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12 customs, excise officers transferred
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: The government has transferred and posted 12 senior officials of customs and excise group.... 
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Two policemen arrested
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Two policemen were arrested for illegally detaining two persons on Sunday....
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Govt school on seminary land: police try to dampen tension
RAWALPINDI, Jan 11: The Special Branch of the police has stepped into the ongoing land dispute between the caretakers of religious seminary and the district administration to prevent further escalation of tension, it has been learnt....
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ZPI’s impact on environment assessed
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Four months after starting work on the Zero Point Interchange (ZPI), and three days before a deadline ran out, the contractor has prepared the mandatory Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the Rs2.2...
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Man killed; another injured by brother
ATTOCK, Jan 11: An old man was killed by unknown persons at Khor village, while another person was shot and injured by his brother over a land dispute, officials said....
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Bid to smuggle wheat foiled
ATTOCK, Jan 11: National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) seized 340 bags of wheat from a truck and arrested two persons on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) on Sunday....
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British MPs call for judges’ reinstatement
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: Members of the British Parliamentary delegation raised the issue of reinstatement of judiciary during a meeting with Law Minister Farooq Naek on Sunday....
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Zardari and Sherry among ‘top Asians’
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: President Asif Ali Zardari, Information Minister Sherry Rehman, Human Rights Activist Asma Jehangir and Dawn Media Group CEO Hameed Haroon have been termed as four most influential Asians by a UAE-based magazine, Ahlan....
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Pipeline blast
QUETTA, Jan 11: Gas supply to the Sui purification plant from Pir Koh field was suspended after militants blew up a pipeline on Sunday. According to police, high explosives were used in the blast.—Staff...
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Killing of PMAP leader’s son condemned
QUETTA, Jan 11: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party held a demonstration outside the Governor House and the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Sunday in protest against the killing of a son of...
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Militants chop off ears of five tribal elders
KHAR, Jan 11: Militants chopped off the ears of five members of the Khar peace committee here on Saturday night....
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Miliband to visit Pakistan, India
ISLAMABAD, Jan 11: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is due to visit India and Pakistan this week as part of renewed efforts to persuade the two countries to hold direct talks to defuse tensions that have derailed the peace process....
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Sukkur plunges into darkness as PM leaves
SUKKUR, Jan 11: The entire city plunged into darkness the moment the plane carrying Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani took off from the Sukkur airport on Sunday evening....
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Two killed in clash over water
SANGHAR, Jan 11: Two farmers were killed and three others injured in an armed clash over irrigation water on Sunday in Budho Chandio village....
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CT scan equipment out of order for a month
NAWABSHAH, Jan 11: The computerised tomography scanner, commonly referred to as CT scan machine, installed in the radiology ward of the People’s Medical College Hospital has been out of order for...
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Five die as respiratory virus hits Kachho villages
DADU, Jan 11: A disease caused by respiratory syntial virus has spread in five villages of the Kachho area as a result five children died on Friday and Saturday and over two dozen children are reportedly ill....
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Strike against provocative remarks in Mirpurkhas
MIRPURKHAS, Jan 11: A complete strike was observed here on Sunday in protest against some remarks made at a religious gathering on Saturday night....
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Villages raided in search for murder accused
UMERKOT, Jan 11: A joint investigation team of Sanghar and Umerkot districts continued raids on different villages of Rajar and Mangrio communities to arrest the accused involved in the murder of local PPP leader Ismail Chopan....
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Kidnapped EDO released
HYDERABAD, Jan 11: The kidnapped EDO health of Tando Allahyar, Dr Abdul Jalil Bachani, returned to his Hyderabad home in Citizen Colony on Saturday night amid conflicting reports about payment of ransom....
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3 kidnap victims freed after encounter
SHIKARPUR, Jan 11: Three kidnap victims were freed from the Drighpur area after an encounter on Saturday night, the Humayoon police said....
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Man kidnapped
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 11: A man was kidnapped from Dolu Punjabi village near Khan Wahan on Sunday....
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New VP for cotton committee
MULTAN, Jan 11: Dr Zahoor Ahmed Baloch has been appointed vice-president of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) in place of Dr Ibad Badar Siddiqui after his retirement....
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Thalassaemia centre at dist hospital soon
FAISALABAD, Jan 11: The 80-bed emergency block at the District Headquarters Hospital has been made functional and a thalassaemia centre at the hospital will be set up soon....
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Fertiliser crisis deepens in Bahawalpur
BAHAWALPUR, Jan 11: The fertilizer crisis deepens as prices in the black-market have shot up to over Rs1,100 per bag in the district....
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Dhodak plant trips
MULTAN, Jan 11: Dhodak Oil and Gas Condensate Plant in Taunsa Sharif, (Dera Ghazi Khan) tripped on Sunday afternoon owing to power breakdown, suspending production of LPG, natural gas and other petroleum products....
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Murdered girl’s family seeks justice
SAHIWAL, Jan 11: The family of a girl, who was murdered in her house on Dec 11, has called for the arrest of her killers and accused the police of protecting the criminals....
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LPG price hike rapped
GUJRANWALA, Jan 11: Motorcycle-rickshaw owners have protested hike in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices and demanded the district administration take an immediate action against LPG dealers for undue profiteering....
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Embezzlement in scholarships
LAYYAH, Jan 11: A BS-19 education official and a junior clerk have been found guilty of embezzling Rs42,400 from the money reserved to award scholarships to brilliant students of this district....
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Sand thieves damage canal bank
TOBA TEK SINGH, Jan 11: Local irrigation employees have alleged theft of sand worth millions of rupees from the bed of Jhang branch canal in Toba, Gojra and Nawan Lahore areas during last ten days....
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Family identifies three bodies found in drain
FAISALABAD, Jan 11: A family identified on Sunday the bodies of three victims recovered some six days ago from a drain flowing few yards away from the Khanuana police post.Police...
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Rice dealers
GUJRANWALA, Jan 11: The rice dealers’ association has urged the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to purchase super basmati rice on a priority basis to save growers from losses....
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Bar officials
SIALKOT, Jan 11: Syed Ali Najam Gillani was elected president of the Sialkot Bar Association by defeating two-time president Arshad Mehmood Baggu....
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Expansion of cabinet yet another test: Punjab coalition
LAHORE, Jan 11: Portfolios of health, besides communication and works department, may prove a ‘bone of contention’ between the two coalition partners in Punjab in the process of cabinet expansion which is expected shortly....
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Imran discusses alliance, march with Nawaz
LAHORE, Jan 11: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif at the latter’s residence here on Sunday to discuss possibilities of a new political alliance...
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Two die in city accidents
LAHORE, Jan 11: Two people were killed in two accidents here on Sunday....
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Explosions: 8 Afghans in custody
LAHORE, Jan 11: Eight people, believed to be Afghan trained boys (ATBs) and Afghan jail returnees (AJRs), are in the custody of the Crimes Investigation Agency (CIA) for the last two...
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Political support may prove ‘casting vote’: LBA elections tomorrow
LAHORE, Jan 11: Efforts for restoration of the deposed judges and influence of political parties are the factors likely to determine the results of the Lahore Bar Association election scheduled to be held on Tuesday (tomorrow)....
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PML unification only on basis of equality: Shujaat
LAHORE, Jan 11: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said that the unification of PML factions was possible only on the basis of equality....
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Anti-polio campaign in Punjab
LAHORE, Jan 11: All arrangements have been finalised to administer anti-polio vaccination to children up to five years of age during the three-day drive starting in 17 districts of Punjab from Jan 12 (today)....
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Shahbaz’s vision to beautify Lahore
LAHORE, Jan 11: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that every effort will be made to beautify the provincial metropolis and purge it of garbage....
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Kite-flyers flout ban
LAHORE, Jan 11: Nonchalant kite-lovers engaged in their favourite sport ignoring the police warnings and action in different parts of city on Sunday....
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BISP launch in Punjab
LAHORE, Jan 11: The Benazir Income Support Programme was formally launched in Punjab on Sunday....
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‘Non-state actors to defend country’
LAHORE, Jan 11: Jamaat-i-Islami Secretary General Syed Munawwar Hasan said on Sunday that “non-state actors” would face Indian aggression in the event of failure of the government to defend the country....
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