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Poll observers urge steps to end violence
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: The Centre for Media and Democracy (CMD) has expressed concerns over violence in different parts of the country prior to the elections and called for immediate measures to address the law and order situation.... 
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US must switch to Pakistan policy, says Senator
WASHINGTON, Feb 14: Three senior US senators told a congressional panel here on Thursday that they would be in Pakistan on February 18 and 19 to monitor the elections....
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PPP calls leadership meeting on Feb 19
ISLAMABAD, Feb 14: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has convened a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Commi-ttee (CEC) in Islamabad on February 19 to decide whether to accept or reject the poll results....
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PPP won’t be part of a fragile set-up
FAISALABAD, Feb 14: The Pakistan People’s Party will not become a part of any fragile government in Islamabad after the election as it will earn a bad name for the party....
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58,000 uniformed men to shoulder police burden: Poll day security revamped
LAHORE, Feb 14: To spare police for handling any election-related violence, likely agitation by the boycotting political parties, and terrorism, the Punjab government is going to detail nearly 58,000 uniform-wearing employees...
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Caretakers overstepping mandate, says Qaim
KHAIRPUR, Feb 14: The responsibility of caretakers is to hold free, fair, and transparent elections and not offer jobs and initiate development works, said President Sindh PPP and candidate for PS-29, Syed Qaim Ali Shah....
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PPP rally attacked
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 14:Four PPP activists were injured in an armed attack on a PPP rally between Khipro and Hathungo, in district Sanghar on Thursday....
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Clan factor takes precedence over party ties in Taxila
TAXILA, Feb 14: It appears the biradari factor would override party affiliations in the contest for provincial assembly seats, in particular PP-7 comprising rural and urban areas of Taxila and rural areas of Chakri and Sihal....
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Police hand over just one body to heirs: Sahiwal shootout
TOBA TEK SINGH, Feb 14: Police handed over one of the 13 bodies of alleged dacoits on Wednesday evening killed in a reported encounter in Chak 133-9 L on Feb 10 to his heir....
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A day named for Justice Ramday
GUJRANWALA, Feb 14: Several district bar associations in Punjab observed the `Khalilur Rehman Ramday day’ on Thursday to pay a tribute to the deposed judge of the Supreme Court....
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Clarification
With reference to a news report published in Dawn on Thursday, the Overseas Pakista-nis Foundation has clarified that perks and privileges being availed of by OPF officials, including the managing director,...
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Electioneering NWFP style
The firing started as soon as the jeep pulled into the small village in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province. The long-haired gunmen fired with abandon, emptying their weapons....
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The emerging Frontier: Peshawar ‘set to be recaptured by nationalists’
AS it turns out, five years is a long time to leave Peshawar alone. Since the days of the Afghan jihad against the Soviet invasion, the Frontier capital has shown a...
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Nawaz warns rigging may tear country apart
KAHUTA, Feb 14: Pakistan’s leading opposition politician has accused President Pervez Musharraf of planning to rig next week’s elections, describing it as a move that could trigger uncontrollable unrest and tear the country apart....
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PML-Q in for tough Jacobabad battle
JACOBABAD, Feb 14: Traditionally, Jacobabad has been a stronghold of the People’s Party. This time, however, a tough contest is expected between it and the PML-Q....
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Heightened activities fuel hopes of good turnout
LAHORE, Feb 14: Candidates have stepped up their election activities in the Punjab, adding colour and lustre to a campaign that was hitherto dull due to an uncertain political environment, widespread sense of insecurity and myriad of other factors....
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Public Transport impounded
GUJRANWALA, Feb 14: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) and local traffic police have impounded several public transport vehicles to transport election staff, leaving commuters in the lurch....
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PPP men block road
GUJRANWALA, Feb 14: Scores of PPP activists blocked GT Road for three hours at Kamoki on Thursday evening to protest the arrest of their fellow....
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COAS visits Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 14: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Bahawalpur Garrison on Thursday and addressed officers, JCOs, non-commissioned officers and jawans....
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Retired officials stay away from police
LAHORE, Feb 14: A meager honorarium of Rs155 a day and hectic duty hours in the face of terrorism or violence threats have forced retired servicemen, paramilitary forces and police officials...
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Lawyer groups hoot down each other
LAHORE, Feb 14: Lawyers boycotted court proceedings and marched on The Mall to press the government to restore some 60 superior court judges deposed in the wake of the imposition of emergency rule in the country on Nov 3....
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Two brothers Humiliated in public
SUKKUR, Feb 14: Henchmen and son of a local big-wig kidnapped and tortured two farmer bothers and before releasing them, shaved their heads, blackened their faces, paraded them in public in village Ropahro near Pano Akil on Wednesday....
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Shirazis’ show of strength in Thatta
THATTA, Feb 14: The Shirazi group, affiliated to Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, gathered thousands of people in Sports Complex on Thursday, as a show of strength and response to Pakistan People’s Party’s...
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‘People heirs of Bhutto’
LARKANA, Feb 14: The chairperson of PPP (Shaheed Bhutto) geared up the election campaign in Larkana on Thursday when she along with party leaders and Fatima Bhutto visited different villages of her constituency NA-204....
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