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Govt asked to review foreign aid, loans
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: Some economic experts have asked the PPP-led coalition government to conduct an independent and comprehensive public review of all the foreign aids and loans Pakistan has received so... 
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NHA approves institute, road projects
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) approved several projects including establishment of a high-tech institute at a cost of Rs600 million to provide technical education and training in transport sector....
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Highwaymen loot Rs20m from money changer
GUJAR KHAN, Aug 18: Four highwaymen looted Rs20 million from the car of a Kotli-based money changer near Mankiala railway crossing, police said on Monday. The Gujar Khan police claimed to...
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Sindh celebrates Musharraf’s resignation
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: The interior of Sindh erupted into jubilations at the resignation of General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf from the post President of Pakistan on Monday....
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Fatima quoted out of context: PPP-SB
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto said on Monday that Ms Fatima Bhutto had been quoted of context and she had not supported Gen Pervez Musharraf....
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Hyderabad HSC-II science result out
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Hyderabad announced on Monday the results of annual examinations of Higher Secondary School Certificate Part-II (Class-XII) pre-medical, pre-engineering and science general groups....
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Top students want radical changes in syllabus
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: The students who clinched top positions in the intermediate examinations have called for radical changes in the syllabus to make it at par with the developments taking place in modern education systems....
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Cleric, 10 seminary students booked: Terror charges
TOBA TEK SINGH, Aug 18: The City police on Monday registered a case against a cleric Maulana Mateeur Rehman Abbassi and 10 students of Madressah Arabia Islamia, Talaab Bazaar, on charges...
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Lahore greets resignation with chants, sweets
LAHORE, Aug 18: Politicians gathered on the steps of the Punjab Assembly to raise slogans and distribute sweets to themselves in celebration of President Gen (retd) Musharraf’s resignation here on Monday, though the news brought only lukewarm reactions from the public.Provincial...
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A true Pakistani:Pervaiz
LAHORE, Aug 18: Opposition leader in National Assembly Pervaiz Elahi says by tendering his resignation Pervez Musharraf has turned out to be a true and sincere Pakistani....
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Lawyers against safe passage
LAHORE, August 18: Lawyers who launched a tireless campaign against former president Pervez Musharraf are opposed to giving him a safe passage....
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Supremacy of democracy, says Riaz
LAHORE, Aug 18: Senior Provincial Minister Raja Riaz Ahmad has said that Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) have established the supremacy of democracy by ridding the country of dictatorship....
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PA rejoices, felicitates nation
LAHORE, Aug 18: The Punjab Assembly (PA) on Monday turned into a celebration forum – rejoicing the resignation of General Pervez Musharraf (retired) – with passing a resolution to congratulate the people of Pakistan for “getting rid of a dictator.”...
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One man’s ouster is another’s gain
LAHORE had plenty of reasons to distribute sweets on Monday — to celebrate one man’s ouster and the advancement of another. Like always the provincial capital played a crucial part in toppling a ruler who had once seemed so invincible....
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World leaders urge unity, stability
LONDON, Aug 18: World leaders urged stability and unity in Pakistan — seen by the West as a key partner in fighting terrorism — as they reacted to news of Pervez Musharraf’s resignation as president....
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US vows to work with new leaders, praises Musharraf
WASHINGTON, Aug 18: The US administration did not do much to save Pervez Musharraf but in their reactions on Monday US leaders showed more sympathy for him than they had shown to previous strongmen after they were dethroned....
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Bugti’s son wants murder case lodged
QUETTA, Aug 18: Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, the head of a faction of the Jamhoori Watan Party, has submitted an application to the Quetta city police station for lodging an FIR...
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MQM terms resignation a correct step
LONDON, Aug 18: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which was an ally of former president Pervez Musharraf, has described his resignation as a correct step taken in the larger interest of the country....
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Another 35 killed in Kurram
PARACHINAR, Aug 18: Fierce clashes between rival groups in the Kurram tribal region left another 35 people dead and 46 injured on Sunday night and Monday, taking the death toll in 12 days of fighting to 281....
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Balochistan leaders hail ‘victory of democratic forces’
QUETTA, Aug 18: Politicians in Balochistan have described the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf as a victory of democratic forces....
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Resignation surprises PML-Q
LAHORE, Aug 18: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q are mystified by Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s decision to resign without sharing his plans in several meetings he had held with them in recent days....
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Seven killed in Bajaur operation
KHAR, Aug 18: Seven people, two of them children, were killed and nine others were injured when gunship helicopters attacked suspected militant positions in Jar, Mulla Kali, Haji Lawang, Banda, Salarzai and Damadola areas of Bajaur tribal region on Monday....
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Punjab’s reply to dismissals sought
RAWALPINDI, Aug 18: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Monday directed the Punjab government to submit its para-wise comments in reply to identical petitions filed by some 30 prosecutors sacked by the provincial government on July 25....
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Body exhumed
GUJAR KHAN, Aug 18: A medical board on Monday exhumed and examined a body that was buried as ‘unclaimed’ early last month, officials said....
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Drug use on the rise: minister
QUETTA, Aug 18: The number of drug addicts is increasing because of inaction of the government and lethargy of politicians, says Balochistan Minister for Education Shafiq Ahmed Khan....
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JI demands trial of Musharraf
SANGHAR, Aug 18: Jamaat-i-Islami has demanded trial of Gen (Retd) Pervez Musharraf. The party organised a rally at Tando Adam and distributed sweets....
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Two held for involvement in Rs15.2m bank robbery
HYDERABAD, Aug 18: Hyderabad police have reportedly recovered around Rs3 million and arrested two persons believed to have been involved in over Rs15.2 million bank robbery....
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Patients suffer for shortage of medicines
MIRPURKHAS, Aug 18: The Civil Hospital of Mirpurkhas is facing a severe shortage of medicines for a few weeks depriving the patients of their right to get free medicines....
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CDs, spare parts reduced to ashes
LAHORE, Aug 18: Thousands of CDs and motorcycle spare parts worth Rs4 million were reduced to ashes in two fire incidents in the provincial capital on Monday....
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Another family awaits body of illegal immigrant
SIALKOT, Aug 18: Among the 13 illegal immigrant Pakistanis who died of suffocation in a lorry container near Turkish-Greek border last week, one is Nasir Mahmood, of Jaithikey-Sambrial....
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Sutlej flood: relief camps in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 18: At least 20 relief camps have been established to cope with any emergency like situation in the district in the event of flooding in the Sutlej River....
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Hadiara residents to be screened for hepatitis
LAHORE, Aug 18: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has ordered free hepatitis tests for all the residents of Hadiara village and posting of doctors at its health centre in 24 hours....
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PO ‘tortured’ to death in police custody
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 18: The police allegedly tortured a proclaimed offender to death in custody on Monday. However, the police tried to depict his death an outcome of a shootout as his body found near Faisalabad Road bore bullet wounds as well....
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Police arrest ‘grabbers’ at journalists colony
LAHORE, Aug 18: Harbanspura police on Monday arrested four people, including the driver of a magistrate, for allegedly occupying a plot in the Journalists’ Colony and registered a case against them....
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Rally against hike in LPG price
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 18: Members of the auto-rickshaw union in large numbers brought out a rally and blocked roads to protest hike in LPG prices here on Monday....
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Train crushes two farmers
MUZAFFARGARH, Aug 18: Death clutched at two sleeping farmers at the railway track when Bilal Express passed over them near Kotwali Muhallah, Roshanabad, in the early hours of Monday.Reports...
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Growers protest fertiliser shortage
SIALKOT, Aug 18: Dozens of paddy growers staged a demonstration on Monday in Satrah-Daska against the shortage of urea and other fertilisers in the district....
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Diabetic dies after eating sweets
SIALKOT, Aug 18: A large number of people celebrated the resignation of Pervez Musharraf across Punjab on Monday....
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Workshop
LAHORE, Aug 18: The University of Health Sciences is organising a workshop on “Tobacco smoking – a preventable epidemic” on Tuesday....
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Exporter injured
SIALKOT, Aug 18: Some unidentified armed men shot injured a surgical instruments exporter in his house after his refusal to pay them extortion money (Jagga Tax) here at Bhabharaanwala-Uggoki on Monday....
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A strange coincidence
LAHORE, Aug 18: A strange coincidence! Two military dictators left the political scene in the month of August with a gap of only one day....
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