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‘Charter of Democracy approved by Nawaz’ ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has said that his party chief Nawaz Sharif has approved a ‘Charter of Democracy’ and the party is awaiting response from Pakistan People’s Party Chairperson Benazir Bhutto....		Combined efforts urged to combat Aids ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz have urged the people of the country to join hands and play their role in the fight against the HIV/Aids....
Cameras to be installed in Islamabad mosques ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Close circuit TV cameras would be installed in all mosques in the capital to ensure safety and security of worshippers, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told Dawn....		PML-N calls for fresh feasibility of dams: Backs Gilani’s Kashmir view LAHORE, Nov 30: The PML-N on Wednesday supported APHC leader Syed Ali Gilani’s point of view on Kashmir, saying Mirwaiz Omer Farooq was deviating from the earlier principled stand by making new proposals....
High Court seeks govt policy on POL prices LAHORE, Nov 30: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed Deputy Attorney-General Dr Danishwar Malik to submit the government policy and formula on getting the oil and other petroleum products’ prices determined by the Oil Companies Advisory Committee every two weeks....		Work on Amritsar-Nankana Road under way: CM SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 30: Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has said that work on Amritsar-Nankana Road is under way and it will be completed soon. He was talking to the press along...
Six of family hanged for triple murder FAISALABAD, Nov 30: Six family members, including a man and his son, were hanged in the district jail in the early hours of Wednesday. Muhammad Ilyas (45), Muhammad Anwar (25) and...		SC allows PMDC to appeal against SHC order ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to appeal against the Sindh High Court’s order of accepting the right of “provisionally recognized” medical institutions to become its member....
Three election commissioners to retire by year-end PESHAWAR, Nov 30: Three provincial election commissioners and the joint secretary of the Election Commission of Pakistan will retire by the end of the year, sources said....		SC suspends BHC verdict on remission of sentence QUETTA, Nov 30: Supreme Court Judge Javed Iqbal has suspended a decision of the Balochistan High Court granting remission to a prisoner convicted in a corruption case....
Draw for I-15 sector: luck smiles on outsiders ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Luck favoured outsiders more than the locals in the balloting held by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday for the plots and flats in its new I-15 sector....		Non-transfer of funds delays project: Upgradation of basic health units HARIPUR, Nov 30: Due to delay in disbursement of funds by the provincial government, work on upgrading six basic health units (BHUs) in Haripur district has been delayed, sources in the Works & Services Department told Dawn....
Telefilm producers call for curbing piracy PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The Telefilm Makers Association has urged the government to enforce laws to put a brake on the business of pirated films in the local market....		Literacy: Pakistan low achiever in region ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: Lack of national and political commitment to education was cited as the major reason for the country’s bad performance in the sector at a forum held here on Wednesday....
Call to end cellphone monopoly in AJK MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 30: A large number of people staged a protest demonstration in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s southern Mirpur town on Wednesday calling for permission to all national and multinational mobile phone companies to launch their services throughout AJK without discrimination....		Cabinet meets today ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The federal cabinet will meet here on Thursday morning under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the PM secretariat. The prime minister will apprise the cabinet...
Spurious drink kills three QUETTA, Nov 30: Three youths died after drinking spirit in the coalmine town of Mach, some 70km from here, police said on Wednesday. According to police sources, the youths, fell unconscious after consuming the spurious drink....		Laying of power lines stopped QUETTA, Nov 30: Work has been stopped on the laying of 132KV Khuzdar-Nal and Sorab-Zahri power transmission lines due to poor law and order situation and theft of electric cables in the two areas, according to Qesco....
Death condoled KARACHI, Nov 30: Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro has expressed profound grief over the passing away of Rais Ali Gauhar Khan Khuhro, younger brother of Sindh’s former chief minister Ayub Khuhro and uncle of provincial Education Minister Hameeda Khuhro....		Action urged under anti-dumping law PESHAWAR, Nov 30: Speakers at a seminar underlined the need for taking stern action against importers who are dumping foreignproducts in the domestic market, thereby harming the national industry....
Warning against poppy cultivation in Gadoon SWABI, Nov 30: The area police have warned the people of Gadoon region against poppy cultivation and said that those found cultivating the crop would face penal action....		Four jailed by ATC SUKKUR, Nov 30: The anti-terrorism court-I Sukkur and Larkana on Wednesday sen- tenced four people to 20 years imprisonment and fined them Rs20,000 each for firing on police....
Protest against water shortage DADU, Nov 30: Farmers of the Johi taluka took out a procession on Wednesday in protest against shortage of water in Pahore and Patoro waterways....		Suspected dengue fever patient kept in isolation SUKKUR, Nov 30: A man suffering from high fever and nausea who was admitted to the Sukkur Civil Hospital on Tuesday on suspicion that he is suffering from dengue fever....
PPP leadership urged to keep renegades out HYDERABAD, Nov 30: The People’s Party Parliamentarians has warned the government not to create hurdles in the return of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto. Speaking at a party’s founding day programme held...		Canal breach inundates crops NAWABSHAH, Nov 30: A 50-foot-wide breach occurred on Wednesday in the Dhoro Naro minor of the Nusrat irrigation division. Recently-sown wheat and mustard crops came under water and destroyed....
Team records statements of nurses KHAIRPUR, Nov 30: A team formed on the directives of the secretary for health continued its inquiry into complaints by nurses about police torture. The inquiry team, headed by Sukkur EDO...		PPP welcomes Benazir’s acquittal ISLAMABAD, Nov 30: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the verdict of an accountability court in Karachi quashing the PIA reference against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and termed it a “triumph of justice.”...
IUB depts working without heads BAHAWALPUR, Nov 30: All the vacant posts in various disciplines in addition to those in administrative sections of the Islamia University Bahawalpur will be filled soon....		PML men call for nomination withdrawal GUJRAT, Nov 30: More than three dozen elected representatives of the PML of Kharian tehsil council have demanded that party president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain should cancel the tehsil naib nazim ticket of Irfan Naseer Marala, the brother of MNA Rehman Marala....
50 doctors’ posts vacant for long SIALKOT, Nov 30: As many as 50 posts of medical Officers, women medical officers and dental surgeons have been lying vacant since long in various hospitals of the district....		Robbers’ gang busted SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 30: Police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested three alleged members of a robbers’ gang, including their ringleader, and recovered cattle and illicit weapons from their possession....
Breach inundates crops, village SAHIWAL, Nov 30: Standing crops on hundreds of acres and a village were inundated after a 25-feet wide breach occurred in 3/12-L distributary of 12-L Canal on Wednesday....		DPO asked to appear before PA body SARGODHA, Nov 30: Khushab DPO Javed Islam was directed to appear before Punjab Assembly’s privilege committee on Thursday (today) to explain as to why he had threatened MPA Muhammad Waris Kaloo with dire consequences....
Motorcyclist shot dead on resistance OKARA, Nov 30: A motorcyclist was shot dead by five robbers when he along with his two bike riders put up resistance on Hujra-Mandi Ahmadabad Road on Tuesday night....		Town uplift programme unveiled FAISALABAD, Nov 30: Madina Town Nazim Chaudhry Ali Akhtar Khan has said a master plan is being evolved for the beautification and uplift of the rural and urban areas of the town....
Released GUJRANWALA, Nov 30: As many as 47 prisoners involved in minor cases were released by the sessions court here on Wednesday. Reports said Additional District and Sessions Judge Wamiq Javed visited...		Khakwani opposes rail fare increase LAHORE, Nov 30: Minister of State for Railways Ishaq Khan Khakwani is not in favour of increasing rail fares. “The number of passengers will further decrease if the fares are increased...
Amarindar back home LAHORE, Nov 30: Indian Punjab Chief Minister Amarindar Singh returned home through Wagah on Wednesday afternoon after a two-day stay in Lahore and Nankana Sahib. He was accorded a warm send-off...		Property rents skyrocket in Lahore LAHORE, Nov 30: Property rents have registered a sharp increase over the last three years, leaving the fixed-income groups in particular in the most disadvantageous position....
Five LHC judges take oath today LAHORE, Nov 30: Five of the eight Lahore High Court judges are scheduled to take oath of the office on Thursday (today) after they were confirmed by the president a day earlier....		College board fails to appoint new head LAHORE, Nov 30: Mira Phailbus is likely to continue indefinitely as the principal of the Kinnaird College as its board of governors has yet to initiate the process of her replacement....
Tenders for hydel power project LAHORE, Nov 30: Tenders for the construction of Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project were opened at the Wapda House here on Wednesday. Representatives of firms bidding for the project were present on the occasion....		Aids patients complain of being ostracized PESHAWAR, Nov 30: Patients living with HIV/Aids have expressed concern over treatment meted out to them by people as well as doctors when they visit hospitals to seek treatment....
By-poll petition hearing put off PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The Peshawar High Court adjourned hearing on Salim Saifullah Khan’s writ petition after counsel of disqualified PML-N MPA Malik Imran requested for time to prepare the case....		Kalabagh dam opposed PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The Pukhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party has urged the Sindhi, Baloch, Seraeki and Pukhtoon nationalist forces unite on one platform against the construction of the controversial Kalabagh dam, which, it says, may turn the NWFP and Sindh into wastelands....
3,310 shelters built for quake survivors ABBOTTABAD, Nov 30: The Pakistan Army has built at least 3,310 temporary shelters in the Siran Valley in Mansehra and Balakot while work on 1,726 more such shelters is in full swing and will be completed soon....		Over 300 new cases in NWFP, Fata PESHAWAR, Nov 30: Over 300 new cases of HIV/Aids are reported in the NWFP and Fata during the current year, a doctor at the Pakistan Medical and Research Centre (PMRC) told Dawn on Wednesday....
EU to help education sector with 30m euros PESHAWAR, Nov 30: The European Union will provide 30 million euros for development of the education sector in the NWFP. A two-member delegation of the European Union announced this at a...		Power supply to passport office stopped ABBOTTABAD, Nov 30: The Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (Pesco) disconnected power supply to the Regional Passport Office Abbottabad on Tuesday due to non-payment of dues. According to revenue office of Pesco,...