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Govt denies wavering on 17th Amendment
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Dismissing doubts of critics, the government assured the Senate on Thursday it would not waver in its aim to undo the controversial 17th Amendment to the Constitution to... 
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Pakistan-India trade can build trust: Ban
NEW DELHI, Oct 30: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here on Thursday that recent small steps taken by India and Pakistan to boost commercial ties could presage bigger changes ahead....
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Man who trained suicide bombers arrested
GHALANAI, Oct 30: Security forces have arrested a man who trained suicide bombers after an encounter with militants in the Mohmand tribal region. Four suspected militants were killed in the clash....
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Rule of law must for capital inflow: Iftikhar
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has stressed the importance of independent judiciary and said that this helps to safeguard the capital brought in a country by foreign investors, local entrepreneurs and the business community....
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PML-Q denies differences over party leadership
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q have denied that there is a forward bloc in the party, but admitted there was a group of about “six people” who have some grievances which can be addressed....
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Repatriation suspended for winter
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has halted voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan because of the onset of winter....
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Rental power projects’ bid proposals opened
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Technical proposals of bids for fast-track rental power projects were opened on Thursday....
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Doctors’ demo makes motorists suffer: Arrest of Services surgeon
LAHORE, Oct 30: The arrest of a Services Hospital orthopaedic surgeon on ‘charges of murder’ flared his colleagues who threw traffic out of gear on Jail Road for more than seven hours on Thursday....
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Fund set up for quake victims
LAHORE, Oct 30: A fund has been set up for relief and rehabilitation of quake-hit people of Balochistan and every penny deposited in the fund will reach the target people, a handout quoted Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif as saying....
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Six mega power projects by 2012
LAHORE, Oct 30: In addition to initiating construction work on the 4,500-megawatt Diamer-Bhasha Dam Project next year, six mega hydropower projects will be undertaken during 2010-12, says Wapda chairman Shakil Durrani....
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Col Effendi passes away
RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: Sardar Col M. Yahya Effendi (retired), a distinguished soldier and author of international repute, died of cardiac arrest at his residence here late Wednesday evening....
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Turkey supports Pakistan’s fight against terrorism
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Turkey will continue to support Pakistan’s fight against terrorism and extremism, and that its government and people deeply appreciate the role Pakistan has been playing in the war against terrorism....
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Fire erupts in private hospital
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Fire broke out in the cafeteria of Shifa International Hospital here on Thursday, causing damage to valuables and property....
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Political parties chalk out programmes for Nov 3
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The election of Ali Ahmed Kurd as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association has not only given a boost to the lawyers’ movement for the restoration of...
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Court seeks reply from ministry: Fresh election of N.As assembly
RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Thursday directed the Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (Kana) to submit within two weeks its comments in a petition...
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Man sentenced to death for murder
RAWALPINDI, Oct 30: An additional session judge here on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man for shooting dead a person five years ago in the limits of Chontra police, and...
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Gender equality termed key to progress
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: Speakers here on Thursday called for gender equality in the country, terming it a key to national progress....
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CM not happy with admission policy of medical universities
HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has expressed reservations over admission policy of medical universities of the province, which are under governor’s control, and said the policy should be formulated by the government....
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MQM, PML-F back PPP for nazim’s office
NAWABSHAH, Oct 30: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Pakistan Muslim League-Functional and Nawabshah United Front announced on Thursday unconditional support for the Pakistan People’s Party-backed contender for the seat of nazim of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto district....
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Sindh police to report tomorrow: Tasleem Solangi case
ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: The Sindh police will submit an initial report on Tasleem Solangi case to women development and interior ministries on Nov 1 (Saturday)....
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30,000 women die of fistula every year
LARKANA, Oct 30: Around 30,000 women die annually in Pakistan due to fistula complications arising out of complex delivery cases either attended by untrained hands or because of unconventional practices, agreed...
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Nawabshah’s aid for quake victims
NAWABSHAH, Oct 30: The district government announced Rs500,000 grant for the earthquake victims of Balochistan on Thursday on the directives of MNA Faryal Talpur....
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Call to change design of RBOD-III
HYDERABAD, Oct 30: Speakers at a conference on Thursday called for stopping work on the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD-III) project, which they feared, would inundate Shahdadkot town and urged re-assessment of the mega project by internationally acclaimed experts....
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PML-Q leader arrested
HYDERABAD, Oct 30: The Hussainabad police have arrested local Pakistan Muslim League leader Dr Shafiq Arain in the double murder case of his wife and driver....
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Teenager remanded in custody after torture complaint
SUKKUR, Oct 30: The first civil judge of Rohri Abdul Raheem Chandio on Thursday remanded a 15-year-old accused in jail custody for five days after he complained that police had tortured him mercilessly....
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Man to serve time for misleading court
LARKANA, Oct 30: The Larkana circuit bench of the Sindh high Court on Thursday convicted a man of giving a false statement before a court of law and sentenced him to one-year rigorous imprisonment....
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Students robbed
SHIKARPUR, Oct 30: Students were deprived of mobile phones and cash while commuting from Karampur to Shikarpur Army Public School on Thursday....
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Farmers asked not to sell cotton at low price
MULTAN, Oct 30: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday urged farmers to avoid selling their crops at cut prices because the industrialists had no other option but to purchase cotton from the local market....
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Narowal bar remains out of bounds for Ahsan
NAROWAL, Oct 30: The District Bar Association on Thursday refused to lift ban on the entry of PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal into the bar....
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Job quota demanded for blind
BAHAWALPUR, Oct 30: One per cent quota has been demanded for the blind in government jobs....
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Idea of new vegetable and fruit market opposed
FAISALABAD, Oct 30: The district market committee has raised objections to establishment of a private fruit and vegetable market parallel to the one raised with millions of rupees funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), sources told Dawn on Thursday....
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Fesco cell to check power wastage
FAISALABAD, Oct 30: The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) has set up an energy conservation cell to curb power wastage, and cell officials are giving free advice to industrialists about energy saving, says Fesco Chief Executive Ahmad Saeed Akhtar....
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Bakery sealed, owner held: Stale foodstuff
GUJRANWALA, Oct 30: Police on Thursday arrested a bakery owner and sealed his shop for providing stale food that had resulted in fainting of over 100 students and teachers of a girls college in Ladheywala Warraich on Tuesday....
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Sixth polio case in Hafizabad
HAFIZABAD, Oct 30: Another polio case, sixth so far, was confirmed here by health department on Thursday....
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Rs1.5m robbery at judge’s house
LAHORE, Oct 30: Robbers looted cash and valuables worth Rs1.45 million from the house of a civil judge in Makki-Larechs Colony of Mughalpura on Thursday....
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Journalist’s Daughter killed by van
LAHORE, Oct 30: A nine-year-old daughter of a journalist was knocked down and killed by a school van in Ghausia Colony of Iqbal Town on Thursday....
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Liver transplant centres in Punjab
LAHORE, Oct 30: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said liver transplant centres will be set up in teaching hospitals so that liver patients do not have to go abroad for this purpose....
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LAC to ban commercial plays at Alhamra: ‘Vulgar’ dances, indecent dialogues
LAHORE, Oct 30: The Lahore Arts Council (LAC) has decided to stop commercial theatre plays both at Alhamra, The Mall, and Alhamra Cultural Complex in three months, Dawn has learnt....
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Man stabbed to death
LAHORE, Oct 30: A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death allegedly by his two brothers-in-law over a marriage dispute in Pak Town of the Factory Area on Thursday....
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Ravians still in jail
LAHORE, Oct 30: Contrary to claims by Chief Minister’s Special Assistant Pervaiz Rashid, the Government College University (GCU) administration did not get a first information report (FIR) quashed against its nine students on Thursday....
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