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PML to offer proposals on Hudood laws ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) will soon make its recommendation whether to repeal or amend the Hudood Ordinance, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Women Development Nilofar Bakhtiar...		Cell to improve model madressahs’ work ISLAMABAD, May 19: The government has set up a special cell in the religious affairs ministry which will monitor the performance of three model madressahs established in Islamabad, Karachi and Sukkur...
Senate body for relief to common man ISLAMABAD, May 19: The dividends of economic achievements should trickle down to the poor and strategy be devised to reduce poverty and to provide more relief to the common man. This...		82pc refugees unwilling to return home PESHAWAR, May 19: More than 82 per cent of Afghans living in Pakistan are reluctant to go back to their country owing to non-availability of means of livelihood and the fragile...
Removal of loopholes in healthcare urged: Devolution plan PESHAWAR, May 19: Provincial Health Minister Inayatullah has said the devolution plan can prove beneficial for providing quality healthcare to people at the grassroots level if ambiguities and loopholes in...		PTI asks US to apologize ISLAMABAD, May 19: Several leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI) have demanded that the US government should unconditionally apologize to the Muslims for the desecration of the holy Quran by US...
Balochistan PA condemns desecration QUETTA, May 19: The Balochistan Assembly in its Thursday session adopted several resolutions, one of which condemned the desecration of the Holy Quran by US interrogators in the Guantanamo Bay prison...		PML-N backs May 27 protest call ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday backed the call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for observing a countrywide protest day on May 27 against the desecration of...
AJK MLA’s speech irks speaker MUZAFFARABAD, May 19: An opposition lawmaker’s remarks about the AJK Legislative Assembly Speaker on Thursday incurred the latter’s wrath and was ordered to leave the house. The incident occurred during the...		Senate body amends rules of procedure: Appointment of opposition leader ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Senate Standing Committee on Rules and Procedure and Privileges on Thursday approved an amendment to the existing rules of procedure,...
15,000 cases pending in Sindh courts LARKANA, May 19: The Chief Justice of Sindh High Court, Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed, has said that more than 15,000 cases are pending in courts because of shortage of judges in the...		Benazir takes notice of discipline’s violation ISLAMABAD, May 19: The top leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is unhappy with Deputy Information Secretary of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Munir Ahmed Khan...
Patrol police first batch passes out LAHORE, May 19: Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said here on Thursday the government was committed to protecting the lives and properties of people, and the police patrol force would play...		Malta tragedy film to feature Pakistani, Indian actors MUMBAI, May 19: The horror of the “Malta Boat Tragedy” in which nearly 300 South Asian illegal immigrants drowned on Christmas Day 1996 will soon be turned into a movie starring...
Asma moves LHC against police action LAHORE, May 19: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jahangir has moved the Lahore High Court in a writ petition seeking registration of criminal cases against the policemen who, she...		‘Inflation, trade deficit nullify growth rate’ LAHORE, May 19: Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front chairman Muhammad Ali Mian has said that achievement of over 8 per cent GDP growth rate had become meaningless on account of...
Qazi welcomes fatwa LAHORE, May 19: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has welcomed the Fatwa (religious decree) given by some religious scholars a couple of days ago declaring suicide attacks in Pakistan as against...		Demand for arrest of student’s killer PESHAWAR, May 19: President of Muttahida Talaba Mahaz of Gomal University, Shakeel Khan Roghani, has demanded that the government must arrest killers of university student Asif Shah....
Help sought for bereaved family PESHAWAR, May 19: The Joint Action Committee (JAC), a group of civil society organizations, has urged the government to provide financial assistance to the children of Ashiq Nabi, a blasphemy accused...		Delegation visits GIK Institute SWABI, May 19: A delegation of the Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) visited the Ghulam Ishaq Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology and held wide-ranging talks with the...
Rs18 million allocated for development SWABI, May 19: The Swabi Development Authority (SDA) has allocated Rs18.3 million for development work in Shah Mansoor Township and it is expected that road construction work will start soon. People...		Woman dies of snake bite CHITRAL, May 19: A woman bitten by snake died in district hospital here without getting any treatment due to unavailability of anti-venom drugs. The woman from Kalash valley had been...
UN bodies to sign MoU on HIV/Aids control ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) and Unesco will sign a memorandum of understanding here on Friday to prevent and control the spread of HIV/Aids in...		Atta to deliver lecture in Geneva ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), chairman, Prof Dr Attaur Rehman, will leave for Geneva on Saturday to deliver an inaugural lecture at the eight session of the United...
‘Near-miss’ incidents in the air on rise LAHORE, May 19: The incidents of ‘near-miss’ of aeroplanes have increased multifold during the last year, it is learnt. Sources in the Air Traffic Controllers wing of the Civil Aviation Authority...		Seven parties interested in Peco land LAHORE, May 19: The Privatization Commission has received seven expressions of interest (EoI) from different parties wanting to join the bidding process for the purchase of land at Badami Bagh, Lahore,...
60 held for killing tribesmen SUKKUR, May 19: More than 60 suspects have been arrested following the killing of six people by armed men in the city on Wednesday. DPO Aftab Halepoto, along with a contingent...		Strike observed in Qambar LARKANA, May 19: On the call of Citizens’ Action Committee, a complete strike was observed in Qambar on Thursday in protest against the Sindh government’s decision of renaming the district as...
Demand for probe into utilization of funds DADU, May 19: Union council members and people of Johi have demanded an inquiry into utilization of funds in the social development and community development sector by the administration of the...		‘Forest officer’s score altered’ HYDERABAD, May 19: The secretary for Sindh forest and wildlife on Thursday said annual confidential reports of Bashir Ahmad Nizamani had been found tempered with. In a clarification to Dawn’s...
Police action condemned HYDERABAD, May 19: The District Bar Association has condemned police action against Human Rights Commission of Pakistan chairperson Asma Jehangir and general secretary Iqbal Hyder and other activists in Lahore. In...		Three killed by rivals over litigation GUJRANWALA, May 19: Three people, including two cousins, were shot dead by their rivals over a litigation row in Garjakh here on Thursday. Reports said Faryad, his cousin Babar and guard...
98 market committees in Punjab dissolved FAISALABAD, May 19: The Punjab government on Thursday dissolved 98 market committees operating in the province and appointed caretaker administrators, with immediate effect, “pending the constitution of new committees.” According to...		Tenants threaten retaliation OKARA, May 19: The Anjuman-i-Mozareen Punjab has warned the authorities that for every arrested tenant, a policeman will be taken hostage in retaliation, and the release would be reciprocal. After holding...
Airport officials deny any activity: Arrest of suspects DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 19: The incident of the arrest of four alleged terrorists by the Sakhi Sarwar police from the local airport has taken a twist when the airport authorities...		47pc wheat procurement target achieved GUJRANWALA, May 19: Punjab Food Minister Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal has said the target of procurement of wheat would be achieved at any cost. He said at a department meeting here on...
Visitors booked in jailbreak incident SARGODHA, May 19: Police on Wednesday registered a case against some men and women who allegedly provided arms and cell phone to Azam Kurar and his accomplices during their meeting with...		Dacoits kill policeman in encounter BAHAWALNAGAR, May 19: Dacoits killed a constable during an encounter with police near Haroonabad. Police said that on a tip-of regarding the presence of an accused, Tahiry Daket, who had allegedly...
Programme to raise Aids awareness PESHAWAR, May 19: The NWFP Enhanced HIV/Aids Control Programme is launching a campaign to raise awareness of officials of the police force, railways, Wapda, PIA and social security departments about preventive...		Corporal punishment to be abolished: CM PESHAWAR, May 19: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani said on Wednesday that his government planned to do away with the menace of corporal punishment in homes and schools. Speaking on...
Consortium of donors for health projects urged PESHAWAR, May 19: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan has called for a donors’ consortium to streamline donor inputs to avoid duplication of work in projects in the health sector. The minister...		Call to produce student leaders in court PESHAWAR, May 19: The Pukhtun Students Federation (PkSF) has called upon the government to produce its detained leaders before a court of law within three days. Otherwise, it warned, it would...
District jail to get new building LAKKI MARWAT, May 19: The district government has accelerated efforts for construction of a new building for the district prison near Tajazai, according to sources. District Nazim Humayun Saifullah Khan has...		Baacha Khan Trust rejects Nasim Wali’s allegations PESHAWAR, May 19: The Baacha Khan Trust has rejected allegations levelled against it by its chairperson Begum Nasim Wali Khan. In a press release issued here on Friday, Akbar Khan Durrani,...
AC Sleeper concession LAHORE, May 19: The Pakistan Railways has announced a 25 per cent ‘concession’ in the fare of airconditioned sleepers attached with seven trains. The trains are Khyber Mail (1-up/2-down), Tezgam (7-up/8-down),...		Trader robbed of Rs700,000 DERA GHAZI KHAN, May 19: Two masked motorcyclists deprived a trader of Rs700,000 in cash at gunpoint here on Thursday. Imran Haider told B-division police that he was going to a...