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Apma chief rejects govt’s decision: Religion column in passport ISLAMABAD, April 14: Religious minorities have rejected the government’s decision to restore religion column in the passport and announced that they will launch a countrywide movement against it. Speaking...		PPP willing to continue talks despite crackdown ISLAMABAD, April 14: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) on Thursday accused the government of launching a massive crackdown against the party activists and leaders in various parts of the country but...
MNA questions claim of losses: Sinking of Tasman Spirit ISLAMABAD, April 14: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) MNA Kunwar Khalid Younus on Wednesday questioned claims of $6.640 billion made by four departments of the country on account of losses suffered by...		Poverty touched 33pc mark in 15 years, says report ISLAMABAD, April 14: Poverty in Pakistan has increased from 23 per cent in 1987-88 to 33 per cent in 2001-02 due to failure of the economic growth to trickle down to...
Pakistan believes in interfaith harmony, says PM ISLAMABAD, April 14: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Thursday Pakistan believed in interfaith harmony and minorities enjoyed equal rights protected by the country’s constitution. He was talking to a delegation...		Govt to set up drug regulatory authority ISLAMABAD, April 14: The government is considering a proposal to establish Drug Regulatory Authority (DRA) to ensure access of quality, safe and efficacious drugs to the people. Health Minister Mohammad Nasir...
Commission for political parties proposed ISLAMABAD, April 14: An independent commission of political parties should be established and parties be provided public funding on the basis of the votes they polled in the previous general elections....		Saad’s membership suspended ISLAMABAD, April 14: President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday suspended the party’s basic membership of prominent leader and MNA from Lahore Khawaja Saad Rafiq for...
Law on child protection soon, says minister ISLAMABAD, April 14: Federal Minister for Social Welfare and Special Education Zobaida Jalal on Thursday informed the National Assembly that a comprehensive child protection law would be drafted during the current...		Japan offers 4 scholarships ISLAMABAD, April 14: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced that the Japan government has offered four scholarships for Pakistani scholars this year. According to a press release...
HEC asked to ensure quality education ISLAMABAD, April 14: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has recommended that the Higher Education Commission (HEC) may take necessary steps to ensure that substandard educational institutions are not recognized...		70 workers of PPP arrested in Rawalpindi RAWALPINDI, April 14: The local police on Thursday picked up 70 activists of Pakistan People’s Party in a massive crackdown to prevent them from going to Lahore to receive their leader...
Leopard killed in Banda Jalal ABBOTTABAD, April 14: A leopard was shot down on Wednesday in a thickly populated at Banda Jalal Khan area of the city by a villager, Irshad, who had been attacked by...		PPP men asked to defy restrictions LAHORE, April 14: Claiming that more than 15,000 of its leaders and workers have been arrested, the PPP directed its supporters on Thursday to defy all restrictions to reach Lahore airport...
HRCP condemns arrests LAHORE, April 14: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Thursday expressed concern over the arrest of hundreds of political workers here “meant to prevent them from greeting Asif Ali Zardari...		Shujaat off to Frankfurt today LAHORE, April 14: PML President Shujaat Husain is due to go to Frankfurt on Friday for his annual medical check-up. Party’s information secretary Senator Tariq Azeem said on Thursday that...
CM made Saba quit PML-N, says Saad LAHORE, April 14: PML-N MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq says the Punjab chief minister himself is responsible for making MPA Saba Sadiq to quit the party on whose ticket she had been...		Five of a family buried alive LAHORE, April 14: Five members of a family and their landlord were buried alive and four children suffered injuries when a rundown house collapsed in Sanda on the Bund Road on...
Hundreds of PPP men arrested across Punjab GUJRANWALA, April 14: Hundreds of PPP leaders and office-bearers were arrested during the last 36 hours, mainly on Thursday, across the Punjab to prevent a warm reception to Asif Ali Zardari...		Farmers rap WTO, treaty on agriculture MULTAN, April 14: Hundreds of farmers from various parts of the country participated in a rally held here on Thursday to protest against the WTO regime and the ongoing negotiations on...
Girl’s assailants still at large SIALKOT, April 14: Despite the passage of some two weeks, police have failed to arrest a nominated accused involved in injuring a minor girl who is fighting for her life at...		Sikhs start arriving in Nankana SHEIKHUPURA, April 14: More than 10,000 Sikh pilgrims from home and abroad are expected to reach Nankana Sahib on Friday to attend the Baisakhi festival at Gurdawara Janam Asthan. The event...
Mini-marathon in Khushab put off SARGODHA, April 14: The executive district officer (education) on Thursday postponed the mini-marathon scheduled to be held in Khushab for fears of resistance by the MMA activists. District Nazim Malik Ehsan...		Couple shot dead OKARA, April 14: A man along with his accomplices shot dead his sister and her husband on Wednesday night over a love marriage issue in Chak 2/1-L. Nazia Bibi of Fatiana...
Public transport ‘suspended’ LAHORE, April 14: The Punjab government used all available resources and tactics on Thursday to make the PPP plan to welcome Asif Ali Zardari a failure. Most of the inter-city public...		PTCL ad hoc staff want confirmation GUJRANWALA, April 14: Ad hoc employees of the PTCL criticized the authority for its failure to regularize them despite the passage of several years and clear direction of the prime minister....
Train service SIALKOT, April 14: Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Qaisar S. Shabir has expressed concern over the re-closure of the Sialkot Express by the Pakistan Railways. Talking to journalists here,...		Blind also picked up OKARA, April 14: Local police released on Thursday PPP’s city president Alam Sher Khan Lodhi, who is blind. He was taken into custody during Wednesday night’s crackdown. Similarly, a youth, Hasan...
Security scaled down at Gomal Zam dam PESHAWAR, April 14: Security at the Gomal Zam dam has been scaled down after the Chinese firm building the multi-million dollar project refused to resume work unless it was paid $96...		MoU signed for community development PESHAWAR, April 14: The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and the Social Welfare Department signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for extending voluntary community development in all 24 districts of...
NWFP team cancels visit to UK, US PESHAWAR, April 14: A six-member delegation of the provincial government, which was scheduled to hold meetings with senior representatives of international lending institutions next week, has cancelled its planned visit to...		Paramedics threaten protests from 24th PESHAWAR, April 14: The NWFP Paramedical Association has decided to launch a protest campaign from April 24, throughout the province to press the government to announce a service structure for them....
Boards to run 300 govt schools PESHAWAR, April 14: In an attempt to bring the standard of government schools on a par with private education institutions, the NWFP government has declared 300 high schools as model schools...		Robbers in police disguise active in Peshawar PESHAWAR, April 14: There has been a sharp increase in incidents of robbery by criminals disguised as policemen in the city and senior police officials admit they have little success...
Minister calls for judicious distribution of resources PESHAWAR, April 14: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said that the federal government has to demonstrate its generosity in providing required resources and authority to the province if it was...		‘Hurdles in LG system to be removed’ PESHAWAR, April 14: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has said that the local government system has been launched with sincerity and honesty and efforts will continue to ensure its sustenance. Talking to district...
PHC sets aside death sentence PESHAWAR, April 14: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court has set aside the death sentence given to a person allegedly suffering from mental ailment and sent the case back...		Plan under way to open more cancer hospitals LARKANA, April 14: At present 13 cancer hospitals in the country are treating 350,000 cancer patients a year. This was stated by Dr Kausar Abdullah Malik, member bio-science and administration of...
Two trains booked by PPP cancelled: Activists barred from going to Lahore SUKKUR, April 14: Railways divisional superintendent Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad on Thursday cancelled two Lahore-bound trains booked by People’s Party Parliamentarians Central Executive Committee member Islamuddin Shaikh. Mr Shaikh told Dawn that...		Reinstatement of irrigation employees demanded SUKKUR, April 14: Dozens of irrigation employees staged a protest demonstration and sit-in outside the office of chief engineer Sukkur Barrage on Thursday. On the call of Sindh Irrigation Muttahida...
Monument planned in Dera Bugti QUETTA, April 14: Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti has announced that a monument will be built in Dera Bugti in memory of people who lost their lives in the...		Owais stresses talks to resolve all issues QUETTA, April 14: Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Thursday that the Dera Bugti issue had been resolved as a result of the government’s desire to solve all problems through...