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Journalists vow to protect media freedom ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Print and electronic media personnel all over Pakistan vowed on Sunday to protect media freedom and to continue their struggle for rights. .... 
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‘Resignations not to affect polls’ LAHORE, Sept 30: Gen Pervez Musharraf will win the presidential election with a “comfortable majority” and resignation by opposition lawmakers will not affect the legal position of the polls, the president’s spokesman says.....
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Transportation cost of petrol increased ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: In a major reshuffle in rates of taxes and other charges, the government on Sunday increased transportation cost of petrol by 34-40 per cent and slashed petroleum development levy by 21-27 per cent to keep petroleum prices unchanged despite price hike in the international market.....
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Six cases filed against lawyers, journalists ISLAMABAD, Sept 30: Six cases have been registered against lawyers, opposition activists and journalists in different police stations for allegedly attempting to kidnap MNA Dr Farooq Sattar, violating section ....
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Media demonstrates weight of numbers:
Vows to boycott official meetings
FAISALABAD, Sept 30: Keeping the flag of freedom of expression high,
journalists demonstrated in the length and breadth of Punjab on Sunday to
condemn violence against their brethren at the Constitution Avenue in Islamabad.....
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APDM will foil no-trust move against Durrani: Baloch LAHORE, Sept 30: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) deputy secretary-general Liaquat Baloch has said the All Pakistan Democratic Movement (APDM) has charted a strategy to foil NWFP opposition’s bid to bring a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Akram ...
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PML-N raps police action
LAHORE, Sept 30: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers staged a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Sunday to condemn police action against journalists and lawyers in Islamabad. ...
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BLA claims killing soldiers in Kohlu QUETTA, Sept 30: The proscribed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed on Sunday that a number of security personnel had been killed in ‘heavy fighting’ between militants...
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Couple killed in Ziarat QUETTA, Sept 30: Armed men killed a couple in the Kawas area of Ziarat on Sunday....
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Suspect in Salvation Army chief’s murder escapes LAHORE, Sep 30: A suspect in the murder of Colonel Bu Brekke, head of the Salvation Army operations in Pakistan, escaped from the Civil Lines police station on Sunday morning.....
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Shopkeepers held, fined heavily for overcharging
GUJRANWALA, Sept 30: Around two-dozen shopkeepers including butchers and milkmen were arrested and fined heavily on Sunday by the district administration officials for overcharging during the holy month of Ramazan. ....
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Former jockeys walk into sunset
MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 30: Basti Hamzawali was once known a village of camel jockey children as 150 children from the village had been sent to the United Arab Emirates in last 15 years by their parents or agents. ...
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ACE arrests two for fake court orders
SAHIWAL, Sept 30: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has arrested two court officials for preparing a fake release order of three jailed accused. The ACE earlier arrested two people wanted in the case.....
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TT Singh to have Comsats University
TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 30: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has approved establishment of Comsats University in Toba Tek Singh, a Pakistan Muslim League (PML) lawmaker told a ceremony here on Sunday. ...
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Two women burnt over rivalry MUZAFFARGARH, Sept 30: Eight people allegedly sprinkled furnace oil on six members of a peasant’s family sleeping at night and set two women of the family on blaze over old rivalry in Enayatpur locality near Khangarh on Saturday night. ....
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Lawyers dies in accident
OKARA, Sept 30: Advocate Muhammad Anwar Kharal, a member of the district bar association, perished in a motoring accident on Sunday.....
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No more beard at cadet college TAXILA, Sept 30: Amid much talk of “Talibanisation” and “enlightened moderation”, the administration of Cadet College Hassanabdal has come up with its own controversial rules restricting the cadets, other than Hafiz-i-Quran, from sporting beards....
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Five children recovered from fathers’ custody RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: Two bailiffs appointed by the district and sessions judge here on Friday evening recovered five children from the custody of their father....
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Fast-food adds to heart problems LAHORE, Sept 30: Fast food, smoking and excessive use of ghee are among the main causes increasing heart problems, according to health experts.....
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Security concerns fail to deter Eid shoppers
RAWALPINDI, Sept 30: People’s security concerns in crowded places
notwithstanding, shopping with less than two weeks left for Eid-ul-Fitr, is
steadily picking up to its traditional frenzied pitch.....
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