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15 militants killed in Bajaur clashes
KHAR, Oct 17: At least 15 militants were killed and several others injured during a fierce clash with security forces in Bajaur Agency on Friday.Military sources said that artillery, helicopters and... 
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American national remanded in police custody
CHARSADDA, Oct 17: An American national of Pakistani origin arrested earlier this week at a checkpoint near the Mohmand Agency was remanded in police custody for two days on Friday....
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Gilani holds meeting with Fata legislators
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani discussed security issues with parliamentarians from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on Friday....
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‘Govt pursuing Musharraf’s policies’
QUETTA, Oct 17: The Pakistan Workers Federation has called upon the government to stop pursuing the policies of the Musharraf government to steer the nation out of the current crisis....
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Pakistan asked to sever ties with US, UK
LONDON, Oct 17: Banned in Pakistan but politically active in Britain, Hizbut Tahrir, a political movement for the re-establishment of Khilafat, has asked Islamabad to sever its relations with the US...
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UN chief ‘skips’ Pakistan stopover
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: In what is being seen here as a diplomatic snub, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has left Pakistan out of the itinerary for his first visit to the region....
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Ban Ki-moon to visit Pakistan soon: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit Pakistan, but no date has been set for the trip, his spokesperson Michelle Montas said on Friday....
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Think-tank calls for reinstatement of all deposed judges
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: An international think-tank has urged the PPP-led coalition government to reinstate all judges, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, sacked by former president Pervez Musharraf on Nov 3 last year....
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USAID to help Pakistan in energy sector
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The USAID on Friday agreed to provide financial and technical assistance to Pakistan to develop energy sector of the country....
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Inclusion of Asim Kurd in delegation irks legislators
QUETTA, Oct 17: Legislators belonging to the Pakistan People’s Party have criticised the inclusion of PML-Q minister Mir Asim Kurd Gallo in the delegation which accompanied President Asif Zardari during his visit to China....
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Rs2 Roti available in Attock too
ATTOCK, Oct 17: The district administration has made arrangements for provision of Roti at Rs2 to the people at 107 tandoors throughout the district....
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Lawyers divided over deposed CJP’s visit to Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, Oct 17: Lawyers’ movement seems to have suffered a setback in Hyderabad as High Court Bar Association’s Hyderabad chapter and Hyderabad District Bar Association stand divided into two rival groups...
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LHC reinstates office-bearers of Gujrat chamber: DTO’s orders set aside
GUJRAT, Oct 17: The Lahore High Court on Friday restored the executive committee and office-bearers of the Gujrat Chamber of Commerce and Industry by setting aside the earlier orders of the commerce ministry’s director trade organisation of dissolving the body....
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Mafia fleecing cotton farmers
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 17: A mafia consisting of ginning factory owners and traders is looting cotton farmers by paying them cheap price of their produce at the peak of the harvesting season, Dawn has learned....
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HRCP asks govt to take up prison reforms
LAHORE, Oct 17: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the government to undertake urgent reforms to end unrest in prisons instead of depending on short term measures....
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Audit reveals PHA ‘lost’ Rs4bn in eight years
LAHORE, Oct 17: The Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has “lost” approximately Rs4 billion during the time between Chief Minister Shabaz Sharif’s previous stint in the late 1990s and his return to office this year....
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Daily wagers worst affected by power cuts
GUJAR KHAN, Oct 17: The ongoing energy crisis in the country has pushed a large number of workers to the brink of joblessness....
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WHO warns of health inequalities in cities
RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned of significant health inequalities particularly in urban areas of developing countries where almost five billion people will live by the year 2030....
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Man sentenced to death for murder, another acquitted
ATTOCK, Oct 17: Additional District and Sessions Judge Mazhar Hussain Chaudhry awarded death sentence to man after convicting him of murder and handed down life imprisonment to his co-accused....
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SHO served showcause notice
TAXILA, Oct 17: Regional Police Officer Nasir Khan Durrani here on Friday served a showcause notice on the station house officer (SHO) of the Wah Cantonment police station for his poor performance and failure in eradicating the crimes from his area....
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‘Govt striving to improve socio-economic conditions of masses’
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Member Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the Pakistan People''s Party (PPP) Sultan Mahmood Qazi has said the government under the guidance of President Asif Ali Zardari was trying to improve the socio-economic condition of the masses....
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‘Poverty’ makes couple abandon children
GUJAR KHAN, Oct 17: A shocking realisation of the financial crunch being faced by common citizens came when a poor couple abandoned not only one but all their three children in...
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3 Mariott blast suspects remanded in custody
RAWALPINDI, Oct 17: An anti-terrorism court here on Friday remanded three persons, allegedly involved in the fatal suicide attack on Marriot hotel, in Secretariat Police custody for seven days....
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PAL set to become autonomous body
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) is all set to become an autonomous body through an act of parliament....
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Azerbaijan offers to supply electricity
ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Azerbaijan has expressed interest in supplying electricity to Pakistan through Iran....
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Mother wants missing son produced in court
QUETTA, Oct 17: A division bench of the Balochistan High Court issued notices on Friday to federal interior secretary, provincial home secretary and Quetta’s capital city police officer on a petition...
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PPP team to monitor US elections
KARACHI, Oct 17: President Asif Ali Zardari, in his capacity as Co-Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, has formed an eight-member delegation to monitor/observe the US presidential election....
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Call to declare Thar calamity-hit area
MITHI, Oct 17: The Tharparkar district council has urged the government to declare the district a calamity-hit area and also announce relief measures....
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7 policemen arrested in UTP escape case
LARKANA, Oct 17: Following the escape of an under-trial prisoner from the court’s premises, seven police officials including two ASIs were arrested here on Friday....
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Irregularities in admission test alleged
MITHI, Oct 17: Protesting against the alleged irregularities at the entry test of pre-medical at Hyderabad centre on October 12, a number of candidates from Tharparkar, who appeared at the said...
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Case against policemen
SHEIKHUPURA Oct 17: On the order of the DIG traffic Tariq Mehmood Khokhar, the City B Division police have registered a case under Section 155-C against three policemen for committing irregularities during the police recruitment process....
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Suspected polio case reported in Multan
MULTAN, Oct 17: Doctors of Nishter Hospital have spotted symptoms of polio virus infection in a four-year-old girl and sent her samples for tests and proper diagnosis to the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad....
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15 Mepco SDOs suspended
MULTAN, Oct 17: Fifteen Mepco assistant managers operations (SDOs) have been suspended from service for their failure to control line losses and inefficiency....
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Price cut
SHEIKHUPURA Oct 17: The district price control committee in a meeting here on Friday chaired by DCO Salman Ijaz announced to reduce the prices of 12 essential eatables, including pulses and rice....
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Gas leakage fire injures 5
SAHIWAL, Oct 17: Five people, including four brothers, received burns when a fire erupted owing to leakage of natural gas from a loosely capped lamp installed in a house in K Block of Farid Town on Friday....
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Tenants protest highhandedness
OKARA, Oct 17: Hundreds of tenants, of the Kulana Estate, took out a protest rally on Friday outside Okara Press Club in protest against, what they claim, the highhandedness of landowners and possible eviction from the estate lands....
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PMA strike in Mianwali on 20th
MIANWALI, Oct 17: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Mianwali chapter, has announced strike in government hospitals and health centres against the behaviour of the district management....
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Poll drive: ex-DGPR’s petition dismissed
LAHORE, Oct 17: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Friday dismissed the petition of former director general public relations, Punjab, Farrukh Mahmood Shah who had challenged formation...
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Family lands in hospital after taking dinner
LAHORE, Oct 17: Eight members of a family fell unconscious after taking dinner in Nihstar Colony here on Friday....
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Advertising policy defended
LAHORE, Oct 17: The Chief Minister’s Taskforce on Horticulture has defend PHA’s policy of raising the reserve price for bids by claiming that advertisers’ groups had conspired to build “pools” and artificially fix prices....
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Flicker of hope a tribute to victims: Oct 18 carnage
LAHORE, Oct 17: Lawyers, students and rights activists gathered at Charing Cross on The Mall on Friday to pay a tribute to the victims of the Oct 18 blast in Karachi last year....
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Flour crisis
LAHORE, Oct 17: On the instructions of the Punjab Chief Minister, Minister for Local Government Sardar Dost Khosa, the Additional Chief Secretary and Director Food have left for the NWFP to...
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Sanitation awareness
LAHORE, October 17: The Punjab government on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to develop awareness among school children about health, hygiene, sanitation and examine critically their school environment....
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