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Musharraf-Benazir deal has collapsed, says Sheikh Rashid
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: A power-sharing deal between President Gen Pervez Musharraf and PPP chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto has collapsed mainly because of the latter’s demand to third-term prime ministership, according to Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.... 
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Petitions of Benazir, Zardari disposed of
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of petitions filed by former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, challenging a former attorney-general’s move to seek...
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Request for Sharifs’ warrants rejected
RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: The Accountability Court No 4 on Friday turned down a fresh request of prosecution lawyer to issue arrest warrants of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif in three corruption...
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PML candidates capable of winning, says Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Pakistan Muslim League has strong candidates in all constituencies and they are capable of comfortably winning elections, says president of the ruling party Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain....
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APDM set to join Qazi’s plea against re-election
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Main leaders of the parties in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) will be present at the Islamabad airport on Monday to welcome former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif on Monday....
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‘Any attempt to cut short CJP’s tenure to be opposed’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: Speakers on Friday termed independence of judiciary an essential prerequisite for free and fair elections and warned against any attempts to curtail the tenure of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP)....
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LHC orders inquiry: Police raid on PML-N leader’s house
RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Friday ordered an inquiry into a police raid on the house of a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and the...
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Hero’s welcome becoming scary: Return of Sharifs
RAWALPINDI, Sept 7: Authorities imposed Section 144 in the city on Friday as public excitement and fears over the PML-N’s plans to accord a hero’s welcome to its leaders Nawaz Sharif...
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FPSC recommends appointments
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has recommended appointments of 22 medical officers in different federal divisions....
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Rs30m for collaboration in physics research
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The federal government has sanctioned Rs30 million for establishing linkages between Pakistani universities and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, to collaborate in research....
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Jalozai camp closure deadline extended
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The federal government has extended till April 2008 the deadline to close the Jalozai refugee camp in Nowshera district....
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Police pick up 300 PML-N workers
SIALKOT, Sept 7: The Punjab police intensified its crackdown on PML-N on Friday and picked up more than 300 leaders and workers from different parts of the province....
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PLF files fresh plea against Musharraf
LAHORE, Sept 7: The Pakistan Lawyers Forum (PLF) has filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court to stop Gen Pervez Musharraf from contesting the presidential elections, here on Friday....
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DFID committed to poverty reduction
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is committed to poverty alleviation in Pakistan and recognises the crucial role of civil society in nation building....
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Knowledge sharing to help in development
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The 10th international symposium on ‘advanced materials’ concluded here on Friday, with the world’s scientific community resolving to foster closer ties for the progress and development of humanity....
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Monitoring of suspected dengue fever cases urged
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The health departments have been advised to exercise high-level of vigilance to monitor suspected dengue fever cases in order to ensure prevention, early detection, proper management and containment of the disease....
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International Literacy Day today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The International Literacy Day will be celebrated in Pakistan and across the world on Saturday (Sept 8), with the theme, ‘Literacy: key to good health and wellbeing.’...
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Ishfaq’s death anniversary observed
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) on Friday held a literary reference in the memory of prominent fiction writer Ishfaq Ahmed on the occasion of his third death anniversary....
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Drive against profiteers a futile exercise
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7: The on-going campaign against profiteers and hoarders has proved to be an exercise in futility as prices of daily commodities in the twin cities are continuing to register upward trend....
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Man kills wife
TAXILA, Sept 7: A domestic dispute on Friday claimed a woman’s life while her husband sustained multiple injuries here in Nawababad in jurisdiction of Wah Cantonment Police station....
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Proliferation of prohibited arms multiplies crimes
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: The proliferation of prohibited bore weapons has multiplied crimes in the Frontier province, police sources say....
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Accused acquitted in fake currency case
PESHAWAR, Sept 7: A local court on Friday acquitted a man charged with carrying counterfeit currency notes....
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Transfer of tobacco cess to local govts urged
SWABI, Sept 7: The Tehsil Council Swabi and the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Haqiqi) in their separate meetings have demanded of the provincial government to hand over Rs135 million tobacco cess to district and tehsil councils....
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Govt may go hard on Kasur nazim: Holiday on 10th
LAHORE, Sept 7: The Punjab government is considering action against Kasur Nazim Rana Hayat Khan for, what sources claimed, his unauthorised announcement of a public holiday on Sept 10 to celebrate the announced arrival of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif....
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Not a holiday mood
KASUR, Sept 7: Contradictory statements by the district nazim and the district coordination officer (DCO) over power to announce a public holiday in the district have shown a loophole in law....
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Bailiff frees PML-N leader from police
TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 7. A court bailiff on Friday raided the Rajana police station and freed a PML-N leader, Col Ayub Gadhi (retired), from illegal police custody....
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Rivalry claims six lives
MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Sept 7: Six people were shot dead while three others were injured over rivalry in suburban village Miana Gondal on Friday night....
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Man cuts wife’s nose
MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 7: A man has cut the nose of his wife allegedly to implicate his opponents in Pati Ghulam Ali area of Kot Addu tehsil on Friday....
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PPP leader’s house also raided
LAHORE, Sept 7: In a surprise move, police on Friday raided the house of a Pakistan People’s Party leader....
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