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NA adopts opposition bill to train parliamentarians
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The National Assembly completed on Tuesday parliamentary approval of an opposition bill to provide for a training and research institute for the country’s mostly inept parliamentarians, which the... 
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Shahbaz holds wide-ranging cooperation talks in Beijing
BEIJING, Nov 18: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who is heading a delegation on a visit to China, said here on Tuesday that his government wanted to introduce the drip irrigation technology to bring large desert areas under cultivation....
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Seven militants, one soldier killed in Swat clashes
MINGORA, Nov 18: Seven militants and one soldier were killed as military operation continued in Swat on Tuesday....
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Troops kill five militants
CHARSADDA, Nov 18: Security forces killed five militants and a woman and wounded five others in Mian Kalley area of Shabqadar on Tuesday....
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FIA accused of torturing detained forex dealers
LAHORE, Nov 18: Detained foreign exchange dealer Munaf Kalia spent three hours in a private hospital here on Tuesday and his lawyer accused the Federal Investigation Agency officials of ‘severely torturing’ his clients for ‘not cooperating’....
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Benazir leaves 50pc of assets for Bilawal, 25pc each for daughters
KARACHI, Nov 18: The Sindh High Court asked its probate branch to process an application moved by MNA Faryal Talpur for issuance of a letter of probate in respect of the...
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NWFP govt renews talks offer to Taliban
PESHAWAR, Nov 18: The NWFP government renewed its offer for talks with the Taliban if they lay down arms and accept the writ of the state when the government’s representative, Mr...
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Musharraf to travel to US in January
NEW YORK, Nov 18: Former president Pervez Musharraf would travel to the United States as a guest of the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan at its annual dinner on Jan 14, council’s executive director Dixie Anderson announced on Monday....
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No steps yet to avert flight delays at BB airport: Brick kilns’ smog
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: With crisper temperatures approaching, air travellers at Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIA) should be bracing for delays yet again – thanks to the smog caused by the brick kilns in the vicinity of the airport....
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‘Austria may invest in power projects’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has said the government will welcome Austrian investment in hydel power and alternative energy projects....
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Reconstruction of road poses threat to Shahjehan Masjid
THATTA, Nov 18: The work on raising the under-construction five-furlong metalled road much above ground level from traffic police chowki to Aamir stop poses grave threat to over three centuries old historic Shahjehan Masjid....
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Chaudhrys to take dissidents issue to party CEC
LAHORE, Nov 18: The Chaudhrys of Gujrat have decided to take the ‘dissidents issue’ to the PML-Q central executive committee or general council where these rebellious leaders lack majority....
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Harassment of journalists on the rise
GILGIT, Nov 18: Human rights and journalist organizations have expressed concern over increasing incidents aimed at harassing journalists to stop them from performing their professional duties....
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Two women killed in Attock
ATTOCK, Nov18: Two women were killed and as many injured in separate incidents in the district on Tuesday....
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Court summons women varsity VC: Student’s plea
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: The Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday directed the vice-chancellor of Fatima Jinnah Women University to appear in the court on November 21 in a petition filed...
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CDA bosses look abroad to meet liabilities
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: As the financial liabilities of Capital Development Authority have reached Rs40 billion mark, the authority’s high-ups are considering foreign visits aimed to attract investors in its real estate sector, an insider told Dawn on Tuesday....
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Twin cities’ authorities brace for dengue fever
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: City managers of the twin cities have devised plans to combat dengue fever which has resurfaced in Rawalpindi where so far nine cases have been reported to the two teaching hospitals....
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Project to improve skills of youth launched
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The British Council in collaboration with a civil society organisation here on Tuesday launched a project with an aim to improve skills and employability of young people....
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S. African HC speaks on media ethics
RAWALPINDI, Nov 18: South African High Commissioner Daniel Jabulani Maviimbela on Tuesday in his lecture on media ethics said that professionalism demands integrity and courage and the reporting should be full of objectivity....
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Search for PTV MD continues
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Search is on for the new managing director of Pakistan Television, and the information ministry is mulling over whether to make the new appointment through open competition or...
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BNP-A rejects allegations against Zehri
QUETTA, Nov 18: The women’s wing of the Balochistan National Party (Awami) has said that some elements have unleashed a media campaign about marital infidelity to distort and malign Baloch culture...
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Protests against killing of BSO activist
QUETTA, Nov 18: A large number of Baloch women held a demonstration in front of the Quetta Press Club on Tuesday in protest against the killing of an activist of the Baloch Student Organisation by security forces in Mashkey....
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Need stressed to reduce rate of maternal and infant mortality
QUETTA, Nov 18: The government and private sector should work jointly to reduce the rate of maternal and infant mortality in Balochistan which is higher than in other provinces....
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‘Dues may affect SSGC service’
QUETTA, Nov 18: The Sui Southern gas Company (SSGC) may find it difficult to ensure smooth supply of gas in Balochistan if it fails to recover outstanding dues of Rs440 million from consumers....
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Man shot dead, brother injured
QUETTA, Nov 18: Gunmen killed a man and injured his brother in Sariab Road area here on Tuesday night....
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Growers see proposed tax as last straw on agriculture sector HYDERABAD, Nov 18: The Sindh Abadgar Board President Abdul Majeed Nizamani on Tuesday criticised a proposal for taxing agriculture sector and said that any new tax would completely destroy the sector....
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Strike against shortage of water
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 18: A complete strike was observed in Jhuddo town on Tuesday in protest against acute shortage of water in the tail-end areas of Jamrao and Mithrao canals on a...
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Prisoners protest in Larkana jail
LARKANA, Nov 18: Protesting over the alleged threat of the new superintendent of jail for shifting the hardened criminals to other jails, the prisoners in central prison of Larkana on Tuesday...
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Three women refuse to accept jirga verdict
JACOBABAD, Nov 18: Three women who had been given in marriage when they were minors by a jirga several years ago as compensation for a dispute over honour-killing in Ghouspur have...
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Hepatitis on rise in Thatta
THATTA, Nov 18: Hepatitis is rising at an alarming rate as in Sindh only some 1.7 million people are suffering from hepatitis-C and 15,000 from hepatitis-B, said Dr Abdul Majid Chhutto....
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Call for probe by honest policemen
KHAIRPUR, Nov 18: A delegation of PML-F led by its provincial leader Imtiaz Shaikh and District Nazim Khairpur Pir Niaz Hussain Shah, visited Mithal Jagirani village, Gambat taluka on Tuesday....
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Suspect in DSP house robbery held
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 18: Investigation police arrested a suspect in the dacoity committed in the house of Kamboh Khan Mari - DSP of Karachi Police in the limit of Satellite town police station – few days ago....
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Seminar on children
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 18: Participants of a seminar titled “The basic problem of the children and the role of civil society” expressed concern over declining standard of education and health of children on Tuesday....
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Man awarded Capital punishment
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Nov 18: Additional sessions judge Moro Mehboob Ali awarded death sentence to an accused in murder case here on Tuesday. Announcing the verdict the judge also slapped a fine...
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Musharraf, Aziz not pardoned yet: Riaz
FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has not yet pardoned former military dictator Pervez Musharraf and former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, says a provincial minister....
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‘Prestige’ makes man kill three dear ones
OKARA, Nov 18: A man shot his daughter, son-in-law and grandson dead allegedly to preserve his ‘honour’ on Tuesday....
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Australian institute to help UAF set up fruit nursery
FAISALABAD, Nov 18: The Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) will help the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) establish a virus-free citrus fruits nursery to enhance their shelf life....
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Film director Pervaiz Malik passes away
LAHORE, Nov 18: Seasoned film director Pervaiz Malik died of cardiac arrest in Islamabad on Tuesday. He was 71....
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2 accused of ‘blasphemy’ arrested
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 18: Two youths facing blasphemy charges were arrested on Tuesday by city police in a raid in a Gojra tehsil village....
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Human agent
GUJRANWALA, Nov 18: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Tuesday having arrested a human trafficker who had sent many people (Muslims) abroad after showing them Christians on paper....
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LHC allows Opp man to contest: FCCI poll fee issue
FAISALABAD, Nov 18: Opposition members of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry have held their ground against a 200 per cent increase in the election fee as the Lahore High Court has given a verdict in favour of its nominee....
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Case against 14 for fake domiciles
SAHIWAL, Nov 18: Police have registered cases against 14 candidates who submitted fake domiciles with their applications for the posts of constables....
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Three traders hurt in gas cylinder explosion
VEHARI, Nov 18: A shop owner and his two employees were injured when a gas cylinder exploded in D-Block of Vehari city on Tuesday evening....
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20 tie knot at mass wedding
SIALKOT, Nov 18: As many as 20 people tied knots at a mass wedding ceremony in Daska on Tuesday....
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State land retrieved
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 18: The district administration has got vacated state land at Pirmahal from the `qabza groups’....
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A day of unusual happenings at PA
LAHORE, Nov 18: It was a day of unusual happenings at the Punjab Assembly (PA) on Tuesday --- proceedings began in time; treasury women MPAs revolted against their male colleagues and...
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Authorities confirm five deaths due to dengue: 1,000 cases in Lahore
LAHORE, Nov 18: As the number of dengue patients has touched an alarming 1,000 in Lahore on Tuesday, the provincial health department has finally confirmed five deaths due to the disease....
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APC assures Qadirpur gas field workers of support
LAHORE, Nov 18: Representative political parties and civil society organisations attending an all parties conference convened by the Jamaat-i-Islami here on Tuesday assured the people of Sindh of their full support in the struggle against the privatisation of Qadirpur gas field....
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Girl chained by parents rescued
LAHORE, Nov 18: A girl who was kept chained at her house in Naseerabad by her parents has been freed and given into the custody of a non-governmental organisation, according to the Human Rights Directorate....
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LHC orders medical of tortured maids
LAHORE, Nov 18: Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday ordered medical examination of two maidservants detained and tortured by their master, who alleged the girls had helped their father in stealing Rs1.5...
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