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Kalabagh dam: shelving of project to be opposed
ATTOCK, May 28: Former chief minister Punjab and PML-Q’s leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi on Wednesday said that the decision to shelve the proposed Kalabagh dam project would be opposed in and... 
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Fibre optic in every town by year end: minister
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Federal Minister for Information Technology Qamaruz Zaman Kaira on Wednesday said every town in the country having a minimum population of 10,000 would be connected with fibre optic by the end of this year....
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Musharraf author of all crises: PML-N
HYDERABAD, May 28: Pakistan Muslim League-N Provincial President Ghous Ali Shah condemned President Musharraf ‘for hatching conspiracies against Nawaz Sharif’ who made Pakistan a nuclear power....
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Five die in tribal clash
SHIKARPUR, May 28: Five people were killed and seven, including a woman injured in armed clash between Shar and Khoso tribesmen in Mad Khoso and Muharram Shar villages on Wednesday....
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Ex-minister, father get pre-arrest bail
HYDERABAD, May 28: Additional Sessions Judge-VI Munawar Sultana Bhatti on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail for a sum of Rs40,000 each to six accused, including former Sindh minister Dr Irfan Gul Magsi,...
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Provinces set to challenge NRB existence
LAHORE, May 28: All provincial governments, including Punjab, are going to challenge the very existence of the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), holding it responsible for destroying the administrative system in the country....
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MPs asked to impeach Musharraf
LAHORE, May 28: Supreme Court Bar Association president Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has asked the parliament to impeach Pervez Musharraf....
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4.5m illegal phone SIMs blocked, says PTA
LAHORE, May 28: On the instruction of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the cellular companies have finally blocked over 4.5 million mobile phone SIMs (subscriber identity module) for lack of ownership verification....
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Notice to Shahbaz
LAHORE, May 28: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday served notice on PML-N President Mian Shahbaz Sharif on two appeals against his candidature for May 30....
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Special evening for Mehdi Hassan
LAHORE, May 28: The Lahore Art Council will shortly arrange a special evening in honour of Mehdi Hassan, the living legend of Pakistani music. This was said by Punjab Culture & Youth Affairs Minister Dr Tanvirul Islam here on Wednesday....
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Scores of Fauji Foundation teachers face the axe
RAWALPINDI, May 28: Several highly qualified and experienced teachers associated with academic institutions functioning under the umbrella of Fauji Foundation are feared to lose their jobs as a result of the restructuring measures announced by the foundation....
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Hearings put off in Dr Qadeer, Maulana Aziz cases
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a writ petition against the alleged detention of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and the bail plea of Maulana Abdul Aziz, former cleric of Lal Masjid....
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PIA planning to raise Haj, Umra fares
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Pakistan International Airlines plans to substantially increase Haj and Umra fares because of inflation and increase in oil prices....
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Sacked lady health workers seek justice
HYDERABAD, May 28: The sacked lady health workers of Tando Allahyar district protested against abrupt termination of their services outside the press club, on Wednesday....
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Minor boy among four kidnapped
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, May 28: Four people, including a child, were kidnapped near 34,000 Mori area bordering Naushahro Feroze and Nawabshah districts late on Monday....
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Man killed
KHAIRPUR, May 28: A man was killed and his wife injured due to karo-kari allegations in Shambani village, Kotdiji taluka on Tuesday night....
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Demos backing Kalabagh dam condemned
HYDERABAD, May 28: Vested interests in Punjab have started opposing the shelving of Kalabagh dam project but people of Sindh will not let the bigger province continue depriving it of their share of water, said Awami Tehrik President Rasool Bux Palejo....
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Paramedics protest
THATTA, May 28: About 100 paramedics and lower staff of Makli Civil Hospital boycotted work and observed strike here on Wednesday in protest against sacking of their colleagues by hospital administration....
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Killing two ‘lovebirds’ with one stone!
TOBA TEK SINGH, May 28: The parents and in-laws of a woman joined hands to bump her and her lover off, with both families assigning the task to their one member each....
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Defenceless villagers up against the mighty
MIANWALI, May 28: Houses are being demolished, decades-old paths blocked, water supplies terminated and private lands encroached in Mauza Thamewali, 35 kilometres from Mianwali, Dawn has learnt....
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Poor quality cotton seed
TOBA TEK SINGH, May 28: Poor quality cotton seed is on sale at different shops in the district....
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The tale of a railway Dispensary
KASUR, May 28: Like other state run hospitals in the district, a Pakistan Railway dispensary in Kasur stands for nothing but jolts for the poor patients....
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Probe into torture of death convict
SAHIWAL, May 28: The provincial jail minister has sought an explanation from Sahiwal District Jail officials into alleged torture of a death convict in a death cell on May 24, for not paying ‘monthly’ amounts to jail officials, Dawn has learnt....
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GCU asked to regularise contract teachers
FAISALABAD, May 28: The Academic Staff Association of the Government College University (GCU) has demanded that the university regularise the services of contract teachers and initiate a housing scheme for faculty members....
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Long wait for result of scholarship exam
TOBA TEK SINGH, May 28: Hundreds of primary class students, who appeared in annual scholarship examination held under the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) in Nov 2007, are still waiting for their results....
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Clerks observe black day
LAHORE, May 28: Over two million clerks in the country observed a black day on Wednesday to protest the failure of the government to control inflation and make their pay and allowances commensurate with the cost of living....
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Man burnt by in-laws dies
LAHORE, May 28: A young man succumbed to his burns in a Kharian hospital on Wednesday eight days after he was burnt by his in-laws allegedly over domestic issue in Sanda area in Lahore....
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