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PESHAWAR:
Following the US apology over NATO strikes inside the country's territory and an assurance that such incidents will not be repeated, the government allowed supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan via Torkham resume on Sunday.
Officials of civil administration and other law enforcement agencies in Torkham confirmed the resumption of supplies to NATO troops.
Shakir Afridi, general secretary of Goods Transporters Association said, "Four oil tankers have crossed

The blockade of Torkham should not be opened till Aafia Siddiqui is not released, Dr Fouzia Siddiqui, the sister of Pakistani neuro-scientist Dr Aafia Siddique said while talking to media on Sunday.
"(Former president) Pervez Musharraf was involved in handing over Aafia to the US and the present rulers are involved in her sentence," she said, adding that politicians were misusing Aafia's name to achieve their own purposes.

KARACHI
The Karachi police have arrested two alleged terrorists of the banned outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi from Orangi Town and recovered illegal weapons from their possession.
Addressing a press conference on Sunday at the Central Police Office, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Fayaz Leghari said that the accused were involved in several cases of sectarian killings and doctors in target killings.
He identified the alleged terrorists as Nasim Haider alias Firhounn son of

PESHAWAR:
Unidentified men blew up three primary schools in Mohmand Agency on Sunday.
Sources said two were girls' primary schools and one was a boys' school were blown up in Ziarat Kalay and Saeed Khan areas of Safe tehsil.
They said suspected Taliban planted explosives inside the primary schools completely destroying the buildings. However, no loss of life was reported.
The political administration of the agency has started investigation.

Showing an upward trend, over 548 cars were stolen from different parts of the city in 2010, with the figure being 514 last year with only 89 recoveries, sources said.
Most of the cars were lifted from urban areas where the security arrangements were high, sources said. "It would further increase as police officials deployed at the city exit and entrance points do not have proper equipments to catch a suspected vehicle," a police official asking not to be named said. Since

PESHAWAR
Pakistan Cricket Team fast bowler Umar Gul married a doctor from Dubai last night in which a large number of his friends zealously participated.
The marriage was celebrated in his village Nawa Killey which was also the ancestral village of former squash legends Jhan Shier Khan, Hasham Khan, Qamar Zaman and Mohibullah.
Umar Gul told Pakistan Today that he was overjoyed about this new venture in his life and that both he and his family were delighted about the

ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan has no agreement with US-led coalition forces to conduct "hot pursuit" operations across the border inside Pakistani territory, a senior Pakistani security official told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
"We believe that the rules of engagement with coalition forces are well defined and within that, the right to conduct operations against the militants inside its territory is solely the responsibility of the respective armed forces," he said.
"There is no

No progress made by the PPP in the Karsaz blasts investigation
Mehdi says special monument it going be built by the PPP on the spot where the incident occurred
Tehreek-e-Taliban activist arrested as the mastermind behind the blasts
KARACHI
As the third anniversary of the deadly Karsaz blasts that occurred on October 18, 2007 is only a week away. The blasts took place during Benazir Bhutto's homecoming rally and killed 145 people. No progress has been witnessed in

Roadside barber use desterilised instruments
Desterilised instruments pose major health hazard
Barbers say they were not aware of this
ISLAMABAD
Roadside barbers risk their customer's health by continuing to use desterilised shaving kits and used blades.
During a visit by Pakistan Today, it was observed that a good number of barber shops at pedestrian pathways were using desterilised instruments and substandard shaving and after shave creams. Mostly poor and

Talal Akbar Bugti demanded the arrest and a trial of former dictator Pervaiz Musharraf through Interpol, saying that his true face had unveiled before the people. He had committed unforgivable crimes against the nation, he said while addressing a press conference at Bugti House on Saturday.
He also announced 1000 acres agricultural land in Kachhi Canal worth of Rs 1 billion as head money to be given to Pervaiz Musharraf's assassinator. He said he could not forgive Musharraf for

LAHORE:
The Punjab government has pledges for the construction of only 1,346 houses from various donors against its plans of building over than 20,000 houses under the Model Villages project.
Data available with Pakistan Today revealed that only seven percent of the houses could be constructed in accordance with the pledges made by various donors. The government would need Rs 6 billion to construct 204 model villages. However, neither does the government have the funds for

LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court on Friday ordered Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan to strictly abstain from making any statement or comment on the nuclear programme of Pakistan and abide by the agreement he earlier singed with the federal government, pledging to remain silent about atomic secrets of the country.
However, the court held that Dr AQ Khan, being a free citizen, can meet his friends and family members or move anywhere inside the country under a security protocol as he knows

LAHORE
Provincial departments are in deep financial trouble as the Punjab Finance Department has stopped funds, Pakistan Today learnt on Friday.
The departments, including Education, Health, Communication and Works, and Livestock are feeling the heat of financial crunch and have no option but to linger on payments to their contractors and halt all kind of development, sources said.
"Only salaries and pensions of government employees are being paid," an official of the

Law minister says 142 FIRs registered against owners and GMs of defaulting mills
LAHORE
Punjab government has decided to seize the stock of sugar mills for defaulting on the payments to sugarcane growers.
Punjab government has decided to attach the defaulting sugar mills stock with the payments to sugarcane growers as guarantee.
On Friday, Sana told the Punjab Assembly that sugar mills have paid around 97 per cent of total outstanding amount to the growers. "Out of

LHC issued a notice telling Jhang police to not harass a couple who married against parents will
50-year old Ijaz paid Rakhi's parents to let him marry her
Rakhi and new husband Abbas filed over 4 different kinds of petitions against the police, but they did not stop
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notice to Jhang police officials for registering false cases against a couple who married against their parents will.