Archive for the November 9, 2005
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The opposition on Tuesday turned down the government's offer to attend briefing of the federal relief commissioner in the Parliament House, saying it would only prefer to sit with the prime minister to discuss the
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Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) plans to construct five more cancer hospitals in addition to 13 already providing services to more than 350,000 patients annually. PAEC Chairman Parvez Butt stated this at the inaugural ceremony
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Tuesday threatened to abandon relief work in earthquake-affected areas after thrashing of their two workers allegedly by Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) people. Addressing a hurriedly called press conference here at the Press
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A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Dr Farooq Sattar called on Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz at the Prime Minster house on Tuesday and discussed relief, rescue and rehabilitation programme. Members of the
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The mockery of parliamentary democracy of Pakistan gets exposed every now and then but its most spectacular display is these days on in the National Assembly. There is no business in hand to transact but
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Tanneries, which have a mushroom growth in and around Sialkot over last decade, are major factor for environmental degradation. At present, more than 248 tanneries are functioning here of which nine large, 79 medium and
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The government is formulating a policy to encourage private sector in the manufacture of compressed natural gas (CNG) kits to meet its high demand. "The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) is actively considering a
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From tsunamis and earthquakes to hurricanes and bird flu, the natural disasters of the past year have underlined the urgency of a global project to pool knowledge that could limit the damage. In Johannesburg in
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October 8, 2005, was a 'BLACK SATURDAY" morning. Students of Rizwan Public School, Muzaffarabad, and many thousands like them were unaware of the catastrophe coming ahead. The collision between the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates,
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Shaikh Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a man of great many ideas - sublime and serene, dynamic and romantic, provocative and profound. He was both a great poet and a serious thinker at the same time;
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