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SC decides to proceed ex-parte on Sharifs’ candidature appeals
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: The Supreme Court decided on Thursday to proceed ex-parte on appeals relating to candidature of the Sharif brothers because of their continuing absence despite repeated summons, but observed... 
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Balochistan shut to mark Balaach anniversary
QUETTA, Nov 20: A complete strike was observed in Balochistan on Thursday to mark the first death anniversary of Nawabzada Balaach Marri....
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Zardari chairs Sindh cabinet meeting
KARACHI, Nov 20: President Asif Ali Zardari asked the Sindh government on Thursday to pay special attention to solving the problems faced by the common man....
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Chattha group rejects list of CEC members
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Differences between the two factions in the PML-Q intensified on Thursday when the dissident leaders led by Hamid Nasir Chattha refused to recognise the list of CEC members circulated by the Chaudhry group....
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JIT to probe former SSG chief’s murder
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police has been constituted to probe the assassination of former head of the army’s elite commando force here on Thursday....
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Power minister eats humble pie
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf, on Thursday faced an embarrassing situation when opposition members from the Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) took him to task...
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Retain Atta as HEC chief: Senate body
ISLAMABAD: Nov 20: A Senate body unanimously has called for retention of Chairperson Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Atta-ur-Rehman on his job, who has resigned but his resignation has not been accepted yet....
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NAB hands over housing scheme to CDA: Fake allotment of plots
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday handed over the administrative control of a private housing scheme -- Jeddah Town -- to Capital Development Authority (CDA) after the management...
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Probe into Rs344m ad campaign
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Information Minister Sherry Rehman informed the National Assembly on Thursday that the government had ordered an inquiry into alleged squandering of millions of rupees by the previous government on advertisement about the Khushal Pakistan Programme....
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Seven women among 24 killed in Swat
MINGORA, Nov 20: Sixteen militants were killed and several others wounded when air force planes attacked a camp the insurgents were running in a government school building and two houses in...
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President to visit UAE next week
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for the United Arab Emirates on Monday on a two-day state visit....
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All political prisoners will be freed: Raisani
QUETTA, Nov 20: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani has asked the home department for a list of people detained in the province on political grounds under the Maintenance of the Public Order (MPO) Ordinance....
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No-confidence resolution against naib nazim passed
DADU, Nov 20: Taluka Council Dadu passed a no confidence resolution against its Naib Nazim Syed Ali Murad Shah on Thursday during a meeting chaired by senior presiding officer Altaf Ahmed Samoon....
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Cut in university grants scuttles academic activities
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Sindh chapter of the Federation of All-Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association said on Thursday that massive cuts in grants had scuttled academic activities, work on development projects...
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ADP members illegally held session: convener
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Pakistan People’s Party-backed Awam Dost Panel members on Thursday held session of Tando Allahyar district council on their own after convenor prorogued it over lack of quorum on Wednesday....
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MNA on policing and sweeping spree
MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 20: A Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP’s) lawmaker is creating waves in the city here through his policing and social service tactics....
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Rana takes U-turn on the Taseers
LAHORE, Nov 20: Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan who had objected to the private life of Governor Salmaan Taseer and his family laid down his guns on Thursday and declared that they (the Taseers) were like his blood relations....
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PML-N activists return to lawyers’ rally
LAHORE, Nov 20: While the lawyers reflected upon ways to reinvigorate their campaign for the restoration of the judges, the largest party in Punjab definitely had a change of heart as its parliamentarians and workers reappeared at the weekly protest rally....
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Season’s maiden snowfall at Murree
MURREE, Nov 20: Winter received its first snowfall here on Thursday. The snowfall, which started after noon, continued for two hours and wrapped the whole area in white layer of snow....
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‘Faiz’s poetry echoes with latent chords’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poetry runs in the blood of his admirers and creates vibrations in the latent chords of the heart....
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Man, son shot dead; another commits suicide
RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: A father and his son were shot dead by their rivals in Chontra, while a father of three committed suicide by shooting himself in his house in Loco Shed area on Thursday, police said....
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Establishment Division secy transferred
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20: Secretary, Establishment Division, Ghiasuddin Ahmed has been transferred with immediate effect....
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Visionless education policy blamed for low literacy
RAWALPINDI, Nov 20: Speakers at a seminar on Thursday blamed lack of vision and practical approach towards devising and implementing education policies for low literacy rate....
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Scores injured in PPAJK rival groups’ clash
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 20: Dozens activists were injured in a clash between two groups of People’s Party Azad Kashmir chapter at a public meeting on Wednesday in the presence of senior party leaders, including PPP secretary-general Jahangir Badr....
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Italian relief for quake victims
THE Government of Italy is providing 400,000 Euros for people affected by the Balochistan earthquake. A relief package was announced by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini as a gesture of solidarity comprising...
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Aluminium coins of Re1, Rs2 issued
KARACHI, Nov 20: The State Bank announced on Thursday issuing aluminium coins in Re1 and Rs2 denomination....
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Rail track damaged in Mastung
QUETTA, Nov 20: Rail link with Iran was disrupted for several hours on Thursday after a blast on the Quetta-Zahidan track in Mastung district....
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Blast in Quetta
QUETTA, Nov 20: A powerful bomb blast rocked the Chaki-Shawani area of the city on Thursday night....
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Boys’ death in police raid: policeman remanded
KHAIRPUR, Nov 20: Investigation police arrested Head Constable Gul Mohammad Mangi late on Wednesday night and produced him in court on Thursday....
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Police claim bandits’ arrest after encounter
SUKKUR, Nov 20: Ghotki police claimed to have arrested two most wanted dacoits after an encounter in Dring Chachar village in Belo Mirpur police station’s limits near Mirpur Mathelo on Thursday morning....
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CMC principal recommends 65 professors for regularisation
LARKANA, Nov 20: The principal of the Chandka Medical College (CMC) Prof Sikandar Shaikh had recommended to the chief minister regularisation of service of 65 professors and assistant professors presently working...
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Action on offer letters suspended
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Hyderabad circuit bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday suspended action on offer letters for two posts of professors and issued notices to chief secretary of...
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Police begin probe into detention case
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 20: The SP Investigation Mirpurkhas, Noorul Haq Rind on Thursday initiated a probe into the case lodged at Nauabad police station, district Sanghar, on the complaint of Mohan Bheel...
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SHC orders employee’s reinstatement
HYDERABAD, Nov 20: The Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench on Wednesday set aside an order of termination of service of an employee of the National Data Base and Registration Authority....
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Minister blames past govts for problems
SUKKUR, Nov 20: Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri on Thursday blamed outgoing governments for leaving behind a huge pile of problems. They even usurped Baitul Maal funds and left nothing for the next government, she added....
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No respite for commuters despite cut in fuel prices
GUJRANWALA, Nov 20: Public transport owners, who increased fares arbitrarily when the government increased fuel prices a few months ago, have refused to cut fares despite Rs6 per litre decrease in diesel prices....
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Work on two roads to begin this year
KHANEWAL, Nov 20: The construction of Faisalabad-Khanewal and Khanewal-Lodhran expressways will begin this financial year, says Multan Division Commissioner Syed Muhammad Ali Gardezi....
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Sugar mills asked to begin crushing now
FAISALABAD, Nov 20: Divisional Commissioner Zahid Saeed has asked sugar mill owners to start crushing immediately so that farmers can sow wheat in their fields....
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Robbers take away Rs1.6m from bank
FAISALABAD, Nov 20: Three robbers looted a bank in broad daylight in Jamilaabad in Nishatabad police precincts on Thursday and took away Rs1.6 million cash....
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Panic after threatening letter to college head
MIANWALI, Nov 20: The principal of the Government Degree College for Boys, Mianwali, received a threatening letter on Thursday which created panic in educational institutions in the district....
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PMA election on Dec 31
LAHORE, Nov 20: The Pakistan Medical Association’s Lahore chapter election for 2009-10 will be held on Dec 31....
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Trade unions turn down Industrial Relations Act
LAHORE, Nov 20: The Trade Union Action Committee and National Trade Union Federation have rejected the new Industrial Relations Act adopted by the National Assembly....
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DSP suspended
LAHORE, Nov 20: Punjab Police Inspector General Shaukat Javed on Thursday suspended Sargodha DSP (Legal) Tafazzal Hussain for allegedly misusing his powers, patronising criminals, harassing innocent people and implicating them in cases....
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Layyah officials brief commissioner
LAYYAH, Nov 20: The Revenue Department has cancelled the allotment of 50,000 kanals to several people on bogus documents while 19 appeals against such allotments are lying pending with courts....
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Officials let down dist govt: Nazim
MULTAN, Nov 20: City District Nazim Mian Faisal Mukhtar has expressed his dissatisfaction over the performance of all the departments of the district, saying that due to the irresponsible attitude of officials the district government was failing in achieving its targets....
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Two OGDC workers die in explosion
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Nov 20: Two private employees of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) were killed on Thursday in a dynamite explosion in the tribal area of Rajanpur....
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ACE nabs three officials
LAHORE, Nov 20: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) claimed on Thursday to have arrested three officials, including the Rahim Yar Khan Zakat and Ushr Committee chairman, on corruption charges....
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Dengue linked to climate change
LAHORE, Nov 20: The outbreak of dengue fever that has claimed five lives and over 1,000 cases in Lahore is one of the multiple impacts of global climate change in South Asia, according to experts....
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Agri Forum fears drop in wheat yield
LAHORE, Nov 20: AgriForum Pakistan on Thursday claimed that only 28 per cent wheat had been sown throughout the province despite the lapse of optimum date (Nov 20) and feared drop in final yield....
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