The Nation : Islamabad News

Sugar quota for Pindi increased

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

RAWALPINDI (Agencies)� The Punjab government has increased the quota of sugar of 50-kilogram bags from 1,000 to 5,700 for Rawalpindi on daily basis. The residents of Rawalpindi were facing difficulties in buying sugar for the last 10 days.
According to the sources, the Punjab Government was providing 4,000 bags for Rawalpindi even then sugar was not available.
Then the provincial government cut down Rawalpindi�s quota to 2,400 bags for the whole Rawalpindi Tehsil and

'Animal medicines bad for human health'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

RAWALPINDI - Speakers at a seminar on �The affect of animal medicines on human life� here Sunday said that according to modern research it was proved that residuals of the injections inserted into cows and buffaloes to increase milk, remained in the animals for 48 hours and use of such milk or meat could be harmful for human health.
The milk or meat could also cause of deadly diseases like cancer, early maturity of the children and some incurable stomach syndromes, the added.

GB masses greeted for democratic spirit

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (NNI)� Spokesperson for Co-Chairman Pakistan
People�s Party Farahnaz Isphani on Sunday congratulated people of Gilgit-Baltistan for participating in first Legislative Assembly elections and electing PPP candidates with clear margin.
In a statement, she said PPP government had fulfilled the long standing demand of the Northern Areas people by introducing Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Rule Ordinance 2009, and holding elections for this region. She said the

CDA resumes first joint venture

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (APP) The construction work on first-ever joint venture of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) with a private firm in northern strip of sector E-11 has resumed that was suspended by the �overactive� authority about a couple of months ago, misinterpreting an apex court ruling.
�The contractor has been asked to resume work after the Supreme Court said repeatedly that it never ordered to suspend the construction activity. Above 40 percent development work was already

Anti-polio drive kicks off today

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (Online)� All necessary arrangements have been finalised for launching three-day anti-polio drive in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad today (Monday).
Over 91,738 children will be administered anti-polio drops during the campaign in rural areas of Islamabad. District Health Officer (Islamabad) Dr. Amirzada Khan has said that the District Health Department has constituted 233 mobile teams to administer anti-polio drops to 91,738 children in rural areas of

ICCI for mobilising domestic resources

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (APP)� Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has called for initiating efforts for mobilising domestic resources to limit country reliance on external debt as rising foreign debt will have severe long-term direct negative impact on the country�s economic growth.
Zahid Maqbool, President ICCI, presiding over a meeting of businessmen said that Pakistan�s external debt has increased. He stressed the need for checking growing debt trend for the benefit of the

Free medical camp for slum area dwellers

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD - Society for Advancement of Community, Health, Education and Training (SACHET) an advocacy cum service delivery national civil society organisation is organizing a free medical camp today (Sunday) for the community of Waheedabad, Shakarial, Islamabad.
SACHET Pakistan with support from PLAN-Pakistan under RAH (Responsible Actions for Health) Programme, is organising a free medical camp at the Waheedabad, Shakarial, one of the slum areas in Islamabad from 09:30 AM to

CDA succumbs to PPP Senator

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD - The pressure put forth by Senator Nayyar Bukhari seems to have worked well, as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Planning Commission have decided to shift the proposed forestry garden project from the Malpur Village.
Reliable sources in the Planning Commission and CDA, Saturday, confided to TheNation that the said park was unfeasible keeping in view the demands of Malpur�s villagers in connection with the award for their built up property. Therefore, the

SC admonishes police for delay in girl's recovery

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A two-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has ordered IGP/PPO Punjab to produce a missing girl Nadia Mushtaq on Dec 2.
The bench in its order expressed dismay over functioning of police and warned that high officials would be held responsible personally for failure in recovering the girl. Justice Ch Ijaz Ahmed was the other member of the bench.
According to details, Nadia Mushtaq went missing from Rawalpindi three

Linkage between Chinese, Islamic cultures stressed

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD - The Friendship Exchange Academic Seminar on Chinese and Islamic cultures, organised by National University of Modern Languages (NUML)�s Confucius Institute was held at university�s Conference Room here on Saturday.
Delegates from different countries like China, Afghanistan, Sudan, Jordan, Algeria and Palestine attended the seminar. Yang Lianhai, Cultural Counsellor of Chinese Embassy was the chief guest on the occasion.
Prof Dr Al-Difnattur from Algeria, Dr

CDA to enhance performance of Fire Brigade

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Capital Development Authorities has decided to enhance the performance of Fire Brigade department in order to meet any emergency situation in its jurisdiction.
An official of CDA told APP that CDA would provide training to some 10 rescuers of the CDA in the mid of November, while four rescuers would be equipped themselves with international standards rescue training in Japan.
He said that this time CDA has 500 skilled fire fighters, 25 fire tenders, five

Police fail to recover married woman

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

ISLAMABAD - Despite passage of 15 days, the Capital police so far has not succeeded in apprehending the accused involved in abduction of a married woman.
According to details, a married woman, (M) 23, visited a local market of Barma Town to buy domestic commodities on October 20 last but didn�t return home.
As per her father�s statement, when his daughter didn�t come back, he started searching for her and later he was informed by the locals that his daughter was abducted by

One more mastermind of attacks on Islamic University nabbed

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

One more mastermind of bomb attacks on International Islamic University in Islamabad on October 20 has been arrested from Attock, brining the total number of arrested in the case to four. The attack on the University had killed 9 people including students. The mastermind, identified as Zahid, and his accomplice have been arrested from Attock.

CCTV footage of Pestakhara blast released

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

The CCTV footage of deadly suicide car bombing on Pestakhara police-post in which 13 people were killed and dozens others injured has been released to media here on Sunday. According to the footage, the suicide bomber an alto-model car packed of explosive came and rammed into police check-post when a policeman intercepted it minutes after it crossed the Ring Road. The footage shows that a corolla car and a flying-coach can also be witnessed being destroyed in the deadly blast.

Official results of GB polls announced

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0300

The Election Commission on Sunday announced the official results of polling held in 19 constituencies of Gilgit-Baltistan for the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, report said. According to the result announced, Pakistan Peoples Party has bagged 12 seats; Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz 2 seats; PML-Q 2; Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement 1 each and; 4 seats have gone to independent candidates.