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Govt comes under fire in Senate over law and order ISLAMABAD, May 31: The government came under fire on Tuesday over what opposition called its failure to maintain law and order in the country as the Senate debated the latest violence...		Defence expenditure to surpass target ISLAMABAD, May 31: The country’s defence expenditure at Rs146.44 billion during the first nine months (July-March) of the current financial year is set to surpass the target while development expenditure...
Senate secretariat disallows debate: Armed forces’ commercial activities ISLAMABAD, May 31: The Senate secretariat has disallowed debate on resolutions and motions filed by opposition senators about armed forces’ commercial activities. The opposition senators had filed the motions seeking debate...		CM declares four districts calamity-hit: Gram crop damage LAHORE, May 31: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday declared four districts calamity-hit because of the damage to the gram crop there, exempting farmers from the payment of abiana and other...
Grand alliance soon: Jhagra LAHORE, May 31: ARD Secretary-General Iqbal Zafar Jhagra hopes that a grand opposition alliance will come into existence in the near future. Talking to reporters on Tuesday, he said the government...		Local bodies’ polls in July, says Arbab LARKANA, May 31: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has said the local bodies’ election will be held in July and advised people to vote for candidates who can serve...
Musharraf asks Sindh govt to maintain law and order ISLAMABAD, May 31: President Pervez Musharraf has strongly condemned the killing of former MNA Aslam Mujahid and loss of lives in a terrorist attack on a mosque in Karachi and appealed...		‘Categorization of newspapers’ employees not acceptable’ KARACHI, May 31: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Employees Confederation have demanded immediate implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award for all newspapers employees...
SBP governor says health delivery system elitist ISLAMABAD, May 31: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Ishrat Hussain on Monday called for addressing the root causes of the failure of health services delivery to the poor rather...		Ex-defence production secretary dies ISLAMABAD, May 31: Former secretary, defence production, Air Marshal (retired) Zahid Anis died here late on Monday night after brief illness. He was 57. He is survived by his wife, two...
Rs487m to be spent on repair of highways ISLAMABAD, May 31: Federal Minister for Communications Shamim Siddiqui on Tuesday told the Senate that the government was spending Rs487 million on repair of various highways affected by floods in February....		Call for awareness about Aids ISLAMABAD, May 31: A survey conducted by Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) on awareness of HIV/Aids in Pakistan has indicated that knowledge about transmission of the disease was very poor among...
Two scrap dealers hurt in blast GUJRANWALA, May 31: Two scrap dealers suffered injuries in an explosion in a shop on Sheikhupura Road on Tuesday. It is learnt that Shahid and his partner Suleman were checking ...		Rivals gear up for LB polls OKARA, May 31: Influential rivals in Okara have stepped up activities for the forthcoming local government election. In this connection, former chief minister Mian Manzoor Wattoo, heading the Tamir-i-Watan group, is...
Remand GUJRANWALA, May 31: A local court on Monday granted four-day physical remand of those four accused involved in kidnapping the complainant of a murder case. Police pleaded that Qaiser, Allah Ditta,...		Four of a family die in accident MANDI BAHAUDDIN, May 31: Four of a family died and five others seriously injured when a speeding truck crashed into a motorcycle-rickshaw at Mauza Ladhar on Tuesday. Reports said a truck...
Sexual harassment Nishter surgeon made OSD MULTAN, May 31: The Nishter Medical College and Hospital orthopaedic surgeon, who was facing charges of sexually harassing a woman patient, has been transferred and directed to report to the provincial...		Advance from GP Fund; ban goes today LAHORE, May 31: The two-month old ban imposed on advance from the General Provident Fund in Punjab will be lifted from June 1. Punjab Accountant-General Wazir Ahmad Qureshi said this while...
Apex court decides in favour of refugees: Land allotment LAHORE, May 31: A division bench of the Supreme Court has dismissed several leaves to appeal moved by the Punjab chief settlement commissioner against the allotment of land to 18 families...		Two POs shot dead by aides GUJRAT, May 31: Two proclaimed offenders were shot dead allegedly by their accomplices in Surakhpur village, Tanda, some 60km from here, on Monday evening. Amjad Pehlwan and Khalid Mahmood suspected that...
‘No worthwhile literature for children’ LAHORE, May 31: A majority of the 55 million children up to the age of 14, about one-third of the country’s population, has no worthwhile literature to study that can develop...		Probe into allegation of embezzlement begins PESHAWAR, May 31: The sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee on the home department on Tuesday started an inquiry into alleged misappropriation in purchase of uniform and other items in police....
Dadu Nazim deplores schemes’ suspension DADU, May 31: The District Nazim Dadu, Malik Asad Sikandar, has regretted that development schemes in the remote areas of the district which were initiated by him six months ago, were...		Sukkur jail inquiry report finalized SUKKUR, May 31: A report determining the causes of the unrest among prisoners of the central jail-I and II, Sukkur, has been completed, sources said. Inquiry officers have also recorded the...
One killed, 30 injured in accident KHAIRPUR, May 31: A man was killed and 30 others were injured when a Karachi-bound bus coming from Peshawar overturned on the National Highway near Mosani village on Tuesday. When the...		District council cancels tenders MIRPURKHAS, May 31: The district council on Tuesday cancelled with a majority vote the tenders invited for development schemes while the district was headed by a DCO. It was the first...
Hasba Bill will be opposed: PPP PESHAWAR, May 31: The Pakistan People’s Party has said that it will oppose the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government’s Hasba Bill because it considers it a parallel justice system repugnant to the law...		Police blamed for spread of drugs NAWABSHAH, May 31: Speakers at a seminar have said that drug addiction is a major social problem because the departments concerned have not only failed to control drug trafficking but are...
Bank takes property tax issue to court PESHAWAR, May 31: The National Bank of Pakistan has approached the Peshawar High Court challenging the imposition of property tax on its property by the NWFP government. The bank has filed...		Two guns snatched from police NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 31: A group of armed men snatched two SMGs and 60 rounds from two policemen after injuring one of them near the DPO’s residence on Serhel minor here...
Zakat official removed SWABI, May 31: The chairman of the Shahmansoor Union Council Zakat Committee has been removed from the post on the charge of corruption. Sources told this correspondent on Monday that...		Kidnapping of driver Jirga warns of protest movement BANNU, May 31: A jirga of the Isaki area has threatened to launch a protest movement if the administration fails to recover within 48 hours a driver who was kidnapped in...
Man crushed to death KOHAT, May 31: An unidentified man was crushed to death by a tractor trolley near Baqizai on Monday. The traffic police arrested the fleeing tractor driver Mohammad Fareed....		Youth killed in accident JACOBABAD, May 31: A youth was killed and another seriously injured in an accident near Aliabad village, near Thul, on Tuesday. Naik Mohammad Khoso, 20, and Raja Khoso were on their...
Protest against Hesco planned SHIKARPUR, May 31: The Shikarpur Small Traders Association has condemned what they called excesses of Hesco and announced to launch a protest campaign against the company for issuing inflated and detection...		Consensus not necessary for NFC award, says PPP leader PESHAWAR, May 31: The People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) has said that a consensus among provinces and the centre is not necessary for distribution of funds from the federal divisible pool...
Recognition of medical college urged PESHAWAR, May 31: Peshawar District Council has asked the provincial government to take up the issue of recognition of the Jinnah Medical College to save the future of about 150 students....		Occupation alleged PESHAWAR, May 31: A resident of Landi Kotal has accused some officials of supporting a man who, he says, had occupied his eight acres of land and started construction on it...
WHO plans workshops PESHAWAR, May 31: The World Health Organization is to conduct workshops in Swat, Shangla, Kohistan and Dir districts where rains and snowfall had caused severe damages recently, officials said. The workshops...		PHC upholds death sentence PESHAWAR, May 31: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday upheld the capital punishment awarded to a person by a trial court in 2004 for killing an Afghan refugee. A two-member bench...
Khalil attends ex-minister’s funeral PESHAWAR, May 31: NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman went to Kota Ghazi Marjan in the Said Rawan area of Bannu district on Monday to attend the funeral of former federal minister Faridullah...		PMA for more autonomy to PMDC ISLAMABAD, May 31: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Tuesday expressed its concern over proposals regarding government’s control on appointment of the president and registrar of the Pakistan Medical and Dental...