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Electricity for Gwadar to be imported from Iran
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: A transmission line for importing from Iran 100MW of electricity for Gwadar will be launched during the visit of the Iranian minister for energy next month.... 
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Nawaz rejects alliance with PML-Q
LAHORE, Sept 19: PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has ruled out an alliance with the PML-Q and said had that been a possibility the two parties would have become allies before the Sept 6 presidential poll....
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Four SC judges take oath today
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Four judges of the Supreme Court are likely to take oath of their offices today. A notification to this effect was issued on Friday....
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‘2,800 Pakistan families fled to Afghanistan’
KABUL, Sept 19: About 2,800 Pakistani families have crossed the border into northeastern Afghanistan over the past two months to escape fighting between extremists and security forces, an official said on Friday....
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Govt capable of reviving economy: president
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government is capable of reviving the country’s sagging economy....
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Chaudhry Nisar elected to head PAC
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan was elected unopposed as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee on Friday....
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Three die of Congo fever in Balochistan
QUETTA, Sept 19: Three people have died here of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), commonly known as Congo virus, during the last two weeks. Several others have been admitted to the Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital....
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More efforts needed to save Aafia’s life: sister
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui has urged the government to speed up efforts to get the neuroscientist repatriated from the United States and to trace her two missing children....
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Former CM’s poll petition dismissed
RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench here on Friday dismissed an election petition of former Punjab chief minister Punjab Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi who was no more interested in the prosecution....
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Fata MPs to protest during Asif’s address
RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: Lawmakers from the restive tribal belt on Friday unanimously decided to show their anger and reservations over the killing of civilian population when President Asif Ali Zardari addresses joint session of the parliament on Saturday....
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Street crime on the rise in Wah Cantonment
TAXILA, Sept 19: Police have turned a deaf ear to alarming increase in street crimes in various localities of Wah Cantt particularly in Asifabad, Ahmed Nagar and Muneerabad....
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Burying alive of women condemned
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The newly sworn in youth parliament on Monday condemned the recent burying alive of women in Balochistan....
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Lawyers’ hostel to be built in Islamabad: CJP
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Abdul Hameed Dogar has assured that the issue of allotment of suitable land and construction of a lawyers’ hostel would be taken up...
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Water issue will be raised in CCI: CM
HYDERABAD, Sept 19: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Sindh will take its water case to Council of Common Interests (CCI) to ensure that the tail-ender province...
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Tension grips Mirpurkhas after attack on naib nazim
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 19: District naib nazim of Mirpurkhas, Dr Zafar Ahmed Kamali and a member of district council, Syed Ali Mardan Shah, were injured in an attack by officials of People’s...
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Jirga orders minor girl’s marriage to old man
SUKKUR, Sept 19: A jirga held in Khanpur Mahar on Friday came up with the verdict that a seven-year-old girl be married to a 50-year old man to resolve a dispute related to karo-kari allegations....
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Controversial VC goes on leave
HYDERABAD, Sept 19: The pro-vice chancellor of the Sindh Agriculture University, Nizamuddin Halepoto, took over the charge of acting vice-chancellor on Friday when the protesting university employees called off their 79-day strike and rejoined duties....
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Unemployed youth offers kidney for sale
HYDERABAD, Sept 19: A poverty-stricken intermediate student offered on Friday his kidney for sale so that he could look after his mother who has been divorced by his father....
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LHC orders case against 16 cops: Torture of two brothers
OKARA, Sept 19: The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered a case against 16 police officials from Kasur, including four station house officers (SHOs), for illegally detaining and torturing two brothers from Okara....
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Encounter victim could not be proved culprit: Police put the cart before the horse
SAHIWAL, Sept 19: Police have officially informed the media that two men killed in an encounter in 51/5-L village in Yousafwala police precincts on Sunday were absconders and wanted for cases registered against them in Okara and Rahim Yar Khan districts....
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Punjab to plead for LG system abolition: Sept 27 meeting
LAHORE, Sept 19: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has convened a meeting of all the provincial chief ministers on Sept 27 to discuss the future of the local government system which...
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Revenue targets to be raised: FBR chief
LAHORE, Sept 19: The government will review the revenue collection position in December and make efforts to raise the targets instead of scaling down....
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‘Insurgency in tribal areas a major challenge’
LAHORE, Sept 19: Attorney-General Latif Khosa said on Friday threat to the territorial integrity of Pakistan in the tribal areas was one of the several challenges the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government was faced with....
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WHO says advertisers’ claims not proven: Electronic cigarette
RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said that contrary to claims by advertisers, the electronic cigarette – a battery-powered product usually made of stainless steel and resembling...
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Kidnapped boy found dead, killers arrested
RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: The body of a class-XII student kidnapped for ransom two days ago was found at a deserted place near Trait on Friday, police said....
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RCCI seeks cut in diesel price
RAWALPINDI, Sept 19: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) on Thursday said the meager reduction in prices of petroleum would not lessen the miseries of common people and called for bringing down the prices of diesel, kerosene and gas....
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Community-based dairy programme
ISLAMABAD, Sept 19: The Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC) have reached an agreement to support community-based dairy development programmes....
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Clear policy for varsity admission urged
QUETTA, Sept 19: Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi has asked the Balochistan University of Information and Technology and Management Sciences to formulate a well-defined admission policy within three days....
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Panel names candidate to face Kurd for SCBA post
QUETTA, Sept 19: The ‘Wukla Panel’ has fielded senior lawyer M. Zafar as its candidate for the post of president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, against Ali Ahmed Kurd of the Aitzaz group....
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Bandit held after ‘encounter’
SUKKUR, Sept 19: Sadu Narejo, a notorious bandit carrying head money of Rs3 million, was arrested along with his two brothers and two sons by the Sukkur police after an encounter...
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Health worker killed
KHAIRPUR, Sept 19: An X-ray technician of Khairpur Civil Hospital was killed in his quarter by unidentified thieves late on Thursday night....
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Teachers seek eight months’ salary
DADU, Sept 19: A large number of primary and high school teachers staged demonstration outside the press club here on Friday to protest against non-payment of salaries to 301 teachers for the last 8 months....
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GCUF faculty strike
FAISALABAD, Sept 19: The Government College University Faisalabad faculty observed strike in response to a call given by the Academic Staff Association to press the government for arresting felons who attacked the university registrar on Sept 10....
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DPS fee increase annoys parents
OKARA, Sept 19: The decision of the Divisional Public School management to enhance fees for all classes has drawn the flak as most of the parents (guardians of students) feel burdened by the education expenses....
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Fatyana, TMO groups test their brawn
TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 19: The dispute between PML-Q MNA Riaz Fatyana and Tehsil Municipal Officer Rashid Janjua has become a clash of egos as an associate of Fatyana got registered a ‘counter-case’ against the rivals....
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Polio virus found in infant
GUJRANWALA, Sept 19: A polio case was detected in Ladheywala Warraich village when a six-month-old infant was tested positive while a health department mobile team continued on Friday administering anti-polio vaccine...
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Kidnappers who killed youth held
SAHIWAL, Sept 19: Relentless kidnappers, who had left the parents of a youth to mourn after they killed him despite receiving most of the ransom amount which was no less than Rs800,000, were arrested by the Chichawatni police after a month....
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Link canal closed due to Chenab
SIALKOT, Sep 19: The irrigation department has closed the Marala Ravi Link (MRL) Canal due to shortage of water in the River Chenab....
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Ban on tuition
KASUR, Sept 19: The district administration has not only imposed a ban on teachers of the District Public School to take tuitions but also cast away a proposal of raising 10 per cent monthly fee of students....
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Labourer dies as roof caves in
LAHORE, Sept 19: A labourer died while three others were injured when the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Manawan on Friday....
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Ban on plastic bags an uphill task
LAHORE, Sept 19: The enforcement of a ban on plastic bags will be extremely difficult because of a likely resistance from its manufacturers, according to the Environment Department of the City District Government Lahore (CDGL)....
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‘Dengue patient is stable’
LAHORE, Sept 19: A patient suffering from dengue fever and admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital is in a stable condition, Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Shafique Ahmad told APP here on Friday....
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Two injured
LAHORE, Sept 19: The gas-welding tank of a workshop near Tajpura Phatak exploded here on Friday causing injuries to 22-year-old Kashif and 18-year-old Azeem. They were also taken to Services Hospital....
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