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Foreign

Protests erupted at several places in Indian-held Kashmir against the arrests of youth during past some days for their alleged role in stone-pelting. Tension gripped Pulwama town when scores of youth protested<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/18/arrests-of-youth-trigger-ihk-protests/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Abducted Balochistan Prosecutor General Abdul Wasey Tareen was on Sunday recovered from the Dara Band area of DI Khan early morning, official sources said. He had gone missing on February 27 from some

Ten countries confirm participation

NATIONAL

Despite strong efforts from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Sunday, negotiations over the withdrawal of Justice (r) Shakirullah Jan’s name for caretaker PM failed to move ahead, with an unhappy Maulana Fazalur<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/18/pml-n-fails-to-convince-jui-f-on-justice-r-jans-withdrawal/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Legendary MM Alam passes away

Imran wants Morsi to help bring West, Muslims closer

The Pakistan government has nominated 15 members for the Pakistan-India Joint Business Council following a decision by the two countries to create the body to boost commerce and economic ties. Bashir Ali<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/17/pakistan-names-15-members-for-joint-business-council-with-india/" title="Read more" >...</a>

KARACHI

All major roads in the ‘city of lights’ are littered with heaps of garbage as the municipal administration has run out of funds even for paying salaries to sanitary workers and running the garbage

LAHORE

The National Industrial Parks (NIP) Development and Management Company has decided to establish a 25 megawatt power generation plant which would be run on municipal agro waste and coal. The plant will

Students appearing for the Matric Part-1 examination (9th class) protested on Saturday over serious irregularities in roll number slips, including incorrect photographs. Although all preparations with regard to 9th class examinations, which<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/17/protest-over-serious-irregularities-in-roll-number-slips/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Expressing satisfaction on the pace of inclusion of beneficiaries’ families, Asian Development Bank (ADB) decided on Saturday to provide a further $ 200 million to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). Financial Sector<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/17/adb-to-provide-200m-support-to-bisp/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Former MPA Makhdum Raza Bokhari, ex-chairman Zila Council Muzaffargarh Makhdum Altaf Hussain Bokhari and former Union Council (UC) Nazim Sardar Muhammad Ajmal Khan joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) during a meeting<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/17/former-mpa-joins-pml-q/" title="Read more" >...</a>