March, 11 2005 Friday 29 Muharram 1426 Govt to release sugar into market to check price rise ISLAMABAD, March 10: The government on Thursday decided to release sugar from 376,000 tons of official stocks and sell it through the Utility Stores Corporation at Rs23 per kg to keep... Demand for maximum provincial autonomy SUKKUR, March 10: The leader of opposition in Senate, Mr Raza Rabbani, has called for maximum provincial autonomy to Balochistan to end the sense of deprivation among people of the province.... Rains helped produce surplus power: Jatoi ISLAMABAD, March 10: The government told the National Assembly on Thursday heavy rains had helped the country’s power houses to generate 2,000 megawatts of surplus electricity besides helping cotton and wheat... Drug-testing labs soon at provincial, federal levels ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Health Ministry on Thursday decided to set up three drug-testing laboratories, approved by the Unites States’ Federal Drug Authority, at the federal capital, Punjab and Sindh.... Paper mills increase prices again LAHORE, March 10: Paper mills on Thursday again increased prices by Rs1,000 per ton only four days after reducing the rates by Rs1,500 in the wake of paper dealers’ protest against... Veteran journalist Muazzam Ali dead KARACHI, March 10: Veteran journalist and founder of the Pakistan Press International (PPI), Syed Muazzam Ali, died here on Thursday. He was 83.... HR activist Shahla Zia passes away ISLAMABAD, March 10: Shahla Zia, one of the pioneers of the women rights movement in Pakistan, died here on Thursday morning after a brief illness. She was 58 and leaves behind... Achakzai proposes 60 amendments, 6 provinces ISLAMABAD, March 10: Chairman of the Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai has proposed over 60 amendments to the constitution and called for dividing the country into six provinces... Rs110m given to NGOs from PBM, NA told ISLAMABAD, March 10: The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that the government disbursed Rs110 million from the Baitul Mal fund to the NGOs during the past four years.... Downpour, hailstorm lash Okara OKARA, March 10: The district was hit by heavy and continuous rain and hailstorm, injuring dozens of persons and damaging crops on Thursday.... Plea to transfer case to ATC dismissed ISLAMABAD, March 10: The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that cases relating to prostitution should be tried by ordinary courts as they did not fall under the domain of anti-terrorism courts.... Italian embassy issues new visa procedures ISLAMABAD, March 10: The visa section of the Italian embassy has made some changes in the procedures for visa appointments and all requests for immigration-related information.... Report on Madressahs contested ISLAMABAD, March 10: The South Asia director of the International Crisis Group (ICG) has challenged the findings of a World Bank-funded study which argued that madressahs accounted for less than one... Engg body polls suspended RAWALPINDI, March 10: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench has suspended election of the Pakistan Engineering Council.... Energy ministers’ meeting put off ISLMABAD, March 10: The two-day Saarc energy ministers’ conference scheduled to be held in Islamabad from March 17 to 18 has been postponed owing to inability of some of the ministers... PPP against army in politics: Taj QUETTA, March 10: PPP leader Taj Haidar has announced that the party high command did not believe in an underhand deal with military rulers and stated that the party strongly opposed... UN helping Pakistan in combating drug trafficking ISLAMABAD, March 10: The United Nations is assisting Pakistan to enhance the capacity of its existing intelligence units to combat drug trafficking and other organized crimes on the borders with Iran... New appointment in ANP questioned PESHAWAR, March 10: The reconstituted committee of the NWFP chapter of the Awami National Party held its first meeting on Thursday.... Afghan envoy inquires about Wali’s health PESHAWAR, March 10: Consul-General of Afghanistan Abdul Khaliq Farahi inquired about the health of veteran Awami National Party (ANP) leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan on Thursday.... Rains, bad weather affect paddy stocks SIALKOT, March 10: The recent heavy rains and bad weather is causing damage to the paddy yield stocked in the rice mills in the district, as most of these lack proper... Kiln workers demand wage hike SHEIKHUPURA, March 10: As many as 500 brick-kiln labourers working in the district have protested in the court premises against poor wages and lack of other basic facilities here on Thursday.... MoU to check animal diseases LAHORE, March 10: The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, and the Choong Ang Vaccine Laboratory Taejeon, Korea, signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the fields of diagnosis... Dist govt fails to upgrade school SIALKOT, March 10: The district government has failed to upgrade the girls primary school, Bheelo Mahaar, Daska, despite its announcement by the chief minister almost two years back.... Jeep rally to pass through forts BAHAWALPUR, March 10: The first-ever desert jeep rally will touch the remains of the four historic forts in Cholistan on March 16 and 17.... Doctors accused of negligence SAHIWAL, March 10: Visitors to the District Headquarters Hospital complain that the doctors on duty do not attend them properly.... 2 Hizb men set on bail LAHORE, March 10: Justice Sheikh Abdur Rashid of the Lahore High Court on Thursday suspended the detention order of two activists of the outlawed Hizbut Tehreer and allowed them to be...

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