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A lot needs to be done: Benazir
QUETTA, Dec 15: Pakistan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has welcomed the lifting of emergency and termed it a “step toward transition from dictatorship to democracy”.... 
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Emergency lifted under foreign pressure: Nawaz
LAHORE, Dec 15: Reacting to the lifting of emergency, PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif said “Gen” Musharraf had done so under foreign pressure....
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C’wealth hails move but wants more
LONDON, Dec 15: While welcoming the lifting of the state of emergency and the restoration of the Constitution in Pakistan, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon on Saturday expressed the hope that all...
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BB says ready to work with Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Dec 15: Pakis-tan People’s Party chairperson Benazir Bhutto has said that she remains open to working with President Pervez Musharraf if he holds fair and free polls in the country....
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JI candidates, lawyers withdraw papers in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Several candidates, including five former lawmakers of the Jamaat-i-Islami and around 16 lawyers, withdrew their nomination papers for four national and 11 provincial assembly seats in the provincial capital on Saturday....
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10 High Court judges take fresh oath
PESHAWAR, Dec 15: Acting Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court Saleem Khan and nine other judges, including six additional judges, took fresh oath under the 1973 Constitution here on Saturday....
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‘Revocation of proclamation of emergency’ order — text
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Follow-ing is the text of the presidential order issued on Saturday to provide for the revocation of proclamation of emergency:...
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Centre to fund project to preserve forests
PESHAWAR, Dec 15: The federal government will provide over Rs3,000 million for a project to enhance forests in the Frontier province between the years 2007 and 2013....
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42 withdraw nominations in Attock
ATTOCK, Dec 15: Forty-two candidates withdrew their nomination papers for the three National Assembly and five provincial assembly seats here on Saturday....
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No individual inevitable for stability: Achakzai
RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party head Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday said security of the country lied in strong democratic institutions that have been destabilised by the present regime....
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Former ‘Q’ league MNA joins PPP
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: Former member of the National Assembly (MNA), Sardar Mansoor Hayat Tamman and his brother Saturday announced to join the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP)....
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Attock PML-Q president joins ‘N’
ATTOCK, Dec 15: In yet another blow to the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) in Attock its local chapter president Sardar Mumtaz Khan on Saturday quit the party and joined Nawaz League...
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Islamabad divided into two zones : Control room for polls in Pindi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Islamabad police have divided the capital territory into two zones for the interim period till the election while a regional control room has been set up in...
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Two students injured
RAWALPINDI, Dec 15: Two university students sustained burn injuries in a gas leak explosion in their room in Chaklala on Saturday, police said....
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Saudi embassy’s security officer arrested for fraud
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15: The Kohsar police have arrested a security officer at the Saudi embassy on a charge of swindling people by promising them visas and recovered the embassy’s documents from him....
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Ansaris to rule the roost in NA-85
FAISALABAD, Dec 15: The Ansari Biradari will rule the roost in Faisalabad’s NA-85 constituency as all the mainstream parties have fielded candidates belonging to Ansari clan, while Maliks and Arains are...
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PPP replaces NA-79 candidate
FAISALABAD, Dec 15: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Saturday replaced its NA-79 candidate Farooq Saeed with newcomer but well-off Hammad Ahmed....
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PML-N leader says his seat sold out
MULTAN, Dec 15: Former prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif had announced firmly that his party would not award tickets to any turncoat, but the ground reality speaks otherwise....
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Dareshaks accused of using state resources
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Dec 15: Former caretaker prime minister and PPP central leader, Mir Balkh Sher Mazari, has condemned the alleged use of government resources by Nasrullah Dareshak and his sons...
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PP-276 ticket change causes rift in PML-Q
BAHAWALPUR, Dec 15: PML-Q local cadre stands divided over the issue of ticket allotment in PP-276 (Yazman)....
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DBA rejects amendments in Constitution
GUJRANWALA, Dec 15: The district bar association on Saturday rejected fresh amendments to the Constitution and pledged to continue their movement till the restoration of independent judiciary....
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Former tehsil naib nazim back to PPP camp
GUJRANWALA, Dec 15: Former tehsil naib nazim Ehsanullah of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-i-Azam (PML-Q) on Saturday joined the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) in the presence of party’s general secretary Jehangir Badr and announced support for all PPP aspirants....
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Rs4.1 million taken away in bank robbery
SHEIKHUPURA, Dec 15: Three unidentified armed dacoits took away Rs4.1 million from Allied Bank’s Stadium branch on Saturday, after overpowering the guards on duty....
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PML-Q nominee discards ticket
MIANWALI, Dec 15: PML-Q nominee for NA-71 and PP-43 — Amanatullah Khan Shadikhel - on Saturday rejected the party ticket and decided to contest as an independent candidate....
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Man kills wife, two daughters
SAHIWAL, Dec 15: A man killed his wife and two daughters in Chak 52/5-L of Basti Islampur....
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Lahore sealed to check flour movement
LAHORE, Dec 15: The City District Government of Lahore on Saturday sealed the provincial metropolis for checking the movement of flour to adjoining districts and decided to make special arrangements for ensuring its free availability by flooding the city market....
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JI men withdraw papers
LAHORE, Dec 15: At least 278 nominees of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), a major component of the six-party religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), withdrew their nomination papers in Punjab on Saturday, the last day for the purpose set in the elections schedule....
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Printers, painters see little poll profits
LAHORE, Dec 15: With the general election just three weeks or so away, most painters and printers in Lahore are still waiting for orders for banners, hoardings, posters, handbills, leaflets, pamphlets, voters’ slips and stickers....
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Judges take oath under Constitution
LAHORE, Dec 15: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Husain Chaudhry, 18 permanent judges and eight additional judges of the high court took oath under the Constitution at the Governor’s House on Saturday after the lifting of emergency....
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Prosecution dept asked to help courts
LAHORE, Dec 15: Caretaker Chief Minister Justice Ejaz Nisar (retired) on Saturday directed the prosecution department to extend all-out assistance to courts for the provision of justice to people....
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