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Pakistanis taking keen interest in White House race
NEW YORK, Oct 26: Pakistanis living in New York and other parts of the US are following the US presidential campaign with keen interest.... 
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UAE will set up agriculture farm in Balochistan
QUETTA, Oct 26: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will invest $40 million in the agriculture sector in Balochistan....
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Yasin Malik engaged to Pakistani girl
NEW DELHI, Oct 26: JKLF chief Yasin Malik, regarded as the disputed region’s most eligible bachelor, is engaged to Mashal Malik, a Pakistani painter who is studying in London, the Indian Express reported on Sunday....
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Govt pursuing old regime’s policies, says NP leader
QUETTA, Oct 26: Chief of National Party Senator Dr Malik Baloch has claimed that the lukewarm attitude of the PPP-led government towards the ‘military operation in Balochistan’ and the issue of...
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Balochistan varsity to stay closed till row resolved
QUETTA, Oct 26: The Balochistan University has decided that classes on the main campus and at the Bolan Medical College will remain suspended till all outstanding issues between two rival student organisations are resolved....
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PM leaves for Turkey today
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will leave for Turkey on Monday (today) to attend the World Economic Forum where he is expected to hold meetings with economic experts, heads of various international organisations and world leaders.—APP...
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Ghinwa brands Zardari as Karzai of Pakistan
LARKANA, Oct 26: Pakistan People’s Party-Shaheed Bhutto chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto on Sunday termed President Asif Zardari as ‘Karazai of Pakistan,’ and said that he would keep intact the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), which benefited him the most....
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144 dengue cases in Lahore since August
LAHORE, Oct 26: As many as 144 cases of dengue fever have so far been reported in the city since August this year....
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Roti to cost Rs6 now: Subsidy mechanism collapses
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: Naanbais and Tandoorwalas in the city have decided to increase the price of Naan and Roti by Re1 - from Rs5 to Rs6 from Monday....
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Labourer buried alive
RAWALPINDI, Oct 26: A labourer was killed and his two colleagues sustained multiple injuries when they were buried under tons of loose soil while digging a roadside for sewerage lines at Mallet Colony Committee Chowk on Sunday, rescuers said....
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Life of a truth-seeker staged
RAWALPINDI, Oct 26: “Life is as complicated as we make it,” goes a dialogue in the play Foothold to highlight the predicament of its central character who tries to find solace...
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No funds for missing facilities in schools
RAWALPINDI, Oct 26: Punjab has 28,000 schools without electricity, 9,800 without water and washrooms, and 16,000 without boundary walls....
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Truckers threaten to suspend wheat supply
TAXILA, Oct 26: The truckers association has threatened to suspend supply of wheat from Karachi to the gowdowns of Taxila against maltreatment and delaying tactics of the local food department officials....
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Zardari’s claim dismissed: Restoration of judiciary
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has rejected President Asif Ali Zardari’s claim that there is no judicial crisis in the country....
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Two persons arrested for chasing college bus
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: City police have arrested two persons for chasing a girl’s college bus and teasing students, besides injuring the driver and conductor....
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Hazro police SDPO to assume charge today
ATTOCK, Oct 26: New deputy superintendent police will take charge as sub-divisional police officer of Hazro Police Circle on Monday....
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69 vehicles impounded, 864 fined
ISLAMABAD, Oct 26: The Islamabad Traffic Police said it issued 864 tickets and impounded 69 vehicles involved in wheeling and racing during the current month....
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Doctors withdraw protest call
RAWALPINDI, Oct 26: The Young Doctors Association in Rawalpindi has called off their protest planned for Monday (today) after Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif pledged to meet their demands including salary increase, promotion and safety during working hours....
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Man kills sister
TAXILA, Oct 26: A man killed his teenaged sister in Wah village over suspicion of having illicit relations, police said on Sunday....
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Suicide attack plot foiled; 11 picked up
TAXILA, Oct 26: Law-enforcement agencies here on Sunday claimed to have unearthed a plot to carry out suicide blasts, and recovered explosives and two vests from the possession of the suspects....
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Declining prices of cotton worry ginners
HYDERABAD, Oct 26: Cotton ginners of Sindh have appealed to the federal government to resolve the electricity crisis as they are threatened with financial losses due to non-utilisation of cotton that...
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Man axes newborn son to death
LARKANA, Oct 26: A peasant killed his newborn baby boy in Sher Mohammed Mugheri village in the Gairilo area on Sunday after declaring that it was an illegitimate child....
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Bandit commits suicide
NAWABSHAH, Oct 26: A proclaimed offender and a bandit wanted by Thatta police in several heinous crimes reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself at Loung Makrani village near here on Sunday....
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Anti-privatisation protesters block highway: Qadirpur gas field
SUKKUR, Oct 26: In a massive show of strength depicting Sindh’s resentment against proposed privatisation of profit-earning Qadirpur gas field, thousands of people, including workers of the gas field and political...
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KPP members to boycott Larkana council session
LARKANA, Oct 26: The members of Khushhal Pakistan Panel (KPP) will boycott upcoming session of the Larkana district council scheduled for Oct 28 in protest against pro-PPP members....
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PIA’s first flight to Abu Dhabi from Sialkot
SIALKOT, Oct 26: The PIA’s first direct flight (PK-253) took off for Abu Dhabi from the Sialkot International Airport here on Sunday....
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Wedding bands face crunch time
MULTAN, Oct 26: Who is not familiar with the wedding bands that entertain guests at functions, but what difficulties these players have begun to face is known only to them....
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Power cuts have telling effect on students’ grades
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 26: Prolonged power cuts are affecting study schedules of students of the Islamia University, Bahawalpur (IUB) threatening their grades in examinations, Dawn has learnt....
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Four POs killed by ‘firing of accomplices’: Police van attacked
GUJRANWALA, Oct 26: Four outlaws involved in kidnap for ransom, murder, dacoity and other crimes were killed by the `firing of their own accomplices’ during a police encounter near Mangoki, Noshehra Virkan, on Sunday....
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Cotton market crashes owing to outages
LAYYAH, Oct 26: The cotton market has crashed in south Punjab owing to electricity crisis because ginning factories has stopped buying raw cotton (phutty) the prices of which have fallen from Rs1,660 to Rs1,200 per 40kg....
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Gas fire: 3 brothers succumb to burns
SAHIWAL, Oct 26: Of the four brothers and a maid who had got burns in a gas fire in Sahiwal on Oct 16, three brothers have died in the last three days....
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Traders call off strike
FAISALABAD, Oct 26: Traders have called off their three-day strike against unscheduled power outages from today (Monday) following an assurance given by the Punjab law minister that there would be no...
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Battery-run bike a hope for low-income urbanites
MULTAN, Oct 26: Numbed by spiraling fuel prices, those belonging to low-income urban groups can find relief in a battery-run bike recently introduced in the market which can also help slash national oil import bill besides being environment-friendly....
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Fireworks explosion kills girl, injures six
VEHARI, Oct 26: A 16-year-old girl was killed and six people of her family were injured in a fireworks explosion in Marzipura locality of Burewala city on Sunday....
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Gas tariff
GUJRAT, Oct 26: Pottery and ceramics manufacturers fear closure of more than 100 units and loss of thousands of jobs if the government enhances gas tariff....
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Nadra’s work affected
SIALKOT, Oct 26: The outdated computer system and staff shortage at the Nadra swift registration office in Daska is badly hampering its performance, causing great inconvenience to seekers of the computerized national identity card (CNIC)....
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Husband stabbed
LAHORE, Oct 26: A woman allegedly stabbed to death her husband in connivance with her boyfriend at C-Block of DHA.—Staff Reporter...
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Chaudhrys to take rebels head on
LAHORE, Oct 26: Having a lenient attitude towards rebellion within the ranks of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) so far, the Chaudhrys of Gujrat have decided to take a tough stance...
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Outage-ridden get an hour’s relief
LAHORE, Oct 26: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) on Sunday reduced daily loadshedding by an hour and promised further reduction from Nov 1....
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Riaz Fatyana lashes out at Chaudhrys
LAHORE, Oct 26: Charging the Chaudhrys of Gujrat with “failure” to lead the party, PML-Q forward bloc member MNA Riaz Fatyana says they must immediately relinquish their offices for a better leadership....
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