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ST warns Taseer’s daughter for making statements against Qadri

RAWALPINDI - Leaders of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) on Tuesday warned the daughter of the slain Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer, for making statements against Taseer's murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, warning her that she should not forget what happened to her father.
The ST leaders warned the governor's daughter against giving statement in the media against Qadri and the blasphemy law.
Shadab Qadri, a leader of the ST said, "We read the statement of the slain governor's daughter in a

Four years in the making – Killer quacks beware!

KARACHI - Four years after the bill was drafted, the Sindh Health Department has once again decided to move the draft of the 'Sindh Registration and Regulation of Private Hospitals and Clinics Bill-2011' in the provincial assembly for the final approval.
The Health Department has sent the draft of the bill to the Sindh chief secretary for official formalities, after which it would be sent to the provincial assembly through the Chief Minister's House.
Sources told Pakistan

Iman Qureshi – Tennis star in the making

LAHORE - Iman Qureshi, the 13-year old, eighth grade student of Lahore Grammer School, Defence had quite an eventful year, winning a number of international titles, making Pakistan's presence felt at the junior level of the ITF circuit.
Iman finished the year at an overall 3rd position in Asia in 14 and Under Asian Tennis Ranking. She is the only Pakistani player to have achieved the honour. While playing in the Asian circuit, she managed to win two titles (in Allepo and

Govt making efforts to mend fences with MQM

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) parliamentary leader and Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Farooq Sattar and Federal Ports and Shipping Minister Babar Khan Ghauri submitted their resignations to the Presidency on Tuesday, Pakistan Today has learnt, as the government stepped up efforts to convince its estranged ally to reconsider its decision of withdrawing from the federal cabinet.
"Farooq Sattar and Babar Ghauri have sent their resignations in line with the

‘PPP not making alliance for LB polls’

CHICHAWATNI: PPP MNA Zahid Iqbal has said that PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari had announced that 2011 would be the year of local government elections, adding the party would participate in these elections without allying with any party.
Zahid said that he was available for the people of his constituency and they could access him for any problem. He was talking to media men at Central Anjuman-e-Tajran Chief Patron Abdul Salam's house here during a party meeting.
The

Private hospitals, labs making money off dengue

LAHORE: Private hospitals and laboratories continue to cash in on the dengue epidemic as the dengue fear grips the city, while an increasing number of patients pour in.
A survey of major private hospitals and laboratories reveals that extremely high prices are being charged for the diagnosis and treatment of dengue and huge profits were being made out of a facility that was available free-of-cost in government hospitals.
The survey included National Hospital Defence,

Air Blue plane crash investigation making no headway

ISLAMABAD: Investigations into the Air Blue plane crash in Islamabad on July 28 are making no headway despite passage of some months and people fear that the probe might not reach a conclusion, Pakistan Today has learnt.
"Members of the investigation team have so far been unable to find the cause of the deadly crash that resulted in the death of 152 passengers on board the ill-fated plane early this year," a senior government official said, seeking anonymity. "More disturbing

‘Overloaded trucks on the highway: accidents in making’

LAHORE
Overloaded and improperly loaded trucks were an important factor leading to accidents on the highways and motorways, said National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) Inspector General Dr Wasim Kauser while inspecting the N-5 central zone (Lahore-Multan-Rahim Yar Khan) with patrolling officers.
He said that overloaded trucks posed a very serious danger as they had a tendency to loose control especially during an attempt to avoid any collision with road side animals