Technology Up-gradation and Skill Development Company (TUSDEC) will set up Skill Development Centres (SDCs) in earthquake-hit areas of the country to help make required skilled manpower available for the upcoming massive reconstruction activity. The Federal

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District police have finalised security arrangements to maintain law and order in the district on Eid-ul-Fitr. According to police, additional policemen would be deputed at Eidgahs, imambargahs and public places, including markets, with enhanced patrolling

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Punjab Cabinet has approved the "Punjab Emergency Service Act 2005" to be tabled in the Punjab Assembly in the next session. The Act is aimed at establishing a special body to cope with emergencies created

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Pakistan Railways (PR) has decided to start special trains on account of Eidul Fitr. According to PR officials here the decision was taken to facilitate the passengers. The first 'Eid Special' train will depart from

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A meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Food, Agriculture and Livestock discussed the agenda items at length and set up two sub-committees to look into the affairs of ZTBL and PARC. The issues

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UK-based Kashmiris have dispatched relief goods of worth Rs 100 million including tents, blankets, medicines, edible items and other essential materials to quake hit areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Talking to APP here on

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The so-called 'forward block' in Pakistan Muslim League (Q) may or may not emerge in the near future, but the unity of the ruling party is already on the rocks. Riaz Hussein Pirzada, a treasury

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Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) will lay down procedure for import of urea by the private sector during next November 2006. The Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet had constituted a committee

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Minister for Education Javed Ashraf Qazi said here in the National Assembly that government had allocated Rs 1.15 billion for education budget for the year 2005-06 and Pakistan was now at 29th position in the

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The ruling party members of the National Assembly on Monday sought clarification from the government regarding alleged links of Punjab Chief Minister's son with terrorists groups. MNA Riaz Hussain Pirzada drew the attention of the

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