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PBC resolution criticises Aitzaz’s remarks
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) announced on Saturday that the authority to lead all lawyers’ movements rested with it and no other body, including the Supreme Court Bar... 
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No change in Aug 14 deadline: lawyers
ATTOCK, Aug 9: Local lawyers on Saturday ruled out any change in the August 14 deadline which they have set for the government to restore the deposed judges....
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Feb 18 polls were rigged: report
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The fairness of February 18 general elections was compromised by consistent problems at the polling station level with the number of polled votes exceeding the total number of...
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FIA releases images of 13 dead Pakistani immigrants
RAWALPINDI, Aug 9: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has released the images of all 13 illegal Pakistani immigrants found dead on the outskirts of Istanbul on July 30, an official source said....
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PML-N favourite for Pindi by-polls
RAWALPINDI, Aug 9: All is set for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to reclaim the provincial assembly seat (PP-10) when the electorate of this important constituency of Rawalpindi goes to the polls on Tuesday morning....
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Minister sees progress in talks with India
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Pakistan has stressed the need for striving for progress in bilateral disputes with India and moving from conflict management to conflict resolution....
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26 brigadiers promoted
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The selection board of Pakistan Army has recommended promotion of 26 brigadiers to the rank of major general....
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110 helicopters overhauled
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: A roll-out ceremony of Lama and AB-205 helicopters was held at the Aviation Base Workshop on Saturday. The event marked the successful overhaul of the 110th helicopter at the workshop....
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Commonwealth body pays homage to BB
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: The concluding session of the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday observed a one-minute silence to pay homage to late Benazir Bhutto, an official message received here said....
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3 experts inducted into Planning Commission: Preparatory work for 5-year plan to be reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has appointed three members to the Planning Commission in order to “make it a vibrant and dynamic organisation”....
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Govt schools clinch top positions
LARKANA, Aug 9: Students of government-run institutions outshined their counterparts in privately-run schools and colleges in the annual examination for the Higher Secondary Certificate Part-II (pre-medical and pre-engineering group), according to...
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PML-Q MNA asks Musharraf to quit
LAYYAH, Aug 9: A PML-Q member of the National Assembly (MNA) has urged President Pervez Musharraf to resign and avail the opportunity of ‘safe passage’ offered to him by PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari....
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Girl pays price for grandfather’s sin
MIANWALI, Aug 9: Yet another man has sacrificed his minor daughter to keep the word of his late father and oblige his father’s old enemies in Paikhel village, 25 kilometres from here....
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PML-N expects soft line from lawyers
LAHORE, Aug 9: The PML-N wants the lawyers’ community to adopt a soft line when they will meet on Aug 15 to draw up a course of action after the lapse...
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Rally to mark Indigenous People’s Day
HYDERABAD, Aug 9: A large number of haris and workers held a “Hari Haqdar Rally” under the banner of Sindh Hari Porhiyat Council and Bhandar Hari Sangat to mark the Indigenous...
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Efforts on to settle brutalised cop’s case out of court
HYDERABAD, Aug 9: Common friends are making efforts to solve through an out-of-court settlement a case filed by brutalised policeman Ali Hassan Solangi whose rivals chopped his hands and threw acid...
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Erosion posesthreat to Badani town
SUKKUR, Aug 9: Badani town is facing a constant threat due to the erosion caused by river Indus at the 11th mile of Katcha Kharif (KK) protective bund, 15 kilometers away from Kashmore on Saturday....
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Lecturers seek salary
SUKKUR, Aug 9: More than two dozen ad hoc lecturers took out a protest rally and staged a sit-in outside the press club here on Saturday....
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Gastroenteritis breaks out
SHIKARPUR, Aug 9: Due to the unhygienic conditions after the recent rains, gastroenteritis and other diseases have broken out in the city and other talukas of the district....
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Two SHOs suspended
VEHARI, Aug 9: Two SHOs were suspended from service while a case was registered against three constables for negligence of duty here on Saturday....
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Two injured as gas pipeline bursts
LAHORE, Aug 9: Two passers-by sustained injuries when a gas pipeline burst with a bang and caught fire near Taxali Chowk on Saturday....
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