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PAC takes notice of irregularities: Nepotism in information ministry, depts ISLAMABAD, April 29: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday took serious notice of cases of nepotism and administrative and financial lapses in the information ministry and its subordinate departments....		Gillani opposes any kind of deal with govt ISLAMABAD, April 29: The former speaker of the National Assembly and senior vice-chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, has said the present parliament is not functioning...
Independent, accountable judiciary stressed ISLAMABAD, April 29: Legislators, lawyers and human rights activists on Friday described the current judicial system flawed and called for an independent, transparent and accountable judicial system to strengthen democratic institutions....		Struggle for rights to continue, says Bugti KARACHI, April 29: Chief of Jamhoori Watan Party Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti has said that the Baloch would never give up their struggle till they achieve their rights, including proprietary rights...
Balochistan IGP blames Sardars for turmoil SHEIKHUPURA, April 29: Three Sardars namely Bugti, Mengal and Murri are responsible for a disturbance in Balochistan....		Cotton target enhanced to15m bales LAHORE, April 29: The federal government has decided to increase cotton target to 15 million bales for next year while Punjab’s target has gone up to 11.6 million bales. The decision...
Mirwaiz for unified resistance in Kashmir NEW DELHI, April 29: Kashmir’s spiritual leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq began a fresh bid on Friday to reunite the disparate resistance-leadership, saying this was what President Pervez Musharraf had sought and...		MMA submits motion in NA to debate Indian war-games ISLAMABAD April 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Friday submitted in the National Assembly an adjournment motion seeking to debate in the coming session of lower house, the military exercises by...
ARD team visit Dera Bugti on May 6 ISLAMABAD, April 29: A delegation of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) will visit Dera Bugti on May 6 to assess Balochistan situation and to express solidarity with the people...		MQM urged to help in BSO workers’ release QUETTA, April 29: The four-party Baloch Alliance on Friday called upon the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leadership that being a coalition partner in Sindh, it was the responsibility of the MQM to...
MQM, PML leaders resign over arrest of students QUETTA April: 29 Ataullah Kurd, a leader the Muttihada Qaumi Movement (MQM) and 17 members of the Muslim Students Federation and the Pakistan Muslim League Youth Wing have announced to quit...		Co-education to be introduced in Islamabad’s primary schools ISLAMABAD, April 29: The education ministry is working on a project to introduce co-education in the local primary schools, Federal Education Minister Javed Ashraf Qazi said on Friday....
NAB probe urged into misuse of funds SHIKARPUR, April 29: Mir Babal Khan Bhayo, a close aide to the sacked revenue minister of Sindh, Mr Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh, and other members of the district council, Shikarpur, have appealed...		CM announces mega uplift projects for Khushab SARGODHA, April 29: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has announced a special grant of Rs1 billion for water supply and sewerage facilities in Khushab, besides several other projects for districts nearby....
Pemra law to curb vulgar programmes QUETTA, April 29: The federal government has moved the Pemra Amendment Act, 2004, in parliament to strictly ban foreign channels in the country. The Director-General of Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority,...		Officials asked to speed up work: Development projects PESHAWAR, April 29: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has directed officials to accelerate work on development schemes announced for Malakand and Kohistan districts and warned that government officials causing delay...
Water shortage sparks protests in Kohat KOHAT, April 29: Residents of the College Town blocked the Rawalpindi road on Friday to protest against persistent water shortage in the area after Pesco had disconnected power supply to tube-wells...		AIOU gets radio channel licence ISLAMABAD, April 29: The government has issued a radio channel licence to the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) with a view to helping students and teachers of mass communication in using...
Italy offers 8 scholarships a year ISLAMABAD, April 29: Italy will offer eight scholarships every year to Pakistani students aspiring to pursue higher studies in engineering, social sciences and basic scientific research....		Masses asked to play role in ending illiteracy RAWALPINDI, April 29: District Nazim Raja Tariq Kiani has said elimination of illiteracy from the society is the responsibility of the entire nation. The nazim was talking to the participants of...
‘Relations with EU not to affect Pak-US ties’ ISLAMABAD, April 29: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said that Pakistan’s improving relations with the European Union will not affect its ties with the United States. “I think their effects...		Law ministry clarification ISLAMABAD, April 29: The law ministry has clarified a news report regarding judges’ appointment appearing in the Friday issue of newspapers. A ministry spokesman said the law secretary had informed the...
Arab woman, husband get pre-arrest bail PESHAWAR, April 29: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted interim pre-arrest bail to an Arab woman and her Pakistani husband....		Protest against doctor SWABI, April 29: The residents of Maini blocked the Swabi-Topi road against a doctor who, they alleged, had delayed autopsy of a watchman who had been shot dead by some people....
Demonstration against water shortage PESHAWAR, April 29: Hundreds of people staged a demonstration at Chowck Yadgar on Friday to protest against shortage of drinking water....		Move for central transport authority PESHAWAR, April 29: The federal government is reported to be considering a proposal to set up an authority to standardize transport-related rules and regulations in the four provinces....
Stress on girls’ education in NWFP: minister PESHAWAR, April 28: Provincial Education Minister Maulana Fazle Haqqani has said that the government had made a record allocation of Rs2.5billion for education sector in the province. Of this amount, 70...		NWFP, Balochistan suffering most: NFC award delay PESHAWAR, April 29: Minister for Finance, Planning and Development Sirajul Haq has said that the NWFP and Balochistan will face budgetary imbalances during the next financial year if fresh attempts being...
FCR body reconstituted PESHAWAR, April 29: The NWFP Governor’s Secretariat has reconstituted the reforms committee on the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR)....		Power crisis hits Sukkur areas SUKKUR, April 29: Various areas, including Ghotki, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur, Jacobabad and some parts of Balochistan, are facing a serious electricity crisis in the wake of a breakdown at the...
Police stations’ record to be computerized ISLAMABAD, April 29: The government has approved a plan to computerize all police stations in the country to get updated information about high-profile cases and assess the performance of each police...		About 2,000 leishmaniasis patients in Hangu PESHAWAR, April 29: At least 2,000 people have been found infected by leishmaniasis virus in Hangu district. Most of the affected people are Afghan refugees. According to the Executive District Officer...
‘Kashmir issue at critical juncture’ ISLAMABAD, April 29: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the Kashmir issue was now at the most important juncture of history. “Though in terms of a solution it is...		Bid to smuggle heroin foiled RAWALPINDI, April 29: The Anti-Narcotics Force on Friday foiled an attempt to smuggle 4kg heroin to Spain and arrested one person at Islamabad airport. ANF Rawalpindi director Col Wasif Sajjad said...
Nine CMC students punished for indiscipline LARKANA, April 29: The executive committee of the Chandka Medical College, Larkana, rusticated on Friday four and suspended the admission of five medical students for varying periods for there involvement in...		Stress on mother and child in health policy: minister PESHAWAR, April 29: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has said that under the recently approved health policy mother and child health has been accorded priority and attention would be given to...
New Murree project to destroy forest: report ISLAMABAD, April 29: The New Murree City project of the Punjab government will not only destroy Patriata forest, which has highly fragile ecosystem, but also create water crisis in the twin...		Khairpur seminar on child labour KHAIRPUR, April 29: A seminar against child labour was organised under the aegis of Child Rights Committee and NGOs of Khairpur district here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Iqbal Detho,...
Negligence of doctors alleged in child’s death SUKKUR, April 29: Relatives of an eight-year-old boy, who died at the Civil Hospital here on Friday, accused doctors of negligence and claimed that the patient had remained unattended for more...		Suspected militant arrested in Hyderabad HYDERABAD, April 29: Police arrested an activist of a banned organization in Latifabad on Thursday. Later, two more people were arrested on the pointation of the activist. Sources said a team...
Bid to smuggle arms foiled; two arrested KOHAT, April 29: The Anti-Narcotics Force foiled an attempt to smuggle arms and ammunition from the tribal area near here into Punjab and arrested two carriers on Friday. An ANF team...		Free medical camps PESHAWAR, April 29: The army medical corps has provided treatment to over 1,000 patients in free medical camps set up in the remote areas of Mohmand and Khyber agencies....
Khalil says changes in Fata inevitable PESHAWAR, April 29: Governor Khalilur Rehman has said that changes in Fata are inevitable. However, he said, changes would be within the ambit of tribal norms, customs and traditions. “The government...		Nine murder accused held FAISALABAD, April 29: Police claimed to have arrested all the nine accused in a double-murder case within 24 hours of the occurrence of the crime....
Patients hit by nurses’ shortage FAISALABAD, April 29: Scores of outdoor and indoor patients at district headquarters hospital are suffering owing to acute shortage of charge and head nurses. The 629-bed hospital is also attached with...		‘Very little chance of LHV’s suicide’ BAHAWALPUR, April 29: There are bleak chances of suicide in the case of a lady health visitor Tasleem Bibi who was found dead in a room of Ahmedpur East police station....
MMA holds protest rally OKARA, April 29: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal held a protest rally at the Venus Chowk here on Friday against the Punjab Home department permission for conversion of Venus Cinema into a theatre...		Distribution of Nawab’s land within days BAHAWALPUR, April 29: The plan of distribution of Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi’s landed property among his legal heirs and descendants is being given final shape....
Tehsil nazim, six others declared court absconders GUJRAT, April 29: An anti-terrorism court of Gujranwala has declared seven people, including the Kharian tehsil nazim, court absconders in a case lodged with the Cantonment police....		Robbers give little respect to tycoons GUJRANWALA, April 29: The dacoits looted two industrialists and also took away a car in two strikes in the city on Friday. Reports said that an industrialist Farooq Ahmad was returning...