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Fazl wants Taliban role in dialogue
PESHAWAR, June 17: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Taliban are a major force in Afghanistan and peace cannot be achieved without their participation in the dialogue process.... 
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FO expresses concern over Gaza conflict
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The Foreign Office has expressed concern over the ongoing conflict in Gaza....
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25 immigrants found in truck
VIENNA, June 17: Police have found 25 illegal immigrants from India and Pakistan packed into the back of a truck near the western Austrian town of Innsbruck, security officials said on Sunday....
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Dawa calls for judicial probe
MUZAFFARABAD, June 17: The Jamaat-ud-Dawa on Sunday said that some elements were trying to give a communal colour to the violence during which a youth was killed and regretted the torching...
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Protest against power breakdown
HUNZA, June 17: Hundreds of people staged a demonstration and blocked the Karakoram Highway for several hours on Saturday in protest against prolonged power shutdown, transfer of a medical officer and...
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More than 250,000 voters not enlisted in Larkana: MNA
LARKANA, June 17: People’s Party Parliamentarians MNA Mohammed Anwar Bhutto has alleged that more than 250,000 voters have not been included in the fresh voter lists in Larkana district....
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ANP chief to attend MPC
SWABI, June 17: President of the Awami National Party Asfandyar Wali Khan said here on Sunday he would attend the Multi-Party Conference in London. The conference, he said, would strengthen the struggle of the democratic forces against the dictatorship....
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JSQM calls for strike against forced disappearances
LARKANA, June 17: The Chairman of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Bashir Khan Qureshi, called for a complete strike throughout Sindh on June 25 in protest against enforced disappearances of JSQM...
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Musharraf’s re-election to affect poll timing: Rashid has more to tell
LAHORE, June 17: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said the general elections can be held immediately if President Musharraf decides to get himself re-elected from the next assemblies....
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MQM re-opens its Lahore offices
LAHORE, June 17: The Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) started a drive on Sunday to re-open its offices in Punjab which were closed after the May 12 violence in Karachi....
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Barakahu police books its own SHO, PAF officer
ISLAMABAD, June 17: It is hard to believe but the Barakahu police has registered a criminal case against its Station House Officer and a serving air force officer here on Sunday....
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2 drown; man shot dead
RAWALPINDI, June 17: Two persons drowned while bathing in a stream in the jurisdiction of Saddar Bairooni police station on Sunday, police and hospital authorities said....
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EU’s preparatory mission in town: Election Observation Mission
ISLAMABAD, June 17: The European Union’s preparatory team for its Election Observation Mission is here to kick-start the groundwork for the EU monitoring team that would land here ahead of the general elections to be held end of this year....
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Man held for sending SMS threats to cyber cafés
MARDAN, June 17: Police have arrested a man here on charges of sending threats via SMS to video centres and internet-cafe owners in the area....
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NY lawsuit: PIA’s clarification
KARACHI, June 17: Referring to a news report stating that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal has filed a lawsuit in a US court against Pakistan International Airlines Investment Limited (PIAIL),...
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5pc of royalty for areas producing gas, hydel-power
PESHAWAR, June 17: The NWFP government has decided that five per cent of the royalty being received on hydel-power, gas and oil will be spent on the development of infrastructure of areas where these are produced....
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Four crushed to death, nine hurt by truck in Halani
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 17: Four people were crushed to death and nine others sustained injuries when a truck rampaged through a goat market in Halani on Sunday after the driver lost control of the vehicle....
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Protest against killing
KHAIRPUR, June 17: A man was shot dead by unidentified people near Pir-jo-Goth on Sunday....
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PPP leaders pay homage to Qamar
PESHAWAR, June 17: Chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party Benazir Bhutto has said the best way to pay homage to their slain party worker Syed Qamar Abbas is to adhere to his political ideals....
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JI leader regrets induction of ‘expelled’ MPA
PESHAWAR, June 17: The Jamaat-i-Islami has regretted the induction of an MPA into the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam’s fold who had been expelled from the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) for voting against the alliance’s candidate in the last Senate election....
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3 ‘militants’ held in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, June 17: Police on Saturday arrested three suspected militants in Dera Bugti and seized high-intensity explosive material from them....
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Killing of army men condemned
Quetta, June 17: PML-Q district president Mir Abid Lehri has condemned the killing of army personnel in a terrorist attack on Thursday.....
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LPG traders playing with fire
GUJRANWALA, June 17: The number LPG gas cylinder sale points has mushroomed in and around the city where traders sell and refill cylinders without observing precautionary measures....
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A sport that thrills but kills
MUZAFFARGARH, June 17: Cricket is often described here as a national passion but in some parts of Muzaffargarh, cockerel fight has over the years become much more than a favourite pastime, a local wrestle mania....
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Right to vote sought for seminary students
BAHAWALPUR, June 17: A non-governmental organisation (NGO) has recommended the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to enlist students of seminaries as voters on the forms attested by their teachers....
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Wattoo calls for settlement on reference against CJP
LAHORE, June 17: Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, senior-vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML), proposed on Sunday the government find an out-of-court settlement of the presidential reference against Chief Justice...
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Farmers’ protest
SIALKOT, June 17: Farmers have protested against shortage of DAP fertilisers as the district administration is still unable to control the black marketing of DAP and urea fertilizers....
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Fahim’s response to US stance
LAHORE, June 17: ARD chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim says US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte’s statement that it is for President Musharraf to decide when to take off his military uniform has not surprised the parties in the opposition....
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PPP may move SC
LAHORE, June 17: President Musharraf’s bid to seek re-election from the present assemblies will be unconstitutional and the PPP may take the matter to the Supreme Court, the party’s provincial president said here on Sunday....
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ASF arrests man with gold
LAHORE, June 17: The Airport Security Force (ASF) on Sunday arrested a passenger and recovered 10 gold biscuits from his luggage. According to a source, Muhammad Tahir of Gujranwala came to the airport to board a Masqat-bound flight....
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