Hyderabad—Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that there is need for preparing NFC Award on the basis of multiple consideration not only on the basis of population. He said Sindh province has suffered a loss of Rs 193 billion since last 35 years in respect of National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. The Chief Minister stated this while talking to the newsmen and addressing people after performing the foundation- stone- laying ceremony of various development schemes of Taluka Qasimabad here at Neron Kot late

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Mardan—Mega developmental projects worth Rs.500 million were underway in Union Councils Baghdada and Mardan Khas that would help in improving the communication infrastructure besides ensuring basic facilities of clean drinking water and sui-gas and electricity in the district. This was stated by President ANP PF-23 Shah Nawaz Khan and General Secretary Latif-ur- Rehman while addressing party workers here Friday during their review of the on-going and completed uplift projects. Speaking on the occasion, Shah Nawaz Khan said that provision of clean and safe drinking water was a major problem in the constituency due to dilapidated pipes but Chief Minister NWFP

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Sukkur—District nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah has said that helping the poor to enable them to participate in Eid celebrations was not only a great virtue but worship. He said, it was indeed a happy augury that even in the present materialistic age, there were people who were helping the under privileged. He said this while distributing Eid gifts among the poor people on behalf of Human Development Society (HDS), in village Ali Wahan, in the outskirts of Sukkur on Friday. The chairman of the Society Advocate Shakeel Ahmed, UC Nazim of the areas Muhammad Aslam Shaikh, Ms Zahida Larik, Mashkoor Qureshi, Dr Naila Bhutto, Mona Bhutto, Owais Ali and a large number of

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Quetta—On the directives of Judicial Magistrate Zhob Ziaur Rehman, about 308 waterfowls were confiscated which would be released in Hazarganji National Park Quetta. APP learnt on Friday that during raids at poaching camps by officials of Forest and Wildlife Department, these waterfowls were recovered which were presented before the court. Few days back, APP had released a news story that poachers from Bannu, Dera Ismaeel Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Loralai, Barkhan, Quetta and many other cities have set up their camps in Zhob soon after migratory birds, particularly houbara bustard, waterfowls, quill, red-legged-partridge and others have started to arrive in Zhob and

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Islamabad—Though Mohammed Ali Jinnah has been a derivation of apocalypse for millions of Pakistanis since independence in 1947, hence, his mastery has conquered many hearts across the globe. The recent book by former Indian minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh has sent ripples across the Subcontinent, especially, Indian extremists shifted their guns at Singh, who has finally come up with a courageous step, saying “I have spoken mere truth and nothing else. “I have written truth, and I damn care if someone takes it by prejudice,” he told reporters in India. BJP leadership also took Mr Singh to task and he was sacked from the party. Many of his

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