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Islamabad master plan as inconsistent as basic law
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Like its Constitution, the national capital of Pakistan today is not what it was visualised and planned to be.... 
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261 deportees arrive from Turkey
RAWALPINDI, Aug 16: More than 250 deported Pakistanis arrived from Turkey on Saturday on two separate Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flights, immigration officials said....
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Demographic imbalance in Balochistan feared
QUETTA, Aug 16: The National Party has said that allotment of land to Pakistan Air Force and a private company in Lasbela and settlement of outsiders in Gwadar are aimed at depriving the Baloch people of their land....
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Team to visit Pakistani prisoners in India
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: A Pakistani delegation is scheduled to travel to India on Monday on a six-day visit to inspect the conditions of Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails....
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FIA team to visit Turkey: Deaths in container
GUJRANWALA, Aug 16: An FIA team is leaving for Turkey next week to identify those Pakistanis who died or injured in a container while on way to Greece from Turkey....
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Musharraf has no basis to stay on, says body
LAHORE, Aug 16: The Save Judiciary Committee (SJC) has said President Gen Pervez Musharraf (retired) has lost any justification to keep the presidency occupied after all the provincial assemblies had voted against him....
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President has ruined system: Shahbaz
LAHORE, Aug 16: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the way a dictator destroyed all democratic institutions and trampled the law during the last eight years has ruined the whole system....
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Health secretary transferred
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: The government on Saturday transferred federal health secretary Khushnood Lashari and posted him as environment secretary....
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Soldier injured in attack
LANDIKOTAL, Aug 16: A paramilitary soldier was injured after militants attacked a military camp in the Khyber Agency on Saturday morning....
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Talal and Aali elected heads of JWP factions
QUETTA, Aug 16: Nawabzada Talal Bugti and Nawabzada Aali Bugti were elected presidents of their own factions of the Jamhoori Watan Party in separate sessions of the two councils on Saturday....
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Three get life term in murder case
QUETTA, Aug 16: An anti-terrorism court awarded life imprisonment and Rs50,000 fine each to three accused in a murder case on Saturday....
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Pakistan, S. Korea agree to boost ties
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Pakistan and the Republic of Korea have decided to explore new avenues of cooperation as they celebrate the silver jubilee of their diplomatic ties....
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Pay scales for advisers, consultants approved
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani on Saturday approved the pay package for officers and staff recruited from the private sector for the execution of projects funded by the Public Sector Development Programme....
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Court adjourns hearing till 20th: Plot against important personalities
RAWALPINDI, Aug 16: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday put off the hearing in the case of 12 suspected terrorists arrested for planning to attack important personalities, including President Pervez Musharraf, till August 20 after investigators submitted charge-sheet against the accused....
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Dry port staff being quizzed: Opium seizure
SIALKOT, Aug 16: The Customs officials continued interrogating the detained clearing agents and the dry port staff concerned on Saturday for allegedly booking and clearing a container carrying 250kgs of fine quality opium packed in sports consignment....
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Rape victim Threatens to commit suicide
MULTAN, Aug 16: A 14-year-old rape victim has threatened to commit suicide outside the chief minister’s office if the accused was not arrested at the earliest....
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Sahiwal tehsil nazim in the eye of storm
SAHIWAL, Aug 16: A three-member investigation team of the Anti-Corruption Establishment’s Lahore office has launched an inquiry against Tehsil Nazim Umer Ishaq for his alleged involvement in financial irregularities....
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US ‘in a fix’ over impeachment
TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 16: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari will remain isolated and all institutions, including the armed forces, will stand with President Pervez Musharraf if the US supports him....
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Smuggler arrested; drugs, arms seized
MIANWALI, Aug 16: A huge quantity of narcotics and illegal weapons has been seized in raids on drug smugglers and cases have been registered against the criminals, the district police chief told a press conference here on Saturday....
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Nine medical stores sealed
TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 16: Health officials sealed nine medical stores for selling spurious medicines and a clinic being run by a quack....
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Girl recovered
FAISALABAD, Aug 16: Factory Area police arrested two alleged kidnappers and recovered a five-year-old girl from their custody here on Saturday....
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Body found in garbage container
LAHORE, Aug 16: The body of an unidentified man was found in a City District Government Lahore garbage container when it threw garbage at a dumping site near Saggian Bridge on Saturday....
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