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DASKA - The people of Pasrur have announced to set up a camp at Pasrur Kutchery in protest against the alleged illegal sale of more than 200 acres of land of the Pasrur Sugar Mills at throwaway price against its actual price.
Pasrur Market Committee Administrator Rana Muhammad Afzal advocate said the Pasrur Sugar Mills was the property of Punjab Industrial Development Board but the officials concerned of the provincial revenue department had allegedly sold out 200 acres of land

ISLAMABAD - Dissatisfied with the government's dilly-dallying, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday decided not to give even one day to it beyond the announced 45-day deadline for the implementation of the reforms agenda.
At a meeting chaired by Nawaz Sahrif, who was also briefed by the PML-N team on the negotiations with the government, the party decided not to panic but agreed to wait for the expiration of the deadline before taking any extreme step.
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ISMAILIA - Protesters in Suez set a government building on fire and tried to burn down a local office of Egypt's ruling party late on Wednesday, security sources and witnesses said. Protesters threw petrol bombs at the National Democratic Party office but failed to set it alight.
Police fired teargas to push the demonstrators back, they said. Officials in the city in Egypt's northeast ordered that shops be closed after incidents of looting were reported. Clashes with police left

TRIPOLI - Thousands of protesters gathered in Lebanon's Sunni bastion of Tripoli on Tuesday for a "day of rage" as Hezbollah's candidate looked poised to be appointed prime minister.
The demonstrators converged on a main square of the seaport city carrying placards that read "Iran's project will not go through Tripoli", "No to backstabbing" and "Mikati, the Shiite dog." They angrily accused Iranian-backed Hezbollah of imposing Sunni tycoon Najib Mikati to head the next

BEIRUT - Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati was poised on Monday to become Lebanon's next prime minister after winning the backing of the powerful Hezbollah, in a move denounced by outgoing premier Saad Hariri.
"It's Mikati for sure," influential Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, who last week became allied with Hezbollah, told AFP as consultations on appointing a new premier got underway at the presidential palace.
Jumblatt said the Shiite militant party backed by Syria and

ABU DHABI - Germany's Martin Kaymer looks set for an unprecedented third Abu Dhabi Golf Championship title as he opened up a five shot lead after the third round of the 2.7 million dollars European Tour event here on Saturday. The European No1 and US PGA Championship winner shot his second consecutive bogey-free round - this time a six-under par 66 - to open his formidable lead at 18-under 198.
Northern Ireland tyro Rory McIlroy tried to bridge the gap with a birdie-eagle finish

LAHORE - The Punjab government is organising a consultative workshop on the establishment of Punjab Health Commission (PHC) at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Monday.
The workshop is being organized by Punjab Health Department, in collaboration with Technical Assistance Management Agency (TAMA), funded by Department for International Development, UK.
The workshop's basic objective is to identify key issues and challenges involved in the establishment of the PHC.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's rival parties on Friday appeared headed for a fierce showdown as each side hardened its position in the country's political crisis after the failure of foreign mediation efforts.
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday set the tone for the battle ahead after defiantly saying he would stand for another term despite Hezbollah's campaign to discredit him. "We will go to the parliamentary consultations organised by the president on Monday and I remain

LAHORE - An Islamic microfinance network (IMFN) has been established to bring together international Islamic microfinance organisations on one platform. The network (IMFN) will provide appropriate methodologies of Islamic microfinance and Shariah guidelines to help strengthen the industry.
The third working group meeting of IMFN was held at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). It had been decided that IMFN head office would be established in Lahore, while its

ISLAMABAD - The implementation commission on 18th Constitutional Amendment on Wednesday heard the reservations of the Minister for Culture Pir Aftab Shah Jilani against devolution of the ministry to the provinces.
The commission met with Mian Raza Rabbani in the chair. A source told Pakistan Today that the minister presented arguments against devolution of ministry of culture to the provinces, saying that the ministry was responsible for import and export of the country's films,

KARACHI - The Thar Coal Energy Board (TCEB) has directed that the companies involved in drilling at Thar coal sites should be instructed to take utmost care in order to prevent water from entering the coal seam zone.
These directives were given in the light of the first test burn of the underground coal gasification (UCG) project at Thar in March this year that will initially produce three to five megawatts electricity.
According to the minutes of TCEB's 10th meeting, UCG

Jean-Claude Van Damme is in talks to join the muscle-bound stars of 'The Expendables' for a sequel, according to the action man's longtime friend. Sheldon Lettich, who wrote and directed Van Damme's 1991 hit 'Double Impact', insists the Belgian star will sign on for the movie - as long as Steven Seagal isn't involved in the project.
Lettich tells, "JC seems to be leaning towards appearing in the sequel, as far as I know... If Steven Seagal is not in the sequel. From what I've

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Likeminded has drafted a 20th Amendment Bill which the party's Senator Salim Saifullah will table in the Senate soon, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday.
A party source told Pakistan Today that the bill proposed simplification of the constitutional procedure for the creation of new provinces as well as recommended amendments in Article 63-A of the constitution which under the 18th Amendment had given special powers to political parties heads

KARACHI - MCB Asset Management Company and Arif Habib Investments (AHI) are set to sign the country's largest mutual funds merger worth Rs 26 billion. A formal share holder agreement, in this regard, is to be signed in a few days.
This was disclosed by the AHI Chief Executive Officer Nasim Beg, in a meeting with selected journalists; at his headquarter here in Karachi. He said that talks for a merger have been underway since months, while the merger will complete in the upcoming

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly Standing Committee on Education has decided to forward its recommendations in next two days to the implementation committee against the devolution of the ministry of education under the 18th amendment.
This was decided in the meeting on Monday under the Chairmanship of Abid Sher Ali. Abid Sher Ali, talking to reporters, said within next two days he would present unanimously passed recommendations of the committee to Senator Raza Rabani, chairman

KARACHI - A meeting reviewed arrangements for the 267th Urs of the great saint, poet and philosopher, Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, on Sunday.
On the occasion, Sindh Culture Minister Sassui Palijo said that a 'cultural village' would be set up where handicrafts of various artists would be displayed, a 24-hour Sufi mehfil would be arranged and book stalls would also be set up to promote and project various aspects of the Sindhi culture.
"Promotional steps would be taken to

ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to start implementing revenue and power sector reforms by doing away with all exemptions under the general sales tax and subsidies on power tariff and petroleum products from February 1.
Official sources said the political leadership made the decision after the economic team informed it in clear terms that the national exchequer was left with no fiscal space to continue bearing Rs 20 billion per month in power tariff differential subsidy and