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Two independent MNAs, MPA join PPP
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: As the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) emerged the single largest party in the National Assembly, independent candidates have started joining the party.... 
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Voter turnout registers 2.7pc increase
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The voters turnout in the February 18 general elections was 44.6 per cent, showing an increase of 2.7 per cent over the 2002 elections....
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SC for removing industries from populated areas: Environmental pollution
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: The Supreme Court on Friday highlighted the need for relocating factories and industrial units from the residential areas on priority basis to clamp down on environmental pollution and health hazards....
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ANP wants change in policy of war on terror
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Awami National Party (ANP) president Asfandyar Wali Khan said on Friday the ANP would support other parties in forming a government which would change the policy on war...
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Imran says APDM to join lawyers’ march
LAHORE, Feb 22: Police on Friday barricaded all entrances to Aitzaz Ahsan’s Zaman Park residence after he addressed a joint press conference with the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan....
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Musharraf urges Washington to show forbearance
WASHINGTON, Feb 22: President Pervez Musharraf has urged the United States to show forbearance while judging Pakistan in its commitment to fight terrorism....
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Talks vital to resolve Balochistan issue: Magsi
QUETTA, Feb 22: Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, being considered here as the leading candidate for the post of chief minister, said here on Friday that the Balochistan issue should be resolved through negotiations and, therefore, military operation should be stopped....
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PML-Q loses NA-20 seat to PML-N on recount
MANSEHRA, Feb 22: Gen (retd) Salahuddin Tirmizi of the Pakistan Muslim League-N was declared elected to the NA-20 seat with a narrow margin of 53 votes after a vote recount on Friday....
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‘Wajahat Force’ to protect PML House
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: Follow-ing the withdrawal of police contingents from the PML-Q secretariat (PML House) after the Feb 18 polls, the party leadership is reported to have decided to employ security by a 200-strong private security force, called the Wajahat Force....
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PPP victory puts dist nazims in trouble
HYDERABAD, Feb 22: After the party’s ignominious defeat in general elections, Pakistan Muslim League-backed district nazims of Matiari, Tando Mohammad Khan and Tando Allahyar are faced with an uphill task...
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Polling staff says polls were rigged
MIRPURKHAS, Feb 22: Polling staff deployed at constituency PS-62 Tharparkar have admitted and claimed that henchmen of former chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim looted ballot papers at gunpoint, made them...
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Strike over killing of PPP workers
THATTA, Feb 22: Strike was observed across Thatta district and two towns of Umerkot districts in protest against the killing of two Pakistan People’s Party activists....
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Political ‘heist’ in MMA vote bank
GUJRANWALA, Feb 22: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal is being seen as a political entity in tatters, especially in this part of Punjab, where its vote bank has recorded a marked decline in contrast with the 2002 election....
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How towering figures tumbled
MULTAN, Feb 22: A variety of reasons stand behind the defeat of political bigwigs, mostly from the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) and a few from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), in south Punjab....
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RO suggests re-balloting at nine PP-136 stations
NAROWAL, Feb 22: Returning Officer (RO) Muhammad Riaz Chopra has recommended a re-balloting at nine polling stations for PP-136 Narowal-V constituency, here on Friday....
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Fakhr Imam seeks re-poll in NA-156
KHANEWAL, Feb 22: Syed Fakhar Imam, the losing PPP candidate against PML-Q’s Raza Hayat Hiraj at NA-156, on Friday alleged that PML-Q workers in connivance with the district administration had managed...
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District, tehsil nazims could go
BAHAWALPUR, Feb 22: Former parliamentary secretary Makhdoom Ali Hassan Gilani has said a no-confidence motion against District Nazim Tariq Cheema is likely after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) forms government in Punjab....
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‘Musharraf can outwit any coalition move’
LAHORE, Feb 22: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q holds President Pervez Musharraf and his policies responsible for its defeat in the general election, but has no plans to distance itself from him...
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CIA staffer ‘abducts’ traffic constable
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: A sub-inspector of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on Friday allegedly abducted a traffic police constable from sector I-8/1 (duty point) and took him to the CIA centre where he was subjected to severe torture....
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Two killed in separate incidents
RAWALPINDI, Feb 22: Two persons were killed in separate incidents in Kalar Syedan and Kotli Sattian on Friday, police said....
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President lauds cellphone firm’s investment plan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22: President Pervez Musharraf has appreciated the plans of the China Mobile to provide seamless connectivity all over the country, a statement issued here on Friday said....
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Gunbattle leaves three dead
JACOBABAD, Feb 22: Three men were killed in a clash between two groups of Shar tribe in Geehalpur, Kashmore district on Friday....
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Police fail to make arrests in Daharki murder case
SUKKUR Feb 22: The Ghotki police have failed to conduct raids to arrest the accused nominated in the murder case of a nephew of PPP MPA-elect Sardar Ahmed Ali Pitafi, including former provincial minister Nadir Akmal Leghari....
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Construction of road ready to be undertaken
FAISALABAD, Feb 22: The district government will spend Rs25 million for the reconstruction of Regal Road and the project will start soon as file work of the project has already been completed, says the district nazim....
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NA-65 Recount over
SARGODHA, Feb 22: The recounting of rejected votes in NA-65 has been completed but the returning officer has not officially announced his verdict....
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Three women burnt alive in bus fire
MUZAFFARGARH, Feb 22: Three women were charred to death and five other passengers sustained burn wounds when the bus they were traveling in caught fire near Rangpur Road here on Friday....
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Man loses life over poll defeat
VEHARI, Feb 22: A youth committed suicide after being disheartened over to the defeat of her aunt in the Feb 18 elections here on Friday....
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One dead, 16 injured in accident
LAYYAH, Feb 22: A man was killed while 16 others were injured when a pick-up van turned turtle near Kothi Qureshi on Multan Road, some five kilometres away from here on Friday....
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Peace rally
LAHORE, Feb 22: The Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran children staged a rally on Davis Road on Friday against suicide attacks....
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Five PU physicists shown the door: Plagiarism case
LAHORE, Feb 22: Punjab Governor Khalid Maqbool has compulsorily retired the former director and four faculty members of the Centre for High Energy Physics, Punjab University, after a probe body found them guilty in the plagiarism case....
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