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PM defends removal of subsidies
MULTAN, Aug 31: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government was taking bold decisions to phase out subsidies in order to rehabilitate the economy.... 
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Ex-servicemen want presidential election deferred
RAWALPINDI, Aug 31: The association of retired military personnel has called upon the government to scrap the 17th Amendment and defer the presidential election till it is repealed....
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US officials wary of Asif’s health
NEW YORK, Aug 31: US officials were wary about PPP leader Asif Zardari’s mental problems in view of his imminent election as the president of Pakistan, said the Newsweek on Sunday...
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Amir Muqam denies supporting Asif
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Amir Muqam, the chief of the NWFP chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, has contradicted reports that he has announced support for Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election....
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Past initiatives can help improve ties: Indian adviser
NEW DELHI, Aug 31: Indian National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan has said past initiatives could be pushed forward to improve Pakistan-India relations....
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$8bn at stake as govt shows lack of interest: Mass transit system
LAHORE, Aug 31: The expected foreign investment of nearly eight billion US dollars in the Lahore Mass Transit System is reportedly at stake due to the lack of interest in the project on part of the Punjab government....
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PML-N govt will fall if PPP pulls out: Wattoo
LAHORE, Aug 31: The Punjab government will collapse in case the PPP withdraws its ministers from the cabinet or the party rescinds support to the six-month-old PML-led coalition, says prime minister’s...
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Malik, PPP ministers call on Taseer
LAHORE, Aug 31: Prime Minister’s Adviser for Interior Affairs Rehman Malik and other PPP stalwarts called on Governor Salman Taseer here at the Governor’s House on Sunday to what sources said discuss the forthcoming presidential election....
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Qazi invited to join jirga in Parachinar
LAHORE, Aug 31: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Rehman A Malik has invited JI Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed to join a `big Girga’ at Parachinar, seeking his cooperation for the establishment of peace in the troubled area....
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Rashid eyes ‘crisis’
LAHORE, Aug 31: Awami Muslim League President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that the country would enter a new political crisis after the presidential elections on Sept 6 and there was...
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Prices of food items rise before Ramazan
TAXILA, Aug 31: With the approach of the holy month of Ramazan, shopkeepers in Taxila and Wah Cantonment have increased prices of daily-use items on their own as the authorities concerned have failed to check profiteering in the twin cities....
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8 shopkeepers fined
ATTOCK, Aug 31: Deputy District Officer Revenue (DDOR) Nisar Khan imposed Rs14,000 fine on eight shopkeepers for overcharging and not displaying the price list....
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Reversal of clocks to old time sought
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Mohammad Ijaz Abbasi has called for reverting the clock back by one hour from Monday....
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PML-N seeks inquiry into ‘corruption’ in NHA
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has sought an inquiry into alleged large-scale financial irregularities committed in the National Highway Authority (NHA) during the tenure of the previous regime....
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PPP rejects allegations against Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has rejected allegation of receiving $60 million as kickbacks levelled by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Secretary-General and presidential candidate Mushahid Hussain Syed against PPP...
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Govt to initiate housing scheme for journalists
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman said the government was considering a proposal to initiate a housing scheme for journalists in Rawalpindi and Islamabad....
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Peasants courts urged for bonded labour cases
HYDERABAD, Aug 31: A resolution adopted at a seminar urged the government on Sunday to make amendments to the Sindh Tenancy Act and set up peasant courts to hear cases of bonded labourers....
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Ghaus says he refused to become approver against Nawaz
KHAIRPUR, Aug 31: Sindh PML-N president Syed Ghaus Ali Shah has said that during his imprisonment and exile, the Musharraf government repeatedly pressurised him to become an approver against party leader Nawaz Sharif but he refused to oblige them....
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Protest against burying of women alive
JACOBABAD, Aug 31: A large number of people under the banner of the Community Development Foundation and the Pirbhat Women Development Society took out a procession on Sunday to protest against...
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Villagers foil bid to take away boy
THATTA, Aug 31: Local people foiled a police bid to pick up a boy after overpowering an ASI and two policemen in a village near Ghora Bari on Saturday night....
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Boy, sister killed
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Aug 31: A teenage boy and his minor sister were killed in a road accident in Mehrabpur on Sunday....
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JI Kashmir rally’s message to govt
LAHORE, Aug 31: Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Husain Ahmed has urged the government to stop war with people and prepare the armed forces to fight against the enemy instead....
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Transport project
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 31: The urban transport project will soon be launched in Dera to provide a cheap mode of inter-city transport facility to dwellers....
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12 killed, 50 injured as bus rolls into drain
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 31: Twelve passengers, six of them children, were killed when an overcrowded bus skidded of the passage and rolled into a drain along Muridke-Narowal Road on Sunday....
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Cellphones seized from prisoners
MULTAN, Aug 31: Jail authorities, in a special operation, recovered 380 mobile phones, 69 SIMs, 21 chargers, 56 radios and three TV sets from convicts and under-trial prisoners in jails across the province....
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CM warns firms delaying projects
KASUR, Aug 31: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday firms delaying development projects would be disqualified....
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Two flour mills sealed for overcharging
GUJRANWALA, Aug 31: A joint team of the task force on essential items and the food department raided two flour mills in the city on Sunday and sealed these for selling flour at exorbitant rates....
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85 hospitalised for gastroenteritis
LAYYAH, Aug 31: Eighty-five people, including 25 children, suffering from gastroenteritis were admitted to the Chowk Azam Rural Health Centre (RHC) and District Headquarters Hospital here on Friday night....
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Government responsible for treatment of Jalib’s wife
LAHORE, Aug 31: The Punjab government is responsible for the treatment of wife of Habib Jalib till her complete recovery and there are clear instructions of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to...
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Govt takes control of 24 flour mills
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 31: On the directive of Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, the district administration on Sunday took over 24 flour mills....
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Pakistani may get relief after 22 years: Imprisonment in India
BAHAWALPUR, Aug 31: Sohail Shehzad, who has been languishing in Jaipur jail (India) for the last 22 years, is expected to be released by Sept 30....
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Edibles’ supply to Bajaur ordered
LAHORE, Aug 31: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the relief committee to coordinate with the NWFP government to ensure supply of edibles to the affected people in the Bajaur Agency....
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11 children hurt as Fireworks explode
SHEIKHUPURA, Aug 31: Eleven children sustained critical burn injuries on Sunday when raw material of fireworks concealed in a heap of garbage in Islampur locality of Sharaqpur tehsil exploded on Sunday....
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‘Extortionists’ attack filling station
NAROWAL, Aug 31: Building and some vehicles were partially damaged when alleged extortionists attacked a local filling station with a hand grenade on Saturday night. It was second incident of its kind during this week....
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Sept 6 vote to gauge support for Shahbaz
LAHORE, Aug 31: The presidential election will provide both the PML-N and the PPP an opportunity to gauge the level of support Chief Minister...
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PFMA to challenge Punjab govt action
LAHORE, Aug 31: The Punjab Flour Mills Association (PFMA) will move courts against the provincial government for taking 72 mills into its control....
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