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Yarkhun valley still inaccessible
WINTER in most parts of Chitral brings miseries. But for the last over two years, the summer has become even more traumatic for the dwellers of the far-off Yarkhun valley.... 
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Govt concerned over rise in polio cases
ISLAMABAD, Aug 10: The Ministry of Health has expressed concern over increase in the number of polio cases in the country and says that it is working on a plan to...
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Over 10,000 security personnel to watch by-polls
RAWALPINDI, Aug 10: Over 10,000 security personnel have been called in to scout for any trouble in the city as 14 polling stations have been declared sensitive for the by-polls being...
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Crackdown ordered on sale of unauthorised SIMs
ATTOCK, Aug 10: A crackdown has been ordered against the sale of unauthorised cellphone SIMs in the district....
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13 killed in Kurram Agency clashes
PARACHINAR, Aug 10: Thirteen people, including two militant commanders, were killed and 30 others were injured in fierce clashes between two tribal groups in the Kurram Agency on Sunday....
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Explosions destroy police station’s arsenal in Quetta
QUETTA, Aug 10: A detained man was killed and three policemen and three other people were injured when the arsenal of the crime branch police station in Quetta blew up early on Sunday morning....
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‘Charges should include killing of Bugti, Balaach’
QUETTA, Aug 10: The parliamentary leader of the independent group in the Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Mohammad Aslam Bizenjo, has said that the killing of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, Nawabzada Balaach Marri...
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Interior Sindh facing Taliban threat: Altaf
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain, who has been issuing statements about threat of Talibanisation in Karachi in recent weeks, has now warned against Taliban’s activities in Badin and other areas of Sindh....
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Manchhar pollution may cause disaster: expert
HYDERABAD, Aug 10: Eminent water technologist Dr Mohammad Ehsan Siddiqui has said that due to the increase of mercury in Manchhar Lake, people of the area are suffering from different fatal diseases and have been financially destroyed....
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Indian SC to hear detainedPakistani’s plea on 18th
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 10: The Supreme Court of India will hear the writ petition of a detained Pakistani, Sohail Shehzad of Bahawalpur, on Aug 18....
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Establishment neutral: Mukhtar
GUJRAT, Aug 10: Federal Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has said the ‘establishment’ is neither favouring President Pervez Musharraf nor supporting the coalition partners....
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Six injured as factory owners, workers clash: Issue of a raise
FAISALABAD, Aug 10: Six people sustained injuries in a clash between powerloom workers and their employers here on Sunday in Lakkar Mandi....
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MPA plans motion against ‘policemen’
FAISALABAD, Aug 10: A member of the Punjab assembly (MPA) plans to move a motion in the Punjab Assembly seeking immediate transfer of police inspectors linked with kidnap-for-ransom cases, Dawn has learnt....
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PML-Q to go all out for Musharraf
LAHORE, Aug 10: The PML-Q on Sunday announced all-out support for President Pervez Musharraf against his impeachment and warned the ruling coalition of `political instability’ if it ignored laws in the process....
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Villagers demand protection
NAWABSHAH, Aug 10: A notable of the Mir Khan Leghari village near Sakrand has claimed that some members of the ruling the party attacked a teenager, Barkat Ali Khaskheli, causing serious injuries....
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Newsman dies
SANGHAR, Aug 10: Senior journalist and founder member of the Sanghar Press Club Ibrahim Naqshbandi has died at the age of 104....
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Man kills wife and sister-in-law
SUKKUR, Aug 10: Armed men gunned down two women on the pretext of karo-kari in the katcha area in the limits of Gublo police station near Kashmore on Saturday night....
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Canals develop breaches
SHIKARPUR, Aug 10: Two breaches, 15 and 20 feet wide, developed in Mirza Wah near Saleh Unnar and Manjhi Shar villages on Saturday....
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Inquiry into murder of TV cameraman resumed
LARKANA, Aug 10: Police have resumed a probe into the murder of Munir Sangi, a cameraman of a private TV channel, on directives of the chief minister and arrested the medical...
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NWFP govt to ‘maintain writ’
PESHAWAR, Aug 10: Parties in the NWFP ruling coalition parties have decided to politically tackle insurgency in tribal areas, but insisted that the government’s writ will be maintained at all costs....
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Rockets fired on police station
SUKKUR, Aug 10: The Bhitai Colony police station situated in the Sindh-Balochistan border near Thul came under rocket attack on Sunday....
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Copters in relief flights to Rajanpur
LAHORE, Aug 10: Relief activities continued for the third day on Sunday in flood-affected areas in Rajanpur district wherein helicopters supplied essential food items to the stranded people on the direction of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif....
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Three brothers drown in Chenab
SIALKOT, Aug 10: Three brothers drowned while bathing in the River Chenab near Saddarpura village in Bajwat area on Sunday. However, locals saved their cousin from drowning....
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Armed clash
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 10: Two rival groups exchanged fire to get the control of an illegal wagon stand....
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Names for food scheme
SAHIWAL, Aug 10: At least 13,622 people’s names have been sent from Sahiwal district to the authorities for inclusion in the Food Stamp Scheme. Food Stamp Scheme Chairman Samiullah Chaudhry visited...
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‘PA to adopt resolution effortlessly’
LAHORE, Aug 10: Provincial Finance, Planning and Development Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said the Punjab Assembly will adopt the resolution against President Pervez Musharraf with a thumping majority on Monday (today)....
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Fixed sums for renovation of official residences
LAHORE Aug 10: The Punjab government has fixed Rs800,000 for repair, renovation or alteration for an official residence in a two-year period after seven top bureaucrats spent ‘lavishly’ under the head in the last regime on their GOR-I accommodations....
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India hands over Samjhota’s rake to PR
LAHORE, Aug 10: Indian railway authorities have handed over the rake of Samjhota Express to their Pakistani counterparts as the international train is running according to new schedule between Atari and Lahore on Mondays and Thursdays only....
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JI condemns Pax Americana
LAHORE, Aug 10: The Jamaat-i-Islami took out a “save the country” rally from Regal Chowk up to the Charing Cross on The Mall here on Sunday....
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