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NCSW seeks repeal of Hudood Ordinance ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) on Wednesday demanded the repeal of Hudood Ordinance on the plea that it had been introduced by the late military dictator General Ziaul Haq on his own....		Ministry to lift PTV ban on Josh, publish his works ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Any reservation that the establishment might have had in respect of Josh Malihabadi (1896-1982) now stands removed....
Navy to be strengthened, says Aziz ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday said that his government would spare no effort in strengthening the defence capabilities of the Navy....		Saudi plan to assist quake victims ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Saudi Arabia has established an office of the Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims (SPAPEV) to effectively handle the relief and rehabilitation activities of the quake survivors....
Relief medicines received from Australia ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan has received a large amount of relief medicines for quake survivors from Australia. Australian High Commissioner Zorica MacCarthy handed over the medicines to Pakistan Medical Association (PMA)...		PML-N names CWC members ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday approved the list of members of the party’s central working committee (CWC) after consultations with the party’s chairman, Raja Zafarul Haq, and president Shahbaz Sharif....
217 granted bail, 2 MNAs detained for one month RAWALPINDI, Feb 22: The 217 people, including two opposition MNAs, arrested by the local police during the Sunday’s protest against blasphemous caricatures were granted bail by the courts on Wednesday....		Shabana, Farooque mesmerize audience ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Indian film icons Shabana Azmi and Farooque Shaikh mesmerized an elite gathering in the federal capital late Tuesday night with their acclaimed play, Tumhari Amrita....
Kingsley hopes to get funds released: Documentary on quake areas ready ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Hollywood star Sir Ben Kingsley has expressed the hope that the documentary, prepared by him on the plight and needs of the quake-affected people, will help materialise the pledges made by the international community for reconstruction activities....		‘India to wait till Pakistan finds place for consulate’ NEW DELHI, Feb 22: India said on Wednesday it was ready to reopen its consulate in Karachi at a short notice but feared it may have to wait till Pakistan finds a suitable place to start simultaneous operations in Mumbai....
Muslim states urged to focus on energy and water security ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz urged Muslim states on Wednesday to adopt a focused approach to achieve energy, water and food securities by pooling resources and sharing best practices....		PML vows to continue anti-cartoon protests ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML) vowed on Wednesday to continue effective protests against the publication of blasphemous caricatures....
Cuba offers scholarships in health sector ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The Cuban government has announced 1,000 scholarships mainly in the health sector for Pakistani students and a proposal has been sent to the government in this regard....		Dowry becomes violence when demanded ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Dowry is given as gift but it becomes violence when it is demanded. This view presented by Dr Rakshinda Perveen in a talk at the Centre for Democratic...
‘No difference of opinion among ARD parties’ SUKKUR, Feb 22: Sindh PML-N acting president Mamnoon Hussain has denied any difference of opinion among component parties of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, saying they are pursuing a common goal....		Punjab govt calls in more Rangers LAHORE, Feb 22: More Pakistan Rangers personnel joined law enforcers in the city and elsewhere in Punjab on Wednesday to intensify security ahead of the planned protests and rallies against blasphemous cartoons....
Hospitals asked to prepare for pollen allergy season ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The health ministry on Wednesday asked the federal government hospitals to ensure availability of required services round the clock in view of the coming allergy season....		Education soothes pain of quake-hit children ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The October 8 quake has provided the camp children, especially the girls, with an opportunity for the first time in their life to go to the schools established by the international NGOs....
Rally slates publication of cartoons ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Hundreds of women and children on Wednesday added their voice to the international outbursts of anger against the publication of blasphemous cartoons by staging a sit-in and a rally at Aabpara Chowk....		‘Concern conveyed to Afghanistan’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Islamabad has conveyed its concerns to Kabul about involvement of Indian consulate in Afghanistan in subvrsive activities in Balochistan, said Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao on Wednesday....
Protests in Karachi over shrine blast KARACHI, Feb 22: Shops and markets in many areas of the city were closed and a large number of people staged protests to condemn Wednesday’s bomb attack on the Imam Ali Al-Hadi shrine in Iraq....		Editor detained GILGIT, Feb 22: Police detained the chief editor of weekly Sada-i-Gilgit Mr Abdul Lateef, on Tuesday night and freed him on Wednesday after 17 hours....
Contract system in fishing opposed HYDERABAD, Feb 22: Leaders of public opinion have expressed concern over the acute shortage of water in Sindh, proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam and introduction of a contract system for catching fish....		Rival sects urged to take steps for peace: Ashura violence in Hangu KOHAT, Feb 22: The DIG Kohat region, Abdul Majeed Marwat, on Wednesday asked the elders of Shia and Sunni communities to immediately release the people kidnapped in Hangu on the Ashura...
Kidnapped college principal breaks out of captivity LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Feb 22: The principal of the Government Degree College in Kohi Sher Haider, who was kidnapped on Feb 11, managed to escape from his captors in Bara on Wednesday....		Govt warned against Wapda powerhouse privatization HYDERABAD, Feb 22: Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union general secretary Khurshid Ahmad has warned the government of countrywide demonstrations if it tried to privatise the Jamshoro or other powerhouses....
Call to end military operation in Balochistan QUETTA, Feb 22: The Chief of National Party (NP) and the Leader of Opposition in the Balochistan Assembly have asked the government to end the military operation in Dera Bugti and Kohlu and release the detained political workers....		Strike against blasphemous cartoons LARKANA, Feb 22: A strike was observed in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday in protest against publication of blasphemous cartoons....
Five held after clash in Jamshoro campus HYDERABAD, Feb 22: Following armed clashes between two groups of students of the Sindh University at Jamshoro on Wednesday, police registered a case and arrested five students....		New rail line planned to link Quetta with Peshawar QUETTA, Feb 22: The federal government is negotiating with the Islamic Development Bank and other international institutions for financing the Quetta-Zhob-Peshawar railway line project....
Five illegal FM stations in Bajaur closed KHAR (Bajaur Agency), Feb 22: The political authorities have closed five illegal FM radio channels in different parts of the Bajaur Agency, sources told Dawn here on Wednesday....		Rally against school plot encroachment NAWABSHAH, Feb 22: Dozens of teachers and students of the Government Primary School, Allah Warayo Kalo, Union Council-1, Nawabshah, staged a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against encroachment on a school plot by some influential people....
TMO assumes charge under shadow of guns: Jinnah Town in mess FAISALABAD, Feb 22: The tussle between the Jinnah Town nazim and its town municipal officer took a serious turn on Wednesday when the latter took over the charge through police force...		Inflated bills take people by surprise GUJRANWALA, Feb 22: A large number of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited domestic consumers on Wednesday demonstrated outside the SNGPL’s main office here to protest against the inflated gas bills they received for the month of January....
Crackdown on prize bond gambling SAHIWAL, Feb 22: At least 18 gamblers were arrested while 10 of them were consigned to the Central Jail on a 14-day judicial remand here on Wednesday....		‘Indiscriminate promotions for teachers’ MIANWALI, Feb 22: The Mianwali district education department has given indiscriminate promotions to matriculate teachers working in basic pay scales between 7 and 9....
Police torture three women of a family GUJRAT, Feb 22: Three women of a family were subjected to severe torture by some officials of the A-Division police in Azizabad locality on Tuesday night....		Constable among six hurt in court clash SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 22: Six people including a police constable received bullet injuries on Wednesday when two rival groups traded fire on district courts’ premises here....
‘Police let rapists off the hook’ SIALKOT, Feb 22: Family of a gang-rape victim has alleged that Daska Saddar police have declared all the four nominated accused innocent after receiving bribe from them....		Encroachments to be removed in 10 days BAHAWALPUR, Feb 22: All encroachments, illegal constructions and extension of shops will be demolished in congested bazaars of the city within 10 days....
Consumers worried over LPG price VEHARI, Feb 22: Abrupt increase in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has become a cause of concern for its consumers....		Steps urged to avert sugar crisis LAHORE, Feb 22: The government should evolve long and short-term policies after taking all stakeholders into confidence, besides lifting ban on setting up of new mills to avert sugar crisis in the country....
Rally at all costs on 26th, says Qazi LAHORE, Feb 22: MMA president Qazi Husain Ahmad vowed on Wednesday that the Feb 26 rally in the city would be taken out at all costs, as no-one could stop them from doing so....		Cineplex NOC yet to be received: Ownership not clear LAHORE, Feb 22: Provincial Information Secretary Taimur Azmat Usman submitted before the Lahore High Court on Wednesday that the Punjab Entertainment Company had not received the no-objection certificate for the cineplex...
Smeda, Pamco sign MoU LAHORE, Feb 22: The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) and the Punjab AgriMarketing Company (PAMCO) have signed an MoU to make joint efforts for the promotion of SMEs in the dairy, livestock and agri-business sectors....		Damage to 82 bikes verified LAHORE, Feb 22: District Nazim Mian Amer said claims of destruction of 82 motorcycles had been verified so far and the owners would be provided new two-wheelers by Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi during the next few days....
‘Violent rallies damaging’ LAHORE, Feb 22: Tehrik-i-Istiqlal president Rehmat Khan Wardag warns that the movement presently being launched by the opposition is damaging for the country as well as the masses....		Commissioner house turned into guest house PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The NWFP Government has renamed the abandoned commissioner house in the provincial capital as ‘Frontier House’ and will now use it as state guest house....
Peshawar police claim killing three outlaws PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Three hardened criminals were killed, while two of their accomplices escaped during an encounter with police late on Tuesday night, city police chief claimed here on Wednesday....		Surveillance cameras to monitor protests PESHAWAR, Feb 22: Surveillance cameras would be installed at various places in the city to monitor the protest demonstrations on Friday, an official statement said on Wednesday....