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PM doubles minority development fund
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has doubled the minority development fund from Rs7.5 million to Rs15 million.... 
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Nawaz has accepted poll bar: counsel
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: A lawyer contended before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif had virtually accepted an order of the Lahore High Court, barring him from contesting a by-election, by not challenging it in the apex court....
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Key US senator seeks restoration of judges, asks Musharraf to quit
WASHINGTON, Aug 13: A senior US senator, Tom Harkin, urged President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday to step down and asked the coalition government to restore all the judges sacked by him....
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Dust storm cuts Balochistan’s air links
QUETTA, Aug 13: A dust storm has been raging over Balochistan for three days, reducing visibility to a few yards and causing suspension of all flights to and from the provincial capital....
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Doctors protest against behaviour of SSP, guards
FAISALABAD, Aug 13: Doctors of Allied Hospital vent their ire by closing all wards except emergency in protest against the misbehaviour of the investigations senior superintendent of police (SSP) and his bodyguards with a fellow doctor here on Wednesday....
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Rs200m bungled in PHA billboards’ allotment, PA told
LAHORE, Aug 13: Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan on Wednesday informed the Punjab Assembly that over Rs200 million were misappropriated in allotment of publicity boards of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA)....
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‘Impeachment certifies Musharraf status’
LAHORE, Aug 13: Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan says the impeachment will certify that Pervez Musharraf was a constitutional and lawful president....
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PA echoes with protest against Aafia’s arrest
LAHORE, Aug 13: The arrest of Dr Aafia Siddiqui on Wednesday created ripples in the Punjab Assembly when a treasury member, Abdul Rehman Rana, drew attention of the house towards the...
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NA condemns Indian atrocities in Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously condemned the killing of All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a fresh wave of atrocities let loose by Indian troops...
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‘PA resolutions paving way for impeachment’
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: The federal cabinet on Wednesday expressed the confidence that the impeachment move against President Pervez Musharraf could start as early as next week with the convening of special sessions of the National Assembly and Senate....
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Price spiral floors down contractors, uplift work
RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: Uplift activities in the Rawalpindi district have come to a virtual halt as contractors are refusing to bid for government tenders unless they are compensated for the inflation-related escalation in the cost....
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26 young achievers given warm send-off
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Overwhelmed by pride, Munaza Ashraf had never thought that her daughter Hafsa Ashraf would win a scholarship to the US. But that was before the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) stepped in....
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Man found murdered; boy killed in road accident
RAWALPINDI, Aug 13: A man was found murdered in his house in Adiala village while a boy was killed in a road accident in the jurisdiction of Banni police on Wednesday....
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Student-centred tutorial techniques needed
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13: Educationists at a seminar here on Wednesday stressed the need to adopt student-centred tutorial techniques in classrooms to make schools a happy experience for children....
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Army pilot dies in crash
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 13: An army pilot was killed when an aircraft crashed on Wednesday near a village about 15 kilometres from here....
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Milkman gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA, Aug 13: A milkman was gunned down in the city’s Sarki area on Wednesday morning....
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Gujrat University declares BA results
GUJRAT, Aug 13: The University of Gujrat on Wednesday announced the results of BA/BSc/B.Com Part II, annual examination....
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Mills attacked for printing ‘blasphemous’ fabric
FAISALABAD, Aug 13: Scores of labourers and area people of Khurrianwala ransacked a textile mills on Wednesday as what they said printing of a blasphemous fabric by its management....
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Qisas money claimed life of couple: police
SAHIWAL, Aug 13: The Kassowal police, Chichawatni, on Wednesday claimed to have solved the murder mystery of two family members....
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Beaten up
VEHARI, Aug 13: Traders protested constable’s highhandedness on Wednesday here in Vehari....
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Two brothers killed in ‘shootout’
SAHIWAL, Aug 13: The Mian Channu Sadar police have allegedly killed two brothers, including a People’s Students Federation (PSF) office-bearer, in a ‘shootout’ in village 5-KB of Pakpattan district on Wednesday morning....
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Man held for ‘raping’ daughter
KASUR, Aug 13: The Pattoki city police arrested on Wednesday a man for allegedly raping his daughter....
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22 villages inundated
KASUR, Aug 13: At least 22 villages in this district have been inundated by floodwaters of the river Sutluj....
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Culprits cut youth’s tongue
SIALKOT, Aug 13: Unidentified people cut the tongue of a youth after their failure to molest him near village Dhoodu Chak in Shakargarh tehsil of Narowal district on Wednesday....
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Clerks stage rally for a raise
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 13: The All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA) on Wednesday observed strike and staged a rally against the price hike and demanded a raise in the salaries of the lower grade staff of government departments....
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PPP to chant ‘Go Musharraf go’
LAHORE, Aug 13: Pakistan People’s Party will hold its ‘Go Musharraf go’ rally in support of impeachment of President General Pervez Musharraf (retired) outside Masjid-i-Shuhada on The Mall here on Thursday (today)....
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Lahore fights rain hangover
LAHORE, Aug 13: The residences of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and former chief minister of Punjab Dost Muhammad Khosa were also inundated as torrential rains submerged many roads, streets...
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‘Why private lawyers in presence of govt attorneys’
LAHORE, August 13: Senior lawyer Tariq Aziz Malik has sent a legal notice to the federal law secretary for giving Rs2.38 billion as fee to private lawyers to contest cases of President Pervez Musharraf....
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CM promises transparency in food scheme
LAHORE, Aug 13: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said measures have been taken to ensure transparency in the Rs22 billion Food Stamp Scheme, which is being launched on Independence Day (today)....
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Bara boy kills militant leader
LANDI KOTAL, Aug 13: Haji Namdar, head of a religious militant group, was shot dead in a mosque in the Bara area of Khyber Agency on Wednesday morning....
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