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Balochistan crying out for disaster strategy: experts
QUETTA, Oct 10: Experts have warned that the entire Balochistan might suffer heavy losses of infrastructure and livelihood if natural disaster risk management strategies are not adopted.... 
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Abu Dhabi group to make $3bn investment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Abu Dhabi Group of the United Arab Emirate (UAE) has announced to make fresh investment of over $3 billion in constructions, information technology and power sectors in Pakistan....
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Varsities in trouble as HEC cuts assistance
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Local Universities have started feeling the heat of budgetary cuts imposed by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) both in their recurring and developmental expenditures....
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Afghan DPs given one week to leave Taxila
TAXILA, Oct 10: The Afghan displaced persons and migrants living in various localities of Taxila and Wah without valid documents have been given seven days to leave the city otherwise action would be taken against them....
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Blast at ATS building: sketch of suicide bomber drawn
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: A joint investigation team has drawn a sketch of the suicide bomber who drove his explosive-laden car close to the Anti-Terrorist Squad building and blew himself up, Dawn has learnt....
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Phone services told to charge full for incoming calls
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday directed all Long Distance and International (LDI) operators to implement the PTA-approved settlement rates for international calls....
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Missing persons issue raised with Nawaz
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Chairperson of Defense of Human Rights (DHR) Campaign for the Missing Persons of Pakistan Amina Masood Janjua in a letter to the leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N),...
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Colleges not under distt govt control, says nazim
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: The district nazim of Attock, Tahir Sadiq Khan, informed the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Friday that the Punjab government had stopped funding district governments and taken back the administrative control of colleges two years ago....
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Hunt on for suspicious vehicle: CPO
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: City Police Officer (CPO) Rao Mohammad Iqbal has said that law enforcers are hunting for a suspicious vehicle which the security agencies fear could be used in a terrorist strike in the city....
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PM condemns Orakzai Agency suicide blast
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has condemned the suicide attack on the Jirga at Orakzai Agency that resulted in loss of many lives and reiterated government’s resolve to fight the menace of terrorism and extremism....
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Teenaged hoax caller granted bail
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: A civil judge here on Friday granted bail to a teenager arrested on the charge of making hoax calls to the rescuers....
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Five suspects held
ISLAMABAD, Oct 10: Islamabad police on Friday arrested five suspected outlaws from various areas of the capital and seized drugs and weapons from them, said a police source....
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US ready to reconcile with Taliban, says Gates
WASHINGTON, Oct 10: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that the United States would be prepared to reconcile with the Taliban if the Afghan government pursued talks to end the war....
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Aslam Khattak passes away at 100
PESHAWAR, Oct 10: Former NWFP governor and veteran leader Mohammad Aslam Khan Khattak died from protected illness at the Pims hospital in Islamabad on Friday....
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Teachers call off exam boycott
QUETTA, Oct 10: The Balochistan Professors and Lecturers Association announced on Friday that college teachers would perform invigilation duty during BA and BSc examinations....
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Population census may be delayed
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: The federal government has no funds for holding the next population and housing census. The census, which was scheduled to be held this month, may be delayed by several months....
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Acting governor
QUETTA, Oct 10: Speaker of the Balochistan Assembly, Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, on Friday took oath as acting governor of the province....
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Patients suffer as paramedics protest manhandling: Action against PPP men sought
HYDERABAD, Oct 10: Patients suffered badly at the Civil Hospital Hyderabad here on Friday as the paramedics went on a strike in protest against the manhandling of two of their colleagues...
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Infant’s mother kidnapped
LARKANA, Oct 10: Five armed men barged into a house on the outskirts of the city late Thursday night and kidnapped a woman who is mother of an eight-month-old child....
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Bandit held with five accomplices
KHAIRPUR, Oct 10: A notorious bandit, Ameer Shah, and his five accomplices were arrested in Tando Masti Khan here on Friday, DPO Khairpur Pir Mohammad Shah said....
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Signature campaign on gas field issue planned
SUKKUR, October 10: Launching of a signature campaign throughout Sindh against privatisation of Qadirpur gas field was, in principle, agreed upon by the participants of a seminar held at the Sukkur Press Club on Friday....
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Six booked for detaining two sisters
SUKKUR, Oct 10: The Sukkur police have registered a case against six people for declaring two sisters kari and keeping them in illegal detention in Bhoosa Lane....
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Students stage rally against power cut
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 10: The students of government primary school Chohan Colony Moro took out a rally against Hesco on Friday. The protesting students also staged a demonstration opposite the office of the executive engineer of Hesco....
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Job interview schedule
SUKKUR, October 10: The schedule of interviews for recruitment in Health Department has been announced by the EDO Health Sukkur, says an official handout....
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21 perish in bus-trailer crash
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 10: Nearly two dozen commuters, including nine students and six women, were killed and over 60 injured when their bus collided head on with a trailer on the Lodhran-Khanewal road, 50km from here, on Friday morning....
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Couple killed for ‘honour’
SIALKOT, Oct 10: A newlywed couple was gunned down allegedly over ‘honour’ in Sakhokey village near Daska on Friday....
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Kidnapped boy released after deal
SAHIWAL, Oct 10: A boy kidnapped for ransom on Eid day on Oct 1 has been released by his alleged captors after his family reportedly struck a deal with them....
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Rs2 roti no bread & butter for hotel owners
GUJRAT, Oct 10: Fearing a crackdown from the district government, most of the owners of hotels and roti selling points called tandoors have closed their business, according to a Dawn survey....
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Four teenagers drown in Chenab
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 10: Four teenaged picnickers are feared dead after drowning in the Chenab River here on Friday....
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Panicky trader loses savings to robbers
GUJRANWALA, Oct 10: Panicked by rumours of financial institutions’ possible collapse, a local trader on Friday withdrew Rs5.5 million and 70 tola gold from a bank but ended up losing his savings to robbers....
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Protest
KHANEWAL, Oct 10: Hundreds of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) workers on Friday protested against the government for awarding Benazir Income Support Programme forms to Pakistan Muslim League-Q MNA Sardar Hamid Yar Hiraj....
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Woman, daughters thrashed in court
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 10: A woman and her two daughters were thrashed on Kamalia court premises on Friday by 10 people....
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Two of a family gunned down
GUJRAT, Oct 10: Two members of a family were killed and a woman was injured when unidentified men opened fire at a house in Shahjahanian village in Lalamusa’s Sadar police precincts on Friday evening....
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IJT demo
LAHORE, Oct 10: The Islami Jamiat Tulaba (IJT) staged a protest demonstration outside Punjab University’s Jamia Masjid on Friday against America and demanded release of Dr Aafia....
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Rivalry takes its toll of bus passengers
FAISALABAD, Oct 10: Three people were killed and seven injured in Dijkot on Friday when some men opened fire inside a bus that was taking their rival to the court....
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Jockeys getting compensation
LAHORE, Oct 10: Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Director-General Muhammad Khalid says that government of United Arab Emirates is giving compensation to children formerly involved in camel racing in the UAE and came back to Pakistan after 1993....
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Residents reoccupy ‘dangerous’ buildings: Walled city conservation
LAHORE, Oct 10: While the City District Government of Lahore is planning to initiate work for the restoration and preservation of historical structures inside the Walled City, over a dozen residents...
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Corruption gnawing at roots: Shahbaz
LAHORE, Oct 10: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday corruption was gnawing at the roots of the entire system and collective efforts were needed to weed out this curse....
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Commercialisation policy finalised
LAHORE, Oct 9: A Punjab committee has finalised a commercialisation policy for Lahore and sent it to the chief minister for approval, officials told Dawn on Friday....
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HRCP for end to death penalty
LAHORE, Oct 10: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to end death penalty in the country and place an immediate moratorium on executions until the punishment is abolished....
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Hall Road traders ‘succumb’ to threats
LAHORE, Oct 10: Shopkeepers of Hall Road with the ‘consent’ of the local police on Friday set hundreds of ‘porn’ CDs and DVDs ablaze, apparently after succumbing to extremists’ threats....
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Parliament must enjoy govt trust
LAHORE, Oct 10: Members of parliament, especially those belonging to various opposition parties, have expressed their dissatisfaction over the briefing given to them on the security situation during an in-camera joint session of the two houses....
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