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Talks should begin in Valley, says Mirwaiz: APHC delegation arrives
LAHORE, June 21: All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has proposed that the dialogue on Kashmir should begin in Kashmir.... 
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Judge hearing plea against Sharifs quits bench
LAHORE, June 21: A judge of the three-member bench of the Lahore High Court on Saturday refused to hear petitions against the candidature of PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and brother Shahbaz Sharif....
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PPP leaders visit Liaquat Bagh on Benazir’s birthday
RAWALPINDI, June 21: The Pakistan People’s Party on Saturday observed Benazir Bhutto’s 55th birth anniversary with respect and grandeur by setting up blood donation camps, and arranging night vigils and Mushairas....
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AJK govt okays time scale package for teachers
MUZAFFARABAD, June 21: The Azad Kashmir government has approved a time scale package for teachers in state-run educational institutions to facilitate provision of salary benefits of next grade to them after the passage of a certain period in a particular scale....
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Benazir murder case: suspects’ bail plea rejected
RAWALPINDI, June 21: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday disposed of a case filed by three suspected terrorists seeking bail in Benazir assassination case, and decided to conduct the trial of a juvenile accused separately....
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Environmental woes made project unfeasible: report: New Murree Development Authority
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The Punjab government has issued a detailed report on the controversial New Murree Development Authority (NMDA), which it abolished on Thursday....
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Database to check land grabbing planned
ISLAMABAD, June 21: The city managers have decided to develop a “Land Bank” to keep record of its unutilised plots valued at trillions of rupees which the all powerful land grabbers eye constantly....
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New traffic system launched
RAWALPINDI, June 21: The traffic warden system was formally launched in Rawalpindi and Murree on Saturday, under which 985 traffic wardens, including 33 women, assumed their duties to control the traffic,...
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Sindh, NWFP oppose formula for flood fund allocation
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Sindh and NWFP have asked the federal government to do away with the existing formula of funds allocation for floods on the basis of population and rather introduce...
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Lawyers divided over long march handling
ISLAMABAD, June 21: As representatives of various bars expressed unhappiness on Saturday over the handling of the June 13 long march, members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) reposed their confidence in Aitzaz Ahsan’s leadership....
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Afsar Hussain passes away
LONDON, June 21: Afsar Hussain, the third son of a former editor of Dawn, the late Altaf Hussain, died in London on Saturday. He was 80....
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Sacked teachers to be reinstated: minister
DADU, June 21: All teachers appointed in 1998 and subsequently sacked would be reinstated after submission of report by the Additional Secretary of Education Department, said Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq....
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Two forward bloc men join treasury: PA budget debate
LAHORE, June 21: Saeed Akbar Khan Niwani is a senior parliamentarian from Bhakkar district who has also played an important role in getting elected unopposed Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif from one...
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PMC rustication probe inconclusive
FAISALABAD, June 21: A high-level committee of the Punjab Medical College (PMC) constituted on the directives of the Punjab government is finding it difficult to probe into the expulsion of Ahmedi...
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Shahbaz declared winner in PP-10
RAWALPINDI, June 21: The returning officer for PP-10 Rawalpindi-X here on Saturday declared Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif as returned candidate in the by-elections....
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Three killed in twin cities
RAWALPINDI, June 21: Three persons were killed in separate incidents in various areas of the twin cities here on Saturday....
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MNAs ask govt to satisfy federating units
ISLAMABAD, June 21: Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Saturday urged the government to take immediate corrective measures to satisfy the federating units and said if such steps were not taken the country’s solidarity would be facing serious threats....
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Ottawa told to be cautious over gas project
OTTAWA, June 21: A plan to build a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India has raised questions about the role of Canadian forces in defending the project, says a newspaper report....
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PA Speaker accuses firm of bias
QUETTA, June 21: The Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly has accused a Hub-based private power company of depriving local people of jobs and their rights....
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Child killed in junk shop blast
SUKKUR, June 21: An innocent boy was killed and seven others, including woman and children, were injured in a blast occurred at the shop of a junk dealer, in Rehmoon Wali area in Ghotki on Saturday....
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Badah town declared taluka HQ
LARKANA, June 21: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah announced on Saturday abolishing taluka status for Bakrani and making Badah taluka headquarters....
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Consumers plan protest drive against Hesco
SUKKUR, June 21: An All Parties Conference (APC) has decided to launch a protest movement against the Hyderabad Electric Company (Hesco), following unannounced loadshedding for hours and issuance of detection bills to consumers....
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Police nab 5 bandits
DADU, June 21: Police were successful in arresting five dacoits and recovering weapons from their possession after an encounter at Bothro village of Mehar Taluka, said DPO Manzoor Hussain Khatian and SP Investigation Haji Sikandar Hussain Mangi here on Saturday....
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Strike against murder
JACOBABAD, June 21: A complete shutterdown strike was observed in Garhi Khairo on Saturday against the murder of a man, Sikandar Sahlani, 25, in Quetta....
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Protest against NGO’s takeover of library
JACOBABAD, June 21: A protest rally was taken out by different political parties and other groups, including STP, Sindhi Adabi Sangat, Awami Tehrik and PPP-SB in Thul on Saturday against the illegal occupation of Shah Abdul Latif Library by an NGO....
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Out of husband’s frying pan into nazim’s fire
MIANWALI, June 21: In an attempt to escape torture of her ‘abnormal’ husband, a young woman from Chakrala has landed in further trouble....
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Woman’s killer arrested: Daughter’s birth
GUJRAT, June 21: Police on Saturday arrested the man who had killed his brother’s wife at Jaurra village allegedly for giving birth to a daughter....
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LDA claims vacation of plot
LAHORE, June 21: The LDA Estate Management Directorate claimed on Saturday to have recovered its two kanal plot during an operation in Timber Market, Ravi Road....
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Uniform curricula stressed
LAHORE, June 21: Apprecia-ting the Punjab government’s new merit policy, the participants of a post-budget seminar organised by the Pakistan Institute of National Affairs (PINA) here on Saturday stressed the need...
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Bail of 19 Murder suspects cancelled
OKARA, June 21: Military farm villages were tense on Saturday after the pre-arrest bail of the Anjuman-e-Mazaraeen Punjab (AMP) general-secretary and 18 of his co-accused was cancelled....
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Exhibition of Chinese photographs
LAHORE, June 21: An exhibition of Chinese photographs will open at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, on Monday....
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It’s not a nod to PCO judges, says PML-N: Acceptance of 29-judge SC
LAHORE, June 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) says that agreeing to an increase in the number of Supreme Court judges from 16 to 29 does not mean that it has accepted the PCO-judges....
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Making the most of secretariat break
LAHORE, June 21: Rubble of the Punjab Civil Secretariat structures being demolished to create more room on the premises is a windfall for a supervisory officer who is allegedly picking and selling costly items to make ‘easy’ money....
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Opposition Member made to leave PA
LAHORE, June 21: The Punjab Assembly echoed with a new slogan of “Go massi (aunt) Go” when PML-Q’s Dr Samia Amjad pointed out quorum but had to eat the humble pie...
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LHC bench to hear pending plea against Nawaz
LARHOE, June 21: The Lahore High Court has formed a full bench to hear a petition, pending since 1991, seeking former premier Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification....
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Bars propose national coordination committee
LAHORE, June 21: The bar associations of Punjab, including the principal seat and the three benches, have suggested formulation of national coordination committee of lawyers for harmonising and planning further line...
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Abolition of Haj quota sought
LAHORE, June 21: The Haj Quota Mutasareen Joint Action Committee has demanded the abolition of fixed Haj quota system to dispense with a monopoly on the business and save every intending...
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Rs177m Ravi Town budget approved
LAHORF, June 21: Ravi Town Council on Saturday unanimously approved Rs177.133 million budget for the next financial year....
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Domestic issues push two to edge
LAHORE, June 21: A youth and a married woman committed suicide allegedly over domestic issues in two separate incidents on Saturday....
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Promotion cases to be considered on 24th
LAHORE, June 21: Promotion cases of as many as 67 DMG and PSP (police service of Pakistan) BS-18 officials in Punjab will be considered by the federal government on June 24....
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Holiday on Thursday
LAHORE, June 21: The Punjab government has declared June 26 (Thursday) as a closed holiday in Lahore, Rawalpindi, Sheikhupura, Okara, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, Nankana Sahib, Khanewal, Pakpattan, D.G....
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