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WB approves $46.7m for polio eradication ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The World Bank has approved $46.7 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Pakistan government’s effort to eradicate polio....		Public-private sectors lack capacity: EIA of uplift projects ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Both public and private sectors lack the capacity to conduct Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) of the development projects in the country. This concern was raised during the three-day...
Situation difficult, not critical in affected areas: UN ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Midway through the winter, optimism has started to creep into the earthquake survivors and humanitarian community though the conditions are still difficult, said United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Vandemoortele on Friday....		Free surgery offered to cleft lip patients ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: A group of British and Pakistani surgeons has offered to operate upon patients suffering from cleft lip and palate disability free of cost....
7 killed in accident near Chakwal CHAKWAL, Jan 27: Seven persons were killed and three injured in a collision between a coach and a rickshaw on Talagang-Rawalpindi Road here on Friday. The coach No 2709 was going...		Rs19bn for improving Punjab police performance RAWALPINDI, Jan 27: The Punjab government has allocated Rs19 billion for improving the performance of Punjab police and to equip the force with the latest resources including transport, weapons and communication system, official sources said....
Benazir condoles death of Wali Khan ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: Former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has expressed grief and shock over the death of veteran politician and ANP Rahbar Khan Abdul Wali Khan....		10,555 arms licences issued in two years ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The interior ministry has issued licences of prohibited and legal weapons to some 10,555 people including parliamentarians, doctors, lawyers and leaders of political and religious organizations during the last two years....
NA council wants dam royalty GILGIT, Jan 27: The Northern Areas Legislative Council has demanded that the federal government should implement its resolution calling for renaming the Bhasha dam as Diamer dam and payment of dam royalty to the people of the region....		Eviction of protesters stirs tension in Sui QUETTA, Jan 27: Tension mounted in the town of Sui on Friday after security forces removed hunger strike camps set up by PPL employees and evicted protesters from a nearby dispensary....
High court judge escapes unhurt in rocket attack QUETTA, Jan 27: A judge of the Balochistan High Court escaped unhurt after a rocket was fired on his vehicle in the Bolan Valley on Friday morning....		What it means to defy vani MULTAN, Jan 27: Some furtive moves by the Mianwali police have strengthened the doubts of a family that it will be ‘punished’ for coming out against the draconian custom of vani....
Amritsar-Nankana bus trial successful SHEIKHUPURA, Jan 27: The trial run of the Amritsar-Nankana bus was described as ‘successful’ by Indian and Pakistan authorities on Friday. The bus carrying 12 Indian government officials reached Nankana Sahib in the afternoon....		Five women of family killed in accident KASUR, Jan 27: Five women of a family were killed while eight other members suffered serious injuries on Friday in a road accident near Bado Jeona village....
Eight NBP managers suspended for graft GUJRANWALA, Jan 27: National Bank of Pakistan Regional Business Chief Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmad on Friday suspended eight managers of different branches from service on the charge of embezzlement through wrong entries of rice stocks pledged by various dealers....		Many hurt after jumping out of moving train KASUR, Jan 27: Scores of passengers suffered severe injuries when they jumped out of a moving train after witnessing another train on the same track at the Kasur railway station on Friday....
Construction of dams necessary for development: Soomro JACOBABAD, Jan 27: Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro has said that dams are necessary for development of agriculture and economy of the country. He was talking to journalists at the town hall here on Thursday....		Power supply to 22 villages stopped KHAIRPUR, Jan 27: Power supply to 22 villages from the Ahmedpur feeder in the Kingri taluka was disconnected here on Friday. A team of the Hesco led by line-superintendent Wali Mohammad Leghari disconnected electricity....
SC seeks comments from Sindh IGP: Missing JSSM leader THATTA, Jan 27: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has sought comments from Inspector General of Police, Sindh, regarding the whereabouts of JSMM (Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz) central general secretary Nawaz Ali...		WHO backs Pakistan resolution: World emergency preparedness ISLAMABAD, Jan 27: The 117th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) being held in Geneva has supported a resolution proposed by Pakistan on ‘world emergency preparedness and response programme’....
Probe into closure of operation theatre SWABI, Jan 27: A two-member inquiry team has recorded statements of different people about closure of the operation theatre of the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital Swabi for more than a week....		Protesting PPP activists block National Highway THATTA, Jan 27: Hundreds of activists of the Pakistan People’s Party, PPP, took out a procession to protest against the issuance of red notices by Interpol against former premier Benazir Bhutto...
Goods train derails near Oderolal SANGHAR, Jan 27: Three bogies of a Karachi-bound goods train coming from Lahore derailed between Oderolal and Palijani stations on early Friday morning. Due to the derailment, Bahauddin Zakaria Express, Tezgam,...		Two killed in tribal clash SUKKUR, Jan 27: Two villagers were killed in an armed clash between two tribes of the Bhind community in the Allah Dino Bhind village of the Khairpur district in the Gambat police station precinct on late Thursday night....
Baby leopard caught by villagers ABBOTTABAD, Jan 27: Villagers of Bagh in Galyat caught a two-month-old leopard on Wednesday evening and handed it over to wildlife officials....		Nazim’s vehicle attacked by protesters MANSEHRA, Jan 27: Some people of Kaghan union council of Balakot protesting against alleged distribution of compensation and relief goods among survivors of October’s earthquake, attacked and damaged a vehicle of Tehsil Nazim Syed Junaid Ali Qasim near Bessian on Friday....
Teachers found absent LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 27: Several teachers were found absent when Executive District Officer, Schools and Literacy, Attaullah Khan Meenakhel, paid a surprise visit to a number of schools in Tajori subdivision on Friday....		8,000 register for Lahore race LAHORE, Jan 27: Around 8,000 men and women, including foreigners, registered themselves for the second Lahore Marathon to be held on Sunday. Saturday will be the last date for registration....
Punjabi to be given its due, says Pervaiz LAHORE, Jan 27: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi said on Friday by establishing the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture, the government had addressed the lingering concern among the intelligentsia about the lack of promotion of Punjabi language and culture....		Nawaz ‘won’t budge an inch’ LAHORE, Jan 27: Exiled former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif is arriving in London on Sunday, unrepentant of his decision to sack Gen Musharraf as the army chief and willing to...
Shujaat pays tribute to Wali Khan PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the death of Wali Khan marks the end of a glorious chapter in national politics....		Woman gets bail in hudood case lodged by husband PESHAWAR, Jan 27: The Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a woman in a hudood case instituted by her husband and sent her to a shelter home because her family has refused to ‘accept’ her....
Acting nazim stopped from performing duty PESHAWAR, Jan 27: A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday restrained the acting district nazim of Lower Dir, Sultanul Mulk, from performing his functions....		Four of a family killed ABBOTTABAD, Jan 27: Gunmen on Thursday night shot dead a man, his wife and two children in the Phulgaran village in the Bakot union council area in the Galyat....
‘Struggle for Pukhtun rights to continue’ PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Provincial General Secretary of Pakistan People’s Party, MPA Sikander Hayat Khan Sherpao, has said that the PPP will continue its struggle for the rights of the Pukhtuns and offer sacrifices for the cause, when needed....		Poll tribunal takes up Saifullah’s petition PESHAWAR, Jan 27: An Election Tribunal on Friday adjourned till Jan 30 hearing on an election petition of former PML central secretary general Salim Saifullah Khan....
Wali Khan’s death condoled PESHAWAR, Jan 27: Special assistant to the prime minister Mohammad Ali Durrani visited the Jinnah Park here and offered condolence on the death of veteran politician and Rahbar of the National Awami Party Khan Abdul Wali Khan....		Science fair SWABI, Jan 27: An All-Pakistan Science Fair began at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology on Friday. The fair has been organized by the GIKI Science...