March, 16 2005 Wednesday 5 Safar 1426 Road blockades hit NA session ISLAMABAD, March 15: Speaker Chaudhry Amir Hussain adjourned the National Assembly proceedings 15 minutes after the house met on Tuesday as a majority of the members failed to reach the Parliament... KARACHI: Private sector may get role in PMDC KARACHI, March 15: The federal government favoured on Tuesday the private medical institutions’ plea for representation on the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.... Opposition stages walkout in Balochistan assembly QUETTA, March 15: The opposition in Balochistan assembly on Tuesday staged walkout when the speaker disallowed an adjournment motion on deployment of regular troops in Sui and an uncertain situation in... SHC exempts ITNE chief from appearance KARACHI, March 15: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday received a reply submitted by the chairman of the Implementation Tribunal for Newspaper Employees (ITNE) to a contempt application moved by newspaper... ECO for joint efforts to boost regional textile sector ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) experts on Tuesday called for integrated pooling of resources and technical capabilities of member states for a sustainable cooperation and growth in the... Bid to blow up main railway track in Balochistan QUETTA, March 15: Saboteurs tried on Thursday night to blow up the main railway track linking Quetta with the rest of the country.... ADB’s $350m Access to Justice programme facing delays ISLAMABAD, March 15: The Asian Development Bank’s $350 million countrywide Access to Justice Programme (AJP) is facing delays due to lack of monitoring and evaluation of its activities at district and... Khalil takes oath as NWFP governor PESHAWAR, March 15: Khalilur Rehman took oath as Governor of the North West Frontier Province on Tuesday.... Speakers for objective reporting on Kashmir ISLAMABAD, March 15: Speakers at an international seminar here on Tuesday called upon the Pakistani and Indian media to switch over to objectivity, do away with embedded journalism and dissemination of... ‘Arms factory in camp found’ QUETTA, March 15: Police found more arms and ammunition and a mini arms manufacturing factory during a search operation in the Marri camp in the outskirts of Quetta on Tuesday.... APNS meeting KARACHI, March 15: The extraordinary general council and the annual general council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society will meet on Thursday at 10am and 11:30am, respectively in Karachi.... Surveys soon to explore NWFP natural resources PESHAWAR, March 15: Federal Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Mohammad Naseer Mengal has said that a combined team of the federal and provincial governments would undertake surveys to... Need stressed for electoral system reforms PESHAWAR, March 15: Speakers at a workshop here have underlined the need for electoral reforms, accountability and freedom of judiciary to allow true democracy to take roots in the country.... Crucial ANP meeting today PESHAWAR, March 15: A meeting of the central committee of the Awami National Party will be held in Rawalpindi on Wednesday to decide the fate of the party’s NWFP committee, 11... Archaeological work being decentralized PESHAWAR, March 15: The federal Department of Archaeology, controlling the monuments and archaeological sites in the country, has agreed to decentralize its powers to the provincial archaeology departments, sources told Dawn... Five arrested PESHAWAR, March 15: The city police have arrested five persons who wanted to get illegal possession of a hotel in Kabari Bazaar, police officials said.... Provinces told to lift ban on wheat movement ISLAMABAD, March 15: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture and Livestock has called upon the provinces to lift the ban on inter-provincial movement of wheat so that farmers could... UK donates Rs7.5m forgery detection equipment ISLAMABAD, March 15: British High Commission on Tuesday donated forgery detection equipment worth Rs7.5 million to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to help fight human smuggling and illegal immigration.... PML-N MNA fails to file reply before deadline: Show-cause notice ISLAMABAD, March 15: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA from Lahore Khawaja Saad Rafiq has not submitted the reply of the party show-cause notice despite expiry of the deadline on Tuesday.... ANP chief meets Fahim ISLAMABAD, March 15: President of the Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan on Tuesday held a meeting with the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim... Wheat from Sindh reaches market LAHORE, March 15: Wheat from Sindh has started arriving in the market, setting an early trend for trade for the coming season and easing a bit of pressure on flour price.... Badr allowed to go abroad for 10 days LAHORE, March 15: An accountability court on Tuesday allowed PPP Secretary-General Jehangir Badr to go abroad for 10 days.... Truckers’ protest forces Nazim to withdraw tax DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 15: Truck drivers blocked traffic on the inter-provincial Dera-Quetta Road to register their protest against a vehicle tax imposed by the Tehsil Municipal Administration.... Banned outfit’s man freed: 3 policemen arrested FAISALABAD, March 15: An activist of the banned Lashkar-i-Tayyaba involved in the murder of a policeman was freed from police custody by five armed men in front of the sessions court... 15 in post office scam penalized MIANWALI, March 15: As many as 15 employees of Kalabagh, Mari Indus and Mianwali post offices were suspended here on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a financial scam.... People suffer as police ‘avoid lodging cases’ VEHARI, March 15: Crime rate in the district has assumed an alarming proportion mainly owing to the refusal of most of the station house officers to register cases and failure of... Governor for agri, music classes BAHAWALPUR, March 15: Governor Khalid Maqbool has called for imparting agricultural education and introducing music classes at the Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB).... Workers stage hunger strike FAISALABAD, March 15: Dozens of industrial workers and labour leaders observed a hunger strike in front of district Nazim’s office to press for their demands here on Tuesday.... Election for Naib Nazim on April 7 SHEIKHUPURA, March 15: Election for the seat of district Naib Nazim will be held on April 7.... Contempt plea against Mukhtar Mai put off MULTAN, March 15: The Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, on Tuesday adjourned for an indefinite period the proceedings of a contempt of court application filed by a local lawyer against Mukhtar...

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