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Islamabad allows jail trial of Maulana Aziz
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Chief Commissioner Islamabad Hamid Ali Khan on Monday permitted the special judge of an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to hold the trial of Lal Masjid’s former chief cleric Maulana... 
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Pakistan almost at the lowest rung: Global Gender Gap Report
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan is almost at the lowest in the world ranking in the labour force participation of women and opportunity for women....
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Musharraf asked to apologise for threatening journalist
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Journalists of Rawalpindi and Islamabad took out a procession on Monday to protest President Pervez Musharraf’s remarks against a senior journalist at a function in London....
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Cold wave intensifies with heavy snowfall
QUETTA, Jan 28: Heavy snowfall in Khojak, Kanmetherzai, Ziarat and Quetta on Sunday caused a suspension of traffic on highways between Quetta and Chaman and Loralai and Ziarat....
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Call to observe ‘Iftikhar Day’ on Jan 31
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Pakistan Bar Council vice-president Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig has called upon lawyers and bar associations to hold rallies on the ‘Iftikhar Day’ to be observed on a call...
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Reckless oil exploration may lead to disaster: Workshop told THATTA, Jan 28: Reckless oil and gas exploration in the Indus delta will degrade the local ecosystem and it may lead to an ecological disaster, harm biodiversity and hurt local people’s livelihoods, elected representatives and experts have warned....
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Remarks against Zardari stir chaos in council
LARKANA, Jan 28: The district council’s meeting took an ugly turn on Monday when PPP-backed ADP and PML-backed KPP members traded abuses, kicks and punches after a KPP member made remarks critical of Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari....
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PML-Q rivals ‘under pressure’ to retire: A leaf falls from PML-N tree
MUZAFFARGARH, Jan 28: A PML-N candidate for Punjab Assembly slot has succumbed to what sources called “pressure tactics” and announced his retirement in favour of his rival PML-Q candidate while an independent candidate is resisting the official pressure....
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PML-N seeks EC help for case against Q candidate
LAHORE, Jan 28: The PML-N on Monday asked the Election Commission to help it lodge an FIR against PML-Q candidate Liaquat Abbas Bhatti from NA-103 and PP-107 and disqualify him for pre-poll rigging....
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Be united for sake of Pakistan: Nawaz
LAHORE, Jan 28: PML-N Chairman Nawaz Sharif has urged all political parties to converge on one platform and work together for the sake of Pakistan....
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Sheikh Rashid may challenge Hanif Abbasi’s qualification
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Former Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday filed an application with returning officer for NA-55, Rawalpindi-VI seeking copies of documents filed by his rival candidate of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Moha-mmad Hanif Abbasi....
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Stolen baby recovered
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28; Police on Monday claimed to have recovered one of the two newborn babies stolen from a local hospital....
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Launch set without thought: Ration Card Scheme
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The federal government has directed all provinces and the Islamabad administration to launch its Ration Card Scheme (RCS) on February 9, though the scheme is yet to be given final shape, Dawn learnt on Monday....
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Registration of case against lawyers condemned
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Lawyers here on Monday condemned registration of a criminal case against some 100 lawyers of Attock for holding a protest rally against the removal of superior court judges on Saturday....
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Dawn Spelling Bee gets off to a flyer
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Sensation and enthusiasm marked the beginning of the five-day Dawn in Education regional Spelling Bee championship that started here at the Islamabad Club auditorium on Monday....
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No licence but still so many fireworks stores
RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: Fireworks stores have mushroomed in the city, though not a single licence has been issued to stockists by the district government, which also has on data on the number of such warehouses, it is learnt....
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OPF employees threaten protest
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: Employees of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) on Monday warned that they would launch a countrywide protest movement if their demands lingering for years were not accepted within a week....
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Rs1.4m for VIP route signals
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has allocated Rs14 million for improvement of street lights and traffic signals in the city....
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‘Work on Fata projects to continue’
ISLAMABD, Jan 28: Extremely disturbed by fierce clashes between security forces and militants taking place in Fata and some settled areas of the NWFP, caretaker Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro said on...
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Report on pre-poll concerns
ISLAMABAD, Jan 28: A report prepared by the Centre for Media and Democracy, a Pakistani NGO, on pre-poll concerns and observations about the Feb 18 elections will be released in Islamabad...
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30 PPP activists booked
LARKANA, Jan 28: The Sujawal Juneojo police on Monday booked 30 activists of the Pakistan People’s Party on charges of rioting, blocking roads and setting tyres on fire....
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Tension prevails in Johi
DADU, Jan 28: Situation was still tense in Johi and some parts of Dadu and Jamshoro districts on Monday following clashes and firing, mainly aerial, between workers of Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League over past couple of days....
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No poll adjustment with PML-N: PPP
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 28: The Pakistan People’s Party Punjab chief Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has ruled out any election adjustment with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and said that PML-N is contesting in...
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Girl injured in axe attack
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 28: A teenaged girl was critically injured when she was attacked with an axe after she tried to resist an attempted criminal assault in Gango Teeli village near the Ring Road here on Monday evening....
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103 snakes killed in a day
SAHIWAL, Jan 28: Locals and workers of a rice mills near Chak 98/9-L on Pakpattan Road killed 103 snakes on Monday....
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Two-year delay in Kasur budget: UC nazims threaten to thrash DCO
KASUR, Jan 28: About 110 union council (UC) nazims protested on Monday on the lawns of the district council hall against the Kasur district coordination officer (DCO)....
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Road blocked in protest against theft
TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 28: Citizens blocked traffic for more than three hours on Monday on Gojra-Samundri Road in protest against a theft incident at a super store....
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PPP protests police ‘support’ for PML-Q
SIALKOT, Jan 28: Scores of activists of People’s Youth Organisation (PYO) and PPP on Monday staged a protest demonstration against the Pasrur police’s alleged political support to PML-Q candidates....
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Man dies in ‘fight for flour’
SIALKOT, Jan 28: A labourer, Muhammad Akbar, was electrocuted to death when he touched a live wire at a flour grinding machine in Libey Badiana, Pasrur, on Sunday night....
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Case against 13 policemen for confining women, minor
GUJRANWALA, Jan 28: District and sessions judge Arshad Mahmood Cheema has ordered registration a case against three station house officers and 10 other policemen on charge of keeping two women and a minor girl in illegal confinement....
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Love-marriage couple still missing
SAHIWAL, Jan 28: The whereabouts of a love-marriage couple and their two relatives could not be ascertained on Monday, who were allegedly picked up by Noor Shah police on Saturday....
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Varsity teachers penalized
SARGODHA, Jan 28: The University of Sargodha VC Prof Dr Muhammad Akram Chaudhry has suspended Mr Badiuz Zaman, a lecturer of the Department of Economics, on charges of misconduct and helping...
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Nandipur project contract signed
LAHORE, Jan 28: Wapda and Dongfang Electric Corporation of China on Monday signed a contract for the 450MW Nandipur power project worth $329 million....
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