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Ecnec approves projects worth Rs21.235 billion
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved Rs21.235 billion for establishment of various projects.... 
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Scouts headquarters, posts attacked in Mohmand
GHALANAI, Nov 8: Militants attacked security checkpoints and scouts headquarters and destroyed a bridge in the Mohmand tribal region on Friday night....
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250 school buildings destroyed in Ziarat
QUETTA, Nov 8: About 250 buildings of government-run schools in the Ziarat district were destroyed in the Oct 29 earthquake in Balochistan....
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Erra offers to build shelters in Balochistan’s quake-hit areas
QUETTA, Nov 8: The Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (Erra) has offered to build shelters in earthquake-hit areas in Balochistan, but it has so far not been given any responsibility, according to deputy chairman Erra Lt-Gen Sajjad Akram....
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CJ takes suo motu notice of assault on doctors: Protest continues
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Saturday took suo motu notice of the assault on two doctors at the Federal Government Services Hospital by the family members of two bureaucrats last week....
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Non-Baloch pay the price in Quetta
With his embroidered cap and waistcoat over a beige shalwar kamiz and a beard and typically Baloch-accented Urdu to go with this attire, no one can tell that Abdullah is a Punjabi settler, and not an ethnic Baloch....
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Workers to challenge sale of Qadirpur gas field in court
SUKKUR, Nov 8: Leaders of the workers union of Qadirpur gas field announced they would move a constitutional petition in the Sindh High Court against the government’s decision to privatise the...
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Iqbal Manzil – a proud past that has no future
SIALKOT, Nov 8: The news that the historical Iqbal Manzil, the birthplace of Allama Iqbal, would be restored brought relief to the people of Sialkot, but they had no idea that it takes more than verbal assurances to fulfill a commitment....
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UAF in a fix as HEC stops grant
FAISALABAD, Nov 8: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has been facing huge financial crunch and finding it difficult to release salaries for the current month as the Higher Education Commission...
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CIIT students protest withdrawal of fee waiver
ATTOCK, Nov 8: Hundreds of students from the Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) and their parents here on Saturday staged a protest demonstration against withdrawal of the tuition fee waiver and issuance of a deadline to deposit the dues....
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PSB opposes transfer of Rs55m to UK bank: Pension funds
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has asked the federal ministry of sports to review its decision of transferring employees’ pension funds amounting to Rs55 million to a UK-based bank due to its limited operation in the country....
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‘Family visas for scholars: no accord with HEC’
ISBLAMABAD, Nov 8: The French embassy in Pakistan on Saturday said it had not signed agreement of any sort with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to provide visa to the families of Pakistani students studying in various French universities....
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FPSC proposes candidates for lady lecturers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) has recommended candidates for appointment against posts of lecturers (Female) in BS-17 in F G colleges for women....
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Improving PTV’s financial health a daunting task for govt
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: The government is facing an insurmountable challenge to turn around things in Pakistan Television (PTV), as the financial health of the national channel has gone from bad to worse over preceding months....
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Microsoft on ‘hunger for kickbacks’
Microsoft has disowned the allegations made by an employee at a workshop in Islamabad that foreign firms are reluctant to invest in the country because of Pakistani leaders’ “hunger for kickbacks”....
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Three indicted for plotting attack on police offices
RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: Three persons were indicted on Saturday for planning to carry out suicide attacks on the offices of senior police officials. They, however, pleaded not guilty and said they would contest the charges against them....
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Two killed in accident near Balkassar
CHAKWAL, Nov 8: Two jail officials were killed in a road accident near Balkassar Village at Chakwal-Talagang road, police sources said....
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Five persons get burn injuries
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Five persons suffered burn injuries when fire broke out in their flat due to gas leakage here on Saturday....
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Zakat ministry reserves diminishing
ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Zakat and Ushr Minister Noorul Haq Qadri was informed on Saturday that accumulated reserves which covered the Zakat budget deficit annually had almost depleted....
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Pro-govt elder killed
QUETTA, Nov 8: A pro-government tribal elder and his guard were gunned down in Sui area of the Dera Bugti district on Saturday....
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All languages be recognised as national languages: scholar
HYDERABAD, Nov 8: Prof Dr G A Allana suggests that all Pakistani languages be recognised as national languages, Urdu should replace English as state language and all the provincial languages should...
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124 bonded workers released
HYDERABAD, Nov 8: A sessions and an additional district judge on Saturday released a total of 124 brick kiln workers when they were produced by police under court directives following a...
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Exhumation suggested
HYDERABAD, Nov 8: A medical board formed by the director general of health services has found ‘some deficiencies’ in the post mortem report of Naveed Sheikh and proposed exhumation of his...
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Five killed in accident
NAWABSHAH, Nov 8: Five people including a woman were killed and more than 30 suffered injuries when a coach overturned on the National Highway near Sakrand on Saturday....
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Prisoner flees
LARKANA, Nov 8: An under trial prisoner who faced charges of murder escaped from police custody on Saturday....
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PM hints at further cut in POL prices
RAHIM YAR KHAN, Nov 8: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday hinted at further cut in the prices of petroleum products....
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Convocation
SARGODHA, Nov 8: The maiden convocation of the University of Sargodha is scheduled to be held on Monday (tomorrow). Chancellor/Governor Salman Taseer will be the chief guest....
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Convict’s fine goes to quake fund
MIANWALI, Nov 8: A district and sessions judge on Saturday adopted a novel way of dispensing justice and helping Balochistan’s quake-hit people, simultaneously, when he ordered that the amount of a...
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3 women booked for inflicting burns on sister-in-law
JHANG, Nov 8: Police have booked on Saturday three women for allegedly causing serious burns to their sister-in-law (wife of their brother) by throwing some inflammatory substance on her in Jogianwala locality of Jhang (Saddar) on Thursday....
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Iftikhar at another port of call
GUJRAT, Nov 8: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the man who has been shepherding the lawyers’ movement for what they call an independent judiciary, said on Saturday the black coats had taken up...
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Student’s killing
JHANG, Nov 8: Students kept Jhang-Toba Tek Singh road blocked for about two hours by burning tyres to protest the death of a fellow student in an accident on Saturday....
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Steel industry seeks low-cost raw material
LAHORE, Nov 8: The Pakistan Steel Re-Rolling Mills Association (PSRMA) has urged the government to ensure availability of quality raw material at affordable prices and exempt the steel industry from 35...
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Lesco notices to industry Cause concern
LAHORE, Nov 8: The industrial sector went into a panic on Saturday after receiving notices from the Lahore Electric Supply Company (LesCo) that it would not be able to “supply power during the winter months because of gas loadshedding.”...
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Syndicate paves way for GCU students’ restoration
LAHORE, Nov 8: The Government College University Syndicate on Saturday paved the way for the restoration of nine students expelled and booked for leading a protest demonstration against the GCU administration....
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SNGPL official survives ‘attempt on life’
LAHORE, Nov 8: An official of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) escaped unhurt after three unidentified people opened fire on his car near Barkat Market in Garden Town on Saturday morning....
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Rs2 ‘roti’ at 2,995 ‘tandoors’ from 15th
LAHORE, Nov 8: District Coordination Officer Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has said 2,995 ‘tandoors’ will start selling Rs2 roti from Nov 15....
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Robbers kill real estate agent
LAHORE, Nov 8: Robbers shot dead a real estate agent and injured three others, including an advocate, during two separate incidents in Shahdara and Lytton Road areas on Saturday....
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Pervaiz for hard line on water issue
LAHORE, Nov 8: PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi says the government should not give further latitude to India on the water issue in view of its disastrous effects on agriculture....
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Ex-minister denied bail before arrest
LAHORE, Nov 8: Justice Tariq Shamim of the Lahore High Court has declined to accept the pre-arrest bail application of Punjab’s former transport minister Pir Ghulam Mohyudin Chishti of Vehari....
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6,000 Sikhs due on 11th
LAHORE, Nov 8: More than 6,000 Sikh pilgrims will reach here on Nov 11 from India and other countries on way to Nankana Sahib for performing their religious rituals....
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