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AJK govt accused of misusing relief aid ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: President of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Azad Kashmir, Sahibzada Ishaq Zafar, here on Tuesday said the Azad Kashmir government was ineffective and irrelevant and demanded that the relief...		Woes of Pindi tent village inmates RAWALPINDI, Nov 22: The quake survivors, living in Pindi’s tent villages, are facing several problems like food, sanitation and shelter. Unalike in Islamabad where NGOs and other charitable organizations are taking...
Senate body condemns Sangla Hill incident ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday condemned the torching of two churches and one school in Sangla Hill last week....		IFHO collects $0.1m for quake victims ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: School children and residents in a remote area of Beaver Dam, about 200 miles from Chicago, have collected $100,000 for earthquake victims in Azad Kashmir and NWFP....
UK-based trader to build homes for quake victims MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 22: A Britain-based Kashmiri trader has launched a project for rehabilitation of homeless survivors of last month’s earthquake. Mr Sher Alam, doing business in Blackburn (Lancashire) for the past...		ARD assails deployment of troops in Dera Bugti KARACHI, Nov 22: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) has expressed concern over deployment of 13,000 scouts and FC and Rangers personnel in Dera Bugti for a ‘new operation’....
Rockets, bombs seized QUETTA, Nov 22: The Frontier Corps has seized a large number of rockets and mortar bombs in the Mungochar area of Kalat district in a raid....		High tariff, poor service afflict power sector: ADB ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: High tariffs, poor quality of service, unreliability and the high cost of backup power are the binding constraints in Pakistan’s power structure which need to be urgently removed, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB)....
$0.2m Japanese funds for 3 projects ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Japan on Tuesday extended a grant of $202,288 (Rs12 million) to three organizations for their water supply, sanitation and health sector projects in Kohat, Sindh and Balochistan....		SC orders NWFP police to recover girl in 15 days ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the NWFP police to recover a girl within a fortnight kidnapped for the second time by the same captors and directed the...
Cuba to set up embassy next year ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Cuba will open its embassy in the federal capital next year, this was revealed by Cuban Foreign Minister Selipe Perez Rodreguez here while meeting Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, chairman Senate Foreign Relations Committee....		US-India nuclear accord discriminatory: Ehsan ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Ehsanul Haq on Monday said that delinking Pakistan from the proposed grant of exceptions to India for transfer of dual-use nuclear...
UN urges Gulf oil states to help quake survivors GENEVA, Nov 22: The United Nations urged wealthy Gulf oil producers on Tuesday to give money desperately needed to save hundreds of thousands of lives as winter closes in on quake-hit northern Pakistan....		Govt refuses to brief PA on NFC stand LAHORE, Nov 22: Punjab Finance Minister Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak on Tuesday flatly refused to brief the house on the provincial government’s stand on sharing country’s resources in the National Finance Commission (NFC) award....
Qazi demands withdrawal of decision on relief work LAHORE, Nov 22: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has demanded that all decisions taken so far about relief activities be withdrawn and parliamentary committee on relief be empowered to determine its future course of action about the relief work....		Three buses torched, 15 vehicles damaged: Student killed LAHORE, Nov 22: Students of the Government Islamia College Civil Lines torched three buses and damaged 15 other vehicles after their college fellow was killed by a bus on Lower Mall on Tuesday....
No Basant next year: Nazim LAHORE, Nov 22: District Nazim Mian Amer has said there is no possibility of Basant celebrations next year. Talking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said Basant would not be celebrated...		Rs2bn for AJK varsity rebuilding ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: The government has announced a Rs2 billion grant for reconstruction of the earthquake-devastated AJK university, a spokesman for the university told Dawn on Tuesday....
Ms Howard meets Sehba ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Janette Howard, wife of Australian prime minister, called on First Lady Begum Sehba Musharraf and expressed Australia’s solidarity with Pakistan in the wake of last month’s earthquake catastrophe....		Indigenous move must for women freedom RAWALPINDI, Nov 22: Indigenous feminist movements are vital to ensure participation of women in the national life in Pakistan....
Debate on recruitment of prayer leaders PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The NWFP assembly on Tuesday admitted an adjournment motion on recruitment of pesh imams by the Auqaf Department for discussion and sent two questions to the assembly’s standing committees on works and services and public health engineering....		WFP, Unicef propose food voucher scheme ISLAMABAD, Nov 22: Pointing out that an estimated 2.3 million quake-affected people are in need of food aid, the World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) have proposed...
US diplomat calls on Balochistan governor QUETTA Nov 22: United States Consul General Ms Mary H. Witt called on Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani here on Tuesday The governor and the American diplomat exchanged views on the...		Three women, boy drown GILGIT, Nov 22: Three women and a boy, belonging to the same family, drowned in River Gilgit near Thinghee, 20km west of Gilgit, on Monday, police sources said....
Six robbers held by BMP DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 22: The Border Military Police of tribal area tehsil claimed to have arrested six alleged armed robbers who were trying to escape from settle area after a clash with Punjab police....		Split in PML-N over naib nazim hopefuls GUJRANWALA, Nov 22: Differences have surfaced in PML-N ranks over nominations for naib nazims, Dawn learnt here. Reports said the ARD had fielded candidates for nazims of union councils, towns and...
Musharraf orders NCA sub-campus in Bahawalpur BAHAWALPUR, Nov 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has directed the Punjab government to set up a sub-campus of National College of Arts (NCA) at the historic Gulzar-i-Sadiq, the palace of the late nawab his highness Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi....		Kitchen gardening can improve nutrition level FAISALABAD, Nov 22: Kitchen gardening can help improve nutrition level of the poor in rural and urban areas and play a role in poverty alleviation, said Prof Dr Bashir Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad....
Hudood case for marrying niece SAHIWAL, Nov 22: Police registered a Hudood case against a man, his wife and an accomplice. Police said Athar Obaid had contracted a marriage with the daughter of his sister-in-law with the help of his wife Manzooran and accomplice Sarwar....		Stone suppliers strike against new tax SARGODHA, Nov 22: Crushed stone suppliers and truck owners association have suspended supply to the entire country for the last five days as a protest against imposition of excise duty by the mines department....
Two dacoits arrested OKARA, Nov 22: The local police claimed on Tuesday to have arrested two highwaymen after an encounter in the jurisdiction of the Pattoki police station, Kasur district....		Health projects approved TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 22: The district development committee approved on Tuesday six health department development schemes for rural areas of the district....
Man killed by rivals SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 22: A man was killed in an exchange of fire between two farmers’ groups at Dera Ismael Memo Wali on Tuesday. Reports said Rasheed and his colleague Ishaq Masih...		Resolution on prisoners adopted LAHORE, Nov 22: The Punjab Assembly adopted on Tuesday with a consensus a resolution seeking permission for prisoners undergoing long confinement to meet their wives in jails at least thrice a year....
Arts festival in full swing LAHORE, Nov 22: The World Performing Arts Festival continues to draw spectators at the Alhamra Cultural Complex with its multi-coloured performances in dance, music, films, theatre and puppet shows....		NA body on PR meets today LAHORE, Nov 22: The National Assembly’s Standing Sub-committee on Railways will be meeting on Wednesday (today) to re-examine recruitments of non-gazetted employees made in the railways from 2002 to date, it is learnt....
Environment degradation a major factor: Quake devastation LAHORE, Nov 22: The scale of the devastation caused by the Oct 8 earthquake tells a lot about the effects of irresponsible human activity resulting in the destruction of environment and consequences of tempering with the Nature....		Bureaucracy told to introduce monitoring LAHORE, Nov 22: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi directed the provincial bureaucracy on Tuesday to introduce the monitoring system to keep an eye on departments’ performance and proper and timely utilization of development funds....
74 police officers not allowed to appear in exams: UN peace-keeping missions HYDERABAD, Nov 22: Aro-und 74 officials of Sindh police were not allowed to appear in examinations in Islamabad on Tuesday for selection in UN’s peace-keeping missions....		Alleged bandit arrested near Rohri SUKKUR, Nov 22: An alleged bandit was arrested when he and his gang were looting passenger vehicles on the link road in Wada Patni near Rohri on Tuesday morning....
PHC seeks report on poll dispute PESHAWAR, Nov 22: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday sought record from district Lower Dir’s returning officer in a dispute relating to the election of district nazim....		Contractors warn of boycotting govt tenders HARIPUR, Nov 22: Contractors registered with the works and services department will boycott new tenders if existing rate schedule is not revised on the basis of current prices of construction material....
Medical board to examine assaulted girls urged: Nazim calls for impartial probe NAWABSHAH, Nov 22: Dis-trict Nazim Faryal Talpur has called upon health officials to constitute a medical board for medical examination of two girls allegedly tortured and criminally assaulted by their step-father....		Six facing sedition charges granted bail LARKANA, Nov 22: The first additional session judge has confirmed the bail of six people facing sedition charges. The accused are: Ammanullah Shaikh; senior vice-chairman of Sindh Democratic Party (SDP), Ms...
Legal cover plan for Darra arms industry praised PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Governor Khalilur Rehman on Tuesday appreciated a plan chalked out by the Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) for bringing the arms manufacturing...		Need stressed to educate poor children PESHAWAR, Nov 22: Children staged skits to highlight miseries of child beggars and working street children, urging their parents to take care of their offspring by admitting them to the Centre for Street Children to make them useful citizens....
Rs13.80m projectsnearing completion HARIPUR, Nov 22: EDO Community Development Dr Fazal Mehmood Khan has said that Rs13.80 million development projects proposed and executed by the Community Citizen Boards (CCBs) in the district are nearing completion....		Teachers need NoC to work as invigilators SWABI, Nov 22: School principals and teachers who wish to serve in some capacity for the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) examinations or university exams must acquire a no-objection...