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News for Thursday, 14 Apr 2011

NA body criticises security at Parliament House, Govt Hostel

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on House and Library expressed its reservations on Thursday with the security arrangements at Parliament House and Government Hostel. Committee members discussed security...

Seminar on role of media in conflict situations – Speakers highlight elements of reporting

ISLAMABAD - Speakers at a seminar here on Thursday highlighted the significant elements of reporting in a conflict situation such as responsibility, impartiality and accuracy, as these were prerequisites for...

Kayani opens new road from Bannu to Kabul

PESHAWAR - Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani inaugurated the construction of a new road between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday that will go through Bannu-Ghulam Khan...

Capital police yet to identify 10 corpses found in 3 months

ISLAMABAD - The capital police have failed to identify more than 10 dead bodies recovered from various parts of the city during past three months. It was generally suspected that...

PASSCO set to launch wheat procurement campaign 2011

LAHORE - The Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) is all set to launch 'Wheat Procurement Campaign 2011' from the last week of April. The corporation has fixed a...

0.8m tonnes of wheat sold for export

LAHORE - The Punjab Food Department has sold over 0.8 million tonnes of wheat for export while agreements have been signed for the sale of more wheat to exporters. Out...

Balochistan border being used for drug trade: Malik

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that narcotics worth dollars 5 billion is being traded from Afghanistan via porous border routes of Balochistan.
"Smuggling is going on unabated...

Gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme opens

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Chairman Mian Misbahur Rahman inaugurated the laying-down of the pipelines for gas supply to Chinar Bagh Scheme, a project of the Greater Lahore Housing Society,...

SNGPL faces major gas shortage

LAHORE - Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) was facing a huge gap between demand and supply of natural gas because of the shortage of supplies from major gas fields...

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