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Talks proposed with Dubai firm to operate Gwadar port ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday approved a proposal to initiate negotiations with the Dubai Port World (DP World) for appointment as operators for the Gwadar port....		Repeal of section banning trade union ruled out: Banking Companies Ordinance ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The government on Saturday ruled out the repeal of Section 27B of the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962, that denies workers right to trade union activities as the opposition...
Armed men kill two FC men QUETTA, Feb 25: A six-year-old girl was injured when a rocket hit a house in Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti district on Saturday. According to reports received here, armed tribesmen and security forces exchanged fire in different areas....		NARC lab handling bird flu tests ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The government on Saturday dispelled an impression in the media that there were no laboratory facilities to carry out bird flu tests in the country....
Taking cartoon issue to world courts being discussed ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said here on Saturday that Pakistan was considering to take the issue of the blasphemous cartoons to international courts....		Varsities asked to follow HEC guidelines ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Senate standing committee on education has asked the institutions of higher learning to strictly follow the criteria/guidelines laid down by the Higher Education Commission....
WB to give $0.6m for environment projects ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Federal Minister for Environment Tahir Iqbal on Saturday stressed the formulation of clean development mechanism (CDM) to meet the increasing demand of energy at the lowest possible prices affordable by the common man....		PML to issue privilege cards to supporters RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) would give ‘privilege cards’ to all its members to facilitate them in resolution of their problems at all public institutions and departments....
Opposition wins top posts in bar polls RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: Opposition aligned lawyers captured the top posts of president and general secretary in the election to the Lahore High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi Bench offices held here on Saturday....		‘Defence institutions working efficiently’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan’s defence institutions are working in an efficient manners and the armed forces are moulded with modern defence needs and changing scenario....
49 sent to jail for staging protest GUJRANWALA, Feb 25: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 sent 49 activists of religious parties to jail on judicial remand here on Saturday....		MMA women rally against blasphemy SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 25: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) women here on Saturday held a peaceful rally against the publication of blasphemous caricatures in various European countries....
MMA chief suspicious about govt move LAHORE, Feb 25: MMA President Qazi Husain Ahmed believes the government wants to include some opposition legislators in a parliamentary delegation to Brussels more to thwart the movement against Gen Musharraf...		Parties pledge to support rally LAHORE, Feb 25: Various political and religious parties have announced their support for Sunday’s rally to be taken out from Nasser Bagh up to the Regal Chowk on The Mall....
Ban on kites relaxed LAHORE, Feb 25: Ban on manufacture, trade and flying of kites was relaxed throughout the country for 14 days from Saturday in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court....		Lawyer seeks SC action against NAB court order: Confiscation of Zardari’s property ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The lawyer of Pakistan People’s Party leader Asif Ali Zardari has urged Chief Justice of Pakistan to take a suo motu action against the Rawalpindi accountability court that ordered confiscation of his client’s property in the BMW reference....
Rain disrupts life in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: Intermittent rains continuing since Friday night have flooded the roads and streets and disrupted civic life in the city. The choked drains and gutters are overflowing, inundating roads...		Call to promote Urdu on modern lines ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Senate standing committee on cabinet and establishment on Saturday called for introducing modern ways to promote the national language in the country....
APWA rejects discrepancy in accounts ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Committee members of All Pakistan Women Association (APWA), Islamabad liaison office, have denied rumours about discrepancies in the accounts of the association’s capital office....		Bush urged to press Musharraf to resign as army chief ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: A human rights group on Saturday urged the US president to use his visit to Pakistan next weekend to press the Pakistani leader to resign as army chief and hold fair elections....
APC convened by ARD to be held today ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: an All Party Conference (APC) will be held here on Sunday under the aegis of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy....		Court staff trained to prepare case files KOHAT, Feb 25: The district judiciary arranged a training workshop for readers and staff of lower courts here on Saturday to acquaint them with guidelines and principles approved by the Peshawar High Court for the preparation of case files....
Sherpao slams opposition: Blasphemous cartoons PESHAWAR, Feb 25: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said that the opposition’s refusal to join the parliamentary delegation for an upcoming visit to Brussels to register protest against publication of blasphemous cartons has exposed its ulterior motives....		Case of ‘encounter’ killing taken to court PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The case of killing of three boys, two of them brothers, in a police ‘encounter’, has been taken to the court of the district and sessions judge with...
Woman, three children kidnapped MARDAN, Feb 25: A woman and her three children was allegedly kidnapped from the Farm Koroona area in Hoti on Friday. Najib, husband of the woman, lodged an FIR with Hoti police against his neighbour Imran....		MPAs’ role sought in selection of project sites PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The Standing Committee of the NWFP Assembly on Procedure and Conduct of Business Rules, Privileges and Implementation of Government Assurances on Saturday recommended that the MPAs should be...
Quake victims to get wheelchairs ABBOTTABAD, Feb 25: Provincial Zakat and Social Welfare Minister Hafiz Hashmat has said that wheelchairs will be provided to the disabled, especially to those who were handicapped by the Oct 8 earthquake....		Facilities to enhance livestock output GILGIT, Feb 25: The government is making all out efforts to increase the production of livestock in the country and various measures have been taken to keep animals healthy in the area, official sources said....
NGO staff leaving for home SWABI, Feb 25: Demonstrations against blasphemous cartoons published in some European newspapers have crippled activities of non-governmental organizations across the province....		Cases being quickly disposed of: Dogar KHAIRPUR, Feb 25: The acting Chief Election Commissioner and Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, has appreciated efforts being made by the Supreme Court to ensure speedy disposal of cases to reduce the backlog....
HEC team visits agriculture varsity HYDERABAD, Feb 25: A monitoring team of the Higher Education Commission visited the Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, on Friday to review academic programmes and progress on projects funded by the HEC....		Two killed in clash LARKANA, Feb 25: Two people were killed when rival groups traded fire near Naudero on Saturday. Those killed were identified as Hajan alias Fateh Mohammed Gopang and Rasheed Chandio....
Concern over law, order situation SHIKARPUR, Feb 25: Federal Minister for Narcotics Ghous Bux Mahar has expressed concern over deteriorating law and order situation in the Shikarpur district particularly in Lakhi and Garhi Yasin talukas....		‘Innocent people’ held in Sukkur: JUI-F SUKKUR, Feb 25: Activists of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (F) held a demonstration outside the press club on Saturday in protest against arrest of ‘innocent people’ by police following violent incidents in Sukkur sparked by desecration of the Holy Quran....
University’s achievements lauded HYDERABAD, Feb 25: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister on local government, Mr Waseem Akhtar, has said civilizations are often measured by their institutions of higher education....		Property of Zardari being verified NAWABSHAH, Feb 25: The district administration on Saturday started verification of the land owned by Asif Ali Zardari after receiving a letter from the accountability court to confiscate his property....
Bishops call for communal harmony HYDERABAD, Feb 25: Two bishops have urged the government to provide protection to members of their community in Sindh in the wake of burning of Saviour’s and St Mary’s churches in Sukkur....		Performance of security forces praised NAWABSHAH, Feb 25: The director-general of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, Maj-Gen Javed Zia, has said law-enforcement agencies have curbed terrorist activities and the law and order situation in the province has improved....
Victim’s nephew set at liberty by kidnappers: Murder case ‘deal’ likely FAISALABAD, Feb 25: A relative of the aggrieved party in a murder case, who was kidnapped by the convict’s family to broker a deal for pardon, reached his home after a month....		Cases against two UC nazims, 12 others: Manhandling of DDO VEHARI, Feb 25: Burewala city police on Saturday registered two cases on the complaint of Deputy District Officer (Revenue) Azfar Zia; one involving an alleged incident of firing on the DDO’s...
Rs70m defamation suit against police: Raid on theatre GUJRAT, Feb 25: A theatre hall owner has filed a Rs70 million defamation suit in a civil court against seven police officials including DPO for conducting an ‘illegal’ raid at his hall last year, it is learnt here on Saturday....		Torture accused escapes SAHIWAL, Feb 25: The son of district PML chief accused of slashing the tongue of his wife in a bid to grab her inherited property escaped from a local court on Saturday after his pre-arrest bail cancellation....
An ailing hospital in Sialkot SIALKOT, Feb 25: The Government Allama Iqbal Memorial (DHQ) Hospital is one of many health facilities in the district, which lacks even the most basic facilities....		CM takes note of youth’s death in custody SIALKOT, Feb 25: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has taken a serious notice of a youth’s death in police custody on Friday and sought a report in this regard within a week....
Humans, cattle share water RAJANPUR, Feb 25: The closure of the Dajal Canal has created drought-like conditions at Dhundi Pachaad area of the district whose population depends solely on canal water for drinking and irrigation purposes....		Two awarded death for sodomy, murder KASUR, Feb 25: Additional District and Sessions Judge Rao Abdul Jabar Khan on Saturday awarded death sentence and a fine of Rs50,000 each to two accused in a sodomy-cum-murder case....
Jinnah Town Rs104m uplift plan FAISALABAD, Feb 25: The Jinnah Town Municipal Administration approved a development plan of Rs104.3 million at a meeting held here with naib nazim Zulfiqar Sheikh in the chair on Saturday....		686 cattle lifters held GUJRANWALA, Feb 25: The range police claimed to have arrested 686 members of cattle lifters’ gangs and recovered a huge quantity of illicit arms and cattle worth Rs44.3...
A quaint picture gallery! LAHORE, Feb 25: Displaying the photographs of the proclaimed offenders inside a police station is not an uncommon sight, but the photos of rioters on huge banners certainly is and a unique experience for Lahorites....		Loan for light rail project LAHORE, Feb 25: The Punjab government has started seeking loan from international financial institutions for introducing a multi-billion rupees light rail transit system which is the main part of a mass rapid transport system for the city....