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Taliban militants hand over 15 bodies to jirga
KOHAT, July 13: Militants handed over to a jirga on Sunday the bodies of 15 personnel of the Frontier Constabulary who were killed in an ambush in Zargari area on Saturday.Two... 
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Roundtable conference urged on Balochistan
QUETTA, July 13: Balochistan legislators have urged the government to convene a roundtable conference as part of its efforts to resolve issues through dialogue....
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Force alone wouldn’t resolve issues, US told
NEW YORK, July 13: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told US administration officials that military force alone should not be used as a weapon against terrorism....
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FC personnel’s families to get Rs1m each
ISLAMABAD, Jul 13: The government on Sunday announced compensation for families of the FC personnel killed in an ambush by Taliban militants in Hangu on Saturday....
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Woman alleging rape attempts immolation: Shahbaz’s public court
LAHORE, July 13: An alleged rape victim tried to immolate herself outside the public court at the chief minister’s Model Town camp office on Sunday....
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Sherry to receive peace award
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The International Human Rights Commission has nominated Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ms Sherry Rehman for the ‘International Peace Award 2008 for Democrats’....
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‘Self-governance for Kashmir agreed’
LAHORE, July 13: A Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto (PPP-SB) leader has said that Pakistan and India have agreed on self-governance for Kashmir without dividing it, but they are reluctant to withdraw...
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Three killed, over 20 injured in gunbattle
THATTA, July 13: Three people were killed and at least 20 others were injured, four of them critically, when two groups clashed over a land dispute near Makli Charhi on the National Highway on Sunday....
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Boy killed in attack; CM aide and police blamed
NAWABSHAH, July 13: A boy was killed and three other people were injured in an attack following over a dispute between two groups over irrigation water near Doulatpur on Sunday....
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Wife’s body foundin husband’s farm
SAHIWAL, July 13: The body of a woman, who had been missing for the last 10 days, was found in the farm of her husband in village 94/9-L on Sunday....
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PML refutes PPP’s claim of winning over its MNA
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Sunday exposed what he termed false claim of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leaders that they had succeeded in winning over one of his party MNAs....
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Pakistan lacks adequate system of child labour statistics
RAWALPINDI, July 13: Pakistan still lacks an adequate national system of child labour statistics which could provide reliable quantitative information on the number of working children....
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Monitoring teams find it difficult to keep watch: Smuggling of wheat flour
ATTOCK, July 13: With the deployment of special monitoring teams at Mullah Mansoor check post on the G.T. Road, the officials of district food department have taken their hands off checking...
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Iesco to get $54m loan from WB for uplift works
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) will get an amount of $54 million as first instalment of loan from the World Bank to improve its distribution and transmission system....
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Increase in gas, power rates criticised
ISLAMABAD, July 13: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has criticised the recent increase in electricity, gas and oil prices and has called for its immediate withdrawal to save business and industry from collapse....
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Three die in separate incidents
GUJAR KHAN, July 13: Three persons died in separate incidents in the jurisdiction of Gujar Khan police station on Sunday....
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Increase in salaries, pensions notified
ISLAMABAD, July 13: The government has notified 20 per cent increase in salaries and pensions of civil servants and armed forces personnel, with effect from July 1....
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STP smells intrigue in village demolition
HYDERABAD, July 13: Condemning the proposed demolition of 17 villages mainly inhabited by Sindhi-speaking people in Karachi, the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party chairman has asked the villagers to unite on one platform to resist the move....
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Thar Coal Authority illegal: Jalal Shah
HYDERABAD, July 13: Sindh United Party (SUP) chief Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah describes the abolition of Sindh Coal Authority and its replacement with Thar Coal Authority as illegal and says the change aims at handing over Sindh’s resources to the federation....
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Strike against killing of PPP-SB leader
LARKANA, July 13: A complete strike was observed in Qambar town on Sunday on a call given by the Pakistan peoples’ Party-Shaheed Bhutto in protest against killing of Ali Gohar Chandio,...
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Supporters of PML-F slam ‘victimisation’
NAWABSHAH, July 13: Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League-F held a demonstration outside the press club here on Sunday in protest against what they called political victimisation....
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Tharis clash over well
MITHI, July 13: Five people of Bheel were injured in Sure Ji Wandh village of taluka Mithi on Sunday in a clash between two parties over a well....
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Two killed in accident
SAHIWAL, July 13: Two car riders were killed and another sustained serious injuries in an accident near Yousafwal on Lahore-Multan motorway on Sunday morning....
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‘Sher Bagh’ roars for fund injection
BAHAWALPUR, July 13: The city’s zoological garden, which was once known as the ‘Sher Bagh’, has become a picture of neglect owing to a lack of investment and improper upkeep of the animals....
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Father, son held with opium
SHEIKHUPURA, July 13: Khanqah Dogran police on Sunday arrested a man and his son and recovered about 1kg fine quality opium from their possession at Salar Bhattian village....
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‘Govt lacks funds to overcome power crisis’
GUJRAT, July 13: Federal Defense, Commerce and Textile Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said the government lacks funds to overcome electricity crisis in the country and the nation should pray for more rain so that more hydel power could be generated....
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Mine workers to get better facilities
LAHORE, July 13: A tripartite mineral development board has been formed to provide maximum facilities to mine workers and suggest measures for developing and expanding the mineral sector in the province under the National Mineral Policy, 2002....
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‘Sweet candy week’
KHANEWAL, July 13: The National Highway and Motorway Police will start observing a ‘Sweet Candy Week’ from Monday (today) in a bid to get support from kids to persuade their elders fasten seat belts and avoid using cell phones while driving....
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JI leader Unhappy with govt work
BAHAWALPUR, July 13: JI leader and former MMA deputy parliamentary leader in Punjab Assembly Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar has expressed disappointment over the 100-day performance of the coalition government....
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Child dies in roof collapse
LAHORE, July 13: A minor boy lost his life after a dilapidated roof of a three-storey house collapsed owing to downpour in Kocha Madni, Lohari Gate, on Sunday....
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PU probe against ICS director
LAHORE, July 13: The Punjab University (PU) administration has decided probing a complaint of alleged favouritism extended by the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS) director to two M.Phil candidates....
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‘Strike if Mayo doctors not reinstated’: Girl’s death: victims plead not guilty
LAHORE, July 13: The seven Mayo Hospital doctors, who were suspended from service following the death of a girl last week, claim that the decision is ‘politically motivated’ as the patient was given ‘proper’ treatment but could not survive.Eighteen-year-old...
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JI leader
LAHORE, July 13: The Jamaat-i-Islami has expressed its concern at the country-wide strike call given by the textile industry and powerloom owners against the massive increase in rates of power, gas and oil....
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Threats to daily condemned
LAHORE: Several organisations working for human and media rights on Sunday showed their outrage at threats to media outlets including English-language newspaper Daily Times and Urdu-language Aaj Kal, and rising intolerance in the country....
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Rain ruins routine on second day
LAHORE, July 13: Rain continued to lash Lahore and several other cities in Punjab for the second day on Sunday, badly affecting routine life....
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