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McKinnon stresses exercise of press freedom with care KARACHI, Feb 17: Commonwealth Secretary-General Donald McKinnon on Friday called for using the freedom of expression with responsibility and restraint. Mr McKinnon was speaking on ‘Shaping the global agenda: Role of Commonwealth’ at the Aga Khan University....		Cartoons issue eroding West’s goodwill, says Musharraf WASHINGTON, Feb 17: President Pervez Musharraf has said publication of sacrilegious cartoons and the uproar they caused were affecting goodwill the West earned in Pakistan by its response to the October 8 earthquake....
Anti-cartoon fury persists but now peacefully RAWALPINDI, Feb 17: Protests against the blasphemous cartoons continued in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday but fortunately there was no violence. Heavy security measures and better sense among the protest organizers...		Norwegian team condemns blasphemous caricatures ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Norwegian Muslims and Christians on Friday condemned the blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) published in a Danish daily during a discussion hosted by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)....
WFP needs $24m to sustain copter service ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said $24 million was urgently needed to maintain its helicopter ‘lifeline’ operation in Pakistan till the end of August to assist thousands of quake victims....		Benazir tells C’wealth how to bring stability ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that stability in Pakistan and the region can only come through the restoration of democracy in Pakistan....
JKPP rejects ‘out of box’ Kashmir solution ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Jammu and Kashmir People’s Party (AJK PPP) has rejected any out of box solution to the Kashmir dispute and stressed that flexibility at this point of time would be detrimental to the Kashmir cause....		Kashmir issue echoes in US Senate hearing WASHINGTON, Feb 17: The Kashmir dispute echoed in the United States Congress twice this week, once during a solidarity meeting for the October 8 earthquake victims and again when a State...
Ministry told to ascertain facts before acting against sugar mills ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The president and the prime minister have directed the ministry of finance and other agencies concerned to ascertain facts before taking action against 17 sugar mills, mostly in Punjab, on charges of hoarding sugar....		Accord signed with China for highway project ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Pakistan and China on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for re-alignment of the Karakoram Highway, increasing the quantum of trade between the two countries and with the Central Asian states....
Saad Rafiq arrested in Islamabad RAWALPINDI, Feb 17: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N)’s MNA Saad Rafiq was arrested by the Punjab police from Islamabad on Friday and shifted to some undisclosed location, sources said....		Govt’s poor stand led to violence TAXILA, Feb 17: Acting parliamentary leader of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) in the National Assembly Ch Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said that the government’s stand on blasphemous caricatures was different...
JUI rallies against cartoons QUETTA, Feb: 17: Leaders and workers of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam on Friday staged a rally against publication of blasphemous cartoons and called upon the government to sever diplomatic relations with countries where caricatures were published....		Pakistani’s trial begins in US SACRAMENTO (California), Feb 17: A 23-year-old California man never trained in Pakistan to become a terrorist as the federal government alleges, his defence lawyer said on Thursday during the opening of his trial....
JWP alleges plan to harm Bugti QUETTA Feb 17: The Jamhoori Watan Party alleged on Friday that the government had deployed two computerized artilleries and a surveillance plane to target Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and warned of dire consequences if its leader was harmed....		Govt admits Afghan DPs reduced jobs for locals ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The government on Friday admitted that presence of Afghans in the country has reduced job opportunities for the local labour force. Minister for States and Frontier Regions Sardar...
Another day of protests in Sindh: Blasphemous cartoons HYDERABAD, Feb 17: Protest demonstrations against publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in European newspapers continued throughout Sindh on Friday....		Arrests made in towns to avert violence FAISALABAD, Feb 17: Scores of people were arrested in parts of Punjab on Friday as police acted to avert violence during protests against publication of blasphemous cartoons....
PML-N leaders held after evidence: No PPP man detained: Raja LAHORE, Feb 17: Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat on Friday rejected as pack of lies PPP’s allegations that hundreds of its leaders and workers had been arrested or detained in various cities....		Lab to be set up to diagnose poultry diseases CHAKWAL, Feb 17: Bird flu has so far not been found in any area of the country and people should not pay heed to any rumours in this regard....
Telecom giants keen to strengthen presence in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Minister for Information Technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari has met telecom ministers from various countries and chiefs of leading telecom giants in Spain to discuss methods for enhancing cooperation and forging new partnerships in the field of telecommunication....		Minorities share Muslims’ grief ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Religious minorities of Pakistan strongly condemn the publication of sacrilegious cartoons in European newspapers that provoked negative sentiments among the masses and hurt the feelings of Muslim brethren throughout the world....
Security firm director flees to US ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: The director of a private security firm declared defaulter by the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) fled to the United States despite that his name had been put on the Exit Control List, Dawn has learnt....		Pakistan’s judicial system explained ISLAMABAD, Feb 17: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday spoke to barristers and solicitors in British city of Leeds and explained the functioning of Pakistan’s legal and judicial system....
Acting CJ’s mother dead KARACHI, Feb 17: The mother of Acting Chief Justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas died here on Friday. According to a press release, her last rites will held here on Saturday.—APP...		Protest continues against sacrilegious cartoons PESHAWAR, Feb 17: A rally was organised by the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) here on Friday to protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European newspapers....
Electricity bills for colony revised HARIPUR, Feb 17: Authorities in Haripur’s T&T Housing Society on Friday issued revised electricity bills to residents whose bills had been prepared at a commercial rate....		Juvenile offender granted bail PESHAWAR, Feb 17: A single-judge bench of the Peshawar High Court on Friday granted bail to a juvenile offender charged with human trafficking. Chief Justice Tariq Pervez ordered that the petitioner,...
Sugar Factories Control Act to be amended HYDERABAD, Feb 17: Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Sikandar Hayat Bosan and Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Jehangir Khan Tareen have said that the government will...		‘Freedom of press not a licence to hurt sentiments’ SWABI, Feb 17: Freedom of expression does not mean a licence to target other religions and hurt sentiments of others, said political leaders at a Rabita programme organised by the Abaseen Union of Journalists here on Friday....
Two revenue officials arrested NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Feb 17: The anti-corruption police on Friday arrested two officials of the revenue department of Kandiaro for allegedly taking bribe from a khatedar....		Strike observed in Lakki Marwat LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 17: A strike was observed in Serai Naurang here on Friday against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in some European newspapers. Shops and business centres in the town remained closed while protesters blocked the main road....
Survivors refuse to leave tent village ABBOTTABAD, Feb 17: More than 8,000 earthquake survivors living in a tent village in Havelian have refused to leave the village and asked the government to reconsider its decision to vacate the tent village by March 31....		FIA arrests seven human smugglers GUJRANWALA, Feb 17: Seven human smugglers were arrested by the FIA passport cell in raids and recovered fake passports, stamps and other documents from their possession here on Friday....
Rs1.2bn for dual carriageway SIALKOT, Feb 17: The Punjab government has allocated a grant of Rs1.20 billion for converting Sialkot-Daska-Gujranwala Road into a dual carriageway. District nazim Akmal Cheema told newsmen here on Friday the...		Hospital building in state of disrepair TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 17: Lives of patients, doctors, paramedical staff and all those visiting the DHQ Hospital are at great risk due to the dilapidated condition of its upper storey....
GDA official held for taking bribe GUJRANWALA, Feb 17: The Anti-Corruption Establishment caught red-handed an assistant director of the Gujranwala Development Authority (GDA) while taking bribe here on Friday....		Institute for children’s protection RAHIM YAR KHAN, Feb 17: The child protection institute will play an important role for the rehabilitation of the neglected children. This was stated by adviser to the chief minister for...
Hapless traders await govt help LAHORE, Feb 17: No-one from the provincial or the district governments has visited the establishments burnt on The Mall during Tuesday’s riots and their owners and workers are sitting on the rubble waiting for any official rebuilding assistance....		Dawn staffer grieved LAHORE, Feb 17: Mrs Waheeda Mahmood, 58, passed away here on Friday. She was the wife of Mahmood Zaman, special correspondent, Dawn, Lahore. She suffered serious injuries in a train accident near Jhelum last month....
‘650 PPP leaders, workers arrested’ LAHORE, Feb 17: The PPP and the PML-N on Friday condemned in strongest terms what they called unjustifiable arrests of a number of their leaders and workers as a part of the government’s policy to victimize its political opponents....		Action sought against corrupt PWD officials PESHAWAR, Feb 17: The labour union of the All Agencies Public Works Department has demanded that the NWFP governor should take notice of embezzlement of Fata development funds....
Programme to raise disease awareness PESHAWAR, Feb 17: The Global Fund against Tuberculosis, Malaria and Aids (GFTMA) will impart training to teachers, tribal elders and councillors in an effort to raise the level of awareness about these diseases....		JI criticizes ban on Sunday rally PESHAWAR, Feb 17: The Jamaat-i-Islami has said that a ban on its protest rally scheduled for Sunday is unwarranted because it is against the anti-Muslim stance of the European Union, which is supporting Denmark on the provocative issue of blasphemy....
Wildlife park planned PESHAWAR, Feb 17: The NWFP government has decided to set up a wildlife park between Batkhela and Thana in Malakand Agency along the River Swat. A handout issued on Friday said...		ANP condemns violence in protests PESHAWAR, Feb 17: The Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned violent agitation and demonstrations against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in some European newspapers....
Explosives, arms seized PESHAWAR, Feb 17: Security forces have found heavy arms, ammunition and explosives, most of them foreign made, from the Paya area near Dara Adamkhel on Friday....		2 outlaws held CHAKWAL, Feb 17: Chakwal and Kalar Kahar police arrested two outlaws and seized arms and drugs from their possession. Kalar Kahar police arrested Mohammad Mushtaq for possessing a 7mm rifle, while...
Security for Chinese GILGIT, Feb 17: Authorities in the N. Areas have enhanced security for Chinese engineers and workers in the region following Wednesday’s attacks on engineers of the neighbouring country in Hub....		Long-term ties with China stressed BAHAWALPUR, Feb 17: The national conference on Pakistan foreign policy, which concluded at the Islamia University’s Ghotvi Hall on Thursday night, has recommended to the government that it should focus on long-term trade relations with China....