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German defence firm to invest in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, April 28: A German firm dealing in communication systems used by armed forces and law-enforcement agencies will shortly sign $200 million agreements with Pakistan President...		Call to exclude politicians from public safety commission ISLAMABAD, April 28: The government was asked on Thursday to preserve the sanctity of the District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission...
Pagara criticizes politicians KHAIRPUR, April 28: The PML-F chief, Pir Pagara, has said that politicians like the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and the Chaudhry...		Annan open to new role for UNMOGIP NEW DELHI, April 28: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Thursday that he was open to discussions with India and Pakistan...
Religion not a cause of violence: scholar WASHINGTON, April 28: Political disputes, and not religion, beget violence, says Prof John Esposito, who received Pakistan’s highest civil award, Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam, on Tuesday. Aptly described by Ambassador Jehangir Karamat as a...		Minister pledges to achieve EFA goals: Schoolchildren hold walk ISLAMABAD, April 28: About six million children of primary school-going age are out of schools and the government attaches top priority to enhance their enrolment, Federal Education Minister Lt-Gen (retired) Javed...
Incentives urged for investment in Gwadar ISLAMABAD, April 28: Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri has called for offering maximum incentives for investment in Gwadar to make the port a successful venture. Presiding over a...		Agreement to ensure peace in colleges KARACHI, April 28: A code of conduct aimed at maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in the educational institutions of the city was approved at a high-level meeting held on Thursday night at...
Apex court adjourns APNS plea hearing ISLAMABAD, April 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for a week the review petition of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) challenging the Seven Wage Board Award for newspaper employees....		Gillani released on three-day parole ISLAMABAD, April 28: Former speaker of the National Assembly and Pakistan People’s Party leader Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, who was released on a three-day parole to attend a family wedding, held...
PM approves post of SSP for modelcity police RAWALPINDI, April 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has approved a post of SSP Traffic for the “Model Traffic City” police being established in Islamabad, official sources said. Meanwhile, a uniform gala...		Aziz okays launching of residential sector ISLAMABAD, April 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday formally approved the launching of Sector I-15, a source in Prime Minister’s Secretariat told Dawn on Thursday. The decision was taken in...
‘9/11 changed Pakistan’s security perception’ ISLAMABAD, April 28: The post 9/11 era brought about a fundamental change in the security perception of Pakistan as the primary focus now is not on external issues but on internal...		Promotion of telecom products urged ISLAMABAD, April 28: Information Technology Minister Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari on Thursday urged the country’s software industry to develop expertise and products required for the fast-growing telecom industry. “Given the expansion...
Draft charter of OPF girls college okayed ISLAMABAD, April 28: Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) board of governors on Thursday approved the proposed charter of degree awarding status to OPF Girls College, F-8/2. Talking to Dawn, State Minister for...		‘Torture’ on minority man condemned ISLAMABAD, April 28: All Pakistan Minorities Alliance Chairman Shahbaz Bhatti on Thursday condemned the torture of Shahbaz Masih, a resident of Chak No: 2 Mandi Bahauddin. According to the statement, Shahbaz...
PMDC secretary sent on forced leave RAWALPINDI, April 28: The ministry of health on Thursday sent secretary Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Dr Sohail Karim Hashmi on forced leave for six months, an official in the...		Smuggling bid foiled; woman arrested RAWALPINDI, April 28: Customs authorities foiled an attempt to smuggle heroin to South Africa on Thursday and arrested a woman at Islamabad airport. The customs officials said a woman, in her...
Probe into Sialkot, Karachi incidents ISLAMABAD, April 28: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has directed Director-General, National Police Bureau, Dr Shoaib Suddle, to conduct an investigation into criminal assaults on a teenage college girl...		Sonia pays the price for seeking justice LAHORE, April 28: Narrating her ordeal, 20-year-old Sonia Naz says she was thrown in jail for seeking justice for her family. “My husband has been missing since October last year and...
Provinces for inspectors’ appointment: Civic problems LAHORE, April 28: Besides recommending administrators for managing local governments during their forthcoming elections, all the provinces have proposed appointment of inspectors to enforce municipal laws particularly to arrest rampant inflation...		MPAs fail to capitalize on uplift programme LAHORE, April 28: The overall expenditure on development projects required to be identified by assembly members under the Taamir-i-Punjab Scheme has remained dismally low this year because of the ‘political management’...
Sahi summons PML-N MPAs LAHORE, April 28: Two PML-N MPAs who have “defected” to the ruling zPML have been summoned by the Punjab Assembly speaker “for clarification and discussion” on the reference filed by their...		Indian CEC due today LAHORE, April 28: The Indian chief election commissioner will arrive here on Friday on a four-day visit on an invitation by his Pakistani counterpart. Mr T.S. Krishna Murthy will exchange views...
EC team to hold moot for NGOs LAHORE, April 28: The visiting European Commission delegation has launched a series of seminars on the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights 435,000 euro Micro Projects Programme. A seminar will...		Fire, blasts in chemical godown create panic LAHORE, April 28: Scores of houses were evacuated when chemicals stored in a godown exploded and caught fire on Bund Road in Sanda on Thursday...
60pc spending by March LAHORE, April 28: The Punjab government had utilized only 60 per cent and the district governments 49 per cent of the development funds by the end of March this year. ...		‘Aspirin as effective as Rs5,000 injection’ LAHORE, April 28: The Pakistan Aspirin Foundation claims that a Re1 aspirin tablet is almost as effective as a streptoainase injection worth Rs5,000 in case of a heart attack. ...
Four robbers shot dead by police, villagers SHEIKHUPURA, April 28: Four dacoits were killed in an encounter with police and villagers late Wednesday night on Gujranwala Road. Seven armed dacoits entered the house of deceased Bashir Ahmed...		18 MMA men bailed out GUJRANWALA, April 28: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 2 on Thursday accepted bail applications of some 18 MMA activists involved in a marathon race attack. The counsel for the accused pleaded before...
Tenants blamed for crisis OKARA, April 28: Tension at Chak 15/4-L has been caused by some elements with vested interests, a spokesman of law-enforcement agency says.“The law-enforcement agencies have enforced Section 144 on the 82-acre...		UAF, police ‘deaf to pleas of family’: Missing student FAISALABAD, April 28: The Civil Lines police and agriculture university administration have yet to find any clue to the MSc physics student, who went missing 11 days ago. Muhammad Riaz, a...
TCP warehouse head ‘missing’: Fire incidents RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 28: Two fires that broke out in the local cotton warehouse of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan have become talk of the town with new details of...		Convict released by ‘mistake’ BAHAWALPUR, April 28: A convict serving 14-year rigorous imprisonment was released from new central jail ‘by mistake.’ The incident came to light after 28 days (Thursday) as he had been released...
Woman found hanged at police station BAHAWALPUR, April 28: A lady health visitor (LHV) was found dead in mysterious circumstances in an ASI’s room at Ahmedpur East police station on Thursday. Reports said residents of Pulwala locality...		PHC takes up Sherpao’s petition on wealth tax PESHAWAR, April 28: The counsel of Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Sherpao contended before the Peshawar High Court on Thursday that the foreign currency account of Mr Sherpao in Switzerland had...
500-year-old mosque on in bad shape SADIQABAD, April 28: Once a symbol of architectural grandeur, the 500-year-old mosque at Chanjni village...		Issue of dissident divides MMA PESHAWAR, April 28: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) and Jamaat-i-Islami, two major components of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, hold divergent views about the future of MPA Pir Mohammad Khan who was recently expelled...
Notice sent to deputy AG: Arab woman’s case PESHAWAR, April 28: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday put the deputy attorney-general for Pakistan on notice in a writ petition filed by an Arab woman and her Pakistani spouse, requesting...		Lecturer falls prey to internet fraud PESHAWAR, April 28: Incidents of cyber-crimes have increased in recent years and many people are reported to have fallen prey to international rings and lost their money. Although...
Campaign to help NWFP rain victims launched PESHAWAR, April 28: In cooperation with the US Agency for International Development, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has launched a campaign to provide relief to 3,500 families affected by recent rains...		6 sites identified for small dams PESHAWAR, April 28: The government has identified six potential sites in Aurakzai Agency for the construction of small dams. “The government has allocated Rs245 million for the development programme which was...
Blast kills 2 suspected militants in Mingora MINGORA, April 28: Two people died when an explosive device went off in Baidara village of Matta tehsil in upper Swat on Thursday morning. Police cordoned off the area after the...		Tribesmen hand over weapons in Jamrud LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), April 28: Tribesmen in the Jamrud sub-division here on Thursday...
PHC orders suspension of FIA official PESHAWAR, April 28: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday ordered suspension of the assistant director (legal) Federal Investigation Agency and served a contempt of court notice on him. A two-member bench,...		JI-sponsored jirga begins today PESHAWAR, April 28: A three-day jirga being organized by the Jamaat-i-Islami will begin here at Al Markaz-i-Islami on Friday. Tribesmen including elders from seven agencies and six frontier regions (FRs) have...
Police abolish posts of moharar investigation PESHAWAR, April 28: The city police have abolished all posts of mohrar investigation and directed mohrars operation to assume charge in police stations, sources said on Wednesday. Capital City Police Officer...		Education, training for women stressed PESHAWAR, April 28: NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has said Islam called for providing proper education and training to women and the MMA government was doing everything possible to imrove the...
Three tons of hashish seized QUETTA, April 28: The Anti-Narcotics Force seized on Thursday three tons of hashish and 196kg of opium, arrested six people...		Farmers block highways QUETTA, April 28: Farmers on Thursday blocked highways at Kuchlak, Lakpass and Bolan on a call given by the Balochistan Zamindar Action Committee to protest against loadshedding...