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EDO finds seven ‘ghost’ employees
By Our Staff Correspondent
FAISALABAD, Nov 21: Seven ‘ghost’ employees have been found receiving salaries for the last many years without joining duties at three health facilities,
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
S. Punjab crafts festival opens
By Our Staff Correspondent
MULTAN, Nov 21: Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) chief-executive Syed Mohibbullah Shah says an international standard expo centre will be
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
‘Unanimity on NFC award within days’
LAHORE, Nov 21: Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira said on Saturday the federation and all provinces were inching towards unanimity on the NFC award
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Over 200 FBR officers made OSDs
By Sajid Gondal
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Sohail Ahmed has made over 200 officers of Sales Tax Department as Officers on Special Duty (OSDs).
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Another security plan for Diplomatic Enclave
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The government is making arrangements to further beef up security in and round Diplomatic Enclave to avoid any terrorist activity there.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
500 acres to be acquired for industrial zone
By Our Reporter
RAWALPINDI, Nov 21: The Punjab government has approved a plan for acquiring 500 acres for establishing an industrial zone in Rawalpindi, honouring a
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
CJ takes suo motu notice of woman’s killing
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Saturday took suo motu notice of the killing of a woman allegedly by her
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Rs1 billion for competent teachers in Punjab
RAWALPINDI, Nov 21: Punjab Chief Minister’s Task Force for Elementary Education Chairman Raja Muhammad Anwar said on Saturday that the provincial chief minister
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Mobile phone import decreases by 66pc
By Jamal Shahid
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The import of cellular mobile handsets fell by 66 per cent in 2008-09 falling to $130 million from the previous year’s $446 million, said a
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Punjab Bar polls results
By Our Reporter
RAWALPINDI, Nov 21: Lawyers of Rawalpindi division on Saturday elected eight representatives to the Punjab Bar Council for the next five years.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Ch Shujaat advises beneficiaries to resign
By Our Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has advised the politicians benefiting from the National Reconciliation Ordinance
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Bar Council poll ends amid claims of victory
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: Almost all candidates vying for 16 slots of member of the Punjab Bar Council in Lahore district were claiming victory as counting of votes
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Sardar Atiq sees solution to crises in AJK
By Our Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: Former Azad Kashmir prime minister Sardar Atiq Khan has said Kashmiri immigrants are not investing their liquid assets worth over £20 billion at
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
SC can strike down immunity clauses: Wajih
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: Former presidential candidate Justice Wajihuddin Ahmad (retired) has said the Supreme Court can strike down Article 248 of the Constitution and
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Police fail to trace suspected vehicle
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: Police kept searching a suspected vehicle on Saturday after they got a report of its entry into the city from Motorway II.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Goldsmith commits suicide
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: A goldsmith committed suicide in the city on Saturday.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Huma’s death: probe team meets doctors
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 21: A three-member committee constituted by the federal government to probe the death of Huma Wasim, wife of legendary cricketer Wasim Akram, held
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Rumour on bombers sets off alarm
By Our Correspondent
THATTA, Nov 21: Sujawal was a scene of chaos and confusion on Saturday after the leakage of news that some would-be suicide bombers have arrived in the town.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Probe into NRO cases sought under SC
By Our Correspondent
SUKKUR, Nov 21: Sindh United Party (SUP) leader Syed Zain Shah has urged the government to form a high-level committee headed by a Supreme Court judge to
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
SBC polls held
Dawn Report
MIRPURKHAS Nov 21: Poling for Sindh Bar Council’s seats for different regions of Sindh was held on Saturday.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Attack on clinic kills woman, her baby, uncle
By Our Correspondent
NAWABSHAH, Nov 21: A gang of dacoits barged into a private clinic and killed a woman, her child and uncle when they put up resistance to their attempt to rob
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Shazia defends Irsa’s water distribution
By Our Staff Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Nov 21: Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri has said the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has not taken any decision about distribution of
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
ACE raids office of finance EDO
By Our Correspondent
SUKKUR, Nov 21: The Anti-Corruption Establishment of Ghotki on Saturday raided the office of the EDO finance and sealed the record.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
NAB denies compiling new NRO list
By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has claimed that record about beneficiaries of the National Reconciliation Ordinance, 2007, was
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
ANP withdraws candidate in favour of PPP
By Our Correspondent
QUETTA, Nov 21: Pakistan People’s Party and Awami National Party said on Saturday that political parties should launch a joint struggle against terrorism and to
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Sugar barons’ plea against gur-makers
By A Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association has urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the large-scale manufacturing of gur in the NWFP and its
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Newspaper holiday
KARACHI, Nov 21: Newspapers will observe two closed holidays on Nov 28 and 29 on account of Eidul Azha, the All Pakistan Newspapers Society said on Saturday.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Two MQM men among three shot dead
By Our Staff Reporter
KARACHI, Nov 21: Three men, including two workers of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, were gunned down in separate incidents on Saturday.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Haqqani says he didn’t seek relief
ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Hussain Haqqani, the Ambassador to Washington, never applied for any benefit under the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in any alleged
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Mansehra jail inmates complain against police
By Our Correspondent
MANSEHRA, Nov 21: The inmates of Mansehra District Jail piled up complaints regarding highhandedness of police and flaws in the judicial system here on Saturday
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Scanner gates to be installed in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Nov 21: NWFP Inspector General of Police Malik Naveed has said 35 scanner gates will be installed at different routes of the provincial capital to
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
NWFP to extend anti-terror law to Pata
Bureau Report
PESHAWAR, Nov 21: The NWFP government will extend a recently-promulgated anti-terror law to Provincially Administrated Tribal Areas (Pata).
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
12 suspects held in Kohat
By Our Correspondent
KOHAT, Nov 21: Twelve suspects including five illegal Afghan nationals were arrested during search operation in Kohat district on Saturday.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
Man kills father
By Our Correspondent
OKARA, Nov 21: A man shot his father dead over a land dispute in Baranpur village in Chuchak police precincts.
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009
‘ICAs against bypoll have become ineffective’
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 20: A lawyer has filed an application in the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking disposal of pending intra-court appeals (ICAs) against postponement of
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009
PTI women’s peace rally
By Our Staff Reporter
LAHORE, Nov 20: Women activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday took out a ‘peace rally’ to highlight government’s alleged failure in adopting a
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009
Speakers for special funds for orphans
RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Speakers at a seminar on Friday suggested that the government should establish special funds for orphaned children, particularly those whose
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009
41pc children in Dadu labourers
By Our Correspondent
DADU, Nov 20: Speakers at a seminar have said that 41 per cent children do not go to school due to different reasons and they are engaged in child labour in
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009
BB varsity to send doctors abroad: VC
By Our Correspondent
LARKANA, Nov 20: Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Medical University had plans to send 20 doctors abroad for doing Ph.D, said the university’s vice-chancellor Prof
Saturday, 21 Nov, 2009
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