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SC accepts FPSC chief’s plea: Cut in tenure ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The Supreme Court on Wednesday accepted the joint appeal of chairman and four members of the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) and held that its registrar had no...		50 arrested in hunt for killers of engineers QUETTA, Feb 16: Police investigating the killing of three Chinese engineers and the Pakistani driver in the Hub area of Balochistan on Wednesday have rounded up about 50 suspects....
13 candidates challenge rejection of nominations ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Thirteen appeals against rejection of nomination papers for Senate elections by returning officers were filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday—-the last date for filing appeals....		MoU with Saudi deptt: explanation sought from CPSP ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The federal government has sought explanation from the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) over an overseas agreement which in fact was adversely affecting Pakistani doctors seeking senior level employment in Saudi Arabia....a....
‘Norwegian Muslims accept blasphemer’s apology’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Norway’s Muslim leaders have accepted the apology of the editor of a magazine which had reprinted the blasphemous cartoon in January....		Govt asked to seek apology from envoys ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Lawyers staged a protest demonstration against blasphemous cartoons here on Thursday and asked the government to seek unconditional apology from the envoys of the countries responsible for the shameful act and expel them from the country....
AJK PPP rejects phased polls ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: AJK People’s Party (AJK PPP) on Thursday rejected phased polls in Azad Kashmir saying that it would provide an opportunity to the federal and Punjab governments to influence the elections....		India accused of airspace violation ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Pakistan on Thursday accused Indian aircraft of violating its airspace and naval vessels of sailing in its territorial waters, and said it had lodged a protest with New Delhi....
Aziz to head UN panel UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will head a 15-member panel on UN system-wide coherence in areas of development, humanitarian assistance, and environment, a UN spokesman announced here on Thursday....		Wapda provided wrong answer in Senate: Cables passing over rooftops ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Raza Hayat Harraj on Thursday admitted on the floor of the Senate that Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) had given a...
55 protesters held across province OKARA, Feb 16: Around 55 more people were arrested, including five students, during the rallies that continued across the province on Thursday in protest against the publication of sacrilegious cartoons....		346 detained in Peshawar for rioting produced in courts PESHAWAR, Feb 16: Police on Thursday produced about 346 persons, including over 50 juveniles, as accused rioters in different courts. The courts remanded 51 in police custody for two days and sent the rest to prison....
Shopkeepers pull down shutters amid violence fears PESHAWAR, Feb 16: Scared shopkeepers pulled down shutters in some parts of Peshawar city and the cantonment area on Thursday morning when rumours spread that some groups were forcing people to observe strike....		Protesters in Kohat clash with police KOHAT, Feb 16: Police baton-charged thousands of protesters on Wednesday who had brought out processions to condemn publication of blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in some European newspapers....
Countrywide protest today: TNRM: MMA rally on 26th LAHORE, Feb 16: The Tahafuz Namoos-i-Risalat Mahaz has announced countrywide protest day against blasphemous depictions on Friday (today) and convened a conference in the city on March 1....		Violation of ban not to be allowed, says Pervaiz LAHORE, Feb 16: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi says nobody will be allowed to break the law with regard to the ban on processions all over the province....
Heavy police, Rangers deployment in Lahore LAHORE, Feb 16: Heavy contingents of the Pakistan Rangers and police guarded all important installations in the city on Thursday, as the situation remained largely peaceful....		Processions, strike in Sindh towns against blasphemy SUKKUR, Feb 16: Activists of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal took out a procession and staged a sit-in at the new bus terminal here on Thursday in protest against the publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers....
Bureaucracy opposing minister’s proposal: Environment impact assessment commission ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: The federal environment ministry is in a fix over the setting up of environment impact assessment (EIA) commission, with its federal minister supporting the idea and the bureaucracy opposing the same, Dawn has learnt....		‘Amendment to keep Musharraf unacceptable’ LONDON, Feb 16: Any move to perpetuate Gen Pervez Musharraf’s tenure as president and army chief through a constitutional amendment would be ‘illegal’, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif told Gulf News in an interview....
Two TV boosters for Afghanistan ISLAMABAD, Feb 16: Pakistan would provide two television transmitters to Afghanistan in March this year, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said here on Thursday....		Kalam asks Pakistan to check infiltration, NEW DELHI, Feb 16: Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam told parliament on Thursday that New Delhi remained committed to its composite dialogue with Pakistan but he urged Islamabad to also keep its part of the bargain and check cross border infiltration....
Swiss archer given Markhor hunting permit PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The NWFP wildlife department has made the Markhor trophy hunting programme more interesting by granting a permit to a bow hunter who arrived here from Switzerland....		Trade rivals taking advantage of protests PESHAWAR, Feb 16: Some businessmen are taking advantage of the law and order situation arising out of the violent demonstrations against publication of blasphemous cartoons in European newspapers and are targeting...
NWFP seeks Rs40b loan for small dams SWABI, Feb 16: The NWFP government has sought a loan of Rs40 billion from the federal government for the construction of 21 small dams in the province....		Man killed in feud over cable connection HARIPUR, Feb 16: One person was killed on Thursday in the Khalbat township following a dispute over the snapping of a cable net connection....
Probe into Shisham theft on railway land GUJRAT, Feb 16: The provincial chief conservator of the forest department has ordered an inquiry into the Kalra Shisham theft and assigned the task to one of his subordinates, it is learnt here on Thursday....		Student’s death in accident sparks protest SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 16: Following the death of a student in a road accident, hundreds of school and college students kept Sargodha road blocked for about an hour and pelted cars and buses with stones here on Thursday....
‘Agri land grabbed by housing society’ GUJRANWALA, Feb 16: An inquiry was ordered on Thursday against grabbing of the irrigation department’s agricultural land by land mafia....		Plan to improve traffic FAISALABAD, Feb 16: Lyallpur Town nazim Rana Zahid Mahmood has said that more than 100 multi-storey plazas and shops constructed over a drain along the Circular Road would be demolished and the shopkeepers would be given alternative space....
Rangers at sensitive places FAISALABAD, Feb 16: Joint teams of the local police and Rangers have been deployed at all sensitive spots of the city, especially outside religious seminaries, educational institutions and commercial centres to avert any eventuality....		The sword of Damocles SADIQABAD, Feb 16: Residents of several places in the district have for long been living under the constant threat of dangling electricity wires....
Foreign policy moot BAHAWALPUR, Feb 16: Speakers at the concluding session of a two-day national conference on Pakistan’s foreign policy held at Islamia University here on Thursday stressed the need for evolving the foreign policy in consultation with academicians and educationists....		Sugar import hit by shortage of Indian vans LAHORE, Feb 16: Local importers claimed on Thursday shortage of carriage vans in India was hampering the sugar import. The Pakistan government had promised to send the railway vans to fetch sugar, but it had yet to do so....
A city stunned LAHORE, Feb 16: An uneasy calm prevailed in the city on Thursday after two days of rioting that left four people dead and caused damages estimated to be in billions of rupees....		State land to be leased for three years LAHORE, Feb 16: Recommendations have been made regarding necessary terms and conditions for renting out thousands of acres of state land in Punjab through open auction for a period of three years....
Rally against killing of PU worker LAHORE, Feb 16: Punjab University teachers and students held a demonstration on campus premises on Thursday against the killing of a varsity employee....		Rally demands national language status for Sindhi HYDERABAD, Feb 16: A large number of writers and intellectuals under the banner of the Sindhi Adabi Sangat held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday....
Conservation plan for Moenjodaro LARKANA, Feb 16: The federal government has approved a master plan to undertake massive conservation work at Moenjodaro in collaboration with the Moenjodaro and Conservation and Research Cell (MCRC) at the site....		Plea to register FIR against police, forest officials THATTA, Feb 16: A landlord has filed an application with the district and sessions judge requesting him to order registration of an FIR against forest and police officials who allegedly destroyed his crops on 123 acres of land....
Dadu taluka council approves budget DADU, Feb 16: The Dadu taluka council at a session here on Thursday passed its annual budget of Rs99.758 million for 2005-06. Taluka Naib Nazim Murad Ali Shah presided over the meeting and Taluka Nazim Naban Khan Lund presented the budget....		Train-stop at Khairpur restored KHAIRPUR, Feb 16: The stop of the Chenab Express at the Khairpur railway station has been restored by the railway administration after protests by the Anjuman Tajiran-i-Khairpur....
Revenue officials booked MIRPURKHAS, Feb 16: Police on Thursday registered an FIR against a former Mukhtiarkar of the Kot Ghulam Mohammad taluka, two Tapedars and three others for allegedly selling agricultural lands of Jamal Nasir by exercising the powers of attorney....		Unaffiliated college students allowed to take exams PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The University of Peshawar allowed students of an unaffiliated private medical college last month to take examinations along with students of an affiliated institution apparently violation of rules, sources said on Thursday....
Health budget to be raised: minister PESHAWAR, Feb 16: NWFP Health Minister Inayatullah Khan said on Thursday that the provincial government was planning to make an unprecedented increase in the health budget next year and would offer free medical service at district level....		‘Women councillors denied funds’ GILGIT, Feb 16: Women councillors of union councils in Yaseen tehsil, 110 km west of Gilgit in the western district of Ghizer, have protested that they had not been provided funds...
Lawyers condemn sacrilege KOHAT, Feb 16: Lawyers took out a procession here on Thursday to condemn the publication of blasphemous cartoons in the European press. Chanting slogans against the countries responsible for the publication...		Varsity project approved: VC PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The Higher Education Commission has approved the “Establishment of Student Facilities” project for the Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) to augment infrastructure and academic facilities....
Interpol seeks custody of murder accused PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The Afghanistan branch of Interpol has called upon Pakistan to hand over a man accused of being involved in the kidnap and murder of Taliban Commander Abdul Ahmed Bourbandi....		Move to take cartoons issue to ICJ, says Durrani PESHAWAR, Feb 16: The NWFP government has decided to move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in connection with the publication of blasphemous cartoons by some European newspapers....