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It is our own war, says Zardari
BEIJING, Oct 18: Islamabad wants to talk to the next US administration about boosting investment in border regions hit by militant violence,... 
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Pakistan seeks US, WB help for power generation
WASHINGTON, Oct 18: A high-level Pakistani delegation arrives in Washington on Sunday to tap potentials for international investments in the energy sector....
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Balochistan to get Rs3bn more: CM
QUETTA, Oct 18: Balochistan Chief Minister Aslam Raisani has said the federal government will provide Rs3 billion more to his province and its overdraft of Rs21 billion will soon be converted into a soft loan....
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PBC rejects ban on Khosa, Naek
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Pakistan Bar Council on Saturday rejected resolutions passed by different bar associations of the country banning entry of senior government functionaries into bars’ premises and cancelling their membership....
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Fata situation reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: A meeting was held on Saturday in the Presidency to review the situation in the Fata, said a press release....
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Legislation for women’s protection soon
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Federal Minister for Women Development Sherry Rehman on Saturday expressed the hope that the legislation aimed at protecting women from sexual harassment would be adopted for implementation within a few months....
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Afghans, seminary students disappear: Crackdown under way
GUJRANWALA, Oct 18: A police crackdown is underway on Afghan nationals and seminary students who have not registered themselves with the authorities here. As a result, most of Afghan nationals and students have disappeared, it is learnt....
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Two Marriot blast suspects freed
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 18: After keeping in custody for over two weeks, law-enforcement agencies have released two more of the four brothers caught for their alleged involvement in the Sept 20 Marriot hotel blast, on Saturday evening in Rawalpindi....
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Punjab to assist Sindh in Karsaz probe: Riaz: PML-Q raps second FIR
LAHORE, Oct 18: Punjab Senior Minister Raja Riaz says the provincial government will extend full support to the Sindh government in the Karsaz probe if the later requests so.The...
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Dr Aafia needs an expert criminal lawyer: Zafar
LAHORE, Oct 18: Pakistani national Dr Aaafia Siddiqui, detained in US, is still being subjected to inhuman treatment, which includes strip-searches whenever she leaves her cell, and is in need of...
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BBC launches news programme on South Asia
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: BBC World Service is reaching out to audiences across South Asia with the launch of a special English-language news and current affairs programme - broadcast from and tailored for the region....
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Policy being devised to revise toll rates: National highways
RAWALPINDI, Oct 18: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is formulating a policy to revise the toll rates on national highways with a view to increasing its revenue, it has been learnt....
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47 smuggled vehicles seized
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The directorate general of intelligence and investigation of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has seized a large number of smuggled vehicles besides impounding a huge quantity of...
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Sustainable use of water resources stressed
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Member National Assembly standing committee on environment Marvi Memon has called for implementation of sustainable water policies to end severe water scarcity in Balochistan....
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Lawyers boycott courts
RAWALPINDI, Oct 18: Lawyers on Saturday boycotted the court proceedings and brought out a rally in protest against the statement of federal law secretary in which he said the deposed CJ had been retired....
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Mobile firms asked to stop illegal SIMs’ sale
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday issued instructions to all mobile service providers to immediately stop sale of unregistered SIMs....
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PML-N criticises govt policies
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and a Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) stalwart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday lashed out at the government’s policies and its “failure to provide relief and security to the masses.”...
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Dr Asim Hussain to head HEC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The name of Dr Asim Hussain as new chairman Higher Education Commission has been finalised and a notification in this regard is likely to be issued on Monday....
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Call to end violence against children
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18: The ever-increasing number of various kinds of violence warrants for the attention of the government to eliminate the menace from the country....
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STBB agrees to remove Larkana book shortfall
LARKANA, Oct 18: The management of Sindh Text Book Board Jamshoro, had finally agreed to provide 4,672 sets of text books to distribute among the students studying in classes from VI to X in Larkana district....
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Sindh PA speaker, legislators hunt deer in Nagarparkar
MITHI, Oct 18: Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro hunted deer near a border village of Thar recently, reliable sources told Dawn....
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Action against irrigation officials urged
DADU, Oct 18: At a time when the wheat sowing season is about to begin, water shortage continue to haunt the growers caused allegedly due to the mismanagement in water distribution in the southern division irrigation Dadu....
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Prisonersstage protest
SUKKUR, Oct 18: Dozens of prisoners of central jail-II Sukkur climbed the rooftop of the barracks, staged protest demonstration and torched their clothes and bedding on Saturday against what they called atrocious attitude of the jail administration....
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Multi-party moot vows to block Qadirpur sell-off
SUKKUR, Oct 18: The government, instead of providing basic necessities to people, was disposing of profit-earning assets for its own gains, complained participants of a multi-party conference held in regards to the proposed privatisation of Qadirpur gas filed....
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Market belies govt assurance on wheat
KHAIRPUR, Oct 18: Despite repeated government assurance, wheat flour is being sold at Rs32 to Rs35 per kg in Khairpur city and other parts of the district reportedly due to a reduction in chakki owners’ wheat quota....
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FIR in double murder case registered
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Hussainabad police have lodged an FIR of a double murder case against four unidentified persons on the complaint of a local PML-Q leader, Dr Shafiq Arain, after his...
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Pir Hussam’s contribution to literature recalled
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Ancient Sindh has a chequered history as it comprised areas from Kashmir to Karachi and Mekran under various historical epochs, said Sindh University Vice Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui during the inauguration of the two-day Pir Hussamuddin international conference....
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UNDP assures of support in afforestation drive
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: The deputy country director, UNDP Pakistan, Ms Mikiko Tanaka, said that the UNDP was playing a great role in the rehabilitation of Khebrani and Rais Mureed forests in Matiari district....
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Karsaz blast victims remembered
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Like elsewhere across the country, the first death anniversary of Karsaz twin blasts was observed in interior parts of the province....
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Minister orders registration of workers
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Sindh Minister for Labour Ameer Nawab Khan has directed that officials of the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution (Sessi) not to avoid registration of industrial units as it...
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Traders protest against outages
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Industrialists of Hyderabad Site and leaders of various trade organisations have strongly protested against unannounced load-shedding being carried out by the Hesco in the Site area and other business centers....
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Security in Hyderabad beefed up
HYDERABAD, Oct 18: Strict security arrangements were made by the police and the district administration in connection with the reception of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who reached Jamshoro toll plaza at around 7pm on Saturday....
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Protest
LARKANA, Oct 18: A large number of people affiliated with the Ghousia Jamait and the Narejo community protesting the murder of Nazar Mohammed Narejo took out a procession in Naudero and staged a sit-in at Naudero by-pass here on Saturday....
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Pollinator bees face extinction
MULTAN, Oct 18: Five species of pollinator bees in southern Punjab face extinction due to destruction of natural habitats and indiscriminate use of pesticides, says a study....
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Two kids drown
GUJRAT, Oct 18: Two children were drowned when a speeding motorcycle rickshaw plunged into upper Jhelum canal near Panjan Shahana village of Dinga while their parents and the driver were rescued by locals here on Saturday....
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Life a bed of thorns for PPP worker’s family
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 18: While the ruling party may or may not remember its ‘jiala’, the ageing parents of Muhammad Ashraf who lost his life in the bombing on Benazir Bhutto’s motorcade...
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Traders protest outages
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 18: The Sirafa Association organised a protest rally here on Saturday against the increasing power loadshedding in the city....
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More flights to Sialkot
SIALKOT, Oct 18: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is starting direct passenger flights from Sialkot to Abu Dhabi, Doha and Muscat from Oct 26. The Oman Air is also starting its direct flight from Muscat to Sialkot on the same day....
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Man caught tampering with rails
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 18: Police foiled a sabotage bid and arrested one of the criminals when they were disjointing a rail track in the Zakheera area here on Friday....
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Candle left burning sets house on fire
LAHORE, Oct 18: Valuables worth hundreds of thousands were reduced to ashes after a fire broke out in a house in Canal View Housing Society early on Saturday because of a burning candle....
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3,600 federal jobs for PPP workers soon
LAHORE, Oct 18: Senior Minister Raja Riaz Ahmad says 3,600 jobs in federal departments will be given to PPP workers and office-bearers....
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Dealers bend LDA bylaws to their ‘benefit’: 5pc commercial plots
LAHORE, Oct 18: Real estate dealers are offering a `good number’ of commercial plots in residential areas of the co-operative housing colonies in the southern part of the Punjab capital while...
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Punjab raises wheat quota for NWFP
LAHORE, Oct 18: The Punjab government has announced increase in the supply of wheat to the NWFP from 4,000 ton to 5,000 ton daily to help overcome its food problems....
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Task force on Tarbela sedimentation
LAHORE, Oct 18: The International Congress on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) in its concluding session on Saturday constituted a task force to study sedimentation of Tarbela Dam and make recommendations for solving the problem....
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More sinned against than sinning
LAHORE, Oct 18: The release of an Indian prisoner, Kashmir Singh, from a Pakistani prison six months ago had rekindled hope among the family members of Rizwanul Haq, a Lahorite detained...
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Nephew kills UC nazim over ‘rivalry’
LAHORE, Oct 18: A man shot his paternal uncle and union council nazim dead when he was hearing public complaints at his outhouse in Basti Mian Noor Muhammad of Shahpur Kanjaran locality on Saturday morning, witnesses and police said....
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Bomb hoax at shopping centre
LAHORE, Oct 18: Panic gripped the visitors and traders of Gulberg’s Pace Shopping Mall on Saturday evening after a hoax bomb call, witnesses and police said....
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Premnagar dry port to be ready by June
LAHORE, Oct 18: Pakistan Railways (PR) Chairman Muhammad Kashif Murtaza on Saturday reviewed the pace of work on Premnagar Dry Port project being constructed over 100 acres of land near Raiwind....
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Haj training
LAHORE, Oct 18: Haj Director Faroghe Aftab Zaidi will train intending pilgrims at Al-Ehsan Eye Hospital on Shalimar Link Road on Sunday morning (today)....
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