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| December 24, 2008 | Wednesday | Zilhaj 25, 1429 |
Militants publicly execute ‘murderers’
LANDI KOTAL, Dec 23: The Lashkar-i-Islam militant organisation publicly executed two alleged murderers in Bara town of Khyber Agency on Tuesday....
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No auction of defaulters’ property without court’s permission
LAHORE, Dec 23: The Lahore High Court barred financial institutions on Tuesday from auctioning mortgaged property of defaulters without court’s permission....
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‘Railway burdened by Rs30bn overdraft’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The Public Accounts Committee was informed on Tuesday that the Pakistan Railways was facing severe problems because of poor financial management....
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Balochistan to take up service quota issue with federal govt
QUETTA, Dec 23: The government of Balochistan has decided to take up with the federal government the issue of its constitutional quota of 6.2 per cent in federal services, government institutions and autonomous bodies....
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1000MW electricity from Iran expected
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan hopes to sign agreements with Iran for the supply of 1,000 megawatts of electricity when the Iranian energy minister visits Islamabad next week, officials told Dawn on Tuesday....
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Women protection bill in process, says Sherry
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman here on Tuesday said government accords priority to welfare and protection of women and legislation relating to violence against women is in the process.She...
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Tribal areas uplift top priority, says PM
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that the development of Tribal Areas was the foremost priority of the government and substantial resources would be allocated for achieving this objective....
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Rain damages 50pc of paddy yield in upper Sindh
SUKKUR, Dec 23: Recent rainfall in upper Sindh has played havoc with the growers of rice as more than 50 per cent of the harvested paddy crop, lying in the open,...
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Parliament can validate any unconstitutional act, says Ramday
SAHIWAL, Dec 23: Only parliament has the power to amend, validate or annul any unconstitutional act within the existing framework and the Supreme Court cannot give ‘validation’ to any unconstitutional act....
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Bid to conceal honour killings
KASUR, Dec 23: There are a number of unanswered questions over the reported killing of two sisters by a dacoit and his subsequent lynching by ‘villagers’ in a village in the jurisdiction of Raja Jang police station....
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Over Rs26bn funds approved for Pindi uplift
RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: The city district government on Tuesday approved over Rs26 billion funds for various development projects....
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Family identifies body, doubts cause of death
GUJAR KHAN, Dec 23: The case regarding death of a young man, whose body was found lying in a jungle near the Sarwar Shaheed Government College, was partially solved on Tuesday...
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23 murder cases registered in three distts
ATTOCK, Dec 23: Twenty-three murder cases were registered in three districts of Rawalpindi Range in November....
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Court dismisses petition against expulsions from army school
RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Tuesday dismissed a writ petition about the expulsion of two children from a military-run school, saying it was not maintainable as the matter involved two private parties....
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Cantonment board orders Gakhar plaza’s demolition
RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: Different bodies functioning under the federal and provincial governments have finally reached the conclusion that the Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) is the only authority which should handle the...
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Man sentenced to life term
RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: An additional sessions judge (ASJ) here on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a man after convicting him of murder....
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Islamabad gets new SSP
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Yasin Farooq has been posted as Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Islamabad on Tuesday after Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik suspended Ahmad Latif....
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Citizenship: IHC dismisses Afghan refugees plea
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Tuesday dismissed the petition of 39 Afghan refugees residing in the federal capital and seeking citizenship of Pakistan on non-prosecution as nobody appeared in the court to pursue the case....
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Karachi troupe’s comedy regales cheerless capital
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Humour, either gallows or slapstick, is the perfect remedy for these cheerless times. If as a last recourse it has been advised to visit the theatre or the...
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Anti-Narcotics Force gets Canadian help
QUETTA, Dec 23: The Canadian High Commission has provided vehicles, generators and stabilisers to Balochistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force for improving its capability to curb drug trafficking....
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Application moved against three SC judges
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: A legal activist has filed an application in the Supreme Court requesting it to take action against three judges, including the incumbent chief justice, over alleged charges of misconduct....
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President meets JCSC chief
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: President Asif Ali Zardari and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Gen Tariq Majeed, met on Tuesday amid growing tension between Pakistan and India....
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Income support plan launched
LARKANA, Dec 23: The Benazir Bhutto Income Support Programme was launched outside the mausoleum of Bhuttos in Garhi Khuda Buksh on Tuesday....
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Bodies exhumed, post-mortem conducted
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 23: A special medical board, headed by Dr Saleem Raza Memon, conducted the post-mortem examination of the bodies of two women who had been tortured to death by an...
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Jirga settles tribal dispute
SHIKARPUR, Dec 23: A dispute between Shar and Khoso tribe was settled at a jirga at Jatoi House here on Monday evening....
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Woman killed by in-laws
LARKANA, Dec 23: A woman was killed reportedly by her in-laws in Kando village near Warah on Tuesday when she refused to give them money, according to an FIR lodged by her brother....
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Accord violation by oil, gas firms criticised
THATTA, Dec 23: The government and multinational companies engaged in oil and gas exploration in Sindh have failed in proper utilisation of production bonus, community welfare investment, employment and training to...
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Unnar granted bail in arms case
HYDERABAD, Dec 23: The Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit bench, on Tuesday granted bail to former Sindh revenue minister Altaf Unnar in an arms case in a sum of Rs100,000 on health grounds....
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Mirpurkhas bar polls today
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 23: A tough contest is expected in the annual elections of the Mirpurkhas District Bar Association on Wednesday wherein 400 lawyers would exercise their right to vote....
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Kiln workers protest torture of colleagues
FAISALABAD, Dec 23: About 100 brick kiln workers along with their families staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday in protest against the alleged torture by their employers and police failure to arrest the accused....
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People Rally behind army
GUJRANWALA, Dec 23: Activists of politico-religious parties, trade organisations and civil society took out a joint rally to protest against aggressive attitude of India towards Pakistan and pledged that people would foil any adventure....
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Supremacy of law is the cure: Juctice Iftikhar
MULTAN, Dec 23: Supremacy of law and restoration of the constitution are prerequisites to rid the country of all social, political and economic problems, deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Tuesday....
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‘War no slution’
SIALKOT, Dec 23: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday war was not a solution to curb terrorism. He said this while talking to reporters at the wedding of the son and daughter of PPP leader Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in Sialkot....
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Indian Sikh held from Nankana
SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 23: Sardar Mehander Singh who allegedly intruded into Pakistan from India and later came to Nankana Sahib was taken into custody by local police here on Tuesday....
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Potato growers
OKARA, Dec 23: Potato growers are suffering heavy losses owing to indifferent attitude of the government....
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Villagers block road against police
TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 23: Hundreds of people blocked Jhang-Faisalabad Road at Nawan Road on Tuesday night in protest against the Nawan Lahore police for allegedly torturing to death a villager....
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Five held for Bhakkar suicide attack: Monetary dispute involved
LAHORE, Dec 23: The Crimes Investigation Department on Tuesday claimed to have arrested five people involved in a suicide attack on PML-N MNA Rashid Akbar Niwani in Bhakkar on Aug 6....
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Polls for PA standing bodies’ chairpersons
LAHORE, Dec 23: Elections for chairpersons of Punjab Assembly’s standing committees started here on Tuesday with polls for two of the bodies....
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Melody Queen remembered
LAHORE, Dec 23: Melody Queen Noor Jahan’s eighth death anniversary was observed here at the Garden Town residence of her singer daughter Zill-i-Huma on Tuesday....
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Nawaz cancels birthday festivities
LAHORE, Dec 23: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has directed his party activists to cancel all ceremonies of cutting of cakes in connection with his birthday on Dec 25 to show solidarity...
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India asked to share Evidence for action
LAHORE, Dec 23: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif says he will ask President Asif Zardari to take action against ‘non-state actors’ allegedly involved in the Mumbai attacks provided the Indian government shared evidence with Pakistan....
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Perks, perks, perks!
LAHORE, Dec 23: Though there is nothing wrong in using one’s official perks, sometimes it stands so sharply in contrast to ground reality that it seems criminal....
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