Qamar Uz Zaman Chaudhary, Federal Secretary of Ministry of Professional and Technical Training congratulated UNESCO and NAVTTC along with participants and speakers of the event.

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Pakistan's meteorological department chief, Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, said some parts of the country had received the heaviest rain and snow in seven years, the Associated Press news agency reports.

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But the first day's proceedings were overshadowed by a decision by Pakistan's chief justice, Said-uz Zaman Siddiqi, and five other Supreme Court judges, to refuse to take an oath of allegiance that would have in effect bound them to the army-led administration that has run the country since the coup in October.

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