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APDM discusses plan to launch movement
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The heads of the parties in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Monday endorsed a proposal of its steering committee to launch a ‘gradual but comprehensive movement’... 
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Enhanced trade with India advocated
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Most of the speakers at a seminar on Monday advocated enhanced trade with India, but stressed that India should also reciprocate in the same manner....
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Part of wheat import through Gwadar urged
ISLAMABAD, July 28: A Senate committee said on Monday that the port of Gwadar should be used for at least one-third of wheat being imported by the country....
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319 deportees arrive from Turkey
LAHORE, July 28: A group of 319 people deported from Turkey arrived here on Monday....
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Four officials kidnapped in Mastung
QUETTA, July 28: Four employees of the provincial road and works department were kidnapped in Kanak area of Mastung district on Monday....
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Army to build flats in 41 garrisons
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The Pakistan Army will build 4,864 flats in 41 garrisons all over the country in two phases....
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Jatoi, Soomro meet Mengal
QUETTA, July 28: Former caretaker prime minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi and former speaker of the National Assembly Elahi Bakhsh Soomro on Monday met veteran Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Atullah Mengal in Wadah, his native town....
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Army wants no role in politics, says Rasheed
HYDERABAD, July 28: Awami Muslim League founder-leader Shaikh Rasheed Ahmed has said that he can say with responsibility that the army has no intention of interfering in politics and it wants democratic institutions and democracy to take roots....
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Three die as two houses collapse in fireworks blast
FAISALABAD, July 28: Three members of a family were killed and nine others, including three children, were injured when two houses collapsed after a fireworks blast in Allama Iqbal Colony on Samundri Road here on Monday....
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ISI notification a bid to weaken army: Pervaiz
LAHORE, July 28: Opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Monday welcomed the “foiling of conspiracy to shift control of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to the Interior Division.”...
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16 injured in police station fire
LAHORE, July 28: At least 16 people, including four policemen and five detainees, sustained multiple burn wounds in a fire that erupted in the Shafeeqabad police station, police and rescuers said....
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PAF gets four F16s
LAHORE, July 28: A simple but impressive ceremony for handing over of four F-16s aircraft to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was held at PAF Base Mushaf in Sargodha on Monday, says a press release issued here....
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Man deprived of Rs700,000
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Robbers struck in the capital city and made off with Rs0.7million cash on Monday, police said....
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Demo held against non-payment of pension
RAWALPINDI, July 28: The All-Pakistan Local Government Workers Federation here on Monday held a protest demonstration against non-payment of pension to the heirs of those employees who died during official duties....
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Women police station exists in name only
ISLAMABAD, July 28: Pakistan’s first women police station inaugurated by late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad on January 25, 1994 today exists in name only. It was destined to....
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Free all the way to Canada
RAWALPINDI, July 28: An employee of PIA took the national carrier’s slogan of “Come Fly With Us” to his heart and stole a free ride on PK-781 to Canada this week and sought asylum there....
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Remand of ‘terrorist’ extended
RAWALPINDI, July 28: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Monday extended the physical remand of a suspected terrorist for two days after R.A. Bazaar police sought more time to interrogate the accused....
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Muzaffarabad shut to mourn trader’s killing
MUZAFFARABAD, July 28: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir capital was completely shut on Monday to mourn the cold blooded murder of town''s popular figure Alhaj Mohammad Ashraf Qureshi....
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Senate body for sports groundsin schools
ISLAMABAD, July 28: The sub-committee of Senate Standing Committee on Sports on Monday criticised schools in the posh areas of Islamabad for failing to provide sports grounds to the students....
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Boy killed in attack on police bus
KOHAT, July 28: A bomb ripped through a police bus in Jarma area on the Bannu road on Monday, killing a boy and injuring 10 policemen....
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Afghan killed for ‘spying’
KHAR, July 28: An Afghan refugee was gunned down by some people on Monday for allegedly spying for the US forces in Afghanistan....
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Mazhar orders jobs for IBA-certified candidates
HYDERABAD, July 28: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazharul Haq on Monday directed the district education officers of the province to distribute job offer letters by July 31 among all the...
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Police blamed for fake encounter
DADU, July 28: A villager has accused police of torturing his innocent cousin to death and demanded an inquiry into the matter....
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Police save lives of girl, two women
SUKKUR, July 28: Timely action of Sukkur police saved two women and a minor girl from getting killed on the pretext of karo-kari in Lashkari Shaikh village of the Kandhra area, near here on Monday....
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Couple killed over karo-kari
SHIKARPUR, July 28: A man and a woman were killed on the pretext of karo-kari at Karan Gate Muhalla in the jurisdiction of Lakhi Gate police station here on Monday....
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Mirza gives deadline to irrigation officials
BADIN, July 28: Irrigation officials are being given three days to ensure availability of water in the tails of all waterways of Badin failing which FIRs will be registered against them, said Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza on Monday....
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Monsoon rains lash parts of Sindh
NAWABSHAH, July 28: Three people were hurt when lightning struck the Cattle Colony in Mirpurkhas as light to heavy rains, first of the year’s monsoon season, lashed Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Umerkot, Islamkot, Tharparkar, Nagarparkar, Mithi and their adjoining areas on Monday....
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Minister rejects allegations
KARACHI, July 28: Sindh Minister for Population Welfare and Minister Incharge for Information Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has rejected allegations levelled by Awami Muslim League president Shaikh Rashid against Prime Minister...
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Sukkur budget focuses on education
SUKKUR, July 28: A surplus budget of the Sukkur district government for fiscal 2008-09 was presented in the district council session on Monday which consists of about Rs254.783...
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Old man commits suicide
SUKKUR, July 28: A 60-year-old man committed suicide in Dring Malook Wali village near Mirpur Mathelo on Monday due to extreme poverty and unemployment....
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Police torture victim’s family demonstrates
SIALKOT, July 28: The family and relatives of a youth, Asim Mehmood of Gohadpur, who was tortured to death allegedly by the police in 2007, on Monday demonstrated in front of...
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CM announces restoring Sialkot Medical College
SIALKOT, July 28: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced restoring the project to establish a medical college here and forming a special committee consisting of elected representatives and renowned businessmen to monitor the project....
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Decanting: Danger lurks on doorsteps
NAROWAL, July 28: The illegal business of decanting gas cylinders on roadside shops and streets, which has already taken a heavy toll of lives and property, is going on unchecked....
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50per cent applicants turn out to be bogus: Stamp scheme
VEHARI, July 28: Over fifty per cent food stamp scheme applications forwarded by MPAs to the DCO office were found to be bogus when subjected to scrutiny, a source in revenue dept confided to Dawn on Monday....
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AMP deadline to arrest tenant’s killers
OKARA, July 28: The Anjuman-i-Mozaraeen Punjab group, led by Younis Iqbal Masih, demonstrated outside the press club demanding the arrest of killers of a military farm tenant....
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Man kills wife, daughter
SIALKOT, July 28: A man shot his wife and 18-year-old daughter dead allegedly over a domestic dispute in Veeram village near Sambrial on Monday....
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Seven killed three injured: Water draws blood
SHEIKHUPURA, July 28: Seven people were killed and three others injured, three of them critically, in an exchange of fire at Makki 460 village over a water dispute on Monday.Riasat...
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Bins appear in Lahore markets
LAHORE, July 28: Waste disposal bins that have begun to appear in the city’s markets over the weekend have been cautiously welcomed by environmentalists, though the public has yet to fully embrace them, a survey by Dawn showed on Monday....
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ASI booked for graft
LAHORE, July 28: The City Raiwind police on Monday registered a corruption case against the Ladheki check post in-charge....
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