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Senate adopts 76 proposals for federal budget
ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Senate on Wednesday unanimously adopted seventy-six proposals for their incorporation in the federal budget for the next fiscal year.... 
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Aitzaz justifies termination of long march
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has justified termination of the lawyers’ long march without staging a sit-in and insisted that the purpose of the event was...
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Pakistan to receive $256.85m WB loan
LONDON, June 18: The World Bank on Tuesday approved $256.85 million credit and loan to Pakistan, designed to improve reliability and efficiency of power supply. Poor electricity service has been identified as a major constraint to Pakistan’s sustained economic growth....
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Balochistan to get Rs3bn in gas royalty
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Balochistan will get Rs3 billion as gas royalty under an agreement reached between the Oil and Gas Development Corporation and the Uch Power Limited on Wednesday, it was officially announced....
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AJK presents Rs29.97bn deficit budget
MUZAFFARABAD, June 18: Finance Minister Raja Nisar Ahmed Khan presented the Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Rs29.97 billion tax-free but deficit budget for 2008-09 in the Legislative Assembly here on Wednesday....
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Nine of a family killed in accident
QUETTA, June 18: Nine members of a family were killed and four others injured when a trailer fell on two vehicles at the Boghara road in Chaman on Wednesday....
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US wants curb against ‘N-proliferators’
WASHINGTON, June 18: The US State Department has urged Pakistan to ensure that anyone associated with the so-called Khan network of nuclear proliferators is not “free to walk the streets.”...
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Grant not sufficient for Balochistan: minister
QUETTA, June 18: Balochistan Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasey has said that a grant of Rs3 billion announced by the prime minister was not enough to resolve the financial crisis....
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Suddle will remain in govt service
KARACHI, June 18: The Establishment Division on Wednesday evening issued a notification saying that “In pursuance of court order Dr Shoaib Suddle will remain in government service till further orders”, subject to review petition filed by the government....
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Journalists seek 7th wage award implementation
ISLAMABAD, June 18: The newspaper employees and journalists’ bodies have rejected any move to amend the Newspaper Employees Conditions for Services Act (Necosa) and called for the implementation of the Seventh Wage Award....
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GCUF students continue boycott
FAISALABAD, June 18: Scores of Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) students on Wednesday continued classes boycott and pressed the administration to use its influence for arrest of `criminals’ who stabbed a student of the engineering and technology department....
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Roof of operation theatre caves in
FAISALABAD, June 18: The Allied Hospital administration closed four operation theaters of the emergency ward when the roof of one of the theater caved in on Wednesday leaving a doctor injured, hospital sources said....
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Bailable arrest warrants for PEC registrar
BAHAWALPUR, June 18: The Lahore High Court (Bahawalpur bench) has issued bailable arrest warrants against the Pakistan Engineering Council registrar for his failure to respond to the contempt of court notice....
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Punjab will be made PPP bastion: Taseer
LAHORE, June 18: Governor Salmaan Taseer said on Wednesday that turning Punjab into a bastion of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was his top priority....
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Mukhtar Mai’s drive to fight male chauvinism
MUZAFFARGARH, June 18: Women rights activist Mukhtar Mai has decided holding ‘open courts’ at district headquarters throughout the province in which she will listen to women being victimised by their husbands,...
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Teachers protest Against transfers
KHANEWAL, June 18: Dozens of female teachers along with their children protested on the premises of the court of the additional district and sessions judge against the executive district officer (education) for transferring more than 200 teachers....
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Kairas to apologise to aggrieved families: Killing of three cops
GUJRAT, June 18: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday that the killing of three policemen in Kharian on June 15 was the result...
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House looted
SIALKOT, June 18: Four armed dacoits on Wednesday looted the house of a journalist in Gali Taarwali, Daska. Reports said that bandits barged into Kamran Afzaal Shah’s house, held the inmates...
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‘Small farmers ignored in budget’
TOBA TEK SINGH, June 18: Pakistan Kisan Committee president Choudry Fateh Muhammad and Awami Jamhoori Party provincial secretary general advocate Rana Muhammad Azam have criticised the government for ignoring agriculture sector, especially the small farmers, in the proposed federal budget....
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AJK opposition boycotts LA budget session: Govt accused of spoiling democracy
MUZAFFARABAD, June 18: The combined opposition in the Azad Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Wednesday blamed the government of ‘spoiling the spirit of democratic system’ by disrespecting and denying its (opposition’s) mandate and rights....
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Access to justice: 410 schemes completed
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Punjab is leading the provinces in implementation of the programme loan schemes under the Access to Justice Programme (AJP), as it has completed work on 410 schemes under the programme....
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ADB calls for improving quality of education
RAWALPINDI, June 18: Developing countries in Asia need to improve quality of their education systems because many graduates lack the skills needed in today’s rapidly changing workplace....
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Plea to cancel cleric’s bail: SC summons record of four cases
ISLAMABAD, June 18: The Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned record of four criminal cases from Islamabad High Court in which former Lal Masjid Khateeb Maulana Abdul Aziz has been granted bail by the IHC....
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Student refuses Harvard scholarship to protest Mohmand attack
ISLAMABAD, June 18: A Pakistani student, Samad Khurram, refused his Harvard University scholarship award presented to him by the US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson....
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Call to expedite efforts for world peace
ISLAMABAD, June 18: Chief Monk of Korean Buddhist Venerable Jeon Woon Deok has called for expediting efforts for establishment of peace around the world....
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Kidnappers’ gang busted, lawyer recovered
TAXILA, June 18: The Wah Cantonment police claimed to have busted a seven-member gang of abductors and got released a lawyer kidnapped for Rs10 million ransom here on Wednesday....
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Rs5bn projects launched in Mirpur
MIRPUR, June 18: Projects worth over Rs5 billion have been launched in Mirpur district to improve the living standard of the people by providing them latest means of communication and civic amenities....
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Corruption rampant in Pakistan, says NAB
LAHORE, June 18: Pakistan is facing the menace of corruption in social, economic and social sectors which is affecting our national and individual character, says National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab director-general (DG) Shahnawaz Badar....
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Punjab poll authority job proves ‘sinecure’
LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab Election Authority, headed by former caretaker chief minister Ejaz Nisar, is allegedly eating up huge funds without having any work....
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Discrimination holding women back: ex-judge
LAHORE, June 18: Lahore High Court former judge Nasira Javed Iqbal has said sense of insecurity and gender discrimination are hindering economic empowerment of women in Pakistan....
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Lawyers’ rally
LAHORE, June 18: Lawyers are set to stage a rally on Thursday (today) and boycott court proceedings in protest against delay in the restoration of deposed judges....
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Verdict on Sharifs’ case reserved for today
LAHORE, June 18: A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has reserved for today (Thursday) its verdict on applications of several ‘stake-holders’, who want to become a party to...
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Demo outside Governor’s House
LAHORE, June 18: The heirs to a man placed his corpse outside Governor’s House on Wednesday to protest against a quack, who administered a wrong injection that caused his death, and...
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Accepting salary means accepting package: Awan
LAHORE, June 18: A senior PPP office-bearer, Senator Dr Babar Awan, says acceptance of salaries by the deposed judges means they have admitted that issue of their restoration should be resolved in accordance with the constitutional package prepared by the government....
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350 types of rare plants preserved
LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab University’s Institute of Mycology and Plant Pathology (IMPP) has preserved 350 types of rare plants and 75 flowers, as institute teachers and students are conducting various...
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‘Ex-CS, others using state funds in Imax Theatre’
LAHORE, June 18: The Punjab government has alleged that the former chief secretary, along with nine other secretaries, has been establishing their business in the form of Imax theatre at state expenses....
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Five former BoP officers arrested
LAHORE, June 18: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) claimed on Wednesday to have arrested five former officers of the Bank of Punjab in connection with Rs9 billion financial scam....
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‘S. Korea will contribute to Pakistan’s economy’
LAHORE, June 18: Ambassador Shin Un has said that South Korea will contribute to Pakistan’s economy by sharing the technology at the time when acute power shortage has virtually crippled its industrial sector....
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Land for housing scheme acquired
KHAIRPUR, June 18: The DCO has told the Sindh chief minister that around 3000 acres between Rohri Canal and Luqman have been acquired for a low cost housing scheme....
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40 farmers booked after scuffle with police
SANGHAR, June 18: Forty farmers were booked after they scuffled with irrigation officials and police during a protest against closure of a channel here on Wednesday....
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Power consumers in Larkana made to pay for stolen units
LARKANA, June 18: “The more you pay the more you suffer” seems to be the fate of legitimate consumers in Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts where the power utility makes them pay...
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PPP man elected unopposed: Thar by-election
MITHI, June 18: Sharjeel Inam Memon, Pakistan People’s Party’s candidate for PS-62 Nagarparkar, was declared elected unopposed after all the other candidates, including Arbab Naimatullah, pulled out of the race for...
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Thousands attend Sadh Belo festival
SUKKUR, June 18: Three-day celebrations of 145th death anniversary of Hindu saint Baba Bankhandi Maharaj began at Sadh Belo temple, situated on an island in the River Indus, on Wednesday....
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Trader killed
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, June 18: A cattle trader was killed by his in-laws in their house in Moro on June 13, according to his brother....
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Man kills wife over karo-kari
JACOBABAD, June 18: A woman was killed by her husband on the pretext of karo-kari in Garhi Chand village in the jurisdiction of the Abad police on Wednesday....
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Three drown in Indus
HYDERABAD, June 18: Bodies of three friends, who had drowned in the River Indus near here on Tuesday, were recovered by fishermen on Wednesday....
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3 wards of Civil Hospital closed after transfers
THATTA, June 18: Sudden transfers of three specialists have led to closure of cardiac, surgical and paediatrics wards in Makli Civil Hospital, shrinking further medical facilities for poor patients who already...
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Suspected polio case detected
SANGHAR, June 18: Doctors suspected on Wednesday a nine-year-old boy of Tando Jo Tar village in Achhro Thar area near Khipro was suffering from polio....
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