Heavyweights who no more carry weight
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Ten former heavyweights of the Capital Development Authority lost their claim to CDA largess when the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed their petitions for allotment of residential plots as a right.

Twin cities brave first hot day
RAWALPINDI, May 30: Wednesday proved to be the first hot day of the summer as twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad sizzled at 42 degrees Celsius with Met Office forecasting next two to three days as much dry and hot.

QAU students, management reach accord
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Tension between the students and the management of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) that began on April 27 finally came to an end on Wednesday after the former accepted all their demands including the readmission of 11 expelled students.

Nature with its charms showcased at painting exhibition
RAWALPINDI, May 30: The landscapes of Sabeeha Nasir, a senior artist, are marvelous depiction of nature in its true colours as one can feel the breeze and smell the grass while observing the pieces of art.

Protest against loadshedding
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Wednesday held a protest against power loadshedding in the federal capital which had gone up to 10 hours a day.

NEWS IN BRIEF
RAWALPINDI, May 30: An official of capital police was shot dead by an unidentified person at a playground near Sitara Market G-7 Markaz on Wednesday night, police said.

Manto’s Ten rupees redone retains old appeal
ISLAMABAD, May 30: These days, Manto is in the air. And in a quest to celebrate Manto’s centenary, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) put up a rendition of his short story Ten rupees on Wednesday in a simple but effective production.

Tobacco claims 274 lives each day
ISLAMABAD, May 30: An average 274 people die each day in the country from tobacco-related diseases, according to a survey carried out by a consumer protection agency.

Work on Marrir tunnel project may be delayed
RAWALPINDI, May 30: Marrir Hassan Bridge Tunnel Project may not be completed by end of this year as the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has not even initiated the spadework.

Numl cancels exams as students protest
ISLAMABAD, May 30: Students of National University of Modern Languages (Numl), Islamabad continued their protest on Wednesday, forcing the management to cancel the master level examinations in five subjects.

Capital likely to have pedestrian underpasses
ISLAMABAD, May 30: City managers are planning to construct two pedestrian underpasses at Jinnah Avenue (Blue Area).

Protest against power outages continues
RAWALPINDI, May 29: People in different areas of the city staged protest rallies on Tuesday against massive and prolonged loadshedding.

Fire near Pak Secretariat panics officials
ISLAMABAD, May 29: A fire erupted hardly 300 metres up the Margalla Hills in the vicinity of Pak Secretariat on Tuesday, raising concerns among officials of a number of institutions located in the close proximity of sensitive buildings, Dawn has learnt.

Teachers may have rejoiced too soon
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Some 250 Junior Lady Teachers (JLT) of the government schools of the city celebrated their promotion on the orders of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani as Senior School Teachers (SST) last week but may end up ruing the day like their 47 colleagues who were ignored for the promotion.

Graveyards in Pindi: Rs36m sought from Punjab to build boundary walls
RAWALPINDI, May 29: The Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) has sought Rs36.8 million from the Punjab government to construct boundary walls around graveyards in the city to avoid encroachment.

RTMA reclaims state land
RAWALPINDI, May 29: The Rawal Town Municipal Administration (RTMA) on Tuesday retrieved two kanals from encroachers and removed 15 kiosks constructed on state land in Khyaban-i-Sir Syed.

Call to preserve Bhuttos’ pictorial history
MUZAFFARABAD, May 29: A man who served as personal photographer of Bhutto family for nearly three decades feels frustrated at the alleged cold response from the people who, he believes, have got into their present public offices by courtesy of Bhuttos.

Two killed as car falls into ravine
MURREE, May 29: Two persons including a woman were killed and three others injured as a car fell into a deep ravine at Chitta Mor on Monday night, Rescue 1122 and police sources said.

Water shortage
RAWALPINDI, May 29: The residents of Arya Mohallah have been facing acute water shortage for the last four days.

NEWS IN BRIEF
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Appointments and absorption of judges working on deputation in the session divisions of the federal capital were challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday.

Solar power connected to national grid
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The premises of the Planning Commission (PC) and Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) are set to get solar power.

Rapid Compute launched in Pakistan
Launched by the Cybernet, the service focused on corporate market where small or big enterprises with uncertain business futures would not have to invest in IT hardware infrastructure.

Another warrant issued for arrest of CDA chief
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Justice Noorul Haq N. Qureshi of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued another warrant for the arrest of chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) on a contempt of court plea filed in a land compensation case.

Two women accuse brothers of assault
RAWALPINDI, May 29: Two sisters in a complaint to the police have alleged that they had been tortured and ‘sexually assaulted’ by their brothers.

Numl students protest new policy
ISLAMABAD, May 29: New policy introduced by the National University of Modern Languages (Numl) making 70 per cent attendance mandatory for participation in the examination has sent a wave of unrest among the students of the university.

Fire kills girl
ATTOCK, May 29: A three-year-old girl was killed in a fire incident at Akhori village of Attock Saddar police station.

HEC foreign faculty member found guilty of plagiarism
ISLAMABAD, May 29: A committee of experts formed by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has found one of the foreign faculty members and former director general of National University of Science and

Guest guns down five hotel staff
RAWALPINDI, May 28: A young man gunned down five employees of a Pirwadhai hotel in pre-dawn hours on Monday when he didn’t like the room and the hotel staff refused to return him the room rent,

QAU students resume their protest
ISLAMABAD, May 28: The students of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Monday re-started their protest against expulsion of their 11 fellow students and shut down most of the classrooms and dean offices.

As mercury rises, power cuts get longer
ISLAMABAD, May 28: As the mercury crossed 40 degrees Celsius in northern Punjab on Monday, the demand for cooling increased across the region, including the twin cities. However, drop in electricity