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Chinese help sought to overcome food shortage
ISLAMABAD, April 26: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday sought China’s assistance to help Pakistan overcome food and energy shortages.... 
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Fazl holds talks with Altaf, Ishrat
KARACHI, April 26: Maulana Fazlur Rehman, chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam-F, on Saturday called Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain during a meeting with Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad....
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3 more join Balochistan cabinet
QUETTA, April 26: Baloch-istan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani on Saturday inducted three more ministers into his cabinet....
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NAB report silent on recovery, NRO
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has issued its annual report-2007 without mentioning total recovery made by the bureau so far and the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) that...
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Teachers body calls for FDE abolition
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The executive council of the Federal Government College Teachers Association has demanded abolition of the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)....
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27 scholarship holders bound to return Rs69.55m
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Auditor General has directed the Education Division to recover Rs69.55 million from scholarship holders who did not join their duties after completion of studies or failed to complete studies....
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Senate body asks PTV to streamline dues recovery
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Saturday asked the PTV to streamline procedure for recovery of dues....
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Minister vows to get tough with land-grabbers
HYDERABAD, April 26: Sindh Minister for Revenue Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Saturday that his ministry would take stern action against land grabbers and he had already directed the Directorate...
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Historical records sold to junk dealer
HYDERABAD, April 26: The Pakistan Heritage Preservation and Promotion Society has expressed concern over the disappearance of precious archives from Shamsul Ulema Daudpota Library....
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BoP president removed, BoD dissolved
LAHORE, April 26: The Punjab government on Saturday removed Bank of Punjab president Hamesh Khan....
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DCO orders sealing of District govt record
KHANEWAL, April 26: On the directions of provincial local government and community development department, the DCO has ordered sealing of the entire record of expenditures, financial transactions and purchases made by...
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Bureaucracy reshuffle continues
LAHORE, April 26: The Punjab government on Saturday transferred and posted senior officers besides terminating the contract of an official....
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CM blames previous govt for flour crisis
LARKANA, April 26: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday blamed ‘flawed’ policies of previous government, smuggling and hoarding for shortage of flour in the province....
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Court stays no-trust move
JACOBABAD, April 26: The Larkana bench of the Sindh High Court on Friday stayed no-confidence move against District Nazim Begum Saeeda Soomro filed by Pakistan People’s Party-backed Awam Dost Panel nazims a couple of weeks ago....
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Lecturers’ protest
MIRPURKHAS, April 26: Scores of ad hoc lecturers staged a protest outside the local press club here on Saturday....
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Road accidents cost Pakistan Rs100bn
RAWALPINDI, April 26: The Global Road Safety Week (April 23- 29), aimed at raising awareness about the societal impact of road traffic injuries, commenced around the world on Wednesday; however, the...
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Flour crisis subsides in Pindi
RAWALPINDI, April 26: The wheat flour (atta) crisis in Rawalpindi appears to be subsiding, as the City District Government announced on Saturday that 23,000 bags of 20 kilogramme atta remain surplus...
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Accreditation: AIOU places PEC at fault
ISLAMABAD, April 26: The Allama Iqbal Open University on Saturday said the accreditation of its BE Telecom programme was being delayed by the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and the university administration was in no way at fault....
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Mother’s ire, ignominy rob girl of life: Rape victim’s fate
SAHIWAL, April 26: The city police have taken into custody a woman who was complainant in a rape-cum-murder case involving her 13-year-old daughter who was allegedly subjected to assault by a...
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Bus crew protest torture of colleagues
GUJRANWALA, April 26: Bus crews threw traffic out of gear on the GT Road to protest the torturing of their colleagues by students of Technical Education Vocational College on Saturday....
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UAF to sell Certified wheat seeds
FAISALABAD, April 26: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) will sell certified wheat seeds with its own brand for high yield to facilitate farmers....
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PML forward bloc meets CM
SAHIWAL, April 26: Chief Minister Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa and his father Sardar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa met the members of a forward bloc that recently emerged in the PML-Q, at the...
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Traffic wardens to be made ‘tough’: Police training
LAHORE, April 26: The traffic wardens recruited by the PML-Q government will not be sacked and instead given proper policing training to enforce traffic rules as well as combat street crime....
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Doctor found dead in flat
LAHORE, April 26: A 55-year-old doctor was found murdered at his Awami Flat apartment in Riwaz Garden early on Saturday....
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Drug case against Asif put off
LAHORE, April 25: Hearing in a drug case registered against PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari in 1998 has been put off till May 17 as Additional District and Sessions Judge Ijaz Hussain Awan proceeds on leave....
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Dynamics of student unions highlighted
LAHORE, April 26: Former Maoist and founding member of the National Students Federation (NSF), Prof Azizuddin Ahmed, on Saturday welcomed the revival of student unions and argued that they had a...
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PWF calls for more Vocational institutes
LAHORE, April 26: The Pakistan Workers Federation (PWF) has urged the government to plan a large number of vocational training institutions and generation of low-cost electricity for the development of industry and agriculture to solve the problems of unemployment and poverty....
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