April, 1 2005 Friday 21 Safar 1426 Nuclear assets safe: FO ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Foreign Office on Thursday dismissed any threat to the country’s nuclear installations amid reports that the interior ministry had directed the provincial governments to ensure their security... Governor’s motorcade attacked QUETTA, March 31: The motorcade of Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani came under attack when he was returning back to Quetta from Pishin on Thursday. Sources said that the windscreen of... MMA told not to force traders for strike RAWALPINDI, March 31: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has warned the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal against trying to force traders to go on a shutter-down strike or attempting to jam traffic on... PAC takes lenient view of CBR’s denial: Provision of record to AGP ISLAMABAD, March 31: The chief tax collector of the country on Thursday took shield behind an executive order of the then finance minister Shaukat Aziz for not providing the relevant record... Govt threatening traders, transporters: Qazi LAHORE, March 31: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmad alleges that the government is threatening traders and transporters to prevent them from taking part in the April 2 wheel jam strike and... PPP role in strike irks PML-N ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML- N) is annoyed with the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) supporting and participating in the strike called by Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam) on... Senator’s arrest condemned ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Pakistan People’s Party condemned the arrest of Senator Raza Mohammad Raza of Pakhtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) in Peshawar on Thursday afternoon and demanded his immediate release.... Jhagra to take up Saad’s reply with party leaders ISLAMABAD, March 31: Secretary-General of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said he has received the reply of the show-cause notice issued to the MNA from Lahore, Khawaja... US committed to combating drug menace, says envoy ISLAMABAD, March 31: US ambassador to Pakistan Ryan C Crocker on Thursday reiterated US commitment to counter-narcotics cooperation with Pakistan. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony of drug treatment training... SBP counsel’s continuing absence annoys SC: Indus Bank case ISLAMABAD, March 31: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure at the continuing absence of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) counsel in the Indus Bank case and refixed the tentative... Grant says drive against forced marriages delivers ISLAMABAD, March 31: British High Commissioner Mark Lyall Grant on Thursday said awareness campaigns against forced marriages had started paying the dividends, as an increasing number of forced marriage cases were... Shujaat to visit China ISLAMABAD, March 31: President of Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is to follow his successful current visit to India with a trip to China, the party’s central information secretary,... PPP protests interviews’ postponement ISLAMABAD, March 31: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has protested against the postponement of interviews for the selection of teachers in Nawabshah and asked the authorities to immediately rescind the interview cancellation... ‘Biotechnology solution to agri problems’ ISLAMABAD, March 31: Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bosan here on Thursday said Pakistan was all set to enter the era of genetically-modified cotton. He was speaking... Beware of bogus schemes: PM LAHORE, March 31: Distributing cheques among cooperatives’ scam victims on Thursday, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz advised them not to invest their money in bogus schemes. “I hope that you will... Show-cause notices to PML-N defectors LAHORE, March 31: Two PML-N MPAs who changed their loyalties to join hands with the ruling party were issued show-cause notices on Thursday requiring them to explain their position within three... Pervaiz for strategy to ensure merit LAHORE, March 31: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has directed Law Minister Raja Basharat to devise a mechanism to ensure that all appointments in future are made on merit, sources say. Once... ARD’s stand on strike call LAHORE, March 31: The ARD supports MMA’s strike call, but a decision on its participation will be taken by a committee set up for the purpose, alliance secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra... 20 MMA activists arrested: Journalists manhandled SARGODHA, March 31: Police baton charged and arrested about 18 activists and two leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal from the Shaheen Chowk here on Thursday who staged a motorcycle rally and... Kashmiris for ‘independent state’ LAHORE, March 31: India has failed to suppress the will and urge of the Kashmiris for freedom, says a Washington-based journalist who visited the occupied valley recently. “The people of Kashmir... Fake pir held for rape FAISALABAD, March 31: Police claimed on Thursday to have arrested a self-proclaimed Pir, allegedly involved in a dozen rape cases. The police said Ishaq alias Jin Pir was wanted in several... Govt to ensure failure of strike BAHAWALPUR, March 31: The district administration claimed on Thursday to have made arrangements to ensure failure of the MMA’s wheel-jam strike on April 2. The administration has assured shopkeepers and transporters... Five alleged rapists still at large DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 31: Taunsa Sharif police have failed to arrest the five accused who had allegedly gang-raped two sisters some eight days ago. The police, however, claimed that the... Three ‘POs’ killed HAFIZABAD, March 31: Three proclaimed offenders were killed in an encounter with the police early Thursday morning near Jandoki village. Kassoke SHO Ghulam Ahmad said that POs Iftikhar alias Nasari, Allah... Arms, drugs being smuggled through Kohat tunnel KOHAT, March 31: The National Crisis Management Cell of the interior ministry has taken a serious note of security lapses at the Kohat tunnel resulting in unchecked movement of criminals and... Five killed, 3 hurt in road accident MUZAFFARABAD, March 31: At least five people were killed and three injured in a head-on collision between two passenger wagons, some 12 kilometres to the west of Rawalakot on Thursday morning.... Grenade attack injures 16 in N. Waziristan town MIRAMSHAH, March 31: Sixteen people were wounded, many of them seriously, when an unidentified man threw a hand grenade in Mirali Bazaar, North Waziristan Agency, on Thursday morning. Officials said that... Kidnapping of woman: four booked NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, March 31: Four brothers were booked by the Moro police for kidnapping a woman on Wednesday night. Haroon Buriro, a resident of Sadhuja, lodged an FIR under section 11/16... Curbs eased on movement of smuggled goods LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), March 31: Authorities in the Khyber Agency have eased restrictions on the movement of smuggled goods in the Malik Din Khel area of Bara sub-division, it has... Protest against militants’ activities MANSEHRA, March 31: Elected representatives of local bodies in the upper Tanawal area have said that a Piyam-i-Aman conference will be held on April 10 in Perhenna at the Thakar Mera... NWFP govt accused of violating constitution: MMA’s shutdown call PESHAWAR, March 31: Amid growing tension over Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal’s strike call for Saturday, Governor, Khalilur Rehman, has reprimanded the provincial government and accused it of going back on its words and... Ponam strike: traders seek compensation PESHAWAR, March 31: City traders have demanded compensation from the government for the damage caused to their property by activists of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponm) during a strike here... Reassessment of developed, backward areas urged PESHAWAR March 31: A meeting with Provincial Minister for Industries Malik Zafar Azam in the chair expressed the view that the assessment of developed and backward areas made in 1964 needed... Hospital to be upgraded PESHAWAR, March 31: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has ordered preparation of a comprehensive plan to convert the Government City Hospital, Peshawar, into a full-fledged teaching hospital to reduce burden on...

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