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Shaukat Aziz, ex-ministers summoned: Misuse of Tawana Pakistan funds
ISLAMABAD: July 19: A Senate committee on Saturday found serious irregularities in the Tawana Pakistan Programme and summoned former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, former social welfare ministers and other officials concerned on August 23 for an explanation.... 
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Altaf suggests APC to build consensus
KARACHI, July 19: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has urged the government to immediately convene an All Parties Conference (APC) for building national consensus for dealing with political and economic crises and the “threat of Talibanisation of society”....
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Taliban kill four hostages in Mohmand
GHALANAI, July 19: Four members of a rival militant group, taken hostage by the Taliban, were executed by their captors in the Mohmand Agency on Saturday....
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Marooned Italian climbers spotted
ISLAMABAD, July 19: A rescue helicopter has spotted two Italian mountaineers marooned on the Nanga Parbat....
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65 handed over to Afghan officials
QUETTA, July 19: Pakistan has handed over 65 Afghan nationals to Afghan border authorities at the border town of Chaman on Saturday....
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FC man killed in blast
QUETTA, July 19: A member of security forces was killed and three others were injured in an explosion in the Uch area of Dera Bugti on Saturday....
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Accession to Pakistan Day observed
ISLAMABAD, July 19: The ‘Kashmir Accession to Pakistan Day’ was observed on Saturday by settlers from occupied Jammu and Kashmir living in different parts of country....
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Traders seek change in schedule of Qalandar Express
LARKANA, July 19: The Larkana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged railways authorities to introduce a special return ticket package for the passengers of Qalandar Express running between Larkana...
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Gangsters attack FIA, get detainee freed
GUJRANWALA, July 19: Fifteen people attacked a Federal Investigation Agency team and got freed a man arrested by it from Gujrat on Saturday....
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‘Coalition diverting people’s attention’
LAHORE, July 19: Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Pervaiz Elahi and former prime minister and PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain have said that the coalition partners had not learnt any...
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Another dengue suspect comes to Pims
ISLAMABAD, July 19: Another suspect of dengue fever was admitted in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, hospital administration said here on Saturday....
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Minister seeks report on Sost dry port issue
HUNZA, July 19: The Minister for Finance and Privatisation, Syed Naveed Qamar has assured that the real stakeholder of Sost Dry Port will be given their due rights....
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Man threatens self-immolation
SUKKUR, July 19: A retired watchman of well No.50 of Mari Gas Field Daharki has threatened to commit self-immolation if his son was not reinstated on his job....
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Reinstated teachers seek salaries
DADU, July 19: The reinstated secondary teachers held a protest rally outside the press club on Saturday....
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Woman sold in Layyah recovered
SHIKARPUR, July 19: Shikarpur police have recovered a married woman, Khalida, a resident of taluka Chabara, district Layyah in Punjab, from the house of Fareed Ahmed in a raid on Issan...
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Corporation allowance for Larkana dist employees
LARKANA, July 19: The government has finally accepted the district government employees’ demand for the release of corporation allowance and issued a notification to this effect....
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Girl dies in accident
SUKKUR, July 19: A teenaged girl was killed and her parents and younger sister were critically injured in a road accident on National Highway, in Dubbar police limits near Sukkur on Saturday morning....
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District officer transferred
KHAIRPUR, July 19: Executive District Officer, Agriculture Khairpur, Ghulam Asghar Shar has been transferred and directed to report to his parent department i.e., Livestock and Fisheries Department with immediate effect....
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Cop killed, many hurt as jail van overturns
TOBA TEK SINGH, July 19: A police constable died while another constable and about a dozen inmates injured when a prison van overturned on Toba-Chichawatni Road on Saturday....
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Tech college convocation
MANDI BAHAUDDIN, July 19: The annual convocation of Govt College of Technology, Rasool, was held on Saturday....
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Four held in phony milk factory raid
SAHIWAL, July 19: The police have raided a counterfeit milk manufacturing factory in Aabpara Town on Multan Road and arrested its owner and his three employees, District Police Officer (DPO) Tariq Saleemi said here on Saturday....
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Job seekers’ demo
MULTAN, July 19: Job seekers staged a demonstration against the Nishter Hospital administration what they claimed for not pasting the lists of applicants at the required place and giving favour to some applicants....
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‘Third party consultants to improve irrigation’
FAISALABAD, July 19: A system of third party consultant is being introduced in the country for improvement of the irrigation system, senior Punjab minister Raja Riaz Ahmed said on Saturday....
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Excessive smoking adds to heart problems: expert
KASUR, July 19: Today’s lifestyle and excessive smoking are responsible for most heart problems, a cardiologist said here on Saturday....
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Pests damage cotton in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, July 19: Mealybug and other pests have damaged standing cotton crop over acres in many parts of the district.Reports of pest attack have been received from Hasilpur, Ahmedpur East and...
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Providential escape for driver
TOBA TEK SINGH, July 19: A tractor-trolley driver had a miraculous escape on Saturday when Chilton Express train coming to Lahore from Quetta hit the heavy vehicle whose parts went hurtling around....
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Measures finalised to check gastro
LAHORE, July 19: All hospitals will maintain data of gastroenteritis patients with home address while medical superintendents or focal persons will collect data from different wards and OPD and send a...
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LCD screens: PHA takes matter to court
LAHORE, July 19: The back and forth between advertisers who are leasing the LCD screens on Main Boulevard of Gulberg and the Parks and Horticulture Authority which wishes to see them shut down for the time being continued on Saturday....
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Computer training for judicial officers
LAHORE, July 19: The Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT) has imparted basic computer training to 100 judicial officers under a three-week Basic Computer Training Programme....
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Trade policy a wish list, says JI leader
LAHORE, July 19: Naib amir of Jamaat-i-Islami and leader of Independent Opposition Group, Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmed, has said that the new trade policy lacked strategic policy framework to restrict imports and substantially boost the exports....
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LPG dealers to observe strike
LAHORE, July 19: The LGP Association of Pakistan has decided to go on strike from Monday against “the Lahore district coordination officer’s heavy-handed interference in the market”....
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Two killed on road
LAHORE, July 19: A married woman and a young man were killed in separate road mishaps on Saturday, Edhi and police said....
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Faisalabad Express restored
LAHORE, July 19: The Pakistan Railways has decided to restore 35Up/36 Down Faisalabad Express running between Karachi Cantonment and Faisalabad....
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