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Zardari calls PM, senior PPP leaders to Dubai
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called senior party members, including Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, to Dubai for consultation on important national issues and party matters, sources told Dawn on Tuesday.... 
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Pakistani Taliban not aligned to Afghan group: US report
WASHINGTON, July 8: The opposition to a sustained US military presence in Afghanistan is creating tolerance for the Taliban militants, warns a new US report on the religious movement....
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Afghanistan sends medical aid to Kurram Agency
PESHAWAR, July 8: The Afghan government has sent life-saving drugs and surgical equipment to avert a humanitarian crisis in the strife-torn Parachinar and other parts of the Kurram Agency, where hospitals...
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G-8 pledges assistance to tribal areas
WASHINGTON, July 8: Leaders of the world’s eight industrialised nations on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to the development of Pakistan’s tribal areas, declaring that social and economic progress in this region was necessary to defeat terrorism....
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Kashmala expelled from PML-Q
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q expelled MNA Kashmala Tariq from the party on Tuesday and also deprived her of her seat in the National Assembly....
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APDM to discuss plan of action today
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The central committee of the All Parties Democratic Movement is meeting here on Wednesday to set the agenda for talks among the heads of various parties and to work out a plan for action....
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Azerbaijan backs stand on Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Azerbaijan shares Pakistan’s principled position on Kashmir just as Pakistan has been supporting Azerbaijan on the issue of Armenia....
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‘Madressah students not involved in terrorism’
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi has said it is wrong to say that madressahs are hubs of terrorism or their students were involved in terrorist activities....
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Gen Kayani stresses professional training
QUETTA, July 8: Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has said that hardcore professional training is key to harnessing the professional skills required to provide a cutting edge to the army....
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Dissidents blame Fazl for dividing JUI-F
QUETTA, July 8: Provincial chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Ideological), Maulana Asmatullah, has said that JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has divided the party by getting involved in differences between his group and the faction led by Maulana Sherani....
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History is different from farce: Dr Mubarak
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Eminent historian and thinker Dr Mubarak Ali says the history written in Pakistan had been “dictated” by the ruling Establishment and represents its wilful perversion of facts “to accord with a fabricated ideology”....
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Senate body calls for more women hostels
ISLAMABAD, July 8: A Senate body has directed the Cabinet Secretariat to urgently draw up plans for expansion and upgradation of women hostels being managed by it....
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Remand of 9 suspected terrorists extended
RAWALPINDI, July 8: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi No2 Tuesday extended the judicial remand of nine suspected terrorists arrested from a densely populated locality in Sadiqabad area for another fourteen days....
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Weakening rupee worries businessmen
RAWALPINDI, July 8: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has expressed concern over the surge in the value of dollar against rupee in the open market, and has said that this rising trend would shatter the country’s economy....
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Child protection in conflicts a far cry
ISLAMABAD, July 8: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has condemned the wave of terrorism across the country jeopardising the lives and property of innocent civilians, especially children....
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Asif condemns Karachi blasts
ISLAMABAD, July 8: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has condemned bomb blasts in Karachi that killed two persons and injured several others....
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Govt ready to act to avert sugar crisis
HYDERABAD, July 8: Federal Finance Minister Syed Naveed Qamar has said that government has decided to intervene to avert an impending sugar crisis following reports that millers had exported huge quantity of sugar....
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Pipeline damaged in explosion
SUKKUR, July 8: A 16-inch diameter gas pipeline laid from Sui to Shikarpur was blown up near Naseer Canal near Thull late on Monday. The pipeline was blown up with an explosion....
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SHO suspended, two constables locked up
JACOBABAD, July 8: The SHO has been suspended and two constables of Garhi Khairo police station locked up because of their negligence in the escape of hashish smuggler from their lock-up....
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Villagers want occupied land back
NAWABSHAH, July 8: People of Manik Jamali village have demanded of the Prime Minister, Chief Minister Sindh and other concerned to direct police to get back their land from the grabbers....
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Jirgas give minor girls in marriage
SHIKARPUR, July 8: Three underage girls were given in marriage to over aged men under verdicts of two jirgas secretly held a couple of days ago at undisclosed locations near Garhi...
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Many aspirants for police jobs faint
SUKKUR, July 8: At least 7,000 youth against 300 posts of police constables appeared for physical test at the Airport Road and Police Line Sukkur on Monday...
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Tension escalates as couple buried after murder
SUKKUR, July 8: Rahim Bux Mahar and Erum Bhayo, the residents of Lakhi Ghulam Shah located some 20 kilometres away from Sukkur were buried in Chak and Sukkur, separately, on Tuesday....
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Krait snakes spread panic in Mithi
MITHI, July 8: Appearance of krait snakes in a good number in the villages and in the surrounding areas of Mithi town has spread fear among the residents, who were passing sleepless nights, taking refuge mostly on rooftops of their houses....
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Clerks protest against low salaries
JACOBABAD, July 8: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) took out a rally against low salaries, price hike and law and order situation in Jacobabad on Tuesday....
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Bandits free 5 hostages
KHAIRPUR, July 8: Five persons, who were kidnapped in two separate incidents from Khairpur, were freed by their kidnappers and reportedly reached their homes....
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Minister holds open katchehry
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 8: Sindh Minister for Livestock held an open katchehry at Taluka Council Office Moro, on Tuesday....
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Original PPP to emerge soon: Mumtaz
DADU, July 8: The chairman of Sindh National Front Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Tuesday that the original party of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto would soon come to the fore as veteran...
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Workshop
HYDERABAD, July 8: The speakers at a workshop on “Physical Educational: cardiac diseases/angiography and its curative method of angioplasty” organised by the management of cardiology department of LUMHS Jamshoro, Hyderabad, have recommended for equipping hospitals with modern techniques and facilities.—Bureau...
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Abducted girl found unconscious
SHEIKHUPURA, July 8: An 18-year-old girl (N), who was allegedly abducted two days ago from Baghrial, was found lying unconscious outside of her house on Tuesday....
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EDOs told to complete pre-flood steps
LAHORE, July 8: The Punjab Health Department has directed all the executive district officers (health) to complete pre-flood arrangements and submit a report to it at the earliest....
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PTI office in Sillanwali
SARGODHA, July 8: Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan is optimistic and said that joint efforts of lawyers, political parties and civil society for the revival of true democratic rule and independence of judiciary will bear fruit....
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IJT ‘martyrs’
LAHORE, July 8: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba on Tuesday organised a conference in connection with the 14th anniversary of “Martyrs of the Punjab University”....
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Corruption case against SHO, two others
TOBA TEK SINGH, July 8: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has registered a case against the former Gojra city police station house officer (SHO), a sub-inspector (SI) and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) for allegedly receiving Rs187,000 bribe in a murder case....
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NAB files case against former UC nazim
LAHORE, July 8: The National Accountability Bureau, Punjab, has filed a reference against a former nazim of Sambrial (Sialkot) on charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income....
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One killed as building caves in
GUJRANWALA, July 8: A labourer was killed and three others were injured when the basement of an under-construction commercial plaza caved in at Wapda Town here on Tuesday....
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Two well-diggers buried alive
KASUR, July 8: Two labourers were buried alive while digging a well here on Tuesday evening in Kulli Sahoo village in Kanganpur police precincts....
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Landlord pays his life in ransom
SIALKOT, July 8: The body of a man kidnapped for ransom was found in fields near Praagpur village in Sadar police precincts on Tuesday after his family refused to pay the money....
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23pc rise in tax collection
LAHORE, July 8: Some 50,670 more tax returns were filed by the end of June this year as compared to the corresponding period as a result of the efforts to broaden tax base....
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‘Pepco to overcome deficit by 2009’
LAHORE, July 8: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) will be able to overcome electricity deficit by December 2009 keeping in view the recently updated figures as of April 2008, which suggest an increase of 8.53...
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Transporters want more fare increase
LAHORE, July 8: The Pakistan Motor Transport Federation has urged the government to link road transport fares on inter-city routes with diesel prices for saving transporters from losses or deregulate fares....
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20 plots retrieved
LAHORE, July 8: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Tuesday retrieved about 20 plots from land grabbers, worth millions of rupees, situated in various blocks of Johar Town....
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Robberies a going concern
LAHORE, July 8: Robberies remained a business as usual, with a major strike at a Defence Housing Authority residence on Tuesday....
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Sixteen hospitals get autonomy
LAHORE, July 8: Punjab Chief Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has ordered granting of financial and administrative autonomy to 16 hospitals of the province and reorganisation of boards of management of autonomous hospitals....
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‘PLF seminar to divide lawyers’
LAHORE, July 8: PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq says the People’s Lawyers Forum’s plan to hold a seminar in the metropolis under the chairmanship of Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on July...
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Rs1m each for deceased cops’ heirs
LAHORE, July 8: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday Rs1 million each for the families of the officials of the Punjab police who died in a bomb blast in Islamabad on Sunday....
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APDM may give a call for ‘big’ rally
LAHORE, July 8: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) may give a call for a ‘big rally’ in Islamabad where the government will be given a deadline to restore the deposed judges, says Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan....
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HRCP for safety of journalists
LAHORE, July 8: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Tuesday demanded that the government ensure immediate safety measures for journalists, especially those working in the tribal areas, so that they...
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Asma grieved
LAHORE, July 8: Mrs Tahira Fazal Ahmad, the mother of industrialist Tahir Jehangir and mother-in-law of rights activist Asma Jehangir, died of a cardiac arrest on Tuesday....
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Pesticide Dealers withdraw strike call
LAHORE, July 8: After failure to effectively enforce a call for strike, the Pakistan Crop Protection Association (PCPA) on Tuesday withdrew the call barely two days after announcing it....
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