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Baloch Alliance rejects committee’s proposals QUETTA, July 3: The four-party Baloch Alliance has rejected the parliamentary committee’s recommendations on Balochistan and has vowed to continue the struggle for the national rights of Baloch people. Speaking at a joint news conference at the press club on Sunday after a meeting of the alliance...		Parties urged to ensure peace during local polls: Sher Afgan opposes APC resolution KARACHI, July 3: An All Party Conference (APC) convened by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday unanimously resolved that political and religious parties were responsible for guaranteeing peace, tranquillity, transparency and...
MQM to contest local polls in Balochistan QUETTA, July 3: Senator Allama Abbas Kumali, leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, has said the party will contest local bodies’ polls in Balochistan and continue the struggle to liberate poor people from the yoke of feudalism....		Foreign tour by AJK delegation hits snags MUZAFFARABAD, July 3: A foreign tour by an AJK legislative assembly delegation, comprising seven lawmakers and one official, seems to have hit snags as the AJK Ehtesab Bureau has asked three...
Cases against 12 housing societies sent to NAB LAHORE, July 3: Cases against 12 defaulter co-operative housing societies have been referred to the National Accountability Bureau. The societies include Official Employees Cooperative Housing Society, National Cooperative Hou-sing Society,...		Rs400 million allocated for research in nano medicine ISLAMABAD, July 3: The government has allocated Rs400 million for two premier institutes, Comsats and the National Institute for Biomedical and Genetic Engineering (Nibge) Faisalabad, for research in nano medicine....
Strategy devised to enhance cotton production ISLAMABAD, July 3: The government has devised a new strategy to realize the yield potential of cotton varieties, improve per hectare yield and enhance cotton production....		People warned against bogus job promoters ISLAMABAD, July 3: The government has asked the public to only contact licensed overseas employment promoters if they want to go abroad for work. “The information about genuineness of demand and...
Govt poised to rig LB polls: PPP ISLAMABAD, July 3: Former prime minister and Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto on Sunday said the discrepancy between the electoral lists of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Nadra...		Pakistan Railways to undertake Rs60bn rehabilitation plan ISLAMABAD, July 3: The federal government has finalized a major rehabilitation plan for the Pakistan Railways to improve the entire main railway line from Karachi to Rawalpindi and Lahore to Faisalabad....
Heatwave in Balochistan continues despite rain QUETTA, July 3: The vast plains of Balochistan remained hot and dry on Sunday and isolated rains reported from the hilly areas had no impact on the weather pattern, which was termed as abnormal by weather pundits....		PML-N to cooperate with opposition in LG polls FAISALABAD, July 3: PML-N’s Punjab president Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa has said his party will contest the local bodies polls on all seats by making adjustments with other opposition parties including the Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal....
Refugee held for smuggling explosives QUETTA, July 3: Pakistani border authorities have arrested an Afghan refugee attempting to smuggle explosives to Afghanistan through southwestern checkpoint, an official said on Sunday....		Union councils hand over charge to tehsil officers MANSEHRA, July 3: The charge of 35 union councils of Mansehra tehsil was handed over to the Tehsil Officer Regulation of the TMA on Saturday by the DCO on the orders of the provincial government....
Water shortage in Narowal city NAROWAL, July 3: Shortage of potable water in Narowal city has made people’s lives miserable. Hundreds of people have to daily queue up for hours at a time to get drinking...		Two Pakistanis executed in S. Arabia RIYADH, July 3: Saudi Arabia executed two Pakistani men on Sunday who murdered their aunt and robbed her, the Interior Ministry said. It said in a statement that Mazen Warbujan...
NWFP seeks donors’ help for flood victims PESHAWAR, July 3: The NWFP government has appealed to donor and charity organisations to extend help to hundreds of families rendered homeless by floods in five districts of the province....		Hasba law gives more powers to ombudsman PESHAWAR, July 3: The government has proposed to enhance powers of the provincial mohtasib (ombudsman) in the Hasba Bill and suggested exclusion of jurisdiction of law courts in any issue taken up by the mohtasib, sources told Dawn....
‘Selective’ load-shedding in Swabi alleged SWABI, June 3: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) has adopted a different policy for each area in Swabi for its unscheduled load-shedding, inviting people’s anger....		Ex-nazim against MNAs, MPAs contesting local body polls KHAIRPUR, July 3: Former District Nazim Nafisa Shah has termed the participation of MNAs and MPAs in partyless local body elections as complicated and illogical. “The legislators are...
Post-graduate status for CMC soon LARKANA, July 3: The Chandka Medical College is all set to be declared a post-graduate institution. Speaking at a ceremony of the stipend cheques distribution to post-graduate trainees, CMC Principal...		No salary for Grade-IV employees for 7 months SWABI, July 3: The government employees of BPS-IV have not received their salary for last seven months and it is still not clear when they will get it....
Admission to Makli sites restricted THATTA, July 3: Local and foreign tourists have stopped visiting the historical graveyard of Makli as the contractor has locked the gates of most of the tombs and mausoleums....		Fata woman clears CSS exam PESHAWAR, July 3: Sahibzadi Faiza Noor is the only woman from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas who has passed the Central Superior Services examination, 2004....
Protest against water shortage DADU, July 3: Farmers took out a procession in Khairpur Nathan Shah town on Sunday in protest against water shortage in Kudan and Pechuho Wahs and Kalro Shakh of the Rice canal....		Two killed by burglars in Shikarpur SHIKARPUR, July 3: Two people were shot dead and five others were injured by burglars in Jafri village near Mari Sharif, some 4km off here, on Saturday night....
Rain claims two lives in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, July 3: Two people were electrocuted while six family members injured when the roof of a house collapsed in rain-related incidents here on Sunday morning.....		‘Special attention to agri sector’ KASUR, July 3: Minister of State for Housing and Works Sardar Asif Nakai says the government is paying special attention to the agriculture sector. Talking to representatives of farmers and...
Exporters concerned at high inputs’ cost FAISALABAD, July 3: Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) has said that the high rate of export finance, increase in POL prices, shipping freight and trade barriers will undermine the benefits of...		‘Nazims misusing official vehicles’ SARGODHA, July 3: Despite the replacement of nazims with administrators, most of nazims have not returned their official vehicles. According to reports, tehsil nazims, including Dr Liaquat Ali Khan, Mian Naseer...
Man dies in car-train collision GUJRANWALA, July 3: A man was killed while a taxi driver sustained serious injuries in a collision between a car and an Express Train at the railway crossing near Atawa on Sunday....		PML-N for general polls LAHORE, July 3: PML-N MNA Khwaja Saad Rafiq said here on Sunday that the country needed general elections, not local. Talking to reporters, he said a few people wanted to...
Ministry to decide on Nawaz’s passport LAHORE, July 3: The decision on Nawaz Sharif and his family’s application for passports will be taken by the interior ministry, says the foreign minister. “The matter will go to the...		‘Juvenile law needs changes for Fata’ PESHAWAR, July 3: The Juvenile Justice System Ordinance has not been enforced in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas because necessary changes have not been made to the law by the federal government before its extension to the region last year....
Kalabagh dam opposed PESHAWAR, July 3: The Pakistan People’s Party (Hoti group) on Sunday criticized the federal government and political parties campaigning for the construction of controversial Kalabagh dam, saying the havoc wrought by...		Man dies in explosion HARIPUR, July 3: A mechanic was killed and three of his clients were injured in an explosion in a welding plant in the Khalabat Township here on Saturday evening....
Trainee doctors end strike PESHAWAR, July 3: Trainee medical officers have called off their strike in the Khyber Teaching Hospital, the Lady Reading Hospital and the Hayatabad Medical Complex on Sunday after being assured that...		Man shot dead LAKKI MARWAT, July 3: A man was shot dead over an old enmity in Tajori, some 45 kilometres from here, on Sunday. The victim, Jamshed Khan, was attacked allegedly by...
Leopard kills 2 women ABBOTTABAD, July 3: A woman and her mother-in-law were killed by a leopard in vilage Chatri near Thandiyani here on Saturday. The victims, identified as Khurshid Bibi and Ferozan Bibi,...		Dacoits’ gang busted VEHARI, July 3: Vehari police claimed to have busted a gang of dacoits here on Saturday night. Acting on a tip-off, Danywal police raided a local hotel on the Club Road...