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Muhammad Zai Khan
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Monday, October 4, 2010
Assassination of Swat varsity VC widely condemned
A large number of activists of human rights organisations and political parties on Sunday staged protest demonstration to condemn the assassination of Dr Mohammad Farooq, the Vice-chancellor of Swat University.
Dr Farooq was assassinated in his clinic on Saturday along with his assistant in Mardan.
The protest was held outside Peshawar Press Club under the auspices of Amn Tehrik. The protesters were holding banners and placards inscribed with slogans against militancy and in favour of peace in the region. They also chanted slogans against the target killing.
Amn Tehrik convener Idrees Kamal, National Party provincial president Sayed Mukhtar...
Cash disbursement to flood-hits will take 3 months: Bashir bilour
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senior Minister, Bashir Ahmed Bilour Monday said the process of disbursement of funds among the people affected by floods will be completed within the next three months.
Speaking at KP Assembly, Bilour said 230,000 houses were washed away by the floods in which, he pointed out, 1065 people were killed. Now the provinces needs Rs4.5 billion for their reconstruction, he added.
Initially, the Federation and the province have issued Rs1 billion each and that the process of giving away the cash to the affectees will be completed within the next three months.
He said strict notice will be taken against the irregularities...
28 Nato oil tankers set ablaze in Islamabad
Unidentified gunmen killed at least three people and set 28 Nato oil tankers on fire carrying fuel for Nato and US forces in Afghanistan in Islamabad on Monday.
Many tankers caught fire during the attack. Rescue sources said at least three people died. The sources added that seven others were injured in the attack.
A vital land route for Nato supplies for Afghanistan that has been blocked for three days will reopen "relatively quickly," Pakistan's ambassador to Washington told a US news channel on Sunday.
Pakistan halted the Nato convoys on Thursday after Nato helicopters killed three Pakistani soldiers.
"I think the supply line will be open...
