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Voting rights for expats under study: PM
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said his government is mulling a proposal of granting voting rights to the Pakistani expatriates and studying cases of other countries that have already provided this facility to their nationals.... 
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PPP slams Mumtaz for ‘politicising’ the issue
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: A PPP spokesperson said on Saturday that Sindh National Front chairman Mumtaz Ali Bhutto was trying to “politicise a criminal case against him” and his associates....
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APNS urges parties to respect press
KARACHI, Jan 3: Hameed Haroon, President of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, on Saturday appealed to Sindh National Front president Mumtaz Ali Bhutto and the heads of other political parties to “respect...
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High-profile Taliban leader arrested
PESHAWAR, Jan 3: A high-profile Taliban leader released by the Afghan government in 2007 in exchange of a kidnapped Italian journalist was arrested from the posh Hayatabad Township....
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Five bodies found in Swat
MINGORA, Jan 3: Five bullet-riddled bodies were found in different parts of Mingora late on Friday....
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Graduation condition: SC releases detailed judgment
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Supreme Court has held the graduation condition for legislators imposed in 2002 by former president Pervez Musharraf as unjust and unconstitutional....
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ATC orders arrest of two judicial magistrates
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: An anti-terrorism court issued on Saturday arrest warrants for two judicial magistrates for not appearing in the court despite summons to record their statements in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case....
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Two FC men among four killed in attacks
QUETTA, Jan 3: Two security personnel and two civilian were killed and 15 others injured, four of them FC men, in a bomb explosion and grenade attack in Uch and Mastung towns of Balochistan on Saturday....
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Chinese ambassador decorated
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: President Asif Ali Zardari conferred the Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam award on Luo Zhaohui, Ambassador of China to Pakistan, at a ceremony held in the presidency on Saturday....
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Zardari briefed on changes in NAB law
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the proposed changes in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law should be discussed and finalised by the cabinet before these are submitted to the presidency for approval....
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Kaka Sanober remembered
QUETTA, Jan 3: Speakers at a seminar on Saturday paid homage to poet and intellectual Kaka Sanober Hussain Mohamand for his role in the promotion of Pushto literature and the freedom struggle against British colonialism....
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Voting on no-trust motion against AJK PM on 6th
MUZAFFARABAD, Jan 3: A resolution seeking vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan was tabled in the Legislative Assembly Secretariat here on Saturday, proposing the name of Haji Mohammad Yaqoob as his successor....
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India, Pakistan asked to show restraint
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Civil society organisations and concerned citizens have called upon India and Pakistan to show restraint and resist any temptation of war-mongering....
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Foolproof security plan ready for Ashura
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: The government would ensure foolproof security for Azadaari processions and Majalis in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jehlum and Chakwal districts....
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Rains bring mercury down
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The twin cities and surrounding areas received six millimeter rain on Saturday, bringing the temperature down....
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PML-N submits requisition notice for NA session
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday submitted a requisition notice to the National Assembly Secretariat to summon the session of the lower house to discuss the prevailing energy crisis and law and order situation in the country....
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Five accused remanded in police custody: Lal Masjid arms case
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: Five accused arrested in connection with the theft of arms, seized during operation at Lal Masjid, from Aabpara police station were given in the police custody for a two-day physical remand here on Saturday....
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BISE declares HSSC suppl exam results
RAWALPINDI, Jan 3: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) on Saturday announced the results of Higher Secondary School Certificate supplementary examination for 2008....
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Rural areas to have waste disposal system
ISLAMABAD, Jan 3: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration Saturday decided to introduce solid waste disposal system in the rural areas of the capital....
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Chill grips Gilgit-Baltistan
GILGIT, Jan 3: The Gilgit-Baltistan region is in the grip of severe cold wave following fresh rains and snowfall that has lowered mercury, local metrological department said on Saturday....
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Bodies of ‘kidnappers’ handed over to relatives
ATTOCK, Jan 3: Bodies of the five alleged kidnappers who were killed in police operation and buried unclaimed a week ago were handed over to their relatives after their exhumation on the court order, police sources said....
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Moot voices call to help conserve Indus delta
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Speakers at a moot on Saturday expressed their concern over the apathy of authorities over the conservation and protection of the Indus delta, which was facing destruction as a result of non-release of required water at Kotri downstream....
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SNF workers take to streets over Mumtaz’s arrest
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Activists of Sindh National Front in Tando Mohammad Khan, led by Mir Muzaffar Ali Talpur, Ibrahim Gul Memon and others held a demonstration outside the press club in protest against the arrest of party chief, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto....
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Two killed, six injured in tribal clash
JACOBABAD, Jan 3: Two men were killed and six suffered injuries in a clash between Sabzoi and Sawand tribesmen over an old dispute in Jan Mohammad Sawand and Rakhia Sabzoi villages...
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Tribal chief, three others killed in ambush
SUKKUR, Jan 3: Four people, including a chieftain of Solangi clan were killed in an attack allegedly by their rivals and a teenaged girl was killed and one suffered injuries in...
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Hesco workers’ protest
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Hundreds of Hesco employees marched on roads and held a demonstration outside the press club on Saturday in protest against alleged attempt on the life of Abdul Hameed Shaikh, a leader of Wapda Hydro Electric Central Labour Union....
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Larkana DBA backs govt decision
LARKANA, Jan 3: The District Bar Association Larkana (DBA) Larkana has endorsed the Sindh government’s decision of recruiting judicial officers through the Sindh Public Service Commission....
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Underground drainage lines break down in Dadu
DADU, Jan 3: The city’s underground drainage system often gets choked and causes the gutters to overflow onto the streets and roads as it has grown too old and worn out to sustain increasing pressure....
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Young doctor goes missing
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: A young doctor doing his post-graduation from the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Dr Abdul Hadi Memon, is reported to have gone missing four days back amidst denial by his family that he has been kidnapped....
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Body found
SHIKARPUR, Jan 3: Garhi Yasin police have recovered body of an unidentified person from Sindh Wah near Naushahro Abro on Saturday. The body was handed over to Edhi volunteers for burial....
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Four girls, father kidnapped; police pick up three men
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Bhittai Nagar police picked up three men on Saturday evening in connection with kidnapping of four sisters and their father, who were taken hostage allegedly by Abdul Raheem alias Ahmed Turk’s in-laws on Thursday-Friday night....
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Protest against minority girl’s kidnapping
MITHI, Jan 3: A large number of students, members of general public, social workers and Pakistan People’s Party activists held a rally on Saturday, demanding recovery of a minority Meghwar girl...
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Security reviewed
NAWABSHAH, Jan 3: Police and Rangers on Saturday held a joint flag march in Nawabshah city and reviewed Muharram security arrangements....
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Another unit of Jamshoro power house out of order
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Unit four of Jamshoro Thermal Power Station has been closed as its heater caught fire between the night of Friday-Saturday resulting in losses to the tune of millions of rupees....
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VC proposes water projects
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: Vice Chancellor, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal, has said that the entire world has faced the problem of water shortages and waterborne diseases and called upon the authorities to initiate water improvement projects....
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Villagers kill bandit
SHIKARPUR, Jan 3: A man was killed in an exchange of fire between villagers and bandits in Ilyas Odho village in the limits of the Garhi Yasin police station late on Friday night....
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Date for acceptance of forms extended
HYDERABAD, Jan 3: The Hyderabad Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education on Friday announced that examination forms for HSC Part-II (Class-XII) would be received up to Jan 26 without late fee...
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DCO’s transfer order to be withdrawn
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 3: The Sindh Minister for Wildlife, Dr Dayaram Esrani, said that the government was committed to resolving problems of the people and providing them justice....
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Fazl on govt’s policies
GUJRANWALA, Jan 3: JUI-F leader and Kashmir Committee Chairman Maulana Fazalur Rahman has said the government is following the foreign policy of the Musharraf government which must be changed....
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Wasa fails to keep its head above water: Rs360m outstanding dues
GUJRANWALA, Jan 3: The Water and Sanitation Agency is facing financial crunch due to its failure to recover outstanding dues of Rs360 million from consumers in the last several years....
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PML-N man wins PP-250 by-election
RAJANPUR/DERA GHAZI KHAN, Jan 3: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Atif Khan Mazari on Saturday won the by-election in PP-250 by securing 31,209 votes....
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‘Invisible hands trying to weaken PPP govt’
FAISALABAD, Jan 3: Invisible hands are trying to destabilise the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government, and those involved in protests in the name of loadshedding are not sincere with the country, says a provincial minister....
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Days of coalition numbered: Pervaiz
LAHORE, Jan 3: Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi says time is running out for the ruling coalition which is setting new records of bad governance....
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‘Abrupt’ posting of SP raises eyebrows
LAHORE, Jan 3: Punjab Police Inspector General Shaukat Javed on Saturday transferred and posted five police officers....
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Thieves take away laptop, valuables
LAHORE, Jan 3: Thieves burgled the house of a trader in A-Block of Gulshan-i-Ravi on Saturday morning and took away cash, a laptop and other valuables worth thousands of rupees....
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Ties with govt only to save democracy, says Nawaz
LAHORE, Jan 3: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has said his party is cooperating with the government not to allow anti-democratic forces to derail ‘hard-earned democracy’ in the country....
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Pakistan, India urged to resume dialogue
LAHORE, Jan 3: Civil society organisations and concerned citizens have called upon the governments of Pakisatn and India to resist the temptation of violating each other’s territorial integrity and resume the...
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Plaza fire destroys goods worth Rs2m
LAHORE, Jan 3: Television sets, photocopy machines, compact discs and other valuables worth Rs2 million were gutted in a blaze that erupted in the basement of a two-storey plaza on Hall Road on Saturday, rescuers said....
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Traders Bemoan energy crisis
LAHORE, Jan 3: Scores of residents, traders and workers of Lakshami Chowk and its adjacent localities lodged a strong protest against power outages and gas loadshedding at Faisal Chowk on The Mall on Saturday....
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Aptma fears drastic fall in exports
LAHORE, Jan 3: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has expressed the apprehension that electricity and gas loadsheding will result in the fall of production and exports and compound the economic crisis....
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