PPI - Pakistan Press International articles from March 2009

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BEd, MEd exams at SALU.
March 1, 2009... Khairpur, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): The controller of examination Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur on Saturday announced that the B.Ed and M.Ed (Regular Course) examination fresh and ex-candidates of 1st semester session 2008-2009 will be held...

8th CMC Convocation in April.
March 1, 2009... Larkana, March 01 (PPI): The 8th Convocation of Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana will be held in the first week April, 2009, in the main campus. This was announced by the Principal & Chairman Organizing Committee 8th Convocation CMC...

Book reading effective tool to reduce stress.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): It will carry you to the remote places with the white sandy beaches and the clear skies blued in the flickering of an eye. It will carry you behind in time at the days of the prehistoric monsters or will push you ahead...

CITY- Two-day wedding expo on March 18.
March 1, 2009... Rawalpindi, March 01 (PPI): A two-day wedding Expo 2009 would be organized here at a local hotel on March 18 to 19 to provide wedding industry opportunities to exhibit their products under one roof. The event organizer Miss Mehvish Naeem told...

Sports-(National junior, senior karate championships from March 6-8).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI):The 18th National Junior & Senior Karate Championships will be held from 6-8 March 2009 at Hyderabad Club, Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad. Officials of the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) told that teams from all the affiliated...

(CDO to celebrate civil defence week).
March 1, 2009... Rawalpindi, March 01 (PPI): Civil Defence Organization (CDO) will celebrate the week to mark the International Civil Defence Day, celebrated every year on March 01. In this connection, Director Civil Defence Punjab has issued special...

Three food officials booked for corruption.
March 1, 2009... Ratodero, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): The Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) Larkana has registered cases against three food officials, including Assistant Food Controller (AFC) for allegedly misappropriating 7173 bags of wheat and inflicting...

Case lodged against Patwari for change in land record.
March 1, 2009... Ratodero, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): The ACE Larkana had registered a case against Dad Muhammad Wadho, a Patwari (revenue collector) of Deh Naundero and five others for allegedly changing the record of Irrigation Department land measuring over 13...

One dies, over two dozen injured in Karachi road mishaps.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): A man died and over two dozen injured in separate road accidents here, during last 24 hours. A pickup hit a motorcycle near Baloch Colony traffic signal. Resultantly, one Talha 28 died and Zahoor 40 injured. A coach of...

Alleged bandit killed in police encounter.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Police killed an alleged bandit in an encounter, while his two accomplices managed to flee. According to details, a group of three dacoits were looting one Abdullah near a bank branch in New Karachi, when a police...

Distt (Sialkot): Govt to establish 4 new BHUs in district: EDO Health.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The government would soon establish four new Basic Health Units (BHUs) in Sialkot districts villages Buddha Goraya, Adalatgarha, Lohaarkey and Kambaanwala. EDO (Health) Sialkot Dr. Syed Talat Iqbal disclosed this while...

Montessori training workshop starts today.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Under the aegis of American Montessori System working at Children Library Complex, a 6-day Montessori Training Workshop being started from March 02 (today) which would remain continue till March 07. According to the...

Clarification.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Spokesman of the Punjab Government has said that the Punjab Government has not lifted ban on serving more than one dish during marriage functions. The spokesman said that the rule of one dish would remain continued...

CITY-(5 members of same family killed in road mishap).
March 1, 2009... Rawalpindi, March 01 (PPI): As many as five persons of the same family were killed and others seriously when a speedy car collided with a truck here on Sunday at Dharnal Road. According to details, a speedy Corolla car went out of control when...

AJK-(Sultan asks Kashmiris to participate in protest demos, long march).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): Former Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Head of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Muslim League (J&KPML), Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry Sunday called upon the Kashmiris to participate in the protest...

Ordinance promulgated on Vocational, Technical Education Commission.
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): President Asif Ali Zardari has promulgated an Ordinance on The National Vocational and Technical Education Commission. The Ordinance may be called The National Vocational and Technical Education Commission Ordinance...

Ordinance promulgated to amend Code of Criminal Procedure.
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): President Asif Ali Zardari has promulgated an ordinance to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898. The Ordinance may be called the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 2009 and shall come into force at...

Rehman Malik meets Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran.
March 1, 2009... Tehran, Iran, March 01 (PPI): Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has held a meeting with Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran as special envoy of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. He conveyed special...

Weather: Fair weather forecast.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): The Meteorological Office has forecast a fair weather with misty morning in Karachi on Monday with the minimum temperature expected to range between 19 to 21 degrees centigrade. Dry weather is forecast for Hyderabad,...

Foundation stone of park laid.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Town Nazim Gulshan-e-Iqbal Muhammad Wassey Jalil laid the foundation stone of a park in UC-5 of his town. The park spread over 3-acres would be a family park and completed with a cost of Rs30million. Wassey Jalil said...

Lecture on Colorectal Cancer Awareness at KU.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): The seminar Committee of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Karachi University, is organizing a lecture on Colorectal Cancer Awareness on Tuesday, 03rd March 2009, at 2:30pm at Auditorium, Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre. Dr. Nehal...

Need stressed to continue democratic process.
March 1, 2009... Hyderabad, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Ladies Wing Sindh president Sorath Thebo, deputy general secretary Seema Solangi, Hyderabad district president Sakina Chandio and others office-bearers stressing for a...

189 get degrees at Isra University convocation.
March 1, 2009... Hyderabad, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): Some 189 students received degrees from Isra University here Saturday evening during its 6th convocation. Among them 96 were given degrees in medical, 14 in nursing, 9 were given postgraduate degrees, while 68...

Driver training schools to be opened in Karachi.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Sindh Transport Minister Akhtar Hussain Jadoon Sunday said driver training schools would be opened in Karachi to provide technical training to drivers. Addressing a Jadoon Conference at Sikanderabad, Keamari town...

Mumtaz sees threats to democracy.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Sindh National Front (SNF) chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto Sunday said the future of democracy was at the stake, as the country was facing serious challenges and present rulers seemed unable to cope with them. Talking to...

Speedy truck kills boy in Korangi.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): A speedy truck killed a boy in Korangi area on Sunday. Maqsood Ahmed 12, died when a speedy truck hit him at Sector-F Korangi Bilal Colony. Police arrested the driver and impounded the vehicle. The body was sent to the...

Diploma courses in paramedic training institutes soon?
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Sindh Health Minister Dr Saghir Ahmed has instructed the Sindh Medical Facility to improve standard of their hospitals and institutions so that diploma course could be started there for paramedics. He asked Dr Arshad...

Sport: Sher-e-Punjab Dangal on March 6.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): The Sher-e-Punjab Dangal will be held here on March 06 (Friday) and Shahid Khoewala and Acchi Pehlwan Multani will fight for the title. According to sources, contests of twenty wrestlings would be held in the...

Flour mills to supply 70,000 atta bags at Sunday Bazars.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced to supply 70,000 bags of atta to Sunday Bazars. According to PFMA spokesman, the measures are being taken to ensure smooth supply of atta in Lahore city with the help...

Distt (Sialkot): Sambrial police smashed inter district gang of swindlers.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The Sambrial police have smashed an inter district gang of swindlers and have arrested six members including the ring leaders of this gang. DSP Sambrial Muhammad Altaf Wattoo disclosed this while talking to the newsmen...

Distt (Sialkot): 11 more highway patrolling police posts to be established soon.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): As many as eleven more highway patrolling police posts would soon be established in Sialkot districts all the four Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur tehsils for controlling the traffic and providing the emergency help...

Distt (Narowal): PML-N Chief to address public meeting at Narowal today.
March 1, 2009... NAROWAL, March 01 (PPI): The PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif will address a big public meeting at Stadium Ground Narowal city on March 02 (today). The PML-N Central Leader and MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif disclosed this while talking to the newsmen...

Distt (Sialkot): Salman Taseer to visit Sialkot on March 12.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The Punjab Governor Salman Taseer will visit Sialkot on March 12 (Thursday). He will address a provincial convention of party workers scheduled to be held at Gohdpur-Sialkot. PPP Sialkot district President Malik Tahir...

Distt (Daska): Probe against Rs. 7.7m financial irregularities started.
March 1, 2009... DASKA, March 01 (PPI): A special probing team led by Assistant Director Local Government (ADLG) Sialkot Majeed Azhar has started a strict probe against the Rs. 7.7 million financial bungling and irregularities in the development funds of Daska...

CITY-(Seminar on re-locating the state: industrial policy for growth, poverty reduction).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) will organize a seminar on re-locating the state: industrial policy for growth, poverty reduction here on Monday at 20 Hill Road F- 6/3. The speaker of the seminar will...

AJK-(PSF, PYO to take out rallies in favour of Asif Zardari).
March 1, 2009... Muzaffarabad, March 01 (PPI): Peoples Students Federation (PSF) and Peoples Youth Organization (PYO) would take out Tahafuz Jamhoriat rallies in favour or President Asif Ali Zardari here on Monday. Office-bearers of the both organizations told...

CITY-(Journalists problems to be resolved on priority basis: Chairman CDA).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): Chairman, Capital Development Authority (CDA), Tariq Mehmood Khan has assured that problems of the journalists would be resolved on priority basis. He stated this while talking to a group of senior journalists, who...

Sports-(PSB to organize coaching courses for teachers of physical education in N.As).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI):Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has prepared a comprehensive plan to update the knowledge of the Teachers of Physical Education of Northern Areas. As per programme the PSB would organize coaching courses in athletics,...

Dist-(Inter-district swindlers gang arrested).
March 1, 2009... Sialkot, March 01 (PPI):The Sambrial police have smashed an inter district gang of swindlers including the ring leaders of this gang. DSP Sambrial Muhammad Altaf Wattoo disclosed this while talking to the newsmen here Sunday. Senior member...

Dist-(SIMA demands establishment of Material Bank at Sialkot).
March 1, 2009... Sialkot, March 01 (PPI):Surgical Instruments Manufacturing Association (SIMA) has urged the government to establish an international standard Material Bank at Sialkot for boosting the more than one century old surgical industry through the...

Missing nephew of Inzimam found from Hyderabad.
March 1, 2009... Multan, March 01 (PPI): The missing nephew of cricket star Inzimam-ul-Haq was found from railway station of Hyderabad, Sindh on Sunday, Police recovered Hassan bin Maqfood,16 and informed his parents. Syed Batish, father of Hassaan said their...

Sunni Tehrik announces political wing.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Sunni Tehrik chief Sarwat Ejaz Qadir has announced to form Pakistan Inqilabi Tehrik, the political wing of Sunni Tehrik. Addressing Janisaran-e-Mustafa Conference at Nishtar Park on the night between Saturday and...

Dist-(11 more patrolling police posts to be set up in Sialkot Dist).
March 1, 2009... Sialkot, March 01 (PPI): As many as eleven more highway patrolling police posts would soon be established in all Tehsils of the Sialkot district. DSP Patrolling Police Sialkot Waqar Javaid Bhatti told the newsmen here that Rs. 47 million would...

(PEW demands tax waiver for people of NWFP).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday demanded of the government to announce tax waiver for the hard-pressed people of militancy-hit province of NWFP. Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President of PEW said militancy,...

(MQM delegation visits BB Shaheeds memorial).
March 1, 2009... Rawalpindi, March 01 (PPI): A delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday visited the memorial of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed here at Liaquat Bagh. On this occasion, anti-PML-N slogans were chanted while the activists shouted slogans in...

(Initiatives taken by Govt helped increase in IT base exports).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): The Government has taken several initiatives to develop Information Technology that have resulted in substantial increase in IT base exports during the last few years. Officials told that Pakistani IT exports have...

(Ministry of religious affairs to hold various programmes on Eid Milad-un-Nabi).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): The Ministry of Religious Affairs will hold various programmes to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (SAWAS) with great reverence and religious fervour in the country. With a view to project the life, Seerah and disseminate...

CITY-(Mine owner, family looted at gun point).
March 1, 2009... Chakwal, March 01 (PPI): A mine owner and his family was looted at Kalashnikov point at Dhoke Tahlian dam on Sunday afternoon in the area of Dhuman police station and a unknown young accused managed to make good his escape with Rs 15,000 cash...

CITY-(Mehmood Maryyum Trust to disburse Rs 0.2 m among 14 needy students).
March 1, 2009... Chakwal, March 01 (PPI): The Mehmood Maryyum Trust will disburse a sum of Rs 0.2 million cash stipend among the 14 needy intelligent and deserving student of Govt. Post Graduate College Chakwal. All the expenses of these deserving students will...

SAARC (Pakistan express full support to SAARC and its activities).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI):Nawabzada Malik Ahmad Khan, Minister of State Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, led the Pakistan delegation to the 31st Session of SAARC Council of Ministers which held in Colombo Sunday expressed Pakistans full...

FM (Minister of State held bilateral meeting with FM of Nepal).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): On the sidelines of the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting in Colombo, Nawabzada Malik Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Upendara Yadav, Foreign Minister of Nepal on...

FM (Pakistan-Sri Lanka Enjoy Friendly,Mutually Beneficial Relations).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan and Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka met Sunday on the sidelines of the SAARC Council of Ministers meeting held in Colombo. On the sidelines of the SAARC Council of...

Economy (Trade with India will not harm Pak economy,Tarin).
March 1, 2009... ISLAMABAD, March 01 (PPI): Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs, Shaukat Tarin has opined that Pakistan should do trade with India as its big market. Talking to PTV on Sunday he underscored the need for doing trade with...

WEATHER (Cold and dry weather forecast).
March 1, 2009... Islamabad, March 01 (PPI): Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24 hours, according to the Met office here Sunday. However, isolated rain-thunderstorm with snowfall over the hills likely in Hazara,...

Sufi demands Shariat courts in Malakand by March 15.
March 1, 2009... Mingora, NWFP, March 01 (PPI): Maulana Sufi Muhammad, chief of banned Tahrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), Sunday demanded of the government to set up Shariat courts in Malakand division by March 15. Speaking at a news conference in...

Sports: PFF League: Nushki Club beat favourites Chaman 1-0.
March 1, 2009... Lahore, March 01 (PPI): New Pakistan Premiership team erupted on Sunday, 1 March 2009 when National Club Champions 2006 Nushkis Baloch FC edged out Chamans Muslim FC 1-0 in the final of Pakistan Football Federation League (PFF) - Club Phase at...

Burglary in PPI Hyderabad bureau office.
March 1, 2009... Hyderabad, March 01 (PPI): Burglars broke into the Hyderabad Bureau Office of Pakistan Press International (PPI) News Agency and stolen various articles on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Unknown thieves broke the door of PPI Hyderabad...

Boy drowns into KDA Canal.
March 1, 2009... Thatta, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): A boy drowned into the KDA Canal near here on Sunday. Thirteen-years-old Muhammad Ali Katiar was bathing in the canal, when he drowned. Local divers recovered the body and handed to heirs. Separately, six persons...

Nawaz provoking people for civil disobedience: Ayaz Soomro.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Sindh Minister for Law and Criminal Prosecution Muhammad Ayaz Soomro has alleged that PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif was trying to prove people for a civil disobedience. Addressing as the chief guest a seminar,...

Hamara Karachi: Two donkey cart races held.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): A donkey cart race was held here on Sunday from Gulbai to Jahangir Kothari Parade Clifton. The race was arranged by Pakistan Sports Donkey Cart Race Federation and it was a part of Hamara Karachi celebrations. The...

Lawyers Movement candidates sweep High Court Bar Hyderabad polls.
March 1, 2009... Hyderabad, March 01 (PPI): Kazi Abdul Sattar was again elected president of High Court Bar Hyderabad with a thumping majority from platform of Lawyers Movement while candidate of Peoples Lawyers Forum Fazal Qadir Memon was defeated with margin...

Protest against growing lawlessness in Nawabshah.
March 1, 2009... Nawabshah, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): Citizens took to streets here on Sunday against growing lawlessness. According to details, hundreds of citizens took to the streets and burnt tiers, responding to strike call following a robbery in the house of...

Sports: Sri Lanka in commanding position on first day of Lahore Test.
March 1, 2009... Lahore, March 01 (PPI): Centuries by Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara put Sri Lankan in commanding positions after loss of three quick wickets on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan on Sunday at Gadaffi Stadium Lahore....

HRDO to hold rally on Womens Day.
March 1, 2009... Khairpur, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): An annual meeting of Human Rights Development Organization Khairpur was held here on Sunday. Local leaders Nagina Memon and Ustad Muhammad Azam Memon told the meeting that they are fighting for the rights of...

Police claim recovery of two abducted youth.
March 1, 2009... Khairpur, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): Khairpur police claimed recovery of two kidnapped people, Nadeem Ahmed Dharejo, a student of Shah Abdul Latif university Khairpur and his friend Mir Talpur after an raid at Shadi Shaheed Hills, some 18...

MQM rally: Altaf urges Nawaz to shun politics of clash.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain has urged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Mian Nawaz Sharif to end the politics of clash, as going for a civil disobedience in the garb of protest would be disastrous for...

Child drowns in canal near Pir-jo-Goth.
March 1, 2009... Khairpur, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): A girl drowned into canal while her sister was saved near Pir-jo-Goth on Sunday. Two kids Sumera 5 and her sister Rehana 8 daughters of Abdul Ghaffar Brohi were playing in front of their house near Jamshed...

Man commits suicide near Khairpur.
March 1, 2009... Khairpur, Sindh, March 01 (PPI): A man committed suicide at Kumb town near here on Sunday. One Ghulam Asghar, 30 took pesticides at village Mir Hassan Shar near Kumb and died on the spot. Body was brought to hospital for postmortem and later...

Boat capsizes, six fishermen saved.
March 1, 2009... Karachi, March 01 (PPI): A fishing boat capsized here on Sunday. Luckily its six crew were saved. As per details, a fishing boat left jetty at Ibrahim Haideri and capsized near Clifton beach due to high winds. Other fishing boat informed the...

12 killed in US missile attacks in South Waziristan.
March 1, 2009... Peshawar, March 01 (PPI): Al least 12 people were killed and three others injured when two missiles fired from US drone hit a compound in South Waziristan Agency near Pak-Afghan border on Sunday. Official sources said the house, which was...

Northern Area Scouts win National Ski Championship.
March 1, 2009... Rawalpindi, March 01 (PPI): Northern Area Scouts has won the held at Naltar, consequently for the second year, says a release of ISPR here Sunday. The achievement merit appreciation due to the reason that Northern Area Scouts were established...

Prisoners hold protest demo against jailer.
March 1, 2009... Larkana, March 01 (PPI): Prisoners of Central Jail Larkana held a protest demonstration here on Sunday against jail administration for not sending them on hearings in courts timely and giving them facilities as per jail manual. Several...

Larkana police arrest 25 proclaimed offenders.
March 1, 2009... Larkana, March 01 (PPI): Larkana police have arrested more than 25 proclaimed offenders, and recovered arms from their custody. District Police Officer Irfan Ali Baloch told PPI on Sunday that these offenders were wanted in various heinous...

Distt (Sialkot): PML-N leaders, workers stage sit-ins, hunger strike camps.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The PML-N leaders and male and female workers, today, staged peaceful agitational sit-ins and hunger strike camps in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial, Uggoki, Pasrur, Chawinda, Badiana and surrounding areas, as a protest...

Sport: Nushki club join Top Division of Pak football : beat favourites Chaman 1-0.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): New Pakistan Premiership team erupted on Sunday, 1 March (today) 2009 when National Club Champions 2006 Nushkis Baloch FC edged out Shamans Muslim FC 1-0 in the final of Pakistan Football Federation League (PFF) - Club...

Distt (Sialkot): Surgical industry demands establishment of Material Bank at Sialkot.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): Surgical Instruments Manufacturing Association (SIMA) has urged the government to establish an international standard Material Bank at Sialkot for boosting the more than one century old surgical industry through the...

Distt (Sialkot): Big quantity of Govt property medicines recovered from several medical stores.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The Sialkot health departments special inspecting teams have recovered a big quantity of the government property medicines from several medical stores, as the paramedical staff of some government hospitals allegedly had...

POL: Zardari axed democracy, cant save himself: Shehbaz Sharif.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Muslim League-N leader, Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that the elected representatives have been disqualified for the first time in the history of the country. He stated this while addressing the Hameed Nizami Confrenec...

Distt (Gujrat): Civil disobedience fall within ambit of treason.
March 1, 2009... GUJRAT, March 01 (PPI): Federal Minister for Defence Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar has said that the words uttered by Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif fall well within the ambit of treason. Talking to mediamen here, the Defence Minister ruled...

Sport: Pakistan win toss, put Sri Lanka into bat.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Pakistan won the toss and sent Sri Lanka in to bat in the second and final Test at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday. Pakistan left out paceman Sohail Khan, in the only change from the line-up which drew the first Test...

Distt (Sialkot): Govt urged to wave off agri taxes of growers along river Chenab.
March 1, 2009... SIALKOT, March 01 (PPI): The farmer community living along the River Chenab Belt across Punjab has urged the provincial government to wave off all the agricultural taxes, besides announcing some direly needed agricultural incentives to pull the...

POL: Govt of Kufr can carry on, not of tyranny: Nawaz.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Muslim League-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has said that the country was beset with several problems, which led him to enter into an agreement with President Zardari. Addressing at Jamia Naimia here, Nawaz Sharif said that...

Sport: Sangakkara, Samaraweera hit tons as Sri Lanka reach 317-4.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): Kumar Sangakkara and Thilan Samaraweera scored centuries to help Sri Lanka come out of early disaster. In their first innings on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday....

Edu: UVAS to launch short training courses in wildlife, ecology from this month.
March 1, 2009... LAHORE, March 01 (PPI): The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and University of Essex, UK, is launching a series of short training courses in wildlife and ecology from...