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Water body, USDA to expand scope of project ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Agricultural Research Service of USDA and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have agreed in principle to expand the scope of the ongoing project on...		PPP may file cases against govt ISLAMABAD, April 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA Sherry Rehman says the party is considering to register kidnapping cases against the government and the...
Justice basic condition: Tarar: Friendship with India LAHORE, April 17: Former president Rafiq Tarar welcoming Pakistan-India friendship has called for basing it on principles of justice and fairness...		US-Pakistan ties to last long: diplomat PESHAWAR, April 17: Michael A. Spangler, principal officer of the US Consulate, has said that ties between the United States and Pakistan walk will last long. He was speaking as chief...
Reconciliation talks affected by police action: PPP ISLAMABAD, April 17: Opposition leader in the Senate and a leader of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP), Mian Raza Rabbani, has said after...		Thousands throng Lok Mela over the weekend ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Lok Mela witnessed an unprecedented rush over the weekend as more than 120,000 people from the entertainment-starved twin cities of Rawalpindi...
AJK PPP to observe black day on 21st ISLAMABAD, April 17: The Pakistan People’s Party Azad Kashmir has decided to observe a black day on April 21 to protest against the arrest of a large number of party workers...		Fire destroys godowns, electronics items RAWALPINDI, April 17: Fire broke out in an electronics market on Murree Road on Sunday, damaging five godowns and destroying electrical appliances, police said. Witnesses and...
Iftikhar to take over as envoy to Turkey KOHAT, April 17: Former NWFP governor Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah is to take up his new assignment as Pakistan’s ambassador to...		Three wounded in bomb blast GILGIT, April 17: At least three persons were injured when a bomb went off on Saturday night in a mosque in Naltar valley, 37 kilometres ...
‘Kalabagh not a feasible project’ MARDAN, April 17: While reiterating opposition to the Kalabagh dam, Awami National Party (ANP) President Asfandyar Wali Khan said that the project was not feasible at all. Addressing a meeting of...		Two bodies found RAWALPINDI, April 17: A newly married man was found stabbed to death near Rawal Dam, while a 25-year-old man was found shot to death at Jinnah Park, Rawalpindi, on Sunday, police...
Zardari’s gesture to Fahim lauded LAHORE, April 17: Asif Ali Zardari won many hearts by giving Makhdoom Amin Fahim the chair reserved for him at a news conference...		Over 400 PPP men granted bail LAHORE, April 17: Over 400 PPP workers arrested during the past few days were allowed bail on Sunday. More than half of them were...
Zardari’s ‘first flight’after arrival LAHORE, April 17: Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday made his first movement in the city, a day after his detention in the Bilawal House-II. Police sources....		Railway police kills ‘thief’ LAHORE, April 17: An alleged thief was killed and his son injured in an “encounter” with police near the railway station on Sunday...
Rs50m being spent on Gurdwaras LAHORE, April 17: The federal government is spending Rs50 million on improvement and maintenance of Gurdwaras in the country. Evacuee Trust Property Board chairman Zulfiqar Ali Khan told APP here on...		Victim family on the horns of dilemma: Sexual harassment in Nishter MULTAN, April 17: The woman, who was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment by a senior doctor at the Nishter Hospital, has been living...
Six of family die in accident BAHAWALPUR, April 17: Seven people, including six of a family, were killed while three others injured in a road accident near Noorpur on Bahawalpur-Ahmedpur East road on Sunday. Police said families...		PPP men released GUJRANWALA, April 17: All PPP workers who were taken into custody two days ago were released on Sunday. DPO Dr. Arif Mushtaq said these workers and their leaders were taken into...
Conservation committees to get funds on 25th PESHAWAR, April 17: The village conservation committees of Chitral would be released funds from the proceeds of the Markhor trophy hunting on April 25, ending a year-long monetary dispute between certain...		Main suspects in priest murder case arrested PESHAWAR, April 17: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested the main suspects in the murder of Christian pastor Babar Simpson and his driver Daniel. 0 Speaking at a...
Shortage of funds hits long-termcity plan PESHAWAR, April 17: The future of the ‘Peshawar structure plan’, involving multi-billion rupee investment, hangs in the balance because of financial constraints and lack of legislative...		‘Consumers being exploited’ PESHAWAR, April 17: Former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court Justice (retd) Mian Mohammed Ajmal said on Sunday that due to non-implementation of relevant laws, the consumers in the country...
ANP not to take part in Senate by-polls PESHAWAR, April 17: The Awami National Party (ANP) has formally announced that its provincial assembly members would not cast their votes in the upcoming by-election, scheduled for April 19, for the...		Flood protection dams to be built in S. Waziristan PESHAWAR,April 17: Flood protection dams would be built in the South Waziristan agency to save agricultural land from erosion, announced the...
Funds being raised for burn victim PESHAWAR, April 17: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) here have launched a fund-raising campaign for the treatment of a woman suffering from burn injuries as the federal...		Warah water death probe report completed LARKANA, April 17: An inquiry committee constituted to look into causes of the recent outbreak of an abdominal disease, which claimed lives of six villagers in the Warah taluka’s Kachho...
Concern over human rights violation LARKANA, April 17: Violation of human rights in Sindh is on the rise where rights groups are being stopped from working against perpetrators of violence. This was stated by representatives of...		Call to resolve women’s issues BADIN, April 17: Speakers at a seminar observed that lack of education and poor female health and hygiene set-up is a major cause of the second rate status given to women...
Reinstatement of Imtiaz urged KHAIRPUR, April 17: PML activists took out processions and distributed sweets in Khairpur and Gambat to celebrate Prime Minister Inspection Commission’s initial report exonerating...		New farmers’ body formed MIRPURKHAS, April 17: A new farmers’ organization – Sindh Progressive Agriculture Growers Association — has been formed at a meeting of farmers from across the province to ensure fair distribution of...
HEC to give Rs3bn to Balochistan, says governor QUETTA, April 16: The Governor of Balochistan, Owais Ahmed Ghani, has said the Higher Education Commission will provide Rs3 billion for universities...		‘MMA to win NA by-poll’ QUETTA, April 17: Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay has claimed that the MMA candidate will be successful in the by-poll to be held for National Assembly vacant seat from Panjgur-Kharan. He...