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PPP seeks PML-N support for war on terror resolution
LAHORE, Oct 12: The Pakistan People’s Party has sought support of the Pakistan Muslim League-N for adopting a resolution in the National Assembly to endorse the government’s policy on the war on terror.... 
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15 militants killed in Bajaur
KHAR, Oct 12: At least 15 militants were killed in air raids and clashes with tribal volunteers in Bajaur Agency on Sunday....
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Fazl says he has vision to steer country out of crisis
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Chief of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Sunday claimed that his party had the vision to steer the country out of the present crisis....
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Two more tribes join Kurram jirga
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Two more tribes have joined a peace jirga which has assembled in the federal capital to end sectarian violence in Kurram Agency....
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Pakistan, China to set up economic zones
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan and China have decided to sign a protocol for establishment of economic zones in the country to house industrial units to produce goods for duty-free export to China....
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US to remain engaged with Pakistan: Rice
WASHINGTON, Oct 12: Extremism and ‘economic woes’ top the list of a host of ‘very bad challenges’ that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes are confronting Pakistan....
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Protests in Sukkur by medical students: 10 hurt in baton-charge
SUKKUR, Oct 12: At least ten students were injured when police used batons to disperse students of Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College who were protesting at the city bypass on Sunday...
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Pakistani prisoner dies in India
NEW DELHI, Oct 12: A Pakistani prisoner has died in an Indian jail, prison authorities said....
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PML- N activists remember Oct 12
HYDERABAD, Oct 12: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) activists observed a black day in different parts of Sindh on Sunday to mark the 12 anniversary of the overthrow of the party’s elected government by General Pervez Musharraf....
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Three bodies fished out from Chenab
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 12: Army divers on Sunday fished out bodies of three out of four teenaged boys who drowned in the Chenab River on Friday....
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ICCI chief quashes bank crisis rumours
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Stressing that there was no banking crisis in sight, president Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi has urged the business community and the general...
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National Savings offers risk-free investment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: All of us are affected by interest rates. Who needs stocks or engage in other business activities when one can get 15 per cent or more on his money with no risk to the capital....
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Thief involved in robbing Indian diplomat arrested
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) on Sunday arrested three persons allegedly involved in a number of theft incidents, including the one at the residence of an Indian diplomat....
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Traders threaten to boycott banking services
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: Traders of the federal capital have threatened to partially boycott banking services in case the State Bank of Pakistan does not implement a stringent regulatory framework to stop the cartelisation of these organisations....
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Man, wife killed in road accident
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: A man and his wife were killed while their daughter was injured when their car collided with another vehicle in the jurisdiction of Chauntra police on Sunday, police said....
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43 student ‘state guests’ arrive in Murree
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: The first batch of 43 girl students, who secured top positions in FA/FSc and BA/BSc examinations in the province, arrived at the Punjab House in Murree on Sunday at the invitation of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif....
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High food prices affecting education of poor: report
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: The World Bank fears that high food and prices may affect education of the poor children and that it was creating pressure on the parents to pull their children out of schools....
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No shortage of wheat flour: DCO
RAWALPINDI, Oct 12: District Coordination Officer Imdadullah Bosal said on Sunday that there was no shortage of wheat flour anywhere in the district and that sufficient number of 20kg bags of...
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‘Police to protect citizens’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 12: The capital police are taking all measures to protect life and property of the citizens and combat militancy....
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Terrorism in bridge collapse ruled out
GILGIT, Oct 12: The police chief of Northern Areas has said there was no terrorist hand in the collapse of the Gilgit bridge on Karakoram Highway....
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Two sisters abducted
TAXILA, Oct 12: Four persons including a woman allegedly abducted two sisters from Qabristan road in Lala Rukh area in the jurisdiction of Wah Cantt police....
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Shortage of water affecting wheat crop
DADU, Oct 12: Water shortage is badly affecting wheat crop at tail-ends of waterways originating from Dadu Canal and growers fear that 500,000 acres of land will not receive adequate water during Rabi season due to unfair distribution of water....
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Tribute paid to Ustad Bukhari
DADU, Oct 12: Speakers at a seminar held on Saturday evening to mark the 16th death anniversary of renowned Sindhi poet Ustad Bukhari showered praises on the poet and said he had protected Sindhi language through his poetry....
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Fired bank employee working in roadside eatery
NAWABSHAH, Oct 12: Father of seven children Gul Mohammed Unnar, who had been a grade-III officer in the Doulatpur Saffan branch of United Bank, now serves food to customers at...
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Three-week gas suspension to hit textile industry
FAISALABAD, Oct 12: The two-three week suspension of natural gas from this week and eight-hour daily electricity shut down will devastate the textile sector landing the government as well as entrepreneurs...
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Loadshedding hits south Punjab
MULTAN, Oct 12: Entire southern Punjab is experiencing long spells of unscheduled loadshedding despite claims by the government and the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco) that there will be no unscheduled outages....
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Streams of sewage flowing in Gakkhar
GUJRANWALA, Oct 12: Sewage and shitty water flooded Gakkhar on Sunday after the strike by sanitary workers and their supervisors entered the seventh day. Workers are protesting the non-payment of their salaries....
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Man arrested with huge cache of hashish
SAHIWAL, Oct 12: Officials of law-enforcement agencies and Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) raided a house in Farid Town here on Sunday and confiscated three to four maunds of hashish and arrested the owner of the house....
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Power outages cripple urban and rural life
SHEIKUPURA, Oct 12: Like many other parts of the country, loadshedding has made people’s lives miserable in Sheikhupura and Sialkot districts....
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Two cops among victims of dacoits
SAHIWAL, Oct 12: Armed dacoits reportedly deprived several people, including two police inspectors, of cash and valuables on Saturday....
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Vegetable prices up at Sunday bazaars
LAHORE, Oct 12: Prices of most vegetables and fruits registered an increase compared to last week’s at all the Sunday bazaars set up by the City District Government of Lahore (CDGL) to provide subsidised edibles to people....
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Anti-polio drive from today
LAHORE, Oct 12: The Director-General, Health, Punjab, Dr Muhammad...
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Boy dies doing a wheelie
OKARA, Oct 12: A young bike rider died doing a wheelie here on Sunday....
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Young doctors’ warning to govt
LAHORE, Oct 12: Young doctors will take out rallies in all teaching hospitals of Punjab on Thursday to press the government to accept their demands....
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Free drugs for PIC’s indoor patients
LAHORE, Oct 12: Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) has launched a scheme to provide free of cost medicines to the indoor patients at its Irfan Block, Jillani Block, cardiac surgery and general wards, including emergency....
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Spurious DAP seized
SADIQABAD, Oct 12: A team of the agriculture department aided by police on Sunday seized over 1000 bags of spurious DAP fertiliser from the premises of a ginning factory on GT Road and arrested 17 people....
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Gridlock at the end of Raiwind moot
LAHORE, Oct 12: Motorists got trapped in a gridlock on Raiwind Road, Canal Road, Johar Town, near Thokar Niaz Baig Chowk and Chowk Yateem Khana after the first phase of Raiwind Tablighi moot concluded on Sunday....
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Phase-I of congregation concludes
LAHORE, Oct 12: The first phase of Raiwind religious congregation concluded on Sunday with a call to the Muslims to spread the Islamic message of love and peace to the world and to dispel misconceptions about Islam....
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Punjab divided into three archaeology zones: Monuments’ maintenance
LAHORE, Oct 12: The Punjab government has decided to establish archaeological zones in the province for the proper ‘look after’ of historical monuments....
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PTI’s offer to govt for cheap roti
LAHORE, Oct 12: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf has offered to sell Roti at the rate of Rs2 in all parts of the provincial metropolis if the government supplies it 20 kg flour bag at the rate of Rs245....
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Bulletproof jackets to policemen
LAHORE, Oct 12: Senior Superintendent of Police (Operations) Chaudhry Shafiq Ahmed has directed equipping all officials deployed at check posts of entry and exit points of the city with bulletproof jackets, metal detectors and sand bags on priority basis....
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Action against Bhakkar DPO a shock for police
LAHORE, Oct 12: The removal of Bhakkar DPO Ahmad Kamal and registration of a case against him has sent a wave of concern among senior police officers all over the province who consider the action ‘wrong and contrary to the facts’....
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Demos against unscheduled outages
LAHORE, Oct 12: Residents of Mughalpura and Outfall Road lodged protests against unscheduled and marathon power outages on Sunday....
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Peace linked to Kashmir settlement: Sultan
LAHORE, Oct 12: Suicide attacks in various parts of the country will continue till the Kashmir dispute is not settled to the satisfaction of the Kashmiri people, a former prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir said on Sunday....
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