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No peace without rights: Baloch leaders QUETTA, Feb 5: The Leader of Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly, Kachkol Ali, and chief of National Party (NP) Dr Hayee Baloch have said that recognition of ownership rights of the...		Sub-clans fighting each other: JWP QUETTA, Feb 5: The Jamhoori Watan Party has rejected allegations levelled by a district official about tribesmen having attacked gas plants in Sui and said that clashes in the Sui town...
Nawaz denies any written agreement with govt LONDON, Feb 5: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has denied existence of any written agreement with the government of Pakistan and said that an understanding is in place with the Saudi...		Parliamentary board has to allot tickets, say PML workers ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The leadership of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League has come under scathing attack from the party cadre for releasing a list of candidates for Senate elections from Punjab...
PSEB failed to achieve $50m target in 2004-05 ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) failed to achieve the target of increasing exports by at least $50 million in 2004-05, an official source told Dawn....		10m child workers in country: HRCP ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Ten million children are working as labourers, while another 200,000 die annually due to consumption of contaminated water in Pakistan, says a new report....
Qazi urges plebiscite in Kashmir PESHAWAR, Feb 5: President of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) and chief of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Qazi Hussain Ahmed has accused President General Pervez Musharraf of weakening Pakistan’s principled stand on Kashmir under...		World Bank organizing video-conference: Integrated traffic system LAHORE, Feb 5: The World Bank is organizing a video-conference in Islamabad this week to assist Punjab in planing an integrated traffic system, initially in big cities, placing road engineering, traffic police and encroachments under one independent authority....
1.1m Pakistanis working in S. Arabia: minister ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: State Minister for Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis Tariq Azeem has said 1.1 million Pakistanis are rendering services in Saudi Arabia....		Kashmir day rallies held ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Thousands of people on Sunday participated in rallies, attended conferences and formed human chain to express solidarity with the Kashmiris involved in freedom struggle....
Children pledge support for freedom struggle ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Children pledged their support to the Kashmiri people’ struggle for independence from India occupation at a function held in connection with the Kashmir Solidarity Day here on Sunday....		Man shot dead; another attempts suicide RAWALPINDI, Feb 5: A man was shot dead by two motorbike riders in the jurisdiction of Banni police while a detainee attempted suicide in a lock-up on Saturday, police said....
‘CNG buses to cut diesel import bill’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Amanullah Khan Jadoon has said that steps are underway to introducing CNG buses in the country which would cut down $700 million diesel import bill....		Possible link between two crashes being looked into MULTAN, Feb 5: Authorities are investigating a possible link between two deadly train crashes in eastern Pakistan that officials have blamed on sabotage, police said on Sunday....
Foreign visits of NAB officials cost Rs22.5m ISLAMABAD, Feb 5: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has spent Rs22.5 million on foreign trips by its 67 officials since 2000, the Senate was informed in its last session....		Human chain formed to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day KOHALA, Feb 5: To mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day, the people of Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday formed a human chain at the Kohala bridge which links Pakistan with the AJK....
‘Slain robbers were Badhber residents’ PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Police authorities said on Sunday that the four robbers who were killed in Saturday’s encounter with law-enforcement personnel were residents of the Badhber locality on the outskirts of the city....		AJK speaker stopped by guards at assembly gate MUZAFFARABAD, Feb 5: The speaker of the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sardar Siab Khalid, was stopped by army personnel for nearly 20 minutes outside the gate of his secretariat here on Sunday....
Reopening of Khokhrapar route opposed LARKANA, Feb 5: Activists of the Sindh National Party took out a procession here on Sunday to protest against opening the Khokhrapar-Munabao rail route. Led by Nasrullah Abro, the protesters burnt...		Mill owners blamed for sugar crisis HYDERABAD, Feb 5: The Sindh Abadgar Board says that the sugar cane crisis is the result of wrong policies of the government and obduracy of mill owners....
ANP convenes tribal jirga on FCR PESHAWAR, Feb 5: The Awami National Party has convened a tribal jirga at the Bacha Khan Markaz on February 11 to discuss the Frontier Crimes Regulations....		Mentally-ill prisoner awaits release order PESHAWAR, Feb 5: A mentally-ill prisoner who has already served out his jail sentence in Bannu central prison is still waiting for a tribal administration to issue his release order....
‘Rail route opening to strengthen relations’ DADU, Feb 5: An 85-member delegation of Indian politicians, writers, journalists and folk singers arrived in Sehwan on Sunday. Led by MP Maanwind Singh, son of BJP leader Jaswant Singh, and...		Operation for recovery of hostages continues HYDERABAD, Feb 5: As a police operation to free six kidnapped people continued in three districts, two more persons were kidnapped from Gadap town of Karachi, raising the number of kidnapped persons to eight....
Accused dies in lock-up JACOBABAD, Feb 5: A man accused of kidnapping and killing a boy died mysteriously in the lock-up of the city police station here on Saturday night....		Man kills wife NOWSHERA, Feb 5: A woman was killed allegedly by her husband and her body was thrown in a deserted place on Saturday. The alleged killer, Pervez, chopped nose, lips and other...
Awards for officials opposed HYDERABAD, Feb 5: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has opposed the grant of annual award to officers for lining of watercourses in Khairpur, Mir-purkhas and Sanghar districts and observed that the...		Transfer of education officials stopped: Irregularities alleged SIALKOT, Feb 5: District Coordination Officer Shafqat Ranjha has withdrawn the transfer orders of four deputy district education officers and 46 assistant education officers....
Human chain for Kashmiris SIALKOT, Feb 5: The Kashmir Day was observed on Sunday throughout Punjab with a pledge to continue moral and political support to Kashmiri brethren till the settlement of the dispute....		Shootout leaves SI, two robbers dead OKARA, Feb 5: A sub-inspector and two robbers were killed in a four-hour long encounter on Chuchak Road, some seven kilometres from here on Sunday....
Stampede at Pakpattan Urs kills man PAKPATTAN, Feb 5: An elderly man was killed in a stampede at the Urs of Hazrat Baba Fareed Shakarganj late Saturday night. While several people were injured when police baton-charged them...		Derailment: PR lodges sabotage case BAHAWALPUR, Feb 5: A case of alleged sabotage that caused the derailment of Lahore-bound Karakoram Express on Saturday has been registered by Musafirkhana police....
Seven killed in accident OKARA, Feb 5: Seven people were killed while a dozen others sustained injuries, four of them serious, in an accident on Deepalpur-Pakpattan Road late on Saturday night....		Two brothers lose life TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 5: Two brothers were crushed to death on Sunday by a speeding truck at Gojra. Younas (12) and Yousaf (14) were going to Sardar Colony from their house in Gulshan Mahmood Town by bicycles....
Police patronize gambling, drug dens LAHORE, Feb 5: Police record says as many as 109 police officials are patronizing over 95 per cent of 761 gambling and drug dens besides brothels in the city, which are considered breeding grounds for organised crimes....		Justice key to lasting peace, says Pervaiz LAHORE, Feb 5: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday demanded resolution of the Kashmir issue according to the wishes of its people otherwise, he warned, there could be no lasting peace in the region....
Meeting on sugar issue tomorrow LAHORE, Feb 5: Federal Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan says Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has convened another coordination meeting on Tuesday (tomorrow) to discuss the sugar price issue....		Reference for Zafaryab LAHORE, Feb 5: Newsmen, trade unionists, political and human rights activists on Sunday paid tribute to journalist Zafaryab Ahmed who died of heart attack on Jan 25....
Freedom struggle LAHORE, Feb 5: Speakers at a meeting called upon the government on Sunday to extend full support to Kashmir freedom struggle as an expression of solidarity with the people of that region....		Resource crunch hits plans for bus terminal PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Escalating costs have thrown plans for a major bus terminal in the city into jeopardy. Initially, the bus terminal was to be built at a cost of Rs500 million....
Students protest against cartoons PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Several students were injured in Pabbi after police baton-charged a mob protesting against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in Danish and other European newspapers....		Tent village facing food shortage ABBOTTABAD, Feb 5: More than 8,000 quake survivors living in the only tent village set up by the NWFP government at Havellian have expressed concern to journalists over the poor state of affairs in the camp....
Water projects PESHAWAR, Feb 5: Minister of State for Water and Power Amir Muqam said on Saturday construction of mega water projects was a prerequisite for the prosperity of the country....		Science exhibition at girls’ college NOWSHERA, Feb 5: Students of the Government Girls Degree College, Nowshera, put on display equipment and models at a science exhibition....