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Nawaz firm on keeping coalition intact
LAHORE, May 4: Pakistan Muslim League-N, aware of PML-Q’s desire and moves to drive a wedge between the ruling coalition parties, has decided to maintain its alliance with the PPP even if it has to take ‘a few steps backward’.... 
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India will release 29 Pakistani prisoners
ISLAMABAD, May 4: At least 29 Pakistani prisoners are expected to be released this month from Indian jails and repatriated....
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Hillary opposes cut in US aid for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, May 4: Senator Hillary Clinton on Sunday opposed cutting off US aid to Pakistan to force the country to fight terrorists hiding inside its territory....
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Obama wants new approach in relations with Pakistan
NEW YORK, May 4: Senator Barack Obama said on Sunday that the United States should initiate a new relationship with the new government in Pakistan and help its people prosper economically....
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13 militants held after girls’ school set ablaze in Swat
MINGORA, May 4: Security forces and police carried out a massive search operation and arrested 13 suspected militants after a girls’ high school was set on fire in the Charbagh area in Upper Swat on Sunday morning....
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Japanese loan to be used for rural uplift in Sindh and Punjab
ISLAMABAD, May 4: A Rs29.6 billion loan approved by Japan under its official development assistance (ODA) will be used for development of rural areas in Sindh and Punjab and development of infrastructure and irrigation sector....
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SDF seeks fair share for Sindh in NFC award
LONDON, May 4: The Sindh Doctors Forum (SDF) of the UK has demanded fair share of resources for Sindh in the National Finance Commission Awards....
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Four killed as Gujrat resounds with gunfire
GUJRAT, May 4: Four people, including three women, of a family were gunned down allegedly by their kin over a land dispute in Gill village, Lala Musa, late on Sunday....
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Rising input costs keep farmers on tenterhooks:
LAHORE, May 4: As the Kharif sowing has just taken off, farmers in Punjab have come forward with “new and achievable crop targets”....
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Trade wants Restoration of judges
LAHORE, May 4: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hailed the announcement of judges restoration on May 12....
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Business shines in darkness
RAWALPINDI, May 4: Sale of local-made UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) machines has risen tremendously with the rise in mercury and longer hours of loadshedding in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad....
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Minorities seek seats in Senate
ISLAMABAD, May 4: The religious minorities have sought representation in the Senate and an increase in their reserved seats in the National and provincial assemblies....
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Man kills 3 years old nephew
RAWALPINDI, May 4: A three-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his uncle in Fauji Colony, Pirwadhai, on Sunday, police said....
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Only 35pc funds utilised in nine months: NGO: Education projects
ISLAMABAD, May 4: The federal government’s education division was able to utilise only 35 per cent of the total development funds in the first nine months of the current financial year,...
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PPP ambiguous on basic issues: JUI-F
HYDERABAD, May 4: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed has urged Pakistan the People’s Party (PPP) leadership to make its position clear on various issues facing the country to enable...
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MQM team visits ex-CM’s grave
DADU, May 4: A six-member delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement arrived at the native village of former Sindh chief minister Syed Abdullah Shah in Wahur in taluka Sehwan on Sunday....
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JSM leader calls for referendum
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 4: Convener of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz, Abdul Khaliq Junejo, has said that the political contract which was the basis of creation of Pakistan was never honoured and the people who created Pakistan were living like slaves....
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15 picked up in raids; PML-Q cries foul
NAWABSHAH, May 4: Police raided kutcha areas of the district, including the village of the district president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, seized arms and motorcycles and arrested over 15 people on Sunday....
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Dead heat for outsiders on PP-59 seat
TOBA TEK SINGH, May 4: The Samundri tehsil has become a tough battle field for two outsiders who will contest the by-polls on PP-59 seat....
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Mismatch a ‘revenge tragedy’ for minor
TOBA TEK SINGH, May 4: Police have arrested seven people for arranging the marriage of an eight-year-old girl with a 35-year-old man for the crime of the girl’s uncle who reportedly eloped with a woman....
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Influential politician loses ‘ill-gotten’ acres
LAYYAH, May 4: The Board of Revenue has cancelled 7,278 of the 9,694 canal land illegally allotted to an influential politician by the assistant commissioner and the deputy district officer for revenue....
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Two sisters reunited with family
MIANWALI, May 4: The Kundian police on Sunday handed over the two minor sisters, who were detained by a landlord over their father’s failure to clear his debt, to the family at their residence in Chak 1-ML....
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Trader killed for not paying ransom
MIANWALI, May 4: A businessman was tortured to death on Sunday by his captors after his family could not manage Rs1 million ransom at Wan Bhachran in Musakhel police precincts....
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PM’s mega uplift plan for hometown
MULTAN, May 4: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday announced a multiple development package for Multan, including Rs5.924 billion worth of water supply and sewerage schemes....
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NBP ATMs prove ‘empty coffers’
LAHORE, May 4: None of the 12 automated teller machines (ATMs) of the National Bank of Pakistan in Lahore have been dispensing cash since Saturday evening....
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PMDC broods over Indian MBBS degree recognition
LAHORE, May 4: The Pakis-tan Medical and Dental Council has been contemplating recognition of MBBS degree of India, but it will give practical shape to the plan subject to a reciprocal step by the Indian Medical Council....
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BoP’s former chief ‘held’
LAHORE, May 4: The National Accountability Bureau on Sunday arrested some dismissed officials of the Bank of Punjab, including former president Hamesh Khan, on charges of financial corruption, a private television reported....
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Lahorites hit by power, water outages
LAHORE, May 4: Electricity loadshedding and deficient water supply made it difficult for the people in the city to spend the weekly holiday in hot weather....
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Officer who fell prey to minister’s wrath
LAHORE, May 4: A Punjab government officer who was forced to leave the country, his family and his job because of alleged pressure from a former minister, seeks justice from the new provincial government....
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CM’s transport pool surrenders 65 vehicles
LAHORE, May 4: The chief minister''s secretariat on Sunday decided to surrender 65 vehicles of its transport pool to the services and general administration department (S&GAD)....
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