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No-confidence move on the cards: ARD
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) is preparing to move a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in the National Assembly.... 
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Ulema convention vows to defend Hudood laws
ISLAMABAD, July 6: A convention of religious scholars on Thursday vowed to protect the Hudood laws and said that the punishment for adultery, slander and liquor offences had been prescribed by Holy Quran and Sunnah....
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‘PMAP men killed by secret agencies’
QUETTA, July 6: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party blamed federal intelligence agencies for killing three of its members in Chaman on Tuesday, and vowed to continue its struggle against the army rule and for the restoration of a constitutional government....
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House set on fire in Bara
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), 6: Dozens of armed Lashkar-i-Islam activists on Thursday set ablaze the house of their opponent in Shalobar locality of Bara....
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EC, Nadra officials summoned: Preparation of new electoral rolls
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, in a meeting held on Thursday, expressed concern over the Election Commission’s decision to enrol only those voters in the new electoral roll who possess computerised national identity cards (CNICs)....
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Dera Bugti action condemned
QUETTA, July 6: The Balochistan National Party has condemned what it called armed action against Bugti tribesmen in Sangsilla area by security forces....
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Quake-hit radio station left to suffer
MUZAFFARABAD, July 6: The quake-stricken employees of Radio Muzaffarabad are still working in abject conditions due to an ‘indifferent’ attitude of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation towards their plight....
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Earthquake engineering centre to be upgraded
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The Higher Education Commission on Thursday announced that the earthquake engineering centre on NWFP University of Engineering and Technology’s would be upgraded....
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Pakistan to set up college of physicians in Brunei
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Pakistan has offered to establish a centre of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) in Brunei Darussalam for imparting postgraduate medical education....
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NPSC to report to parliament
ISLAMABAD, July 6: The National Public Safety Commission (NPSC), a recently formed statutory body, will have to present its annual report on the overall law and order situation in the country before parliament....
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PML(N) leader blasts government policies
KOHAT, July 6: The government is nearing its end because of its anti-poor policies and rampant corruption, says former chief minister and president of PML(N) in NWFP Pir Sabir Shah....
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Development funds for Waziristan increased
PESHAWAR, July 6: The South and North Waziristan agencies received the highest allocation from the Federally Administered Tribal Area’s (Fata) Rs 6.2 billion annual development programme for the year 2006-07....
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Court refers girl to medical board
PESHAWAR, July 6: A girl who married of her own free will was referred to the medical board by a local court on Thursday for determining her age....
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CJ asked to form special bench: Removal of tehsil nazim
PESHAWAR, July 6: A bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday requested the chief justice to constitute a special bench for hearing a contempt of court application against the NWFP chief minister....
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Wapda officials in housing ‘scam’
LAHORE, July 6: The Wapda authorities have so far not taken any action against its senior officials allegedly involved in the scam of the Wapda Farm Housing Scheme, which was abandoned...
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IG asked to ensure disposal of cases
LAHORE, July 6: A Supreme Court full bench has directed the Punjab police chief to bound all district police officers to complete investigation of cases registered since 2000 and submit challans to trial courts....
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Benazir voices concern over Sindh water crisis
KARACHI, July 6: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has expressed concern over water shortage in Sindh....
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PPP protest camp uprooted
VEHARI, July 6: The police on Thursday uprooted a PPP protest camp set up in front of the Vehari Tehsil Municipal Administration....
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Man sprinkles acid on ex-wife, relatives
BAHAWALPUR, July 6: A woman along with her two nephews and as many nieces suffered burn injuries in an alleged acid attack here on Wednesday night at Tibba Badar Shar....
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Shandur gala opens today
GILGIT, July 6: The administrations of Chitral and Northern Areas have finalised arrangements for the three-day Shandur festival starting on Friday....
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Dozens hurt in drive against encroachments
ISLAMABAD, July 6: Dozens of people suffered bruises when police resorted to baton charge to control an angry mob of shopkeepers at Bhara Kahu here on Thursday....
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PHC takes up petition against polio vaccine
PESHAWAR, July 6: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the World Health Organisation and federal and provincial health secretaries in a writ petition seeking closure of the...
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Shandoor festival
CHITRAL, July 6: British High Commissioner to Pakistan Mark Lyall Grant on Thursday praised the natural beauty of the country and said that the holding of Shandoor festival is a welcome step to promote tourism....
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New ICS block
PESHAWAR, July 6: The director of administration, University of Peshawar, Iftikhar Hussain Khan, on Thursday laid the foundation stone of a new academic block at Islamia Collegiate School (ICS)....
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Contaminated water in Sialkot
SIALKOT, July 6: The local health department has declared contaminated the potable water being supplied by the tehsil municipal administration to city’s all congested residential, commercial and industrial areas....
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Concern at lawlessness
GUJRANWALA, July 6: The local chamber of commerce and industry on Thursday gave vent to its disquiet over the rising incidents of dacoity and robbery....
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Millers raise flour bag price by Rs4
LAHORE, July 6: The millers on Thursday increased flour price by Rs4 per 20kg bag blaming rise in wheat price in open market for the hike, which, according to them, has jumped beyond Rs415 per 40kg....
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Health team from Brunei meets CM
LAHORE, July 6: A delegation of Brunei Darul Salam, led by Health Minister Pehin Datosuyoi Osman, called on Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi here on Thursday....
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Workers to observe protest day
LAHORE, July 6: Wapda workers will observe countrywide protest day on July 12 to condemn the arbitrary increase in working hours, privatisation and promulgation of anti-labour laws by the government....
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PSC budget approved
LAHORE, July 6: The board of directors of the Punjab Seed Corporation on Thursday approved Rs1.5 billion budget, which will be utilised for providing 2.2 million maund seed of wheat, rice,...
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Police asked to produce couple in court
SUKKUR, July 6: The Sukkur bench of the Sindh High Court has ordered the Khairpur DPO and SP Investigation, and the SHO of the Thari Mir Wah to produce a local...
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No power in Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharkarpar
MIRPURKHAS, July 6: The supply of power to Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar districts has been disrupted after Wednesday’s rains....
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