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Messages by President & Prime Minister on Labour Day

Better changes for farmers, labourers & workers on anvil

Staff Reporter

Islamabad—May first of each year is the day of special significance for the Government as well as for Pakistan Peoples Party as it is on this day that we revive our pledge to uphold the rights of the laborers and the working class and to never abandon them in their struggle for their rights—the right to have decent work, dignity, honour and, last but not the least, a rightful place in society.

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Monks delegation visits archeological sites

Resolve to spread KP as peace cradle across world

Staff Reporter

Peshawar—A high-ranking international group of Monks from Korea, Japan and China currently on “Gandhara Peace Tour” to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Monday visited various archeological sites of Gandhara civilization at Chota Lahore and Hund Museum in Swabi district. The delegation is here on a three-day visit to see the archeological sites of Gandhara civilization in different parts of the province.

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PML-N supports convicted PM by boycotting NA session

Our Correspondent

Okara—Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Syed Munawar Hasan on Monday said that PML-N boycotted the National Assembly session for giving easy passage to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to address the session, hereby indirectly supporting the government policies. Talking to media persons of Okara press club on telephone, he said that PML-N was supporting the government over the issue of conviction of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilnai by the Supreme Court by boycotting the National Assembly session as opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had announced not letting the premier enter the assembly and backed out later.

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Gen Rabbani pays rich tributes to martyrs

Martyrs names always written with golden words in history

Raza Naqvi

Attock/Peshawar—Garrison Commander Artillery Centre Attock Brigadier Shahzad Hamid Shah has said that the foremost duty of a soldier is to defend the geographical borders of his country and to fight for the right cause. Those who sacrificed their lives for their motherland would never be forgotten and their names would be written with golden words in the history. A soldier is always ready to scarify his life for his country.

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CMs urged to enact law on access to information

Staff Reporter

Islamabad—Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) on Monday urged the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, to enact law of access to information in the provinces, enabling the public to know about the affairs of the government departments. This was stated by Chairman, Press Council of Pakistan, Raja Shafqat Abbasi, former Judge of Lahore High Court in a letter to the Minister for Information & Public Relations, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar and Chief Minister and Minister Incharge (Information, Culture & Youth Affairs Department), Government of the Punjab, Lahore regarding “law of access to information in the country”.

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