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Benazir and Nawaz will take part in polls: Shujaat
LAHORE, Nov 25: Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, president of the Pakistan Muslim League, says he did not expect Nawaz Sharif’s return to Pakistan before elections, although he always wanted him to be... 
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Serious differences emerge in MMA
QUETTA, Nov 25: Serious differences appear to have emerged in the Balochistan chapter of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal and Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani of the JUI(F) has been removed from the provincial...
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Blast near Scouts’ checkpoint
UPPER DIR, Nov 25: A bomb exploded near the Scouts’ post in Chukiatan, some 8km from here, early Sunday morning. However, a missile planted near the post did not fire....
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Ousted judges told to vacate houses by 30th
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The government on Sunday said all deposed judges including former Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry should leave their official accommodation in the Judges Colony till November 30....
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White House fears political upheaval could affect war on terror: report
WASHINGTON, Nov 25: The White House fears that the current political upheaval in Pakistan could undermine US efforts to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda forces along the Afghan border, says an intelligence report published in the US media on Sunday....
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50 file nomination papers for NA and PA elections
PESHAWAR, Nov 25: About 50 candidates, including former federal minister Amir Muqam and some former lawmakers, on Sunday filed nomination papers for four National Assembly and 11 NWFP assembly seats of Peshawar for the forthcoming elections....
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Pervaiz Elahi eyes one NA, three PA seats
GUJRAT/BAHAWALPUR, Nov 25: Punjab former chief minister Pervaiz Elahi on Sunday submitted his nomination papers for PP-110 (Kunjah), PP-118 (Mandi Bahauddin), PPP-282 (Chishtian) and NA-187 (Yazman) Bahawalpur....
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Nawaz may contest from Nawabshah
NAWABSHAH, Nov 25: Nomination form for Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif for the NA-213 seat was collected here on Saturday....
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PPP selects candidates for Peshawar seats
PESHAWAR, Nov 25: The Pakistan People’s Party has...
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PPP’s novices, PML’s veterans in Okara
OKARA, Nov 25: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has finalised its ticket holders for five National Assembly (NA) and seven Provincial Assembly seats. The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) has finalised ticket...
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PPP ‘accommodates’ Pagganwala in Gujrat
GUJRAT, Nov 25: Protest by PPP workers and uncertainty on the political front, which has increased further after the arrival of PML-N president Mian Nawaz Sharif and his family from Saudi...
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Aitzaz files nomination papers
LAHORE, Nov 25: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan, a Pakistan People’s Party leader, and four others filed their nomination papers here on Sunday....
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PPP’s ticket to Hina raises eyebrows
MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 25: Some PPP circles are unhappy with the award of party ticket for NA-177 to former state minister Hina Rabbani Khar and demanded withdrawal of the decision, it is learnt here....
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Nomination papers filed in Sindh
HYDERABAD, Nov 25: Former speaker of the National Assembly Illahi Bux Soomro, former federal minister Liaquat Ali Khan Jatoi, PPP leader Nisar Ahmed Khuhro and former provincial minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh...
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Qazi asks MMA aspirants to file papers
LAHORE, Nov 25: Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Husain Ahmad has directed all its candidates for national and provincial assemblies seats to file their nomination papers....
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Police shadow Sharifs right from word go
LAHORE, Nov 25: An extraordinary police cordon around Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) patron Mian Nawaz Sharif, his brother Shahbaz Sharif and other members of the family on their landing at the...
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Irregularities in affairs: housing society put on notice
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has served notice on a private housing society for its alleged irregularities in developing a housing scheme in Sector E-16 (Zone-II) and gave it 15-day warning to straighten its affairs....
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Kurd being shifted to Quetta
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Ali Ahmed Kurd, vice-president of Supreme Court Bar Association who had been languishing in Jhelum jail since the imposition of the emergency rule in the country, has been shifted to Adiala jail....
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Displaced people living in the open
TIMERGARA, Nov 25: Hundreds of people displaced by the ongoing fighting in Swat have been forced to live in the open in Malakand and some parts of Dir Lower district for two days because of curfew restrictions....
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Gas supply not restored
QUETTA, Nov 25: Gas supply to vast areas in southern Punjab, suspended on Saturday night after a main pipeline was blown up near Mazari Goth on the Balochistan-Punjab border, could not be restored on Sunday....
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Four arrested in raids
MARDAN, Nov 25: Security personnel raided a rural area in Mardan district and arrested four suspected terrorists on Sunday....
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Two killed, three injured in factory fire
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 25: Two labourers died and three others sustained serious injuries when fire broke out following an explosion in an alcohol tank in an under-construction alcohol plant in the Mirpurkhas Sugar Mill on Sunday....
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Two killed in accident
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 25: Two people died and four others were seriously injured when a passenger bus hit a rickshaw near 78 Mori late on Saturday night....
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Hoti criticises ANP ‘ticket’ decision
MARDAN, Nov 25: Azam Khan Hoti has warned that the Awami National Party’s (ANP) decision not to award tickets to Begum Nasim Wali Khan and her son Sangeen Wali Khan is a mistake which can seriously harm the party....
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Jirga for Saifullahs fails to reach accord
LAKKI MARWAT, Nov 25: A grand jirga of supporters and allies of the influential Saifullahs could not reach a decision on Sunday to announce names of suitable candidates for the one National and three provincial assembly seats in the district....
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Forest fire engulfs wide area
UPPER DIR, Nov 25: An intense forest fire in the Junkai area has reduced to ashes trees in a wide area. The fire is spreading and appears to be out of control....
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Two hostages freed
KOHAT, Nov 25: Local Taliban freed two hostages in Darra Adamkhel on Saturday night....
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Ex-ministers file papers
RAHIM YAR KHAN/ JAUHARABAD, Nov 25: Former federal industries minister Jehangir Khan Tareen on Sunday submitted his nomination papers for four seats as an independent candidate....
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Lawyer backs APDM’s decision to boycott polls
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 25: A senior local leader has welcomed the All Parties Democratic Movement’s decision to boycott the Jan 8 polls if the emergency is not lifted and the Constitution is not restored within four days....
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Justice Tariq being shifted to Lahore jail
SAHIWAL, Nov 25: Justice Tariq Mehmood (retired) will be taken to Services Hospital, Lahore, for medical check up on Monday morning from where he will be shifted to Kot Lakhpat jail....
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Nawaz lands in a strife-torn party
LAHORE, Nov 25: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who returned to the country after eight-year exile on Sunday, had first direct experience of the depth of polarisation in his party and its capacity to ‘mismanage’ things at the last moment....
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