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Wattoo, associates join PPP
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Veteran politician and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo joined the Pakistan People’s Party with his associates on Thursday.... 
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Aitzaz opposes ‘safe exit’ for Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan has said that President Pervez Musharraf should be tried for keeping in confinement for five months the chief justice and other deposed judges along with their families....
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Nawaz to boycott poll tribunal
LAHORE, May 29: Neither PML-N chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif nor his counsel will appear in the election tribunal hearing objections against the candidature of the former prime minister....
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PPP grants party tickets for by-polls
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The parliamentary board of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday announced its candidates for three National Assembly and 18 provincial assembly seats for by-elections to be held on June 26....
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Five gunned down in Upper Kurram
PARACHINAR, May 29: Five people were gunned down in the troubled Upper Kurram tribal region on Thursday....
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Pakistan on US ‘watch-list’
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The United States has placed Pakistan on a ‘priority watch-list’, which is likely to lead to economic sanctions and send a bad signal at a time when the country faces serious political and economic problems....
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‘US not briefed on peace deal details’
WASHINGTON, May 29: A State Department spokesman told reporters on Thursday that while Pakistan had given a broad outline of its talks with the militants, it had not shared details of any agreement it might have reached....
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HRCP concerned about ‘misleading statements’
LAHORE, May 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Thursday it was happy to see Pakistan win the membership of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the...
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Two die, 27 injured
SHIKARPUR, May 29: Two passengers were killed and 27 injured when a coaster overturned near Toll Plaza on Shikarpur-Khanpur Road on Wednesday....
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Nawaz served fresh notice for today
LAHORE, May 29: An election tribunal of the Lahore High Court on Thursday issued fresh notice to PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif for Friday (today) in an appeal on which another tribunal had already given a split decision....
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Triple murder sparks vociferous protest
LAHORE, May 29: A number of people, including the immediate family and relatives of three rivalry victims of Gujjarpura’s Karol village, lodged a three and-a-half hour protest against the killings by...
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It’s SHOs plus den owners Vs a TPO: When gambling is game
FAISALABAD, May 29: A gamble is on between the station house officers (SHO) and the town police officer (TPO) of Jinnah Town over gambling dens and its ''influential proprietors'', Dawn learnt on Thursday....
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Child pays too big a price for cellphone
SIALKOT, May 29: A four-year-old boy could hardly imagine that the price of a mobile phone set could cost him life as he was put to knife by his neighbours on the charge of cellphone theft on Thursday....
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Police smash gang of kidnappers
SIALKOT, May 29: The Sambrial police claimed on Thursday to have smashed a gang of kidnappers....
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Filling stations ‘create fuel shortage’
NAROWAL/SIALKOT, May 29: Filling station owners in Narowal and Sialkot districts have created petrol, diesel and CNG shortage after rumors that the prices of diesel and petrol would be increased from Rs3 to 4 per liter from June 1....
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Scrap bomb explosion kills factory worker
GUJRANWALA, May 29: A worker was killed and five others were injured when a scrap bomb exploded in a furnace at Aroop Morr on Thursday....
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Wheat crackdown proves fatal for suckling
MULTAN, May 29: A four-month-old girl died in the custody of Dera Ghazi Khan police on Thursday....
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Thieves shoot woman
MUZAFFARGARH, May 29: Thieves shot dead a woman when she raised the alarm about their presence in her house on Wednesday night here at Nabi Bakhsh Colony....
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Delinquents allowed to go
VEHARI, May 29: Twenty prisoners involved in minor offences were released on the orders of District and Sessions Judge Tahir Pervez during his visit to the jail here on Thursday....
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Police accused of siding with ‘murderers’
BAHAWALPUR, May 29: The complainant in a murder case of nine family members of Luddan Riasti village alleged that the police had arrested his innocent relatives instead of rounding up the accused nominated in the FIR....
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Puppeteer blames neglect of arts for extremism
RAWALPINDI, May 29: Renowned writer and puppeteer Farooq Qaiser, known for his famous character ‘Uncle Sargam’, has blamed people’s declining interest in fine arts for the rise in terrorism and extremism....
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Govt urged to clarify report about Osama’s presence at K2
ISLAMABAD, May 29: An internationally-renowned Pakistani mountaineer has asked the government to publicly contradict a media report about the alleged presence of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Karakurum mountain range,...
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Senate body to review appointments in APP
ISLAMABAD, May 29: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday formed a sub-committee to investigate the alleged violation of rules in several recent appointments in the state-run news agency, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)....
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Lawyers observe boycott of courts
RAWALPINDI, May 29: The Rawalpindi lawyers here on Thursday observed a complete boycott of the courts in the protest against delay in the restoration of deposed judges....
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Deceased PPP workers’ kin to get jobs, plots: Terrorist attacks
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday announced that the government would provide residential plots in Islamabad and government jobs to the family members of...
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Women urged to lead in disaster-risk reduction
ISLAMABAD, May 29: Women holding 33 per cent of the reserved seats in the legislative councils at the district, tehsil and union council levels should be encouraged to take leadership-role in disaster-risk reduction initiatives....
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Missing Afghan found dead
ISLAMABAD, May 29: An Afghan who went missing last week was found hanging here on Thursday, police said....
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Samjhota Express rescheduled
LAHORE, May 29: The Samjhota Express will be rescheduled from Thursday (today) as the train will be coming from Atari on Mondays and Thursdays and leaving Lahore on Tuesdays and Fridays....
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Expansion in cabinet after budget: Riaz
LAHORE, May 29: The coalition government in Punjab plans to expand the provincial cabinet after the passage of the budget for the next fiscal 2008-09, says senior provincial minister Raja Riaz....
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Three cops held for killing ‘thief’
LAHORE, May 29: Three policemen were arrested for allegedly killing a farmer in Chuhng area early on Thursday....
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Dogar to visit Khairpur tomorrow
KHAIRPUR, May 29: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar is arriving at his native district Khairpur on a one-day visit on Saturday....
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Family accuses police of torturing infant to death
NAWABSHAH, May 29: Family members of the infant died due to alleged police torture during a raid at a village near Doulatpur have called upon the prime minister, chief minister Sindh...
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Police refuse to file FIR for kidnapping
JACOBABAD, May 29: A young man, Asif Pathan, 18, was kidnapped three day ago from Jacobabad but the police were refusing to register the case....
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25 faint after drinking stale curd
SUKKUR, May 29: Twenty-five of a family, including women and children, fainted after drinking stale curd in Mushtaq Bachkani village near Pano Akil on Thursday....
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