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| November 28, 2008 | Friday | Ziqa'ad 29, 1429 |
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PM concerned at spread of hepatitis
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed concern over high incidence of hepatitis in the country, particularly in rural areas, and asked the ministry of health to prepare... 
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Protest against cross-border attacks
QUETTA, Nov 27: The Balochistan chapter of the ‘ideological’ faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam held a demonstration here on Thursday in protest against US attacks in Pakistan territory and military operations in Fata and the NWFP....
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Rice calls Zardari
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice called President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday evening and exchanged views with him on Pakistan-US relations and situation in the region....
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Five Afghan soldiers kidnapped
WANA, Nov 27: Five Afghan soldiers recently kidnapped by the Taliban in the Obana district of Afghanistan’s Paktika province were shifted to South Waziristan on Thursday....
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Ministry working on draft of drinking water policy
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The ministry of environment is working on national drinking water policy draft to explore ways to ensure availability of potable water to all people across the country....
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Fake CNICs: list of locals, foreigners sent to LEAs
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: A list of locals and foreigners has been provided to law enforcement agencies to investigate their status as the former was holding dual computerized national identity card while the latter has succeeded in obtaining it....
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Pims ED, SHO, put on notice in ‘rape’ case
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: The Islamabad High Court Chief Justice on Thursday issued notices to the Executive Director Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and the Station House Officer (SHO) of the...
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Doubts over Obama’s promise of change
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Renowned American writer, intellectual and broadcaster David Barsamian has said that Barack Obama’s election as president is a symbolic change. George Bush was a nightmare for the US...
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Demand for ban on privatisation of oil and gas fields
ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Speakers here on Thursday blasted the government’s energy policies, demanding an immediate ban on the privatisation of strategic assets including oil and gas fields....
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Sardar Attique re-elected president of Muslim Conference
MUZAFFARABAD, Nov 27: Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan was elected and sworn-in as president of the ruling Muslim Conference for the third consecutive term on Thursday, a day...
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Man gets death, wife life term in murder case
ATTOCK Nov 27: The court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a man and life imprisonment to his wife for killing a married woman when she demanded loan in December last year....
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IMF loan to stabilise economy: SBP chief
LARKANA, Nov 27: The State Bank Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar has rejected reports that IMF asked Pakistan to impose agriculture tax as a pre-condition for its loan and the government has...
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Seminar marred by chaos
SANGHAR, Nov 27: A seminar held here on Wednesday in connection with “grow more wheat campaign” was marred by chaos as farmers boycotted the event when DCO Khuda Bux Larik rose to speak....
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Talks to resolve mystery of missing peasants
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 27: Office-bearers of different NGOs, Zahida Detho, Wajid Leghari and Kanji Rano Bheel advocate, met DIG Mirpurkhas zone Syed Zulfiqar Shah Jamote and DPO Muneer Ahmed Shaikh at the...
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SPLA’s challenge to ministers
HYDERABAD, Nov 27: The Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association on Thursday challenged provincial ministers Pir Mazharul Haq, Ayaz Soomro and Ms Shazia Mari to a debate on a TV channel with SPLA leaders over the issue of ad hoc lecturers....
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Kidnapped trader recovered
LARKANA, Nov 27: Larkana police have freed Ratodero Jewellers Association president Muhammed Soomar Khokhar from the clutches of kidnappers after a brief encounter on Thursday....
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Two milkmen kidnapped
KHAIRPUR, Nov 27: Three people were kidnapped from different parts of upper Sindh on Wednesday and Thursday....
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Body exhumed to ascertain cause of death
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 27: A five-member medical board exhumed the body of a man from Nago Shah graveyard on Thursday in the presence of judicial magistrate, hundreds of relatives of the man and Pakistan Muslim League-Functional supporters....
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Strike in Khairpur
KHAIRPUR, Nov 27: A strike was observed in parts of Khairpur city on Thursday in protest against an armed attack on a mosque in Luqman area on Wednesday....
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Lawyers boycott courts
HYDERABAD, Nov 27: Lawyers boycotted courts on Thursday to register their protest against delay in reinstatement of Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other superior court judges....
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Doctors protest ‘toilet torture’
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 27: On the call of the Pakistan Medical Association’s local chapter, all private and DHQ hospital doctors observed a protest day on Thursday over alleged misbehaviour with...
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Maintenance and rehabilitation funds freezed: ‘Wrong utilisation’
FAISALABAD, Nov 27: Following wrong utilisation of the maintenance and rehabilitation (MR) funds at a large scale, Punjab Chief Secretary Javeed Mahmood has freezed the spending of public money under this head, it is learnt....
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Two brothers killed in another ‘encounter’
FAISALABAD, Nov 27: Police claimed on Thursday to have killed two criminal brothers in a ‘shootout’ near Sheroana Bridge in Jaranwala Sadar police precincts....
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CM announces kidney centre, park for Multan
MULTAN, Nov 27: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced establishing a state-of-the-art kidney centre and a public park at the site of the old General Bus Stand....
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Butchers booked
GUJRANWALA, Nov 27: A team of Khiali Town administration and veterinary doctors raided meat shops in Aimanabad and caught four butchers selling meat of sick animals....
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Two patwaris suspended: Subsidised flour scam
GUJRAT, Nov 27: Revenue officials, chiefly patwaris, are engaged in gross irregularities in the distribution of flour bags to tandoors of the “Sasti roti scheme” in the district.Two...
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PML-N likely to get strength in Muzaffargarh
MUZAFFARGARH, Nov 27: The PML-N is likely to get a boost as PML-Q Senior Vice-President Nawabzada Iftikhar Ahmad Khan, MPA Mian Imran Aziz Qureshi and Tehsil Nazim Sardar Abbad Dogar are expected to join the party....
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Railway staff, passengers looted
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 27: Five dacoits looted cash from Sacha Souda railway station staff and passengers here on Thursday....
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Lawyers boycott courts
GUJRANWALA, Nov 27: Lawyers on Thursday boycotted court proceedings and staged a rally in connection with their weekly demonstration for the reinstatement of all sacked judges, especially chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry....
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LHC seeks report from colonies secretary
LAHORE, Nov 27: The Lahore High Court on Thursday asked the secretary colonies to explain as to why 14 shops adjacent to a graveyard wall were not leased out despite court orders....
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PML-N men clash with clerks over mudslinging: Two rallies on The Mall
LAHORE, Nov 27: The weekly rally of the lawyers became a scene of clash on Thursday when PML-N workers scuffled with All-Pakistan Clerks Association representatives when the latter criticised the Sharifs for providing inadequate facilities to clerks in the province....
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Bullet injury claims woman
LAHORE, Nov 27: A woman received a bullet injury in her bedroom in Canal View Housing Society and later died at hospital on Thursday. The husband of 25-year-old Sadaf, of Garhi Shaho, was asleep in bedroom at the time of the incident, Hanjarwal DSP Sheikh Abid told Dawn.....
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PPP men try to get DCO suspended, but…: PA proceedings halted for an hour
LAHORE, Nov 27: The PPP on Thursday halted the Punjab Assembly proceedings for nearly one hour to demand action against the Mandi Bahauddin dictrict coordination officer (DCO) for his alleged misbehaviour...
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Two held for ‘illegally’ sending Rs2bn abroad
LAHORE, Nov 27: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday raided offices of a tour operator on Empress Road and arrested its proprietors for allegedly transferring Rs2 billion abroad through illegal hawala and hundi....
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Nawaz gives ‘cold shoulder’ to PPP team
LAHORE, Nov 27: PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif gave a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) team the cold shoulder when it called on him at his Raiwind residence here on Thursday to condole the death of his cousin, Khalid Siraj....
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Shujaat calls on Azhar
LAHORE, Nov 27: In a bid to further firm up his hold on the PML-Q, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain on Thursday called on Mian Azhar, whom he had once unceremoniously ousted from the party presidentship, at the latter’s residence....
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20 new dengue patients
LAHORE, Nov 27: Twenty dengue cases were reported here on Thursday raising the total number over 1,200. Nine of them were admitted to Mayo Hospital, five to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and three each to Jinnah and Services Hospital....
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Two arrested
LAHORE, Nov 27: Model Town CIA police claimed on Thursday to have arrested two members of a criminals’ gang and recovered seven cell phones and illegal weapons from them....
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Clerks
LAHORE, Nov 27: Clerks on Thursday observed a pen down strike and staged demonstrations outside Civil Secretariat and Assembly Chambers to press for their demands for upgradation of their posts and regularisation of contract staff....
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Graffiti grudge on the face of Lahore
LAHORE, Nov 27: Wall-chalking and graffiti are being allowed to go unchecked by the City District Government of Lahore while vandals have even left their mark on the ‘secure’ Punjab Assembly perimeter....
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