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Treasury MNA opposes Nato force decision ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: A ruling party MNA from Bahawalpur Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Monday surprised his colleagues on the treasury benches when he expressed his anger at the government’s decision to...		PPP critical of govt for bypassing parliament: Accepting in Nato forces ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Opposition Leader in the Senate and a central leader of People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Raza Rabbani has criticized the government for allowing the Nato forces to take part...
Tight security for US mobile hospital MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 24: Law-enforcement agencies enforced a watertight security here on Monday when US soldiers arrived in the town in a 40-vehicle convoy to establish a mobile field-hospital to help earthquake victims in Azad Jammu and Kashmir....		Three RAF Chinooks arrive at Chaklala base ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Three British Chinook helicopters arrived at Chaklala airbase on Monday to assist in the massive aid operation currently underway following the devastating earthquake on October 8....
NWFP govt asks centre to honour Rs1bn aid pledge ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The NWFP government has expressed its resentment at the failure of the federal government in sending it Rs1 billion financial assistance to manage the relief operation being carried out in the quake-affected areas of the province....		Rauf orders arrest of ACLC team KARACHI, Oct 24: Sindh Home Minister Rauf Siddiqi has ordered immediate arrest of members of the ACLC team which opened fire on and killed the husband of MPA Asma Sherwani on Super Highway early on Sunday morning....
BNP-M apprehends massive operation against Mengal QUETTA, October 24: Secretary general of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Habib Jalib Baloch has alleged that the government is preparing to launch an operation in Wadh against Sardar Ataullah Mengal and his people....		Imports of pet birds, poultry banned ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Pakistan on Monday banned import of pet birds, poultry and poultry products to avert a possible outbreak of bird flu in the country....
NWFP govt yet to receive tents for schools PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The NWFP government was ready to start tent schools in the quake-hit areas next week if required items were provided to it immediately, officials of the education department said....		Donors urged to speed up assessment ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Salman Shah has asked donor agencies to complete their assessment report as soon as possible so that the government could make out a plane for rehabilitation of quake victims....
Scenic Devli village reduced to ruins MANSEHRA, Oct 24: The killer earthquake of Oct 8 claimed 62 lives and flattened all 400 homes in the village of Devli, 65 kilometres to the north-east of Mansehra town....		Gilgit schools may reopen after Eid: Detainees on hunger strike GILGIT, Oct 24: Schools, colleges and the Karakoram International University may reopen after Eid holidays. Almost all educational institutions in Gilgit were closed after the Oct 13 violence....
Damage high in deforested areas LAHORE, Oct 24: The Muzaffarabad areas with low forest cover had maximum landslides during the Oct 8 earthquake....		Makkah to host Islamic summit in December RIYADH: An extraordinary Islamic summit will be held in Makkah on December 7-8 this year to discuss current situation of the Muslim world, the secretariat of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) announced here on Monday....
Five of a family die in accident NAROWAL, Oct 24: A family of five and their driver died in an accident near Qila Kalarwala on the Narowal-Muridke Road on Monday night. Police said Maqbool Hussan Shah’s family was on way to Lahore from Kotli Hassan Shah by car....		SHC gets 9 judges ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: President Pervez Musharraf on Monday appointed nine additional judges to the Sindh High Court for a period of one year. The names of the judges are: Justice Munib...
Earthquake prediction simply impossible ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: Rumour mills again got active on Sunday night after a 5.9 intensity aftershock jolted northern Pakistan that another major earthquake is imminent. Citizens of Islamabad and Karachi particularly...		Two police die in road accident RAWALPINDI, Oct 24: A Special Branch official died and his colleague received critical injuries when a truck overturned and fell on them on Kashmir Highway on Monday, police said....
Water quality in Abbottabad, Mansehra good: PCRWR ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: The Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) on Monday said the condition of drinking water in the earthquake-hit areas of Abbottabad and Mansehra had been found satisfactory, but the situation was not good in Azad Kashmir....		TMQ to celebrate Eid with quake victims KOHAT, Oct 24: District amir of Tehrik Minhajul Quraan has announced that members of the TMQ will celebrate Eid with quake-affected people and distribute more relief goods at a camp to be set up on the day....
Restrictions on road use fuel protests in Mardan MARDAN, Oct 24: Shopkeepers in the Saddar bazaar here observed a strike against a decision of the commandant of the Punjab Regiment Centre (PRC), Mardan, barring local people from using the PRC road....		SHO faces rape allegation QUETTA, Oct 24: Two women of a village in Nasirabad have accused a police officer of criminally assaulting them and complained that their complaint was not being registered....
250 arrested for looting relief goods ISLAMABAD, Oct 24: More than 250 people, involved in looting relief goods, were apprehended in Mansehra and Balakot during the last three days, a high level meeting was informed....		Edhi sees conspiracy against his trust GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: Some politicians and institutions are behind the conspiracy hatched against the Edhi Welfare Trust to bring a bad name to it. This was stated by Abdul Sattar Edhi while talking to this correspondent by telephone here on Monday....
Notices to 29 policemen for wrong investigation: Motor registration scandal FAISALABAD, Oct. 24: Show cause notices have been issued to 29 policemen, including a DSP and seven inspectors, for wrong investigation into 49 cases pertaining to the motor registration scandal of the local Excise and Taxation department....		Risking life and limb SIALKOT, Oct 24: Unbridled overloading on boats in the river Tavi poses a serious threat to human lives, as it has already taken its toll owing to alleged slackness of the district government....
Three more accused declared innocent: Mandi Bahauddin carnage GUJRANWALA, Oct 24: Anti-terrorism court No 1 on Monday discharged three more accused in Mandi Bahauddin case in which eight Ahmadis were killed, while five others were granted physical remand till Oct 29....		Private guards to help police OKARA, Oct 24: Traders will provide 16 guards to police for manning them in busy shopping centres to check rising incidents of crime in the city....
Data on human smugglers by year-end LAHORE, Oct 24: The first “red book” of the country containing the record of most wanted human smugglers and terrorists will be completed by the end of this year, it is learnt....		Tent-making on a war footing LAHORE, Oct 24: Tent manufacturers in Punjab will make 210,000 tents for the earthquake-affected people on a war footing. This was disclosed during a meeting held here on Monday with Punjab...
New law against wheelie LAHORE, Oct 24: The Punjab government plans to introduce a new legislation for stopping wheelie, says law minister Raja Basharat on the floor of the house....		Girl recovered; police claim arresting four kidnappers NAWABSHAH, Oct 24: Police on Monday claimed to have recovered a Hindu girl and arrested four kidnappers. Sources said Abbas Ali Unnar, a primary school teacher, and Amrita were in love...
5 policemen booked after escape of prisoners from hospital KHAIRPUR, Oct 24: Five police personnel, including one head constable, were booked and three of them detained after three under trial prisoners escaped from the Khairpur Civil Hospital....		Anti-dam protests going unheeded HYDERABAD: Not a day passes in Sindh, from Karachi to Kashmore, without a demonstration in protest against controversial water projects upstream Indus River. Activists of political, social and literary organizations have...
Demand for teaching of Sindhi LARKANA, Oct 24: Bodies of the Sindh National Front of the districts of Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot have called upon the government to ensure teaching of the Sindhi language in accordance with the language bill of 1972....		CM orders arrest of culprits KARACHI, Oct 23: Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim has taken notice of the killing of six people near Tando Masti in Khairpur district, and ordered RPO and DIG of...
Call for assisting special children PESHAWAR, Oct 24: NWFP Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman has stressed the need for extending generous support to institutions engaged in looking after and imparting education to special children to make them useful citizens of society....		Relief activities reviewed PESHAWAR, Oct 24: NWFP’s Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has asked members of the Provincial Cabinet Committee constituted for supervising relief operation in five earthquake affected districts to work with dedication and perseverence for rehabilitation of the affected people....
Girl accuses relative of raping her PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A 15-year-old girl has accused her brother-in-law of criminally assaulting her. Police officials said on Monday that the girl, Sumaira, of Wazir Colony, told the Faqirabad police that...		Kidnapped tribesman released in Terrah PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A Mohmand tribesman kidnapped on August 12 was released by his captors in the remote Terrah valley of Khyber Agency, said a senior official on Monday....
Sacking termed a revenge action KOHAT, Oct 24: The president of a paramedics association, who was sacked on the charge of issuing fake medical certificates, has described the terminatation as a revenge action for taking part in election campaigns of the rival of MPA Kalb-i-Hassan....		Anti-rabies vaccine in short supply SADIQABAD, Oct 24: Three people bitten by stray dogs have to rush for anti-rabies vaccine in various government health centres only to be informed that they are short of supply....
Water shortage irks farmers in Toba TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 24: Former PPP MPA Mian Muhammad Rafiq, Pakistan Kissan Committee president Fateh Muhammad and National Workers Party district president Rana Azam have expressed their concern over the continuous shortage of irrigation water in the area....		Concern over condition of Sidhnai bridge VEHARI, Oct 24: Local transporters have expressed their concern over the dilapidated condition of Sidhnai bridge built over Mailsi Link canal situated on Vehari-Karampur road. Talking to the press here on...
Nishtar doctors donate Rs13m MULTAN, Oct 24: Doctors of the Nishtar Medical College and Hospital have so far contributed Rs13 million in the shape of medicines, edibles and warm clothes to help earthquake-hit people....		Relief goods dispatched LAHORE, Oct 24: The City District Government on Monday sent another 20 truckloads of relief goods to the quake-affected areas. District Nazim Mian Amer supervised the dispatch of trucks carrying blankets and quilts from the Jinnah Hall....
Project to strengthen pharmacy department approved PESHAWAR, Oct 24: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved a project worth Rs37 million to strengthen and modernize the department of pharmacy. The two-year project was prepared by the Planning...		Alumni pay tribute to Hamidullah PESHAWAR, Oct 24: A condolence meeting of the NWFP chapter of the Fulbright Alumni was held on Sunday at the University of Peshawar. The Fulbright Alumni expressed their deepest shock at...
Policy on maternal, child care soon PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Provincial Minister for Health Inayatullah Khan has said that women’s health was one of the priority areas of the government, adding that final touches were being given to a national policy on maternal and child health....		Demand for probe in to boy’s suicide PESHAWAR, Oct 24: Reports of suicide by a schoolboy was echoed in the NWFP Assembly on Monday when ANP parliamentary leader Bashir Bilour on a point of order raised the issue...