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Sedition case filed against 15 lawyers
PESHAWAR, Feb 7: Police on Thursday sealed bar rooms and cafeteria on the premises of the Peshawar High Court and registered a sedition case against 15 lawyers, two of them women.... 
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Fahim refutes reports of rift on PM issue
HALA, Feb 7: Pakistan Peop-les Party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim said on Thursday that co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari was supposed to lead the party till the chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari completed his studies and returned to the country....
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Three die in bomb blast
QUETTA, Feb 7: Three people, two of them alleged saboteurs died and 11 others were injured in a bomb explosion in the Dera Murad Jamali area of Nasirabad district, some 250km east of here....
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Only pork-free poultry feed being allowed, SC told
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: The government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that people who had imported poultry feed containing pork two years ago were penalised and since then only the feed certified to be pork-free was allowed to be imported....
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Rs55 billion disbursed for housing in quake-hit areas
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: A review meeting of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) was informed on Thursday that an amount of over Rs55 billion had been disbursed for the housing sector in the quake-hit areas....
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PPP observes Benazir’s Chehlum, vows to expose killers
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: Observing the chehlum of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi and its adjoining areas, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday vowed to keep alive the mission of its slain leader and expose her killers....
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Lawyers out to implement PCO judges’ boycott
LAHORE, Feb 7: The Lahore High Court Bar Association members on Thursday ensured complete boycott of the judges, who took oath under the Provisional Constitution Order, after making their colleagues leave the courtrooms at the Lahore High Court....
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PML-Q, MQM candidates to support each other
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 7: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) candidate for NA-227 Syed Qurban Ali Shah announced that he would support Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) candidate for NA-226 Mirpurkhas-I, Prof Khursheed Ahmed Siddique and for PS-64 Mirpurkhas-1, Faheem Ahmed Altafi....
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A ‘glowing’ tribute to Benazir
LAHORE, Feb 7: The city on Thursday prayed for the slain PPP leader Benazir Bhutto, with her party, lawyers and NGOs holding references and candlelit vigils....
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S. Punjab begins poultry dispatches to Balochistan
MULTAN, Feb 7: After the ban imposed by the Balochistan government on purchase of broiler from Sindh and particularly Karachi, traders have now moved to south Punjab to meet the demand there, it is learnt here....
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Kidnapped doctor recovered
ISLAMABAD, Feb 7: A joint team of law enforcers on Wednesday night recovered a British national kidnapped for ransom from the capital last week....
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ASP’s killer gets death sentence
RAWALPINDI, Feb 7: An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man for killing an assistant superintendent of police (ASP) two years back....
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Leaders, workers repose trust in Bilawal, Zardari: Benazir Bhutto’s chehlum
HYDERABAD, Feb 7: The Pakistan People’s Party leaders, activists and sympathisers reposed trust in party chairman and co-chairman and reiterated their pledge to avenge Benazir Bhutto’s death by vote at the chehlum ceremonies held throughout the province on Thursday....
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Lawyers boycott courts
HYDERABAD, Feb 7: A full day weekly boycott of courts by lawyers on Thursday coincided with the chehlum of Ms Benazir Bhutto as lawyers also held a commemorative meeting of High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Hyderabad here....
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SHO involved in ‘encounter’ promoted
SUKKUR, Feb 7: An SHO allegedly involved in a fake encounter was promoted as Ghotki SPO on Thursday....
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Oil pipeline damaged
JACOBABAD, Feb 7: Some miscreants tried to detonate two bombs on 24-inch oil pipeline of Parco, carrying oil to Punjab at Dakhan Bungalow in the Kashmore area on Thursday....
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PPP workers booked
KHAIRPUR, Feb 7: Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) lodged three cases against 23 workers of the Pakistan People’s Party and 23 unidentified people on Wednesday night....
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Ballots in ‘inept hands’
MULTAN, Feb 7: A number of illiterate or low-educated employees of the City District Government of Multan will perform as assistant presiding officers and polling officers in the Feb 18 elections, Dawn has learnt....
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Another bid to revive Sialkot EPZ
SIALKOT, Feb 7: Local businessmen have been offered to establish mother units of their factories and industrial units at the Sialkot Export Processing Zone (EPZ) if they want availing prescribed incentives of any EPZ on their main factory premises elsewhere....
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‘UC nazims can do electioneering’
KHANEWAL, Feb 7: Khanewal District Nazim Sardar Ahmad Yar Hiraj said on Thursday union council nazims were not restricted by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from participating in electioneering of a candidate of their choice....
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Efforts on to check industrial pollution
SIALKOT, Feb 7: Shehzada Alam Monnoo, the federal minister for commerce, textile, privatisation and investment, says the government is making all-out efforts to curb the menace of industrial pollution besides encouraging...
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Nawaz should take oath he will not flee again: Pervaiz
NAROWAL, Feb 7: Pakistan Muslim League-Q Punjab President Pervaiz Elahi said on Thursday that Nawaz Sharif, instead of taking oath from his candidates, should himself take oath that he would not flee the country again....
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Religious Parties backing PML-N
GUJRANWALA, Feb 7: The political scenario has taken a swift turn with major opposition party — Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) — is gaining momentum in its electioneering after several religious parties announced their support....
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Parties draw flak over ‘hot air’ manifestos
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 7: Political parties came under criticism for not implementing manifestos after winning elections at a seminar organized by the People’s Awareness and Rights Forum here....
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Poll fact finding team visits Gujrat
GUJRAT, Feb 7: Former chief justice of Pakistan Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui, who is also chairman of Citizens Group on Electoral Process (CGEP), led an ‘Electoral Fact Finding Mission’ to Gujrat on Thursday....
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When cops make obnoxious calls
SIALKOT, Feb 7: Cantonment police on Thursday arrested two head-constables for making obnoxious telephone calls to their officers and female colleagues....
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Loadshedding irks BCCI
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 7: The Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has expressed concern over the ongoing power loadshedding and demanded uninterrupted power supply....
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Technician shot dead
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Feb 7: A senior technician was shot dead by his junior in the limits of Dalana border military police station on Thursday....
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Rain ends fog factor, draws cold spell
LAHORE, Feb 7: Early morning light rain rid the plains of Punjab of the fog cover but intensified the persisting cold wave on Thursday, giving the second coldest day of the season....
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Will lacks authenticity, claims Arbab
LAHORE, Feb 7: Pakistan Muslim League Sindh President Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim said on Thursday that Pakistan People’s Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari must be interrogated in connection with Benazir Bhutto’s murder....
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