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Menon arrives for talks on reviving peace process
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Pakistan and India are set to revive the stalled peace process and there are hopes that the two sides may decide to take some more confidence-building measures.... 
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Raisani stresses ceasefire from both sides
QUETTA, May 19: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani has stressed the need for a ceasefire to pave the way for creating a conducive atmosphere for promoting conciliation and peace in the province....
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Wattoo quits PML-Q after joining govt as adviser
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo quit the party on Monday after joining the PPP-led coalition government as Adviser to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology....
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JUI-F gets another seat in National Assembly
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Supreme Court on Monday declared Maulana Attaur Rehman of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) as a successful candidate from NA-25 Tank and ordered the Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard....
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Balochistan PA demands power supply from Uch, Hub plants QUETTA, May 19: The Balochistan assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution calling upon the federal government to provide electricity to the province from power plants in Uch and Hub to overcome power shortage....
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75 flour mills closed in Pindi, Islamabad: Suspension of wheat supply
RAWALPINDI, May 19: Almost 75 per cent of flour mills in Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been closed due to suspension of wheat supply despite Punjab government’s decision to lift the condition...
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Lawyers seek mass support for deposed CJ’s visits
RAWALPINDI, May 19: Lawyers here on Monday urged upon the civil society activists, students, members of labour unions and supporters of political parties to join them on May 24 when deposed...
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Golf city: report sought from Punjab on land acquisition
ISLAMABAD, May 19: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the new Punjab administration to come up with a good reason by June 9 on acquisition of land to develop a private...
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IHC seeks report from govt in 2 weeks: Maulana Aziz’s bail plea
RAWALPINDI, May 19: A division bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising its Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Aslam and Justice Raja Saeed Akram, issued notices to the state in the...
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Growers playing waiting game
SAHIWAL, May 19: Thousands of growers have withheld their extra yield hoping they will get better prices in the coming days either from the government as support price or from open market, say Anjuman Kashtkaran officials....
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Minister attaches four costly PBM vehicles
ISLAMABAD, May 19: A federal minister in a clear violation of prime minister’s directive about use of under 1600cc staff car has forced the Pakistan Baitul Maal to attach its four 1300 to 3,000cc vehicles to his personal pool....
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Seed firms move LHC against raids
LAHORE, May 19: Lahore High Court Justice Syed Asghar Haider directed the law officer on Monday to seek instructions from the food secretary and the Lahore district coordination officer (DCO) regarding raids being conducted on seed corporations to check their stocks....
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People foil Hesco bid to transfer transformer
LARKANA, May 19: People foiled Hesco employees’ bid to transfer a transformer from a grid station in Qambar on Monday at the time when consumers across Sindh endure power outages during rising temperatures of summer season....
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MQM candidates leave space for Faryal
LARKANA, May 19: Ubedullah Buledi and Tariq Sattar Bhatti, Muttahida Qaumi Movement candidates from NA-207 (Larkana- IV), have withdrawn their candidature in favour of Faryal Talpur of the PPP....
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Two labourers die while digging canal
JACOBABAD, May 19: Two labourers died and another was injured while digging a canal near Mehran Shah village in Badani area of Kashmore district on Monday....
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RO rejects objection to Shahbaz’s candidature
LAHORE, May 19: A returning officer (RO) dismissed on Monday objections against nomination papers of PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif for contesting by-poll from PP-141....
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UK, Australia to help improve healthcare
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Britain and Australia on Monday pledged Rs13.7 billion for improving mother and child healthcare facilities in Pakistan....
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No action against ‘guilty’ traffic staff
MIANWALI, May 19: No action has been taken against three traffic head constables and a clerk after two inquiries proved them guilty of misappropriating over Rs1 million fine amount....
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Woman and daughter commit suicide
FAISALABAD, May 19: A woman and her newly married daughter committed suicide over a family dispute at Elahiabad in Saddar police precincts on Monday....
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ANF seizes three ton charas
FAISALABAD, May 19: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday seized about three tons of charas, hidden in cavities of an oil-tanker and arrested three drug pushers....
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Demo for social security benefits
GUJRANWALA, May 19: Scores of labourers threw traffic out of gear on Monday and held a demonstration against factory owners and social security hospital administration for not enhancing their emoluments and providing better medical facilities....
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Road blocked to protest oil theft
SHEIKHUPURA, May 19: Dozens of oil-tanker drivers threw traffic out of gear for some two hours on Lahore Road near Morr Joyanwala by parking their vehicles in the middle of the dual carriageway in protest against the oil theft incident....
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Traders asked to resist extortionists
GUJRANWALA, May 19: Regional police officer DIG Zulfikar Ali Cheema has asked industrialists and business community not to be scared by kidnappers and extortionists and seek police help when in trouble....
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When scrap makes women’s development centre
KHANEWAL, May 19: A Rs2 million project being run under the Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP) has turned out to be a stack of old machines and a bedroom, the top district official learnt during a visit to the project....
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Police inaction: tenants block GT Road
OKARA, May 19: The Anjuman-i-Mozareen Punjab (AMP) group, led by Younis Iqbal Masih, blocked the GT Road outside the military farms headquarters for more than an hour on Monday in protest...
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36 deported from Turkey in FIA custody
GUJRANWALA, May 19: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 36 people, deported from Turkey, from the Islamabad airport and brought them here on Monday....
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Two hurt in clash at Kulana
OKARA, May 19: Two persons were injured seriously in an armed clash between tenants of the Kulana Estate and its allottees at Chak 28A/2-R on Monday....
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CAA conducts airport emergency exercise
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Airport Emergency Exercise ‘Rescue Air 2008’ was conducted at Islamabad International Airport on Monday to train Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) staff and to test reliability and functioning of their equipment....
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900 bags of flour seized on motorway
ATTOCK, May 19: As many as 900 bags of atta were seized at the Burhan interchange on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, police said on Monday....
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Man commits suicide
ISLAMABAD, May 19: A man committed suicide by hanging himself here on Monday, police said. Anwar Ahmad, 36, hanged himself with a waistband in his house at Rawal Town....
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Taseer ‘ready’ to visit Raiwind
LAHORE, May 19: Governor Salman Taseer said on Monday that his appointment was not meant to accomplish any agenda....
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LCD screens’ fate to be decided next month
LAHORE, May 19: A decision regarding the fate of the seven out of nine liquid crystal display (LCD) screens installed in the city that are switched off since April is likely...
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Three hurt in roof collapse
LAHORE, May 19: Two teenaged girls and their mother sustained minor injuries when dilapidated roof of their house collapsed near Bund Road in Badami Bagh area on Monday....
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Minister promises incentives in budget
LAHORE, May 19: Punjab Finance, Planning and Development Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that the new budget will be people-friendly with special incentives for uplift of agriculture and industrial sectors....
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Cholera outbreak in Mirpur Khas
LAHORE, May 19: The University of Health Sciences has claimed Cholera outbreak in Mirpur Khas, warning if immediate measures are not taken the epidemic can spread in other parts of Sindh province....
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AG’s resignation accepted
LAHORE, May 19: The Punjab governor on Monday accepted the resignation of Advocate General Punjab Aftab Iqbal Chaudhry and directed Additional Advocate General Muhammad Hanif Khatana to perform as acting Advocate General till the new appointment....
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Two killed in accident
HYDERABAD, May 19: Two people were killed and some others injured when a coaster overturned while saving a motorcyclist near Musa Khatian in the Tandojam area on Monday....
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FIA officials kidnapped
SHIKARPUR, May 19: Two FIA officials were kidnapped from Garhi Yasin-Ratodero road in the Dakhan area on Monday, the area police said....
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