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Aziz backs proposal for international relief fund ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday launched the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) scheme and added his voice to global calls for setting up an international fund for managing disasters under UN auspices....		Reconstruction work in quake-hit areas to begin next month: Erra ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Reconstruction work in the quake-hit areas is expected to start in the third week of next month, Chairman Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) Lt Gen Mohammad Zubair said here on Monday....
Talks held with Omani official ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan and his counterpart from Oman Sayyid Badar Bin Hamad Bin Hamoud opened their first round of talks on Monday and reviewed the whole gamut of relations between Pakistan and Oman....		Jaswant calls for opening Mithi-Kutch border MIRPURKHAS, Feb 6: Former Indian foreign minister and leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has proposed that the Mithi-Kutch border between Pakistan and India be opened after the reopening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao route....
Decision to be taken by board: Shujaat: Tickets for Senate polls ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The parliamentary board of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) will take a final decision about the allotment of tickets for the Senate elections, the party’s president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said here on Monday....		Community participation in rebuilding stressed ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: A conference on challenges thrown up by last October’s earthquake was told on Monday that Islamabad is as tectonically vulnerable as Japan and California and structures here will have to be designed for higher seismicity....
Installation of boosters challenged in LHC ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: A consumers rights organization has challenged installation of cellphone antennas and boosters in densely-populated areas in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, taking the plea that their waves are harmful to human beings....		Retiring PTCL officials given vehicles at nominal price ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Limited (PTCL), which is under privatisation process, doled out during 2000-2005 some 43 expensive cars to its senior officials at throwaway prices on their retirement and four cars absolutely free....
PQP-ANP merger announced: Unity of Pukhtuns through peaceful democratic movement sought PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The Pukhtunkhwa Qaumi Party (PQP) on Monday merged with the Awami National Party (ANP). The president of the PQP, Mr Afzal Khan made the announcement of merger with...		HEC comes under fire at VCs’ meeting LAHORE, Feb 6: The Higher Education Commission came under fire in the vice-chancellors’ meeting presided over by Governor Khalid Maqbool, who is also the chancellor of public sector universities in the Punjab, at the Governor’s House here on Monday....
PONM opposes opening of Khokhrapar route HYDERABAD, Feb 6: The Pakistan Oppressed Nations’ Sindh Unity Council has opposed opening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao route. A meeting of the council held at the Taraqqi Pasand House here on Sunday...		Punjabi varsity to start functioning next month ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The first ever Punjabi university of the country will be functional in Lahore next month with the plans of expansion and establishment of its regional campuses in other parts of the country....
Senate body takes note of delay in OPF housing plan ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Senate Sub-Committee on Labour, and Overseas Pakistanis on Monday directed the OPF authorities to get a final decision for initiating development work on OPF Housing Scheme Islamabad....		Sugar sells at a premium TAXILA, Feb 6: Hoarding, profiteering and artificial shortage of sugar continues in Taxila and Wah Cantonment putting the consumers in great trouble. A large number of consumers complained to this reporter...
‘CBMs sans Kashmiris’ involvement to fail’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The ongoing confidence building measures between India and Pakistan will prove futile if the exclusion of Kashmiris from the peace process continued. This was the consensus at a...		AJK university classes resume on 13th ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) university on Monday started registering students for hostel allotments, as it set to starts its academic activities from February 13 at various universities of the twin cities....
Police seize 18,000 litres of alcohol RAWALPINDI, Feb 6: Westridge police on Monday seized 18,000 litres of alcohol and arrested five persons during a raid on a mini-brewery set up in Chakra....		Bhasha dam: GBNA warns of protest movement ISLAMABAD, Feb 6: The Gilgit-Baltistan National Alliance on Monday warned of a protest movement against the government if its reservations about the construction of Bhasha dam were not addressed....
Compensation for blast victims announced QUETTA, Feb 6: The Balochistan government has announced a compensation of Rs100,000 each for the heirs of each dead and Rs50,000 for each of the people injured in the Kolpur bus blast on Sunday....		Publication of cartoons ‘irresponsible journalism’ KARACHI, Feb 6: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has termed the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European newspapers as a regrettable and irresponsible piece of journalism and appealed...
A.R. Rehman, Salman to perform in US festival NEW YORK, Feb 6: Pakistan and India’s leading musicians, Junoon’s Salman Ahmad and Bollywood’s A.R. Rahman, will perform at Stanford University’s second annual Pan Asian music festival which begins on Friday in San Jose (California)....		Efforts fail to merge BSO factions QUETTA, Feb 6: The Baloch Students Organization (Aman) said on Monday that efforts to merge the three factions of the BSO had failed. Speaking at a press conference, BSO chairman Amanullah...
Two elders arrested for tribe’s failure to oust cleric LANDI KOTAL, Feb 6: Two elders of the Malikdinkhel tribe were held after a tribal jirga failed to implement a deadline given by political administration to a cleric to leave the Bara area by 2pm on Sunday....		Hospitals’ HR management poor: experts PESHAWAR, Feb 6: Foreign health experts have said that misunderstandings about autonomy and lack of commitment on the part of stakeholders are hindering the process of granting autonomous status to hospitals despite legislation....
Consultative resolution of Kashmir issue imperative HARIPUR, Feb 6: Provincial joint secretary of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, Javed Qureshi, has said that any solution of the Kashmir problem not based on the relevant United...		Cult leader gets capital punishment: Followers also convicted FAISALABAD, Feb 6: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday awarded capital punishment, three-count life imprisonment and 43-year rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs1.7 million to a cult leader and life imprisonment...
NHA piling agony on motorists BAHAWALPUR, Feb 6: Delay in the dualization of national highway’s Bahawalpur-Tarinda Muhammad Panah section is piling agony on commuters, motorists and transporters....		11m acre saline land to be reclaimed FAISALABAD, Feb 6: Member of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Dr Kausar Abdullah Malik has said that the Bio-saline Agriculture Technology (BSAT) will help reclaim 11 million acres of wastelands in the country, where techniques like SCARP cant be used....
Scholar shot dead by robbers GUJRANWALA, Feb 6: A known Shia scholar was shot dead reportedly by highway robbers near here on Monday night....		Prayer leader found murdered FAISALABAD, Feb 6: A prayer leader was found murdered under mysterious circumstances in the limits of Factory Area police station on Sunday night. Reports said Abdul Hameed (65) was asleep in...
Non-bailable warrants for 18 govt employees SAHIWAL, Feb 6: Anti-corruption establishment special judge Javed Rashid Mahboobi on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for 18 government employees, including a DSP, and directed the police to produce them in the court on Feb 14....		Airport nears completion in Sialkot SIALKOT, Feb 6: The Sialkot international airport has entered its final stages of completion....
Scores detained in derailment probe BAHAWALPUR, Feb 6: The district police claimed to have taken into custody scores of people in its probe into an alleged sabotage that caused the derailment of Lahore-bound Karakoram Express between Sammasatta and Kalanchwala railway stations on Saturday....		Students boycott classes TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 6: Students of various colleges boycotted their classes and took out a protest procession on Monday against blasphemous cartoons published by a Danish newspaper....
Food inspector held for corruption KASUR, Feb 6: The anti-corruption establishment on Monday arrested a food inspector for corruption....		CPSP set to develop trauma care speciality LAHORE, Feb 6: The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) is all set to develop a speciality to train and prepare local doctors in trauma victims’ treatment....
Drain around Shalamar Gardens LAHORE, Feb 6: The Water and Sanitation Agency of Lahore Development Authority will build a storm water disposal drain around the historic Shalamar Gardens by the end of June this year....		Railway officials summoned by PM LAHORE, Feb 6: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has summoned the Pakistan Railways high-ups in Islamabad on Wednesday (Feb 8)....
PML-N proposes OIC summit LAHORE, Feb 6: The PML-N on Monday protested against the publication of cartoon of the Holy Prophet (Peac be upon him) by newspapers of various Western countries and demanded that Pakistan should sever diplomatic ties with them....		Rs22 per kg increase in sugar price in a year LAHORE, Feb 6: Sugar price in wholesale market on Monday went up to Rs3,900 per 100kg from Saturday’s Rs3,720 — thus registering an increase of Rs1.80 per kilo in two days....
Govt advised against use of force in Balochistan SHIKARPUR, Feb 6: Dr Ibrahim Jatoi MNA has opposed use of force in Balochistan and urged the government to solve the issue through political dialogue. Talking to newsmen here on Monday,...		Revival of closed schools urged LARKANA, Feb 6: Members of the Dokri Taluka Council on Monday expressed concern over the quality of education in the area and called for making closed schools operational....
Teachers oppose CPSP office in college NAWABSHAH, Feb 6: Teachers of the People’s Medical College for girls in Nawabshah have opposed establishment of a branch office of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan at the college....		‘Bandit’ killed in encounter KHAIRPUR, Feb 6: Police have claimed to have killed a ‘bandit’ in an encounter in the kutcha area near Priyaloi on Sunday night. Speaking at a press conference here on Monday,...
Protest against Hesco SUKKUR, Feb 6: About 150 people from different villages of the district staged a protest demonstration on Monday in protest against non-supply of power for 25 days....		MMA, three parties to field joint candidates PESHAWAR, Feb 6: The ruling Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and three other parties have decided to put up joint candidates in the Senate elections to discourage the practice of horse trading....
Pakistan’s stand on Iran N-issue praised PESHAWAR, Feb 6: An Iranian diplomat said here on Monday that Tehran would continue diplomatic discourse to foil America’s bids to isolate the country in the international community on nuclear issue....		750 shelters given to quake victims ABBOTTABAD, Feb 6: At least 750 shelter homes were provided jointly by German NGO Humedica and the Lahore-based Pak Relief and Development Society, through local NGO Sawera, among quake survivors in...
Tent village inaugurated in Haripur HARIPUR, Feb 6: The Haripur tent village set up by the district government in collaboration with different international relief agencies was inaugurated by District Nazim Yousaf Ayub Khan on Monday....		Jacobabad council approves budget JACOBABAD, Feb 6: The Jacobabad district council on Monday passed its annual budget of Rs1.2 billion for 2005-06. District Nazim Begum Saeeda Soomro presented the budget at the district council session....