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Capital punishment still a hindrance: Extradition treaty with UK
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Capital punishment in Pakistan has been the main hindrance to an extradition treaty between Pakistan and the United Kingdom but now the British government is considering to make some changes in rules in order to sign the treaty.... 
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Chinese companies to invest in Gwadar
QUETTA, Nov 12: Leading Chinese companies will invest in macro- and micro-level projects in Balochistan, especially in the new port city of Gwadar....
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Kashmiris fighting against occupation, says Attique
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 12: AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Sunday said the armed struggle in the Indian-held Kashmir was an ‘‘organised resistance movement’’ which the Kashmiri people had been...
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Peaceful resolution of Balochistan issue urged
QUETTA, Nov 12: Former patron-in-chief of Balochistan National Party (Awami) Moheem Baloch has urged the government to approach the Baloch political leadership and tribal elders to resolve the Balochistan issue peacefully...
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Islamabad put under tight security: Suicide bombing scare
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Security and intelligence agencies have put private guest houses and madreassahs in the city under watch following intelligence reports that five militants are out on suicide missions in the country....
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Politics casts its shadow at campuses despite ban
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: Rulers fearful of students’ radicalism barred political parties from the campuses years ago but politics continues to be talked about there - and so naturally....
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Boy killed in firing at wedding
RAWALPINDI, Nov 12: An act of jubilation claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy, turning a wedding function in Waris Khan area into a mourning site here on Sunday....
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200 Hindu pilgrims to visit Katas Raj
CHAKWAL, Nov 12: More than 200 Hindu pilgrims would visit their sacred site, Kattas Raj, on November 14 to perform rituals....
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Harsher winter forecast
ISLAMABAD, Nov 12: The first winter rain that lashed many parts of the country on Sunday dropped the mercury by four to five degrees Celsius and turned the weather cold in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad....
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Chief justice stresses timely disposal of cases
PESHAWAR, Nov 12: Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court Tariq Pervez Khan has said that delays in disposal of cases is not only denying timely justice to people, but also affecting overall efficiency of the judiciary....
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Balochistan to set up medicine depots: Rs40 million allocated for project
QUETTA, Nov 12: The Balochistan government will establish ''medical store depots’ in all districts to provide medicine facilities to patients in far-flung areas of the province....
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MMA exploiting Bajaur attack, says Sherpao
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 12: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that investigations are in progress to detect elements behind the Dargai incident....
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Minister seeks opposition’s support on autonomy bill
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Nov 12: Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination Salim Saifullah Khan has said a two-third majority is needed to get the provincial autonomy bill passed by parliament and to scrap the concurrent list....
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Couple killed by ‘woman’s relatives’
TIMERGARAH (Lower Dir), Nov 12: A man and his wife were killed allegedly by the woman’s relatives in the name of honour in the Aegatal village here on Sunday....
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Identity issue keeps parents perturbed: Murdered child
VEHARI, Nov 12: The police of Vehari and Faisalabad have failed to resolve the controversy about the eight-year old boy’s body as two families keep insisting that the child was theirs....
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Gloomy winter ahead for some cotton growers: Low yield due to pest attack
VEHARI/MULTAN, Nov 12: Cotton growers in Vehari and adjoining areas are worried at the current phutti price which, according to them, hardly covers their production cost in wake of low yield mainly due to pest attack....
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Prisoner ‘commits suicide’
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 12: An under-trial prisoner reportedly committed suicide at the local prison on Sunday. Resident of Islampura, Manawala, Anwar was jailed after the recovery of 10 grams hashish from his custody....
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Sikh doctors hold eye camp
SIALKOT, Nov 12: The visiting European Sikh doctors on Sunday organised a two-day free eye camp at bordering village of Kartarpur-Narowal....
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MMA’s rally against Bajaur killings
FAISALABAD, Nov 12: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal on Sunday staged a protest rally to condemn the Bajaur bombing which resulted in massacring of 82 students and teachers and Durgai incident that left more than 40 people dead....
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Crackdown on fireworks
GUJRANWALA, Nov 12: The district administration banned display of fireworks and firing on marriage ceremonies, while police started crackdown on fireworks factories and shops besides arresting those involved in celebration fire on Sunday....
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Two killed
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 12: Two persons were killed and another 30 sustained injuries, five of them serious, when a bus overturned in Kala Shah Kaku on Sunday....
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Kidnapped shopkeepers released
SAIDQABAD, Nov 12: Two shopkeepers, who were kidnapped about 25 days back from a village near Sanjarpur, were released on Saturday by kidnappers after getting Rs0.4 million ransom....
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Married woman gang-raped
HAFIZABAD, Nov 12: A case was registered on Sunday against three officials of the population department for gang-raping a young married woman a few days back....
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Dengue cases declining: minister
LAHORE, Nov 12: The number of dengue fever patients had started declining in the country with the change in weather and the incidence would be reduced to a great extent in...
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PTI to go solo against Musharraf: Imran: Mass drive from 18th
LAHORE, Nov 12: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan has announced that his party will start an independent mass movement against the government from November 18 (Saturday) as any further delay in the launch of the drive could benefit Gen Musharraf....
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Police see no hidden hand in Ayaz’s murder
LAHORE, Nov 12: The city investigation police in a report submitted to the IG on the murder of business tycoon Seth Abid’s son and four others does not see any `hidden...
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Checks and balances in police on cards
The Punjab government is likely to introduce in some weeks a system to evaluate the police performance and audit money sanctioned to them under the Chief Minister Reforms Programme...
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Prayers mark end of Raiwind moot
LAHORE, Nov 12: The Raiwind Tableeghi congregation, which is said to be one of the major religious gatherings and attended by an estimated hundreds of thousands of people, concluded here on...
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