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Impasse threatens to break up coalition: Nawaz disappointed as last-ditch efforts being madeBoucher to meet Asif, Nawaz?
Trade deficit hits $16bn
College adjacent to FC premises blown up
Two militants killed
Three killed in D.I. Khan attack
4 policemen hurt in Swat suicide attack
Audit of local govt bodies begins in 35 Punjab dists: PML-N, PML-Q at loggerheads
Pemra to Reform licence system
India hands over body of Pakistani prisoner
No inquiry into missing file of housing ministry
Govt urged to get down to business
Sindh govt to fill 40,000 vacancies
Hezbollah starts pulling out of Beirut
Tsvangirai to fight run-off against Mugabe
Yangon ignores suffering, goes ahead with vote
Three held, suicide vests seized
‘Four killed in military operation in Dera Bugti’
National News
Altaf, Asif discuss situationFight against terror is not for US sake: PM
Sherry opposes use of police for reinstatement
APDM plans ‘black day’ tomorrow
Sindh govt replaces 10 law officers
Argentina ready to invest in power, tourism sectors
Over Rs1bn spent on research in biotechnology
Food, energy inflation squeeze economy: FBR chief at LCCI
Federal cabinet to discuss power crisis
Pakistan sends relief goods to Myanmar today
Seven held for flour smuggling
Angry villagers block road in Mianwali: Kidnapped man’s death
PPP hopeful’s plea against poll rigging admitted
Probe into Irregularities completed
High-yield crop needed to cope with food shortage
No minister, no water in Muzaffargarh
PU rejects Jamiat medical report
Sanitary Workers observe strike
Benazir case: medical board to determine age of accused
Celebrate the unsung mothers too
Arrest warrants of SHO, SI issued
Man found dead
PU to resist IJT’s book fair
Suicide
International News
Sadr, Iraqi govt strike deal to end fighting100 states attend NPT meeting
UN launches $187m aid appeal for Myanmar
Curfew in Khartoum
Lynchpin of Bush’s ME policy near collapse: Fighting in Beirut
A desperate population is getting angry with Myanmar junta
Widows’ struggle goes unsung
Lost luggage finds a new home at auctions
US code of secrecy extends to curtailing public right to know
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Local News
KARACHI: Mengal criticises ‘Islamabad rulers’ over Balochistan issueKARACHI: Suddle promises ‘ruthless accountability’ of police
KARACHI: KWSB takes over tanker service after nine years
KARACHI: Plea against lease of power plant rejected
KARACHI: New Sindh PG appointed
PESHAWAR: Tribal elders begin Kurram peace talks
SWABI: Swabi people stock new crop for food security: Flour crisis deepens
NAWABSHAH: Judge orders cases filed against police
LARKANA: Tax-free industrial zone in Larkana on the cards
KARACHI: A mother’s lament
KARACHI: Anomalies in fire dept promotions
KARACHI: Phones out of order
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Kundi directs judicious use of funds
ABBOTTABAD: 15 hospital employees suspended
PESHAWAR: Arms dealer’s remand in NAB custody extended
PESHAWAR: Police seize 2,396 bags of flour
HARIPUR: Drive against fake press number plates to be launched
GHALANAI: ‘Narcotics’ outlet set on fire
TIMERGARA: Malakand varsity to remain closed till resolution of dispute
HYDERABAD: Employers slammed for circumventing laws on workers’ rights
HYDERABAD: SU hostel renamed
KHAIRPUR: Two men kidnapped
SANGHAR: 82 detainees released
HYDERABAD: Harassment fuels insecurity at workplace: moot
HYDERABAD: MBBS 3rd year exams on 29th
NAWABSHAH: Section 144 imposed
SHIKARPUR: SPO, SHO suspended
SUKKUR: Man, woman shot dead
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Suicide
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: ‘Mumtaz to decide candidate for NA-207’
JACOBABAD: Body of minor girl found
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Boy killed as wall collapses
Business News
Mind the directionFragmentation: bane of Sindh
Civil society calls to reorient the policy
Soft credit to farmers for better crops
Tapping agricultural potential
‘Unpopular decisions are inevitable’
Balochistan prays for incentives
NWFP blames lack of insight
Old foxes and young Turks
The maze of food subsidy
Tax cuts to curtail prices
Food crisis is all manmade
Growth linked to farmers prosperity
Slashing 15pc GST on oil can provide some relief
Labour leaders vent their rage on govt
Textile, farm sector can solve problems
Long-term plan can tide over energy crisis
Industry blames mismatch in policy
CFS rate, investment fall
Foreign Exchange Rates in Pakistan
Sports
Darwish dethrones Gaultier in British Open squashAditya shocks Advani, Jin Long in final: Asian Snooker
Rajasthan Royals go top after resounding victory
Flintoff ruled out of first two Tests
Unseeded Stepanek dumps Federer out of Rome Masters
Shabana hits out at facilities
Tremlett, Redmond shine in tour game
Henin to miss Italian Open
Chelsea count on Wigan to stop Manchester United
BCCI warned
Rangers move within point of Celtic
Ponting remains on guard
Double Doha winner Felix sounds Olympic warning
FIVB eases stance on foreign quotas
Rasool strikes twice as KRL reach semi-finals
Stranded Nigerian footballer heads home after long ordeal
Radcliffe keen to end Olympic drought
Cueists to vie in Bangkok
CAS overturns Gibilisco ban
Massa takes pole in Turkey for third year running
Liu splashes to easy win in Osaka
Diamond In Dust set to repeat winning dose
Perry takes charge after Langer excels
Grue eyes feature event at Lahore races today
Bracewell to leave NZ job next year
President PSF squash starts today
LRC punishes horse to create history
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