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PPP urged to solve problems of MQM ministers, nazims
KARACHI, Sept 14: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said on Sunday that nazims and ministers belonging to his party were facing innumerable problems and urged the leadership of the Pakistan People’s Party to understand the problems and take just decisions.... 
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PPP ministers and Shahbaz not on talking terms
LAHORE, Sept 14: Although PPP ministers in the Punjab cabinet have started attending their offices since Saturday, their relations with the PML-N, which heads the coalition government, are strained to the...
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Govt determined to curb militancy: Fehmida
PESHAWAR, Sept 14: The government is determined to curb militancy and it is working on a three-pronged anti-terrorism strategy, according to Acting President Dr Fehmida Mirza....
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‘Democratic process needs to be strengthened’
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Democracy is a universal value based on free expression of people’s will to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural system and their full participation in all aspects of life, according to Acting President Dr Fehmida Mirza....
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Shujaat rejects backdoor political tactics
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said on Sunday that his party was not part of any conspiracy to destabilise the Punjab government....
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Bush seeks saving grace in S. Asia
WASHINGTON, Sept 14: US President George Bush hopes to complete his second and final term this year with three major accomplishments—a historic nuclear deal with India and the capture or death of key Al Qaeda leaders and a relatively stable Afghanistan....
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Zardari to unveil govt’s policies in joint session address
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: President Asif Ali Zardari in his first address to the joint session of parliament on Sept 20 would unveil the government’s policies on economy, foreign affairs and war...
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PM discusses US incursions with president
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani called President Asif...
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Shorkot gold robbers shot in ‘encounter’
KHANEWAL, Sept 14: Police killed on Sunday evening three alleged wanted criminals bearing each Rs300,000 head money in a two-hour long ‘encounter’ in the Mumtazabad area of Multan, 66 kilometres from Khanewal....
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Lawmakers seek revision of Northern Areas ADP
GILGIT, Sept 14: Northern Areas Legislative Assembly (NALA) has sought revision of the Annual Development Plan (ADP), a senior official said....
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Action sought against Frontier MPs for violating ballot secrecy
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The Center for Media and Democracy Pakistan (CMD) has demanded Chief Election Commissioner Justice Qazi Muhammad Farooq (retired) to take a legal action against the legislators of NWFP...
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PM orders inquiry into boy’s death
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the tragic death of a 12-year-old boy during an encounter between the police and car lifter(s)....
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Badr rules out PPP’s alliance with PML-Q
LAHORE, Sept 14: The Pakistan People''s Party is not entering into any alliance with PML-Q as is being touted after resignation of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi as the opposition leader in the National Assembly....
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Pregnant woman set on fire by in-laws dies
LAHORE, Sept 14: A seven-month pregnant woman succumbed to her burns in Mayo Hospital on Sunday morning few hours after her husband and in-laws had set her ablaze allegedly over some domestic issues in Gulshan Shalimar Scheme, Baghbanpura....
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Wheat support price decision put off
ISLAMABAD, Sept 14: The government has decided not to announce a new support price for the next wheat crop till mid-October because of fears that a good package for growers announced in Ramazan may result in an increase in flour price....
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Woman killed
QUETTA, Sept 14: A woman and her father-in-law were gunned down on Sunday, just a day after her marriage....
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Protest against police campaign
QUETTA, Sept 14: Five people, including a policeman, were injured in a clash between police and vendors on the city’s Kasi road on Sunday....
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‘Ways to keep the innocent in jail’
MULTAN, Sept 14: Rajanpur police lodged two more FIRs against four people to keep them in jail at the behest of ‘complainants’ because they were declared innocent in a murder case registered against them some four months ago....
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Multan faces Rs2.5bn deficit
MULTAN, Sept 14: The city district government is facing a budget deficit of Rs2.5 billion, said city district nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar on Sunday....
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Two felons killed: Shootout: three cops injured
OKARA, Sept 14: Police killed two alleged absconders in an ‘encounter’ near village 51/5-L, Yousafwala, on Sunday. Three constables were also injured in the crossfire....
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Workers seek higher wages
TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 14: The Bhatta Mazdoor Union has rejected the wages of Rs443 per 1,000 bricks fixed by the government and demanded that the government fix Rs800 per 1,000 bricks....
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Armed men escape with cylinder-laden truck
RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: A gang of four armed men hijacked a truck loaded with gas cylinders from Chauntra and drove it to Peshawar where they released the driver and then escaped with the booty, police said....
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Environment gets local govts’ cold shoulder
RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: Although the local governments have not fared well when it comes to providing basic amenities to the masses, it is environment issues that have confronted their total neglect....
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Traders’ strike threat ends row between police, Pindi jewellers
RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: A row between the jewellers and the police seems to have settled following threats by the traders that they would go on strike against the behaviour of the law enforcers....
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Man kills daughter, ‘lover’
RAWALPINDI, Sept 14: A man killed his daughter and her ‘lover’ and later gave himself up to the local police in Dhoke Farman (Waris Khan) early Sunday morning, police said....
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Cell set up to monitor emergencies
LAHORE, Sept 14: A monitoring cell has been set up at Rescue 1122 Headquarters to monitor management of emergencies across Punjab and maintain equal standard of the service and response time...
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Contract doctors’ fate hangs in balance: Regularisation of services
LAHORE, Sept 14: The fate of contract doctors still hangs in balance as promises to regularise their services made by successive chief ministers may not be fulfilled because of a host of ‘hiccups’....
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18,264 appear in UHS entrance test
LAHORE, Sept 14: The University of Health Sciences conducted on Sunday entrance test for 2008-09 session admissions to public and private medical colleges in Punjab....
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FIRs against prank callers
LAHORE, Sept 14: Civil Lines police have registered first information reports (FIRs) against seven prank callers for allegedly dialing Rescue 15 number and disseminating obnoxious and fake information....
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