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Military action in Dera Bugti criticised
QUETTA, Nov 25: The Baloch Republican Party and National Party have condemned what they termed a “fresh military operation” launched in Dera Bugti and alleged that innocent people have been killed and dozens of men and women have been arrested.... 
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JI concerned over mass exodus from tribal areas
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: About a million people have left their homes because of military operations and incidents of violence in Bajaur, North and South Waziristan, Kurram and Mohmand agencies and Darra Adamkhel and Swat regions....
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10 new TV channels get licence
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has granted licences to another 10 satellite television channels, including the country’s first channel dedicated to health related services and one for children....
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3.7 tons of drugs seized
QUETTA, Nov 25: Anti-Narcotics Force and Coast Guards personnel foiled attempts to smuggle 3.7 tons of drugs and arrested six smugglers on Tuesday....
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‘CII is complete, members qualified’
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has said that its composition is complete and all its members are qualified in accordance with constitutional requirements....
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Rashid Rauf’s family to move court
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: The family of British terror suspect Rashid Rauf is preparing to move higher judiciary to secure custody of his body if he has been killed in a recent US missile attack....
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Project bags ‘best practices’ award
KARACHI, Nov 25: The Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP), an initiative of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan, has been declared one of the 12 winners of the Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP)....
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US scholar cautions against hopes pinned on Obama
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Renowned broadcaster, writer and intellectual David Barsamian has said that the US, being a major imperialist power of the world, spends $1 trillion yearly on its military and war adventures in the world....
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Naanbais warn of indefinite strike
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Naanbais Association on Tuesday threatened to go on indefinite strike if the district administration failed to supply flour to Tandoorwalas and alleged the elected representatives were involved in flour theft....
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‘Provincial govt can interfere in LGs’ affairs’
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: The supervisory role of the provincial government cannot be ignored and if the local governments fail to perform their duties, the province has the lawful jurisdiction to interfere in their administrative affairs....
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Murderer gets life term
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: An additional sessions judge (ASJ) on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a murderer besides imposing Rs100,000 fine....
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NALA passes 3 resolutions
GILGIT, Nov 25: The Northern Areas Legislative Assembly (NALA) unanimously passed three resolutions on the second day of its proceedings on Tuesday....
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Disparities mar progress in education
RAWALPINDI, Nov 25: Large disparities between provinces, urban and rural areas and rich and poor households are at the heart of Pakistan’s slow progress in basic education, says the “2009 Education for All Global Monitoring Report” released by Unesco on Tuesday....
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Mismanagement in Fata uplift projects detected
ISLAMABAD, Nov 25: Years of corruption and red-tap have led to the lack of development in the tribal areas where the government is fighting the rising tide of extremism and militancy....
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Country out of the woods now, says SBP governor
HYDERABAD, Nov 25: The State Bank Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar said on Tuesday that Pakistan was now out of the woods as the country had illustrated well its ability to achieve...
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STP plans protest drive after Eid
HYDERABAD, Nov 25: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party will launch a campaign after Eidul Azha to highlight various issues confronting the province....
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Indus identity of Sindhis: Indian authors
THATTA, Nov 25: Indian TV producer, playwright and writer Jetho Lalwani and poet and research scholar Hero Thakur have said that Sindh is not merely a name of an area confined...
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Wheat crop hit hard as canal runs almost dry
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 25: Wheat sowing has been hit hard in the tail-end areas of the Nara Canal, including Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and parts of Tharparkar district, as a result of further reduction in water supply to the canal....
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Couple shot dead over karo-kari
KHAIRPUR, Nov 25: A policeman killed his wife and a man on the pretext of karo-kari in Jail colony here on Monday....
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Trainees seek stipend
LARKANA, Nov 25: The trainees of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Youth Development Programme, receiving training under works and services development programme, took out a procession here on Tuesday to protest over non-payment of their stipends of four months....
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12-hour power outage in Jacobabad
JACOBABAD, Nov 25: People of Jacobabad experienced 12 hours of electricity loadshedding from 6am to 6pm here on Tuesday....
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Four outlaws killed in ‘encounter’
FAISALABAD, Nov 25: Police claimed on Tuesday to have killed four criminals in a ‘shootout’ on Dasoha Road in Dijkot police precincts....
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Crushed by delayed crushing season
MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 25: Middlemen and millers are exploiting sugarcane farmers in Muzaffargarh, the former by offering less rates and the latter by delaying crushing season, Dawn has learnt....
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Bullah mesmerises audience at Lok Boli Mela
FAISALABAD, Nov 25: Unity among all religions without any discrimination was message of a play titled ‘Bullha’ performed by Ajoka Theatre on fifth day of the fourth Punjab Lok Boli Mela being held in Jaranwala....
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Newspaper Owner succumbs to injuries
LAHORE, Nov 25: An owner of a local paper succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Tuesday three days after two unidentified people, wearing police uniform, ambushed him near Miani Sahib Graveyard in Mozang....
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Secretaries assigned tehsils to monitor projects
FAISALABAD, Nov 25: All administrative secretaries of the province have been assigned different tehsils of Faisalabad division to monitor ongoing projects, and the incumbents will come up with their recommendations in...
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Corporate sector pollutingenvironment
LAHORE, Nov 25: Governor Salmaan Taseer has said the corporate sector is polluting environment and neighbouring district Kasur is a vivid example where underground water has become poisoned and causing fatal diseases....
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Elimination of violence against women stressed
MULTAN, Nov 25: White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan and Ali Organisation for Development staged separate demonstrations outside the local press club to mark the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women here on Tuesday....
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Dept told to sow 80pc wheat by month-end
MULTAN, Nov 25: Punjab Agriculture Secretary Javed Iqbal Awan has directed the department officials to complete 80 per cent target of wheat sowing by the end of this month....
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Forestry official shot dead
MANDI BAHAUDDIN, Nov 25: Unidentified men shot dead forest department official Tasawar Iqbal at his house on Tuesday morning....
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Schoolgirl ‘raped’
VEHARI, Nov 25: An eighth class student was raped here on Tuesday, Mitroo police said....
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BZU holds slogan writing competition
MULTAN, Nov 25: A slogan writing competition among students of the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) held here on Tuesday in connection with the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women....
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Nazim’s man kills rickshaw driver
LAHORE, Nov 25: Protesters blocked Wahdat Road for two hours after a driver of the Pindi Bhattian tehsil nazim knocked down a rickshaw driver and injured his cousin on Wahdat Road early on Tuesday....
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Commissioners can now dictate nazims
LAHORE, Nov 25: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Tuesday authorised all divisional commissioners to direct nazims in the districts under them to carry out any activity in public interest....
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PLF questions competence of Supreme Court
LAHORE, Nov 25: Pakistan Lawyers Forum President A K Dogar advocate said on Tuesday the Supreme Court of Pakistan is not a “competent court in the light of the decision the...
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Opp to resist ‘reversal of devolution’
LAHORE, Nov 25: The opposition has decided to strongly resist the provincial government’s move of reversing the ‘devolution of power’, initiated by Musharraf regime, amending the land revenue act to provide legal cover to divisional commissioners recently appointed in Punjab....
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Woman gagged to death
LAHORE, Nov 25: Unidentified people suffocated a middle-aged woman at her house in Veenas Housing Society in the Kot Lakhpat area early on Tuesday, police said....
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Farm income tax proposal ‘levels’ party divide in PA
LAHORE, Nov 25: Not believing in the assurances given by the government on the agriculture income tax issue in the Punjab Assembly on Tuesday, members from both treasury and opposition benches...
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What legal minds say on issue
LAHORE, Nov 25: Political rivalry between the Punjab governor and the chief minister has fuelled a controversy over their powers defined in the Constitution, say constitutional experts....
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Punjab govt answerable only to assembly
LAHORE, Nov 25: The Punjab government is answerable only to the provincial assembly and not the governor who himself is violating the Constitution by promoting a political party (PPP) as its member, says Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan....
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Questioning CM within my legal ambit
LAHORE, Nov 25: Governor Salmaan Taseer has said he will continue to exercise his constitutional right and keep on asking the chief minister about any information or seeking explanation that he will require as a head of the Punjab government....
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‘German media critical of US policies’
LAHORE, Nov 25: Deutsche Press Agency (DPA) Germany bureau chief Can Merey says the German media is highly critical of American policies as well as Islamic fundamentalism....
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