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US wants Balochistan to encircle Iran: Baig
HYDERABAD, April 29: A former Chief of the Army Staff and head of the Awami Qayadat Party, Gen (rtd) Mirza Aslam Baig, has said that the US and India are looking... 
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SC judgments helped revive democracy: CJ
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that judgments of the Supreme Court had always helped revive democracy in the country....
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Court acquits couple of Hudood charges
HYDERABAD, April 29: The district and sessions judge Hyderabad on Saturday exonerated a married couple and co-accused of the charges levelled under the Hudood ordinance by the father of the woman, Sodi Khaskheli....
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Feudal-police nexus blamed for karo-kari
LARKANA, April 29: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday said that weaker state mechanism and laws had encouraged the incidents of karo-kari in Sindh....
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Bare-foot students stage rally against utility bills
MUZAFFARABAD, April 29: Activists of the hard-line Jammu and Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) took out a rally here on Saturday and marched barefooted to voice their demands....
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After the quake, victims suffer bureaucracy
ISLAMABAD, April 29: People of the Balakot tehsil and town who suffered most devastation in last October’s earthquake are now suffering humiliation at the hands of the NWFP government and the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra)....
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200 Pakistanis to get Fulbright scholarships
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Around 200 Pakistani students would proceed to the United States this year to avail the Fulbright scholarships in different disciplines of PhD, masters, and under-graduate programmes in leading universities....
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Students lock Urdu varsity VC, staff in offices
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Students of Federal Urdu University here on Saturday locked their Vice-Chancellor Dr Syed Mohsin and some other staff in their offices for three hours while protesting against the varsity administration for not awarding them degrees it had pledged....
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Rewriting of S. Asian history stressed
ISLAMABAD, April 29: A conference here on Saturday stressed the need for rewriting the South Asian history distorted by states to build up a sense of exaggerated pride in their achievements and spread hatred against each other....
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Dir women councillors barred from sessions
TIMERGARA, April 29: Women councillors in Dir are not allowed to attend meetings of the district, tehsil and union council meetings. Instead, their male relatives attend the sessions on their behalf....
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Two brothers shot dead
RAWALPINDI, April 29: Two brothers were shot dead by their rivals in the jurisdiction of Westridge police on Saturday, police said. Talib Khan and Mir Zalik had an old dispute over...
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Doctors call off strike
QUETTA, April 29: Doctors called off their strike on Saturday following assurances by the chief justice of the Balochistan High Court and the provincial chief secretary to redress their grievances....
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Two killed in accident
BATTAGRAM, April 29: Two persons were killed and four others injured on Saturday when a jeep fell into a ravine at the Jameera turn, two kilometres away from Thakat....
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Inflation to drop to 8pc, says report
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Inflation is expected to drop to about 8 per cent in 2006 from 9.3 per cent in 2005 owing to decline in aggregate demand and an anticipated improvement in food supplies, a UN report said....
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Govt failed to improve quality of life: PML-N
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The quality of life of a common man as well as the law and order situation in the country have deteriorated significantly during the last six years, said PML-N information secretary Ahsan Iqbal....
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Sikhs donate Rs1.4m to relief fund
RAWALPINDI, April 29: Federal Minister of Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq presented a cheque of Rs1.4 million to President Gen Pervez Musharraf here on Saturday....
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Bird flu test results tomorrow
PESHAWAR, April 29: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that result of the blood samples and other tests of a suspected bird flu patient at the Khyber Teaching Hospital will be made available on Monday....
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Return of surplus employees demanded
SWABI, April 29: The Swabi Tehsil Council has demanded that 66 surplus employees should be sent back by the Tehsil Municipal Administra-tion to their respective departments....
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Chicken import to AJK banned
MUZAFFARABAD, April 29: The district administration Muzaffarabad has banned, with immediate effect, import of chicken from Mansehra and Rawalpindi in view of reported outbreak of bird flu in these two adjoining districts....
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Burqa-clad assailants kill two in D. I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, April 29: Two men were killed and another was injured when two people wearing burqas fired on them in a cloth shop in the Gomal Market here on Saturday....
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No filmi funda
LAHORE, April 29: Naseeruddin Shah just doesn’t want to talk films, which have played a dominant role in his international fame as an actor par excellence....
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Students hold demo against Erra policies
MUZAFFARABAD, April 29: The Jammu and Kashmir National Students Federation (JKNSF) on Saturday protested against the policies of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) in the quake affected areas....
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Dates fixed for B.Com exam forms
PESHAWAR, April 29: Dates have been fixed for the submission of admission forms for the annual B.Com examinations, the controller of examinations at Peshawar University announced here on Saturday....
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Protest held against loadshedding
LAKKI MARWAT, April 29: People of Tajori and other adjacent villages on Saturday blocked traffic for two hours on the Indus Highway at Malang Adda to protest against prolonged loadshedding and low power voltage....
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Duststorm hits parts of Sindh
SUKKUR, April 29: Several dozen trees and signboards were uprooted when a heavy duststorm hit Sukkur, Rohri, Pano Akil, Salehpat, Kandhra, Ghotki, Mirpur Mathelo, Daharki, Ubauro, Jacobabad, Kandhkot, Kashmore and Thull on Saturday evening....
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Rights activists decry gang rape
HYDERABAD, April 29: Prominent intellectuals and human rights activists have demanded the arrest of culprits involved in the gang rape of women in Daharki and appealed to the chief justices of...
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Woman allowed to live with husband
KHAIRPUR, April 29: Police along with some residents conducted a raid on the house of brother-in-law of Rais Mian Qureshi on Saturday and demanded that a woman Shabana Parveen be handed over to them....
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Water rotation opposed
KHAIRPUR, April 29: The Khairpur Abadgar Ittehad staged a protest demonstration outside the press club on Saturday against the water rotation programme for 30 channels of the district....
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Strike observed against trader’s murder
LARKANA, April 29: Complete strike was observed in Naudero town on Saturday in protest against the murder of a businessman, Anil Kumar....
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PML-N workers’ convention
OKARA, April 29: Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has said the interference of army in politics is detrimental to the stability and integrity of the country....
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Widows to get full pension from June: EOBI chief
SIALKOT, April 29: Employees Old-age Benefit Institution (EOBI) has finally approved a uniform policy, under which widows of industrial workers will now get Rs1,400 per month full pension against Rs1,000....
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FIA inspector’s men rape accused’s wife
LAHORE, April 29: An FIA inspector was suspended from service on Saturday, over two months after his personal employees allegedly raped a woman while impersonating as agency officials and extorted Rs200,000 from her husband....
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Asthmatics can lead normal life
LAHORE, April 29: Current practices of asthma treatment by most patients fall short of the standard definition of asthma control as defined by the international guidelines....
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Principals, students awarded
LAHORE, April 29: District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood distributed cash prizes of Rs1 million among heads of six institutions giving best examination results and 67 students for outstanding performance in declamation...
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Show-cause notice to two police officers
GUJRANWALA, April 29: The anti-terrorism court No 1 issued on Saturday show-cause notice to investigation DSP and a sub-inspector for not sending the case property to laboratory for analysis and ordered...
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Woman among human smugglers
GUJRANWALA, April 29: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Saturday to have arrested three human smugglers, including a woman, from Gujranwala and Daska....
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