannot be overlooked. ...

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