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HEC declared the BA degrees of another six parliamentarians as fake, Awaz Apni News reported on Friday. Mazhar Hayat of PML-N has also been notified as holder of a fake degree. HEC sources told Awaz Apni News that the Venona State University did not verify Mazhar Hayat’s degree. Also, BA degree of Balochistan’s Senator Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar has been declared as fake by Abdul Latif Bhitai University, while a seminary sanad of a Balochistan MPA Abdul Samad has also been rejected by HEC. Seminary sanads of Two Khyber Pakhtunkhawa assembly members Abdul Qayyum Khan and Syed Javed Hussain have also been cancelled by the Higher Education Commission. Besides, Wali Muhammad’s sanad was also declared as fake.

CNews RAWALPINDI: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday said that peace and development in the backward areas of FATA should be in line with the wishes of tribal people, who want to see the region come at par with other developed areas of the country. He made these remarks while talking to a delegation of FATA MNAs who called on him here. The President, however, emphasized that this was possible only when there was total peace and harmony in that area. The President underscored the need for strengthening the local political and administrative structure. He said the government should clarify its policies considering prevailing challenges in the country as soon as possible. The President said it rests with political government to decide whether to take any military action in tribal areas or not. The President said price-hike, law and order, economic and political instability were main challenges country was facing at the moment. They said that effective social service delivery should b...

CNews ISLAMABAD: PML-Q has cancelled the membership of Kashmala Tariq for what it called disagreeing with party decisions and trying to make a forward bloc within the party.A PML-Q spokesman told CNews News that three months back Kashmala Tariq had been issued a notice to show cause for not casting her vote for Chaudhry Pervez Elahi for the post of premiership. He said the MNA pointed fingers at the decisions of the party leadership many a time and tried to create a forward bloc in the name of reformation.The spokesman said that due to this attitude, PML-Q members had demanded disciplinary action against her. He said Kashmala Tariq had been informed about the party decision. However, Kashmala denied having been informed about any such decision.

CNews ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif. Deputy Attorney General (DAG), Raja Abdur Rahman filing the petition made a plea that Nawaz Sharif’s case was important and, therefore, it should be heard today. Earlier, DAG talking to the media said, “Our constitutional stance is that under article 225, it was Election Tribunal’s authority. We have attached two more requests along with our petition—first, the SC should suspend the High Court’s decision and if this order gets suspended, then Mian Nawaz Sharif in turn becomes eligible for contesting election. Alternatively, we have prayed that the election be postponed until the decision of this petition,” he elaborated. He further said that we would first try getting the Lahore High Court’s order suspended and Mian Nawaz Sharif becomes the MNA.

CNews ISLAMABAD: Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated with religious enthusiasm and fervor across Pakistan today on Sunday (October 14). The Eid prayer will be offered at Eidgahs, Masajid and open places all over the country. In their sermons, Ulema and Khateeb will highlight the philosophy of Eid and will pray for progress and solidarity of the country and for the Muslim Ummah. They will pray for the liberation of occupied Muslim territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, and peace in Afghanistan and Iraq. Meanwhile, markets and bazaars have been illuminated creatively on the eve of Eid and people are giving final touches to their preparations. Eid shopping reached its climax on Saturday night. Business centers of other peripheral areas remained jam packed with women shoppers. The faithful will offer prayer and pray for the glory of Islam in addition to the progress and prosperity of Pakistan while the Imams would deliver special sermons to highlight the significance of this day. The timing...

CNews PESHAWAR: Thirty-six MPAs of Jamaat Islami (JI), Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Awami National Party (ANP) have resigned from the NWFP Assembly today.The NWFP law minister said that the MPAs of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (F) would not submit resignations as the Assembly would be dissolved on October 8.At the meeting of the NWEP Assembly held in Peshawar, 24 MPAs from Jamaat Islami, eight from ANP and four from PML (N) submitted their resignations. Speaker NWFP Assembly Bakht Jahan Khan received the resignations of the JI members from Provincial Ameer Siraj-ul-Haq while the resignations of PML (N) were submitted by parliamentary leader Anwar Kamal Khan Marwat.The ANP members presented their resignations before the speaker after delivering their speeches and left the house.Two JI members, speaker Bakht Jahan Khan and Raja Faisal Zaman did not resign.After the resignations were submitted, the speaker announced to adjourn the meeting till 10 am on Monday.