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Expats prefer hundi over banking system, says report
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) said on Thursday that an overwhelming majority of Pakistani expatriates was bypassing the banking system and using hundi to send money home.... 
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Govt, ulema work out plans for Muharram
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: A meeting of leaders of all religious schools of thought with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik, approved on Thursday a code of conduct for ensuring peace and harmony during Muharram....
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FIA urged to act against human smuggling racket
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The embassy of Pakistan in Indonesia has renewed its request to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Islamabad to investigate a human smuggling racket in the country, operating through Malaysia and Indonesia....
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Drainage scheme failed due to lack of commitment
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The Asian Development Bank has said the National Drainage Programme could not be implemented because of a lack of commitment on the part of the federal and provincial governments....
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Seven bodies pulled out of rubble
SUKKUR, Dec 25: Seven bodies and 17 injured people have so far been recovered from the rubble of a multi-storey building, which collapsed on Hussaini Road here on Wednesday night....
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Mukhtar defends Zardari’s statement
GUJRAT, Dec 25: Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has defended President Asif Ali Zardari’s statement that Pakistan will not be the first country to use its nuclear weapons if war is waged....
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15,000 fertiliser bags seized
SAHIWAL, Dec 25: Revenue and agriculture officials on Thursday seized 15,000 fertiliser bags from a warehouse on GT Road and arrested the warehouse manager....
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PBC directed to settle row with Urdu university: Affiliated law course
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has asked the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) to settle as early as possible a row with the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science...
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Students hold rally against India
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Scores of students from various universities in a rally held here in the Capital Park on Thursday expressed their support to the government in prevailing tension between Pakistan and India....
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Children pay homage to Quaid
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: A number of children representing different schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Thursday presented folk dances, national songs, tableau, puppet show and on-spot paintings to mark the 133rd birth anniversary of Quiad-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah....
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Primary teachers reject promotional package
RAWALPINDI, Dec 25: Primary teachers of Rawalpindi district who had rejected the promotional package given by the previous provincial government said the plan in fact demoted many teachers....
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Good governance a distant dream
GUJAR KHAN, Dec 25: The good governance resolve expressed by the chief minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif is a welcome move but it would remain unfulfilled unless the culture of sifarish and...
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Doctor admitted to Pims: ‘Dengue fever’
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: An ailing medical specialist was admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) here on Thursday after preliminary tests suggested that he was suffering from dengue fever....
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Lal Kurti jingles with Christmas carols
RAWALPINDI, Dec 25: The Christian community in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad celebrated the Christmas with traditional enthusiasm....
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Gilgit council member sworn in
HUNZA-NAGAR, Dec 25: Progressive Youth Front chief organizer Baba Jan on Thursday took oath as member of Gilgit District Council after an election tribunal accepting his petition declared him winner from Shinaki, lower Hunza, in October 2004 election....
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Policemen shifted to CIA centre: Probe into Lal Masjid arms theft
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Five of the police officials arrested in connection with the theft of arms seized from Lal Masjid were on Thursday shifted to the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) centre for interrogation....
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Kite flyer’s life ends in Wasa tank
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: An 11-year-old boy drowned in a poorly-covered underground water tank of the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) located on Saidpur Road here on Thursday....
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Christmas celebrated across country
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The Christian community celebrated Christmas across the country with religious fervour on Thursday....
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Marriott set to reopen three months after bombing
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: Pakistan will see the re-opening of the luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Sunday, just three months after it was ripped apart by a truck bomb that killed 60 people and wounded another 260....
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Kidnappers’ gang busted
QUETTA, Dec 25: A gang of kidnappers was busted by city police on Thursday. The leader of the gang was killed and its three members were arrested after a gunbattle in the outskirts of the provincial capital....
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China praises Benazir’s role in promotion of relations
BEIJING, Dec 25: China said on Thursday that late Benazir Bhutto had made a major contribution to strengthening Sino-Pakistan relations....
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Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab
QUETTA, Dec 25: Aslam Raisani called upon India on Thursday to supplement Pakistan’s efforts to maintain...
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Govt pursuing past policies: Ghous
HYDERABAD, Dec 25: Sindh PML-N President Syed Ghous Ali Shah has said that his party’s leadership is justified in saying that the present government is continuation of Pervez Musharraf’s regime....
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Police thrash agency man black and blue
NAWABSHAH, Dec 25: Policemen beat up an official of an intelligence agency black and blue when he argued with them over traffic jam on the Kutchehry road here on Thursday....
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Nostalgia in the air as Benazir anniversary draws near
DADU, Dec 25: Diehard workers as well as common supporters of Benazir Bhutto can be seen filled with nostalgia and overwhelmed by emotions as the first death anniversary of the slain PPP leader approaches....
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Two held
ISLAMABAD, Dec 25: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police on Thursday arrested ten persons in the jurisdiction of the Koral police station and siezed more than 400 kilogram explosive material and several detonators from their possession.—PPI...
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Move to declare Jherruk Quaid’s birthplace
THATTA, Dec 25: Pakistan People’s Party MPA Humera Alwani, has moved a notice under rule 103(1) in the Sindh assembly for the passage of a resolution aimed at declaring Jherruk in...
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Mirza’s remarks criticised
HYDERABAD, Dec 25: Sindh National Front chief Mumtaz Ali Bhutto has strongly reacted to the statement of Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza that Karsaz blasts case has lost relevance after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto....
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Youth kills mother over karo-kari
JACOBABAD, Dec 25: A youth killed his mother and injured his stepmother on pretext of karo-kari in Saifal Khoso village in the Risaldar area of Kashmore-Kandhkot district on Thursday....
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Friends Panel wins DBA polls
MIRPURKHAS, Dec 25: The Friends Panel clinched all but one office of the Mirpurkhas District Bar Association on Thursday. Only joint secretary’s office went to the United Panel....
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Gas crisis worsens in Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA, Dec 25: The gas crisis in the Gujranwala region has worsened as the gas supply to about 800 industrial and commercial units have been suspended while the loadshedding at domestic as well as CNG stations is also at its height....
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Entire police station staff booked: Firing at protesters
TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 25: Nawan Lahore police on Thursday registered a case against all its staff, including the station house officer (SHO), for firing shots at demonstrators and injuring four of them....
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Jhang ‘merits’ divisional status
JHANG, Dec 25: Parliamentarians and political activists belonging to Jhang have urged the provincial government to elevate Jhang to the status of divisional headquarter in case the government decides to make Chiniot a new district of the province....
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Upper Chenab Canal closed ‘indefinitely’
SIALKOT, Dec 25: The Punjab Irrigation Department on Thursday closed the third main artery -- Upper Chenab Canal (UCC) – owing to acute water shortage in the river....
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Minister opposes drive against encroachment
OKARA, Dec 25: Poor people of the city are being displaced from their stalls and shops in the name of anti-encroachment campaign, says a provincial minister....
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Body of kidnapped boy recovered
KASUR, Dec 25: Sadar police on Thursday recovered the body of a minor boy who was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs500,000 a few days ago and arrested two accused....
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Forex scam accused arrested
GUJRANWALA, Dec 25: Police on Thursday arrested a man involved in a forex company scam....
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Country’s defence is strong, says Shahbaz
LAHORE, Dec 25: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif says Pakistan’s defence is very strong and invulnerable and no power on the earth can succeed in its evil designs against it....
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Broadcaster Saleem Gillani dies
LAHORE, Dec 25: Eminent broadcaster, poet and former director general of Radio Pakistan Saleem Gillani died of a heart attack here on Thursday. He was 80....
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20 nazims cry on Taseer’s shoulder: PML-N govt actions
LAHORE, Dec 25: Nazims of 20 districts (in Punjab) on Thursday urged Governor Salmaan Taseer to play his constitutional role of “protecting the local governments from the PML-N government otherwise he would be responsible for any clash between them”....
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No more urea shortage, claims Wattoo
LAHORE, Dec 25: Federal Industries and Production Minister Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims the government has controlled urea fertilizer black marketing by making it available at National Fertilizer Corporation and Utility Stores Corporation stores and warehouses....
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Lawyers, PML-N unanimous on long march
LAHORE, Dec 25: Both lawyers’ leaders and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz believe that another long march will not add to the woes the country is facing because of a confusing conflict with India and the ongoing ‘war on terror’ at home....
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Officials to assess legality today: Trusts’ land transfer
LAHORE, Dec 25: Home Secretary Nadeem Hassan Asif, who is holding additional charge of information secretary, has reportedly been asked to hold a meeting on Friday to assess the controversial transfer of three trusts’ land to the Tehrik-i-Karkunaan-i-Pakistan.The...
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Man injured by robbers
LAHORE, Dec 25: Robbers shot at and injured a person and deprived him of cash and a cell phone in Gulshan Iqbal on Thursday....
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Unsafe buildings to be very much there: No backdated NOC
LAHORE, Dec 25: The no-objection certificate (NOC) by the Environment Protection Agency that is to be made mandatory before approving the highrises will not apply retroactively, according to EPA Punjab Director-General Dr Shagufta Shahjehan....
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C&W secy forms panel to assess demands
LAHORE, Dec 25: Realising the importance of avoiding deadlock with key players, the provincial communication and works secretary has constituted a committee to assess a charter of demands by contractors and make recommendations in three days....
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