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SHC directed to conduct day-to-day hearing: Banks cartel cases
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The Supreme Court directed the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday to conduct day-to-day hearing from Oct 30 for disposing of the cases instituted by the banks and the Pakistan Banking Association (PBA) on merit.... 
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12 militants killed in Bajaur operation: Curfew clamped in several areas
KHAR, Oct 23: After taking control of the strategic town of Lowi Sam, security forces moved towards Tangi and Lowi Jewar, some 22km northwest of Khar, regional headquarters of Bajaur, on Thursday....
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5 children killed playing with bomb
WANA, Oct 23: Five children were killed and two others injured when a bomb exploded in a house in the Azam Worsk area of South Waziristan on Thursday....
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UN distributes ‘stress balls’ as memento
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The United Nations system in Pakistan feels so stressed working in the country on the 63rd UN Day that it has distributed ‘stress balls’ among its staff as...
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Lashkars being given modern arms
WASHINGTON, Oct 23: Pakistan plans to arm tens of thousands of tribesmen in Fata to fight Taliban and Al Qaeda militants, senior Pakistan officials said on Thursday....
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Gilani arrives in Beijing
BEIJING, Oct 23: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani arrived here on Thursday evening to attend the Asia Europe Meeting Summit (Asem)....
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Javaid Shaheen passes away
LAHORE, Oct 23: Noted poet Javaid Shaheen died of a cardiac arrest in Islamabad on Thursday. He was 77....
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FIA directed not to harass man
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Sardar Mohammad Aslam here on Thursday directed the director general (DG) FIA to stop an inspector of the agency from harassing a...
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Firm cancels 500,000 illegal connections
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: A private mobile company has cancelled about 500,000 connections due to non-registration of SIMs....
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Long power suspension brings life to a standstill
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: More than half of the Cantonment and one-fourth of city areas remained without power supply for five hours on Thursday, making the life paralysed....
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LG system hit hard by reshuffling
ATTOCK, Oct 23: Contrary to the tall claims of the new PML-N-led Punjab government political interference and favoritism in posting and transfer particularly in a more attractive revenue and education departments...
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Politics takes precedence over municipal services
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: Municipal services have been greatly disrupted due to the political rivalry in the Punjab government as the Annual Development Programme (ADP), which is usually announced in July, is yet to be released to the districts, including Rawalpindi....
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AIOU telecom students protest against delay in accreditation
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Hundreds of Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunication) students of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) have called upon the corridors of power to use political influence and take notice...
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HEC remains without chief after Atta’s exit
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: The government is yet to appoint a new chairperson of the Higher Education Commission (HEC)....
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Court asks jail official to produce accused
RAWALPINDI, Oct 23: An anti terrorism court here on Thursday directed the Adiala Jail superintendent to explain as to why a man accused of being a would-be suicide bomber was not...
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Europeans to help CDA raise search, rescue team
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: International partners will help the Capital Development Authority (CDA) develop urban search and rescue teams that are able to respond to disasters related to collapsed infrastructures as well as small and medium size everyday accidents....
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OPF employees’ appeal to Zardari, Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: All Pakistan OPF Employees Union on Thursday appealed to the president and prime minister to keep Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah on his current portfolio as Federal Minister for Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis....
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Traders threaten to stop paying power bills
SUKKUR, Oct 23: Traders have threatened to stop paying electricity bills and asked people to do so if the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company fails to end undeclared loadshedding and withdraw recent hike in electricity charges....
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Qadirpur gas field workers keep protest raging
SUKKUR, Oct 23: Over 150 workers of Qadirpur gas field and political activists held a demonstration and observed a token hunger strike in front of the press club on Thursday, in protest against proposed privatisation of the gas field....
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Dispute over land claims three lives
SUKKUR, Oct 23: Three people including two real brothers were killed and seven others suffered injuries in a clash between two groups belonging to Chachar and Kalwar clans over a piece...
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Siraj throws lease of life to Wasa
HYDERABAD, Oct 23: Sindh Minister for Local Government Agha Siraj Durrani said on Thursday that his ministry would throw a lease of life to the troubled Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) by recommending restoration of its subsidy....
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Expats ready to invest in Larkana
LARKANA, Oct 23: A traders’ delegation comprising expatriates from the United Kingdom, Germany and other European countries has expressed willingness to invest hugely in the district after assessing availability of raw material in and around Larkana and finding it in abundance....
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Nazim’s seat lying vacant for over five months
NAWABSHAH, Oct 23: Elections for the post of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto district nazim have not been held yet though the seat has been lying vacant for around 170 days and...
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Police let accused cop off the hook
GUJRANWALA, Oct 23: Scores of protesters besieged a police station in Naushera Virkan on Thursday after police let a constable, stated to be a dacoity accused, escape....
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Inauguration turns into a ‘political battlefield’: Green Tractor Scheme
MUZAFFARGARH, Oct 23: PPP MPA Irshad Ahmad Sial and PML-N senior leader Zulfiqar Khosa exchanged harsh words when the latter did not allow the former to address the launching ceremony of the Green Tractor Scheme here on Thursday....
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Officers upset at delay in evaluation reports
LAHORE, Oct 23: Alleged delay in evaluation reports by the National Management College is bothering many a civil servant who had attended its mid-career course early this year as they consider it necessary for their promotion to the next higher grade....
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Angry consumers vow not to pay electricity bills
TOBA TEK SINGH, Oct 23: Protests continued against prolonged loadshedding and over billing in parts of the province on Thursday, with people announcing they would not pay their electricity bills....
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Security of foreign students tough task
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 23: Security of 18 foreign students of the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College (QAMC) has become a serious problem for police, as the foreigners do not want to stay in hostels....
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A disability that must not become a demerit: Polio Day today
LAYYAH, Oct 23: A shining student who secured 862 marks in FSc has been denied admission to medical colleges only because he suffers from polio....
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Water woes: BRB canal another casualty
SIALKOT, Oct 23: The Irrigation Department has stopped water discharge into the Bambaanwala-Ravi-Baidian (BRB) Canal after water shortage in the River Chenab, official sources say....
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Divorce drives man to death in court
SAHIWAL, Oct 23: A love-stricken man allegedly committed suicide on the premises of Arifwala Tehsil Court after a judge accepted a divorce appeal by his wife....
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Doctors protest robbery
GUJRAT, Oct 23: Doctors and paramedical staff of the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed hospital on Thursday went on a three-hour strike and staged a demonstration to press police for early arrest of...
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Consumers continue bill battles
LAHORE, Oct 23: Protests against overbilling and over 12-hour power outages entered the fourth day on Thursday as power consumers took to streets and protested outside some Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) offices, police said....
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Green Tractor Scheme opens
LAHORE, Oct 23: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the agriculture sector will have to be strengthened to achieve food autarky and earn foreign exchange, says a handout....
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From 1932 to 2008
Javaid Shaheen, who passed away on Thursday, was a major Urdu poet of his generation. He was not afraid to experiment and his work - his poetry as also his frank autobiography - generated heated debates....
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Injured
LAHORE, Oct 23: Two people sustained minor burns in a fire at a double-storey house near Baghdadi Mosque on Sagar Road in North Cantonment on Thursday....
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CNG stations mock govt’s negative list
LAHORE, Oct 23: Work on two compressed natural gas (CNG) stations along Jail Road is under way in spite of the fact that the thoroughfare has been in the negative list...
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Relief sought for power consumers
LAHORE, Oct 23: The Pakistan Workers Federation has urged the government to restore 16 per cent general sales tax (GST) subsidy for all categories of consumers and charge old tariff from...
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Daredevil robbers kill boy, injure two: Police dodged
LAHORE, Oct 23: Robbers on a looting spree shot dead a 15-year-old boy and injured his father during a robbery in Gunbad Colony, Mughalpura, on Thursday and later opened fire on...
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