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Saarc parliamentarians adopt Bhurban Declaration ISLAMABAD, May 20: Parliamentarians representing all major parties of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries on Friday issued a declaration encapsulating the agreed vision for bringing a new...		Pakistan’s concerns carry weight, says Indian expert: Baglihar dam BHURBAN (Murree Hills), May 20: Ramasawamy R. Iyer, an Indian water management expert and well-known scholar, has conceded that many of Pakistan’s concerns on the Baglihar dam in occupied Kashmir are...
Women face sexual abuse, says report: Bonded labour in agri sector ISLAMABAD, May 20: Women bonded labourers are the worst sufferers in the agriculture sector as they have to face the menace of sexual abuse. According to the recently launched International Labour...		AJK committee formed to propose amendments: Interim constitution MUZAFFARABAD, May 20: A seven-member committee of AJK MLAs was constituted by Legislative Assembly Speaker Sardar Siab Khalid on Friday to propose amendments to the Interim Constitution of Azad Kashmir known...
Groom returns without bride from held Kashmir SRINAGAR, May 20: A Pakistani Kashmiri who made headlines when he travelled to held Kashmir aboard the new trans-Kashmir bus service to wed his cousin, has returned home without his bride,...		Nisar for ‘judicial activism’ ISLAMABAD, May 20: Acting parliamentary leader of the opposition Muslim League-Nawaz in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has urged judiciary to play its due role to save the country’s...
MQM to discuss LG polls with Musharraf ISLAMABAD, May 20: A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentarians will hold a detailed meeting with President Gen Pervez Musharraf next week, a source in the party told Dawn here on Friday. According to the source, the meeting is expected to be held either on May 27 or May 28...		5 Port Qasim officials, contractor held: Corruption case ISLAMABAD, May 20: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested two deputy general managers and three other officials of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in a corruption reference, a bureau official...
Extradition treaty text with UK finalized RAWALPINDI, May 20: The text of an extradition treaty involving Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, has been finalized, a source told Dawn. The UK-Pakistan Joint Judicial Cooperation Working Group...		Shujaat resigns as chief of wage award committee ISLAMABAD, May 20: President Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday resigned from the post of chairman of the Seventh Wage Board Award sub-committee....
Most parts of poppy plant narcotics, rules LHC: Calls for larger bench to answer certain questions LAHORE, May 20: A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court, through a split judgment, declared on Friday that most parts of the poppy plant, including its capsule (doda) are opium their possession...		HRCP’s mixed marathon ‘not allowed’: It’s a political activity: nazim LAHORE, May 20: District Nazim Mian Amer said on Friday that the city district government had not allowed a mixed marathon proposed by human rights activists as it was a political activity. Answering questions in respect of refusal to Human Rights Commission...
Suspended for razing wall of minister’s plot LAHORE, May 20; Lahore Development Authority Senior Estate Officer Rana Yaqub was on Friday suspended from service for demolishing the boundary wall of a plot owned by Minister of State for...		Teachers threaten nationwide protest ISLAMABAD, May 20: Hundreds of teachers from across the country on Friday staged a protest demonstration at Aabpara Chowk. Leaders of the United Teachers Front threatened countrywide protest if their demands...
Security for symbolic marathon sought ISLAMABAD, May 20: The joint action committee of civil society organizations has condemned the May 14 attack on the women participants of a marathon in Lahore and asked the Punjab government...		Indian MP sees EU-like integration of South Asia ISLAMABAD, May 20: The time is ripe to integrate South Asian economies, politics and communities on the model of the European Union (EU), says Ashwani Kumar, a senior Congress Party leader...
Five arrested, drugs seized ISLAMABAD, May 20: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested five persons, including four women, and seized brown heroin and charas from them, an ANF spokesman said here on Friday. He said ANF Rawalpindi had received information that an attempt would be made to smuggle huge quantity of narcotics to the Punjab....		$31m ADB loan okayed for growth of agri sector ISLAMABAD, May 20: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $31 million for the development of a competitive and sustainable agribusiness sector in Pakistan. The Agribusiness Development Project will establish market- based...
PRM pledges support to PTCL workers’ struggle ISLAMABAD, May 20: People’s Rights Movement (PRM) has pledged support to the struggle of Pakistan Telecommunications Company (PTCL) workers against the proposed privatization of the state enterprise. Following a meeting with...		Authority planned on medical equipment LAHORE, May 20: The Punjab health minister says the government is planning to establish a bio-medical equipment authority to ensure implementation of laws regarding standard of medical equipment. Dr Tahir Ali Javed said the government was also in the process of finalizing a legislation...
PTCL to take action against pay-phone company LAHORE, May 20: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority will take legal action against the owners of a pay-phone company — Fone 4-U — for abrupt suspension of its service. The Shahnoor Communications...		WB studies Pakistan’s export potential LAHORE, May 20: The World Bank is going to conduct a study on growth and export competitiveness of Pakistan, according to John Arnold, the bank consultant, during a meeting with Smeda...
Scrap blast victims’ bodies to be exhumed LAHORE, May 20: Police on Friday decided to have bodies of two labourers killed in a scrap blast exhumed. The blast that took place last Sunday had been hushed up by...		English course upsets varsity students PESHAWAR, May 20: Students of the University of Peshawar are in a quandary about a newly introduced subject, Functional English, because the marks obtained in it are likely to be added...
Property dealer remains untraced PESHAWAR, May 20: The family of a missing property dealer has accused the Crime Investigation Department (CID) and a federal intelligence agency of arresting him without any reason. Speaking at a...		Three Al Qaeda ‘suspects’ held MULTAN, May 20: Police have arrested three people for their alleged links with the Al-Qaeda network. Sources said that Ali Sher and Hafiz Ijaz of Multan and Pir Jameel of Kayyah...
Farmers urged to go for trickle irrigation QUETTA, May 20: Every drop of water is important for Balochistan which is facing storage of drinking and irrigation water and the farmers and growers should utilize it carefully. This was...		Attack on HR activists condemned MIRPURKHAS, May 20: Pakistan People’s Party leader Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur has condemned police attack on human rights activists in Lahore. Mr Talpur said here on Friday in a statement that...
Rao Sikandar due to solve issue today: Okara military farms OKARA, May 20: Federal Defence Minister Rao Sikandar Iqbal is scheduled to hold a meeting here on Saturday (today) with a view to resolving the military farms’ land issue. Owned by...		High Court stops fresh appointments in varsity BAHAWALPUR, May 20: The Lahore High Court, Bahawalpur bench, on Friday stopped any fresh appointment in the Islamia University till further orders. The order was issued on a writ petition filed...
Turtles in troubled waters MULTAN, May 20: While cruising alongside the rivers and water channels these days, one may have to undergo a painful experience of watching the members of nomadic riverine communities brutalizing the...		A ‘rare’ breed MULTAN, May 20: Is this the rare pig-nosed turtle found in the Manka drain? The drain in Dera Ghazi Khan is one of the oldest water channels in the area and...
‘More to jailbreak bid than meets the eye’ By Sajjad Abbas Niazi SARGODHA, May 20: As the district jail higher-ups are probing the jailbreak attempt incident and some 24 officials have already been suspended, there is hardly any doubt about the fact that...		Kharian tehsil nazim sacked GUJRAT, May 20: The provincial secretary for local bodies had removed Kharian tehsil Nazim Nadeem Asghar Kaira and made Naib Nazim Dr Javed Riaz as the acting tehsil Nazim on Friday....
Police fail to arrest ‘rapist’ of minor GUJRANWALA, May 20: A minor was raped in the Baghbanpura area on Friday as the city police failed to arrest the criminal. Victim ‘A’, a resident of street No 98, was...		Kohistani-Jigali tribal feud settled CHITRAL, May 20: A 22-year-old feud between two tribes, which has claimed dozens of lives over a period of about two decades, ended this week at the Chitrali town of Arandu...
Size of foreign-funded ADP may be reduced PESHAWAR, May 20: The NWFP government will have to arrange substantial funds before the end of the current financial year to honour its commitment for the foreign-funded projects, according to official...		3 brothers gunned down in Kandhkot JACOBABAD, May 20: Three brothers, Shah Dino, Shahmir and Malook Bhangwar, were killed in the jurisdiction of the A-section police station, Kandhkot, on Friday. The deceased brothers had gone to the...
Efforts on to fill vacant posts of judges: CJ SUKKUR, May 20: Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court Justice Sabihuddin Ahmed laid the foundation stone of the District Courts Complex Phase-II here on Friday. The courts complex will be...		Anti-encroachment drive launched LARKANA, May 20: The Larkana district government launched an anti-encroachment drive in the city on Friday. The action has been taken on the directive of the Sindh High Court, Larkana bench....
Security tightened in Miramshah MIRAMSHAH, May 20: The political administration on Friday stepped up security measures after unidentified people distributed pamphlets in the town, asking tribesmen to keep their businesses closed after Asr prayers and...		Man, woman killed over karo-kari DADU, May 20: A woman and a man were killed on pretext of karo-kari in the Jhangal Panhwar village, Johi taluka, on Thursday night. One Mir Khan Panhwar shot dead his...
Peshawar bar polls today PESHAWAR, May 20: The annual elections of the Pes-hawar High Court Bar Associ-ation will be held on Saturday, in there are six candidates in the run for the post of president....		Algerians produced in court PESHAWAR, May 20: Jud-icial magistrate Jamshed Khan Kundi on Friday summoned the record of a case pertaining to two Algerian nationals married to Pakistani women. The men, who had allegedly disappeared...
Mir for OIC summit LAHORE, May 20: Senator Sajid Mir, head of the Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith, on Friday called for an OIC summit to adopt a resolution against the United States for desecrating the...		Demand to fix reflectors on animal-driven carts SANGHAR, May 20: Fixing of reflector stickers should be made mandatory for animal-driven carts plying on roads at night. At a meeting of the NGO-police network at the district council hall...
Policemen booked MIRPURKHAS, May 20: Under the directives of the district and sessions Judge, the town police have registered a case against police officials of the Anti-Car Lifting Cell. They include in-charge Shahid...		Suspects granted bail PESHAWAR, May 20: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to the husband, mother-in-law and brother-in-law a woman who was allegedly poisoned to death last year. Chief Justice Tariq Pervez...