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Transport fares issue echoes in NA
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday assured the National Assembly that the Centre would ask the provincial governments to get the transport fares... 
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Govt lauded for owning gender justice code
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Alliance Against Sexual Harassment, a coalition of nine civil society organisations, has hailed government’s decision of owning the code of conduct for gender justice at the workplaces and presenting it in cabinet for the approval....
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Suspects be tested to determine age: Suicide attack plot
RAWALPINDI, Nov 11: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday directed the superintendent of Adiala jail and SHO Sadiqabad to get an ossification test conducted on two accused in a suicide attack...
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Protest against possible deal with IMF
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Dozens of civil society activists and representatives of trade unions and lawyers staged a protest demonstration outside the Rawalpinsi-Islamabad Press Club camp office against possible move of the...
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PML-N MNA put on notice
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Tuesday directed a Member National Assembly (MNA) of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) from the federal capital to appear in the court...
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Sindhi writers hail Fakhar Zaman as PAL chief
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Noted Sindhi writers and poets have welcomed the government’s decision to appoint Fakhar Zaman as the new chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL)....
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Renewable energy policy options reviewed
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: A two day consultative stakeholder’s workshop on “development of medium-term renewable energy policy for Pakistan” concluded here on Tuesday with a commitment that the policy would reflect the aspirations and needs of the people of Pakistan....
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UK bank offered higher interest rate: ministry
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Federal Ministry of Sports on Monday decided to deposit the employees’ pension fund worth Rs55 million with a British bank, saying the bank was offering better interest rates....
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US commander to brief Pakistani lawmakers
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: The commander of US and allied forces in Afghanistan General David McKiernan is coming to Pakistan on Thursday to give a special briefing to a select group of parliamentarians....
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CJ takes up case of minor girl’s marriage
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar on Tuesday took suo motu notice of a reported judgement by a jirga in Shikarpur giving a seven-year girl in marriage...
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PPP has lost majority in NA: Hashmi
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: PML-N’s senior vice-president Makhdoom Javed Hashmi said on Tuesday that the PPP-led coalition government had lost its majority in the National Assembly. However, he said, the government faced no threat of no-confidence move....
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FIA yet to retrieve complete data
LAHORE, Nov 11: The Lahore wing of the Federal Investigation Agency is yet to get the ‘main server’ computer containing complete record of transactions made by the Khanani and Kalia International over the past six months....
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SC dismisses appeal against LHC decision
ISLAMABAD: Nov 11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the government’s appeal against a Lahore High Court (LHC) decision to acquit a former MNA on charges of drugs smuggling....
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Four militants, girl killed in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 11: Four militants and a girl were killed and several others wounded when security forces attacked militants’ positions in Swat’s Kabal area on Tuesday....
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Seven militants killed
KHAR, Nov 11: At least seven militants were killed when troops pounded their hideouts in Mamond and Nawagai tehsils with artillery on Tuesday....
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500 fair price shops’ licences cancelled
QUETTA, Nov 11: The Balochistan’s food department has cancelled licences of all government fair price shops in Quetta and decided to issue fresh licences to new flour dealers....
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Three pro-govt Bugti tribesmen injured in blast
QUETTA, Nov 11: Three pro-government Bugti tribesmen were seriously injured when a bomb exploded in the Pirkoh gas field area on Tuesday....
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Zardari not to meet Obama
ISLAMABAD, Nov 11: President Asif Ali Zardari will not meet President-elect Barack Obama during his two-day visit to the United States to attend a special UN General Assembly session....
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Seven mills ignore sugarcane crushing date
HYDERABAD, Nov 11: Seven out of 30 sugar mills of the province owned by influential businessmen have once again flouted with complete impunity the date for crushing, which the government had fixed after consulting the mills’ own representative body, PSMA....
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Teenaged girl falls prey to karo-kari
SUKKUR, Nov 11: A teenage girl was shot dead by her cousin on the pretext of karo-kari in Khuda Bux Jatoi village near here late Monday night....
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Absence of quality seed delays wheat cultivation: Crisis in the making
LARKANA, Nov 11: Growers fear the absence of quality wheat seeds from the market and open sale of substandard and unhealthy seeds, which are banned in the Punjab, will lead to...
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Amar Jalil’s English book
KARACHI, Nov 11: “Love, Longing and Death,” an anthology of English short stories by popular Sindhi fiction writer Amar Jalil has recently been published in New Delhi (India) by Bibliophile South Asia publication house....
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Ministers listen to complaints at open katchehry
THATTA, Nov 11: Pakistan People’s Party activists and residents of Thatta district recorded complaints of wheat flour deficiency, falling educational standards, inadequate health services, water shortage and police excesses during an open katchehry held by two provincial ministers....
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SU cuts MBA seats at Laar college by half
BADIN, Nov 11: Students of the evening program of MBA complained on Monday that the Sindh University had cut to half number of seats in MBA at Sindh University Laar College....
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Mediators to settle tribal dispute
JACOBABAD, Nov 11: The custodian of Haleji shrine along with other notables and disciples reached Ghouspur to settle the ongoing dispute between Oghai and Teghani clans....
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Shortage of medicines at hospital ends
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 11: Shortage of medicines at the Civil Hospital Mirpurkhas has ended with the release of 75 per cent of funds....
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PTCL workers protest over colleague’s death
HYDERABAD, Nov 11: The PTCL workers held a protest gathering at Old Central telegraph office (CTO) compound here on Tuesday following the death of one of their colleagues....
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School gate pulled down to grab land
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 11: Land-grabbers pulled down gate of the main primary school in Moro a day ago and constructed a shop on the encroached government land inside the school premises,...
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Security around prisons being tightened, says IG
LARKANA, Nov 11: Security around prisons is being reinforced to block escaping of prisoners from police custody, said the Sindh IG (Prisons) Mohammed Yamin Khan....
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Newsman’s widow dies
HYDERABAD, Nov 11: Begum Qamar, the widow of late Qamaruzzaman Khan, the first district correspondent of daily Dawn at Hyderabad who had been associated with this newspaper for over 40 years, died here on Tuesday after protracted illness....
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Water shortage
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 11: Growers of Sehra minor and Late minor staged a demonstration to protest against water shortage. They said that there was acute shortage of water in channels turning agriculture lands barren with growers facing financial hardships....
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Three GCUF officials fired for corruption
FAISALABAD, Nov 11: The Government College University Faisalabad (GCUF) has sacked two directors and a senior audit officer on corruption charges, says a notification issued on Tuesday....
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Four women among nine held from hostel
SAHIWAL, Nov 11: City police arrested nine people, including four women, from the Government Boys Commerce College hostel late on Monday night....
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Awaiting the dawn of freedom
BAHAWALPUR, Nov 11: The dawn of the coming Nov 14 will not be just another day for Sohail Shahzad but the day which will afford him an opportunity to savour the...
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‘Govt nod awaited to restore Iqbal Manzil’
SIALKOT, Nov 11: The district administration is awaiting a federal government go ahead to restore and preserve the 148 years old national heritage, Iqbal Manzil, the birthplace of Allama Iqbal....
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Ransom wins govt employee freedom
BAHAWALPUR, Nov 11: A government servant, who was among the occupants of a vehicle ‘hijacked’ a fortnight ago, reached home after paying a Rs150,000 ransom on Tuesday....
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3,000 Sikhs to pay homage to Nanak
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 11: More than 3,000 Sikh pilgrims have arrived in Nankana Sahib to attend the 540th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee at Gurdwara Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib....
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TMO office turns ‘political cockpit’
KHANEWAL, Nov 11: The tehsil municipal officer’s slot in Khanewal has become a bone of contention between two officials who continue to alternate each other, thanks to the political brawn displayed by two PPP legislators backing them....
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‘Rly needs foreign funding’
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 11: Pakistan Railways needs foreign financial assistance to initiate new projects as it is facing a Rs29 billion deficit....
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Barefoot pilgrims
LAHORE, Nov 11: The officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) greeted 3,500 Sikh pilgrims at Wagah who arrived here through three...
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Two die in accidents
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 11: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and as many others injured in separate road accidents here on Tuesday....
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Protest against murder
FAISALABAD, Nov 11: The murder of a carpenter by his rivals sparked off protest in Chak Jhumra on Tuesday and people blocked Chiniot-Jhumra Road for hours, demanding early arrest of the accused....
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France ready to set up solar energy projects
LAHORE, Nov 11: French Ambassador Daniel Jouanneau says his country is ready to extend cooperation to Pakistan in overcoming its energy shortage by building windmills and initiating solar energy projects....
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Membership drive of PTI
LAHORE, Nov 11: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan will open party’s 15-day membership drive at Minar-i-Pakistan on Nov 16....
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‘Encounter’ closes chapter of 2 criminals
LAHORE, Nov 11: Two alleged criminals were killed in a ‘shootout’ with the CIA police near Jehangir’s Tomb in Shahdara on Tuesday night....
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Case against patwari, DOR for land fraud
LAHORE, Nov 11: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has registered a case against a former Kasur district officer (revenue), a patwari and eight others for ‘illegally’ transferring 468 kanals of land....
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Law, order top priority, says PM: Forex scam details to be made public
LAHORE, Nov 11: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says the improvement in law and order besides economy is the top priority of the government....
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School of traditional arts on the cards
LAHORE, Nov 11: Artisans have been neglected over the years and the culture ministry is planning a school of traditional arts for them, says Information, Culture and Youth Affairs Secretary Oriya Maqbool Jan....
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IMF loan economic suicide, says Qazi
LAHORE, Nov 11: Jamaat-i-Islami amir Qazi Husain Ahmad says getting loans from the IMF will tantamount to economic suicide....
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PPP ‘quest for share’ delays appointments: Commissioners
LAHORE, Nov 11: The PPP’s demand of nearly 40 per cent share in the posts of divisional commissioners in Punjab is stated to be one of the major reasons behind delay in appointment of officers against the posts....
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