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| November 20, 2008 | Thursday | Ziqa'ad 21, 1429 |
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NRB proposes revival of executive magistracy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) has recommended to the president drastic changes in the Local Government Ordinance, including revival of the controversial executive magistracy throughout the country.... 
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Plan to cut inflation to 9.5pc by 2011
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The government has approved a plan to reduce inflation to 9.5 per cent by 2010-11....
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PM unveils Rs4bn uplift package for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday announced Rs4-billion Islamabad Development Package for the uplift of rural areas of the federal capital....
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Over 400 Pakistanis in Afghanistan, US, South African jails, NA told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Over 400 Pakistanis, including women and children, have been languishing in various jails in Afghanistan, the United States and South Africa on different petty and major charges, including terrorism, robbery and rape....
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Substandard drugs seized from 9 medical stores in capital
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Federal health regulators recovered spurious or substandard medicines from nine medical stores of the capital during surprise checks in the last two years from April 2006 to February 2008....
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Four militants killed, girls’ school blown up
MINGORA, Nov 19: Four militants and two women were killed when security forces pounded suspected hideouts in the Bar Bandai area of Swat on Wednesday....
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‘Planning Commission to be restructured’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: The government will set up a high-powered policy board for restructuring the Planning Commission to overcome weaknesses in key sectors like energy, water and infrastructure....
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115 kiln workers freed
HYDERABAD, Nov 19: Two additional district judges ordered release of 115 kiln workers when they were produced by Tandojam police under court orders issued on separate applications filed by kiln workers....
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Indian writers urge soft visa policy
DADU, Nov 19: Visiting Indian intellectuals have called for liberal visa policies between India and Pakistan and removal of undue restrictions in visa policy for the easy visit for the people of the two countries....
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Fazl rejects ‘master-slave’ ties with US
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 19: Parliamentary Kashmir Committee chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman has made it clear that relations with the Untied States and other international powers could not be maintained as “masters and slaves”....
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Qazi for mid-term polls
LAHORE, Nov 19: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad has demanded that the Pakistan People’s Party government hold mid-term polls after abdicating power....
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Mly operation outcome of agreement: Baloch
GUJRAT, Nov 19: Jamaat-i-Islami provincial amir Liaquat Baloch has alleged that the lion-heart military operation is the outcome of a ‘fresh agreement’....
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Nawaz unhappy with Sanaullah
LAHORE, Nov 19: PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif has expressed his displeasure at targeting of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer’s family by provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah, while senior minister Raja Riaz has...
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PM convenes CMs’ meeting on 22nd: LGs’ future
LAHORE, Nov 19: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of all the provincial chief ministers on Nov 22 reportedly to decide future of the local government system....
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New Sost port cabinet takes oath
HUNZA-NAGAR, Nov 19: The newly-elected cabinet of Silk Route Dry Port Trust was administered the oath of office by assistant commissioner Hunza Socrat Aman Rana on Wednesday....
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LHC seeks order of air chief: Dismissal of four warrant officers
RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Wednesday directed a federal counsel and the law officer of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to produce the orders of...
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NHA asked to complete delayed projects on priority
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Federal Minister for Communication Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan has directed the National Highway Authority to complete all delayed projects on a priority basis.He...
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Call to approve Child Protection Bill 2006
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Speakers at a ceremony here on Wednesday called on the government to approve the Child Protection Bill 2006 to ensure protection of child rights....
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Capital’s sugar mills told to generate own electricity
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: National Assembly Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza has asked sugar mill owners to generate their own power not only for their own consumption but also for the national grid....
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Five policemen booked for fraud
RAWALPINDI, Nov 19: Five police officials were suspended and a criminal case was registered against them on the charges of replacing gold jewellery recovered from thieves with artificial ones....
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Filmmaker Pervaiz Malik laid to rest
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Seasoned film director Pervaiz Malik was laid to rest at the H-8 graveyard here on Wednesday....
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Iftikhar receives freedom medal: Help for Pakistan’s judiciary sought
NEW YORK, Nov 19: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has made a stirring appeal to “America’s judicial, legal and academic fraternities” to help Pakistan’s judiciary discard the “rule of man” and establish the rule of law....
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Gunmen kill two
QUETTA, Nov 19: Two people were shot dead and two others injured in separate incidents on Wednesday....
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Miliband to visit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit Islamabad next week to discuss issues relating to war on terror....
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Blasts rock Quetta, Khuzdar
QUETTA, Nov 19: Militants fired at least five rockets at the Police Training College here before attacking its front gate with automatic weapons on Wednesday while a man was injured in a blast near the city’s main railway station....
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Sacked teachers want jobs back
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 19: A large number of protesters who had been sacked as primary teachers by the district government observed a token hunger strike outside the press club on Wednesday in protest against removal from job....
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Journalist falls prey to enmity
LARKANA, Nov 19: Mian Atta Muhammed Siddiki, reporter in an Urdu daily and president of Shahdadkot press club, was shot dead by his nephew in Shahdadkot on Wednesday, reportedly over a family dispute....
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Court summons nazim over contempt charge
LARKANA, Nov 19: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday summoned Larkana Taluka Nazim Yasir Junejo to appear in court on Nov 25 over a contempt of court petition regarding removal of encroachments from the municipal limits....
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SHC issues notices to Matiari DPO, SHOs
HYDERABAD, Nov 19: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Wednesday issued notices to DPO of Matiari, SHOs of police stations Mirpurkhas, Site, Bhitshah and Hala on a...
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EU-WB team visits Thatta
THATTA, Nov 19: A joint mission of the World Bank and European Commission visited on Monday a number of primary schools in different villages of the district to inspect various schemes being carried out under the Sindh Education Reform Programme (SERP)....
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Hari leader’s daughter slams father’s arrest
KHAIRPUR, Nov 19: The activists of Sindh Hari Committee and Communist Party observed token hunger strike outside the press club here on Wednesday. They were led by Sanam Lashari, the daughter...
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Residents protest house demolition
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 19: Residents of Aftab Town in Gojra took out a procession on Wednesday in protest against the demolition of 100 houses by the Gojra Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA)....
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One-month deadline to transporter: Routes violation
FAISALABAD, Nov 19: The City District Government Faisalabad (CDGF) has given a one-month deadline to all transporters to “mend their ways” in connection with route and code of conduct violations....
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Family kills robber
OKARA, Nov 19: A robber was killed and the son of the house owner was injured in crossfire during a house robbery....
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PIAF-Founders Alliance on top
LAHORE, Nov 19: The PIAF-Founders Alliance on Wednesday clean sweeped the election for 15 Associate Class seats of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) for 2008-09....
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People suffer after bridge demolition
GUJRAT, Nov 19: People are facing problems after demolition of a bridge on an open drain at GTS Chowk a month ago....
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FIR which could be filed earlier and differently
VEHARI, Nov 19: As the world marks a day to highlight child abuse on Thursday, Muhammad Ahmad, a labourer, will be arranging money to bury his three-year–old son whose body was...
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Dealers deny official rice prices to farmers
GUJRANWALA, Nov 19: Rice dealers are buying paddy at Rs1,000 per 40 kilogramme against the official price of Rs1,500. Farmers have demanded that the government buy their yield to save them...
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Three lawyers issued notice
MULTAN, Nov 19: The Multan chapter of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has issued notices to three of its members for not boycotting court proceedings on Monday to protest...
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In the throes of domestic service: Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
LAHORE, Nov 19: Domestic service has become a nightmare for 10-year-old Sadaf, as it is for an uncountable number of children like her, whose day starts as early as 6am and who works till late in the night....
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Separate police cells, courts need of the hour: Child abuse cases
The seminar was held to mark International Day for Prevention of Child Abuse....
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Gas supply to 70 units suspended
LAHORE, Nov 19: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited suddenly suspended gas supply to 70 industrial units in Sheikhupura and Faisalabad on Wednesday....
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Report confirms torture of maids
LAHORE, Nov 19: The medical report submitted in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday about the two maidservants allegedly tortured by their employer revealed that Anam had 16 injuries on her body while her sister had sustained 12 wounds....
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