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PPP, JUI-F real opposition, says Sheikh Rashid KARACHI, Jan 7: Amid speculation of political realignments, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has claimed that the six-party alliance of religious parties – the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal – would undergo... 
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Anwer Pirzado passes away
KARACHI/LARKANA, Jan 7: Leading Sindhi poet and journalist Anwer Pirzado died of lung cancer at a hospital in Karachi on Sunday morning. He was 61. He was admitted to the Liaquat National Hospital about two months ago....
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Patriot MNA joins PML
LAYYAH, Jan 7: Pakistan People’s Party Patriot’s MNA Malik Niaz Ahmed Jhakhar has ditched his party and announced his joining the ruling Pakistan Muslim League. He announced this on the occasion of Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s tour to Layyah on Sunday....
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Swedish educationists to take women varsity idea home
RAWALPINDI, Jan 7: The West once again looks towards the East for the ideas to reinvigorate the crusade against the ever prevalent gender discrimination against women, particularly in education sector....
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Plea for culture of free thinking at campuses
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Education would serve its true purpose when the system and the teachers allow the students to think and question freely....
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Pakistan became intellectually poorer in 2006
In the deaths of Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Shaukat Siddiqui, Munir Niazi, Khalique Ibrahim Khalique and Prof Nadir Qambrani during 2006, we have lost some of the most powerful men of letters...
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PPP to support president: Afgan: Ban on former PMs to continue
LAHORE, Jan 7: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi insists that Ms Benazir Bhutto’s PPP will support President Musharraf in his election for another term, but rules out the possibility...
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DIG injured by robbers
LAHORE, Jan 7: Two unidentified people allegedly shot at and injured a senior police officer apparently in a robbery bid in Gulberg on Sunday night. Reports said two armed motorcyclists intercepted...
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42 criminals arrested
LAHORE, Jan 7: Model Town and Kot Lakhpat division police claimed on Sunday to have arrested 42 criminals. The police arrested four proclaimed offenders, 12 court absconders, nine target offenders, 12 drug peddlers and 14 people for having unlicensed weapons....
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Family survives roof collapse
LAHORE, Jan 7: A family miraculously survived a roof collapse on Sunday in Township in which four children received minor injuries. Reports said the roof of Allah Ditta’s single-room house suddenly...
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Woman, son freed after abduction
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 7: Seven unidentified armed persons allegedly abducted a woman and her ten-year-old son in Model Town here on Sunday, later releasing the both. However, the outlaws took away the car being used by the woman....
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Trigger-happy youth injures two siblings
LAHORE, Jan 7: A youngster allegedly shot at his sister and brother over a domestic issue in the Qila Gujjar Singh area late Saturday night....
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Teachers’ protest on 10th
SIALKOT, Jan 7: On the appeal of Muttahida Mahaz Asaatiza Pakistan, teachers of government schools will boycott academic activities in the province on Jan 10 in protest against non-acceptance of their demands....
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Growers assail potato import
OKARA, Jan 7: Growers have slated import of potato from India, terming it economic murder of local farmers giving high yield of the staple vegetable. Potato Growers Society president Mian Siddique,...
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Road to XEN house eats up Rs1.2m
MURREE, Jan 7: A sum of Rs1.2 million was spent on the construction of a road allegedly leading to the house of executive engineer (roads) Rawalpindi....
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ADB includes Pakistan in set of field studies
RAWALPINDI, Jan 7: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has included Pakistan in a set of field studies which will be carried out in four Asian countries to help develop blueprints for sustainable urban transport system in the region....
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PR to get 300 high speed wagons
RAWALPINDI, Jan 7: Pakistan is tapping the international market to acquire 300 high speed freight wagons and 75 locomotive engines in an effort to modernise and improve the rolling stock of the railways....
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Life returns to normal
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: Life has returned to normal in the federal capital as people have arrived from their native towns after celebrating Eidul Azha. Majority of the people had headed towards...
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Ownership of schools sought
ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Lahore Church Council (LCC) has accused the Punjab education department of surrendering its schools to certain individuals after receiving bribes from them....
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Kissan moot on Feb 4
LAHORE, Jan 7: A consultative meeting of civil society organisations, trade unions, peasant bodies and political parties will be held on Jan 11 to review preparations for the all-Pakistan Kissan Conference being held in the city on Feb 4....
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PTI, JI for campaign against Musharraf
LAHORE, Jan 7: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Sunday called on MMA chief Qazi Husain Ahmad at Mansoorah and both the leaders stressed the need for forming an anti-Musharraf platform for limiting the army to its constitutional role....
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FPCCI backs publishers’ demands
LAHORE, Jan 7: Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Tanveer Ahmed Sheikh has supported the genuine demands of Urdu Bazaar textbook publishers and booksellers and will take up...
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