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Sindh assembly to meet on 12th
KARACHI, Aug 8: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said on Friday that a session of the Sindh assembly was being summoned on Aug 12 or 13 to take up... 
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Balochistan’s parties to meet tomorrow
QUETTA, Aug 8: A meeting of the joint parliamentary group of the parties in the province’s coalition government would be held on Sunday to discuss the convening of a session of...
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Impeachment resolution in Frontier PA on 12th
PESHAWAR, Aug 8: Coalition partners in the Frontier province will move a resolution in the provincial assembly on Tuesday calling for early impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf....
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Punjab PA to pass resolution on 11th: Trust vote demand
LAHORE, Aug 8: Showing no trust in President Pervez Musharraf, the Punjab Assembly will ask him at its Monday sitting to seek vote of confidence afresh from his electoral college as well as request parliament to impeach him....
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Importance of ties with Asean states stressed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Friday that Pakistan had institutionalised cooperation in economic and political areas with the countries of the Association of South East Asian...
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56 bonded labourers freed on court order
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 8: At least 56 bonded labourers were rescued when police raided a brick kiln on the directives of the Umerkot district and sessions judge on Friday....
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Four killed as walls collapse
THATTA, Aug 8: Two passers-by were buried alive under the debris of a wall in Uqaili Mohalla here on Friday....
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PPP to finalise strategy on Monday
LAHORE, Aug 8: The PPP’s Punjab chapter has convened a meeting of parliamentary party on Aug 11 to finalise a strategy for ouster of President Musharraf, says party leader Raja Riaz....
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Sacked SSGC employees demand reinstatement
HYDERABAD, Aug 8: A large number of sacked employees of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), under the banner of the Sindh and Balochistan Sacked Employees Action Committee, staged a demonstration...
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Two minor girls given in marriage for father’s crime
SANGHAR, Aug 8: A case was registered against a landlord and five other people for marrying off two minor girls to settle a dispute caused by their father eloping with a young girl....
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Remand of terrorism suspects extended
RAWALPINDI, Aug 8: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday extended the judicial remand of 12 suspected terrorists for eight days after the Sadiqabad police sought more time to conduct an identification parade of the accused in the jail....
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Over 19,000 applications verified in Attock: Food stamp scheme
ATTOCK, Aug 8: As many as 30,000 applications have been received for the food stamp scheme throughout the district and these are being verified by the verification teams....
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PPP senator’s cousin sent to jail
RAWALPINDI, Aug 8: A special judge here on Friday sent cousin of a Pakistan People’s Party senator to Adiala jail on 14-day judicial remand after the National Accountably Bureau (NAB) officials arrested him from premises of an accountability court....
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AJK ministers, PM’s advisers also to get 20pc raise
MUZAFFARABAD, Aug 8: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet members, including advisers to the prime...
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BHC told to facilitate their return to England: Children handed over to mother
RAWALPINDI, Aug 8: Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Friday handed over four British national children to their aunt and asked the British High Commission (BHC) to facilitate their return to their mother in the United Kingdom....
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Protest against power outages in Hunza
HUNZA, Aug 8: Frequent power outages Friday triggered a violent protest here, the constituency of Chief Executive of Northern Areas....
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Parking fee, barriers in hospitals abolished
RAWALPINDI, Aug 8: Traffic barriers installed in all the state-run hospitals in Rawalpindi have been removed and the parking contracts cancelled on the directives of Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif....
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Downpours bring heat relief with some worries
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: Isolated heavy falls on Friday cooled off the twin cities but brought misery to many in shape of inundation and power breakdowns....
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Planning Commission gets four advisers
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8: The government announced on Friday appointment of four advisers to the Planning Commission....
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Mysterious campaign
NAWABSHAH, Aug 8: A shadowy organisation, the Sindh Bachayo Tehrik (Save Sindh Movement), has launched a poster and pamphlet campaign to create awareness against Talbanisation....
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Faulty RBOD design; work stopped
LARKANA, Aug 8: MNA Faryal Talpur has asked the officials concerned to immediately stop work on the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) passing from Qambar and Shahdadkot due to its wrong alignment....
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Bahawalpur Rescue 1122 in financial straits
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 8: The Punjab government has slashed the annual budget for the district centre of the Punjab emergency service, Rescue 1122....
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Demo for sewerage system
OKARA, Aug 8: Hundreds of people took out a protest rally against Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) officials over their failure to effectively run sewerage system in southern part of the city, especially in Samadpura, Ahmadabad, Sirki Mohalla and Bajwa Colony localities....
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Meeting on mealybug today
MULTAN, Aug 8: Mealybug has become a serious threat to crops, including cotton, and fruit, vegetables, ornamental plants and trees and it has been reported attacking 150 species of plants, prompting...
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DCO to probe land-grab
GUJRANWALA, Aug 8: The chief secretary has ordered the district coordination officer (DCO) to probe into alleged corruption and land grabbing by registry branch and revenue officials in Kamoki tehsil....
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No punishment for ‘criminal’ inspectors
FAISALABAD, Aug 8: Four police inspectors banished from the district as punishment for being involved in a kidnap-for-ransom case back in 2005 are again working at lucrative posts in Faisalabad, Dawn learnt on Friday....
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Fesco projects
FAISALABAD, Aug 8: Faisal-abad Electricity Supply Company (Fesco) is mulling installation of new transmission lines and commencement of different development projects which will cost the company nearly Rs 1100 million during 2008-09....
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Train fire
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 8: A fire broke out in a bogie of a goods train laden with chemicals near Imamia Colony on Friday....
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Landlord dies resisting robbers
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 8: Dacoits shot a landlord dead and his brother injured when they resisted their bid in Ayyia Nagar village in Ferozwala police precincts on Friday....
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Surveillance cameras being installed
SIALKOT, Aug 8: Surveillance cameras are being installed at Allama Iqbal Chowk to trace criminals....
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More water filtration plants promised
LAHORE, Aug 8: The Punjab Assembly was told on Friday the government would install 30 more water filtration plants in various parts of the province to raise the number of these plants to 146....
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Crackdown on POs being launched
LAHORE, Aug 8: The government is launching a crackdown on outlaws in Sheikhupura and other districts of Punjab, Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said while responding to a query raised by...
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‘Defiant’ PR official summoned
LAHORE, Aug 8: Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain on Friday directed a railway director (technical) to appear in person and explain his absence from the court despite a court order....
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Woman, daughter murdered
LAHORE, Aug 8: A woman and her daughter were gunned down in their house in Gari Shahu here on Friday....
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