March, 21 2005 Monday 10 Safar 1426 WHO report on polio case overruled RAWALPINDI, March 20: The Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, has overruled a report of the WHO Regional Reference Laboratory on a polio positive case in the city, documents show. Rawalpindi... Minister defends Dera Bugti operation RAWALPINDI, March 20: Minister of State for Information Anisa Zeb Tahirkheli has defended the government’s operation in Dera Bugti, saying it is necessary to bring ‘miscreants’ within the ambit of law.... Bus service arrangements in final stage MUZAFFARABAD, March 20: AJK and Indian-held Kashmir authorities will exchange applications of intending visitors from their respective sides on Tuesday for verification after which permits would be issued to them for... Independent judiciary: PPP moves bill in Senate ISLAMABAD, March 20: Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has moved a bill in the Senate proposing constitutional amendments to clip the discretionary powers of the president and the Chief Justice of Pakistan... JWP leader alleges he was not allowed to enter Dera Bugti QUETTA, March 20: Central Information Secretary of JWP Senator Amanullah Kanrani has alleged that he wanted to condole with the families of the victims of law-enforcement agencies’ shelling on the fort... ARD won’t be part of million march PESHAWAR, March 20: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD), which informally met here on Saturday, decided to stay away from the million-man marches launched by the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) to... Scholars ask Britain to apologize to Hurs: Sooriah Badshah’s death anniversary SANGHAR, March 20: Speakers at a seminar on the life and times of Pir Sabghatullah Shah Rashdi (Pir Pagaro-VI), commonly known in Sindh as Sooriah Badshah, demanded that Britain should seek... Sonia to inspect work on LoC bus road NEW DELHI, March 20: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit Uri in Indian-held Kashmir to review progress in repair and restoration of Muhzaffarabad-Srinagar road before start of bus service... Musharraf urged to step down HYDERABAD, March 20: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal president Qazi Hussain Ahmad has asked President Gen Pervez Musharraf to step down so that a new government can be formed. Speaking at a large... Hailstorm, rain hit upper Sindh SUKKUR, March 20: A hailstorm, accompanied by torrential rain and strong wind, lashed Sukkur, Khairpur, Ghotki and Kashmore districts on Sunday, paralyzing life in most areas . It started to... Industrial fair irks Haripur businessmen HARIPUR, March 20: The traders’ community has given a 24-hour deadline to the tehsil municipal administration to cancel the permit for holding an industrial exhibition in the city and threatened to... Organizing committee of ANP takes oath PESHAWAR, March 20: Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan on Saturday administered oath to the newly-appointed members of the Organizing Committee of the Awami National Party (ANP), NWFP, following dissolution of the provincial... Rs123.8 million being spent in S.Waziristan PESHAWAR, March 20: The government has allocated an amount of Rs123.8 million in the current Annual Development Programme for the promotion of education in South Waziristan Agency. Under the directives of... Rs123.8m for education in Waziristan PESHAWAR, March 20: The government has reserved Rs123.8 million in the current ADP for the promotion of education in South Waziristan Agency. Directorate of Education (Fata) Director Abdur Rauf said special... Jeep rally: Cholistani culture promoted LAHORE, March 20: The Tourism Development Corporation Punjab (TDCP) last week organized the first-ever adventurous desert jeep rally in the sandy terrain of Cholistan desert. The event proved to be a... Doctor among six held for record tamper: Murder case SARGODHA, March 20: A medical officer of Pind Daden Khan THQ Hospital and five others were arrested for tampering with the record of Sargodha DHQ Hospital after taking bribe from a... Potable water short in Vehari VEHARI, March 20: The city and its adjoining areas are facing acute shortage of drinking water as power supply to water works feeders has not been restored after disruption caused by... Rain damages houses, crops MIANWALI, March 20: Intermittent rain, which started in the district on Friday night, has damaged standing crops spreading over a large area. Several mud-houses also have been washed away by the... Team from UK to attend Kissan moot TOBA TEK SINGH, March 20: A 25-member delegation of the South Asian Solidarity Organization office-bearers from the UK will attend the International Kissan Conference to be held on March 23. The... 2,700 suicides in three years, says HRCP: Financial worries major reason LAHORE, March 20: Around 2,700 people have committed suicide in the country in the last three years, the annual general meeting of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan observes here on... Asma elected HRCP chairperson LAHORE, March 20: Ms Asma Jahangir was elected chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and Syed Iqbal Haider secretary-general here on Sunday. Shahid Kardar was elected the treasurer of... Pakistan Day programmes LAHORE, March 20: Various programmes to celebrate the Pakistan Day on March 23 have been finalized, official sources said here on Sunday. According to details, national flag will be hoisted on... Women rights moot LAHORE, March 20: A two-day national conference highlighting rights of women, peasants, workers and minorities, will be held here under the aegis of Applied for Socio-Economic Research (ASR) from Tuesday (tomorrow).... Attack on church condemned ISLAMABAD, March 20: The Citizens’ Peace Committee and an NGO on Sunday condemned Wednesday’s attack on a church in Miskeen Musharraf Colony, G-8/4, and asked the government to safeguard rights of... TNFJ chief for improving law, order situation ISLAMABAD, March 20: Tehrik Nafaz Fiqh-i-Jafaria (TNFJ) Chief Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi has asked the government to make special arrangements and improve the law and order situation on the Chehlum... Ankara mayor calls on Senate chief ISLAMABAD, March 20: A high level Turkish delegation led by the Mayor of Ankara Ibrahim Melih Gokcek called on Senate Chairman Mohammadmian Soomro here on Sunday. Welcoming the delegation, the chairman... Districts yet to get salary budget PESHAWAR, March 20: The NWFP government has not yet transferred the salary budget of local governments’ employees to district governments. “The NWFP is the only province where district governments have not... Hill torrent victims buried DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 20: Fortyone victims of Zinda Pir disaster were laid to rest in four different graveyards on Sunday. Except for the District Nazim, no representative of district or...

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