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Smoking, biomass fuels strong cause of lung disease in Pakistan

Smoking, biomass fuels strong cause of lung disease in Pakistan Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Shahina Maqbool Islamabad ‘Breathless Not Helpless’ is the theme of the 7th annual World COPD Day, an event held on November 19 each...

Don’t blame mirror for ugly face: media bodies

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Term Punjab governor a remnant of Pervez Musharraf, ask him to give up dreaming to chain TV anchorpersons News Desk RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Union of Journalists and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of...

District health dept starts fogging drive

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Muhammad Qasim Rawalpindi Finally, the district health department has started fogging in one of the seven tehsils of Rawalpindi district, Taxila Tuesday for prevention and control of dengue fever...

Judicial remand of accused extended for 10 more days

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Khalid Iqbal Rawalpindi An anti-terrorist court (ATC) here on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of the accused in the Marriott suicide attack for ten more days and directed police to complete...

Media ‘gives power to control, decide’

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Afshan S. Khan Rawalpindi Media cannot exist in a vacuum and he, who controls the media, controls the power. These were the views presented by Daniel Jabulani Maviimbela, South African High...

LHC directs FJWU vice chancellor to appear in person

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Faisal Kamal Pasha Rawalpindi The Lahore High Court (LHC), Rawalpindi Bench, Tuesday directed the vice chancellor of the Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) to appear in person before the court on...

Air chief meets defence minister

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Rawalpindi Federal Minister for Defence Chaudhary Ahmed Mukhtar has said that the government would continue to strengthen the conventional and strategic capabilities of the armed forces aimed to...

People demand overhead bridge to cross railway track

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Obaid Abrar Khan Rawalpindi People living near the railway track near Mareer Hassan have urged the Pakistan Railways to install an overhead pedestrian bridge and erect an iron fence all along to...

Retired Major General, driver gunned down

RAWALPINDI: Major General (Retd.) Ameer Faisal Alvi and his driver were shot down by some unidentified gunmen near Bahria Town in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. According to reports, Amir Faisal Alvi was on his way to Islamabad on...

ATC seeks challan of Marriott case on 28th

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 RAWALPINDI: Judge of Anti Terrorism Court-II Sakhi Muhammad Kahut here on Tuesday while accepting Islamabad police plea for 10 days delay in submission of Challan in the ...

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