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Rs1.4 billion plan to increase meat production ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The government has decided to launch a Rs1.4 billion initiative to increase meat production and meet its growing export demand, particularly in Gulf countries....		Like-minded parties to meet after Ashura: BNP QUETTA, Feb 8: The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) has said a meeting of like-minded political parties will be held after Ashura to work out a plan of action in view of...
President, PM lay stress on unity and harmony ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has underscored the importance of following the spirit of sacrifice as embodied by Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions in Karbala....		TB control plan’s feasibility revised ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The ministry of health has finalized a revised feasibility of the five-year Rs1.1 billion National Tuberculosis Control Programme to achieve countrywide control on the disease by ensuring quality care through public sector health facilities....
Quake victims hold key to transparency ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: A workshop organized here by the Transparency International (TI) has stressed that accountability to the earthquake affected communities holds the key to keeping corruption out of the reconstruction work....		Call to allow one-dish wedding party ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The government should put the marriage ordinance before the parliament for final approval and allow at least one-dish meals to save the country’s poultry industry....
Profiteers buying sugar at Utility Stores RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: Profiteers and hoarders in the twin cities are exploiting the Utility Stores’ decision to provide subsidized sugar to customers in view of the increasing prices of the commodity in the open market....		Dr Hafeez likely to rejoin WB ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Privatisation and Investment Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh is likely to join the World Bank as its managing director after retiring from the Senate next month, it is learnt....
Fazl warns against attack on Iran DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Feb 8: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and secretary-general of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that any attack on Iran will be taken as a direct assault on Muslim Ummah....		Security for Ashura: 22 cities ‘sensitive’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Twenty-two cities have been declared sensitive on the eve of Yaum-i-Ashur and army has been asked to help the civil administration in maintaining law and order....
35 held in Lahore for trying to block road LAHORE, Feb 8: At least 35 people were arrested here on Wednesday for creating a law and order situation during protests against an alleged incident of desecration of the Holy Quran in the South Cantonment area....		2 die in road accidents; body found RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: Two persons were killed in separate road accidents while a man was found murdered in Golra area on Wednesday, police said. In the first incident, Mohammad Aftab, an...
UN report shows high infant deaths in quake ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: A United Nations report shows that twice as many children under five were at risk of death than adults in last October’s earthquake....		Vocational, technical body set up ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: The government has set up National Vocational and Technical Commission (NAVTEC) at the federal level to regulate, coordinate and provide policy decisions for technical education and vocational training, it has been learnt....
Zuljinah procession taken out ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Thousands of mourners participated in the 9th Muharram procession held to pay homage to the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) at Karbala....		Benazir, Nawaz for struggle against tyranny ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: Paying homage to Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and his companions, former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif have called for struggle against injustices, tyranny and oppression....
MNA condemns govt for Interpol notice ISLAMABAD, Feb 8: People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) MNA from Karachi Nabeel Gabol has criticized the government for approaching Interpol to arrest party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari....		Man dies in KRL blast RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: A technician was killed in an explosion in the heavily guarded Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) on Tuesday, official sources told Dawn. Technician Habibur Rehman was handling an explosive when it went off....
Last batch of Nato forces leaves RAWALPINDI, Feb 8: The last batch of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, comprising 22 members, who provided relief to quake victims in Azad Kashmir and the NWFP, departed from PAF Base Chaklala on Wednesday....		Three guards of Achakzai arrested: PMAP QUETTA, Feb 8: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) has accused security agencies of arresting three bodyguards of party leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai. Speaking at a press conference here on Wednesday,...
Most schools in Swabi without basic facilities SWABI, Feb 8: Teachers have complained that most schools in the district lack basic facilities but the education department and elected representatives have taken no steps to improve the situation....		Uniform for Lakki Marwat teachers LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 8: The schools and literacy department has decided to introduce uniform for teachers of state-run schools in the Lakki Marwat district as part of education sector reforms....
Closure of four marble factories ordered PESHAWAR, Feb 8: The NWFP Environmental Tribunal has ordered closure of four marble factories for violation of National Environmental Quality Standard (NEQS) by discharging hazardous wastes....		Construction of dam on Nai Gaaj opposed DADU, Feb 8: Protesting against the proposed construction of Nai Gaaj dam, farmers and residents of 48 dehs of Kachho staged a demonstration in Johi town on Wednesday....
Protest against Balochistan operation, dams HYDERABAD, Feb 8: The World Sindhi Institute, in collaboration with the Sindhi Association of North America, World Sindhi Congress, Global Pushtun Institute, Baloch Society of North America, Baloch Human Rights International...		Sukkur prison chief suspended after jail riots SUKKUR, Feb 8: The Sindh government has taken a serious notice of rioting by prisoners in the Sukkur Central Jail-I on Tuesday and suspended the DIGP, prisons, Sukkur, Ghulam Hussain Khoso....
Case brought on police record: Kidnapping of aggrieved party man FAISALABAD, Feb 8: The People’s Colony police on Wednesday registered a kidnap for ransom case against unidentified people and rounded up a dozen suspects in the wake of disappearance of an aggrieved party member in a murder case....		Facilities planned for bone marrow transplant: Children’s hospital MULTAN, Feb 8: The children hospital complex will have facilities for kidney and bone marrow transplant, according to medical superintendent Dr Nazar Abbas Gardezi....
Two more held in nazim, PML-N leader’s murders SAHIWAL, Feb 8: Farid Town police claimed to have arrested two accused in the murder cases of a UC nazim and Chichawatni PML-N youth wing president after a lapse of three and a half years....		Gujranwala DBA to hold protest rally GUJRANWALA, Feb 8: The district bar association will hold a rally on Feb 11 to protest against some European countries for blasphemous cartoons published by some newspapers....
Tight security for Youm-i-Ashur FAISALABAD, Feb 8: All security arrangements have been finalized by the local administration and police for Ashura. Police and the administration in close coordination with the peace committee have taken elaborate security measures....		Encounter leaves 3 dacoits, cop dead VEHARI, Feb 8: Three alleged dacoits and a sub-inspector were killed in an encounter in Chak 335-LB, Fateh Shah police station area, Burewala tehsil, on Wednesday afternoon....
4 held for disrupting law and order JHANG, Feb 8: Police claimed on Wednesday to have held four people who were trying to disturb peace ahead of the Youm-i-Ashur....		Hafizabad dist council approves budget GUJRANWALA, Feb 8: The Hafizabad district council on Wednesday approved Rs2,484.268 million budget for 2005-06. According to the budget outlay, Rs1,209.268 million have been allocated for development and Rs1,275 million for non-development expenditures....
CJ takes suo motu notice of death of sisters SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 8: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has ordered Punjab IGP Ziaul Hassan to submit a complete report concerning the mysterious death of two sisters....		Burn unit project in the doldrums SIALKOT, Feb 8: The project to set up a burn unit at the Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital is in doldrums as the finance department has refused to provide funds to the health department for the purpose....
Sugar price further up with supply shortage LAHORE, Feb 8: The supply problems continued to hit the sugar market on Wednesday with queues outside utility stores getting longer and the retail price going up by Re1 per kg....		Strengthen dean’s office, varsities told LAHORE, Feb 8: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has directed all public sector universities in the province to strengthen the office of dean for smooth functioning of departments under its administrative control....
Hashmi proposes national dialogue LAHORE, Feb 8: ARD President Makhdoom Javed Hashmi on Wednesday proposed a “national dialogue” between the rulers and the opposition parties to find solution to the serious problems facing the country...		Countrywide protest tomorrow LAHORE, Feb 8: Religious parties have decided to observe a countrywide protest day on Friday (tomorrow) against the publication of blasphemous cartoons....
Zuljinnah procession taken out LAHORE, Feb 8: The main Zuljinnah procession, surrounded by troops and police commandos, was taken out from Nisar Haveli at around 10:15pm on Wednesday. The procession is scheduled to culminate at Karbla Gamey Shah at sunset on Thursday....		NGOs blamed for damaging administrative system in AJK LAHORE, Feb 8: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in relief and restoration operations in the quake-hit areas of Azad Kashmir are partially to be blamed for damaging the local administration system....
Repeal of Hudood law urged LAHORE, Feb 8: The Commission for Peace and Human Development has stressed the need for repeal of the Hudood Ordinance instead of introducing amendments to it....		CMIT completes probe against 300 officials LAHORE, Feb 8: The Chief Minister’s Inspection Team has completed investigations against 300 officials of different government departments and submitted reports to him for further action....
Subscribers of PTCL irked MIANWALI, Feb 8: A majority of the PTCL subscribers in the city are suffering constant mental torture as their phones have not been working properly for the last six months due to construction of an underpass....		Sugar crisis SARGODHA, Feb 8: The sugar crisis gripped the district like many parts of Punjab, as people found it difficult on Wednesday to get the product in utility stores....
Blasphemous cartoons condemned TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 8: NGOs and Christian organizations have condemned publishing of blasphemous cartoons by a Denmark newspaper....		Veteran returns to PPP FAISALABAD, Feb 8: Former PPP MPA Nawab Sher Waseer again joined the party and announced that he would take part in the political activities from the platform of opposition....
Policeman caught taking bribe SARGODHA, Feb 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Wednesday caught an assistant sub-inspector of the Cantonment police station receiving Rs10,000 from an accused....		PPP candidates for Senate polls soon: Qaim KHAIRPUR, Feb 8: Sindh People’s Party Parliamentarians president Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that meetings of party boards in the four provinces will be held soon to finalize names of candidates for the Senate election....