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WTO regimes to increase poverty, food insecurity; 4 studies launched ISLAMABAD, July 24: Research institutes lack the capacity to provide vital information to the negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks to ensure maximum benefits to the country in various trading agreements....		SC to hear Hasba bill reference today ISLAMABAD, July 24: A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear the presidential reference about the Hasba Bill-2005 passed by the NWFP Assembly on Monday. According to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry...
An attempt to gag press, say MMA, PPP leaders KARACHI, July 24: The Leader of Opposition in Senate Mian Raza Rabbani, has condemned what he called the kidnapping of a journalist in Karachi on Sunday and termed it a step taken by the government to browbeat the press....		Journalist’s arrest condemned KARACHI, July 24: The Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE) and the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) have strongly condemned the abduction of a journalist, Rashid Channa, associated with the Dawn Group of Newspapers, apparently by law-enforcement personnel....
Diplomatic Enclave security check irks people ISLAMABAD, July 24: The long queues of cars and pedestrians at the entrance of the Diplomatic Enclave due to the painstakingly slow security check in the wake of London bombings have...		Contract workers to benefit: minister: Amendment in labour laws ISLAMABAD, July 24: Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Sunday said after approval of amendments to certain labour laws by the federal cabinet, contract workers...
Two reports on train collision conflicting LAHORE, July 24: The two reports on the fatal accident at the Sarhad railway station are conflicting, according to a former federal government inspector of railways....		PR withdrew signaling project’s LoI unilaterally: Chinese firm says LAHORE, July 24: The China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation has asked the Pakistan Railways to seriously reconsider the implications of withdrawing the modern signalling project’s Letter of Intent (LoI), it is learnt....
Promotions to BPS 20: CSB meeting postponed ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Central Selection Board (CSB) meeting for recommending promotions of officers to BPS 20 has been postponed and the board would now meet on August 8-9, Establishment Division sources said on Saturday....		‘Expats ready to invest in AJK health, social sector’ ISLAMABAD, July 24: Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has received offers for investment in medical support and social services sectors in Azad Kashmir....
Commitment to peace process reaffirmed ISLAMABAD, July 24: Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri on Sunday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to continuing the peace process with India despite disappointing statements by Indian leadership....		Asif leaves NY for London NEW YORK, July 24: Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari left here for London on Saturday night to discuss with members of his family various options he has been given by his doctors regarding his cardiac condition....
‘Indian leaders statement can damage peace process’ ISLAMABAD, July 24: Chairman Kashmir Committee and Senior Vice-President Pakistan Muslim League Hamid Nasir Chattha on Sunday said statements of Indian leaders could have negative effects on the peace process between Pakistan and India....		Candidates can also use old NICs: EC ISLAMABAD, July 24: The Election Commission of Pakistan has facilitated the local government candidates to use both the computerized and the old national identity cards for filing nomination papers....
Directive to govt servants GILGIT, July 24: Government employees in the Northern Areas have been warned of stern action if they are found dabbling in sectarian politics. At a high-level meeting chaired by the federal...		HRCP assails arrest of journalist KARACHI, July 24: Senator Iqbal Haider, Secretary-General of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), has in a statement issued here on Sunday, condemned the ‘arrest’ of a senior journalist, Rashid Channa of Star, and demanded his immediate release....
Mirani dam ISLAMABAD, July 24: Sixty per cent work on the Mirani dam in Balochistan has been completed and the project is likely to be finalized by July 2006....		Victimization of candidates continues: PPP KARACHI, July 24: The head of the People’s Party Parliamentarians monitoring committee for the local body elections, Mr Taj Haider, alleged on Sunday that the government was continuing its assault on Awam Dost Panel candidates....
Officials asked to remain neutral in LB polls ABBOTTABAD, July 24: NWFP Minister for Local Government Sardar Mohammad Idrees has said that the provincial government has issued directives to all officials to remain neutral in the forthcoming local body...		3 Swabi councils without women candidates SWABI, July 24: Women of three union councils of the district have been barred from filing nomination papers for the upcoming local body polls. Sources in the local election commission...
CEC urged to take notice of kidnappings MITHI, July 24: Dr Mahesh Kumar Malani, president of the People’s Party Parliamentarian, Tharparkar, has urged the chief election commissioner to take notice of kidnapping of a number of PPP activists...		Literacy drive helps over 8,000 in Karak PESHAWAR, July 24: More than 8,000 people in Karak district have received basic education under the National Commission for Human Development’s adult literacy programme....
Officials accused of selling water NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 24: Farmers of Kendhar, Kandiaro, Larik and Budka minors took out a procession in Kandiaro town on Saturday to protest against selling of irrigation water....		PPP condemns recent transfers KHAIRPUR, July 24: A meeting of the district board of the People’s Party Parliamentarian was held at the Wassan house here on Sunday. PPP Sindh President Syed Qaim Ali Shah,...
Protest rally in Haripur HARIPUR, July 24: Women activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians took out a rally to protest against the decision of some political parties banning women candidates from taking part in local...		TMA forced to approve commercial project: Rs71m fee also waived FAISALABAD, July 24: Contrary to its claims of good governance, the Punjab government has forced the Tehsil Municipal Administration to withdraw a notice served on a private firm for the recovery of over Rs71 million commercial fee....
Case against MPA, others for protest: Police allege interference in crackdown SHEIKHUPURA, July 24: The Syedwala police have registered a case against 200 people, including Punjab Parliamentary Secretary for Culture Agha Ali Haider, a PML MPA, on the charge of damaging public property during a procession....		Three prayer leaders arrested in Sialkot SIALKOT, July 24: Sialkot police on Sunday arrested three prayer leaders of different sects for violating a ban on the loudspeaker. Maulvi Matiullah, Qari Muhammad Shahid and Qari Muhammad Nasir were...
Storm claims three lives in Sahiwal SAHIWAL, July 24: Three people were killed and six injured as a windstorm lashed the city on Saturday night, disrupting telephone and electricity systems. Reports said a powerful windstorm hit...		Police ‘insensitive’ to sensitive cases LAHORE, July 24: Police are showing ‘very little’ response to even extremely sensitive cases, says a meeting of the Punjab regional monitoring committee of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Human Rights....
Rachna varsity’s extension approved GUJRANWALA, July 24: The Punjab governor has given an approval for buying 50 acres more agricultural land for the extension of the Government Rachna College and Engineering University in Jora, Wazirabad....		Five of family shot FAISALABAD, July 24: Five members of a family were gunned down on Saturday night while three women sustained injuries over an old enmity at Chak no....
Man, grandson drown in canal OKARA, July 24: A man and his grandson were drowned in the canal here on Sunday. Reports said Sheikh Allah Ditta of Muhammad Yarwala village and his family members were going to Haveli Lakkha by a peter rickshaw....		Two students die of food poisoning KASUR, July 24: Two seminary students lost their lives and eight others fainted after taking a poisonous meal in Naul village on Sunday. Police said some students of Madressah Ashraful Uloom fell unconscious after they took their meal....
Robbers injure man MANDI BAHAUDDIN, July 24: Robbers shot at and injured a man in a strike in the district on Saturday night. According to reports, two armed men entered Ghulam Haider’s house at...		Govt to set up cancer hospital in Lahore LAHORE, July 24: The Punjab government has decided to set up a cancer hospital, which will be the first of its kind in public sector. This was said by Chief Minister...
Police operation loses momentum LAHORE, July 24: Most of the ‘wanted’ men belonging to the banned militant outfits are learnt to have gone underground in view of the ongoing crackdown....		100,000 low-cost houses planned: HBFC-Bahria Town agreement PESHAWEAR, July 24: The House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) has chalked out a plan in collaboration with Bahria Town, a private builder, for construction of 100,000 housing units in the country for people belonging to low income group....
Nursing school students seek stipend raise PESHAWAR, July 24: Students of nursing schools have made an impassioned plea to the government to raise their monthly stipend, improve their daily food intake and allow them leave so they could perform their duties satisfactorily....		LG polls: parties ignoring issues PESHAWAR, July 24: Political parties fielding panels for the forthcoming local council polls have no development programme and these are focusing only on seat-to-seat adjustment....
Protest rally held against poll ban on women PESHAWAR, July 24: The provincial women wing of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) staged a demonstration on Sunday against barring of women from contesting polls and casting votes in the forthcoming local body elections....		‘N-tests behind PML-N govt’s fall’ PESHAWAR, July 24: PML-N’s central secretary Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has claimed that PML-N’s government was dismissed because of nuclear explosions and its plan to implement Islamic system in the country....
35 Afghans arrested PESHAWAR, July 24: Peshawar police have arrested 35 Afghans on charges of illegal stay during last three days. A police spokesman told APP that all the arrests have been made from...		WHO’s new plan PESHAWAR, July 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a surveillance system in Pakistan for sexually transmitted infections, an official say. The world body has hired a consultant, who is...