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Seminaries agree to get registered: Ulema assured of amendments to Act
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The Ittehad Tanzeemat Madaris-i-Deeniya (ITMD) on Friday agreed to register around 9,000 seminaries with the government following an assurance that certain changes would be made to the Registration of Societies Act, 1860....
Provinces’ project sanctioning limit increased
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The federal government has enhanced project sanctioning power of the provincial governments to Rs5 billion in case of 100 per cent self-financed projects....
Senate disposes of heavy agenda: Question hour deferred
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The Senate on Friday disposed of a heavy agenda after the opposition ‘generously’ agreed to defer the question hour allowing the government to pass a bill and table various motions and ordinances....
Opposition to requisition Senate session
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Opposition senators on Friday decided to requisition the Senate session to discuss the alleged rigging in the local government elections, Gen Musharraf’s recent US visit and price-hike in the country....
Latest AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition seized
PESHAWAR, Sept 23: Personnel of the Customs Intelligence have seized a large quantity of silencer fitted AK-47 assault rifles which were being smuggled from Dara Adamkhel, Khyber Agency, to Punjab, sources said on Friday....
Police inquiry report in Sonia case
THE police inquiry report into the alleged abduction, torture and rape of Sonia Naz has made some startling findings which give credence to the charges levelled by Sonia....
Panic closes Manchester airport for two hours
MANCHESTER, Sept 23: British police used a stun gun to subdue a man who burst through a security perimeter into northern England’s Manchester airport on Friday, causing a security scare that shut it down for over two hours....
Rita inflicts early deaths, floods on US ghost coast
HOUSTON (Texas), Sept 23: Hurricane Rita stayed on course on Friday for a major hit on the southern United States as 24 people died fleeing Texas and new floods hit stricken New Orleans....
Explosion kills 10 at Hamas rally
GAZA, Sept 23: An explosion at a Hamas rally killed at least 10 Palestinians, including children, in the Gaza Strip on Friday in the first deadly incident in the territory since Israel completed its withdrawal on Sept 12....
CJ convenes SJC meeting
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, has convened a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) on Saturday in the Supreme Court....
India-US naval exercise
NEW DELHI, Sept 23: India and the United States will hold their biggest-ever joint naval exercise later this month as they aim to build up cooperation to deal with piracy and terrorism, the Indian navy said on Friday....
Five army officials promoted
RAWALPINDI, Sept 23: Five Major Generals have been approved for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant General, with two of them becoming Corps Commanders of Lahore and Peshawar, respectively....
Admiral Tahir named as naval chief
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has promoted Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Mohammad Afzal Tahir, to the rank of admiral and appointed him as the new naval chief, according to an official notification....
Iran sees victory in N-battle
TEHRAN, Sept 23: Iran was sensing victory on Friday in a diplomatic battle over its nuclear programme, but regime officials nevertheless stepped up their bid to avoid even limited criticism from the UN atomic agency....
EU moves resolution against Iran
VIENNA, Sept 23: The European Union submitted a resolution on Friday to the International Atomic Energy Agency calling for Iran to be reported to the Security Council over nuclear plans the West fears aim to produce atomic weapons....
Over 400,000 Afghan DPs gone home
GENEVA, Sept 23: Well over 400,000 Afghan refugees, many living outside the country for more than two decades, have returned home this year under United Nations programmes, a spokesman said on Friday....
10 killed in Afghanistan gunbattle
KANDAHAR, Sept 23: Ten insurgents and an Afghan soldier were killed in an operation to arrest a top Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on Friday....
4 die in Sehwan stampede
DADU, Sept 23: Four people were run over and killed in a stampede at the shrine of Sufi saint Qalandar Lal Shahbaz on the first day of his annual Urs on Friday....
US Muslim charged with Al Qaeda links
LOS ANGELES, Sept 23: US prosecutors on Thursday charged a California Muslim of Pakistani descent with providing material support for terrorists by attending an Al Qaeda-linked training camp....
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Editor: Tahir Mirza
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The Ittehad Tanzeemat Madaris-i-Deeniya (ITMD) on Friday agreed to register around 9,000 seminaries with the government following an assurance that certain changes would be made to the Registration of Societies Act, 1860....
MANCHESTER, Sept 23: British police used a stun gun to subdue a man who burst through a security perimeter into northern England’s Manchester airport on Friday, causing a security scare that shut it down for over two hours....
HOUSTON (Texas), Sept 23: Hurricane Rita stayed on course on Friday for a major hit on the southern United States as 24 people died fleeing Texas and new floods hit stricken New Orleans....
GAZA, Sept 23: An explosion at a Hamas rally killed at least 10 Palestinians, including children, in the Gaza Strip on Friday in the first deadly incident in the territory since Israel completed its withdrawal on Sept 12....
