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Houses of militants destroyed in Bajaur
KHAR, Oct 16: Security forces and a tribal lashkar destroyed houses of militant commanders and their local supporters in Khar and Charmang areas of the Bajaur tribal region on Thursday.... 
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BNP-M slams govt policies
QUETTA, Oct 16: The Balochistan National Party (Mengal) has accused the government of pursuing the policies of former military rulers by continuing military operations in Balochistan and tribal areas....
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Musharraf persuaded me to confess, says Dr Khan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan on Thursday told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that Gen Pervez Musharaf had persuaded him to make the “so-called confession” about his...
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Deposed CJ to address lawyers’ convention on Nov 3
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: The Rawalpindi chapter of the Lahore High Court Bar Association has announced that deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will address a lawyers’ convention on Nov 3....
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NPCC urged to minimise outage
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf directed the National Power Control Centre (NPCC) on Thursday to prepare a plan of action to minimise loadshedding in the country....
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Parliament born out of Iftikhar’s ‘no’: Hashmi
LAHORE, Oct 16: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said the parliament owed its existence to the ‘No’ of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry which he said to the dictator....
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Aitzaz says movement will be recharged
LAHORE, Oct 16: Aitzaz Ahsan, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president, has said lawyers will recharge their struggle soon after the SCBA elections....
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40 humble servants ‘relic of the past’
LAHORE, Oct 16: As many as 40 government employees, a majority of them low-grade, who were recruited for the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, have been fired by the Punjab government, their only...
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Disabled CNIC-seeker becomes a rolling stone
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 16: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has made a mockery of the efforts of a disabled student who has been trying to get a Computerised National Identity Card for the last four years....
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Farmers shocked at Thal Canal closure
MIANWALI, Oct 16: The closure of Thal Canal for fifteen days (Oct 16 to 31) ahead of the new sowing season has shocked farmers from Bhakkar, Khushab, Layyah, Muzaffargarh and Mianwali districts....
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Uplift projects for Murree announced
MURREE, Oct 16: The Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday announced various development projects for Murree and directed the authorities concerned to accelerate the pace of work....
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Trainee doctors demand perks
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: Doctors working on contract basis at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital called upon government for regularisation, family medical entitlement and stipend for the MCPS trainee and to provide them security during duty hours....
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Women project from N. Areas selected for world contest
HUNZA, Oct 16: A women empowerment project in Gilgit-Baltistan is among 12 projects selected for BBC World Challenge contest....
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Citizens feel cut up at long power cuts
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: The Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) is consistently increasing loadshedding hours in the wake of deepening power crisis, making lives of the residents of twin cities miserable....
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China most important ally of Pakistan, says minister
ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Sherry Rehman has termed China as the most important ally of Pakistan....
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Man commits suicide
TAXILA, Oct 16: A man committed suicide, while another one was run over and killed by a train here on Thursday, police said....
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Show-cause notices served on ‘inefficient’ Attock SHOs
ATTOCK, Oct 16: District Police Officer (DPO) Fakhar Sultan Raja has served show cause notices on SHOs and investigation officers of Attock City and Attock Khurd police stations for their unsatisfactory performance during September....
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Woman among two killed on road
RAWALPINDI, Oct 16: Two persons, including a woman were killed, while two other injured in separate road accidents in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, while an infant was killed after being hit by a bullet...
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Two girls burnt to death
MUZAFFARABAD, Oct, 16: Two girls, including an infant, were killed while their parents and brother were burnt when the tent in which they were living caught fire, here late on Wednesday night....
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Varsity closed after clashes
QUETTA, Oct 16: The Balochistan University and the Bolan Medical College have been closed following clashes between two student organisations....
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Woman ends life for failing to feed children
LARKANA, Oct 16: A woman on failing to feed her two children committed suicide on Thursday....
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Demand for removal of SAU VC
HYDERABAD, Oct 16: Employees of the Sindh, Mehran and Liaquat universities staged protest demonstrations on Thursday to express solidarity with the employees of the Sindh Agriculture University and called for the removal of the SAU vice-chancellor, Dr Basheer Ahmed Shaikh....
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Wife, driver of PML-Q leader shot dead
HYDERABAD, Oct 16: The wife of a local leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Dr Shafique Arain, and his driver were found shot dead here at Latifabad Unit-2 on Thursday....
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Drunken doctor booked
SUKKUR Oct 16: Police on Thursday booked the vice-principal of the Public Health School on charges of misbehaving with under-training nurses and trying to harass some of them....
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BHP slated for not hiring locals
DADU, Oct 16: The failure of BHP Oil and Gas Company to recruit locals and carry out development work forced people and political activists of various villages of Johi taluka to hold demonstration on Thursday....
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Ad seeks money from job seekers
BADIN, Oct 16: Few canny organisations are out to play with the sentiments of jobless youths, and in the course make easy cash by offering employment in the Education Department....
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Qadirpur gas field workers continue protest
SUKKUR, Oct 16: Hundreds of Qadirpur gas field workers along with activists of different political parties staged a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike in Ghotki on Thursday to protest against the proposed privatisation of the gas field....
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Release of 152 bonded labourers urged
MIRPURKHAS, Oct 16: The recently recovered bonded labourers and HRCP activists staged demonstration outside the office of DIG Mirpurkhas on Thursday seeking release of the remaining 152 held from the farm of Thakur Nazir Kaimkhani in Sanghar....
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Train service resumes
MIRPURKHAS, Oct 16: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday resumed the services of Mehran Express between Karachi and Mirpurkhas after a lapse of nine months....
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Jinnah Town nazim accused of corruption
FAISALABAD, Oct 16: Members of the Jinnah Town have leveled million of rupees corruption charges against the town nazim backed by Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N). The allegations were made in a session of town on Thursday....
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Dist govt ready to buy land for expo centre
MULTAN, Oct 16: The district government is ready to give money from CCB funds for the purchase of 32 acres land for an expo centre and packaging house to boost export...
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No treatment for sick dialysis machines
GUJRAT, Oct 16: Two dialysis machines at Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Hospital have been lying out of order for the last two-and-a-half years due to alleged negligence of the authorities and kidney patients have to go to private hospitals for treatment....
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Two cops shot dead
FAISALABAD, Oct 16: Some occupants of a car bearing the registration plate of MNA gunned down two police constables in the Balochni police station precinct on Thursday....
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Powerloom owners and workers on road
KASUR, Oct 16: Up to 200 powerloom unit owners shut their units in Kasur on Thursday and took out rallies demanding increase in the prices of cloth per yard....
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Fesco’s load management body being reactivated
FAISALABAD, Oct 16: The chief executive of Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco), Ahmad Saeed Akhtar has said the load management advisory committee is being reactivated and the shutdown scheduled for maintenance has been cancelled for the time being....
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Strike call turned down
LAHORE, Oct 16: The Lahore chapter of the Anjuman-i-Tajran has dissociated itself from the Oct 25 strike announced by the Pakistan Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry....
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