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| 04 March 2005 | Friday | 22 Muharram 1426 |
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Honour killing bill's rejection criticized
ISLAMABAD, March 3: People's Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Sherry Rehman has criticized rejection of honour killing bill both by the government and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) ... 
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Nisar says PML-N against dictators
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Acting parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said the party is determined to eliminate dictatorship from the country ...
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ANP blames govt's policies for price-hike
PESHAWAR, March 3: Rejecting the government's claim of achieving economic growth, National Awami Party Pakistan President Arbab Mohammad Ayub Jan said on Thursday that price-hike and unemployment in the country had multiplied the misery of common people. ...
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Crisis in ANP: central committee to meet on 16th
PESHAWAR, March 3: Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan has convened an emergency meeting of the party's central committee on March 16 to discuss his decision of suspending the basic party membership ...
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Election staff told to maintain discipline
ISLAMABAD, March 3: Chief Election Commissioner Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Thursday asked the officers and staff of the commission to perform their duties with devotion and honesty. ...
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Kalabagh dam 'Punjab's baby'
PESHAWAR, March 3: The Pukhtukhawa Milli Awami Party has urged the federal government to drop the idea of constructing the Kalabagh dam, as it is tantamount to the destruction of Pukhtuns. ...
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PTV in the red despite licence fee, NA told: STN earns profit
ISLAMABAD, March 3: People paid Rs738.8 million in the last six months of 2004 as television licence fee along with their electricity bills, record put before the National Assembly on Thursday revealed. ...
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Pakistan and India urged to resolve disputes
KARACHI, March 3: Indian Communist leaders have termed their meetings with Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and politicians encouraging and their visit a pleasant experience ...
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Musharraf visits NDC
ISLAMABAD, March 3: President Gen Pervez Musharraf visited the National Defence College here on Thursday where he attended the opening session of exercise Marka-e-Baqa, which marks the climax of learning process ...
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Plea in case against Faisal dismissed
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of the wife of federal minister Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat seeking to restrain the National Accountability Bureau from trying the minister for an alleged bank loan default. ...
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CBR wants copy of new ID card
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Central Board of Revenue has asked the National Tax Number (NTN) holders to send a copy of their Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) to the board latest by March 31. ...
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Need stressed to explore more energy resources
KARACHI, March 3: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday underlined the need to explore alternate sources of energy to meet the energy requirements of Pakistan stressing on close coordination between all departments ...
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Setting up of federal courts opposed
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday again opposed the government's decision to establish federal courts for settling monetary disputes. ...
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NWFP rain toll 439: UN official
PESHAWAR, March 3: Torrential rain in the NWFP killed at least 439 peopleand injured 474, besides causing huge financial losses as 9,988 houses collapsed and 1,664 animals perished. ...
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490 English teachers' appointment approved: Double salary package
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The Ministry of Education has approved the appointment of 490 English teachers to be posted in primary schools of Islamabad Capital Territory, Federal Education Minister Lt-Gen (retired) Javed Ashraf Qazi said. ...
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Proposal to limit LEAs' involvement on cards: Checking of smuggling
ISLAMABAD, March 3: The government is considering a proposal to reduce the number of law-enforcement agencies involved in prevention of smuggling as it has rather increased the menace, resulting in revenue losses to the national kitty. ...
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