32 file papers for presidential poll
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Thirty-two candidates have entered the race for the country’s top constitutional office and submitted a total of 67 nomination papers. The presidential election is scheduled for Sept 6....
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Eight deposed SHC judges may take oath today
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Eight deposed judges of the Sindh High Court are expected to return to their seats on Wednesday, opening the way for more inductions as the federal government is...
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Countrywide deficit surges to 4,500MW
LAHORE, Aug 26: The severe power shortage in the country surged to over 4,500 megawatts when saboteurs blew up gas pipelines, causing suspension of supplies from Zamzama and Pir Koh to...
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Power shocks daze Karachi; KESC allowed to raise tariff
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI, Aug 26: At a time when people in Karachi have to endure long hours of loadshedding, in some areas for up to 12 hours, the financial managers of the country...
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Four killed in Islamabad restaurant blast
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: At least four people were killed and 14 others were injured in a mysterious explosion on Tuesday night, police said....
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US official escapes gun attack in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Aug 26: US Consulate’s Principal Officer Lynne Tracy escaped a gun attack here on Tuesday....
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Democrats to work for good ties with Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Aug 26: US policies towards Pakistan will undergo major changes if Barack Obama is elected in November, shows a document adopted on Tuesday as the Democratic Party platform, 2008....
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US envoy to UN questioned over contacts with Asif
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26: The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr Zalmay Khalilzad, is in hot waters with other senior officials in the Bush administration over what they describe as...
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Faraz laid to rest
ISLAMABAD Aug 26: The capital city witnessed one of the largest funerals in recent years on Tuesday when celebrated and highly respected Urdu poet Ahmed Faraz was laid to rest....
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Police save three girls, arrest 7 in karo-kari case
SUKKUR, Aug 26: Seven men were arrested on Tuesday after police foiled an attempt to give three innocent girls in marriage to settle a dispute following a karo-kari incident on the...
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Protesters in Kashmir defy curfew
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Indian police beat Kashmiri protesters who defied a curfew on Tuesday and troops searched for separatist leaders as the biggest anti-India protests in two decades showed no sign of abating....
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CPJ condemns curbs on media
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday condemned restrictions on the media by the Indian security forces trying to quell unrest in occupied Jammu and Kashmir....
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NFC constituted to work out resource distribution formula
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: The federal government on Tuesday reconstituted the National Finance Commission (NFC) to work out a formula for distribution of resources of the federal divisible pool among the centre and the provinces....
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US defends Khalilzad
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Tuesday publicly defended one of its senior diplomats for communicating with PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari....
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Slovenian climber dies
LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), Aug 26: Authorities say a Slovenian climber has died while trying to climb a 23,862-foot mountain in northern Pakistan and that a fellow climber called home with a mobile phone and is waiting to be rescued....
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Aitzaz links stability with judges’ reinstatement
GUJAR KHAN, Aug 26: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday said the lawyers would continue with their struggle for the restoration of the independent judiciary as only such an institution could bring stability to the country....
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JUI-F sends ‘wish list’ to Zardari House
ISLAMABAD, Aug 26: Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has demanded of the PPP-led coalition government to revive Friday as weekly holiday, sources told Dawn on Tuesday....
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Three terror suspects handed over to FIA
RAWALPINDI, Aug 26: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday remanded three suspected terrorists in the physical custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for seven days....
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