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ADB approves $300 million loan for Sindh
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: The Asian Development Bank approved on Wednesday a $300 million loan to help the Sindh government improve its water and sanitation infrastructure in secondary cities.... 
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4 soldiers injured in attack
CHARSADDA, Dec 3: A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden donkey cart into a truck of the Mohmand Rifles near Pir Qala on Wednesday, injuring four soldiers and four civilians....
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Attorneys call for CJP’s resignation: Marks controversy
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: The High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Rawalpindi chapter here on Wednesday called for resignation by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Abdul Hameed Dogar for allegedly violating the norms of being a judge....
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Punjab gives nod to RDA’s housing scheme plan
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: Nearly two decades since its inception, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) seems close to launching its maiden housing scheme, it has been learnt....
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Protest held against TV employee’s death
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: A demonstration was held against the tragic death of an employee of a private channel, Mohammad Azam Khan, who committed suicide after non-payment of salary for five months....
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IHC issues notices in CJ’s daughter’s case
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday asked the wife and daughter of Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and other respondents named in a petition about grant of extra marks to Miss Dogar in FSc examination....
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Millers end strike, resume paddy buying today
LARKANA, Dec 3: The Sindh-Balochistan Rice Millers and Traders Association decided to call off the three-day-old strike of 900 rice mills of the two provinces after a meeting of the association’s general body here on Wednesday....
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Upper Sindh suffers amid ‘loadshedding’ during winter
SUKKUR, Dec 3: Entire upper Sindh is experiencing worst kind of loadshedding for the last many days, which has paralyzed routine activities of life in the area....
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Worst is over now, claims Shamshad
SIALKOT, Dec 3: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Shamshad Akhtar claims that the country has successfully come out of the worst economic shock with dignity....
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18 female teachers threaten suicide: A Matter of four-month salary
GUJRANWALA, Dec 3: Eighteen female teachers of the Municipal Girls School have threatened to commit suicide if they are not paid their four-month salary before Eidul Azha....
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Justice Iftikhar due in Sargodha today
SARGODHA, Dec 3: All is set to accord a warm welcome to (deposed) chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on his arrival here on Thursday (today). He will address the District Bar Association....
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Rs9.3 million robbery sparks traders’protest
GUJRAT, Dec 3: Six dacoits looted mobile phones worth Rs9.3 million from a cell phone company’s franchise on Ramtalai Road after which the traders went on a shutter-down strike and staged a protest demonstration here on Wednesday....
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Deviation does not count with audit office
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Pakistan’s constitutional history is replete with deviations. Fortunately the latest one is likely to end on Thursday when Auditor General Tanvir Ali Agha is scheduled to rejoin his office after a visit abroad....
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Security guard injured in Rs1m heist
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: A security guard was shot and injured in a broad daylight robbery of over Rs1 million here on Wednesday, police said....
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Holy Family Hospital gets virtual trainer lab
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: A virtual trainer lab has been established at surgical unit of the Holy Family Hospital aimed at improving the minimal invasive surgery skills....
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Offal disposal plan for Eid finalised
TAXILA, Dec 3: Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) Taxila has finalised cleanliness plan for Eidul Azha and in this connection it has cancelled leaves of all sanitary staff....
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Computerised toll collection to benefit road users
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Federal Minister for Communication Dr Arbab Alamgir Khan has stressed the need of making toll collection facilities on all the toll plazas along the national highways computerised....
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Old enmity claims life
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: A man was killed while another shot and injured by their rivals in Chontra while a woman was shot and injured by her ex-fiancé in the premises of Lahore High Court, Pindi Bench on Wednesday....
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‘Some federal ministers out to destabilise AJK govt’
MUZAFFARABAD, Dec 3: An adviser to Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan on Wednesday said efforts to destabilise the Muslim Conference (MC) government could mar the reconciliation process....
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10 arrested with liquor, narcotics
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Islamabad police have arrested 10 accused and seized opium, bottles of liquor, 30-bore pistols and other items from their possession....
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FJWU to have new campus on Chakri Road
RAWALPINDI, Dec 3: The Punjab Governor Salman Taseer on Wednesday said educated younger generation and especially the women are an emblem of change countering the outdated social conventions and prevalent extremism in the country....
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Shehnaz to look after HEC as Atta quits
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The government has asked a special assistant to the prime minister to look after the Higher Education Commission affairs till a new chairperson is appointed, an HEC official told Dawn on Wednesday....
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BHC issues notices on land sale petition
QUETTA, Dec 3: The Balochistan High Court issued notices on Wednesday to the provincial government, a private firm and the National Engineering Services on a petition filed by the Quetta Development Authority union against sale of government land....
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Special people hold rally
QUETTA, Dec 3: Hundreds of special people organised a rally here on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Disabled People....
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Pak-Iran meeting in Tehran on 21st
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: The Joint Economic Commission of Pakistan and Iran will meet from Dec 21 to 23 in Tehran....
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BHC gets three more judges
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday increased the sanctioned strength of the Balochistan High Court from eight to 11....
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Afghan woman gives birth to quadruplets
QUETTA, Dec 3: An Afghan woman gave birth to three girls and a boy in a private hospital on Wednesday....
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Clarification
A spokesman for the Frontier Corps has clarified a report, “Nato supplies disrupted after bridge damaged”, published in Dawn on Wednesday....
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SC takes suo motu notice of ‘missing peasants’
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 3: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken suo motu notice of 78 missing peasants of Bheel community at Nauabad, district Sanghar and summoned DIG and DPO Mirpurkhas on Dec 11 to appear in court....
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Forest land record tampered with
DADU, Dec 3: Record of 3,682 acres land in Sona Bindi forest of Mehar taluka has been tampered with and the land’s ownership has been fraudulently transferred to eight land grabbers, according to divisional forest officer....
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Workers seek six month’s salary
DADU, Dec 3: More than 300 temporary employees hired for the Right Bank Outfall Drain project complained on Wednesday that they had not been paid salaries for last six months....
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Magsi calls for deweaponisation of Karachi
HYDERABAD, Dec 3: The Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party Chairman Dr Qadir Magsi on Wednesday called for complete deweaponisation of Karachi and abolition of local government system to put an end to sporadic violence that resulted in deaths of innocent people....
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Police dispose of case despite court order
HYDERABAD, Dec 3: A team of senior police officers disposed of the case of a woman allegedly burnt alive by her in-laws despite the court order to transfer investigation to crime branch from the present investigating officers....
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Jeweller deprived of Rs1.7m ornaments
KASUR, Dec 3: Two robbers deprived a jeweller of gold and silver ornaments worth Rs1.7 million in Kot Azam Khan locality in A-Division police precincts on Wednesday....
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The Sky Below – It’s all about partition
LAHORE, Dec 3: A documentary entitled “The Sky Below” on the events of 1947 was screened at Alhamra Art Centre on The Mall on Wednesday....
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ASI, constable among others hurt in clash with workers
GUJRANWALA, Dec 3: As many as nine people, including an assistant sub-inspector, a constable, a factory owner and his son, sustained injuries in a clash between factory workers and police over...
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More ‘black sheep’ may be involved in probe: Cardiology institute scam
FAISALABAD, Dec 3: The scope of Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology probe could be expanded by involving the officers from various departments who remained attached with the project in different capacities, Dawn learnt here on Wednesday....
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Man Kills brother
LAHORE, Dec 3: A 55-year-old man died after his brother allegedly attacked him with a brick at his residence in Islampura here on Wednesday....
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Demo against girl’s kidnap
VEHARI, Dec 3: Locals held a demonstration and blocked Luddan-Burewala Road for around eight hours on Wednesday to protest the kidnapping of a Class-VII girl student from Kachi Pakki locality in...
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Govt should take bold steps: Pervaiz
LAHORE, Dec 3: People from Khyber to Karachi now stand united and the government should take bold steps and give a befitting reply to Indian threats instead of showing weakness, says Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi....
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Special children hold walk
FAISALABAD, Dec 3: Special children held a walk organised by the Sir Syed Education Centre here on Wednesday....
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‘Every Third Mouthful’ opens at Alhamra
LAHORE, Dec 3: An exhibition titled ‘Every Third Mouthful’ opened at the Alhamra Art Centre on Wednesday....
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Journalists march on TV channel’s office
LAHORE, Dec 3: Dozens of journalists staged a rally from the Lahore Press Club to the office of a private TV channel on Lawrence Road and staged a sit-in there on...
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Bridge
LAHORE, Dec 3: An agreement was signed between Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) and China International Water and Electric Corporation (CWE) for construction of a bridge over the Jhelum at Dhangali in Mirpur district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)....
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CM’s Secretariat dispossesses PEC of ‘valuables’
LAHORE, Dec 3: The Chief Minister’s Secretariat is alleged to have forcibly taken away the entire equipment of the Punjab Entertainment Company, a venture that hit the snags after the present...
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Incentives for special persons
LAHORE, Dec 3: Chief Minister Shahbaz Minister announced on Wednesday Rs30 million on behalf of the Punjab government and Rs5 million on behalf of the Sharif family for the Trust for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, says an official handout....
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Two students shot at in PU hostel
LAHORE, Dec 3: Two students of the Punjab University Law College were shot at and injured and nine others thrashed and beaten as a large number of activists of a student...
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Lawyer, son booked
LAHORE, Dec 3: The Faisalabad district police officer (DPO) on Wednesday informed Justice Khalil Ahmad of the Lahore High Court that a lawyer and his son had been booked for obstructing...
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