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ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday directed the State Bank of Pakistan to provide details of bank loans waived off during the last two years and observed that it could go to any extent for the recovery of the
public's money.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case initiated on news reports saying loans worth Rs 54 billion had

ISLAMABAD - The government should implement the recommendations made in the reports of the parliamentary committees as it is the only way to ensure sovereignty of the parliament. These observations were made by the members of the National Assembly after the report of the special parliamentary committee probing the National Assembly Employees Cooperative Housing Society (NAECHS) scam was presented in the House by its convener, Sheikh Waqas Akram.
In his remarks, Akram narrated the

ISLAMABAD - The Court of Inquiry formed to probe into alleged malpractices in the National Logistic Cell has submitted its findings, opinion and recommendations to the chief of army staff for his consideration and perusal.
The Court of Inquiry formed by COAS General Ashfaq Kayani to probe the NLC scam was headed by a serving corps commander along with two major generals as members. It was the National Assembly's Public Account Committee (PAC) that in its recent meeting took

ISLAMABAD - The joint investigation team (JIT) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing into the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto will present to the Anti-Terrorism Court a forensic report of the BlackBerry cellular phones of the slain PPP leader, recovered a few days ago from one of her personal staff members.
A source in the FIA told Pakistan Today on Friday that authorities would be in a position to submit the forensic report in the court by the next

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday deplored a US media report that dubbed its nuclear programme as a major challenge to the Obama administration's policy. Commenting on David E Sanger and Eric Schmitt's article titled 'Pakistani Nuclear Arms Pose Challenge to US Policy' published by New York Times on Monday, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said unnecessary alarming reporting about Pakistan's nuclear programme continued to surface occasionally.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Railways chairman to submit a comprehensive reply over the non-transparent procedure for the procurement of 75 locomotives and the subsequent tender for another 150 locomotives by the Railways Ministry, causing Rs 40 billion losses to the national exchequer.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman, also sought the record of

LAHORE - Around 41 percent milk being supplied to the provincial metropolis is reported to be adulterated, the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) Food Department Report 2010 has revealed. The CDGL Food Laboratory compiled a report from January 1 to December 31, 2010 and found 41 percent milk samples impure in comparison to other commodities being consumed by people.
The daily consumption of milk in Lahore is around 1.6 million litres out of which 0.3 million is packed while

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a report on illegal appointments in Port Qasim Authority (PQA) and directed the Ministry of Ports and Shipping to refurnish a "complete record" of the appointments made by former minister Babar Khan Ghauri.
A four-member bench comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, was hearing the petition challenging the appointment of Mehmood Zameer Farooqi,

LAHORE - A two-member committee consisting of Government College University (GCU) Vice-Chancellor Dr Khalid Aftab and University of Engineering and Technology (UET) VC Lieutenant General (r) Muhammad Akram will present its report on issue of the University of Education (UoE) to the Punjab CM today (Tuesday) after meeting with the varsity administration.
On Monday, Insaaf Students Federation (ISF) activists and UOE students held a protest against termination of varsity teachers.

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to present a complete report over compensations given to the victims of police and lawyers' clash that took place at Aiwan-e-Adl Lahore last year.
A three-member bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case of alleged police torture of lawyers.
Punjab Advocate General Khawaja Haris told the court that

ISLAMABAD - A survey of 32 districts reveals that twenty percent children living in rural areas of the country have no access to the schools.
Pakistan Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2010 launched here on Monday by South Asian Forum for Education Development said that more than half of the children in the public or private education system could not read even a sentence in proper Urdu. It said that 71 percent children were getting education in government schools, 27

LAHORE - Mr Justice Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain of the Lahore High Court has sought progress report till January 27 from the investigation teams of police on the whereabouts of a missing doctor of Jinnah Hospital Lahore.
On next hearing, the court also summoned Abdul Manan, a reporter of an English daily, who had published a story in his newspaper, stating the missing doctor was into custody of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).
The judge was hearing a petition of Dr

ISLAMABAD - The connivance of a top government functionary with the National Assembly Secretariat officials has thrice delayed a debate in the lower house on the report of special parliamentary committee on railways regarding a railway land lease scam despite a written request from two members of the committee.
Though the special parliamentary committee was constituted by NA Speaker Dr Fehmida Mirza herself in April 2008 to probe the leasing of Pakistan Railways land to a private

KARACHI - There has been no let-up in gender-based violence in Sindh, reveals a six-month report compiled by the Aurat Foundation (AF) in collaboration with Irish NGO Trocaire.
PML-F MPA Marvi Rashdi, AF Karachi Resident Director Mahnaz Rahman, AF representatives Shireen Aijaz and Fareeda Tahir, and others formally launched the report titled 'Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women' based on the period between July and December 2010, at the Karachi Press Club on

ISLAMABAD - The judicial commission formed on the Supreme Court's orders for recovery of thousands of missing persons from across the country has submitted its report with the Supreme Court as well as the Interior Ministry, sources told Pakistan Today on Sunday.
The sources said the commission had to submit its report on August 28, but could not submit it for unknown reasons. A three-member SC bench, comprising Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Justice

ISLAMABAD - A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday sought judicial inquiry report on the fake police encounters that occurred in EME Colony, Lahore and in Sialkot.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing a suo motu case initiated on a report of electronic media over fake police encounters in different cities of Punjab. Rejecting the settlement between accused and family of

ISLAMABAD - The Executive Director Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Mahmood Jamal Wednesday handed over the final postmortem report of Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's murder to Muhammad Gulfaraz, a sub-inspector of Kohsar Police Station.
ED PIMS also gave the only bullet removed from the Governor's body to sub-inspector Gulfaraz along with an x-ray. A doctor at PIMS said that the bullet would be sent to forensic science laboratory Lahore for examination.
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