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PML workers asked to prepare for anti-govt movement
RAWALPINDI, July 26: President Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has directed the party leaders to strengthen the party at the ward and union council level across the country before launching a movement against the rulers.... 
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Donors put conditions for financial support
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Major international donor agencies have asked Pakistan to “put its house in order” to qualify for an increase in external support....
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150MW power station for Balochistan soon: Wapda chairman
QUETTA, July 26: Wapda chairman Shakeel Ahmed Durrani said on Saturday that Quetta would soon have a 150MW rental powerhouse and work on the Dadu-Khuzdar, Kot Addo and Dera Ghazi Khan-Loralai transmission lines would start shortly....
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Add-ons to phone bills baffle subscribers
ISLAMABAD, July 26: For many consumers, figuring out their monthly PTCL phone bill has become equivalent of deciphering hieroglyphics, with baffling new charges creating a thicket of items from top to bottom of the bill....
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Poultry prices up by 40pc
ATTOCK, July 26: Poultry prices in the city have increased by about Rs40 per cent during the last few days owing to the recent surge in demand and rise in transportation charges....
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Federal govt’s control on Sindh coal body opposed
ISLAMABAD, July 26: The civil society organisations from Sindh on Saturday called upon the federal government to withdraw its decision of taking control of the Sindh Coal Authority, terming it a breach of provincial autonomy....
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Ex-ECP officer urges president, PM to save her career
ISLAMABAD, July 26: A former senior officer of the Election Commissioner of Pakistan (ECP) has requested President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to save her career from being...
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Hangu nazim’s brother kidnapped
KOHAT, July 26: A brother of the Hangu district nazim has been kidnapped, along with his three companions....
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Pims becomes fighting arena over madressah
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Different groups at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have locked horns over the management of an unlawfully established seminary on the premises of the hospital....
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UNHCR wants extension in Afghan refugees’ stay
PESHAWAR, July 26: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has called for allowing Afghan refugees to stay in Pakistan for at least four more years....
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Selection of families in process: Food Stamp Scheme
FAISALABAD, July 26: Scrutiny for the selection of deserving families is in process as the Punjab government is set to launch the Food Stamp Scheme on Aug 14....
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Fruit king lures former Miss Italy to Multan
MULTAN, July 26: The aromatic and delicious ‘fruit king’ of Pakistan has seemingly charmed Miss Italy 2004, luring her all the way to Multan, one of the oldest living cities, to...
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‘Rape victims’ sacrificed on altar of tradition
VEHARI, July 26: The elders of the families of two ‘gang-rape’ victims of Chak 177/WB and of the accused are reportedly trying to hush up the matter to escape law, while...
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Sacked contract workers can’t move court: LHC
LAHORE, July 26: The Lahore High Court has ruled that contractual government employees, sacked without assigning any reason or notice, cannot seek remedy from courts after accepting the condition that their...
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Teachers voice concern over withholding of promotions
RAWALPINDI, July 26: School teachers have expressed concern over the decision of Punjab education department withholding promotion of some 150 teachers to the next grade in accordance with a notification and...
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Arrest warrants of SHO issued
RAWALPINDI, July 26: A civil judge here on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of a station house officer for not complying with the court orders to submit a charge sheet in an illegal weapon possession case....
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ASI held for taking bribe
ATTOCK, July 26: An anti-corruption team on Saturday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Daska Police of Sialkot district on the charge of taking bribe....
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Balochistan Bar Council office-bearers
QUETTA, July 26: The Balochistan Bar Council on Saturday appointed Jamal Khan Mandokhel as its vice-chairman. The chairmen of various sub-committees were also appointed....
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Tribesmen’s shops sealed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, July 26: Political authorities on Saturday sealed shops of tribesmen for blocking a road in protest against shortage of flour in the area....
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Senate to discuss Fata on 4th
ISLAMABAD, July 26: Acting Senate chairman Jan Mohammad Jamali on Saturday convened a session of the Upper House on August 4 to discuss various national issues, specially the situation in the tribal areas....
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Case against SI, four others: Girl kidnapped, raped
VEHARI, July 26: A sub-inspector and two women were among the five people against whom a kidnap case was registered on Saturday for their alleged involvement in the abduction and the rape of a girl....
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Shot dead
SIALKOT, July 26: Unidentified assailants shot a factory worker dead when he resisted a robbery bid near Small Industries Estate here on Saturday....
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CM urged to resolve poultry ‘crisis’
LAHORE, July 26: Punjab Poultry Association has urged Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to take steps for resolving the serious crisis threatening the existence of the industry in the province due to unchecked increase in feed prices....
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Couple commits suicide
SIALKOT, July 26: A newlywed couple committed suicide allegedly over domestic dispute in Adalat Garha village near Uggoki on Saturday....
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Protest against teacher’s killing
LAHORE, July 26: More than five dozen people blocked on Saturday Ferozpur Road while protesting against the police for not arresting accused Pir Mahal (Toba Tek Singh) station house officer for allegedly killing of a headmaster....
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PML-Q to hold lawyers’ convention
LAHORE, July 26: PML-Q’s Punjab senior vice-president Muhammad Basharat Raja has announced holding of Pakistan Muslim League Lawyers’ Convention to discuss the termination of hundreds of prosecutors....
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Clerk, second wife, cousin burnt alive
LAHORE, July 26: Some people allegedly set ablaze a clerk of the provincial education department, his second wife and a female cousin at their residence in Yousafnagar near Masjidwali Street, Sherakot by-pass early on Saturday....
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EPA for levying tax on busy roads
LAHORE, July 26: Following an air pollution survey carried out in Yateem Khana, Azadi Chowk and Kalma Chowk between June and July, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Punjab has released a...
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Beware — snakes at Jallo Park
LAHORE, July 26: Jallo Park, a recreational place along the city canal, has become a haunt of deadly snakes, but despite the death of a forest department driver caused by cobra...
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Appointments of doctors on a permanent basis okayed
LAHORE, July 26: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved recruitment of doctors on a permanent basis instead of contractual appointments and transfer of administrative and financial powers from bureaucracy to autonomous hospitals....
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Pervaiz raps govt
LAHORE, July 26: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said the economy was deteriorating due to faulty policies of the coalition government and industries and businesses were...
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Mother of ‘rape’ victim seeks LHC assistance
LAHORE, July 26: The mother of a seven-year-old rape victim on Saturday appealed to Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain to direct the trial court to expedite dispensation of justice....
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