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Gilani rules out use of Article 58(2)b against govt
WASHINGTON, July 30: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that nobody in Pakistan could invoke Article 58(2) b against his government.... 
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NCHD operation wound up; 80,000 lose job
ISLAMABAD, July 30: The operation of the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) has been closed down, rendering its 80,000 employees in 117 districts jobless....
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PM welcomes $15 billion US package for Pakistan
WASHINGTON, July 30: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday welcomed bipartisan support in the US for long-term socio-economic relations with Pakistan, a day after a Senate panel committed a $15 billion aid package for the country....
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Two houses vie for big show
ISLAMABAD, July 30: State-run PTV finds itself on the horns of a dilemma — whom to obey in celebrating the country’s Independence Day – the Prime Minister’s House or the Presidency?...
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Security checkpost attacked near Sibi
QUETTA, July 30: Militants fired rockets on a security checkpost near Sibi on Wednesday....
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Haqqani blames foreign hand for CIA report publication
ISLAMABAD, July 30: The involvement of ‘foreign elements’ in publication of a CIA report could not be ruled out, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani said on Wednesday....
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Afghan woman killed for ‘spying’
MIRAMSHAH, July 30: Local Taliban killed an Afghan woman in the Degan area of North Waziristan on Wednesday after accusing her of spying for the US forces in Afghanistan....
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Militants release two hostages
KOHAT, July 30: Militants holding talks with a tribal jirga in Orakzai Agency released on Wednesday two hostages they had kidnapped along with eight officers of the Water Management Board on June 30....
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Police walk into their own trap
LARKANA, July 30: A policeman died and five others fainted in Banhree forest near Naudero on Wednesday due to sudden rise in temperature and suffocation after they torched the forest to catch criminals during the ongoing anti-dacoit operation....
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Thar coal property of Sindh: adviser
MITHI, July 30: The adviser to the Sindh chief minister for mines and mineral development Dr Khatomal Jeevan has said coal in Thar is the property of Sindh and Thar and...
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Iqbal’s alma mater gives an SOS call
SIALKOT, July 30: The Government Murray College, the alma mater of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, has been facing shortage of teaching and clerical staff, classrooms and even basic facilities since long....
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‘Taliban’ emerge in Muzaffargarh: Threats to Internet, cable and music shops
MUZAFFARGARH, July 30: Internet café, TV cable service and music and CD shops owners in Muzaffargarh have received threatening letters and emails from some ‘Taliban Tehrik Muzaffargarh’ who have warned them...
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Pervaiz to challenge sacking of prosecutors
LAHORE, July 30: Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi said on Wednesday that illegal dismissals of hundreds of prosecutors had proved that the Punjab government did not believe in the rule of law....
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Bank of Punjab scamswells to Rs13 billion
LAHORE, July 30: Another Rs4 billion have been found embezzled in the Bank of Punjab fraud, raising the total volume of the ‘biggest ever’ financial scam to Rs13 billion....
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Robbers strike again in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Robbers struck the capital city again in broad daylight on Wednesday while police were still collecting evidence about Tuesday''s huge heist of over Rs25 million....
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Construction of sewer not expected this year: Project bidding by December
RAWALPINDI, July 30: Construction of about 25km-long outfall (trunk) sewer from Ammar Chowk in Chaklala to the sewage treatment plant near Adiala village is not expected to begin this year since...
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Adam Nayyar’s death widely condoled
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Tributes continue to pour in over death of one of the country’s highly respected ethnomusicologist, Dr Adam Nayyar, who passed away here on Tuesday morning....
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War of words yields more words: Problem of encroachments
RAWALPINDI, July 30: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Jamal Mustafa Syed on Wednesday assured a traders’ delegation to organise police patrols to check the menace of encroachments at business centres....
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Taxi driver’s body found
ISLAMABAD, July 30: A body of a taxi driver was found floating in Kurung Nullah on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday....
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35 prisoners released
ATTOCK, July 30: As many as 35 under-trial prisoners, including three women, were released from the district jail on Wednesday against personal surety bonds....
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Drive launched to enrol out-of-school children
ISLAMABAD, July 30: The Ministry of Education launched a campaign to enrol all out-of-school children here on Wednesday....
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Freezing of PC’s account: LHC suspends court order
RAWALPINDI, July 30: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Wednesday suspended the order of a civil court regarding the freezing of the account of Punjab Constabulary Battalion-II (PCB) and...
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12 booked for aerial fire in Gujar Khan
GUJAR KHAN, July 30: The local police have booked 12 persons for resorting to intensive firing in the air at a marriage party in Gujar Khan city damaging transmission line and a transformer of Iesco on Monday night....
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Traffic police personnel protest against killings
QUETTA, July 30: Traffic ground to a halt in most parts of the city on Wednesday morning when traffic police personnel blocked main intersections in protest against target killings....
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Donor forces ministry to remove programme director
ISLAMABAD, July 30: In an unprecedented move, an international donor has forced the ministry of health to remove a newly appointed director of the malaria control programme by withholding assistance of $26 million....
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JI leader condemns US missile attack
ISLAMABAD, July 30: Strongly condemning the US missile attack in South Waziristan, Senator Prof Khurshid Ahmed of the Jamaat-i-Islami said on Wednesday that American assurances about respecting Pakistan’s sovereignty amounted to nothing....
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Saarc summit to help promote peace: FM
COLOMBO, July 30: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said here on Wednesday that Pakistan wanted the 15th Saarc summit to contribute to the strengthening of the organisation, besides promoting peace, development and prosperity in South Asia....
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Kashmor EDO, others summoned by court: Malpractice in teachers’ recruitment
LARKANA, July 30: Justice Ghulam Dastgir Shahani of the Sindh High Court Larakana bench on Tuesday issued notices to Provincial Secretary Education, Sukkur IBA Director, and EDO (Education) of Kashmor-Kandhkot to...
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Imdad Awan’s burial today
SHIKARPUR, July 30: Burial of leading lawyer Imdad Awan was postponed for Thursday as his sister and other family members to arrive from the US are expected to attend funeral....
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Breach floods villages, farmland
SUKKUR, July 30: Three villages and more than 150 acres of agricultural land came under water when a 50-feet wide breach developed in Kandeer Shakh canal at RD-61 near Keenjhar in the Mirpur Mathelo area on Wednesday....
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Land scam: record seized
THATTA, July 30: The Anti-Corruption Establishment has seized relevant record following registration of FIRs against some revenue officials, and 29 landlords, mostly affiliated with the PML-Q, for fraudulently getting changed the...
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Two die as wall collapses
THATTA, July 30: Two labourers were killed when a wall collapsed onto them in Late village near Gharo on Wednesday....
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Sharaqpuri caves in to no-trust move
SHEIKHUPURA, July 30: District Nazim Mian Jalil Ahmad Sharaqpuri succumbed to a no-confidence motion here on Wednesday....
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LHC issues notice to EC, others
LAHORE, July 30: Justice Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the election commission and other respondents for the second week of September in a petition challenging a no-confidence motion against the Sheikhupura district nazim....
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Woman gets death for killing girl
GUJRANWALA, July 30: A woman was sentenced to death on two counts by the Gujranwala additional district and sessions court judge on Wednesday for killing a seven-year-old girl after kidnapping her in 2005....
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Faisalabad nazims call for DCO’s removal
FAISALABAD, July 30: City District Assembly members adopted on Wednesday a resolution demanding that the provincial government immediately banish the district coordination officer (DCO) from the district....
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Transport owners fleece passengers
MUZAFFARGARH, July 30: Owners of public transport vehicles have enhanced fares on their own in the wake of increase in diesel and petrol prices without any government notification revising fares and...
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Rachna varsity project
GUJRANWALA, July 30: The Punjab Governor has appointed Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan, sitting Principal of Rachna College, as project director to look after the upgradation process of Rachna College of...
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Layyah council rejects DCO budget
LAYYAH, July 30: The district council has rejected the annual budget submitted by the district coordination officer (DCO) and re-approved the budget it had already approved on July 24....
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Absence of sewerage system decried
SIALKOT, July 30: Hundreds of people on Wednesday staged a demonstration in the city’s Pakka Garha locality against the district government’s failure to lay a sewerage system here despite repeated appeals by locals to the authorities over the last several years....
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Newly-wed girl killed
GUJRANWALA, July 30: A newly-wed girl was shot dead while her husband was injured by their relatives over a court marriage issue in Wazirabad on Wednesday....
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Killed on road
JHANG, July 30: Major Zaka Akbar (retired), son of former MPA Syed Taqi Shah and younger brother of former MPA Syed Chiragh Akbar, was killed in a road accident near Ghazi Woolen Mills, some 35 kilometers from here, on Wednesday....
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Back-breaking rise in flour price likely
LAHORE, July 30: The flour price may go up by Rs30 to Rs50 per 20Kg bag this Saturday when the millers and the food department officials meet to ‘finalise’ the cost and price ratio in the province....
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Opposition to notify leader before 6th
LAHORE, July 30: Opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly is most likely to be notified before the eighth session of the house convened on Aug 6, as provincial authorities have agreed...
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Promotion rules to be amended
LAHORE, July 30: Finding the present system faulty, the Punjab government has decided to amend the promotion rules of all departments by the end of next month, clearing a huge backlog of cases....
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Prosecutors: LHC moved for a stay
LAHORE, July 30: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notice to the advocate general (AG) for today (Thursday) in an application to stay the termination of prosecutors removed by the Punjab government on July 25....
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Police foil mob’s attempt to set ‘robber’ ablaze
LAHORE, July 30: The Harbanspura police foiled an attempt of locals of Lal Pul, Maskeenpura, to set an alleged robber on fire after catching him and giving him a sound thrashing on Wednesday, witnesses said....
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Plan to net key land-grabbers
LAHORE, July 30: The Punjab government is planning to launch a grand operation against key land-grabbers in the province as high-level consultative meetings are being held to shape up its legal nitty gitty....
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Revised Samjhota schedule from 7th
LAHORE, July 30: The schedule of Samjhota Express will be revised from Aug 7 as the international train will now be running between Lahore and Atari on Mondays and Thursdays only....
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