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Aitzaz proposes blocking of roads after Thursday rallies
LAHORE, July 10: Supreme Court Bar Association president Aitzaz Ahsan has proposed blocking all major roads across the country for two hours after lawyers’ rally every Thursday.... 
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Lawyers, political workers hold protest rally outside SC
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Hundreds of lawyers, political workers and students staged a protest rally from Parade ground to Supreme Court for the restoration of the deposed judges and independence of judiciary....
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No respite for jailed ‘judge’
RAWALPINDI, July 10: Misfortune continues to haunt an undertrial prisoner, who had been in different jails of the country since 1986 and claims to be a former judge of Lahore High...
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Govt enjoys support of coalition partners: Gilani
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that Pakistan would not support any move likely to increase the temperature in hotspots of the world because that could lead to destabilisation in the region....
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‘Request to UN in line with assembly resolutions’
UNITED NATIONS, July 10: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Wednesday that the government had requested a UN investigation into the assassination of PPP leader Benazir Bhutto in order to preclude any impression of a witch-hunt....
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Protection for investments pledged
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Salman Farooqui has said that the government is short of budgetary resources and needs private investment in order to help undertake increased development activities across Pakistan....
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US urges India, Pakistan to use diplomatic channels
WASHINGTON, July 10: The United States urged India and Pakistan on Thursday to use diplomatic channels to resolve bilateral disputes....
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European Parliament invites Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, July 10: The European Parliament has invited Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry for an exchange of views on events in Pakistan and the future of the country’s judiciary....
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Successful candidates for civil judges’ posts announced
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has announced the names and roll numbers of candidates who have qualified for the four posts of civil judges/assistant registrars (BS-17) in the Northern Areas during the competitive examination 2007....
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PML-N leader says support for coalition to continue
QUETTA, July 10: The president of the Balochistan chapter of the PML-N, Sardar Yaqoob Khan, said on Thursday that despite differences with the PPP on reinstatement of the deposed judges and...
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Notice issued to former PM
ISLAMABAD, July 10: Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad issued notices on Thursday to former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and some officials of the finance ministry and the Federal Investigation Agency for allegedly...
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Lawyers urge CJP not to visit Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, July 10: Lawyers have asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan Abdul Hameed Dogar not to visit Hyderabad to inaugurate the newly-renovated sessions court, saying only the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry should inaugurate the building....
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Dogar to visit Larkana
LARKANA, July 10: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, will visit Larkana on July 15....
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Students’ rally against DUHS entry test
BADIN, July 10: A large number of students held a procession here on Thursday in protest against announcement of admission test by the Dow University of Health Sciences of Karachi before the announcement of intermediate results....
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PPP’s popularity tripping in south Punjab: Long spells of loadshedding
MULTAN, July 10: People in south Punjab are facing six to 18 hours loadshedding a day despite directions by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to the Water and Power Ministry to...
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Kashmala lashes out at Chaudhrys
LAHORE, July 10: In a hard-hitting statement, PML-Q''s ''expelled'' MNA Kashmala Tariq has hurled a volley of allegations against the Chaudhrys of Gujrat including the accusation that they had been desperate...
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Pre-long march ‘euphoria’ missing
LAHORE, July 10: Even an improved participation of political workers in the rally the lawyers staged here on Thursday could not make up for the strength witnessed before the long march in several weekly rallies....
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‘11 PBC members reject govt grant’
LAHORE, July 10: Pakistan Bar Council member Hafiz Abdul Rahman Ansari says 11 out of the 21 PBC members have opposed receiving the Rs50 million grant from the government....
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Industries polluting ground water: watchdog
ISLAMABAD, July 10: A water quality watchdog informed a Senate committee on Thursday that improper disposal of solid waste by the industrial concerns and other units was resulting in heavy pollution of ground water....
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Teachers, staff await 3-month salary
RAWALPINDI, July 10: Scores of employees working in the Federal Government Educational Institutions (Cantonment/Garrison) for the last three months are awaiting salaries since their induction, it has been learnt....
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N.As planning department sits on annual uplift plan
GILGIT, July 10: The Northern Areas’ planning and development department has been unable to set its priorities in the development sector and has failed to finalise the Annual Development Plan (ADP)...
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53 bonded labourers freed
SANGHAR, July 10: After a raid Jhole police have freed 53 haris who were working as bonded labourers at the lands of Ali Ghulam Mari....
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Teenaged girl kidnapped
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, July 10: A teenaged girl was kidnapped from Kandiaro on Thursday....
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APC warns dist govt of protest
SUKKUR, July 10: An All-Parties Conference on Thursday threatened to launch a protest movement against the district administration and elected representatives if they did not maintain peace, end water and power crisis and stop sale of plots to the builder mafia....
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Inquiry into death of child in hospital
MIRPURKHAS, July 10: An inquiry into the death of a four-year-old child, Asadullah Mangrio, at a local private hospital continued here on Thursday....
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Rs3.2bn budget for Tharparkar
MITHI, July 10: The district council of Tharparkar unanimously approved on Thursday the Rs3.246 billion budget for the financial year 2008-09....
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Protest against Management of gas field
JACOBABAD, July 10: A large number of employees of a gas field held a rally in Kandhkot on Thursday in protest against recruitment of outsiders....
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‘Encounter’ claims four ‘outlaws’
GUJRAT, July 10: Police killed four alleged fugitives in a reported shootout near Sarsala Mor, 30 kilometers from Gujrat, on Thursday....
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Human agent held with 14 passports
GUJRANWALA, July 10: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday raided a Kamoke hotel, arrested a human agent and recovered 14 passports from him....
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Pesticide dealer deprived of Rs320,000
SAHIWAL, July 10: Two armed men deprived the owner of a pesticides shop of Rs320,000 in cash at High Street here on Thursday....
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Graft case against two naib tehsildars
TOBA TEK SINGH, July 10: The Anti-Corruption Establishment registered a corruption case against two naib tehsildars, a patwari and their four accomplices here on Thursday....
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Father of 11 commits suicide
GUJRANWALA, July 10: A father of eleven children, who had been unemployed for the past three years, committed suicide at Gulzar Colony on Thursday....
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Woman loses kids in her suicide bid
DERA GHAZI KHAN, July 10: Two infants drowned in the Indus on Thursday while their mother who attempted suicide by jumping into the river was rescued in Darhama police precincts....
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Murder case against jail official and MO
KASUR, July 10: The B-Division police registered a murder case against the jail superintendent, a medical officer and two influential convicts on Thursday....
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Criminals shoot policeman
KHANEWAL, July 10: Three criminals killed a policeman during a chase in 47/10-R village in Sadar police precincts on Thursday....
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Govt blackmailing nazims: Pervaiz
LAHORE, July 10: The leader of opposition in the National Assembly, Pervaiz Elahi, has said those threatening to arrest nazims will have to account for the unprecedented excesses of their brief tenure in office very soon....
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Family rewards maid with scars
LAHORE, July 10: The Lytton Road police have recovered a 10-year-old maid from a family which subjected her to severe torture at their Katcha Ferozepur Road residence, witnesses and police said....
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Black day Against energy inflation
LAHORE, July 10: The All-Pakistan Anjuman Tajran has decide to observe black day to express resentment against increase in oil and gas prices and electricity tariff....
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PEC faces yet another probe
LAHORE, July 10: The Punjab Entertainment Company is mired in controversy as yet another committee has been constituted to check its affairs, with the provincial government wanting to wind it up at the earliest....
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