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News for Friday, 14 Jan 2011

HEC mulls taking indirect control of post-graduate colleges

ISLAMABAD - Higher Education Commission (HEC) is seriously mulling to take indirect control of all government post-graduate colleges, it has
been learnt.
A source in HEC told Pakistan Today...

2 cops among 5 killed in Bannu, Mohmand attacks

PESHAWAR - At least five people, including two policemen, were killed and several others injured in terrorist acts in Bannu and Mohmand Agency on Thursday.
The terrorists targeted a police...

Each camel jockey’s family given $1,000, SC told

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that the government had disbursed $1,000 as compensation to each affected family of the children used as camel jockeys in United...

Indo-Pak dialogue is essential for stability in South Asia: US

WASHINGTON - The US encourages dialogue between India and Pakistan in order to ensure stability in South Asia, the White House said on Thursday.
"The president (Obama) recognises that India...

FIA team probing Haj scam returns empty handed

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency's (FIA) team probing Haj scam returned disappointed from Saudi Arabia on Thursday as it failed to grill the main accused of the scandal, Ahmad...

Sindh food minister wants centre to discontinue Atta supply from Punjab

KARACHI - Sindh Food Minister Nadir Magsi has urged the Federal government to either discontinue the supply of wheat flour (Atta) from Punjab to Sindh, province or allow the Sindh...

Four arrested as law enforcers sweep Pehlwan Goth

KARACHI - A six-hour-long operation in Pehlwan Goth on Thursday ended a three-day-long siege-like situation, as law enforcement agencies stepped in to break up skirmishes among warring groups and arrested...

Merit gives way to PPP-MQM reconcilation

KARACHI - The visit of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to MQM Headquarters Nine Zero has finally resolved the issue of appointments in various government departments and the Sindh government...

KU to start generating its own electricity

KARACHI - The University of Karachi (KU) would start generating its own electricity through a substation that was launched at a ceremony held at the Khan Institute of Biotechnology and...

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