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EU envoys briefed on border measures
RAWALPINDI, May 12: European Union ambassadors based in Islamabad were on Saturday given a briefing on the prevalent situation on the Pakistan-Afghan border with particular reference to security measures taken to check cross-border movement.... 
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Call for harmony among religions
NEW YORK, May 12: Religious scholars and intellectuals at a conference here stressed the need for promoting constructive dialogue that can help bridge the gulf between people of various religions and nations.At...
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Now its govt’s turn to show power
ISLAMABAD, May 12: All roads leading to the Constitution Avenue remained open to all on Saturday. The reason — the president was to address thousands of his ‘supporters’ for the first time in the federal capital....
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PML rally gives look of a cultural mela
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Dhol beating, enthralling bhangras tempting bystanders to circle around the performers as if there was no tomorrow, national songs screaming through loudspeakers and flag swaying, the venue of...
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Lawyers stage demo, observe partial strike
ATTOCK, May 12: Lawyers on Saturday once again staged a demonstration at Fawara Chowk and observed partial strike in continuation of their campaign to condemn the president’s decision of suspending Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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Man deprived of Rs3.5m, vehicle
ISLAMABAD, May 12: An imposter deprived a man of Rs3.5 million cash and a vehicle in return for 100 Korean visas....
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Donors pledge $320m for poverty alleviation
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan will jointly provide $320 million for poverty alleviation in Pakistan....
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Tariff incentives for investment planned
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that the government will provide tariff and non-tariff facilities to encourage foreign investment in the manufacturing sector....
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ANP condemns Karachi violence, killing of workers
QUETTA, May 12: The Balochistan chapter of Awami National Party (ANP) has condemned the killing of its activists who were going to the Karachi airport to welcome Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Friday....
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WHO to draw list of essential medicines
RAWALPINDI, May 12: The World Health Assembly opening in Geneva on Monday is to endorse a proposal under which the World Health Organisation (WHO) will draw up a model list of...
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Court frees four Bangladeshis
KOHAT, May 12: A court on Saturday released four Bangladeshi nationals who had been arrested by intelligence authorities on suspicion of having al Qaeda links ....
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Violence in Karachi condemned
PESHAWAR/SWABI, May 12: Leaders of various opposition parties and representatives of civil society organisations said on Saturday the violence in Karachi pointed to the critical phase the country was passing through due to the “reckless policies of the government”....
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Lawyers’ body calls for strike tomorrow
PESHAWAR, May 12: The Peshawar High Court Bar Association has appealed to the people to observe a complete strike on Monday to denounce, what it called, “unleashing of state-sponsored fascism” on lawyers and political workers in Karachi on Saturday....
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Bilour granted pre-arrest bail: Murder of PPP leader
PESHAWAR, May 12: Miftahuddin Khan, district and sessions judge for Peshawar, allowed on Saturday a pre-arrest interim bail to the Awami National Party’s senior vice-president Haji Ghulam Bilour, his brother and...
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Site for ROZ selected
PESHAWAR, May 12: A Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) will be set up in Shah Kas, a town on the outskirts of the provincial capital....
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Task force for solving quake survivors’ problems
MANSEHRA, May 12: Chief of Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority Saleem Altaf has constituted a task force for resolving problems faced by people of the quake-hit city Balakot....
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Nurses end strike
KARAK May 12: Nurses working for the district headquarters hospital here on Saturday called off their strike following assurances from the hospital administration that their “genuine demands” would be met soon....
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Chinese women to be deported
PESHAWAR, May 12: The government would deport four Chinese women who were arrested in Khyber Agency on charges of entering Afghanistan without legal documents, officials said....
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Lawyers’ strike against bloodletting tomorrow
FAISALABAD, May 12: The district bar association on Saturday staged a protest rally and sit-in against the killings in Karachi and passed a resolution for the registration of a case against the president, the prime minister and others responsible for it....
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‘Unlawful’ promotion for some teachers
LAYYAH, May 12: The Education Department has out of turn promoted women teachers at the recent meeting of the department promotion committee (DPC), Dawn has leant....
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‘Rally did no good to ruling PML’
BAHAWALPUR, May 12: MNA Mian Riaz Husain Peerzada said on Saturday the ruling party should not have brought out a rally in Islamabad....
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Govt pledges support for potato growers
LAHORE, May 12: All-out efforts will be made to support potato growers by improving the crop marketing through short- and long-term strategy that will be finalised in consultation with the stakeholders....
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Kasur nazim firm against absent govt officials
KASUR, May 12: The district nazim ordered action against many government officials who were absent from their duties on Saturday ‘in connection with a ruling party rally in Islamabad.’...
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Call for arrest of tenant’s killers
MULTAN, May 12: Anjuman Mazareen Punjab (AMP) and Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) activists demanded on Saturday that the government arrest the killers of tenant Zafar Iqbal in seven days and withdraw cases against tenants....
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Cell company fails to deliver
VEHARI, May 12: Cellular phone users have complained of poor service in various parts of the district for the last couple of days....
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Two workers suffocate
FAISALABAD, May 12: Two workers of a sizing unit suffocated to death in a gas leak on Saturday. Police said workers of Al-Janat Sizing Factory on Sargodha Road were allegedly busy stealing gas from a pipeline when it leaked....
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Lawyers slam Karachi violence
LAHORE, May 12: Dozens of lawyers rallied on The Lower Mall against “state patronised violence in Karachi” to prevent Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry from leading a rally....
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‘Musharraf politicizing reference’
LAHORE, May 12: ARD Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim and PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq on Saturday supported the lawyers’ struggle for the independence of the judiciary, rejecting President Musharraf’s assertion that...
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Moonis Elahi’s first flight
LAHORE, May 12: Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s son Moonis Elahi led hundreds of buses packed with `Pakistan Muslim League workers’ and whosoever available in the city to the president’s rally in Islamabad on Saturday....
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Flights to, from Karachi cancelled or delayed
LAHORE, May 12: All flights to and from Karachi were either cancelled or delayed on Saturday as the crew members and airport staff could not reach the airport owing to law and order situation in the cosmopolitan....
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Head of MQM lawyers’ forum resigns
LAHORE, May 12: Head of the MQM Lawyers Forum and joint in charge of the party’s Lahore zone, advocate Tahir Naeem resigned on Saturday....
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Over 1,000 labourers hired
LAHORE, May 12: Union councils of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) hired over 1,000 daily wagers on Saturday for the Islamabad rally....
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