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| November 29, 2008 | Saturday | Ziqa'ad 30, 1429 |
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Punjab to give Rs5 billion for land acquisition: Ring Road, economic zone projects
RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: The Punjab government is expected to provide Rs5 billion as seed money to acquire land for Rawalpindi Ring Road project and the economic zone, two projects finalised by the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), official sources told Dawn.... 
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Dengue fever patient dies
ATTOCK, Nov 28: A 15-year-old dengue fever patient died at Kalu Kalah village in Hazro tehsil, it has been learnt. Mohammad Asif had been suffering from high fever and had bleeding gums for a week. The boy was rushed to a private hospital, which referred him to Benazir Bhutto Hospital,...
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Ministry, Unesco to work together for environmental education
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The government and Unesco will work together to develop curriculum for environmental education and capacity building of the environmental journalists to promote the cause of sustainable development in the country....
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Ban on foreign medical graduates criticized: Training at hospitals
RAWALPINDI, Nov 28: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has condemned the Punjab government’s decision to impose ban on offering medical training facilities to foreign and private medical colleges’ graduates at the hospitals across the province....
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Legislators for monitoring of NGOs’ fund utilisation
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: National Assembly Standing Committee on Local Government and Rural Development on Friday asked the government to “strictly monitor” funds of the civil society organisations (CSOs)....
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WLL licences for AJK, N.As auctioned for Rs26m
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Laying foundations for a modern and state of the art telecom network, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Friday auctioned Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licences for Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areasn for Rs26 million....
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Bill on welfare of senior citizens on cards
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: Ministry of Social Welfare and Special Education is preparing a bill, titled National Senior Citizen Welfare Bill, to ameliorate facilities for the elderly....
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PML-N hails disbanding of ISI’s political wing
ISLAMABAD, Nov 28: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has welcomed the government’s decision to disband the political wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI) acknowledging it as a positive step towards strengthening of democracy....
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Policeman among four kidnappers arrested
HYDERABAD, Nov 28: Police have arrested four alleged kidnappers, including a policeman, in kidnapping for ransom cases but their accomplices were still at large. A car, part of ransom money and some weapons were seized from their possession....
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Passco comes under fire from growers, millers
SHIKARPUR, Nov 28: Growers and rice millers have criticised the paddy procurement policy of the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supply Corporation and said that growers are compelled to sell paddy at lower rate as Passco is yet to start procurement....
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Two brothers kidnapped
KHAIRPUR, Nov 28: Two brothers were kidnapped from Manghan Ujjan village near Drib Mehar Shah in the Tando Masti area on Thursday evening....
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Mosque attack victim dies
KHAIRPUR, Nov 28: A man injured in Luqman mosque firing incident, Imran Channa, died in the Nawabshah Medical College Hospital on Thursday night....
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Man in police remand for selling wife
SUKKUR, Nov 28: The civil judge of Ubauro on Friday granted seven-day police remand of Mohammad Arshad Arain, accused of trying to sell his wife whom he had married of free will four months ago....
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Family in trouble as girls defy jirga verdict
JACOBABAD, Nov 28: Three young girls, who were given in marriage by a jirga to settle a karo-kari related dispute when they were children, have refused to accept the jirga verdict....
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Bride, two women killed in accident
SANGHAR, Nov 28: Three women, including a bride, were killed and five other people were injured in an accident on Bhit Shah road near Tando Adam on Friday....
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Oil prices cost economy dearly, says Shamshad
MULTAN, Nov 28: State Bank of Pakistan Governor Shamshad Akhtar has said the impact of global oil and edible items’ price-hike should have been passed on to the consumers much earlier...
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Eight of a family burnt alive
SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 28: Eight members of a family were burnt alive in a fire that engulfed their house at Nankana Sahib’s Moorkhanda Town, about 70 kilometre from here, late Thursday night....
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Toba naib nazim booked for harbouring POs
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 28: The Pirmahal police arrested on Friday district naib nazim Chaudhry Khalid Sardar on charges of harbouring four proclaimed offenders (POs)....
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Rs6 million robbery at goldsmith’s house
KHANEWAL, Nov 28: Four masked robbers looted cash, gold and valuables, all worth Rs6 million, from a goldsmith’s house in the Old Khanewal area in Kohna police precincts on Friday....
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Stale stuff: baker’s bail rejected
GUJRANWALA, Nov 28: The bail application of a bakery owner, who had provided the stale foodstuff to Community Girls Model College at its function a few weeks back, was rejected by...
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Funds for education not used in Multan
MULTAN, Nov 28: District Coordination Officer (DCO) Fazeel Asghar has expressed displeasure with the school heads for not using the Farogh-i-Taleem Fund to provide basic facilities at educational institutions....
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CS gets DHQ hospital canteen owner held
FAISALABAD, Nov 28: Chief Secretary (CS) Javed Mahmood got the contractor of DHQ Hospital canteen arrested on charges of selling unhygienic food here on Friday. He also announced launching a campaign against adulteration and negligent food inspectors throughout the province....
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Candle-lit vigil protests plight of women
LAHORE, Nov 28: A candle-lit vigil was held protesting violence against women at Charing Cross on Friday. Members of the Aurat Foundation held placards stating various views like one against karo...
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House seeks report on state land possession by DHA
LAHORE, Nov 28: The report of precious state land possession by the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore, without paying any price stirred the Punjab Assembly into action on Friday as the speaker sought a report over the issue....
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DCO transferred… finally
LAHORE, Nov 28: A Punjab Assembly inquiry committee found Mandi Bahauddin District Coordination Officer Waheed Akhtar Ansari ‘guilty’ of misbehaviour with two MPAs and instigating his office staff to stage protest demonstrations, and recommended his immediate transfer....
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Clerks’ strike continues
LAHORE, Nov 28: Clerks in the provincial metropolis observed a strike on Friday in protest against the attack by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz workers on their procession at GPO Chowk on Thursday....
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Reply sought from registrar of cooperative societies
LAHORE, Nov 28: The Lahore High Court on Friday sought a reply from the cooperative societies registrar till Dec 12 in a contempt petition against non-compliance of court’s order on releasing election schedule for Model Town Society (MTS)....
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Five wanted men killed in ‘encounter’
LAHORE, Nov 28: Five proclaimed offenders were killed in an ‘encounter’ with police in Nishtar Town here on Friday....
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‘Change in men’s mindset a must’: Domestic violence
LAHORE, Nov 28: A change in the attitude of men towards women is necessary for checking domestic violence....
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