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CDA gets more financial, administrative powers: PM okays restructuring plan ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Friday approved greater financial and administrative powers for the Capital Development Authority (CDA) but stressed that it should develop a culture which fosters...		Court orders seizure of land owned by Zardari ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: An accountability court in Rawalpindi has ordered confiscation of some land owned by Asif Ali Zardari in Sindh province for absenting himself from the trial of a case...
CJP asks judges not to yield to pressure ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Friday called upon the trainee civil judges to remain committed to their noble task and perform their duties with honesty and devotion....		Visas sought for Karachi gathering: World Social Forum ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Pakistani organising committee of the World Social Forum (WSF) on Friday asked the government to facilitate visas for 8,000 to 10,000 delegates from South Asia, Middle East...
Peaceful protests held in Pindi, Islamabad ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: Thousands of people, mostly belonging to religious parties, staged peaceful demonstrations in Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Friday to protest against blasphemous cartoons published in some European countries....		Foreign firms may handle Gwadar port ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The government has contacted several international companies to independently operate the Gwadar deep sea port after its completion by June this year. Official sources told Dawn on Friday...
2 killed, 12 hurt in Bara clash: Governor orders action LANDI KOTAL, Feb 24: The Bara sub-division of the Khyber Agency remained tense for the second day as two more people were killed and 12 suffered injuries when rival groups clashed in two localities on Friday....		Waziristan operation not stopped: spokesman PESHAWAR, Feb 24: A spokesmen of the Governor’s Secretariat for Fata said on Friday that the military operation in Waziristan had not been stopped. Clarifying reports carried by a number of...
Earthquake victims’ phone dues written off ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Pakistan Telecommunication Ltd (PTCL) has waived off an amount of Rs22.8million on account of various free-of-charge facilities and telephone billing charges to customers in the earthquake-hit areas from September to November last year....		US may offer 55 new, 25 used F-16s: report WASHINGTON, Feb 24: The United States may offer up to 55 new and 25 used F-16s to Pakistan in 2006, says a congressional report released days before President Bush’s visit to India and Pakistan....
Pakistan free of bird flu, says ministry ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: A government spokesman has said that Pakistan continues to be free of bird flu. The spokesman for the ministry of health said on Friday that the government was...		Peaceful rallies held against blasphemy: Demand for tough diplomatic action PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Peaceful demonstrations were held in cities and towns of the NWFP on the call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Friday to protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons....
Protests held in Sindh against cartoons HYDERABAD, Feb 24: On a call of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, a protest day was observed throughout Sindh on Friday against publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers and police violence on protesters in Lahore and Islamabad....		‘Niab producing low-seeded kinno’ FAISALABAD, Feb 24: The Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (Niab) has succeeded in producing low-seeded kinno strains which contain an average number of five seeds per fruit....
Kite-flying ban to be relaxed from today LAHORE, Feb 24: Ban on manufacture, trade and flying of kites will be relaxed throughout the country for 14 days from Saturday (today) in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan....		‘Pakistan eying tufted carpet market’ LAHORE, Feb 24: Pakistan in cooperation with China has started eying world tufted carpet market to break free from present stagnation in its carpet exports....
200 Hindu pilgrims LAHORE, Feb 24: A group of two 200 Hindu pilgrims arrived here on Friday to participate in a two-day Hindu festival of Mahashivrati to be held at Katas Raj, Chakwal, from Saturday (today)....		SC seeks statements of girls who changed religion: Next hearing on March 13 ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered its Karachi branch registry to ascertain whether three Hindu girls, who recently converted to Islam, had changed their faith on free will....
Trafficker killed; two ANF men injured QUETTA, Feb 24: A drug trafficker was killed and another was injured in a heavy exchange of fire with Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) personnel in the Panjgur area....		Stockhom institute chief briefed on Senate working ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) director Alyson Bailes Friday called on Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro. During the meeting, the Senate chairman gave a brief overview of the...
Report on mini-dams demanded RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: In order to meet the seasonal water shortage in the district, officials of the provincial government have instructed the authorities concerned to prepare and submit a feasibility report on construction of three proposed mini-dams near Rawalpindi....		Society which suppresses women cannot progress: writer ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: India’s prize-winning feminist writer Dr Kusum Ansal says a society which lords over its womenfolk cannot make any progress. Dr Ansal told an admiring audience at the Pakistan...
Man shot dead in ambush; five vehicles stolen RAWALPINDI, Feb 24: A man was shot dead and three received injuries in an ambush by a rival group on Kurri Road here on Friday, police said....		WAF seeks repeal of Hudood laws ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Women’s Action Forum (WAF) on Thursday welcomed a statement by the new chairperson of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), Dr Arifa Sayeda Zehra,...
Peace vital to progress, stability: PM ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said Pakistan had no aggressive designs against anyone and its defence strategy was to maintain a minimum deterrence....		Training course for varsities’ sports officials ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched a week-long “sports administration and management training course” for sports officials of the public-sector universities and degree-awarding institutions of Pakistan, Director-General Sports HEC Talat Khurshed said on Friday....
Lankan admiral meets acting air chief ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Sri Lankan Armed Forces Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Daya Sandagiri with a delegation visited the Air Headquarters here on Friday....		Procession against demolition of huts KHAIRPUR, Feb 24: Residents of Garhi Pul and Unnar colonies and the Shaikh locality took out a procession here on Friday in protest against demolition of their huts by the Khairpur taluka municipal administration....
Contaminated water claims eight lives CHITRAL, Feb 24: Eight people have died of water-borne diseases in Morder village of upper Chitral during the past week, says Ameer Khan Jalali, union nazim of Kosht....		‘JSQM will not attend APC called by Muttahida’ HYDERABAD, Feb 24: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz has decided not to attend the all-party conference convened by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement on February 25....
Khokkhrapar route opening welcomed KHAIRPUR, Feb 24: Jeay Sindh Mahaz president Zain Shah has observed that with the opening of the Khokhrapar-Munabao route, the people of Sindh and India would come closer....		Bomb found near phone firm’s tower LAKKI MARWAT, Feb 24: Lakki police on Friday a sabotage attempt and defused an explosive device which had been planted near installations of a Norweigian cellular company....
Minister’s father laid to rest PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Haji Mohammad Azam, father of NWFP Information Minister Asif Iqbal Daudzai, passed away on Friday. He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Jatti Bala village....		Farmers’ dream yet to be materialised SIALKOT, Feb 24: The much-trumpeted laser land-levelling technology has not been made operational in the district thanks to the negligence of the agriculture department authorities....
Toba council budget amid walkout TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 24: The opposition twice walked out of the district council session on Friday, but the budget was approved by a majority of members in the house....		Double murder: man sentenced to death MULTAN, Feb 24: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday handed down death sentence on three counts to a man in a double murder case. Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Ameer Khan of the Multan...
PO shot in encounter GUJRAT, Feb 24: A proclaimed offender was shot dead by Tanda police in an encounter near Marri Khokharan on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a police party led by the Tanda...		Another human smuggler arrested GUJRANWALA, Feb 24: Another human smuggler was arrested by a raiding party of the FIA passport cell here on Friday....
Bird flu scare in Vehari VEHARI, Feb 24: The sudden death of over 100 chickens at a poultry farm in Chak 7-WB has scared the people, who are wary of bird flu....		Seniority list of ex-EACs rectified LAHORE, Feb 24: The Punjab government has finally notified the seniority list of formerly Extra-Assistant Commissioners, correcting an earlier decision to give an edge to tehsildars over them....
Order against allotment of plot suspended PESHAWAR, Feb 24: The Peshawar High Court on Friday declared as illegal a municipal department’s order about cancellation of allotment of a plot of land for construction of a five-star hotel in the Hayatabad Township....		Advocates call for rebuilding courts PESHAWAR, Feb 24: The NWFP Bar Council on Friday urged the federal and provincial governments to reconstruct court buildings damaged by last year’s devastating earthquake in different districts, including the circuit bench of the high court in Abbotabad....
‘Emission testing centres planned’ PESHAWAR, Feb 24: The NWFP environment department will set up four vehicular emission testing stations in Mardan, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan to monitor the carbon dioxide level on a daily basis and control pollution....		Honour killing accused granted bail PESHAWAR, Feb 24: An additional district and sessions judge on Friday granted bail to an accused in the honour-related murder of his wife on the basis of a compromise....
Govt asked to appoint subject specialists TIMERGARA, Feb 24: Teachers of the Upper and Lower Dir districts have called upon the provincial government to promote subject specialists of various cadres. In separate statements issued here on Thursday,...		LHCBA polls today LAHORE, Feb 24: Lahore High Court lawyers go to polls on Saturday to elect their leadership for the year 2006-07. The situation turned a little easy for presidential candidate Ghulam Sabir...
Robbery at PR: Rs32m in cash recovered LAHORE, Feb 24: Cash and valuables worth more than Rs32 million have so far been recovered from the accused who had in December last year taken away over Rs36.1...		Protesters vow to converge in Lahore FAISALABAD, Feb 24: Police and Rangers did not allow religious parties to take out anti-cartoon processions in different cities of the Punjab after Friday prayers. About a dozen peaceful demonstrations were held outside major mosques in Faisalabad....
Desecration case remand extended SUKKUR, Feb 24: The main accused in the case of desecration of the Holy Quran, Irfan, was produced in the anti-terrorism court-II, Sukkur, on Friday. The court extended police remand for...		Two more Boeing flights BAHAWALPUR, Feb 24: Two more additional Boeing flights from Bahawalpur to Karachi and Islamabad will be introduced in the next month. This was stated by PIA district manager Abdul Sattar Khan on Friday here....