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Rental ceiling for govt employees raised
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The Ministry of Housing and Works has increased rental ceiling for hiring private accommodation by federal government employees in Islamabad and other main cities of the country.... 
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Quake survivors told to vacate camp by 15th: Dozens of women hold demo
MUZAFFARABAD, July 12: Nearly two dozen elderly and middle- aged women, representing the most vulnerable families of earthquake survivors, staged a peaceful demonstration here on Saturday, calling upon the authorities concerned...
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Rawal Dam spillways opened
RAWALPINDI, July 12: The spillways of Rawal Dam were opened on Saturday as the water in the reservoir reached the dead level after Friday’s heavy downpour....
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Call to modify disaster management policy
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The government was on Saturday urged to modify its disaster management policy to ensure that natural calamities in future do not turn into human disasters....
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Bush should support Gilani: NYT
NEW YORK, July 12: “When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visits Washington later this month, President Bush should offer him strong political and economic backing in exchange for a firm...
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Trailblazing Pakistani surgeon dies in US
WASHINGTON, July 12: Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya, a neurosurgeon and inventor, has died, his family announced in Washington....
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Foreign team arrives for probe into ‘PTV scam’
ISLAMABAD, July 12: An international audit team has arrived here to probe into alleged financial irregularities in the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) affairs, official sources told Dawn on Saturday....
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Taliban Demolish police barriers
PESHAWAR, July 12: Dozens of armed Taliban dismantled protection barriers in front of a police station in Charsadda’s Shabqadar tehsil on Friday and left with a warning that these should not be erected again....
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PML-Q leaders to thrash out strategy today
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The top leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q will meet here on Sunday to discuss the political situation in the country as well as the party’s future line of action in case the PML-N quits the federal government....
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SC to take up death penalty issue on Monday
ISLAMABAD, July 12: The Supreme Court will review from Monday a government plan to commute death sentences to life terms....
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VC appointed
QUETTA, July 12: Governor of Balochistan and Chancellor of the province’s government universities Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has appointed Dr Masoom Khan Yasinzai as acting vice-chancellor of the Balochistan University....
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Govt losing control in tribal areas, says Mumtaz
LARKANA, July 12: Sindh National Front Chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto said on Saturday that the government’s control over tribal areas had considerably weakened, raising the spectre of a possible capture of the areas by the US forces....
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Unions fear retrenchment of 20,000 Scarp employees
BAHAWALPUR, July 12: Over 20,000 regular and permanent employees of the Punjab Irrigation Department’s Salinity Control and Reclamation Programme (Scarp), tubewell division, might face retrenchment....
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Three killed, 25 hurt in accident
GUJRANWALA, July 12: As many as three passengers were killed while 25 others suffered injuries when a speeding bus struck against a road-side tree here on Saturday....
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Power deficit drops to 2,300MW
LAHORE, July 12: The deficit of Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on Saturday dropped for the first time in the last six months to manageable level of 2,300 megawatt (MW), thanks to increased hydel generation....
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Bar representatives for a final sit-in: Judges’ reinstatement
LAHORE, July 12: Represen-tatives of district bar associations of Punjab have suggested staging a sit-in in Islamabad till the restoration of deposed judges to their Nov 3 position....
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Showers of boon for rivers
LAHORE, July 12: Widespread downpour improved water flow in many rivers to a substantial 400,700 cusecs, with the Indus leading the water supplies at 234,700 cusecs....
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New public transport system for 10 cities
LAHORE, July 12: A new public transport system will be introduced in 10 major cities of Punjab and a free bus service will be launched to pick and drop schoolchildren of...
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Four police Officials suspended
ATTOCK, July 12: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Nasir Khan Durrani has placed four police officials, including three sub- inspectors (SIs), of the Khurd police station under suspension for conducting “illegal checking” of vehicles on the main GT Road....
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Result of written test for 4 posts of tehsildars in N. Areas
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has announced the result of the written test of Competitive Examination-2007 for four posts of tehsildars in Northern Areas....
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Arrest warrants of two jail officials issued: Prisoner ‘torture’ case
RAWALPINDI, July 12: An additional district and sessions (ASJ) judge here on Saturday issued warrants for the arrest of the superintendent and a doctor of Adiala jail for not appearing in court despite repeated summons....
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Three killed in road accident
ISLAMABAD, July 12: Three persons were killed in a head-on collision between a van and a truck here on Saturday, police said....
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Quota system sought
QUETTA, July 12: The Baloch Students Organisation has called for grant of admissions to the Balochistan University of Information and Technology on a quota system basis, rather than a merit-basis process,...
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Drive for plantation of Neem tree fails
MIRPURKHAS, July 12: Neem tree plantation programme of the Sindh government could not be accomplished allegedly because of the district government’s failure to provide funds to the Forest Department....
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Body to finalise locations for houses for poor
LARKANA, July 12: A steering committee with Sindh chief minister as its head would study and finalise locations for the launch of low-cost housing schemes in the province, said Minister for Katchiabadis and Spatial Development Engineer M....
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PPP-SB protests against worker’s killing
NAWABSHAH, July 12: Activists of Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto held a rally and a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday in protest against killing of a party worker....
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Boy drowns in river
SUKKUR, July 12: A body of twelve-year-old child was recovered from the Indus River on Saturday....
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Workers’ body seeks labour laws implementation
HYDERABAD, July 12: The leaders of Pakistan Workers Federation have demanded that the right to form trade unions should be restored, all labour laws should be implemented, contract system should be...
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Man shot dead over domestic dispute
MIRPURKHAS, July 12: A man was killed and three injured in different incidents in the district, on Saturday....
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Traders accuse revenue officers of power abuse
BADIN, July 12: Traders of the district have demanded transfer of revenue officers with magisterial powers, alleging them of misusing these against business community on the pretext of hoarding and profiteering....
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Breach in canal floods village
JACOBABAD, July 12: A 15-feet wide breach developed in Ghouspur minor in Kandhkot, early on Saturday....
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4 SHOs among over 100 cops booked
SIALKOT, July 12: On the order of Justice Muhammad Akram Qureshi of the Lahore High Court (LHC), Motra police on Saturday registered a murder case against four station house officer (SHOs),...
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Rain disrupts life in Sialkot
SIALKOT, July 12: Heavy rain lashed the district on Saturday, inundating many roads and congested areas and suspending business activities....
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Pesticide dealer beats raiding team
SHEIKHUPURA, July 12: A pesticide dealer beat up an Agricultural Department deputy director and his staff here on Saturday....
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Lesco staffers stage demo
KASUR, July 12: Around 400 Lesco officials staged a demonstration on Saturday at Jambar grid station against the company’s superintending engineer (SE) who had suspended two line superintendents for their alleged involvement in a transformer theft case in June....
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