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SC overstepped its authority: Fazl
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, said on Monday that the Supreme Court had overstepped its authority by issuing an interim order... 
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Applications against poll pleas dismissed
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Peshawar High Court''s Election Tribunal on Monday dismissed applications of Senators Ilyas Ahmad Bilour and Azam Swati for cancellation of election petitions against them and fixed Jan...
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SC rejects plea against Rind’s bail
KARACHI, Dec 18: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Sindh government’s appeal against the grant of bail to the estranged brother of federal minister Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind by the Sindh High Court....
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Muslim League in centenary celebrations
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The four-day International Conference on All India Muslim League in connection with its centenary celebrations began here on Monday. Abut 500 delegates from all over the country, Bangladesh and UK attended the conference....
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JUP threatens to quit MMA
LAHORE, Dec 18: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan on Monday threatened to quit the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) if it failed to resign from the National Assembly after Eidul Azha....
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Senators dissatisfied with labour ministry’s working
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Senate Standing Committee on Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis has expressed its dissatisfaction over the performance of the labour ministry, particularly with regard to declining manpower export and consequent decrease in foreign exchange earning....
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President for cheaper rail journey
KHANEWAL, Dec 18: President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday that Pakistan would be linked to Iran, Afghanistan, China and Central Asian Republics (CARs) by rail. Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of...
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No major change in SCBA re-poll
LAHORE, Dec 18: The announcement of Supreme Court Bar Association election results was heralded by anti-government slogans by a good number of lawyers in Lahore on Monday night....
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Kashmiris vow to continue liberation struggle
RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: Kashmiris will never give up their inherent right to self determination and will continue their struggle till the liberation movement is crowned with success....
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Fahim off to Dubai
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: President of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) Makhdoom Amin Fahim has rushed to Dubai to hold discussion with party chairperson Benazir Bhutto on some important matters, sources told Dawn on Monday....
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CBMs between India, Pakistan welcomed
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: The European Parliament welcomes the confidence-building measures (CBMs) between Pakistan and India through a gradual and bilateral diplomatic process and supports the proposals made by President Gen Pervez Musharraf on redeployment and withdrawal of troops from the borders....
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Labour conference today
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: An All Pakistan Labour Conference will be held at Rawalpindi Press Club, Liaquat Bagh on Tuesday at 10am. The conference aims at devising a plan of action to organise a country-wide movement against all anti-labour laws....
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NIH gets HIV/Aids lab
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: A national HIV/Aids referral laboratory has been established at the National Institute of Health, which would be inaugurated by the Federal Minister for Health Mohammad Nasir Khan on Tuesday, spokesman of the Health Ministry said on Monday....
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PTCL employees complain of double standard
ISLAMABAD, Dec 18: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Employees Union (PTCL) Monday accused the company administration of pursuing discriminatory policies depriving the low-scale employees of their due rights....
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Students protest attack on teacher
RAWALPINDI, Dec 18: The students of the Government Commerce College (GCC) continued their protests on Monday against the attack on one of their teachers by the owner and principal of a...
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Govt workers made to attend moot
MULTAN, Dec 18: A large number of government servants were made to attend the public meeting addressed by President Pervez Musharraf at the Khanewal Public School on Monday....
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Five suspects held in ransom case
GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: Sabzi Mandi police claimed they had arrested five suspects involved in kidnap for ransom of two doctors after a raid here on Monday....
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Three bank officers booked for fraud
SAHIWAL, Dec 18: Fateh Sher police on Sunday night registered a case against three employees of Askari Commercial Bank Limited (ACBL) and their one accomplice for withdrawing cash fraudulently....
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A nose for refusing divorce
SIALKOT, Dec 18: A councillor along with his accomplices allegedly chopped off the nose of the first wife of a villager after she reportedly refused to get divorce in Chhani Gondal village near Head Marala....
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Pregnant woman dies of ‘police torture’
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 18: A pregnant woman of Tibba Badar Shair near Satellite Town was allegedly tortured to death on Monday during a police raid conducted to arrest her son for petty theft....
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Concern over delay in scrap clearance
GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has expressed its concern over delay in clearance of metal scrap of import consignments under CARE system and urged the Central Board of Revenue chairman to expedite the process....
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Wanted man held after ‘encounter’
OKARA, Dec 18: Saddar police claimed to have arrested a wanted outlaw after an hour-long encounter while his accomplices managed to escape in the darkness near Suchanwala village, some 10kms from here, on Monday night....
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Inflated power bills irk citizens
TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 18: Citizens have expressed their resentment over inflated electricity bills for November issued by the Faisalabad electric supply company (Fesco) and demanded action against responsible officials....
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Gas supply suspended for seven hours
GUJRANWALA, Dec 18: Gas supply to dozen areas of the city remained suspended for seven hours after a five-inch diameter rupture in pipeline on Ferozwal Road on Monday....
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Investment linked to availability of land: Compost plant
LAHORE, Dec 18: The scarcity of land in the suburban areas of the city was creating hurdles in more investment in the solid waste management sector, officials of Mahmood Booti compost plant told Punjab Environment Minister Dr Anjum Amjad on Monday....
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PPP meeting on 26th
LAHORE, Dec 18: A meeting of the PPP coordinators, presidents and secretaries-general of Multan, Lahore and Gujranwala divisions will be held at the Defence residence of Auranzeb Burki on Dec 26, says a statement issued by provincial president Shah Mahmood Qureshi....
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Ajoka play
LAHORE, Dec 18: Ajoka staged its new play ‘Maaoon kay naam’ on Monday at the Alhamra Cultural Complex in collaboration with the Lahore Arts Council. The play was staged to highlight the less addressed issue of high mortality rate....
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Robbers injure doctor
LAHORE, Dec 18: Robbers in their ongoing looting spree in the city shot and injured a doctor and looted cash and valuables in several successful hits on Monday....
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HRCP’s concern at threats to journalists
LAHORE, Dec 18: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed its concern over the threats posed to media professionals from both official and other quarters....
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Workers’ demo for a raise
LAHORE, Dec 18: Workers of the carpet industry staged a demonstration near the Lahore Press Club on Monday to press for an increase in wages and registration under the labour laws....
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Murree to get water from Jhelum
LAHORE, Dec 18: The Public Health Engineering Department will lay a 38-kilometre-long pipeline for supplying two million gallons of drinking water daily to Murree from Jhelum river at a cost of Rs3 billion by December, 2007....
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Captors held with ransom
LAHORE, Dec 18: Hanjarwal police claimed on Monday to have arrested three kidnappers of an FC College student and seized Rs2.2 million from them. According to a police announcement, Usman Murtaza,...
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Minorities being taken care of: minister
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: NWFP Minister for Information Asif Iqbal Daudzai has said that one of the basic teachings of Islam is to respect other religions and their believers....
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230 hepatitis patients given free treatment
PESHAWAR, Dec 18: The Hayatabad Medical Complex is providing free treatment to 230 people suffering from hepatitis A and B while 66 such patients are on the waiting list....
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