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UN relief agencies assessing quake damage
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: UN agencies have sent a joint assessment mission to Ziarat and Pishin, areas badly affected by the Wednesday’s earthquake. Another team would leave for Harnai on Thursday.... 
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Victory referendum against govt: Kurd
FAISALABAD, Oct 29: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president-elect Ali Ahmed Kurd has said that chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will be restored soon as the legal fraternity had given a verdict against the government....
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Ex-MPA remanded in custody
LAHORE, Oct 29: Police obtained a six-day physical remand of former MPA and Kasur District Council chairman Chaudhry Hakim Ali here on Wednesday....
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85 more deported from Turkey
GUJRAT, Oct 29: At least 85 illegal immigrants deported from Turkey reached Islamabad airport on Wednesday and were handed over to the FIA, Gujrat....
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Ministry fixes basmati paddy procurement price
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) has fixed the minimum indicative price of ‘Super Basmati’ rice (paddy) at Rs1,500 per 40kg and the procurement price of...
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Pervaiz quells change of guard ‘wishes’
LAHORE, Oct 29: PML-Q’s Punjab President Pervaiz Elahi said on Wednesday neither former president Pervez Musharraf could take part in politics for two years nor party leadership would be changed before party polls in August 2009....
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Sindh celebrates Kurd’s victory
HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Wednesday congratulated lawyers’ community of the country on the victory of Ali Ahmed Kurd in the election...
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ICRC teams in quake-hit areas to assess situation
GENEVA, Oct 29: The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday its two teams had reached the quake-affected areas of Balochistan to assess the situation and needs of the affected people....
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ATC judge sends two Ravians behind bars
LAHORE, Oct 29: Two handcuffed Ravians were produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) judge on Wednesday. Anarkali police arrested them from their homes on Tuesday midnight for protesting the Government College University (GCU) administration’s ‘wrongdoing’....
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Lawyers to observe strike today
LAHORE, Oct 29: Lawyers will observe a complete strike and boycott court proceedings on Thursday (today) in connection with their campaign for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary....
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Ghous for Musharraf’s accountability
LAHORE, Oct 29: Former president Pervez Musharraf should be held accountable for holding the constitution in abeyance and seizing power unlawfully, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sindh President Ghous Ali Shah said here on Wednesday....
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Daska elects tehsil naib nazim
SIALKOT, Oct 29: Pakistan Muslim League-N’s (PML-N’s) candidate Muhammad Ilyas Khattana won Daska tehsil naib nazim slot on Wednesday after defeating PML-Q-backed candidate Muhammad Afzal Mansha....
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55 prisoners released
GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: At least 55 prisoners of the Central Jail involved in petty cases were released by the district and sessions judge here on Wednesday....
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Students out of disputed school
LAYYAH, Oct 29: A dispute over the ownership of a piece of land on which a school building has been constructed allegedly without the consent of its owner has disrupted the...
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Land issue claims two lives
GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: Two persons were killed and another four injured on Wednesday in a clash between two rival groups over a land dispute in Kali Soba, Wahando....
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Robbers kill cop in encounter
KASUR, Oct 29: A police constable was killed in an encounter with robbers near the Sahjowal police station in Pattoki’s Sadar police precincts early on Wednesday morning....
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Dismissed
GUJRANWALA, Oct 29: Four policemen, including an inspector, were dismissed while a sub-inspector demoted for corruption and negligence by the DIG here on Wednesday....
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Arid university faces financial crisis
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: The University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi (UAAR) is facing serious economic constraints as the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has stopped releasing funds earmarked under its cash plan for the current financial year....
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Man cheats mother to own house
RAWALPINDI, Oct 29: When it comes to land related issues, trust among family members sometimes fades away. An 80-year-old woman has lodged a complaint against her own son for fraudulently transferring her house in his name....
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Man killed on road
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: A cook in the National Logistics Corporation (NLC) was killed and his friend was injured in a road accident here on Wednesday, police said....
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Girl shot, injured for ‘honour’
MURREE, Oct 29: A youth from Gujrat shot and injured his younger sister for honour here on Wednesday....
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Hunza-Nagar women need health, education facilities
HUNZA, Oct 29: Although violence against women in the newly formed Hunza and Nagar valleys is negligible, however they are still deprived of basic health and education facilities....
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Major, judge quarrel over official residence
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: A judge and a major thrashed each other over an issue of official residence, police said....
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Naib nazim voted out
RAWALPINDI, Oct 29: The naib nazim of Potohar Town was on Wednesday voted out in a no-confidence move for politicising the council elected on non-political basis and failing to convene the meeting of the house for two consecutive months....
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Hindus ring in new year with Diwali
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29: Hindu citizens rang in their new year by tolling bells and singing Bhajans (hyms) at their temples on Wednesday....
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Forensic sciences institute for Lahore
LAHORE, Oct 29: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Wednesday a six-storey Punjab Institute of Forensic Sciences would be made near Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahore....
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Two LPG dealers go for another price cut
LAHORE, Oct 29: For the second time in the last eight days, the Lub Gas and the Mehran LPG lowered gas prices by Rs5-20 per 11.8kg...
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Autumn romance over for Lahorites
LAHORE, Oct 29: The average autumn temperatures have risen by over three degrees Celsius over the past eight years in Lahore as compared to previous decades, according to data released by the Pakistan Meteorological Department....
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‘Terror charges unjustified’
LAHORE, Oct 29: Police officials say there was no justification of adding section 506 (life threat) of the Pakistan Penal Code and 7 Anti-Terrorism Act (to create terror among the people...
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Committee to review ATA case
LAHORE, Oct 29: Those who have registered an anti-terrorism case against nine Government College University students will have to face action if a high-level committee, formed by the chief minister to...
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LCCI for Suspension of Sales Tax audit
LAHORE, Oct 29: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has demanded the suspension of Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR’s) decision to restore Sales Tax audit....
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Man shaves wife’s head
KHAIRPUR, Oct 29: A man clean-shaved the head of his wife who later was handed over to the father....
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Prisoner dies
KHAIRPUR, Oct 29: Prisoner Amanullah Chandio of Central Jail Khairpur died at the Civil Hospital here on Wednesday. Reports said that Amanullah Chandio was awarded one-year imprisonment and fell sick in the prison on Wednesday....
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Dadu nazim’s son held for ‘attacking’ minister’s house
DADU, Oct 29: Mehmood Khan Loond, son of Taluka Nazim of Dadu Nabban Khan Loond, was arrested for allegedly attacking the house of provincial education minister Pir Mazharul Haq on Wednesday....
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