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Margalla Towers residents mourn tragedy today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Wednesday will dawn with special prayers as victims of the Margalla Towers tragedy gather at the site to remember those who lost their lives in the October 8... 
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Ministry’s comments sought on missing doctor
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday took up the petition of a missing doctor’s wife and directed the interior ministry to furnish its comments in the case on Wednesday....
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Judge says he cannot reopen NAB cases against Sharifs
RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: A special judge here on Tuesday put off till November 11 the hearing in an application of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) about reopening three corruption references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family....
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PRCS provides relief to 2.5m quake victims
ISLAMABAD Oct 7: Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has provided relief assistance to around 2.5 million and full medical cover to around 0.8 million to earthquake-affected people in three years....
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Jamaat train march flops in first leg
ATTOCK, Oct 7: The Jamaat-i-Islami’s (JI’s) train march en route for Karachi travelled from Peshawar to Rawalpindi on Tuesday but the pumped up rally proved a “flop-show” in Attock, Hassanabdal and Taxila.During...
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Erra short of achieving targets: report
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) is not only short of achieving its targets but inflationary pressures have also cut by half the purchasing power of its...
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Baitullah, 10 others declared POs
RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: An anti terrorism court here on Tuesday declared Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud and 10 other men as proclaimed offenders in a case regarding a plot against...
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Smuggling worsens flour crisis in Attock
ATTOCK, Oct 7: Despite increase in wheat flour price by Rs40 per 20 kg to Rs420, flour shortage still persists in Attock and other parts of the district thanks to continued...
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Mobile firms ignoring rules of SIM verification
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7: Surveys carried out by the government have shown violations of Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) verifications by franchises and retailers, officials said on Tuesday....
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Bomb hoaxers sent to jail
RAWALPINDI, Oct 7: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday sent two alleged bomb hoaxers to central jail Adiala on 14 days judicial remand after they were arrested from Chakwal on Monday....
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Convict’s execution postponed
KARACHI, Oct 7: The federal government has decided to postpone the execution of murder convict Zulfiqar Ali who was to be hanged in Rawalpindi’s Adyala Jail on Wednesday....
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Flour prices go up in Balochistan
QUETTA, Oct 7: Suspension of flour supply from Punjab in Ramazan and its continued smuggling to Afghanistan has resulted in soaring prices of the commodity in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan....
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Mengal declines to attend joint session
QUETTA, Oct 7: Veteran Baloch leader Sardar Ataullah Mengal has declined to attend the joint session of parliament on the security situation in the country....
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Survivors’ camps to be wound up today
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct 7: Survivors will observe the third anniversary of the Oct 2005 earthquake on Wednesday amid scepticism over renewed claims by the authorities of rebuilding their ravaged areas “on the most modern lines”....
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Three training centres of Taliban destroyed
KOHAT, Oct 7: A tribal lashkar destroyed three training centres and two houses of Taliban in Alikhel area of Orakzai Agency on Tuesday....
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Frontier revives revenue divisions, commissioners
PESHAWAR, Oct 7: The NWFP on Tuesday became the first province to revive the offices of commissioners and revenue divisions dismantled in 2001 with the enforcement of devolution of power plan by former president Pervez Musharraf....
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Terror-hit Bhakkar closes in mourning
MIANWALI / LAYYAH, Oct 7: The town of Bhakkar, terrorised by Monday’s suicide attack on the Dera of MNA Rashid Akbar Khan Niwani presented a deserted look on Tuesday....
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MPC vows to resist sale of gas field
SUKKUR, Oct 7: A multi-party conference on Tuesday unanimously rejected the proposed privatisation of Qadirpur gas field and vowed that the parties and general public were ready to lay down every...
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Three killed in two accidents
JACOBABAD, Oct 7: Three people were killed in two road accidents in and near Kandhkot on Monday....
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BHU dispenser found selling govt medicines
LARKANA, Oct 7: A monitoring team of People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) raided two private clinics in Naudero and seized medicines bearing their seal meant to be dispensed in government hospitals free of cost....
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Farmers’ clash leaves two dead
MIRPURKHAS, Oct 7: Two people died and two others were injured in a clash between two groups of farmers over drinking water for cattle from Nabisar Shakh near Jeeyando Nohani village in the Bodar Farm area of Umerkot district on Monday....
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Posting of non-technical officers criticised
NAWABSHAH, Oct 7: Some 42 engineers of Sindh Irrigation and Power Department have sought the attention of authorities over deputation of non-technical officers on key posts and posting of juniors on senior positions....
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Deadline
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The Board of Revenue announced on Tuesday extension in deadline to Oct 15 for filing returns of total agricultural income by all the land owners and growers whose net income for the year exceeded Rs80,000.—Bureau...
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Sugar production likely to drop by 30pc: growers
HYDERABAD, Oct 7: The Sindh Abadgar Board on Tuesday expressed the fear that the sugarcane production was most likely to drop by 30 per cent in Sindh this year and the...
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Police free two ‘robbers’ caught by villagers
JHANG, Oct 7: Two alleged robbers got themselves released from the custody of Qadirpur police apparently by greasing the palms of the station house officer (SHO) on Monday in less than...
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Marriott blast suspect released
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 7: After keeping in custody for eight days, law-enforcement agencies have released one of the four brothers caught for their alleged involvement in the Sept 20 Marriott Hotel blast and he reached his hometown on Tuesday morning....
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Attacker shot dead in ‘encounter’: Hand-grenade killings
FAISALABAD, Oct 7: Police claimed on Tuesday to have shot dead the hardened criminal who lobbed hand-grenades on the house of a lawyer, killing his two children and injuring three members of his family....
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Girl rescued from traffickers
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 7: The city police claimed on Tuesday having rescued a girl from Rahim Yar Khan where she had been sold after being abducted from Toba Tek Singh almost one year ago....
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Sahiwal bar black day
SAHIWAL, Oct 7: The District Bar Association will observe Black Day on Oct 9....
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Convention of bars on 10th
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 7: A convention of the bars belonging to southern Punjab will be organised by the District Bar Association, Bahawalpur, on Oct 10 at the district bar room....
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PPP workers say they’re being let down: Benazir income scheme
SAHIWAL, Oct 7: The distribution of Benazir Income Support Programme forms has begun here, but Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers and office-bearers are not happy with the mode of distribution....
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Dengue case in Hafizabad
HAFIZABAD, Oct 7: A married woman has been tested positive for dengue virus here on Tuesday....
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Tandoor owners punished for overcharging
NAROWAL, Oct 7: Ten ‘tandoor’ owners were fined and two others booked for overcharging for roti on Tuesday....
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500,000 flour bags released
LAHORE, Oct 7: The Food Department on Tuesday released 500,000 20kg flour bags for sale to the general public throughout the province and another 34,000 to ‘tandoors’ for the provision of cheap roti to people, a meeting was told here....
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Board exams fail ‘test of students’: UHS records feedback
LAHORE, Oct 7: Expressing reservations about the board examinations, a majority of the candidates who appeared in the medical entrance test 2008-09 described the BISE testing as “unfair and lacking in transparency”....
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Shahbaz orders directors’ meeting: PEC controversy
LAHORE, Oct 7: Taking the first legal step towards handling the controversial Punjab Entertainment Company, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday ordered convening of a meeting of its board of directors, the only authorised forum for the purpose, within two days....
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Qazi leads first phase of JI train march
LAHORE, Oct 7: Ignoring security concerns even from within the Jamaat-i-Islami, its leader Qazi Husain Ahmad led the first phase of the train march from Peshawar to Lahore on Tuesday....
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Gun can’t solve issues, says German MP
LAHORE, Oct 7: Gun is no solution to any problem, says Elek Hofa, chairperson of German parliament’s defence committee....
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CM seeks proposals on cottage industry
LAHORE, Oct 7: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed the Task Force on Industrial Development to submit its recommendations on the development of cottage and small industries within 10 days....
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