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International firm to carry out PTV’s audit
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The government has hired the services of an international audit firm, which would determine the financial health of Pakistan Television, Dawn has learnt.... 
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Progress means hunger to some
Anwar Ali was 20 years old when his poor father from a suburb of the federal capital, made him a quli or loader to help customers carry their heavy shopping at the weekly bazaars....
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Three firms eye biggest land deal with CDA
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is going to hit the biggest ever land deal with three private firms under which the federal capital’s costliest land -- along the...
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Sub-inspector booked for not paying car rent
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: A sub-inspector of the capital police was booked for not paying rent of a car he hired from a showroom, police said here on Saturday....
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Maulana Aziz admitted to Pims
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Former Lal Masjid cleric was admitted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences with complaints of high blood pressure, headache and toothache, here on Saturday, sources told Dawn....
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Accused contests indictment: Benazir murder case
RAWALPINDI, Nov 29: A man accused of being involved in assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto challenged his indictment on Saturday stating he had only been charged with concealing the plot of killing the former PM....
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Contemporary themes mark new poet’s work
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Shahzad Sharjeel is a welcome addition to the ranks of Urdu poets who have chosen to express themselves in that beautiful genre of classical Urdu poetry, Ghazal....
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Reference in Rs190m investment scam filed
SKARDU, Nov 29: Special prosecutor Nisar Ahmed on Friday filed a reference in the Regional Accountability Court (RAC), Northern Areas, against a Rs190 million investment scam, the biggest fraud reported in the region....
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Irregularities detected in capital’s golf club
ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Financial irregularities have been detected in Islamabad Golf Club (IGC) in a recently held PGM Tournament 2008....
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Two killed in missile attack
MIRAMSHAH, Nov 29: Two people were killed and two others injured in a missile attack on a house in Cheshma village of North Waziristan on Saturday....
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EOBI suffers loss of Rs7bn
KARACHI, Nov 29: The Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) has suffered a staggering loss of Rs7 billion due to depletion in the value of stocks held in its portfolio until June 30, figures obtained by Dawn reveal....
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Man’s two wives flee home for dear life
NAWABSHAH, Nov 29: Two wives of a man have appealed to President and Prime Minister to provide them justice and direct police to arrest their husband....
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Slap costs man 33 years in confinement
SUKKUR, Nov 29: An elderly man Mohammad Moosa Indhar reportedly paid a heavy price for slapping his wife some 33 years ago as since then he was kept chained in a...
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Oil companies in breach of rules, accords
HYDERABAD, Nov 29: The government has failed completely to ensure that the oil and gas companies spend in the areas where they operate fields on the welfare of local community, give...
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Three activists acquitted
HYDERABAD, Nov 29: A judge of Anti-Terrorism Court Mirpurkhas on Saturday acquitted for lack of evidence three activists of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz of charges levelled against them in a case of blowing up railway tracks....
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Govt weighing proposal for forming court police
HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Inspector General of Prisons Sindh Yamin Khan proposed on Saturday the government was considering proposal for formation of a separate unit of court police for producing under trial prisoners (UTPs) in courts....
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CM dismisses threat of Talibanisation
MIRPURKHAS, Nov 29: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Saturday rejected claims that Sindh faced threat of Talibanisation but added that even so the government was tightening security....
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Hyderabad tense after Karachi violence
HYDERABAD, Nov 29: Shopkeepers pulled down shutters on their shops in parts of the city on Saturday evening following reports of violence and casualties in Sohrab Goth and Banaras areas of Karachi....
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Hostage freed
SUKKUR, Nov 29: The kidnapped Hindu trader Saroop Chand and his driver reached home safely on Friday after spending 21 days in illegal confinement....
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Larkana BISE’s pre-medical Part-I result out
LARKANA, Nov 29: The Larkana Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Saturday announced result of Higher Secondary Certificate Part-I (Pre-Medical)....
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Godowns lack space for imported wheat
SUKKUR, Nov 29: Some 25 to 30 trailers loaded with imported wheat are waiting unloading at Food Department godowns for last 48 hours due to insufficient space....
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Three policemen held on court premises: Four graft case accused escape
GUJRAT, Nov 29: Police arrested a former SHO of Karianwala police station and two other policemen when a Gujranwala court cancelled their bail in a corruption case....
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Subsidised urea sale a boon for growers: Regional USC points
SAHIWAL, Nov 29: The Regional Utility Store Office has sold out 40,680 urea fertiliser (50kg) bags to growers at subsidised rate in the last two and-a-half months, it is learnt....
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Sampling of school water from Dec 1
SAHIWAL, Nov 29: District monitoring officials, in collaboration with Unicef, Punjab, would collect 1,186 drinking water samples from selected public schools to gauge the nitrate, fluoride, arsenic and bacterial contents, Dawn has learnt....
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5 protesters injured in police action
FAISALABAD, Nov 29: Samundari police on Saturday baton-charged and tear-gassed people and injured five of them when they staged a demonstration and blocked Rijana Road in protest against an anti-encroachment operation headed by the provincial secretary for sports....
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‘Offender’ killed
KASUR, Nov 29: Police killed an offender wanted in a double murder case in an ‘encounter’ here on Saturday evening....
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20 students injured in wall collapse
KASUR, Nov 29: At least 20 students, including girls of a private primary school, sustained serious injuries when the wall of an adjoining triple-storey house collapsed and fell on them here on Saturday at Kot Aligarh....
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Grieved
OKARA, Nov 29: The wife of Muhammad Aslam Piracha, Dawn’s correspondent in Okara, died here after a brief illness on Saturday. She was laid to rest at Mauza Kaku graveyard, about 30 kilometres from the city....
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Vehari dist council resolution against governor
VEHARI, Nov 29: The district council on Saturday passed a resolution to condemn what it called the Punjab governor’s interference in the affairs of the provincial government....
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Toba naib nazim flouts protective bail: Murder case
TOBA TEK SINGH, Nov 29: District Naib Nazim Chaudhry Khalid Sardar did not appear in Faisalabad sessions court to avail interim bail in a murder case after Toba Tek Singh district...
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Father of two killed by robbers
VEHARI, Nov 29: Robbers killed a labourer for resisting a robbery in Gagoo police precincts late on Friday night....
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‘Love letters’ will go on: Taseer: GCU convocation
LAHORE, Nov 29: Governor Salmaan Taseer has said he will continue writing “love letters” to the chief minister....
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Commissioners’ appointment challenged
LAHORE, Nov 29: The PML-Q and eight district nazims on Saturday challenged the appointment of commissioners through an amendment, the Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008....
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PML-Q for MPC
LAHORE, Nov 29: The PML-Q has called for an multi-party conference to “firm up a national response to Indian threats”....
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LHCBA gets official grant after 8 years
LAHORE, Nov 29: Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Rana Mashhood on Saturday handed over a Rs125 million grant to the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA)....
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Shahbaz says follow China, not IMF
LAHORE, Nov 29: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Saturday warned Pakistanis against the dangers of trying to solve problems through the IMF route and cited the Chinese model as an alternative to overcoming challenges....
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Loadshedding to continue for 3 days
LAHORE, Nov 29: Loadshedding would continue for three more days as another plant of 400 megawatt (MW) went off line, Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) officials told Dawn on Saturday....
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Boy killed
LAHORE, Nov 29: A teenager was killed at his cellular phone sets outlet in Alfateh Market in Kot Lakhpat when his friend’s pistol reportedly went off accidentally on Saturday....
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