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Pakistan, Afghanistan conflict ruled out
WASHINGTON, June 19: A senior US official has ruled out the possibility of an armed conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan over their differences in the fight against terrorism.... 
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APDM asks Musharraf to step down
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Thursday called for reversing all unconstitutional acts taken during Pervez Musharraf’s dictatorship, particularly those of Nov 3, 2007....
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Policeman killed in Khuzdar
QUETTA, June 19: A police official was killed by unidentified armed men in Khuzdar town on Thursday evening....
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Musician Wajid Nashad dies
LAHORE, June 19: Noted musician Wajid Ali Nashad passed away on Wednesday night. He was 55....
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LHC to hold ex parte proceedings in Sharifs’ cases
LAHORE, June 19: A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday announced holding of ex parte proceedings in petitions challenging the candidature of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif....
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APNS criticises PFUJ, Apnec statement
KARACHI, June 19: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has criticised a statement by the PFUJ and Apnec opposing any amendment to the Newspaper Employees Condition of Services Act and ruled out negotiations with employees representatives in the wake of the statement....
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Balochistan budget tomorrow
QUETTA, June 19: The Balochistan budget for the financial year 2008-09 will be announced on June 21....
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Disqualification: PML-N may surrender Punjab
LAHORE, June 19: The PML-N may surrender the Punjab government in case party leaders Mian Nawaz Sharif and his younger brother and province’s chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif are disqualified by the Lahore High Court presently hearing cases against them....
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Pakistan among 10 major refugee-hosting countries: report
RAWALPINDI, June 19: As the World Refugee Day is being observed on Friday, Pakistan continues to be placed among the 10 major refugee-hosting countries with 2 million Afghan refugees....
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Sharif family: hearing in references put off
RAWALPINDI, June 19: An accountability court here on Thursday again put off the hearing in three references filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family....
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Cotton queen gives in to lady’s fingers
MUZAFFARGARH, June 19: Cotton cultivation has been reduced by 40 per cent this year in this district because of costly DAP fertilisers, shortage of water, escalating rates of diesel and seeds...
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Strike at hospital after attendant slaps doctor
SHEIKHUPURA, June 19: Doctors and paramedical staff at the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital went on strike when some ‘vagabonds’ maltreated and slapped a doctor in emergency ward on Thursday....
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Khosa group shows majority: No-trust against Dera nazim
DERA GHAZI KHAN, June 19: The Khosa group showed its majority in the district council session on Thursday with 54 members in their camp while the district nazim’s Leghari group could turn up with eight members....
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Sialkot ravaged by rain
SIALKOT, June 19: A heavy dust storm coupled with torrential rain lashed Sialkot and Narowal districts on Thursday....
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Robbers kill two
MUZAFFARGARH, June 19: Seven robbers in police uniform killed two people in Shahjamal, 18 kilometres from here, when they resisted a robbery on Thursday night....
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Braille system to be shifted to Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, June 19: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says the Braille system of writing and printing for the blind will be shifted to Bahawalpur from Lahore....
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Suspended
BAHAWALPUR, June 19: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif suspended Cantonment SHO for allegedly thrashing a woman at the Circuit House on Thursday....
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Another bank heist in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA, June 19: Robbers have looted Rs2 million from a bank situated on DC Road....
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Brother, sister drown in Gilgit
GILGIT, June 19: A brother and his sister, residents of Islamabad, G/6-3, drowned in Kargah Nullah, Gilgit....
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2nd century Buddha statue found
TAXILA, June 19: Archeologists have discovered a statue of Bodhisattva Maitreya at the remains of a Buddhist monastery in Badal Pur area some 13 kilometres north-east of Taxila Museum....
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$6 billion arms procurement condemned
ISLAMABAD, June 19: The People’s Rights Movement (PRM) has slammed the former government for unprecedented purchase of arms over the past six years as recently uncovered in a report released by the British government....
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‘Drug traffickers using unconventional smuggling methods’
RAWALPINDI, June 19: Federal Minister for Narcotics Control Nazar Mohammad Gondal on Thursday said Pakistan was being used by drug traffickers as a transit country, who were now adopting unconventional methods of smuggling....
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Three killed as roof caves in
TAXILA, June 19: Three members of a family, two women and a minor, died when roof of the room in which they were sleeping caved in due to stormy rain on Thursday in village Thotiayian near Jnadial Check post....
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UTP dies on court premises
ISLAMABAD, June 19: An undertrial prisoner on Thursday died soon after reaching the court premises, apparently due to his poor health condition....
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Wasa’s digging may play havoc in monsoon, says nazim
RAWALPINDI, June 19: The Rawal Town administration on Wednesday warned that the looming monsoon rains would play havoc with the city due to large scale digging by the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa)....
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39 new women crisis centres planned
RAWALPINDI, June 19: The Ministry of Women Development has decided to expand the network of Women Crisis Centres across the country during the next financial year....
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15pc hike in PU registration, exam charges
LAHORE, June 19: The Punjab University’s Finance and Planning Committee has approved the varsity’s estimated budget of Rs2.976 billion for 2008-09 that reflects enhanced examination and registration fees by 15 per cent....
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Lawyers resolve to follow leadership
LAHORE, June 19: The resolve to follow the leadership of the community was the highlight of the lawyers’ first protest on Thursday after their long march....
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Badr’s book launch amid Jiyalas’ hooliganism
LAHORE, June 19: PPP activists and workers didn’t allow co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to formally launch party secretary-general Jehangir Badr’s book, as they continued raising slogans in favour of leadership throughout...
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Quorum issue hits the house
LAHORE, June 19: The PML-N-led coalition on Thursday faced quorum embarrassment on the first day of the general discussion on budget....
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‘Budget outlay is Rs416.94bn’
LAHORE, June 19: The Punjab government claimed on Thursday that the total outlay of its budget is Rs416.94 billion, and not Rs389 billion as reported by the press.Speaking...
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Transporters threaten to go on strike
LAHORE, June 19: The All-Pakistan Transport Owners Federation has threatened to go on strike from June 25 in case its demands are not accepted....
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Hamza elected unopposed
LAHORE, June 19: Hamza Shahbaz, the son of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, has been elected unopposed from National Assembly constituency 119, Lahore as all the 11 rival candidates have withdrawn their papers....
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Police file another case against Tessori after his escape
HYDERABAD, June 19: Tando Bago police on Thursday lodged a case against well-known gold trader Kamran Tessori, his father, brother and others after he fled from police custody a day ago when he was being taken to civil court in Badin....
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Lawyers resume court boycott
HYDERABAD, June 19: Lawyers in many districts and towns of the province boycotted courts on Thursday in response to a call for protest given by the Pakistan Bar Council and the...
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27 bonded labourers released
MIRPURKHAS, June 19: Twenty-seven peasants, including women and children, were released under court orders from a private jail in Mitho Rajar village of Umerkot district, 60 kilometres from here on Wednesday....
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