Low Graphics Site

January 27, 2007 Saturday Muharram 07, 1428   WB loan for digitizing Punjab land records ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The World Bank has approved a $45.65 million credit to the Punjab government to improve its land records service delivery for a long-lasting tenure security and efficient operation of land markets.... Subsidiaries of military fight over money: Redesigning of Gwalmandi bridge ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Lawmakers who watch public accounts were amused to learn on Friday that two departments of the Ministry of Defence have been fighting for eight years over money paid for a job not done.... Situation that should not have arisen ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Be it natural or man-made, people of the twin cities have experienced all sorts of crises. From the Ojhri camp disaster to the Leh floods, they have seen it all.... Merit suffers as govt restores out-of-turn allotment policy ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The government has reverted to its previous policy of allotting 30 per cent government houses on out-of-turn basis, going back on its own decision to allot government accommodation on merit.... Sufficient water available in Khanpur Dam RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: The increase in water level at Khanpur Dam has raised the hope that the supply of water to the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad would be normal during the upcoming summer season.... Hameed Gul moves SC for probe into Shawal attack ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Former ISI chief Lt-Gen (retd) Hameed Gul on Friday moved the Supreme Court to demand an inquiry into the US-led coalition forces attack in the Shawal area of North Waziristan in which a Pakistani soldier was killed.... Turkey, EU support Musharraf’s ME initiative ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: The top Turkish leadership and the EU foreign policy chief have endorsed President Pervez Musharraf’s Middle East peace initiative with the assurance of their complete support on the Palestine dispute.... 3 Britons convicted of Pakistani’s murder LEEDS, Jan 26: Three British teenagers were convicted of racially aggravated murder on Friday for killing a Pakistani immigrant in England. Graeme Slavin, 18, Christopher Murphy, 18, and Steven Utley, 17,... SHC orders medical treatment for Mengal KARACHI, Jan 26: The Sindh High Court on Friday ordered to provide medical treatment to former Balochistan chief minister Sardar Akhtar Mengal and issued notices to the home department and the... Five groups seek high-tariff power projects’ approval ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Taking advantage of severe power shortages the country is facing, five leading business groups have applied for setting up five thermal power plants by 2010 at 12 cents... Pakistan to host regional WEF in 2008 DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 26: Pakistan will be the venue of the regional World Economic Forum 2008. This was announced by World Economic Forum executive chairman Prof Klaus Sehwab when he called on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz here on Friday.... ‘Women given representation in political process’ ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro has said that women constituting half of the country’s population have been given adequate representation in the political process for the country’s socio-economic progress.... Plan to get prisoners released foiled SIALKOT, Jan 26: Police claimed to have arrested four accused, who according to them, had planned to get their accomplices freed from police custody after making hostage judges and lawyers at courts in Daska on Friday.... Probe ordered into police torture of accused LARKANA, Jan 26: Taking serious notice of the incident of chopping of sensitive part of a theft accused at the Market police station allegedly by police, adviser to the Sindh chief... ‘Largest’ fossilised coral reef found near Dadu DADU, Jan 26: A number of fossils of fish, plants and other organisms have been found in a place said to be the largest fossilised coral reef in the world.... Rs470m to be spent on Bannu link roads: CM inaugurates scheme PESHAWAR, Jan 26: NWFP Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani has said that development of communications network in the province is one of the top priorities of his government.... PPP women threaten to besiege chief minister HYDERABAD, Jan 26: Women wing of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Hyderabad division, here on Friday staged a protest march from the district council building up to the press club where they... CS told to implement Police Order by Feb 4: Postings in Lahore LAHORE, Jan 26: A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Friday directed Punjab Chief Secretary Salman Siddique to make necessary changes in postings in the capital city police by... Rs2.8m, 2,200 Saudi riyals looted RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: Robbers on Friday looted Rs2.8 million and 2200 Saudi riyals in cash and huge quantity of calling cards in two separate strikes in the city, police said.... 2 robberies, 5 vehicles stolen in Pindi RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: Two robberies were committed while five vehicles were stolen from different parts of the city on Thursday, police said. Waqar Ahmed complained to the Airport police that three robbers entered his house and held his family at gunpoint.... FJWU unveils 26 new programmes RAWALPINDI, Jan 26: Fatima Jinnah Woman University (FJWU) will start 26 new programmes that have been approved by Governor of the Punjab Lt-Gen (retired) Khalid Maqbool, who is also the university’s chancellor.... China source of strength for Pakistan, says Soomro ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro Friday said that the all-weather Pakistan-China friendship was not only a source of strength for the two countries but also instrumental in maintaining peace and stability in the region.... ANP offers conditional support to movement CHARSADDA, Jan 26: ANP president Asfandyar Wali Khan has said that his party would support opposition’s anti-Musharraf movement only if it was assured proper identity for the Pukhtuns’ province.... Kashmiris observe Indian Republic Day as black day ISLAMABAD, Jan 26: Kashmiris here on Friday observed the Indian Republic Day as black day on a call given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. The APHC organised a forceful demonstration outside the Indian High Commission to mark the day.... All options open to meet defence needs, says Durrani LAHORE, Jan 26: Information Minister Muhammad Ali Durrani says Pakistan is keeping all options open to meet its defence requirements and it has already taken steps in this regard keeping in mind the country’s needs for 15 years.... Family asked to leave village for disobeying jirga order KARACHI, Jan 26: A landlord and his accomplices have forced a poor family to leave their home and village for refusing to follow the orders of an illegal jirga which had... BNP-M leader gets bail QUETTA, Jan 26: Justice Mehta Kalash Nath Kohli, vacation judge of the Balochistan High Court, has accepted the bail petition filed by Sajid Tareen, vice-president of the Balochistan National Party (Mengal group).... Two rockets explode in Quetta QUETTA, Jan 26: Two rockets exploded in the provincial metropolis at brief intervals on Friday night.According to police, one of the rockets exploded in the Shahbaz Town residence of Khalid Khan Kakar, elder brother of PML senator Malik Sarwar Khan Kakar.... Pakistan to send mission to Antarctica KARACHI, Jan 26: Pakistan, which has not undertaken any expedition to the Antarctic continent since 1992, is likely to send a scientific mission by December 2007 after it decided to reactivate its Antarctica Treaty membership.... Police officer killed TANK, Jan 26: An inspector of the Frontier Reserve Police was killed here on Thursday night in an ambush on the Tank-Dera Ismail Khan road. Officials said police party was on... Woman’s kidnap: police prove unequal to task MULTAN, Jan 26: The police have failed to rescue a woman kidnapped from a court’s premises six days ago. Balqees Fatima was allegedly kidnapped before court where she had arrived to... ‘Sana khawan-i-taqdees-i-mashriq kahan hein’ TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 26: District and Sessions Judge and Human Rights Commission chairman Suhaib Ahmad Roomi on Friday ordered rehabilitation of eunuchs to end their sufferings.... MPA’s bail cancelled DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 26: A local court on Friday cancelled an interim bail of PML’s MPA Mir Badshah Qaisrani when he failed to appear before court.... Free drugs to cattle farmers MULTAN, Jan 26: The City District Government will provide medicine to cattle farmers free of cost. This was stated by nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar here on Friday during a meeting held to review cattle farming.... Two children burnt alive in gas fire DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 26: Two children of a Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission official were burnt alive while their mother suffered injuries when a fire broke out in a room of their house owing to gas leakage on Thursday night.... Jail officials suspended FAISALABAD, Jan 26: The central jail superintendent among 11 other staffers was suspended from service following the recovery of a cell phone from the possession of a prisoner, sources said on Friday.... Protest against journalist’s kidnapping PESHAWAR, Jan 26: The journalist community of the NWFP on Friday held demonstrations in protest against police failure to recover Sohail Qalander, resident editor of daily Express.... Police fail to find kidnapped girl HYDERABAD, Jan 26: The investigation wing of the Market police is groping in the dark to find a girl student of the Sindh University. The student, Yusra Siddiqui, had gone to... Discord in JUI-F over district chief slot SWABI, Jan 26: Differences developed between the NWFP education minister and his party MNA over the district president post of the JUI (F), insiders said on Friday.... Mumtaz vows to resist island sale LARKANA, Jan 26: The chairman of Sindh National Front (SNF), Sardar Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, has said that Sindh Qaumi Ittehad (SQI), will split only due to the element of ego prevalent among the leadership of certain component parties.... Naib nazim, principal kidnapped LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), Jan 26: Two persons have been kidnapped from Bara Bazaar in the Khyber Agency, officials said. Abdul Ghani, of Charsadda and principal of the Bara-Kohi Degree Colege, was kidnapped late Thursday night.... Politicians condemn blast LAHORE, Jan 26: Politicians belonging to opposition on Friday condemned the bomb explosion outside a hotel in Islamabad and said the incident spoke high of the failure of intelligence agencies.... Lawyer held on suspicion LAHORE, Jan 26: Intelligence agencies picked up a lawyer on Friday evening on suspicion of his association with militant groups and suspected links to Friday’s suicide bombing in Islamabad.... Farmer bodies assail irrigation policy LAHORE, Jan 27: The government habit of creating more institutions to cover the inefficiency of parent institutions has damaged the farming sector beyond redemption, claim representatives of farmers’ bodies.... ‘Crime rate doubles in six years’ LAHORE, Jan 26: The crime rate has almost doubled in the provincial capital during the last six years with alarming surge recorded in heinous occurrences, including robbery-cum-murders and kidnapping for ransom.... 19 officers overstaying in Lahore LAHORE, Jan 26: Punjab Chief Secretary Salman Siddique on Friday submitted a list of 19 gazetted police officers who have been working in Lahore for more than three years, in violation of the Police Order, 2002.... ‘Wage Award issue to be resolved soon’ LAHORE, Jan 26: Federal Information Minister Mohammad Ali Durrani said on Friday that the government was trying to resolve the issue of the implementation of the Seventh Wage Board Award with legal safeguards.... Kohat deputy administrator reinstated KOHAT, Jan 26: The deputy administrator of the Kohat Frontier Region, who was made officer on special duty (OSD) following the escape of a notorious criminal from the lockup, has been reinstated, Dawn has learnt.... Bail denied in murder case NOWSHERA Jan 26: A local court here on Friday denied anticipatory bail to three accused in a murder case. Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Ghafoor Qureshi turned down the appeal of Mumtaz, Majid and Gulzar for bail before arrest.... Hospital staff demand service structure SKARDU, Jan 26: Doctors and paramedical staff of Skardu and Ghanche district headquarters hospitals protested on Thursday against lack of service structure and what they termed unfair attitude of the Northern Areas health secretary....

Contributions Privacy Policy © DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007