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Operation launched in Peshawar suburbs
PESHAWAR, Aug 6: At least 14 people, a union council nazim among them, were arrested and three security personnel were injured when law-enforcement agencies launched an operation against militants and criminals in the southern suburbs of the provincial capital on Wednesday.... 
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Political thriller in the making, say pundits
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The parliament may witness unprecedented events over the next few days, which many believe would be quite stormy, as PPP-led coalition partners are gearing up to impeach President Pervez Musharraf....
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Forces recapture Lowi Sam
KHAR/GHALANAI, Aug 6: Security forces recaptured on Wednesday the strategic Lowi Sam area in Bajour agency which has been a stronghold of local Taliban for sometime....
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Armed forces ready to defend country: Gen Tariq
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Tariq Majid has said that the armed forces are prepared to face challenges of contemporary times and ready to defend the country against external and internal threats....
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Landslide kills seven villagers
GILGIT, Aug 6: A landslide triggered by torrential rain killed seven people and soldiers were searching for eight others buried under the rubble of their homes in a mountain village in northern Pakistan, police said on Wednesday....
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Waziristan attacks: new group claims responsibility
MIRAMSHAH, Aug 6: A newly-formed militant group has claimed the responsibility for three attacks on security forces in South Waziristan and warned of more action if the army moved against the Taliban in tribal areas....
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Other provinces interested in NWFP move on local govt
PESHAWAR, Aug 6: Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan are reported to be in favour of the step taken by NWFP to establish regional coordination offices (RCOs) and virtually revive the defunct offices of commissioners dismantled in 2001....
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Bank scam case put off till 19th
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: The Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to jointly hear two petitions, one filed by the Haris Steel Industries and the other by Hamesh Khan, former president of the...
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Opposition leader’s opening shots baffle treasury
LAHORE, Aug 6: On the very first day of his stepping into the shoes of leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Chaudhry Zaheeruddin dashed the treasury’s hopes of getting...
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Flooding disrupts rail, road traffic: Rajanpur DCO suspended
MULTAN, Aug 6: The number of flood affected people rose in both Dera Ghazi Khan and Rajanpur districts due to more discharge of floodwaters from the hill-torrents on Wednesday....
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Too many transfers jeopardise project
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 6: The International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has taken strong exception to the frequent postings and transfers against the top position in a community-based project funded by the...
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NAB plans to sack over 1,500 employees: Financial crunch
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Financial crisis has pushed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the verge of collapse, and in a bid to survive it is considering laying off 1,500 employees, including 143 senior officers, Dawn learnt on Wednesday....
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‘Ambassadors of Pakistan’ opens at Gallery 6
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: After showing in the US, “Unseen Visions: Contemporary Painting in Pakistan” returned to Pakistan and is now displaying at Gallery 6, which opened its doors for public viewing here on Wednesday....
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Speakers for changes in family laws
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Law experts and representatives of civil society here on Wednesday reviewed the Muslim family laws and suggested comprehensive amendments to them in order to facilitate women seeking justice in matters relating to marriage, divorce, Khula and maintenance....
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Five Fata MNAs meetZardari
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Five Parliamentarians from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Wednesday told the ruling party that they would support the government on impeachment and judges issue if other MNAs and Senators from Fata agreed to their stand....
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400,000 children may end up without schools with NCHD’s closure
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: About 400,000 children enrolled in feeder schools, opened by National Commission for Human Development (NCHD), may find their institutions closed down in case the commission is wound up, it has been learnt....
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Probe ordered into poor patient care at Pims emergency
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Federal Health Secretary Khushnood Lashari on Wednesday ordered probe into poor patient care at the emergency ward of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences....
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Seven policemen booked
RAWALPINDI, Aug 6: Seven police investigating officers, including the one who has passed away were booked in two separate cases on various charges on Tuesday, police said....
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Deposed CJP visits Attock
ATTOCK, Aug 6: Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry visited the residence of Sheikh Ahsanuddin Advocate to condole the death of his wife here on Wednesday....
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Court urged to stop sale of Benazir’s book
ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: A lawyer for an alleged Al Qaeda-linked militant said on Wednesday that he had asked a court to halt the sale of a book by slain ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto that he claimed defamed his client....
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University, colleges in Quetta closed
QUETTA, Aug 6: The provincial government ordered closure of the Balochistan University and all colleges in the city for three days after three student organisations clashed on Wednesday....
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Bank robbery baffles investigators
HYDERABAD, Aug 6: There has not been tangible progress in the bank robbery case that took place on Tuesday when dacoits fled away with Rs15 million....
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College staff take the field against student leaders
LARKANA, Aug 6: The teaching and non-teaching staff of the Government Degree College of Ratodero led by its principal met the DSP of Ratodero on Wednesday and complained to him about...
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Council seeks action against land grabber
SANGHAR, Aug 6: Members of district council on Wednesday demanded action against a landlord who had occupied a rest house of the Irrigation Department in Khadro and demolished the building built in 1898....
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Price hike brings workers on roads
HYDERABAD, Aug 6: The Pakistan Workers Federation in collaboration with Pakistan Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union staged rallies and demonstrations in different parts of Sindh on Wednesday to protest against...
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Under-trial prisoner flees from court
LARKANA, Aug 6: An under trial prisoner, Ghulamullah Tunio, facing murder and police encounter cases, escaped from the boundaries of sessions court Larkana on Wednesday where he was brought for hearing of a case....
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Man, woman shot dead
SUKKUR, Aug 6: A woman with her alleged paramour was killed by her husband citing karo-kari as the reason in Gul Mohammad Mazari village near Ubauro late on Tuesday....
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Wheat owners, police fight a legal battle
MIANWALI, Aug 6: Several wheat owners and local police have locked horns over confiscation of wheat. As the police have refused to release the wheat despite court orders, a local magistrate has served contempt notice on the Kundian police SHO....
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Urea becomes much sought-after product
VEHARI, Aug 6: Cotton growers are facing the shortage of urea fertilisers, Dawn has observed....
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Bank looted
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 6: Three armed men looted Rs500,000 from a bank branch in the vicinity of Kot Chuta police station on Wednesday. The robbers entered the National Bank branch,...
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Demo
LAHORE, Aug 6: The Labour Education Foundation organised a demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club here on Wednesday to press for worldwide denuclearisation on the 58th anniversary of United States nuclear attack on Hiroshima in 1945....
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Integrated medicine seminar at UAF
FAISALABAD, Aug 6: Canadian Board of Homeopathic Examiners President Dr Harbakhash Singh Sandhar has said that using refrigerators to preserve food massively invites allergy on different counts and consumers have to suffer various diseases by employing this preservation method....
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Patwaris strike for demands
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 6: Patwaris in Sheikhupura, Nankana and Ferozewala observed a pen-down strike on Wednesday and later staged sit-in in front of the offices of DCOs and DDORs against what they said the step-motherly behaviour of the Punjab government....
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Four murder Convicts executed in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, Aug 6: Four convicts in two murder cases were executed at the district jail here on Wednesday....
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Five held for LPG decanting
SAHIWAL, Aug 6: District Civil Defense officials on Wednesday nabbed five people from different areas of the city for decanting and illegal sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)....
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‘Evil goes, evil comes’
LAHORE, Aug 6: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, who as deputy opposition leader in the previous assembly earned his name as a smart and astute parliamentarian, tried to turn the...
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Committee recommends entrance test abolition
LAHORE, Aug 6: The entrance test for admission to medical and dental institutions should be abolished forthwith, according to a unanimous recommendation by the 13-member committee constituted by Chief Minister Shahbaz...
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‘PO’ held from MPAs’ hostel
LAHORE, Aug 6: A `proclaimed offender’ was arrested from the MPA hostels here on Wednesday....
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Reply sought from IG and Home Dept: Security at bank branches
LAHORE, Aug 6: Justice Khwaja Farooq Saeed of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday asked the Home Department and the inspector general (IG) to submit a reply in two weeks...
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Factories recycling hospital waste sealed
Used medical goods like syringes, blood bags, glucose bottles and urine bags worth of over Rs7 million, were seized while owners Abdul Aziz and Kashif Mahmood, of the Aleechi Bagh near...
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Yet another victim of ‘head-hitters’
LAHORE, Aug 6: A labourer fell victim to ‘head-hitters’ in Township here on Wednesday....
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Details to be made public, says Khosa: TMAs’ ‘bungling’
LAHORE, Aug 6: Punjab Local Government and Community Development Minister Sardar Dost Muhammad Khosa has said the details of corruption and plundering of the tehsil municipal administrations will be exposed before the masses and the media....
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