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ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly on Tuesday referred a bill pertaining to amend the Constitution to a committee while another bill was withdrawn and four reports of the National Assembly standing committees were submitted to the House.
The Bill to further amend the Civil Servants Act 1973, titled as the Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill 2008, was moved by MNAs Dr Donya Aziz, Khurram Dastgair Khan, Ghulam Hyder Samejo and others. Moving the Bill, Khurram Dastagir said the bill

LAHORE - The outlawed Jamaatud Dawa (JD) will hold countrywide protests on Friday against the expected release of US national Raymond Davis, JD leader Ameer Hamza said on Monday. He was addressing a rally at the Qurtaba Chowk. Hamza alleged that Davis is a terrorist who should be hanged for killing innocent Pakistanis.
If the rulers tried to give him immunity, they would face the same face as former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak faced. Participants of the rally chanted slogans

KARACHI - The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) announced on Tuesday that it would hold its 22nd Karachi City Marathon and Health Walk on February 27. The walk with the theme 'Cancer Kills - Early Diagnosis Saves Life' will start from PMA House, Sir Aga Khan- III Road at 8am.
Interested participants have been advised to join at PMA with their friends and family.
For registration, they can contact the PMA office between 11am to 6pm on any working day. They can also call the

LAHORE - The current Pakistan cricket team has had the "worst" possible preparation for the World Cup but is still capable of lifting the trophy if it manages to stay united through the mega event, says the country's 1992 World Cup winning captain Imran Khan.
"The team had the worst preparation for the World Cup but it is all a matter of some players putting up their hands and performing consistently in the tournament and the team clicking and gelling together after a good start

ISLAMABAD - As the Pak-US bilateral diplomatic relations are on the lowest ebb with the issue of Raymond Davis still unresolved, the US has put on hold the crucial US-Pak-Afghan meeting scheduled to be held in Washington on February 24-26.
The latest step on the part of the US authorities is being seen as a strong message clearly demonstrating Washington's displeasure over Islamabad's refusal to grant immunity to Davis, who is declared a diplomat by his country.
"It has

NEW DELHI - Much more will be at stake on Saturday than just three careers when lawyer Michael Beloff reads the verdict of an independent anti-corruption tribunal in Doha on cheating allegations facing three Pakistan cricketers.
The three-member tribunal heard the case against Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif last month for more than 45 hours spread over six days, poring over oral and written testimonies, watching video recordings and listening to tapes and forensic

LAHORE - The Kinnaird College for Women will hold the Technology, Entertainment, Design TEDxKinnaird event in February. According to KC officials, the TEDxKinnaird is an event which provides students a centre stage to share ideas worth spreading.
The first TEDxKinnaird conference was held in February 2010 and this year its theme is "Believe in Tomorrow" which aims to create an environment that is intellectually stimulating for both speakers and participants, allowing them to

LAHORE - A large number of Punjab University (PU) students and the Academic Staff Association (ASA) on Friday organised an anti-US rally against killing of three citizens by an American national Raymond Davis. Protestors said that they were annoyed on death of Pakistanis and demanded death sentence for Davis while they also chanted anti-US slogans.
After Friday prayers, a large number of students and teachers started gathering in front of the PU Mosque, as PUASA President Dr

DOHA - Three-time champions Japan reached the Asian Cup final after defeating arch-rivals South Korea 3-0 in a nail-biting penalty shootout in the semi-finals on Tuesday. Centre-back Yasuyuki Konno netted the decisive penalty, placing the ball into the right-hand side of the goal, after Koo Ja-Cheol, Lee Yong-Rae and Hong Jeong-Ho had all failed from 12 yards for South Korea.
Japan led going into the final minute of extra-time but Hwang Jae-Won slammed in a sensational equaliser

PESHAWAR - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan is holding a six-hour sit-in outside Khbyer Pakhtunkhwa Assembly's building today (Sunday) against government's inability to stop frequent drone strikes in tribal areas and increasing prices of essential goods.
JI Amir Syed Munawar Hassan, former Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Provincial President Professor Ibrahim Khan, senior leader Sirajul Haq and other central and provincial leaders will participate in the sit-in that will continue from 10am to

LAHORE - The Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore Department of Medicine is holding the 29th Clinical Course in Internal Medicine from January 24 to 29. Eminent teachers and professors would teach students on bed side to improve their clinical skills.
This course is very useful for those doctors, who are appearing in their FCPS (Medicine) Part-II, MRCP (Clinical) and MD (Clinical) examination.

PESHAWAR - The World Pashto Congress is set to hold a 3-day the Pashto Conference in April this year to highlight the need to revive the Pashto language script. The event is aimed at looking into the downfall of Pakhtuns' culture and Pashto literature over the years.
Those attending the session would also analyse the implications of militancy, the government's apathy which some Pashto men of letters believe contributed to the decadence of rich culture and literary tradition of

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Punjab chapter would hold divisional meetings from January 19 for preparation of the upcoming local government (LG) elections. According to the PPP Punjab chapter Office, the meetings were planned under the party reorganisation programme and would be held at the PPP Provisional Headquarter Office to review party preparations for the LG polls and restructuring of various party chapters if required.
The second phase of the divisional

DOHA - Australia and South Korea shared the spoils 1-1 in the battle of the big guns at the Asian Cup on Friday as both sides inched closer to the quarter-finals. The two Asian heavyweights are both seen as potential tournament winners but neither could find the decisive winner at the three-quarters full Al-Gharafa Stadium.
Exciting Jeju United 21-year-old Koo Ja-Cheol, who has already attracted interest from overseas clubs, got the breakthrough on 24 minutes, striking his third

LAHORE - Punjab University (PU) administration is avoiding holding its 1686th syndicate meeting to decide the fate of those teachers that are facing corruptions charges, before the Academic Staff Association's (ASA) general elections scheduled to be held on January 13, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
PU sources said that the entire teaching community awaits the syndicate meeting, which besides other agenda items, will decide the fate of some Pro Jamat-e-Islami and Pro Islami

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Music Conference (APMC) has announced that it will organise concerts on first day of every month and mark APMC founder and former secretary general Hayat Ahmed Khan's death anniversary in February. APMC Secretary General and Hayat's daughter Dr Ghazala Irfan said that the APMC is working for only keeping alive classical and folk music of the Indian sub-continent, which is also the heritage of Pakistan and concerts are expected to be held on first day of every

DOHA - North Korea were forced to dig deep to salvage a point against a rampant United Arab Emirates as they opened their Asian Cup campaign is less than convincing fashion Tuesday.
The Koreans withstood a barrage of UAE pressure throughout the 90 minutes at the Qatar Sports Club Stadium. After North Korea captain Hong Yong-Jo squandered an early penalty, the UAE gradually shifted into top gear, attacking a disorganised Korean side up to the half-time break.
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