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‘Chemical device used in shrine bomb blast’ RAWALPINDI, May 28: A high-powered ‘chemical explosive device’ with detonator was used in the Bari Imam shrine suicide attack which left at least 20 people dead and nearly 100 injured on Friday, sources told Dawn on Saturday....		Security forces on high alert after suicide bombing ISLAMABAD, May 28: The security forces were put on highalert for reprisal attacks on Saturday after Imam Bari suicide bombing on Friday which claimed at least 20 lives....
Khalil urges tribesmen to cooperate with govt PESHAWAR, May 28: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has urged the tribesmen of North Waziristan agency to cooperate with the government in dealing with the issue of foreign terrorists. He said it should...		Five Afghans held for waving Indian flags MIRAMSHAH, May 28: Political authorities arrested five Afghan nationals on Saturday on the charge of waving Indian and Afghan flags during a cricket match, officials said. They said some Afghans, who...
PM sees better ties with Malaysia ISLAMABAD, May 28: Prime Minister Shaukat has said that brotherly relations between Pakistan and Malaysia are bound to strengthen further. He was talking to Chairman OIC Commission...		ISI chief arrives in US NEW YORK, May 28: The Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt-Gen Ashfaq Kiani arrived in the United States on Thursday on an official visit, informed sources told Dawn. During the visit he...
Musharraf’s visit: security tightened in N. Areas GILGIT, May 28: The army and security agencies strengthened security arrangements in the Northern Areas on Saturday ahead of an expected visit of President Gen Pervez Musharraf...		Kasuri wants West’s views on Islam corrected ISLAMABAD, May 28: Foreign Minister Khurshid M. Kasuri on Saturday called on the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) to play an effective role in countering misperceptions about Islam in the West....
NHA asks PM to help end row with Turkish firm ISLAMABAD, May 28: The National Highway Authority (NHA) has requested Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to arrange amicable settlement with Turkish firm Bayinder, former contractors of Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway project, during his forthcoming...		More join hands with angry PML group QUETTA, May 28: More provincial ministers and MPAs of Pakistan Muslim League have joined hands with the group formed in Balochistan against the coalition partner MMA which indicates that the gulf...
Three sentenced to death QUETTA, May 28: The sessions courts of Barkhan and Nasirabad have awarded capital punishment and fines to three convicts in separate murder cases. Additional Sessions Judge Barkhan at Loralai Abdul Rashid...		‘PML-N won’t allow N-plan rollback’ QUETTA, May 28: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on Saturday pledged that the military rulers would not be permitted to roll back the nuclear programme or make any compromise...
KIU to open four new departments GILGIT, May 28: The Karakuram International University (KIU) will open four new departments to widen the scope of studies in Northern Areas. The KIU sources said that the administration had planned...		JUI-F decries JI statement PESHAWAR, May 28: Criticizing a statement of Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Mohammad Ibrahim against the opposition leader in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) has said...
Rail traffic partially restored: Train schedule disrupted RAHIM YAR KHAN, May 28: Rail traffic suspended after the derailment of a goods train on Friday was partially restored after 20 hours on Saturday morning. Thirteen container coaches had derailed...		Kharian nazim yet to be traced GUJRAT, May 28: The Kharian Cantonment police have failed to trace the people, who had allegedly facilitated absconding Kharian Tehsil Nazim Nadeem Asghar Kaira in signing official documents of Kharian, Lalamusa...
Fazal, Durrani urged to attend NSC meetings NAWABSHAH, May 28: Maulana Samiul Haq, the chairman of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, has said the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazalur Rehman, and...		Inquiry against jail officials in progress Sukkur, May 28: A high-level inquiry is in progress against the superintendent and other officials of the Sukkur central jail-I for allegedly depriving inmates of cash, mobile phones, TV sets and...
UN voices concern over slow rehabilitation: Rain victims PESHAWAR, May 28: The United Nations has expressed concern over the slow pace of progress in rehabilitation of people hit by rains and snowfall earlier this year and advised the government...		Council seeks probe against local govt officials HARIPUR, May 28: The district council on Saturday called for an inquiry against all local government representatives, including the district nazim, before the upcoming local government elections. The call was made...
Man killed during jirga HARIPUR, May 28: A man was shot dead during a jirga in village Gadwalian, some 12km from here on Friday evening. Kotnajibullah police said the jirga was holding a meeting to...		Walks held LAKKI MARWAT, May 28: The education and literacy department organised walks in different areas of Lakki Marwat on Saturday in connection with the Universal Education Programme. A large number of students,...
Polio case detected CHITRAL, May 28: A suspected polio case has been detected here by the virtue of the symptoms but it is yet to be confirmed by laboratory reports. A child specialist at...		Ruling party splits over city council division GUJRANWALA, May 28: The ruling PML is divided into two groups over the issue of the division of city tehsil council into four towns. It is learnt that most MPAs and...
MQM sets up offices in Punjab GUJRANWALA, May 28: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has started reorganizing the party in Punjab with the setting up of its offices in Sahiwal, Faisalabad and Chiniot. This was stated by MQM...		Two shot dead over old score OKARA, May 28: A landlord and his driver were shot dead over old enmity on their way to Dipalpur katchery on Saturday. Reports said Sardar Khushi Muhammad of Mujukey village was...
Complainant recovered from custody of rivals GUJRANWALA, May 28: The Baghbanpura police have recovered a murder case complainant, who was kidnapped and thrown at a railway track in Narowal by the relatives of the accused. He was...		Constable injured in ‘encounter’ SAHIWAL, May 28: A constable sustained serious injuries during an ‘encounter’ with proclaimed offenders here on Friday night at Chak 107/7-R. Reports said a Mamun Kanjan police party, headed by its...
Suicide OKARA, May 28: A 16-year-old girl, Fateh Bibi, allegedly hanged herself to death in her house at Tattha Maddoka village when her mother Rani Bibi was away. It is learnt that...		Protest held against PTCL privatization DADU, May 28: Employees of Dadu, Johi, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Mehar, Sita Road, Thrari Mohabbat, Bhan Syedabad, Sehwan, Jamshoro, Kotri and Nooriabad telephone exchanges of the PTCL on Saturday observed a...
Six killed in two accidents HYDERABAD, May 28: Six people including a woman and a young girl and two employees of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences were killed and three others were injured...		Mother of K.B.Rind passes away NAWABSHAH, May 28: Mother of K.B. Rind, Chief Secretary of Balochistan, passed away after a protracted illness in Sakrand on Saturday. She was 80. She was laid to rest at her...
Woman jailed JACOBABAD, May 28: The district and sessions judge, Syed Faiz Rasool Rashidi, awarded four years imprisonment to a woman here on Saturday for possessing two kilograms of hashish. The woman, Najma,...		Rally against encroachment SHIKARPUR, May 28: Residents of Haji Latif Shah road, union council-8 Shikarpur, observed a token hunger strike at Lakhi Gate, tower chowk here on Saturday against failure of police and district...
Burglars who shot professor arrested PESHAWAR, May 28: Police on Friday arrested three men who shot a Peshawar University professor in the leg and stomach following a failed attempt to break into his house. A 30-bore...		Anti-poverty project launched PESHAWAR, May 28: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the NWFP government on Saturday signed an agreement for initiating a pilot project for urban poverty eradication in Bannu and Dera...
Islamabad blast condemned PESHAWAR, May 28: Provincial spokesman for Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), Mufti Kifayatullah has condemned the blast at Bari Imam’s shrine and termed it an act aimed at fanning sectarianism. Speaking at a...		Music academy opened KHAIRPUR, May 28: District Nazim Nafisa Shah inaugurated the Ustad Manzoor Ali Khan Musical Academy here on Friday. The academy, named after one of the subcontinent’s prominent Khan Sahibs, Ustad Manzoor...
Tribute paid to Dr Panhwar HYDERABAD, May 28: Educationists, intellectuals and scholars have urged educated people to concentrate on development of their native villages and work for provision of basic facilities in remote areas. They...		Fourth PML-N MPA changes loyalty LAHORE, May 28: While the Punjab Assembly speaker has blocked the disqualification proceedings against five MPAs of the PML-N, the PPP-Parliamentarians and the MMA who had changed loyalty, another PML-N female...
Police reply sought in Asma case LAHORE, May 28: A local sessions court has sought reply from the city SSP (Operations) and Ghalib Market police SHO to explain why did a case was not registered on a...		Zardari for open trial in drug case LAHORE May 28: Asif Ali Zardari has approached a local sessions court with a plea that his trial on charges of drug trafficking should be conducted in an open court and...
Wasa privatization opposed LAHORE, May 28: The Labour Party has opposed privatization of the agency (Wasa) responsible for city’s water supply and sanitation problems. It has threatened to hold countrywide demonstrations if authorities do...		Senate body to finalize proposals soon: Changes to PMDC ordinance ISLAMABAD, May 28: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Act 1973 is deficient on many aspects and needs statutory mechanism to discipline or penalize institutions lacking requisite standards of medical...
26 early childhood centres planned RAWALPINDI, May 28: The district government will provide Rs1.5 million to the literacy department for establishment of 26 more early childhood education centres in the city, Executive District Officer (Literacy) Prof...		NA committee concerned at WLL service performance ISLAMABAD, May 28: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications in its meeting on Saturday expressed concern over the performance of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) service of Pakistan...
Smuggled children to arrive on June 15: Camel race in UAE ISLAMABAD, May 28: The first batch of Pakistani children smuggled to the UAE to be used as camel jockeys will arrive in Lahore on June 15, Minister of State for Overseas...		Rs35m project to interconnect CIIT campuses ISLAMABAD, May 28: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has said it will spend Rs36 million to upgrade and provide internet connectivity between various campuses of the Comsats Institute of Information Technology...
HEC to set up forensic DNA lab ISLAMABAD, May 28: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) will establish a forensic DNA laboratory at the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, with an amount...		Azher Shamim promoted to rear admiral ISLAMABAD, May 28: Commodore Azher Shamim Anwar has been promoted to rear admiral with immediate effect, a notification issued by the defence ministry said. According to Naval Headquarters’ press release, Rear...