Environment Minister chairs meeting on issue of Atta-Abad Lake in GB
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:17:35 PM

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10(INP): Federal Minister for Environment Hameedullah Jan Afridi Presided over the follow up meeting to review the landslide situation at Atta Abad, Gilgit-Baltistan here Wednesday.
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Another US drone attack: Six suspects killed
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:17:21 PM

MIRAN SHAH, Mar 10 (INP): At least six suspected persons were killed and two others injured as a US drone targeted a double cabin in Datta Khel area ner Miran Shah, the headquarters of North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Wednesday.
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34 outlaws with arms, drugs, illegal SIMs arrested
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:16:53 PM

34 outlaws with arms, drugs, illegal SIMs arrested
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BSM threatens to block Punjab, Sindh road & rail link
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:16:28 PM

BAHAWALPUR, Mar 10 (INP): Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Muhammad Ali Durrani has said that the water distribution in Punjab Province is ‘discriminatory’, and called for chalking out a new water policy in larger interest of the people of Southern Punjab, especially the farmers community of Bahawalpur.
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Appointment of 135,000 teachers in Sindh to be on merit: Sharmila Farooqui
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:16:09 PM

KARACHI, March 10 (INP): Advisor to CM Sindh, Sharmila Farooqui has said that provincial government of Sindh would appoint 135,000 teachers in government schools across the province during the current month and scholarship for deserved female students has been raised to Rs. 2600 against previous amount of Rs. 1000.
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67 extremists arrested across Hangu district
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:15:56 PM

HANGU, March 10 (INP): Security forces on Wednesday nabbed 67 extremists including suicide bombers during search operation across Hangu district
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Asia-Pacific Human Development Report spells out an 8 point agenda for gender equality
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:15:29 PM

ISLAMABAD, March 8 (INP): While Asia and the Pacific can take pride in the region’s vibrant economic transformation in recent decades, this has not translated into progress on gender equality and women have not benefitted from this progression.
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Delegations of various bar associations call on HCJP
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:15:16 PM

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (INP): To ensure inexpensive and expeditious justice is a crucial duty, said the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while addressing the delegations of Karachi Bar Association headed by Mr. Mehmood-ul-Hassan, Sindh High Court Bar Association headed by Mr. Rasheed A. Razvi, Malir District Bar Association headed by its President Mr. Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, Larkana District Bar Association headed by its President Mr. Sarfaraz Khan Jatoi, Thatta District Bar Association headed by its President Mr. Ghulam Akbar and District Bar Sanghar headed by its President Mr. Anwar Mahmood Nizamani and other office bearers who called on his lordship Wednesday in Supreme Court Building, Branch Registry, Karachi.
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Dubai Police Chief asks spies to leave the region
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:14:48 PM

DUBAI, March 10(INP): Police in the rich gulf state have warned spies operating in the Gulf to leave the region within one week or face consequences.
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India mulling pullout from Afghanistan after attacks
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:14:35 PM

NEW DELHI, March 10 (INP): India plans to scale down its operations in Afghanistan and will advice its citizens in that country to return home,an Indian channel reported Wednesday evening quoting sources in the government .
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Hameed Gul describes US ‘axis of evil’ in region
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:14:18 PM

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10(INP): Former chief of Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) General (Rtd) Hameed Gul has described the United States as "the axis of evil", reiterating that Washington's policies have led to insecurity in the region.
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BD Govt blocks 2 lac SIMs for criminal links
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:14:01 PM

DHAKA, Mar 10(INP): The Bangladeshi government has blocked around 2 lac mobile phone SIMs which were being used to carry out different crimes such as extortion and threatening people.
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Cuban medical students’ issues resolved
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:13:44 PM

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (INP): The issue of medical students in Cuba has been amicably resolved and all students have resumed classes. Following hectic efforts by the Government of Pakistan and the Governments of Cuba the Pakistani students expressed gratitude to the Governments of Pakistan and Cuba for securing the future of students who have come to Cuba to become qualified Doctors, says a press release.
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CJCSC underscores establishment of institutionalized mechanism of 'Defence & Security Talks' between Pakistan and Turkey
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:13:34 PM

ROME, March 10 (INP): General Tariq Majid, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) who is on an official visit to Italy for Bilateral Defence Talks on the invitation of his counterpart held extensive talks with top brass of Italian Armed Forces including Chief of the Italian Defence General Staff, General Vincenzo Camporini.
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ICCI calls for urgent withdrawal of power tariff hike
Last Update: 3/10/2010 11:13:11 PM

ISLAMABAD, March 10 (INP): Business community during a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) strongly criticized the NEPRA’s decision to jack up power tariffs by Rs.1.02 per unit in the garb of fuel cost adjustment and called upon the government to urgently withdraw this hike as it will make the survival of industry unviable and put more burden on the poor people.
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