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Separatist elements to fail, says Jam
QUETTA, Dec 31: Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf has said that Pakistan is a stable and strong country heaving impregnable defence and those elements which want to break it are living in a fool’s paradise.... 
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Vigilantes alert, revellers defiant on New Year eve
PESHAWAR, Dec 31: It is an exercise the police and the MMA vigilantes go through every New Year eve, with the police playing second fiddle to the zealots from Shabab-i-Milli, the Jamaat-i-Islami youth brigade, and the stick-wielding JUI-F activists....
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Jirga called to discuss Mengal’s arrest
QUETTA, Dec 31: PPP leader and Chief of Sarawan Nawab Aslam Raisani has said that a meeting of the Baloch National and Tribal Jirga will be held after Eidul Azha to...
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Eid celebrated in parts of NWFP, Balochistan
QUETTA/PESHAWAR, Dec 31: Eidul Azha was celebrated in parts of Balochistan and the NWFP on Sunday. The residents of Balochistan’s border town of Chaman and Qila Abdullah district marked the festival...
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Almost one madressah opened every week: Education in Islamabad in 2006
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Despite government’s opposition towards setting up of Madressahs, some 42 new religious seminaries were registered only in the capital during 2006....
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Space shrinking even for the dead in Pindi
RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: The living and the dead are facing the same problem in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Both residential accommodation and burial space is in short supply....
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ARD moves motion in NA against police action
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Opposition members belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) have submitted an adjournment motion to the National Assembly Secretariat, seeking discussion on the incident in...
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Benazir, Nawaz call for fight against tyranny, poverty
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Sunday asked the nation to fight against tyranny, poverty and exploitation....
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Women keen to seize job opportunities
RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: More and more women are entering the job market in the city. They are keen to seize any work opportunity that is on offer....
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PTI chief shocked at police brutality
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: Chief of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has expressed a deep sense of shock and sorrow over the highhanded behaviour meted out to the relatives of “missing” persons by the Rawalpindi police on Thursday....
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LHC faces shortage of judges
RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: The Lahore High Court faces a shortage of 14 judges, as it is working with 36 judges against the sanctioned strength of 50....
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Three killed in accident
RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: Three members of a family were killed when an oil tanker fell into a deep ditch in Karot, about 45km from Kahuta on Sunday....
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PML faces no challenge in Punjab: Pervaiz
LAHORE, Dec 31: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi claims that the ruling PML faces absolutely no challenge from the opposition parties in Punjab in the next elections as the PPP and the...
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Kite dealers given a week to file reply
LAHORE, Dec 31: Kite flying during Basant will be allowed provided the kite dealers form a legal body and nazims furnish an assurance to prevent the sale of dangerous twine and control unruly buffs to minimise risk to life....
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Special trains fail to cater for Eid rush
LAHORE, Dec 31: Special trains run by the railway authorities to cater to the Eid rush seemed insufficient on Sunday, keeping in view the number of people gathered at the Lahore...
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Robbers injure four people
LAHORE, Dec 31: Robbers shot at and injured four people and took away cash and valuables in the city on Sunday....
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Kidnappers arrested
LAHORE, Dec 31: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested four people, including two women, involved in kidnapping of a four-year-old boy in the Defence area and recovered Rs2.3...
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Sweet memories go sour
SIALKOT, Dec 31: A Daska-based trader, who had eagerly planned to celebrate the silver jubilee of his marriage on Jan 1, 2007 in a unique fashion, died of a cardiac arrest...
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