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Pakistan ranked 46th most corrupt country
RAWALPINDI, Sept 23: While the country’s economy was showing poor performance with declining foreign exchange reserves and widening trade deficit coupled with increase in poverty, the 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)... 
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Differences over wheat support price widen: Punjab wants 60pc increase
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Differences between the federal government and Punjab on the issue of wheat support price for the next crop are reported to have widened and may lead to a...
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‘Bush assures Asif to respect Pakistan’s sovereignty’
NEW YORK, Sept 23: US President George W. Bush has assured Pakistan that his country will respect the sovereignty of this allied nation while targeting insurgent holdouts along the Afghan border, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said on Tuesday....
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Naek, Khosa accused of sabotaging movement
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Sindh High Court Bar Association president Rasheed A. Razvi has accused Law Minister Farooq H. Naek and Attorney General Sardar Mohammad Latif Khan Khosa of manipulating the Pakistan...
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12 indicted in Musharraf attack case
RAWALPINDI, Sept 23: Twelve suspected terrorists were indicted on Tuesday for planning to carry out suicide attacks on former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf and other important personalities in the country....
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Culture minister’s father accused of levelling Makli graves to ground
THATTA, Sept 23: The city’s opinion leaders have condemned desecration of the archaeological sites and ancient graveyard of Makli necropolis reportedly by former MPA Ghulam Qadir Palijo, father of Sindh Minister...
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PPP to get ‘due share’ in Punjab power
LAHORE, Sept 23: After weeks of uneasy and tense relations, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are believed to have moved a step further towards peaceful...
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Marriott blast: 119 suspects held so far
LAHORE, Sept 23: The Capital City Police have so far detained 119 suspects from the city in connection with Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing on Sept 20, Dawn has learnt....
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Canadian, German firms to build 0.2m housing units
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: The Ministry of Housing and Works on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with two foreign companies to build houses and flats in major cities of the country....
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Minister asks police to expedite probe: Acid throwing case
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Farooq H. Naek has asked the Mandi Bahauddin police to take action against the accused involved in throwing acid on the face of a schoolteacher....
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Two dengue fever cases detected in Attock
ATTOCK, Sept 23: Two cases of dengue fever have been detected at the District Headquarters Hospital here, it has been learnt....
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Two revenue Officials arrested for taking bribe
ATTOCK, Sept 23: The anti-corruption department Attock on Tuesday arrested red-handed two revenue officials including a patwari of Jand tehsil on the charge of taking Rs40,000 as bribe from a citizen for registration of a piece of land....
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PM’s House favourite venue for Iftar-dinners
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Is the Prime Minister’s House up for hire? This intriguing question has arisen after the villa became the venue of two Iftar-dinners hosted by those who are not...
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Two militants killed near Charsadda
CHARSADDA, Sept 23: Two of the militants who had besieged the Saro police station demanding release of their comrade were killed by security forces in a fierce clash on Tuesday....
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Two tribes join drive against Taliban
KHAR, Sept 23: Two major tribes of Bajaur Agency decided on Tuesday to take up arms against Taliban and help restore the government’s writ in the area, after 14 militants and two soldiers were killed in fresh clashes....
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British Airways stops Pakistan flights
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: British Airways on Tuesday halted all flights to Pakistan for an indefinite period citing security concerns in the aftermath of the weekend bombing of Marriott Hotel....
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Train link with Quetta cut as track blown up
QUETTA, Sept 23: Train service to and from Quetta was suspended after a portion of main railway track was blown up in Sariab late on Tuesday night....
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China pledges closer defence cooperation
BEIJING, Sept 23: A senior Chinese military official has pledged to strengthen exchanges between China and Pakistan in the defence sector....
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Nurpur shootout: police lodge FIR
LARKANA, Sept 23: An SHO registered on Tuesday an FIR on behalf of state against 60 people including the four killed in shootout a day ago between Shahlyani and Jamali tribesmen...
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‘Land for haris plan to benefit landlords’
MIRPURKHAS, Sept 23: Sindh Farmers Organisations Council Chairman Javed Ahmed Junejo has apprehended that provincial government’s programme to distribute state land among landless peasants will fail if the officials do not pay their attention to properly execute this plan....
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Sindh lawyers observe Iftikhar Day
HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The high court and district bar associations on Tuesday boycotted courts for an hour to observe Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhry Day in an expression of solidarity with the deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan....
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Clarification
KARACHI, Sept 23: Referring to a news report in the September 23 issue of Dawn under the headline, “Flour mills grind to a halt”, the Sindh Food Department has categorically stated that there is no Magsi Force....
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Fear takes an innocent life
HYDERABAD, Sept 23: A seven-year-old girl died after slipping from the school stairway on observing police raiding her house, next-door....
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SUP warns against sale of Qadirpur gas field
HYDERABAD, Sept 23: The central committee of the Sindh United Party at an urgent meeting held here on Tuesday condemned the proposed privatisation of Qadirpur gas field....
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Outrage against ‘karo-kari’ rids people of fear
JACOBABAD, Sept 23: Despite tall claims made by successive governments, the state of women in the country, particularly in Sindh remains unchanged where nearly 250 women are killed in the name of honour every year....
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Mob plunders flour bags, damages truck: Three officials hurt
MIANWALI, Sept 23: A mob on Tuesday destroyed a truck after looting the 300 flour bags loaded on it, damaged a police van and kept a main road blocked for several...
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Cardiology institute generator
LAHORE, Sept 23: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif directed the Communications and Works Department on Tuesday to provide a 750-KVA diesel generator to the Institute of Cardiology, Multan, and make it operational in a week....
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Iftikhar Day instils hope in lawyers
SAHIWAL, Sept 23: Lawyers of different bar associations observed ‘Youm-i-Iftikhar’ on Tuesday and vowed to continue their struggle for an independent judiciary....
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Attack on Benazir’s convoy; suspect held
GUJRANWALA, Sept 23: Security agencies arrested an alleged terrorist from Haidri Road on Tuesday, it is learnt....
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Rs0.8m heist at Wapda’s office
OKARA, Sept 23: A gang took away cash and valuables worth over Rs800,000 from the Wapda sub-divisional office at Deepalpur late on Monday night....
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Substandard flour at Ramazan marts
FAISALABAD, Sept 23: Locals have been compelled to purchase substandard flour at Ramazan Bazaars and other markets owing to district government’s alleged indifference to clamp down on adulterators and profiteers, Dawn learned on Tuesday....
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20kg mortar shell defused
SIALKOT, Sept 23: A bomb disposal squad on Monday night defused a 20kg mortar shell in Shakargarh’s far-off bordering village....
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Finance ministry refuses funds to varsities
LAHORE, Sept 23: The federal finance ministry has refused to release funds for any new project of the public-sector universities in the country....
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‘Prices saw downward trend this Ramazan’
LAHORE, Sept 23: The prices of 33 essential items registered a decrease this Ramazan compared to last year, according to a report submitted to District Coordination Officer Sajjad Ahmad Bhutta on Tuesday....
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Collective response to terrorism urged
LAHORE, Sept 23: Terrorism is surely a threat to the very existence of Pakistan and must be collectively challenged by all political elements, sincerely backed by the security forces, if the country is to overcome this ultimate peril....
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NAB to file BoP scam reference today
LAHORE, Sept 23: The National Accountability Bureau chairman has approved a reference against 12 people involved in a Rs9 billion Bank of Punjab financial scam....
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